Giggidy Giggidy Goo! :D

ah these are so cool! thanks for these!!

If you have questions about who created the work, ask the editor of Illustration magazine. Serious collectors of original illustration art go to him for verification of artists. Their website is www.illustration-magazine.com.

I haven't been this satisfied by g-rated content in a very long while, Good Job, the ladies look fantastic!

Many of these are not "vintage" but simple modern takes on an old style...do you research!

I forgot to mention that it also reminds me of the awesome vintage pin-up photography that the guys over at Viva's Pin-Ups are doing - they are phenomenal.

All iI can say is wow. I am an absolute sucker for vintage art and those old signs that you would have found at diners and gas stations. It's like elegant cheese. But these are way cool, and really nicely done.

I found a site some time back that listed all the vintage artists of the time and had links to online collections, only problem is I was on a public i-cafe pc and forgot to Stumble the URL. Doh!

#16 is by Art Frahm. His dual specialties were panties falling down and celery. (Note the woman's grocery bag.) James Lileks has an entire gallery of Frahm.

You are so right. These pin-ups look so much better than some of the stuff we have been seeing in recent years. Definitely still fresh!

Mr. Pink: You said 'True Blue' was about a nice girl, a sensitive girl who meets a nice guy, and that 'Like a Virgin' was a metaphor for big dicks.
Mr. Brown: Lemme tell you what 'Like a Virgin' is about. It's all about this cooze who's a regular fuck machine, I'm talking morning, day, night, afternoon, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick.
Mr. Blue: How many dicks is that?
Mr. White: A lot.
Mr. Brown: Then one day she meets this John Holmes motherfucker and it's like, whoa baby, I mean this cat is like Charles Bronson in the 'Great Escape', he's digging tunnels. Now, she's gettin' the serious dick action and she's feeling something she ain't felt since forever. Pain. Pain.
Joe: Chew? Toby Chew?
Mr. Brown: It hurts her. It shouldn't hurt her, you know, her pussy should be Bubble Yum by now, but when this cat fucks her it hurts. It hurts just like it did the first time. You see the pain is reminding a fuck machine what it once was like to be a virgin. Hence, 'Like a Virgin'.
Joe: Wong?

"It is art! It is not meant to be scrutinized philosophically or otherwise."

Well now that's just silly. Of course it's meant to be scrutinized, philosophically *and* otherwise. Art should provoke discussion, otherwise it's just so much landscape and fruit bowls. ;)

For me Vargas was the greatest artist of all...

if i'd be a teenage straight boy that likes art i'd cover a wall in my room with these. it's classy yet edgy and even the visiting girls might like it.

Kool

Gil Elvgren, in my opinion, was truly a master of pinup art. I created a website dedicated to his art. Over the years I've collected nearly every title he painted. Enjoy it for what it is... masterpieces of illustrative art. http://elvgrenpinup.com

Wow...some of you just cannot appreciate a good eye candy picture without ruining it for the rest of us who do. Some have mentioned that it is an objectification of the women presented in the images and that it is damaging to the women of these times. Come on people! These are images, and they are well done, and are pleasing to look at. I understand some people have high opinions about such things, but there are times to simply sit back and enjoy. It is art! It is not meant to be scrutinized philosophically or otherwise. Just enjoy the beauty that is conveyed within the images (whether artistically or as a fantasy) and get your heads out of the clouds.

I dont usually peruse the comments on this blog; today randomly I did. Wow. Some of you out there really have nothing better to do. If you dont see the value in this post of vintage pin-ups, then disregard it. Just because you have no use for it, aren't inspired, lack the creativity to utilize them, don't criticize the messenger. All the content on this page isn't tailored specifically for the individual, for you. Get over it. If you don't appreciate it, move on, and look for something you do. This isnt the place for social commentary, insults and the like. It's saddening that some of the readers of this blog, desire to articulate themselves the way they do.

Gorillaz has point. Why do you write this article at all? Just type T-Shirt design, or font, or wordpress theme... on google and you'll find a lot of inspirations.

For the record, most modern feminists desire both equal treatment (and no, we're not there yet, really) *and* the freedom to enjoy sexuality. We recognize not only that this art comes from a different time, but also that it was about celebrating women more than pigeon-holing them to certain places in life. Plenty of modern feminists even aspire to these looks and lifestyles! That's part of the freedom of choice feminists have been striving for. Of course, it would be a million times more enjoyable if there were representation of other races, cultures and lifestyles, but not not all art has to be made for all people. Dumping on a group of people who are honestly trying to make the world a better place only serves to make you look like a mouth-breather, by the way. *Ahem* ;)

Why some folks always have to find something to whine about...nose art. Post some WWII nose art next! Let's really get sexist and piss off the prudes!

Great stuff.

Absolutely amazing eye-candy ... thank you so much for this :D

SUGGESTION
... an article with very good High Quality Vintage Wallpapers ... i didn't find many of those on internet, and boy, how i wish for some (to feature on my website) :P

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all for Silias....All for Silias.....

Brings back memories...

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***that first line should have read***
I see a few people have "much stronger" wording when mentioning that it would have been nice to know the source of these images. : )

Sorry, I proofread like a small monkey, it's a bad trait for someone as verbose as myself. : P

I see a few people have wording when mentioning that it would have been nice to know the source of these images. : )

I think it's a better strategy to gently suggest giving credit to the artist... and making that suggestion every time you see the information missing. Steering our culture away from the failing respect we seem to have for personal creativity will be a slow process, but I know insulting other (likely well intentioned) creative people won't help.

"Most of the artists are probably dead for the people who are telling him to give cred."

Wow, why should the state of their physical body matter? Don't you hope to be remembered for something after you are gone? Did the art these people made somehow offer less inspiration to you because they are dead? Respect has nothing to do with getting paid or what is in the public domain.

Look at some of these things! The color palettes, the amazing textures, the use of light! I think some of the subject matter is pretty cheesy (not to mention sexist... it was a different time) but the execution is amazing. How many of us would take the time to do something like this now? How many even could? (Drop that Cintiq!)

We are after all, talking about inspiration here, and what is it that is inspiring us? Some scan made from a dusty old calendar found in an attic? Nah, I would say it's the people who were at the end of the brushes.

vintage is the best! can you post some vintage pranks next time.

Mike from
http://www.prankvideoz.com

Spl*O*rk!

I like vintage art, and pin ups for that matter, as much as the next guy, but the thing about some of these images is that the women are dressed as little girls (the one with the birds, the tennis court, the globe, the saddle...) which not only objectifies women by treating them as children, but also sexualizes young girls. The images with women in traditional domestic roles is also disturbing. I know it is a symptom of the time during which this art was made (same goes for the absence of women of color), but I feel like we should now be able to recognize it as a symptom of oppression and objectification of women. These images diminish the lives of women by implying that they are childish, naughty housekeepers who can’t keep their clothes on. I understand that these are fantasy images and I can see how naughty housekeeper could be a fun role-play to try out. I think the point I am trying to make is that I see how images like this have damaged women in this country and continue to do damage. Even though these ads are 50-60 years old, the same themes are still pervasive in the media. And one last thing - who wears heals when they just get out of the shower to weigh themselves?!

I fapped to this.

Is this awesome y/n?

Most of the artists are probably dead for the people who are telling him to give cred.

It took me less than 2 minutes to find this on one of the artists:
from: http://www.thepinupfiles.com

Vaughan Alden Bass
Bass appears to have been strongly influenced by the circle of artists that grew up around Haddon Sundblom. He was a Chicago artist who began his pin-up career working for the Louis F. Dow Company in St. Paul during the mid-to-late 1930s.
Bass created his own pin-ups for for Brown and Bigelow, but he was then employed by the Louis F. Dow Company as a "paint-over' artist, commissioned to redo the work that Gil Elvgren had previously created for the company. Dow was motivated by economic interests, hoping to earn more money from such "re designed" Elvgrens. Fortunately, Bass was a skilled and sensitive artist: he strove to leave the faces, hands, skin, and other key areas of the Elvgrens essentially untouched. However, he occasionally had to repaint an arm or hand because it had to be repositioned to accommodate a new over painted image.

Bass' painting style was often compared to that of Elvgren, Buell, and Ballantyne. He worked in oil on canvas in almost the same sizes as the others. In the 1950s, the versatile Bass did a series of spectacular oils depicting wrestling scenes that clearly demonstrated his ability to be comfortable with any subject matter. He created the "Wonder Bread Girl" in the 1950s using his daughter Nancy as his model. His portrait of President Dwight D. Eisenhower is in the Smithsonian institution in Washington D.C.

Just plain lazy not giving credit to the artists.

You should have given the artists credit, asshole.

Awesome. Very, very cool!!

In every sense of the word, the people that created these are artist. Having the images presented and introduced to new people is great! But I for one, would encourage you to do a line of text or two about these artist next time as well. Most of these are signed and people could do their own research but several are not and I think we have a growing duty to content creators to be sure to tip our hat to their greatness at every opportunity we can. : )

Ahh, imagine the effect on the creative minds of today if, there was no potential to type 'boobs' or better into a web browser and have your fill.

I was lucky to have a few pages from a playboy buried in a coffee can in my back yard, and get some pr0n-on-floppy for my Amiga.

I can't imagine how gut-wrenching it must have been to be so lucky as to have or know an older brother with one of these friggin' lithographs of a friggin' painting.. National Geographic and the Sears Catalog must have been a boys best friend back then.

Rough livin'!

Shock and awe...

Seriously, you don't see what sort of awesome this type of art would "inspire"? People on the internet really are thick, aren't they ;)

Also, there aren't any girls of color because girls of color were not "attractive" by social consensus back in those days. It's terrible, but it's just how it was. Luckily we're passed that now. Almost.

Where are all the women of color?

If it has to be explain how this is inspirtation then youre not worth having anything explained to. So shut up, cause youre kind of ignorant.

Wow...I love seeing the old pictures that show how sexy doesn't have to be trashy.

It's a good inspiration for erotic art...that you can actually do more with what's implied or left to the imagination than you can if you just showed it all.

Nice, gotta love the oldstyle pinups!

Gorzilla, go back to your cave.

+_+' how this can be a source of inspiration ?!
you have a great blog that I browse everyday , but sometimes you add articles i see pointless , .. just like this one.
no offense ..

Awesome collection @_@

Great, now I have to try to think up a theme for all of these...

Too bad these aren't high res! Pinups (Vintage ones at least) are great. I remember Brand.Nu using one of Marylin Monroe in an illustration of his and it came out nice.

cool stuff