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Alberto
Vargas and George Petty are considered to be the two most influencial pin-up
artists of all time. There are significant similarities in both their career
paths and their style of work. Both artists being prominant in the 1930s
and 40s, it was their style that was the most prominantn during World War
II.
George Petty's career
as a pin-up artist began in the 1930s with the start of Esquire Magazine
and soared from the start. Petty's airbrushed girls gained extensive public
recognition throughout the 1930s and into the 40s, in which time he also
began to do work for a number of advertisement companies. Eventually,
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Alberto Vargas, also an airbrush artist, took over Petty's place in the girlie magazine world. Born in Peru, Vargas moved to the U.S. in the midst of World War I, where he was eventually hired by Esquire Magazine to replace George Petty. Late in his life, when Vargas was in his 60s, he moved over to Playboy magazine, where he worked for the next 16 years, producing over 150 pieces. By the time he finally retired, his career had soared even higher than Petty's had. | |||||||||||
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