Nov 30th, 2024 by Aldouspi

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.

Paradise Calendar Girl by Gil Elvgren, click to Buy on eBay!

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.

News About Calendar Girls

Calendar Pinup Girls
I recall the days when
calendars of pinup girls
were casually displayed
in auto repair shops,
back offices, locker rooms
and warehouses,
each month featured a new,
glamorous example
of nude or semi-nude
American women
in risqué poses
twelve pulchritudinous females
a year, with sometimes a bonus.

Today, sitting in a car repair’s
waiting “lounge,”
the ubiquitous tv is all you see
stuck to Fox News
spewing its misinformation
and lies into American brains
turning men, especially,
into dumb-downed sheep.

I so much prefer the honesty
of a classic pinup girl,
acknowledging my horniness
and hopes for
a Saturday Night Date!

Classic Fine Art Nudes
of Vallotton, Munch & Falero

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The Girl, The Gun and The Cat

Aug 22nd, 2024 by Aldouspi

“I don’t like a lot of color, and I don’t like a lot of clutter. I like things to be simple and direct.” – Gil Elvgren.

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.