Sinamon
Lane - The Pink Poodle
Joaquin Alberto Vargas y Chavez was born in Peru in
1896 - two years after George Petty and the same year
as Gustaf Tenggren. Like Petty, his father was a successful
photographer and both of thse classic pin-up artists
were exposed at an early age to the airbrush.
This new tool was not the slim, lightweight
model that we know today, but rather a large and awkward
unit that took considerable skill to use, let alone
master. The fine mist of paint that the airbrush sprayed
onto a negative or print was worth the effort, however,
as it could, in the right hands, emulate the emulsion
of a negative or print. This ability to correct flaws
in the photographic process (and in the features of
the portraiture clients) was a major component to the
success of commerical photographers of the era.
In 1911 he went to Paris with his brother
and father. The boys were on their way to Switzerland
for schooling and eventual apprenticeships, but the
Paris stopover changed Alberto's life forever. There
he "discovered" his two great artistic idols:
Ingres and Raphael Kirchner. Kirchner was a premier
artist for La Vie Parisienne and as famous in France
as Harrison Fisher and Charles Dana Gibson were in America.
Vargas was profoundly influenced by his technique and
his approach to the female figure.
We trust you and your friends will
enjoy this vintage desktop wallpaper celebrating the
life and art of Alberto Vargas . Retrotica Girls proudly
presents The Pink Poodle featuring Sinamon Lane
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