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George Petty – Curvy Pin-up from 1947

By Cyril Foiret / 24 Aug 2009 @ 10:31 am

He left Esquire, to be replaced by Alberto Vargas who we will be featuring here soon, and became a freelance commercial artist. His girls soon ended up gracing magazine ads and calendars for such unlikely products as Tung-Sol Radio Tubes and the aptly named, Ridgid Tools.

Thanks to A-HAA for the images! See also more of his Pin-ups here

If you LOVE Pin-ups like us, then you should check the Mel Ramos Pin-up too !

Do you design Pin-ups and calendar girls? Artistic custom calendars aren’t just great gifts, they’re also keepsakes.

TAGS: 1960s pin-up, art, George Petty, George Petty painting, pin-up, Pin-Up by George Petty, pin-up trend, pin-ups, pinups, pop art

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cruzjen
I will cut of my left arm to be able to draw like George Petty. His ladies are beautiful:)
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considering it was from 40′s, those are pretty cool.
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tom
do yo know anywwhere i would be able to obtain a large blowup of a geroge petty pin up, specifically the January 1947 ice skating bunny?
my e-mail address is montiglio.esq@hotmail.com
thanks
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Ryoon816
This calendar will be accurate again in 2013!! (you can re-use a calendar every 11 years – though this one is so old that there might be some other rules that apply).
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Thanks for the tip Ryoon, I didnt knew that ! But it possible like you said that there is some new rules, like holidays or other… But thanks for the info
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Laurel
Amazing seeing my aunt Judy then and now. She posed for many of these but George used his 14 year old daughter for the faces.
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Wow, how amazingly inspirational are the curvy Pin-ups of George Petty ! He was one of the top “cheesecake” illustrators of the 30s and 40s. He began his career with a series of cartoons featuring beautiful girls and their far from handsome beaus.His work coined the term “Petty Girls“ to describe the carefully airbrushed girls with brilliant smiles and sexy poses. SO kitsch and so beautiful, I always deeply loved Pin-ups !

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