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Vintage Retro Witch on Broom Pin Up Girl By March 15, 1914 – February 29, 1980), born Gillette was an American painter of pin-up girls, advertising and illustration was one of the more important pin-up and glamor artists of the twentieth century. Today he is best known for his pin-up paintings for Brown & Bigelow studied at the American Academy of Art was a classical American illustrator. He was a master of portraying the all-American ideal feminine, but he wasn't limited to the calendar pin-up industry. He was strongly influenced by the early "pretty girl" illustrators, such as Charles Dana Gibson, Andrew Loomis, and Howard Chandler Christy. Other influences included the Brandywine School founded by Howard Pyle. In 1937 began painting calendar pin-ups for Louis F. Dow, one of America's leading publishing companies, during which time he created about 60 works. Around 1944 was approached by Brown and Bigelow, a firm that still dominates the field in producing calendars and advertising specialties. He was associated with Brown and Bigelow from 1945 to 1972 was a commercial success lived in various locations, and was active from the 1930s to 1970s. His clients ranged from Brown and Bigelow and to General Electric and Sealy Mattress Company. In addition, during the 1940s and 1950s he illustrated stories for a host of magazines, such as The Saturday Evening Post and Good Housekeeping.