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1920 Minneapolis, Minnesota - 2005 Minneapolis, Minnesota. Known for: Pin-up girl illustrations, landscape and portrait painting, engraving.
Born in Minneapolis, Bill Medcalf received all of his art education from schools near his hometown. In 1940 and 1941, he worked in the art department of the United States Treasury's Bureau of... Read full biography
Born in Minneapolis, Bill Medcalf received all of his art education from schools near his hometown. In 1940 and 1941, he worked in the art department of the United States Treasury's Bureau of Engraving and in 1942, he joined the Navy as a gunners mate. Bill painted more than twenty years of... Read full biography
Born in Minneapolis, Bill Medcalf received all of his art education from schools near his hometown. In 1940 and 1941, he worked in the art department of the United States Treasury's Bureau of Engraving and in 1942, he joined the Navy as a gunners mate. Bill painted more than twenty years of beautiful pinups for Brown & Bigelow from 1947 to 1967, handling all the special-project calendar commissions for their most important customers. Source: . "The Pinup Art of Bill Medcalf", Roadkill Customs,... Read full biography
Born in Minneapolis, Bill Medcalf received all of his art education from schools near his hometown. In 1940 and 1941, he worked in the art department of the United States Treasury's Bureau of Engraving and in 1942, he joined the Navy as a gunners mate. Bill painted more than twenty years of beautiful pinups for Brown & Bigelow from 1947 to 1967, handling all the special-project calendar commissions for their most important customers. Source: . "The Pinup Art of Bill Medcalf", Roadkill Customs, . www.roadkillcustoms.com/hot-rods-rat-rods/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=162#axzz2mgtsVt00 (Accessed 12/6/2013)... Read full biography
Born in Minneapolis, Bill Medcalf received all of his art education from schools near his hometown. In 1940 and 1941, he worked in the art department of the United States Treasury's Bureau of Engraving and in 1942, he joined the Navy as a gunners mate. Bill painted more than twenty years of beautiful pinups for Brown & Bigelow from 1947 to 1967, handling all the special-project calendar commissions for their most important customers. Source: . "The Pinup Art of Bill Medcalf", Roadkill Customs, . www.roadkillcustoms.com/hot-rods-rat-rods/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=162#axzz2mgtsVt00 (Accessed 12/6/2013)... Read full biography
William Edward (Bill) Medcalf - Artist Info
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Keywords (15)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Pin-Ups, Pin-Up Girls
- •Sports Figures, Athletes, Genre, Events
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Brown & Bigelow Calendar Illustration
- •Calendar Illustration, Calendar Artist