Art Frahm

"A Fare Loser" by Art Frahm

16x20

Oil on canvas

1953

"Jackhammer" By Art Frahm

16x20

Oil on canvas

1954



      Art Frahm was born in 1907 and past away in 1981 at the age of 74. He lived in Chicago where is work was active from the 1940s through the 1960s.  He described his work as "ladies in distress."  Art Frahm's art was about women losing their panties in hectic situations while holding a bag of groceries.  His paintings were cartoon like and had faces like a doll.  Frahm did not only make pinup pictures but painted for Coca Cola, Quaker Oats and Coppertone. 
        The pictures above depicted women in daily activities, showing them walking a dog walking with groceries and getting on a bus.  In the "a fare loser" there's a Northern  European Renaissance history with the bus driver's reflection in the mirror as did the Jan Van Eyck in Arnolfini and His Bride, 1434.  Art still has his work out today in calendars and advertising.