The appeal of pin-up art is not purely sexual; it is about a return to the ideal of feminine beauty of a bygone age. With all the sexy pictures on offer all around us, one would expect the titillating ...
From its modern origins in traditional French erotic postcards, antebellum American mail-order catalogs, and glamor photos of early Hollywood starlets, the “pinup” grew into an art form by World War ...
The market for vintage pinup art changed dramatically in June 2007 when the fourth of five Gil Elvgren paintings crossed the block during a Heritage Auctions sale in Dallas. At that time, the record ...
Pinup has been a popular art form and fashion trend for over 100 years, and you’ve likely seen them in various forms throughout your life. Pinup girls have been photographed, painted, tattooed, and ...
Vintage pinup art continues to escalate in value, in part because there’s a finite amount of the artwork in existence. Even though the early masters of the craft, such as Gil Elvgren, Alberto Vargas, ...
Picture a voluptuous woman with silky blond hair, take away most of her clothing and add a pair of heels so high she could get vertigo, and pow! She is transformed into a pinup model. The pinup girl ...
Meet the woman who taught America that sex sells. She’s the classic pinup — and she’s as relevant today as she was when she adorned millions of calendars and the inside of many a World War II ...
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It’s been almost two years since Daniel Murphy made headlines when he quit Soul Asylum, one of Minnesota’s most famous rock bands. While his retirement from the music industry in the fall of 2012 ...