ʻUkulele Wahine - Hawaiian Pin-Up Girl - Vintage Yard-Long Print by Gene Pressler c.1920s - Fine Art Matte Paper Print (Unframed) 30x44in

Enjoy a taste of Aloha with these beautiful Fine Art Prints by Pacifica Island Art - printed in Maui, Hawaii. This print will look wonderful framed in the home, office or restaurant and is perfect for the Vintage Art Collector. - ABOUT THE ARTIST - Gene Pressler - Gene Pressler (1893-1948) The earliest known magazine cover by Pressler appeared on the July, 1913 issue of McCall’s, when he was only twenty years old. It featured children (see also his early work for Holland’s and the Modern Priscilla). Pressler soon found his first forte, however — producing images of lovely ladies that found a ready market with magazine art editors. Over the next five years, he produced at least 74 magazine cover images, averaging more than one cover a month over that period! Much of this magazine work is superb, but has remained largely unknown because it was done for magazines that are seldom seen today (such as the pulp magazines Romance, Saucy Stories, and Snappy Stories). Pressler also did advertising work for several companies, most notably Pompeian Beauty Products, for which he produced a long series of magazine ad images, as well as five of the annual, 'yardlong' Pompeian Beauty Panels. Pressler images can also be found on a wide variety of other items, including sheet music, trade cards, book frontispieces and covers, blotters, playing cards, candy boxes, jigsaw puzzles, painting kits, catalogs, and fans. It was the calendar market, however, that occupied most of Pressler’s attention after 1920. Pastels on canvas were his preferred medium, allowing him to achieve the golden lighting effects that often characterize his work and make it instantly recognizable. These images found a perfect outlet in the emerging market for advertising calendars, and remain his most sought-after legacy today.