Come Be My Love
Post-War Romance and Intrigue This well-rendered gouache illustration by artist and illustrator Wesley Snyder features a bubbly blonde sweetheart in a white tennis skirt and a pink sweater emblazoned...
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Original illustration by Bob Dacey from Lifeguard This beautifully rendered watercolor is by illustrator Bob Dacey. It is a dreamlike piece that captures the summer haze of hot days at the beach. It...
View ArticleYou’ll Never Know, Dear
Original illustration by Bob Dacey from You’ll Never Know, Dear This beautifully rendered watercolor is by illustrator Bob Dacey. It is a dreamlike portrait with rich, brown tones and soft brush...
View ArticlePacked Dirt, Churchgoing, A Dying Cat, A Traded Car
Original illustration by Bob Dacey from Packed Dirt, Churchgoing, A Dying Cat, A Traded Car This beautifully rendered watercolor is by illustrator Bob Dacey. This is a richly colored piece done...
View ArticlePigeon Feathers
Original illustration by Bob Dacey from Pigeon Feathers This beautifully rendered watercolor is by illustrator Bob Dacey. A richly colored, dreamlike image that plays with light and dark, it features...
View ArticleGone With the Wind
A rare and never before on the market painting by Gil Elvgren, this exceptional piece is the epitome of pin-up calendar art! The post Gone With the Wind appeared first on Grapefruit Moon Gallery.
View ArticleWar And Peace
An allegorical scene that appears to blend the biblical with the modern, this beautiful and emotional oil on canvas is by illustrator Charles Allan Winter. The post War And Peace appeared first on...
View ArticleSketch of Marjorie
Marjorie, pin-up model and more This charcoal on paper sketch shows Marjorie Shuttleworth, one of Gil Elvgren’s favorite models in the 1960s in a gorgeous good girl portrait view. Along with modeling...
View ArticleThe Fan Dancer
Original Pin Up Illustration Artwork by Al Buell A dazzling, burlesque pin up girl by Al Buell created on commission for the Osborne Calendar Company. This dramatic view shows a Sally Rand inspired...
View ArticleFemme Fatale with Gun
Enric Torres-Prat and Selecciones Ilustradas In this original oil on board cover painting for an as-of-yet unidentified crime paperback, Enric Torres-Prat, better known simply as Enric, draws on the...
View ArticleStanding Nude
A Fine Art Nude by Pin Up Illustrator Joyce Ballantyne This oil on canvas features a moody and refined view of a nude brunette with face turned modestly and emotionally away from the viewer. By the...
View ArticlePortrait of Betty Lester
An early cover pastel by Rolf Armstrong that served as the cover for The January 1916 issue of "American Magazine" featuring a lovely portrait of artist's model Betty Lester. While Armstrong is best...
View ArticleMen’s Adventure Magazine Illustration
Original Men’s Adventure Magazine Illustration by Samson Pollen Offered here is a thrilling, vintage and original, grayscale gouache on board by the prolific and frequently-published illustrator...
View ArticleA Blue Eyed Beauty
An unpublished original pastel by Rolf Armstrong of model Dea Jamel Smith, a pretty young dancer from Julliard who Armstrong worked with extensively during the 1920's and early 30s as she had the face...
View ArticleWedding For Three
A large, luminous, and otherworldly gouache illustration most likely created for Redbook Magazine, verso is dated January 1958. A most awkward wedding day depiction where seemingly the groom new the...
View ArticleTwo on a Match
A spectacular and otherworldly Edwin Georgi gouache painting on illustration board in a color palette so unusual it could only have been envisioned by this particular artist. A pair of lovers...
View ArticleJewel Flowers (With My Fondest)
A lovely charcoal sketch of Jewel Flowers dated 1951, that was inscribed by the American artist Rolf Armstrong “to Jewel, with my fondest” and given to the model. As a teenager Jewel Flowers was...
View ArticleNude at Teatime
This beautiful erotic yet refined artwork by the prolific and important American illustrator Fritz Willis was created as a final study for a premium promotional calendar for Harold’s Club Casino –...
View ArticleMarry For Money Variant
This beautiful and mysterious illustration by Edwin Georgi was created in 1954 as illustration for an interior story in the Saturday Evening Post. Later, a very similar but more tightly rendered...
View ArticleInvitation to Murder
This interior illustration published in the July 17th 1954 issue of the Saturday Evening Post comes from the estate of the artist Edwin Georgi. The image shows a couple on a tense afternoon drive, and...
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