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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1914 St. Paul, Minnesota - 1980 Siesta Key, Florida. Known for: Pin-up girl, illustration, landscape painting.
Gil Elvgren was a great pin-up artist and a master storyteller whom some called "the Norman Rockwell of cheese-cake." His heroines are often caught in humorous but distressing situations that cause... Read full biography
Gil Elvgren was a great pin-up artist and a master storyteller whom some called "the Norman Rockwell of cheese-cake." His heroines are often caught in humorous but distressing situations that cause their skirts to rise and our eyes to follow. Many of his commissions were with the Coca Cola company.... Read full biography
Gil Elvgren was a great pin-up artist and a master storyteller whom some called "the Norman Rockwell of cheese-cake." His heroines are often caught in humorous but distressing situations that cause their skirts to rise and our eyes to follow. Many of his commissions were with the Coca Cola company. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Elvgren attended University High School, and after graduation, he began studying art at the Minneapolis Art Institute. Some of Gil's fellow students were Coby Whitmore,... Read full biography
Gil Elvgren was a great pin-up artist and a master storyteller whom some called "the Norman Rockwell of cheese-cake." His heroines are often caught in humorous but distressing situations that cause their skirts to rise and our eyes to follow. Many of his commissions were with the Coca Cola company. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Elvgren attended University High School, and after graduation, he began studying art at the Minneapolis Art Institute. Some of Gil's fellow students were Coby Whitmore, Al Buell, Andrew Loomis, Ben Stahl and Robert Skemp, many who would later work for Coca Cola, as would Elvgren. He graduated from the Institute during the Depression at the age of twenty-two and joined the stable of artists at Stevens and Gross,... Read full biography
Gil Elvgren was a great pin-up artist and a master storyteller whom some called "the Norman Rockwell of cheese-cake." His heroines are often caught in humorous but distressing situations that cause their skirts to rise and our eyes to follow. Many of his commissions were with the Coca Cola company. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Elvgren attended University High School, and after graduation, he began studying art at the Minneapolis Art Institute. Some of Gil's fellow students were Coby Whitmore, Al Buell, Andrew Loomis, Ben Stahl and Robert Skemp, many who would later work for Coca Cola, as would Elvgren. He graduated from the Institute during the Depression at the age of twenty-two and joined the stable of artists at Stevens and Gross, Chicago's most prestigious advertising agency. He became a protégé of the monumentally talented Haddon Sundblom, who was mo... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesPicasso to Pop: The Richard Weisman Collection
2002Shea, Patricia (Editor)124 pagesThe Illustrator in America, 1860-2000 The Society of Illustrators
2001Reed, Walt452 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesGil Elvgren: All His Glamorous American Pin-Ups
1999Martignette, Charles; L Meisel272 pages (color)Gil Elvgren & Friends: 36 Collectible Pin-up Cards
1997Phillips, Marianne36 pages (color)The Great American Pin-Up
1996Martignette,Charles; L Meisel384 pages (color)