Calendar Girls Pinups is a phrase commonly associated with the beautiful style of art and photography featuring glamorous, playful, and often slightly risqué images of women. Historically popularized in the mid-20th century, they have never gone out of popular demand. These pinup images were used in calendars, posters, and other forms of mass media, blending artistic allure with accessible charm.

Origins and Popularity

• Era: Pinup calendars became especially prominent during the 1940s and 1950s. They were tied to a broader pinup culture that celebrated beauty and femininity with a touch of playful seduction.
• Themes: Images often featured women in everyday settings with exaggerated poses, wearing vintage-inspired outfits like swimsuits, lingerie, or even casual wear. The themes often included humor, Americana, and fantasy.

Key Artists and Figures

• Alberto Vargas : Known for his highly stylized and
• Gil Elvgren: Famous for his playful and cheeky depictions, often capturing women in moments of surprise or mischief.
• Photography: Later, photography replaced illustrations, with models such as Bettie Page embodying the spirit of pinup photography.

Characteristics of Calendar Girls Pinups

• Artistic Style: Bright colors, polished visuals, and idealized depictions of femininity.
• Expression: A mix of coy innocence and confidence, often with flirtatious poses.
• Fashion: Retro hairstyles, makeup, and vintage fashion staples like high-waisted shorts, polka dots, and classic pin curls.
• Seasonal Themes: Calendars often incorporated holidays or seasons, like beachwear for summer or festive outfits for Christmas.

Cultural Impact

Pinup art has had a lasting influence on fashion, advertising, and modern pop culture. It has also been reclaimed in recent decades by retro enthusiasts, burlesque performers, and movements celebrating body positivity and vintage aesthetics.

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This post features another work of Gil Elvgren – an artist who started out by creating illustrations for calendars and advertisements, then turned to creating pinup art. Of course, he was also an accomplished portrait painter. And this skill appears in this pinup art which shows a beautiful woman, at the bottom of a set of stairs, holding a lamp and a gun. A noise has disturbed her and what made the noise? Her cat!

Known as a humorous artist, at times, this pinup illustrates Elvgren’s sense of humor.

A reproduction of this image of this beautiful woman on the stairs is available as an 8.5 x 11 inch photo print. It is for sale at my store on eBay (without the watermark). You can learn more about purchasing a photo print titled “Looking for Trouble” by clicking on the picture. Or click on the link below the art to be taken to this eBay item.

The Cat, the Girl and the Gun Alone in the house,       she and the cat, Puff – her sister’s cat,       a sister a statistic of one of the many ways       people die,       too soon. She and the cat       had mourned together forging       their own bond. Alone, too,       because her spouse was away – serving the country,       perhaps, saving the world. Then the bang?? broke       her light slumber – not the creaking of the old house’s       wooden structure settling       in its own sleep, or the thunder from the storm       outside, this sound was inside –       a disturbing noise that needed investigation. Alone, she carried with her       the inherited revolver, her father’s passing gift –       said to be one of Doc Holliday’s guns – her       great grandfather played poker in Tombstone and Colorado       in the old days       (and often won). Down the stairs she crept       ready for anything – only to find relief       when she would discover the mystery was but a case       of the cat, Puff, knocking off a vase       from top a cabinet. ©2024 Carl Scott Harker, author of Classic Fine Art of Cats

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Gil Elvgren’s pinup of a Pretty Woman on the Stairs with A Gun.

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