Art Infiltrates World War II

Nothing could light up the face of a pilot, a sailor, more readily than a beautiful girl back home. In the dangerous world of the military man, the Pin-Up Girls promised a better life awaiting them state-side.  

Pin-Ups are a significant and rich part of our nation’s art, society and culture of the 20th century – Pin-Up Art was essential to the war effort.

The sweetly sexy images were proving that if you really wanted to give something to the boys – send in the girls.

This illustrated lecture will bring to light the pretty, shapely girls reminiscent of the sweethearts the GIs left behind, the images of the men painted on the sides of their aircraft – images that carried the American popular culture onto foreign shores.