Morning Rise
Morning Rise by American Illustrator Earl Steffa Moran (1893 – 1984); a pinup girl illustrator and glamour artist.
This is a cute pinup girl illustration of a dark haired brunette in a pink negligee stretching as she rises from her sleep in the early morning hours.
Dette er en remastered digital art old masters reproduktion af et offentligt domæne billede, der er tilgængeligt som en lærred print online.
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Earl first studied art with elderly German painter John Stich, som også var mentor for den anerkendte illustrator William Henry Dethlef Koerner (1878 – 1938).
Han studerede også på Chicago Art Institute, under Walter Bigg; og senere ved den berømte Art Students League på Manhattan i New York City under instruktion af vægmalere Frank Vincent DuMond (1865 – 1951), Robert Henri (1865 – 1929), Thomas Fogarty (1873 – 1938), som også var lærer for Norman Rockwell og den legendariske anatom George Bridgman (1864 – 1943).
Earls pinup girl illustration career became established back in 1931, when he moved back to Chicago and opened a small studio, specializing in photography and illustrations. He sent some of his paintings of bikini dressed young ladies to the calendar publishing companies Brown and Bigelow and Thomas D. Murphy Company who purchased the illustrations.
I 1932 Earl signed an exclusive contract with Brown and Bigelow to produce pinups for its calendars, og af 1937 his pin-up girl illustrations hod sold millions of calendars for the company.
As Moran’s work became more and more popular he became a national celebrity and created paintings of famous celebrities, såsom Betty Grable; og i 1946 da han flyttede til Hollywood, interviewede han en ung stjerne ved navn Norma Jeane Dougherty, som senere stod model for hin i løbet af de næste fire år.
Ved 1955 after a move to Las Vegas, Earl transitioned his career from painting pim ups; and devoted his time to fine art painting, with nudes being his favorite theme; and signed with Aaron Brothers Galleries creating artwork for collectors until 1982, when his eyesight failed.