Friday, February 20, 2009

50s Pinup Girls; Classy Hotness

By Ron Bergstrum

Never again will 50s pinup girls be as classy and exciting as they were in America during the nostalgic decade of the 1950s. This decade brought the most tasteful and beautiful work in the pinup genre.

Some of the best art pieces portraying 50s Pinup Girls was fashioned by many greats like Gil Elvgren, Rolf Armstrong, Peter Driben, Earl Moran, Art Frahm and Edward Runci. These master creators were celebrated for their creations and offerings to the pin up girl art realm. Their art is absolutely dramatic and has been recreated these days in poster format.

Bettie Page was absolutely the most celebrated of the 50s pinup girls and sticks out in history as one of the most breath-taking poster beauties. She was stunning, thrilling and incredible and made the 50s pinup girls genre what it is to this very day. Anywhere you look for pinup art, you will find some form or rendition of Bettie Page.

I have collected 50s pinup girls art for a very long time. There is nothing more fun than immersing yourself in this awesome period in time and this cool genre. It is the class and tastefulness of the posters and prints of this decade that is so alluring.

Rita Hayworth was one of the most beautiful and chic of the women of the 50s pinup girls. She was the type that you could not take your eyes off of when she would see her displayed in a work of pin up art. The 1960s was the decline of pinup art and produced much trash that has corrupted the genre, but none so much as to bring a bad light to the gorgeous Rita Hayworth.

Anita Ekberg was very shapely and stood out for this simple reason in the art of the 50s pinup girls. Bob Hope even commented on this fact bringing even more light to her tenure as a very beautiful and revered celebrity of the 50s.

There will never be another decade to match that of the 50s pinup girls art and posters. The times are gone so I do everything I can to grow my collection while some of it remains uncorrupted and available. - 15252

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