{"id":212,"date":"2019-02-01T13:28:22","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T21:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/mikaelamanuel\/?p=212"},"modified":"2019-02-01T13:28:22","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T21:28:22","slug":"edwin-georgi-a-self-taught-master-lecture-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/mikaelamanuel\/2019\/02\/01\/edwin-georgi-a-self-taught-master-lecture-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Edwin Georgi: a self-taught master (lecture 4)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Edwin Georgi was an American artist born in 1896. He was best known for his dynamic pin-up illustrations, but surprisingly, based on his talent, he did not initially pursue art as a career. During World War One, he served as a pilot and soon after attended Princeton University. He then abandoned his studies, pursued writing full-time and was hired to write copy at an ad agency. Though, this did not last long either as his employer told him he would make a better painter, and with that he was wizzed into the world of illustration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Georgi is a master of his trade, and it is remarkable that he is a mostly self-taught and experience-based artist. I really admire the way he handles skin tones, facial expressions and fabrics. His illustrations are not only masterful but also expressive and striking. I also love that though his art was used as pin-up or pulp illustrations, it can also be seen as stand alone art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/noirwhale.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/09\/saturday-evening-post-the-flashy-type-1958.jpg?w=500&amp;h=522\" alt=\"Pulp Art Edwin Georgi\" \/><figcaption>Saturday Evening Post, \u201cThe Flashy Type\u201d (1958)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.americanartarchives.com\/georgi_old_miguels_grl_r56jn.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption>Redbook, &#8220;Old Miguel&#8217;s Girl&#8221; (1956) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.americanartarchives.com\/georgi_libby_cosmo.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption>Cosmopolitan, &#8220;Libby&#8221; <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.americanartarchives.com\/georgi_p30jul57.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption>Saturday Evening Post, Story Art (1957)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.americanartarchives.com\/georgi_2wmn_1man_sep55.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption>Story Art<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Work Cited:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuttartpitturasculturapoesiamusica.com\/2011\/11\/edwin-georgi-1896-1964-american-pin-up.html\">https:\/\/www.tuttartpitturasculturapoesiamusica.com\/2011\/11\/edwin-georgi-1896-1964-american-pin-up.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-link is-provider-noirwhale\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/noirwhale.com\/2012\/09\/26\/noir-art-edwin-georgi\/\">Noir Art | Edwin&nbsp;Georgi<\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edwin Georgi was an American artist born in 1896. He was best known for his dynamic pin-up illustrations, but surprisingly, based on his talent, he did not initially pursue art as a career. During World War One, he served as a pilot and soon after attended Princeton University. He then abandoned his studies, pursued writing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7862,"featured_media":214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-132-res","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/mikaelamanuel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/mikaelamanuel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/mikaelamanuel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/mikaelamanuel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7862"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/mikaelamanuel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/mikaelamanuel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/mikaelamanuel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212\/revisions\/213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/mikaelamanuel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/mikaelamanuel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/mikaelamanuel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/mikaelamanuel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}