Platinum Blonde With An Orchid
Platinum Blonde With An Orchid by Italian Born American Artist Edward Runci (1921 – 1986); Painter, Illustration, Advertising and Pinup Artist of the early and mid 20th Century.
A gorgeous young lady who’s wearing a blue gemstone ring on the fourth finger of her right hand, gently runs her fingers through her hair as she invitingly looks at the viewer; with her beautiful smile.
She is also wearing a white mink stole around her shoulders and is holding a multi-colored white, purple, blue, orange and red large orchid that is resting on her left forearm; as she stands out against a fiery red background with black accents on her right.
Runci choice of colors for this portrait, though minimal make his subject stand out and the selection of the gemstone color beautifully matches that of her eyes.
This is a retouched digital art old masters reproduction of a public domain image that is available for purchase as an acrylic, metal and canvas print online.
Info Below Derived From Wikipedia.org
Edward Runci born in Genoas Italy is most widely known for his work as a pin-up artist. He moved from Italy to the United States with his family in 1930; and spent much of his adulthood in Los Angeles creating artwork of sexy women in revealing poses, as well as elegant clothing for calendar and advertising companies.
He also painted ordinary portraits, Native American portraits, portraits of celebrities, landscape paintings and religious paintings.
