Mataimakin ɗan Amirka da Yarinyar Mata
Wani dan wasan Amurka mai suna Gil Elvgren da ake kira Gillette lokacin da aka haife shi a St. Paul, Minnesota a watan Maris na shekara ta 1914. Ya fara neman aikin fasaha bayan kammala karatunsa daga makarantar sakandare. Ya yi aiki har abada har ya mutu a watan Febrairu na shekarar 1980 yana da shekaru 65.
Bayani na Gudanarwa
Kamar kamanninsa na George Petty, an san Elvgren a matsayin daya daga cikin manyan masu fasaha. Wadanda suka riga su ne Victorian Gibson, Howard Chandler Christy, da kuma Harrison Fisher , wadanda suka kasance duka suna da dangantaka da kyan gani ga mata masu kyau.
Ya "tattara" aikin wadannan zane-zane yana yada shafuka daga wallafe-wallafe, kuma ya koyi dabarun su. Halin da ake yi na makarantar Howard Pyle ta Brandywine ya rinjayi shi.
Bayan kammala karatun sakandare, Elvgren ya yi karatu a Cibiyar Harkokin Harkokin Art na Minneapolis kafin ya koma Chicago don ci gaba a Cibiyar Harkokin Kasuwancin Amirka. Daga baya sai ya koma garin garin St. Paul kuma ya bude wani ɗakin studio. Kwamitin da ya biya na farko shi ne kundin tsarin kayan fashion.
Ba da daɗewa ba, babbar kalandar karamar wallafa Brown & Bigelow ta tuntubi dan wasan kwaikwayo kuma ya sami babban hutu. An hayar da shi don a zana Dionne Quintuplets na 1937 da kuma 1919 kalandar da ke nuna 'ya'yan da suka kasance "babban rabo," in ji GilElvgren.com.
Ya fara aikinsa a matsayin mai zane-zane a 1937 lokacin da kamfanin Louis F. Dow Calendar Company ya ci gaba. Kasuwancin ba wai kawai ya nuna alamar Elvgren a kan kalandarku ba , amma a kan wasu abubuwa kamar katunan katunan da notepads.
A shekara ta 1940 ya yanke shawarar rufe gidansa kuma ya koma Chicago zai ci nasara. Ya dauki matsayi tare da Stevens / Gross Studio. Yayin da yake aiki ga kamfanin sai ya sadu da jagoransa Haddon H. Sundblom, wanda aka fi sani da ayyukan Santa Claus na Coca-Cola , kuma mutanen biyu sun zama abokantaka.
Ta hanyar gabatarwar da Sundblom ta gabatar, Elvgren ya ba da tallafin kasuwanci ga Coke wanda ya yi shekaru 25 ciki har da wasu matuka da dama.
A farkon shekarun 1940 kuma ya ga Elvgren yana goyon bayan yakin basasa don yin amfani da jerin abubuwan da suka hada da General Electric. Misalin farko da aka kwatanta da wata kyakkyawan yarinya da aka saka a Red Cross Motor Corps an wallafa shi a 1942 a Good Housekeeping tare da taken "She Knows What Freedom Really Means." Kamfanin kamfanin Louis F. Dow ya kaddamar da littattafai 8 na "x 10" na Elvgren fil- don haka za a iya aika su da su waje waje ba tare da envelope ba a wancan lokaci, kuma sun kasance da matukar damuwa tare da sojan da suke neman gida.
Ya zuwa tsakiyar shekarun 1940 sai ya tafi aiki don Brown & Bigelow a matsayin daya daga cikin masu fasaha na kamfanin, kuma aikin ya kasance mai ban sha'awa ya zama daya daga cikin masu ba da kyauta mafi girma da ke aiki a kasar a wannan lokacin. Ya ci gaba tare da su cikin shekarun 1970. Yarjejeniyarsa tare da Brown & Bigelow ya ba shi izini ya kammala kwamitocin tallan tallace-tallace ga sauran kamfanonin kamar Crush Orange da Sealy Mattress Company a wannan lokacin. Mujallu masu ban mamaki da ke nuna fasaharsa a cikin shekarun 1940 da '50s sun hada da Cosmopolitan da McCall , a cewar GilElvgren.com.
A shekara ta 1956, ya motsa iyalinsa zuwa Florida inda mutane da dama masu sana'a na kasuwanci suka zauna tare da abokansa Al Buell da Thornton Utz. Ya ci gaba da aiki a can, ya kafa sabon ɗawainiya tare da mataimakin. A gaskiya ma, yana da ƙarin ayyukan aiki fiye da wanda zai iya kammala kuma mujallu sun san su jira har tsawon shekara guda daya daga cikin misalai.
A 1966, Elvgren ya rasa matarsa mai ƙaunar Janet zuwa ciwon daji. A cikin baƙin ciki, sai ya ba da kansa ga aikinsa. Ya kasance a wani lokaci a cikin aikinsa inda zai iya daukar nauyin ayyukan da ya fi dacewa, kuma ya kammala kowanne. A gaskiya ma, shekarun 1960 ana gane shi ne a matsayin mafi kyawunsa dangane da lalacewa da kisa.
Abubuwan da ke da kyau na Elvgren
Elvgren yayi amfani da nau'o'i daban-daban daga yarinyar kusa da iyakar 'yan mata da mata masu zuwa.
Mai wasan kwaikwayon sanannen zamani ya gina kwararru na musamman a cikin ɗakin da ke Illinois da Florida wanda aka tsara don kama wani abu da ya kasance yana tunani. Za a sanya waɗannan samfurin a hankali a wurin kafin a hotunan su.
An yi hotuna na kowannensu a gaban zanen Elvgren. Ya yi amfani da hotuna a matsayin wahayi don ayyukan karshe, amma ya yarda da yin sauye-sauye masu sauƙi don inganta fasali irin su kafafu, lebe, da kuma hanyoyi. Har ma da launin gashi da sifofi za'a iya gyara a zane don samun su daidai, kamar yadda tufafin da takalma suke sawa ta hanyar samfurori.
Elvgren, a cewar ElvgrenPinup.com, abin da ya fi dacewa da tsarin "mai shekaru goma sha biyar a kan
mai shekaru ashirin da haihuwa. "Yana jin dadin matasan 'yan mata da fuskoki masu ma'ana waɗanda ba su da cikakke ba tukuna don samun jinƙan tsofaffi. Ayyukansa sun haɗa da wasu sanannun sunaye kamar Myrna Loy, Donna Reed, da kuma Kim Novack. Dokta Myrna Hansen, wanda aka haifa Miss America 1953 da kuma gudummawa ga mawallafin Miss Universe a wannan shekarar, ya kasance wani zane-zane mai suna Elvgren na fiye da 50 na hotuna.
Bayani da aka hada da kyautar katunan "52 Amurka" ta nuna cewa Elvgren "mai sananne ne" da kuma cewa ya tafi "duka" don neman kusanci da nau'i mai kyau kamar yadda ya dace don tsarinsa. Har ila yau yana da bambancin kasancewa ɗaya daga cikin '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' waɗanda suka fenti a cikin mai
Tattara Elvgren
Duk da yake yawancin zane-zanensa sun samo asali ne ga ayyukan fasahar kasuwanci, aikin fasahar Elvgren yanzu yana riƙe da kansa a cikin masu tarawa da kayansa na ainihi a kan zane-zane kuma jirgin yana da kyawawa sosai. Yawancin wadannan zane-zane sun ba da kyauta daga mai fasahar yayin da kasuwancinsa ya karu daga shekarun 1950 yayin da kamfanoni ke ba da izinin ayyukan. Ya yi fice a wasu lokuta don jin daɗin kansa, ciki har da yawancin hanyoyi waɗanda ba'a taɓa bugawa ba.
Abubuwan da aka tattara Elvgren na yanzu sun hada da kalandarku, notepads, blotters ink, katunan katunan, katunan maɓallin jigsaw, takardun rubutu, har ma da masu bude bude ido na "Open Eye Opener".
Kamfanin Louis F. Dow Kamfanin Kamfanin na Kamfanin na Kamfanin Kamfanin na Kamfanin na Kamfanin Louis F. Dow ya kuma sanya takardun da aka tsara da Elvgren a kan kayan ɗakunan ajiya da kuma dozin karin digiri fiye da yadda ya dace.
Ayyukan Elvgren na iya samo kwanan baya ta hanyar salon sa hannu akan abin. A lokacin da yake aiki a Brown da Bigelow, yana da manyan sa hannu guda biyu waɗanda suka kama kama amma sun bambanta da girman. Tun farkon shekarun 1950 ne ya fara amfani da shi daga tsakiyar shekarun 1940 zuwa tsakiyar shekara ta 1950, kusan rabin rabi da tsawo na sa hannunsa, wanda aka kashe shi da ƙarfin hali. An sanya wannan sa hannu mafi girma dangane da girma daga 1958 ta hanyar '70s.