Influenced by the works of Charles Dana Gibson, Andrew Loomis, Howard Chandler Christy as well as by the work of the Brandywine artists such as Howard Pyle, Gil Elvgren (1914-1980) was an American painter of "pin-up girls" as well as advertising. A student at the American Academy of Art, he started painting canlendar pin-ups for Louis F. Dow in 1937 and subsequently worked for Brown and Bigelow. His clients included Coca-Cola, General Electric and the Sealy Mattress Company. Fine .
Keywords: ART; PIN-UP GIRLS; CALENDAR; ADVERTISING; 2002; GIL ELVGREN; PRETTY GIRLS; SEDUCTIVE POSES; GLAMOUR ARTIST; COMMERCIAL ART; PIN UP; THE ART OF ELVGREN.