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A pin-up girl or pin-up model is a model whose mass-produced pictures see wide appeal as pop culture. Pin-ups are intended for informal display. Pin-up girls are glamour models, fashion models, and actresses.

Pin-up may also refer to drawings, paintings and other illustrations done in emulation of these photos (see the List of pinup artists). The term was first attested to in English in 1941; however the practice is documented back at least to the 1890s.

The pin up images could be cut out of magazines or newspapers, or be from postcard or chromo-lithographs, and so on. Such photos often appear on calendars, which are meant to be pinned up anyway. Later, posters of pin-up girls were mass-produced. They became an instant hit.

Many pin ups were photographs of celebrities who were considered sex symbols. One of the most popular early pin-up girls was Betty Grable. Her poster was ubiquitous in the lockers of G.I.s during World War II. Other pin-ups were artwork, often depicting idealized versions of what some thought a particularly beautiful or attractive woman should look like. An early example of the latter type was the Gibson girl, drawn by Charles Dana Gibson. The genre also gave rise to several well-known artists specializing in the field, including Alberto Vargas and George Petty, and numerous lesser artists such as Art Frahm.

Contents 1 Famous pin-up girls 1.1 1910s and 1920s 1.2 1930s 1.3 1940s 1.4 1950s 1.5 1960s 1.6 1970s 1.7 1980s 1.8 1990s 1.9 2000s 2 Other kinds of pin-ups 3 See also 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Famous pin-up girls

[edit] 1910s and 1920s

Vilma Bánky Belle Bennett Clara Bow Mary Brian Louise Brooks Camille Clifford Betty Compson Joan Crawford Bebe Daniels

Marion Davies Billie Dove Ruth Etting Greta Garbo Barbara Kent Bessie Love Barbara La Marr Colleen Moore Mae Murray

Nita Naldi Alla Nazimova Pola Negri Anita Page Mary Pickford Gloria Swanson Lilyan Tashman Olive Thomas Alice White

[edit] 1930s

Annabella Joan Blondell Virginia Bruce Marlene Dietrich Dolores del Río Jean Harlow

Sonja Henie Ruby Keeler Gypsy Rose Lee Carole Lombard Myrna Loy Sally Rand

Ginger Rogers Barbara Stanwyck Thelma Todd Lupe Vélez Mae West Toby Wing

[edit] 1940s

Lauren Bacall Diana Barrymore Ingrid Bergman Vivian Blaine Jeanne Crain Linda Darnell Yvonne De Carlo Lisa Fonssagrives Ava Gardner Judy Garland Betty Grable Kathryn Grayson Jane Greer Anne Gwynne

Susan Hayward Rita Hayworth June Haver Lena Horne Candy Jones Olga San Juan Veronica Lake Carole Landis Hedy Lamarr Dorothy Lamour Joan Leslie Viveca Lindfors Marilyn Maxwell Marie McDonald

Ann Miller Carmen Miranda Maria Montez Frances Rafferty Ella Raines Donna Reed Jane Russell Ann Sheridan Alexis Smith Gene Tierney Lana Turner Esther Williams Shelley Winters

[edit] 1950s

Pier Angeli Carroll Baker Brigitte Bardot Candy Barr Virginia Bell Cyd Charisse Mara Corday Hazel Court Dagmar Dorothy Dandridge Sandra Dee Faith Domergue

Diana Dors Anita Ekberg Gloria Grahame Allison Hayes Eartha Kitt Joi Lansing Gina Lollobrigida Sophia Loren Jayne Mansfield Irish McCalla Marilyn Monroe Cleo Moore

Kim Novak Maila Nurmi Bettie Page Suzy Parker Barbara Payton Barbara Rush Lili St. Cyr Gia Scala Tempest Storm Märta Torén Mamie Van Doren June Palmer

[edit] 1960s

Pamela Green

Margaret Nolan

June Palmer

[edit] 1970s

Loni Anderson Catherine Bach Adrienne Barbeau Barbi Benton Jacqueline Bisset Lynda Carter

Farrah Fawcett Goldie Hawn Lauren Hutton Kate Jackson Cheryl Ladd Peggy Lipton

Julie Newmar Olivia Newton-John Jaclyn Smith Bern Nadette Stanis Suzanne Somers Cheryl Tiegs

[edit] 1980s

Bobbie Brown Christie Brinkley Samantha Fox Monique Gabrielle

Tawny Kitaen Madonna Brooke Shields Kelly LeBrock

Jeana Tomasino Linnea Quigley Vanity

[edit] 1990s

Pamela Anderson Tyra Banks Linda O'Neil

Cindy Crawford Carmen Electra

Cindy Margolis Anna Nicole Smith

[edit] 2000s

Jami Deadly Drakaina

Jessica Sutta

Loulou von Brochwitz Dita Von Teese

[edit] Other kinds of pin-ups

In comic books, a pin-up is simply a full-page piece of artwork, most often without dialogue, that showcases a character, group of characters, or significant event, published within a single issue or annual rather than made available by itself as a poster.

In professionally published fan magazines for films and television series, a posed photograph of actors or actresses from the subject matter, but might also showcase specific scenes from the subject matter in photograph form (called stills) are occasionally called pin-ups. The label is very casual, though, as these types of fan media are more accurately described as posters.

[edit] See also

• Irving Klaw
• Good girl art
• Bad girl art
• List of pinup artists
• Page three girl

[edit] External links

• Patrick Hitte, Pin-up girls painter

[edit] References