Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration
“I came like water and like wind I go,” reads the verse which inspired this wonderful signed gouache illustration by Willy Pogany, one of our favorite Golden age artists. The image shows a nude maiden on a serene ledge in contemplation of the leaves blowing in the breeze. This appearedas an illustration for the 1942 […]
Artist: Willy Pogany
Who–Who’s There? is a large and genre defining oil on board pin-up painting by Edward Eggleston, which was published by the American Art Works calendar company in the early 1930s. This is a rare surviving published calendar painting by the New York artist, created in an impressive light and shadow technique, capturing an art deco nude […]
Artist: Edward Eggleston
A boudoir themed pin-up girl original oil painting by Irving Winer from the art deco era, this shows a curvy brunette offering a leg show moment in her stylish dressing area with an electric cobalt blue circular mirror framing the image above her shoulder.
Artist: Irving Winer
In this gouache-on-board cover illustration for 1952’s The Scarlet Slipper, James Meese captures the unique mixture of the American homestead with a tough-talking private eye in the mix.
Artist: James Alfred Meese
This gouache illustration painting appeared on the cover of Naked Sinner, the 1959 “savage novel of a wild call girl and her shocking immoral affairs”.
Artist: American Artist
Bold, large and provocative, a sensational scandalous paperback cover painting by Rudy Nappi which was created for use as the cover of French Alley by Matthew Clay. Part of the Star Novels series of digest sized paperbacks released by Publication House, NYC, this steamy novel follows the proclivities of three young attractive women who endure heartbreak and discover rapture […]
Artist: Rudy Nappi
With irreverent humor, this original oil-on-board painting shows a horned satyr smoking a pipe distracted from his reading by a nude figure in the foreground. Dating to 1929-1930, when Ovid’s Ars amatoria was in the news quite a bit, with the city of San Francisco’s ban of the Ars amatoria in 1929 and its legalization for […]
Artist: Gaspano "Gus" Ricca
A fabulous c. 1940s original pin up pastel by Earl Moran created for the Brown & Bigelow Calendar Company of Saint Paul, MN.
Artist: Earl Moran
The Louis F. Dow Calendar Company of Saint Paul, Minnesota commissioned this pristine and rare surviving pin-up painting by Art Frahm for publication in their 1941 calendar line under the title “Three Point Landing.” The image shows an underdressed, startled redhead having an “oops” moment as her hammock string has broken causing her along with […]
Artist: Art Frahm
William Medcalf, the top tier pin-up artist and illustrator created this engaging bathing beauty pin-up as a preliminary artwork for the storied Brown & Bigelow Calendar Company of Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Artist: William Medcalf
