Zoe Mozert

"Bewitching Eyes" by Zoe Mozert

10x12in

Pastel on board

1953 (model, Jean Harlow)

"Irresistible" By Zoe Mozert (self portrait)

22x32in

Pastel on illistration board

1930-1932

"June Bride" By Zoe Mozert

21x31in

Pastel on board

1953

     

     Zoe Mozert was born in 1907 and her original name was Alice Adelaide Moser.  She was the most famous female pinup artists of the 20th century for her pastel style art work.  She studied at the Industrial Art Institute in Philadelphia and trained as an illustrator.  Throughout the 40s and 50s she work for Brown and Bigelows most known for their calendars.  Mozert took pictures of herself and posed in mirrors to get ideas for her paintings.  She had lots of covers for magazines such as the Pulp and Heart's American Weekly. Some of her famous artwork appeared in Paramount Pictures and some in Howard Hughes posters such as The Outlaw.

    Once the war hit she became an icon with soldiers and her pinup pictures. She was both a model and an artist which made people love her more. She was also famous for her Victory Girls series. When WW2 hit she made postcards of pinup models in military uniforms. 

     Zoe Mozert is one of my favorite pinup artists with her vibrant pastel colors, its so beautiful to look at.