The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
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Al Brule PUBLICATIONS
- 2001. Known for: Magazine illustration, pin-up girl calendar art.
Chicago illustrator Al Brule may be most fondly remembered for his post-World War II "pin-up girl" paintings. Like artists Gil Elvgren and Art Frahm, he was heavily influenced by another Windy City... Read full biography
Chicago illustrator Al Brule may be most fondly remembered for his post-World War II "pin-up girl" paintings. Like artists Gil Elvgren and Art Frahm, he was heavily influenced by another Windy City talent, Haddon Sundblom, who became famous for integrating beautiful--and mischievously... Read full biography
Chicago illustrator Al Brule may be most fondly remembered for his post-World War II "pin-up girl" paintings. Like artists Gil Elvgren and Art Frahm, he was heavily influenced by another Windy City talent, Haddon Sundblom, who became famous for integrating beautiful--and mischievously underclad--women into U.S. advertising campaigns. Sundblom, according to an online history of pin-up art, had a "technique of using thick layers of paint to achieve a warmth and glow [that] was dubbed 'the... Read full biography
Chicago illustrator Al Brule may be most fondly remembered for his post-World War II "pin-up girl" paintings. Like artists Gil Elvgren and Art Frahm, he was heavily influenced by another Windy City talent, Haddon Sundblom, who became famous for integrating beautiful--and mischievously underclad--women into U.S. advertising campaigns. Sundblom, according to an online history of pin-up art, had a "technique of using thick layers of paint to achieve a warmth and glow [that] was dubbed 'the mayonnaise school.' " Brule capitalized on that technique in his own commercial work. A short biography, apparently lifted from 2002's The Great American Pin-up, by Charles G. Martignette and Louis K. Meisel, says that during the 1940s and the 1950s,... Read full biography
Chicago illustrator Al Brule may be most fondly remembered for his post-World War II "pin-up girl" paintings. Like artists Gil Elvgren and Art Frahm, he was heavily influenced by another Windy City talent, Haddon Sundblom, who became famous for integrating beautiful--and mischievously underclad--women into U.S. advertising campaigns. Sundblom, according to an online history of pin-up art, had a "technique of using thick layers of paint to achieve a warmth and glow [that] was dubbed 'the mayonnaise school.' " Brule capitalized on that technique in his own commercial work. A short biography, apparently lifted from 2002's The Great American Pin-up, by Charles G. Martignette and Louis K. Meisel, says that during the 1940s and the 1950s, [Brule] created many advertisements for major national corporations, most of them appearing as full pages in leading magazines such as The... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pages