More Pin-ups by Earl MacPherson May 3rd, 2014 by Aldouspi
My recent post of an Earl MacPherson pin-up , got a lot of likes and pins, etc. which is always appreciated. It seems to me that you would like to see more of this American artist’s classic work. So here you are:
Back to the classics – Earl MacPherson : Pin Up and Cartoon Girls
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Classic 50s Vintage Pin Up Art
A collection of photographs of pin up art of the 1950s. A time where pin up girls exzuded both sexuality and sweetness. The Song: “American Woman” by Jimi He…
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Classic American Pin-up by Earl MacPherson Apr 27th, 2014 by Aldouspi
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Earl MacPherson (1910 – 1993) – classic American artist
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Tidbits About Classic American Pin-ups
Ruth Deckard was an American pinup artist, known only as Deckard for many years and thought to be a man. It wasn’t until The Great American Pin-up was published in 1996 that the world knew she was a woman. She was a Chicago-based artist. Most of her paintings were published by Louis F. Dow Co. of St. Paul, Minnesota. She painted from the mid-1930s into the 1950s. Her art was not as refined as Alberto Vargas or Petty, but it had a great appeal to the masses. One of her best is named Pin Cushion, a woman lying on her back with a white top and skirt, her legs draped over the top of a round cushion, and four bowling pins leaned against the cushion.
Imagine this time in American history. The 1940s through the 1950s in the United States may just have been the “Greatest Generation’s” glory days. The G.I. bill made the possibility of home-ownership a reality for the average family. Consumerism became the religion that drove the economy. The “baby-boom” created an aura of possibility that permeated the society.
This was the time of the American pin-up illustrators. America’s girl-next-door was reprinted on millions of magazines, calendars, and bill-boards. Inside locker-room doors, G.I.’s barracks, in every garage, restaurant and night-club, movie-house and theater, she was there. Before political correctness existed, the pin-up artist created an image that permeated the popular culture. It wasn’t long before the burgeoning advertising industry recognized the power of the illustrator’s drawings on the American public.
Women found sexuality a new source of power. Clothing became skimpier in the 1940’s, until World War II broke out. Feeling the “American tradition” threatened, families reverted to more conservative values, but the pin-up remained a staple of popular culture. For which I say “Hooray!”
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Pin Up Hairstyle-Rockin’ the Hairnet! (aka ‘snood)…Earl MacPherson Inspired
Another look based on the art of Earl MacPherson. This look has been copied by Gwen Stefani and Christina Aguilara but is not suitable for everyone. If you t…
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