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Probably the most well known pinup artist of all time is Alberto Vargas. He truly was a pioneer of airbrush art, and he is most noted for the obsessively polished look of his pin ups. His Varga Girls are, in my mind, the most famous art work of the pinup art genre.

His career spanned 6 decades!

He began in 1919 and distinguished himself as the official artist of the Ziegfeld Follies. Vargas painted many of their stars including Billie Burke, Paulette Goddard, Eddie Cantor and W.C. Fields.

In the 30’s he became a very well known artist for the Hollywood studios. Some of the leading ladies he painted included Ann Sheridan, Betty Grable, and Marlene Dietrich.

But the transition which brought him to the peak of his career was his contract with Esquire Magazine in the 1940’s. This was when his pin up girls, known as Varga Girls, became household names. His most famous art forms at this time were his pinup calendars and pinup posters .

During the 1950’s Vargas worked for the Hollywood studios again, painting Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell, Shelley Winters and Ava Gardner. He also issued his own deck of Vargas Girl playing cards, called "Vargas Vanities. During this period he also did his own variation of nude painting for Playboy Magazine and Hugh Hefner.

He continued to work until his death in 1982. Probably his most famous art work among modern audiences is his Candy-O album cover for the band The Cars. His work is greatly prized by collectors, and his pinups are widely reproduced today. I even own a set of Varga Girl refrigerator magnets!

Author: Stacy Lande

Stacy Lande is a Los Angeles based artist, and her pin up art is most often placed in the lowbrow category. Her new website, about all things pinup, can be viewed at http://www.i-love-pin-up-girls.com. Her book, THE RED BOX, from Last Gasp press, features introductions from Robert Williams and Frank Kozik. Stacy has had a lifelong obsession with pin up girls, and her erotic paintings explore the more allegorical side of pinups. Her subjects are femme fatales and devil girls, and her fascination with the succubus has prompted her work to be described as "predatory pinups". Stacy’s paintings have been featured in magazine articles, notably Juxtapoz, Detour, and Hot Rod Deluxe; films, notably Gone in 60 Seconds starring Angelina Jolie and Nicholas cage; and art books, such as Weirdo Deluxe, from Chronicle Books, and Vicious, Delicious, and Ambitious, from Schiffer Books. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Stacy_Lande

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