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William Edward (Bill) Medcalf

William Edward (Bill) Medcalf (1920 - 2005) was active/lived in Minnesota.  William Medcalf is known for Pin-up girl illustrations, landscape and portrait painting, engraving.

Born in Minneapolis, Bill Medcalf received all of his art education from schools near his hometown. In 1940 and 1941, he worked in the art department of the United States Treasury's Bureau of Engraving and in 1942, he joined the Navy as a gunners mate.

Bill painted more than twenty years of beautiful pinups for Brown & Bigelow from 1947 to 1967, handling all the special-project calendar commissions for their most important customers.

Source:
"The Pinup Art of Bill Medcalf", Roadkill Customs,

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Keywords and Quick Facts for William Edward (Bill) Medcalf


   Keywords 
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
  • Illustration, Illustrator
Art MediaArt StyleArt Subject
  • Figure, Figurative Humans
  • Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
  • Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
  • Pin-Ups, Pin-Up Girls
  • Sports Figures, Athletes, Genre, Events
Chronology
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
  • Brown & Bigelow Calendar Illustration
  • Calendar Illustration, Calendar Artist

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