Vargas Girls
C 20th Portrait of Female Nude by Hollywood favourite Vargas: 'Reclining Nude'
By Alberto Vargas
Located in London, GB
Alberto Vargas was a Peruvian artist best known for his drawings and paintings of pin-up girls that
Category
Late 20th Century Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Glorifying The American Girl
By Alberto Vargas
Located in Fort Washington, PA
12.00", Framed 26.00" x 22.00"
Glorifying The American Girl. Four young fashionable women dressed up in
Category
1920s Other Art Style Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Board
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La Coquette
By Alberto Vargas
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Girl" pin up gatefolds for Esquire Magazine starting in 1941, Vargas created sensuous portraits of
Category
Early 1900s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Wink
By Peter Driben
Located in Minneapolis, MN
who looked both low-rent and up-for-anything when compared to the more austere Varga and Petty girls
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
Beauty Parade
By Peter Driben
Located in Minneapolis, MN
to the more austere Varga and Petty girls who graced the pages of Esquire. In her excellent analysis
Category
1940s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Oil
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Antique English Oil Painting 'The Knight Errant' Pre-Raphaelite Nude & Knight
By John Everett Millais
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Knight Errant
English School, circa 1900
after the painting by John Everett Millais (1829-1896)
oil painting on board, framed
board: 13 x 10 inches
framed: 17 x 14 inches
Category
Early 20th Century Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 17 in W 14 in D 1 in
1890's French Impressionist Oil Painting Studio Portrait of a Nude Lady Model
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Studio Model
French Impressionist artist, circa 1890's
oil on canvas: 27.5 x 16.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nude Woman, Figurative, Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ashot Muradyan
Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen
Year: 2022
Style: Impressionism,
Subject: Nude Woman,
Size: 21" x 20.5" x 0.8''...
Category
2010s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 21 in W 30.5 in D 0.8 in
Portrait of Lady Caroline Price
By George Romney
Located in Miami, FL
DESCRIPTION: Perhaps the best Romney in private hands. If Vogue Magazine existed in the late 18th century, this image of Lady Caroline Price would be on one of its covers. The e...
Category
1970s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Seated Nude Model in Art Class - British 40's Slade School portrait oil painting
By E.A. Jay
Located in London, GB
This superb Post Impressionist Slade School female full length seated nude portrait oil painting is by female artist E A Jay. Painted in the 1940's, the sitter is a model in a women'...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
C19th Portrait Princesse de Joinville of Brazil - Spectacular fit for a palace
By Henri d'Ainecy Montpezat
Located in London, GB
Portrait of Princess de Joinville riding a Bay Horse
Henri d’Aincy, Le Comte Monpezat (French 1817-1859)
Painted circa 1837-9
oil on canvas
113 x 92 inches (including frame)
92 x 70 ...
Category
1830s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Flemish 17th, Orpheus and Animals, Large Decorative Wall Old Master Painting
Located in Greven, DE
Flemish school, 17th century
Orpheus and the animals
Oil on canvas, 146,5 x 217 cm
Provenance: South German private collection.
On an impressive, room-filling format, this painting ...
Category
17th Century Baroque Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century
On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Taxidermy
Materials
Other
H 51.19 in W 55.12 in D 201.58 in
Set of Monumental Bronze Egyptian Figures
By Charles Cameron
Located in Queens, NY
Set of 4 Russian (19th Century) monumental bronze Egyptian figures emblematic of the Months on painted bases after those by C. Cameron & M. Alexandrov for the Egyptian Vestibule at P...
Category
Antique 19th Century Russian Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Bather by Childe Hassam
By Childe Hassam
Located in New Orleans, LA
Childe Hassam
1859-1935 American
The Bather
Signed and dated “Childe Hassam” (lower right)
Oil on canvas
Considered by many to be America’s foremost Impressionist painter, Childe...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Genuine Painting of Cheescake Pin up Girl by Gauthier
By Gil Elvgren
Located in London, GB
Mid 20th Century Genuine Oil Painting of a woman – Cheesecake Style
Signed by Artist – Gautier
Size 15” x 17.5” x 0.75”
The Painting depicts a woman on the telephone in front of a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Portrait of Laura Keppel, later Lady Southampton
By Sir John Hoppner
Located in New York, NY
Inscribed, upper left: “Miss Laura Keppel”
Provenance: Commissioned from the artist and by descent in the Keppel family estate, Lexham Hall, Norfolk, to:
Major Bertram William Arnol...
Category
18th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seductive Platinum Blond Hair and Blue Eyed Pin Up in Turquoise Hat
By Alberto Vargas
Located in Miami, FL
Study of a sultry and seductive reclining platinum blond Pin Up with a wide-brimmed sun hat. Most likely done for Playboy. This work is very finely rendered and looks better the ...
Category
1960s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
H 18.25 in W 23.5 in D 1 in
NITA NALDI
By Alberto Vargas
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed 'Vargas' and numbered by proxy, not the artist. Lithograph on rives. From the edition of 500. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity is included....
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
The Best People, Original Promotional Movie Illustration
By Alberto Vargas
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor and Ink on Board with Collage
Signature: Unsigned
Sight Size 16.25" x 11.75;" Framed 24.00" x 19.00"
Circa 1925
This illustration was utilized as a movie poster a...
Category
1920s Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Board
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Vargas Girls For Sale on 1stDibs
Find a variety of vargas girls available on 1stDibs. Finding the perfect Art Deco examples of these works for your space is difficult — today, we have a vast range of variations and more on offer. There are many variations of these items available, from those made as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. You can search the vargas girls that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of beige, black, gray and blue. Alberto Vargas, Raphael Kirchner and Billy Devorss took a thoughtful approach to this subject that are worth considering. The range of these distinct pieces — often created in lithograph, paint and watercolour — can elevate any room of your home. Large vargas girls can be an attractive addition to some spaces, while the smaller iterations available — each spanning 7.01 inches in width — may make for a better choice for a more modest living area.
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Vargas girls can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $500, while the lowest priced sells for $290 and the highest can go for as much as $32,000.
Questions About Vargas Girls
- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 10, 2025The meaning of Vargas Girl is a particular type of art created by a specific artist. Vargas Girls is the nickname for the illustrations of pin-up girls by artist Alberto Vargas, which he began producing in the 1940s. One of the true giants of American illustration, Vargas created an exquisitely sensual art style that regularly appeared in magazines such as Harper's Bazaar, Theatre Magazine, Tattler, Playboy and Esquire. Find a selection of Alberto Vargas art on 1stDibs.
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