Sadly, no. This book concentrates on the period from 1940 through 1970 when painted calendar girls were the rage. Earl Moran, Gil Elvgren, et al. So no Gibson Girls, for example. (I love those! Want to do a themed shoot one day.)
On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 10:00 AM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess that means there are none of his reproduced in the book :-( > glad you liked the story > > ann > > > On 12/29/2015 8:29 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> Ann, Russell Patterson's work gets a mention in a historical intro, >> page 16. Regarding the 1920's ... >> >> << The magazines Judge, Life, and College Humor enthusiastically >> published the flappers of [John Held Jr.] and Russell Patterson [...] >> That's a cool story, Ann! >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 3:27 PM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I agree with ya Bruce - I like the artwork better too. >>> >>> But this sparks a memory of mine.. >>> >>> Are there any Russell Patterson's in your book? I met him in 1960 - >>> being >>> introduced to him at his apartment >>> on Central Park west by the stage manager for "Russell Patterson's >>> sketchbook" as I was to be hired as a bit player and prop gal in the >>> short >>> livedoff broadway show at the Maidman theatre. It lasted only 3 days, >>> but >>> its starwas Anita Gillette - and she actually won a Theatre world >>> award for her performancein it. I had worked with the stage manager >>> before >>> and he wanted me to work with him on the show - my reward >>> for the backstage stuff was a few bits and understudying Anita for the >>> non-singing sketches she did. >>> >>> Look forward to your next pin-up >>> >>> ann >>> >>> >>> On 12/28/2015 2:44 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >>>> >>>> Gil Elvgren was a master. Personally I much prefer his painted >>>> renditions to the source photos. I have a fabulous book, The Great >>>> American Pin-Up, with lots of Elvgren and his contemporaries. >>>> >>>> It's almost time for me to do another pin-up shoot. Maybe this year. :) >>>> >>>> On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 12:01 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I stumbled across a video on facebook, and with a little google fu >>>>> found >>>>> several articles that have pinup drawings side by side with the photos >>>>> used >>>>> by the artist. Here is one of them, I found the comparisons >>>>> interesting. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://www.nerve.com/entertainment/17-pinup-paintings-side-by-side-with-the-photos-that-inspired-them >>>>> -- >>>>> Larry Colen [email protected] >>>>> http://red4est.com/lrc >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>>> follow the directions. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
