After another hot summer weekend, I've been thinking about a curious category of pin-ups painting: the woman who seems to be working 'en plein aire' (out of doors), poolside or at the beach, wearing a swimsuit and painting not a landscape but rather a pin-up for herself, perhaps: a muscled male figure, pointedly posing, wearing … Continue reading Painting Pin-Ups… at the beach
For those of you in the Pittsburgh area, David Saunders will be giving a talk titled "The Secret Life of Women Pulp Artists," Friday, 16 August as part of PulpFest 2019! For more information, see: http://www.pulpfest.com/2019/05/the-secret-life-of-women-pulp-artists/
In my earliest research into Zoë Mozert and pin-up Mutoscope cards, I was surprised to come across dozens and dozens of examples of pin-ups in the act of painting, posed with palette and easel. While pin-up artists were undoubtedly skilled at sexualizing almost any scenario, this repeated motif of the female painter-- often depicted by … Continue reading Painting Pin-Ups
Zoë Mozert Appreciation Society 