Olivia de Berardinis is one of the most renown artists working with the pin up girl as her subject of choice. Olivia de Berardinis was born in Long Beach, California in the year 1948. She grew up on the east coast and attended the New York School of Visual Arts.
When Olivia (that is her name she is known by the most) first began her career she worked as a minimalist painter appearing in shows alongside Frank Stella. In the mid 1970s she began to work in the “pin up girl” style and had great success. Her work regularly appears in the magazine Playboy.
She and her current husband started a company to produce greeting cards painted by the artist. Soon after they started another company to sell her “pin up style” artwork.
In this clip we meet the artist and she talks about beginning her career:
In this clip a great montage of works by Olivia de Berardinis:
Olivia works in acrylics, watercolors, and gouache.
Price range information: Original works range from $5,000 to $20,000. Prints can be found starting around $100.
Great to see such innovation in this genre. If you enjoy the pinup girl genre another artist working with this style is the great Mel Ramos. He combines Pop Art with the female figure, below a great example of Mel Ramos’ work.
Olivia and her husband are now based out of Malibu, California.
Another piece featuring a show with Olivia from 2008:
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