| Gil
Elvgren, perhaps not as well known as George Petty or Alberto Vargas, has
in recent years been called "the Norman Rockwell of Cheesecake". Although
the Varga Girl or Petty Girl have become synonymous with the pin-up girl
it is probably the images of Gil Elvgren with the girl next door, caught
in a compromising position that most typify the calendar girl genre. Rockwell
himself paid homage to Elvgren in a calendar image that portrayed Grandma
disapprovingly noting Grandpa gazing at Elvgren's cowgirl. Elvgren defined
the sexually atractive girl next door, a fantasy female with rosy cheeks
and ample curves. He was a blue-collar artist whose beauties are as wholesomely
American as Coca-Cola, whose trays often sported his images. |
