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E. B. Segner

A large format redheaded pin up girl cover painting by the well listed female artist Ellen (E.B.) Segner, used as the cover for The Toronto Star Weekly, July 22, 1950. The artist was a prolific calendar artist who worked for the Louis F. Dow and Thomas D. Murphy Calendar Companies during the 1930s – 40s. […]

Star Weekly Cover Girl

Artist: Ellen Segner

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, american, bathing beauty, bikini, E. B. Segner, magazine cover, original cover art, pin up, redhead
Added to Gallery: May 21, 2014


An original 1946 commissioned oil on canvas by the female American Illustrator and occasional pin-up artist E.B. Segner. Created for the Louis F. Dow Calendar Company, (the Saint Paul Minnesota rival and competitor of Brown & Bigelow) whose roster of artists included Billy Devorss, Gil Elvgren, Henry Clive and Jules Erbit. Work is nicely framed in a newer gallery frame on original pine stretchers with notations from the Calendar Company.

On a Clear Day…

Artist: E. B. Segner

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, american, E. B. Segner, illustration, Louis F. Dow, original calendar art, pin up, stockings
Added to Gallery: October 9, 2008

A colorful, bright and decorative art deco era original gouache illustration painting, created for print use by an as of yet unidentified fruit/produce company. A handsome shirtless native effortlessly navigates a tropical waterway in a fruit filled gondola. In style and execution, this work is reminiscent of many of the Travel Magazine covers commissioned for print use of the same era. Nicely matted and framed in an art deco period silver gesso handsome wood frame.

Fruit Boat Gondola Ride

Artist: E. B. Segner

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, advertising, american, art deco, E. B. Segner, gondola, illustration
Added to Gallery: December 8, 2006

A stylish art deco era smartly rendered original gouache illustration painting created as Raleigh Cigarettes advertising. A flirty idealized modern couple spark up more than a conversation with a prominently featured cigarette. This work of some of the George Petty stylized advertising illustrations for “Acme Beer” and “Chesterfield Cigarettes” of the same era. Nicely matted and framed in an art deco period gesso handsome wood frame.

Lighting the Fire

Artist: E. B. Segner

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, advertising, american, art deco, bathing beauty, cigarettes, E. B. Segner, pin up, Raleigh Cigarettes, romantic, streamline
Added to Gallery: December 8, 2006

 

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