Pin-up girl

"A pin-up girl is a woman whose physical attractiveness would entice one to place a picture of her on a wall. The term was first attested to in English in 1941; however the practice is documented back at least to the 1890s. The “pin up” images could be cut out of magazines or newspapers, or be from postcard or chromo-lithographs, and so on. Such photos often appear on calendars, which are meant to be pinned up anyway. Later, posters of “pin-up girls” were mass-produced." (Source: http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/pinupart/)


The great legends of the genre were Alberto Vargas, the master of the airbrush who's penthouse pinups appeared on WWII aircraft noses. George Petty, the creator of the famous 'petty girl' stylized look, and Gill Elvgren, who along with Norman Rockwell, created the glamour for the millions of calendars produced by Brown and Bigelow.



At the height of the pinups popularity hundreds of artists were making their living creating paintings and drawings, mostly in watercolours, of beautiful women in alluring or comical poses.






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