What's your favorite painting/artist and why?

[Miss Scarlett]

Originally Posted by BestButchBoy

View classic pin-up nudes and other sexy highlights from Alberto Vargas’ artwork, in honor of his retrospective at the SFAE:

http://www.sfae.com/index.php?action...ow_artist&ID=3

Gallery:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleri...-pin-up-nudes/

I absolutely adore Vargas! In my teen years I would daydream about being a Vargas Girl. My progressive mother recognized that my oldest brother would be interested in Playboy, etc., so she let him know which magazines were welcome in her house. Everyone read them - sometimes Mom and I would discuss articles, etc.

In his novel "The Stepford Wives," Ira Levin included a character, Ike Mazzard, based on Vargas. He would draw portraits of the women before they were "Stepfordized" and then the new, improved version was an "Ike Mazzard girl."