As per our current Database, Gil Elvgren has been died on Feb 29, 1980 (age 65).
When Gil Elvgren die, Gil Elvgren was 65 years old.
Popular As | Gil Elvgren |
Occupation | Illustrator |
Age | 65 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Pisces |
Born | March 15, 1914 (Minnesota) |
Birthday | March 15 |
Town/City | Minnesota |
Nationality | Minnesota |
Gil Elvgren’s zodiac sign is Pisces. According to astrologers, Pisces are very friendly, so they often find themselves in a company of very different people. Pisces are selfless, they are always willing to help others, without hoping to get anything back. Pisces is a Water sign and as such this zodiac sign is characterized by empathy and expressed emotional capacity.
Gil Elvgren was born in the Year of the Tiger. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Tiger are authoritative, self-possessed, have strong leadership qualities, are charming, ambitious, courageous, warm-hearted, highly seductive, moody, intense, and they’re ready to pounce at any time. Compatible with Horse or Dog.
Remembered for his paintings and illustrations of pin-up girls, this popular twentieth-century Artist produced most of his work for the Minnesota-based Brown & Bigelow publishing company.
After training at both the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and at Chicago's American Academy of Art, he began working for Stevens and Gross, which was the top Chicago advertising agency at the time.
He created images featuring such mid-twentieth-century stars as Kim Novak and Arlene Dahl.
He spent his youth in St. Paul, Minnesota, and later lived and worked in Chicago and Winnetka, Illinois.
He was inspired by the work of "Gibson Girl" creator Charles Dana Gibson.