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George Petty (1894-04-27-1975) was an American pin-up artist. His pin-up art appeared primarily in Esquire and Fawcett Publications's True and was also seen widely in calendars marketed by Esquire, True and Ridge Tool Company. Petty's Esquire gatefolds originated and popularized the magazine device of fold-out centerfolds. Reproductions of his work were widely rendered by military artists as nose art decorating warplanes during the Second World War, including the Memphis Belle, known as "Petty Girls." Image File history File links Petty. ...
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(Clockwise from upper left) Notable Time magazine covers from the dates May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ...
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Gilda DVD cover Rita Hayworth (October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987), was an American actress of Spanish and English descent who reached fame during the 1940s as the eras leading sex symbol. ...
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April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ...
1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...
A pin-up girl is a woman whose physical attractiveness would entice one to place a picture of her on a wall. ...
Cover of an issue of Esquire magazine. ...
Fawcett Publications was an American publishing company founded in 1919 in Robbinsdale, Minnesota by Wilford H. Captain Billy Fawcett (1883-1940). ...
Standard Lenna image famously used in many image processing experiments, taken from the (non-revealing) top third of a November 1972 Playboy centerfold. ...
Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
Memphis Belle was the nickname of a B-17 Flying Fortress during the Second World War that inspired the making of two motion pictures: a 1944 documentary film: Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress and a 1990 Hollywood feature film: Memphis Belle. ...
Early life
George Brown Petty IV was born in Abbeville, Louisiana on April 27, 1894 to George Brown Petty III and his wife, Sarah. George was the couple's second child; his sister Elizabeth was born in 1891. The small city of Abbeville is the parish seat of Vermilion Parish, in the US state of Louisiana, 150 miles (241 km) southwest of New Orleans. ...
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The Petty family moved to Chicago, Illinois just before the turn of the century, where George III, a photographer of some note, enjoyed considerable success. Today, it's possible to find his photographs of young women, madonnas, and nudes anywhere from coast to coast. Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Official website: http://egov. ...
Education George was not a particularly good student in high school. He spent a great deal of time on extracurricular activities instead of schoolwork, and just barely squeezed through. His artistic bent first became obvious during his high school education, where he was the staff artist for the school newspaper.
During his high school years, George enrolled in evening classes at Chicago's Art Institute. Also during his high school years, George displayed his business acumen. He set up his own art course, charging classmates $5.00 per session. The Art Institute of Chicago is one of the premier art educational facilities in the United States. ...
During his summers, George worked in his father's photo shop, where he learned how to use an airbrush. The airbrush is a small, highly precise spray gun for applying paint. ...
After his graduation from high school, George studied art at the Académie Julian. He stayed there, studying with Jean-Paul Laurens and others, until 1916, when World War I caused Joseph P. Herrick, ambassador at that time, to order all Americans to return home. The Académie Julian was an art school in Paris, France. ...
Jean-Paul Laurens (Fourquevaux, (1838–Paris, 1921), was a French academic painter. ...
1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 - The Royal Army Medical Corps first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ...
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Artistic influences George Petty never discussed in detail those artists that influenced him, other than J. C. Leyendecker (an artist for The Saturday Evening Post during George's high school days) for his interpretation of men, Coles Phillips for his technique, and Maxfield Parrish for his use of light. However, it can be inferred from his later work that other influences included those artists who were extremely popular in Paris at the time, such as Alfons Mucha, George Barbier, and , in particular, the watercolor technique of England's Russell Flint. Joseph Christian Leyendecker (23 March 1874-25 July 1951) was a popularAmerican illustrator. ...
A cover of the Saturday Evening Post from 1903 The Saturday Evening Post was a weekly magazine published in the United States from August 4, 1821 to February 8, 1969. ...
C. Coles Phillips (1880, Springfield, Ohio _ 1927, United States artist. ...
The Dinky Bird from Poems of Childhood, 1904 Maxfield Parrish (July 25, 1870 - March 30, 1966) was an American painter and illustrator. ...
Alfons Mucha Alfons Maria Mucha (help· info) (July 24, 1860–July 14, 1939) was a Czech painter and decorative artist. ...
George Barbier (1865 - July 19, 1945) was one of the great French illustrators of the early 20th century. ...
Sources Reid Stewart Austin (The Best of Gil Elvgren) examined the life and art of George Petty in the 192-page Petty: The Classic Pin-Up Art of George Petty. Published by Gramercy in 1997, the lavish volume features a foreword by Hugh Hefner and an introductory essay by Petty's daughter, Marjorie Petty, who was his main model. In The New York Times Book Review famed designer George Lois praised this collection of Petty's creamy creations, commenting, "Just as the cool, unapproachable Gibson Girl was the feminine ideal of young men at the turn of the century, the voluptuous Petty Girl became the ideal of their wide-eyed sons. I'm going on the record to swear that George Brown Petty IV consistently created better-designed women than God, and now I've got a big beautiful book to prove it. Hugh Hefner was born in Chicago, Illinois, on April 9, 1926 and grew up in a very typically Methodist repressed home with no show of affection of any kind. He went to Sayre Elementary School, and Steinmetz High School in Chicago. ...
Robert Cummings portrayed George Petty in the biographical musical comedy The Petty Girl (Columbia, 1950), directed by Henry Levin and featuring the film debut of Tippi Hedren as one of the Petty Girls. Nat Perrin's screenplay was based on a story by Mary McCarthy. The film is also notable for several lilting, lighthearted songs composed by Harold Arlen (music) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics), including "Fancy Free" and "I Loves Ya." The large production number at the finale is "The Petty Girl" by Arlen and Mercer, performed by Joan Caulfield (dubbed by Carole Richards), the Petty Girls and a male quartet. Cummings (left) with Grace Kelly and Ray Milland in Dial M for Murder (1954) Robert Cummings (June 10, 1908 – December 2, 1990), also known as Bob Cummings, was an American motion picture and television actor. ...
Nathalie Tippi Hedren (born January 19, 1930 in New Ulm, Minnesota) is an American actress. ...
Mary Therese McCarthy (June 21, 1912 - October 25, 1989) was an American author and critic. ...
Harold Arlen, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1960 Harold Arlen (February 15, 1905 - April 23, 1986) was an American composer of popular music. ...
Johnny Mercer John Herndon Johnny Mercer (November 18, 1909 - June 25, 1976) was a lyricist and composer. ...
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