Tag: Alberto Vargas

These listings are for live auctions of calendars for the 1930′s – 1970′s from many classic artists and publishers like Alberto Vargas, George Petty, Elvgren, Ballyhoo, Art Frahm and more. These calendars are becoming hard to find even on ebay.

From the time Esquire first introduced America to the Varga Girl, in 1940, the name Vargas has been synonymous with pin-up and glamour art. In fact, the word vargas has actually been applied to almost every kind of pin-up subject, a fitting tribute to the most famous and prolific glamour artist of all time.

From the time Esquire first introduced America to the Varga Girl in 1940, the name Vargas has been synonymous with pin up and glamour art. In fact, the word “Vargas” has been applied to almost every kind of pin up subject, a fitting tribute to the most famous and prolific glamour artist of all time.

Although best known for his pin-ups, his work for Coca Cola and others depicted typical Americans, ordinary people doing everyday things. The women Elvgren painted were never the femme fatale, the female adventuress, or somebody’s mistress. They are the girl next door whose charms are innocently revealed in that fleeting instant when she is caught unaware in what might be an embarrassing situation.