miloGil Elvgren began painting calendar pin-ups for Louis F. Dow, one of America’s leading publishing companies, during which time he…
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‧‧‧ One of 806Gil Elvgren began painting calendar pin-ups for Louis F. Dow, one of America’s leading publishing companies, during which time he created about 60 works on 28″ × 22″ canvas and distinguished them by a printed signature. Many of his pin-ups were reproduced as nose art on military aircraft during World War II. Around 1944, Gil was approached by Brown and Bigelow, a firm that still dominates the field in producing calendars and advertising specialties.
During the 1940s and 1950s Gil Elvgren illustrated stories for a host of magazines, such as The Saturday Evening Post and Good Housekeeping. Among the models Gil Elvgren painted were Myrna Hansen, Donna Reed, Barbara Hale, Arlene Dahl, Lola Albright and Kim Novak.
