Artist Gil Elvgren (1914-1980) - THE Vintage Pin-Up Artist of the 1950s II

Gil Elvgren chose models with a ‘high forehead, long neck, eyes that were set wide apart, small ears, pert nose, 

great hair, full but not overblown breasts, nice legs and hands, a pinched-in waist and natural grace and poise.”  To these inherent features, Gil Elvgren would add embellishments by building up the bust, lengthening the legs, reducing the waist more, adding more tip and tilt to the nose, making the mouth fuller and more sensuous, enlarging the eyes, and making the curves of the body warmer and more attractive.  Most of all, however, his models had to be enthusiastic and interested, and have highly mobile facial features, capable of a wide range of expression.

 

https://lccn.loc.gov/2011279959

Elvgren, Gillette, 1914-1980. The pin-up pop-up and movable book : the art of Gil Elvgren. New York, NY : Metro Books, 2008.

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 31 cm.

NC1878.E7 P56 2008

ISBN: 97814351105951435110595