- Moran, Earl Steffa
- (12/8/1893 Belle Plaine, Iowa-1/17/1984) (USA)Pin-up illustrator. Studied with John Stich and Walter Biggs at the Chicago Art Institute, then at the Art Students League. He worked in an almost photographic technique, working from carefully staged photos, creating moody, mysterious nudes. Contracted exclusively with Brown and Bigelow calendar company in 1932, by the 1940s he established a studio in New York where he gained national renown.Reproductions: Dancer; 1941; Gabor, 1973: p. 155 [B]. Pin-ups; Martignette, 1996: pp. 214-229 .
Dictionary of erotic artists: painters, sculptors, printmakers, graphic designers and illustrators. Eugene C. Burt.