Illinois, Florida. 1914 - 1980
Pin-up girl, illustration, landscape painting
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1896 Arequipa, Peru - 1982 Los Angeles, California. Known for: Pin-up girl illustrations.
Alberto Vargas (1896-1982) was born in Arequipa, Peru, in 1896, the son of a successful photographer, and was educated in Switzerland. Arriving in New York in 1916, he was determined to stay in... Read full biography
Alberto Vargas (1896-1982) was born in Arequipa, Peru, in 1896, the son of a successful photographer, and was educated in Switzerland. Arriving in New York in 1916, he was determined to stay in America and pursue what became an illustrious career. His name has become synonymous with pin-up girls,... Read full biography
Alberto Vargas (1896-1982) was born in Arequipa, Peru, in 1896, the son of a successful photographer, and was educated in Switzerland. Arriving in New York in 1916, he was determined to stay in America and pursue what became an illustrious career. His name has become synonymous with pin-up girls, but in the early 1940s, he was just a guy hired by Esquire magazine to imitate departed star George Petty, who bolted over pay. Vargas initially aped Petty's sleek women with their telephone posing and... Read full biography
Alberto Vargas (1896-1982) was born in Arequipa, Peru, in 1896, the son of a successful photographer, and was educated in Switzerland. Arriving in New York in 1916, he was determined to stay in America and pursue what became an illustrious career. His name has become synonymous with pin-up girls, but in the early 1940s, he was just a guy hired by Esquire magazine to imitate departed star George Petty, who bolted over pay. Vargas initially aped Petty's sleek women with their telephone posing and large-hat lounging; soon, however, his own distinctive, delicate watercolor style emerged. His wide-eyed wonder- women rivaled Betty Grable as the ultimate pin-up girl of World War II. Vargas, who signed his Esquire work "Varga", had already... Read full biography
Alberto Vargas (1896-1982) was born in Arequipa, Peru, in 1896, the son of a successful photographer, and was educated in Switzerland. Arriving in New York in 1916, he was determined to stay in America and pursue what became an illustrious career. His name has become synonymous with pin-up girls, but in the early 1940s, he was just a guy hired by Esquire magazine to imitate departed star George Petty, who bolted over pay. Vargas initially aped Petty's sleek women with their telephone posing and large-hat lounging; soon, however, his own distinctive, delicate watercolor style emerged. His wide-eyed wonder- women rivaled Betty Grable as the ultimate pin-up girl of World War II. Vargas, who signed his Esquire work "Varga", had already achieved some notoriety for his Ziegfeld Follies and movie poster art. But Esquire made h... Read full biography
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Duotone Varga Signature, 1947
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Trick or Treat, Playboy interior illustration
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New York, California, Hawaii, Michigan. 1889 - 1960
Glamour girls, pin-ups calendar illustration
Illinois, New York, Louisiana. 1894 - 1975
Illustrator-pin-up girl
New York, California. 1893 - 1984
Illustration-pin-up girl, figure
New Jersey, New York. 1883 - 1976
Pin-up girl illustration, magazine covers, advertising art
California, Oklahoma. 1907 - 1979
Pin-up girl illustration
Massachusetts. 1902/03 - 1968
Illustration-female figure
New York, Arizona. 1907 - 1993
Illustration-female figure, genre
Illinois, Michigan. 1899 - 1976
Magazine and commercial illustration
Pennsylvania. 1863 - 1935
Child figure-genre painting, magazine and book illustration
New York. 1909 - 1945
Illustrator, pulp action, females
California, Ohio / Germany. 1945 - 1984
Art deco seductive female figure, advertising art, illustration, posters
California. 1901 - 1983
Action-frontier genre, illustrator
New York / Germany. 1874 - 1951
Illustration, figure, genre, animal painting
Illinois. 1907 - 1981
Pin-up girl illustration
California. 1921 - 1986
Illustration, pin-up, clowns, Native-American portraits
Washington. 1889 - 1960
Figure, illustration, landscape
New York. 1889 - 1936
Illustration, commercial art, magazine cover genre
New York, Ontario. 1877 - 1951
Illustrator-history, war-action
California. Born 1948
Female figure and portrait painting, illustration, greeting cards
New York, Minnesota, Nebraska. 1907 - 1989
Science fiction illustration, sport and frontier themes
New York. 1896 - 1962
Illustration-glamourous women, genre
New York / Austria. 1884 - 1963
Science fiction illustration, design
Connecticut, Ohio. 1926 - 2025
Nude figure-female, genre, illustrator
New York. 1877/78 - 1924
Genre, portrait, illustration
New York. 1899 - 1987
Magazine illustration, painting, teaching, song writing
Pennsylvania. 1886 - 1954
Figure-female, genre, illustration
Minnesota. 1920 - 2005
Pin-up girl illustrations, landscape and portrait painting, engraving
New York. 1896 - 1964
Illustrator-female figure, genre
New York. 1904 - 1987
Illustration; Portraits; Landscapes; Western Scenes
New York. 1912/1919 - 2000
Magazine illustration, portrait, figure and genre painting
New York. 1877 - 1960
Illustration, figure, genre, portrait paintings