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Apr 27, 1894 Abbeville, Louisiana, United States Died on 21 Jul 1975 (aged 81)
American artist
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About George Petty
- George Brown Petty IV (April 27, 1894 – July 21, 1975) was an American pin-up artist.
- His pin-up art appeared primarily in Esquire and Fawcett Publications's True but was also in calendars marketed by Esquire, True and Ridgid Tool Company.
- Petty's Esquire gatefolds originated and popularized the magazine device of centerfold spreads.
- Reproductions of his work, known as "Petty Girls," were widely rendered by military artists as nose art decorating warplanes during the Second World War, including the Memphis Belle.
