Monday, January 6, 2020

2020 Blue Monday Calendars - Week 02

We'll keep it simple this week - only one of each calendar style - just so we don't start patterns of overkill.

For our Pin-Up Calendar, we've got an Al Moore girl staying warm in winter wear, sort of...



...and our Old Magazine Covers calendar features Rolf Armstrong from January 1919...

 

Let me pause to remark on how much i enjoy the ... quality of light on the faces of Rolf's portraits. That's the best way i can think to phrase it, so let's take a quick look at a few to see what i mean -





It's not surprising his work was so popular and featured on many magazine covers.
 
For our Blue Calendar this week, we've got Earl Moran and one of his paintings of Marilyn Monroe...



As you may know, Earl had rather unique relations with Marilyn...


...and turned out quite a few paintings of her, of which these are just a sampling...





Oddly, one of my favorites seems to be rarely seen on the web -


We'll be seeing a fair bit of Moore, Armstrong, and Moran on this year's calendars. Perhaps not a big surprise.

As always, the calendars are sized to print 8"x10" at 150dpi, with 1" square spaces for notations.


art by Al Moore and Rolf Armstrong (20th C)

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