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 One of the benefits
of having friends online, is that they
send you tons of stuff you’d probably
like. This vintage photography
collection, whimsically called My
Grandfather's Girls, is beautifully
wrapped in flash design and was actually
sent to me by a
few friends. So
I figured it was high time I shared it
with you, my beloved readers. Hope you
enjoy this historic little online
treasure. 
Tags: My Grandfather's Girls,
vintage photography
collection, online treasure, Historic pinup girls
 If your a precocious
pinup collector, the Grapefruit
Moon Gallery is where you get your
cheesecake originals. From Gil Elvgren to
Henry Clive to Earl Moran, these pieces
are the real deal. The actual oil on
canvas piece!
Tags: Grapefruit Moon Gallery,
pinup collector, Henry Clive, Earl Moran, cheesecake originals,
Gil Elvgren, oil on canvas
Do men pinup artists draw differently
than women pinup artists? It’s the battle of
the sexes!It had to be asked- you know
it and I know it. It’s so basic to the
art-form, it just couldn’t be ignored. Pinup
art is about the way an artist perceives sex
and women, so there are bound to be
differences. Let’s observe, together, the
differences and similarities between men and
women pinup artists.
A Little HistoryTraditionally, not
many women artists are historically
documented. Women rights are such a new
concept, that sometimes I wonder how we got
so far, in such a short time span.
Historically, it was World War II that
launched women into the work-place, in
America, and they had their hand in every
field of expertise and occupation.
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Tags: tits&ass, Marcus Grey, Jessica Dougherty, Dean Yeagle, Sexy Bitches, Feminist views, post-modern, dumb-blond, cartoon pinup, Alayna Magnan, Women Pinup Artists, Pearl Frush, Gil Elvgren, battle of the sexes, fetish and fantasy, pinup painting, olivia de Berardinis,
Hajime Sorayama, vintage pinup, attention to detail, photo-realistic, 1950's, 1970's, 1990's, Playboy magazine, parnographic images, female commercial artists,
pinup art, World War II
Edward
Reed is a digital pinup artist (worked
with water color and airbrush until 2005).
He’s very influenced by the masters, as
you can see, by this George Petty styled
pinup and adds his modern twist to them.
Two styles dominate his work; the classic,
idealized pinup and the photorealistic neo
pinup.
Tags: Edward Reed, Goerge Petty, photorealistic, classic pinup artists,
digital pinup artist
 This vintage ad was sent
to me by a friend. I thought it to be
pretty remarkable, a facsinating piece
of history. Not only, do we have proof
that modems were already being sold to
the public in the 1970’s, but we can see
the early mastery of selling with sex.
And while we’re on the subject, isn’t
this 70’s pinup fantastic?
My friend, sadly, doesn’t remember the source
of the image, so if anybody knows somthing,
shoot me an email ar comment.
Tags: 1970's, 70’s pinup, modem history, selling with sex, vintage ad
It’s movie poster mania at The Pinup
Blog!
Movie posters are
one of the most diversified genre there is.
From photography, to realistic illustration,
to the expressive and dramatic- Show biz has
got it all! Of course, I’m a sucker for it’s
pinups- the classic and the contemporary.
Some are old-school, some I’m seeing for the
first time, some will became classic in
twenty year’s time. So let’s zoom into this
modern art- the movie poster.
Art Nouveau Does HollywodBefore
movies were in color, or had sound, or camera
movement, the posters were just as low tech.
This doesn’t mean that they were inferior- on
the contrary. Movie posters in the 20’s and
before were designed by the most respected
fine artists, such as
Alfons Mucha, Eugène
Grasset and Paul
Colin. Always very expressionistic,
focusing on colors, shapes and rhythms.
All this sophistication, however, leaves
enough room for a lot of sex-appeal, and
as the years progressed, the cleavage
regressed. 
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Tags: Vintage Movie Poster,
Rita Hayworth, Bad Girls, Marlene Dietrich, Natalie Portman, actresses, Quentin Tarantino, Grindhouse, Lolita, Austin Powers, Angelina Jolie, uma Thurman, neo pinups, Pinup Girls, Tragic Sirens, Bond Girls, horror genre, B movie, screaming cheesecake,
scary monster, Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, 1950’s, photography, modern art, femme fatal, show Biz History, 1940’s, Paul Colin, glamor girls, Alfons Mucha, Eugène Grasset, Art Nouveau, Hollywod, realistic illustration
 There are many
retro/pinup/vintage blogs out there, but
only a select few make me feel all fuzzy
inside and bubbly with excitement.
Miss-Vintage is
one of these top sites! So the first
thing I did was add it to my blogroll
(on the sidebar under “Expand Your Pinup
World” ). And now I’m telling all my
beloved readers about it. Miss-Vintage
is a wonderfully designed and
professionally executed vintage fashion
site. There’s tons to explore, like
interviews
with original glamor girls, a
comprehensive vintage fashion
timeline, an incredibly thorough
Encyclopedia
of Vintage fashion Icons and so much
more you could explode! Go there,
bookmark it, and go back often!
Tags: Miss-Vintage, vintage fashion site,
glamor girls, retro pinup style, Vintage fashion Icons
Take a tour in the high end of pinup
art.It’s true that mostly, pinup girls
are considered a low art, at times completely
thought of as porn. Today we talk a little
about pinups in Pop Art- a highly respected
art movement.
Before we take a look at some Pop Art pinup
girls, here’s a short explanation of the
movement:
Pop art is a visual art movement that
emerged in the mid 1950s... [it’s] one of
the major art movements of the twentieth
century. Characterized by themes and
techniques drawn from popular mass culture,
such as advertising and comic books, pop
art is widely interpreted as either a
reaction to the then-dominant ideas of
abstract expressionism or an expansion upon
them. Pop art, like pop music, aimed to
employ images of popular as opposed to
elitist culture in art, emphasizing the
banal or kitschy elements of any given
culture.
~ Wikipedia
~
In essence, anyone making ads or comic book
art is creating popular culture. The
difference is that Pop Artists are usually
trying to react to pop-culture with their
creations and not just be part of the
creation mass. (Kind of like the difference
between Britney Spears and Madonna)
Mel Ramos
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Tags: pop art, Pinup Girls, popular media, print, comic book, Mel Ramos, Andy Warhol, Pop Artist, painter in the age of mechanical
reproduction, Roy Lichtenstein, Low art, Allen Jones, pop-culture, art movement, 1950's, Allan d'Arcangelo, Marilyn Monroe
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