Ben-Hur Baz

Ben-Hur Baz (1906 – 2003) was a painter of pin-up art. Born in Mexico in 1906, Baz was a pin-up and glamour artist who became known in the late 1940s and 1950s for his association with Esquire Read more

Billy DeVorss

William Albartus DeVorss, better known as Billy DeVorss, was born in Missouri in 1908. He graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1934 and soon after went to New York to pursue his career in Read more

Edward D’Ancona

Edward D’Ancona was a prolific pin-up artist who produced hundreds of enjoyable images, almost nothing is known about his background. He sometimes signed his paintings with the name “D’Amarie”, but his real name appears on numerous calendar Read more

Enoch Bolles

Enoch Bolles (1883 – 1976) was an American painter of pin-up art. His most widely reproduced advertising illustration is the “Windy Girl” for Zippo lighters. This work, produced in 1937, has recently been reissued as the Vargas Read more

Joyce Ballantyne

Joyce Ballantyne 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.

She was born in Norfolk, Nebraska during Read more

McClelland Barclay

McClelland Barclay (1891–1943) was an American painter of pin-up art. Born in St. Louis in 1891, Barclay studied first at the Art Institute of Chicago, then later at the Art Students League in New York City, where Read more