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Earl MacPherson BIOGRAPHY
1910 - 1993. Known for: Figure painting, collage, illustration.
Edgar Earl MacPherson was born on August 3, 1910, in Oklahoma. He moved to Los Angeles after high school, got a job painting movie posters for a downtown theatre, and took evening art classes at the... Read full biography
Edgar Earl MacPherson was born on August 3, 1910, in Oklahoma. He moved to Los Angeles after high school, got a job painting movie posters for a downtown theatre, and took evening art classes at the Chouinard School of Art. In 1929 he set up shop at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Honolulu, painting... Read full biography
Edgar Earl MacPherson was born on August 3, 1910, in Oklahoma. He moved to Los Angeles after high school, got a job painting movie posters for a downtown theatre, and took evening art classes at the Chouinard School of Art. In 1929 he set up shop at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Honolulu, painting portraits of wealthy guests. McPherson's success with the Artist's Sketch Pad was followed by another triumph when his two deck set of Pin Up Girls playing cards for Brown & Bigelow, called, " Win,... Read full biography
Edgar Earl MacPherson was born on August 3, 1910, in Oklahoma. He moved to Los Angeles after high school, got a job painting movie posters for a downtown theatre, and took evening art classes at the Chouinard School of Art. In 1929 he set up shop at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Honolulu, painting portraits of wealthy guests. McPherson's success with the Artist's Sketch Pad was followed by another triumph when his two deck set of Pin Up Girls playing cards for Brown & Bigelow, called, " Win, Lose, or Draw" received a total of 168,000 orders in four months. He began receiving contracts for pin up girl posters. MacPherson painted a very famous pin-up image for the Shaw-Barton Calendar Company. The best-selling image in the company's 1941 line,... Read full biography
Edgar Earl MacPherson was born on August 3, 1910, in Oklahoma. He moved to Los Angeles after high school, got a job painting movie posters for a downtown theatre, and took evening art classes at the Chouinard School of Art. In 1929 he set up shop at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Honolulu, painting portraits of wealthy guests. McPherson's success with the Artist's Sketch Pad was followed by another triumph when his two deck set of Pin Up Girls playing cards for Brown & Bigelow, called, " Win, Lose, or Draw" received a total of 168,000 orders in four months. He began receiving contracts for pin up girl posters. MacPherson painted a very famous pin-up image for the Shaw-Barton Calendar Company. The best-selling image in the company's 1941 line, Going Places was so popular that Lucky Strike cigarettes asked to reproduce it on their 1942... Read full biography
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Edgar Earl MacPherson was born on August 3, 1910, in Oklahoma. He moved to Los Angeles after high school, got a job painting movie posters for a downtown theatre, and took evening art classes at the Chouinard School of Art. In 1929 he set up shop at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Honolulu, painting portraits of wealthy guests.
McPherson's success with the Artist's Sketch Pad was followed by another triumph when his two deck set of Pin Up Girls playing cards for Brown & Bigelow, called, " Win, Lose, or Draw" received a total of 168,000 orders in four months. He began receiving contracts for pin up girl posters. MacPherson painted a very famous pin-up image for the Shaw-Barton Calendar Company. T...But wait, there's more...
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