Petty, George

Petty, George
(1894 Abbeville, LA-7/21/1975 San Pedro, CA) (USA)
   Commercial artist and illustrator. Studied in Paris under Jean Paul Laurens. Creator of the Petty Girl, a pin-up series started in 1933 and which became a phenomenon, even inspiring a movie. He preceded Vargas as the Esquire pin-up artist. Reproductions: Petty Girl [Autumn 1933 Esquire]; Gabor, 1973: p. 54 . Petty Girl [March 1941 Esquire]; Gabor, 1973: col. plate 10 . Petty Girl [April 1935 Esquire]; Gabor, 1973: p. 77 [B]. Petty Girl [February 1938 Esquire]; Gabor, 1973: p. 78 [B]. Pin-ups [45 examples]; Martignette, 1996: pp. 248-65 [C].
   [b]Source: Reid Stewart Austin, Petty: the classic pin-up art of George Petty (New York: Gramercy, 1997), 192 p., ill.

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