An American Illustrator uye Vakanaka Vake Ladies
Murairi wemuAmerica ainzi Gil Elvgren ainzi Gillette paakaberekerwa muSt. Paul, Minnesota muna March 1914. Akatanga kutsvaka basa rekugadzira pashure pokunge apedza chikoro chesekondari. Akashanda nguva dzose sevhisi yepini-up kusvikira afa muna February wa 1980 pazera remakore makumi matanhatu nemashanu.
Career Overview
Kufanana naGeorge Petty wepanguva yake, Elvgren anozivikanwa seumwe wepini-up makarati anoita. Akanzi akamborudzirwa kare kare nevatungamiri vomuAfrica vanonzi Charles Dana Gibson, Howard Chandler Christy, naHarrison Fisher , avo vose vaiva nehukama hwekutema vakadzi vakanaka.
"Akaunganidza" basa raiyi mapeji anobudisa mabhuku kubva mumabhuku, uye akadzidza maitiro avo. Akanga akafuridzirwa netsika yekugadzira yaWoward Pyle's Brandywine School zvakare.
Pashure pokupedzisa chikoro chesekondari, Elvgren akadzidza kuMinneapolis Institute of Art vasati vadzokera kuChicago kuti varambe vachienda kuAmerican Academy of Art. Pakupedzisira akadzokera kuguta rake rekuSt. Paul ndokuzarura studio. Yake yokutanga kubhadhara makomisheni yaiva mafashoni emabhuku.
Pasina nguva refu, gurukota rekudhinda rakasimba Brown & Bigelow rakasangana nemusikana wechidiki uye akawana kuputsa kwake kukuru. Akabhadharwa kupora Dionne Quintuplets ye 1937 ne1938 makendenduru aine vana vakanga vari "kubudirira kukuru," maererano GilElvgren.com.
Akatanga basa rake sepine-up muimbi muna 1937 paakasvikirwa neRussian F. Dow Kambani yeKurumende. Bhizinesi harina kungoita Elvgren pin-ups pamakendendara , asi pane zvimwe zvinhu zvakadai sokutamba makadhi nemakadhi.
Muna 1940 akasarudza kupedza studio yake uye kudzokera kuChicago yaizopfuurira kubudirira kwake. Akatora Steven / Gross Studio. Paaiva achishanda nesimba akasangana nomudzidzisi wake Haddon H. Sundblom, anonyanya kuzivikanwa nemifananidzo yake yaSanta Claus yakaitirwa Coca-Cola , uye varume vaviri vakava shamwari huru.
Achishandisa matanho akaitwa naSundblom, Elvgren akagadzira basa rekuparidzira reCoke iro rakagara makore makumi maviri nemashanu, kusanganisira migwagwa yepamigwagwa.
Pakutanga kwema1940 vakaonawo Elvgren vachitsigira hondo yekuita kuita nhepfenyuro yakakosha yeGener Electric. Mumufananidzo wokutanga waiva nekasikana rakanaka akapfekedza yunifomu yeRed Cross Motor Corps yakabudiswa muna 1942 muKuchengetwa Kweimba Zvakanaka nemashoko okuti "Anoziva Icho Rusununguko Chaizvo Chaizvo Chinoreva." Kambani yaLouis F. Dow yakagadziridza mabhuku 8 "x 10" eElvgren pin- kukwira kuitira kuti vagoendeswa kune dzimwe nyika vasina envelopu panguva ino zvakare, uye ivo vakanga vakundwa chaizvo nevarwi vaida kumusha.
Pakazosvika pakati pemakore makumi mana nemakumi mana akaenda kundoshandira Brown & Bigelow semumwe wekambani yemapini-up artists, uye basa racho rakaratidza kuva rakakosha zvikuru richimuita iye wevanonyanya kubhadharwa vanoridziwa vari kushanda munyika panguva iyoyo. Akaenderera mberi navo kuburikidza nema1970. Chibvumirano chake naBrand & Bigelow vakamubvumira kuti apedzise kuparidzira maitiro emakambani emamwe mabhizimisi akaita seAlex Crush uye Sealy Mattress Company munguva imwecheteyo. Magazini anokosha ane unyanzvi hwake muma1940 uye '50s anosanganisira Cosmopolitan uye McCall , maererano GilElvgren.com.
Muna 1956, akatamisa mhuri yake kuFlorida uko vazhinji vaifambidzana nevemabhizimisi vaigara vaisanganisira shamwari dzake dzakanaka Al Buell uye Thornton Utz. Akaramba achishanda ipapo, achigadzira studio itsva yakakwana nemubatsiri. Kutaura zvazviri, aive nezvimwe zvipo zvebasa kupfuura zvaaikwanisika kupedzisa uye magazini aizivikanwa nekumirira nekushivirira kwenguva yakareba gore rimwe remifananidzo yake.
Muna 1966, Elvgren akarasikirwa nomudzimai wake anodiwa Janet kune kenza. Mukuchema kwake, akazviisa mumabasa ake. Akanga ari pane imwe nguva mubasa rake kwaaigona kutora chete mapurogiramu aaikoshesa zvikuru, uye akakwanisa kuita chimwe nechimwe. Ichokwadi, mapeji ake makumi mapfumbamwe nemakumi matanhatu anozivikanwa sevamwe vekunakisisa kwake maererano nekugadzirwa uye kuurayiwa.
Elvgren's Beautiful Pin-up Models
Elvgren akashandisa mhando dzakasiyana-siyana kubva kubva kumusikana ari pedyo nepamusoro pezviverengero zvekuuya uye maitiro ekuuya.
Uyu muvakidzani ane ruzivo aiwanzovakwa masheji chaiwo muzvikwata zvake zvose zve Illinois uye Florida zvakagadzirirwa kutora pose chaaifunga mupfungwa. Mifananidzo yacho yaizoiswa zvakanyatsonaka munzvimbo iyi isati yatorwa.
Mifananidzo yejoko rimwe nerimwe yakaitwa pamberi peElvgren kuveza vasikana. Akashandisa mapepa sekufuridzirwa kwemabasa ake ekupedzisira, asi akabvuma kuita kuchinja kusina kusimbisa kuwedzera zvinhu zvakadai semakumbo, miromo, uye nenyuchi. Kunyange vhudzi remvere uye micheka zvinogona kugadziriswa mumifananidzo kuti vawane zvakanaka, sezvinogona kupfeka zvipfeko uye shangu zvakapfekedzwa nemhando.
Elvgren, maererano naElvgrenPinup.com, anofanirwa kutaridzika ne "ane makore gumi namashanu-ane chiso pa
makumi maviri nemakore-muviri. "Aifarira madzimai maduku ane zviso zvinoshamisa izvo zvakanga zvisati zvave zvakakura zvakakwana asi zvakadaro kuva nechisimba chemudzimai akwegura. Vakatungamira vake vaisanganisira mazita anozivikanwa saMyrna Loy, Donna Reed, uye Kim Novack. Mutori wenhau Myrna Hansen, uyo akave akapfekedzwawo Miss America 1953 uye akamhanya-mhanya kune Miss Universe musoro mugore iroro, aivewo Elvgren pini-up model inotumira makumi mashanu emifananidzo yake.
Mashoko anowanikwa nekutora "52 American Beauties" kutamba makadhi anoratidza kuti Elvgren akanga ari "connoisseur of beauty" uye kuti akaenda "ose kunze" kuti awane pedyo nehutano hwakanaka sezvinobvira kune vatungamiri vake. Akanga anewo musiyano wekuva mumwe wevashoma "vasikana vanyori" vakanyora chete mumafuta.
Kuunganidza Elvgren
Kunyange zvazvo yakawanda yemifananidzo yakave yakagadzirwa nokuda kwezvigadzirwa zvemifananidzo, Elvgren's artistry ikozvino inobata iri pakati pevatengesi uye mafuta ake epakutanga pane zvose zvikwata uye bhodhi zvakanyanya kunaka. Mamwe aya emifananidzo akapiwa nemufananidzo apo bhizimisi rake raive richibudirira kubva kuma1950 apo iye aive achibhadharwa nemakambani anotumisa mabasa. Iye nguva nenguva akazvinyora nokuda kwekunakidzwa kwake, kusanganisira nudes dzakawanda dzisina kumbobudiswa.
Vintage Elvgren Vintage variable vanosanganisira ma kalendari, notepads, inoptters inki, kutamba makadhi, mutoscope makadhi, jigsaw puzzles, matchbook covers, uye kunyange sexy "Eye Opener" tsamba yakazaruka.
Bhuku raLouis F. Dow Kambani rakagadzirawo mabhuku akaitwa neElvgren pin-ups pane zvivharo uye mamwe mapepa gumi nemaviri mukati mazvo akakodzera kugadzirisa.
Elvgren mabasa anogona kazhinji kuverengwa nemutauro wechisayinisi wakashandiswa pane chinhu chacho. Panguva yebasa rake paBrown naBigelow, akanga ane zvinyorwa zviviri zvikuru zvakatarisa zvakafanana asi zvakasiyana-siyana. Chiratidzo chake chokutanga chakashandiswa kubva pakati pemakore ekuma1940 kusvika pakati pemakore ekuma1950 chakanga chaita hafu yehupamhi uye kukwirira kwechiratidzo chake gare gare, icho chakanga chakanyanyisa kuurayiwa. Chikwangwani chikuru chinonzi chinopindirana nemukurumbira wake unokura kubva muna 1958 kuburikidza ne "70s.