Arnold Armitage

"Country Girl" by Arnold Armitage

10x12

Oil on Canvas

1948

"A refreshing break" by Arnold Armitage

21x45in

Oil on canvas

1940

    

      Arnold Armitage was born in 1899, he was a british artist, and moved to the United States in 1925.  He settled in Hollwood where he began building his career in producing billboards for Foster and Kleiser company.  He then started to work for another pinup artist named Gil Elvgren where they were famous for "pretty girls."  He specialized in painting country girls with golden blonde hair in elegant way where it was popular in the United States and Britain.  He died in 1991 at the age of 92years old.