Gil Elvgren

Gil Elvgren bio

Birth Name: Gil Elvgren

Occupation: Illustrator

Place Of Birth: Minnesota

Date Of Birth: March 15, 1914

Date Of Death: February 29, 1980

Cause Of Death: N/A

Ethnicity: Unknown

Nationality: American


Gil Elvgren was born on the 15th of March, 1914. He was known for being a Illustrator. 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.

Gil Elvgren was born in Minnesota. 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 .

Gil Elvgren was a Pisces and was born in the G.I. Generation.


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Childhood

Gil Elvgren was born in 1910s. The 1910s represented the culmination of European militarism. Discover what happened on this day.

Gil Elvgren is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".

Education

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Family

Gil Elvgren’s mother’s name is unknown at this time and his father’s name is under review. We will continue to update information on Gil Elvgren’s parents.

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Personal Life

Like many famous people and celebrities, Gil Elvgren kept his personal life private. Once more details are available, we will update this section.

Gil Elvgren was born in the Year of the Tiger.

Fast Facts

REAL NAME: Gil Elvgren
NICKNAME: Gil
RELIGION: Unknown
AGE GENERATION: G.I. Generation
BIRTH SIGN: Pisces
BIRTH DAY: Sunday
DEATH DAY: Friday

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Horoscope

Zodiac Sign: Gil Elvgren was a Pisces. People of this zodiac sign like romance, to sleep, spiritual themes and dislike the know-it-all, to be criticized, and cruelty of any kind. The strengths of this sign are being compassionate, artistic, gentle, wise, while weaknesses can be to be fearful, overly trusting and desire to escape reality. The greatest overall compatibility with Pieces is Virgo and Taurus.

Chinese Zodiac: Gil Elvgren was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign are thought to be brave and independent. They're respected for their deep thoughts and courageous actions, but sometimes show off when accomplishing something.

Ruling Planet: Gil Elvgren had a ruling planet of Neptune and has a ruling planet of Neptune. Back the early 2,000 B.C. the outer planets, Uranus and Pluto, were not yet discovered, since the telescope had not yet been invented. Astrologers and astronomers could only work with planets visible to the eye.

Gil Elvgren’s birth sign is Pisces and he had a ruling planet of Neptune.


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