Coupe du Monde, 1938
Artist: Joe Bridge


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Zoologischer Garten, 1912


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About the First Artwork
Beloved American illustrator Howard Chandler Christy (1873 – 1952) was synonymous with his iconic Christy Girl, a beautiful, independent woman whose 6,000 images were featured in numerous national magazines and patriotic posters. Originally illustrating Spanish-American war scenes directly from the battlefield, Christy became a portraitist when he came home. He painted socialites, actors and presidents, completing a staggering 30 works in a single year. Christy, admired for his smooth, spontaneous brushwork, also painted allegories, historical scenes, and landscapes.
This art print was created using a sophisticated digital printer. The Giclee printing process delivers a fine stream of archival ink on archival paper, resulting in vivid, pure color and exceptional detail that is suitable for museum or gallery display.



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Joyce Ballantyne (April 4, 1918 – May 15, 2006) was a painter of pin-up art. She is best known as the designer of the Coppertone girl, whose swimming costume is being pulled down by a dog.

In 1945 Ballantyne began painting pin-ups for Brown & Bigelow, having been recommended by Gil Elvgren. While there, she designed direct mail pin-up brochures for the company, and was eventually given the honor of creating an Artist's Sketch Pad twelve page calendar. She often used herself as a model.

In 1954, Ballantyne painted twelve pin-ups for a calendar published by Shaw-Barton. Upon the calendar's release in 1955, demand was so great that the company reprinted it many times.

Ballantyne then went on to paint one of the most famous advertising images ever, when Coppertone suntan lotion asked her to create a billboard image in 1959. That image, of a pigtailed girl with her bathing suit being tugged down by a small dog, has become an American icon. Her daughter Cheri Brand was used as the model for the girl.



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In the 1950s, the Belgian government stimulated tourism through posters, appealing particularly to the safari crowd. The designers of these posters relied heavily on iconic images that reinforced notions of an exotic Africa.

All Russian women are this beautiful, right? :-)

I made a similar post to my journal a couple of months ago, but I figured I could make it here too. I love old movie posters, and The Beast with Five Fingers certainly had some fun ones.


Italian.

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One of my favorite Russian movie posters. Could any of you that speak the Russian language translate into English what is printed here? Thanks!

Train, Paris and Moscou


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February 1923


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Blue Dolphin Martini


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Soir De Paris IV


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Coke Victorian Red


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White Star Line


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Laliberte, Andrea
Canadian

Biography:
Andrea is a young Montreal artist who has a degree in fashion design and a passion for beauty. During her studies, Andrea was fascinated by form and texture, which led her to develop a style of elegance, strength and femininity mixing contrast and color. She is interested in the modern women; independent, strong and confidant.



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FILM FUN ran from July 1915 to September 1942. Actually, however, it traced its roots back to the late 19th century, having begun as JUDGE'S SERIALS (1887 to January 1890), reprinting material from the humor magazine JUDGE. This became JUDGE'S LIBRARY (February 1890 to July 1912) and then THE MAGAZINE OF FUN (August 1912 to June 1915). Apparently FILM FUN did not continue on after 1942 under some other name. Apparently.

OK, going by the covers it's hard to take FILM FUN seriously as a movie magazine. Well, it didn't take itself seriously. In the beginning it covered humorous movies and actually had comedians on the covers. By 1921 it was running painted covers by the likes of John Held, Jr. (his usual topics), and by 1922 Enoch Bolles was painting for it. Bolles did women in bathing suits and women in skimpy clothes; some believe they were called "pin-ups" (how quaint that sounds today!). Meanwhile the magazine continued with stories about movies, biographies of the stars, and lots of pictures. Maybe they were racy by the standards of the day, but today we find them, well, quaint. From mid-1923 until just before it folded in 1942 (after changing to photographic covers...), Bolles painted almost every cover for this magazine. Every issue seems to have been in the same 8.5 x 11.5" format.

February 1922


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Young Olympic Games, c.1914
Artist: Elzingre


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