George Quaintance
George Quaintance ( born June 2, 1902 in Page County (Virginia ); † November 8, 1957 in Los Angeles ) was an American dancer, hairdresser, photographer, painter and illustrator who was known for his homoerotic drawings.
Biography
Quaintance grew up on a farm and early showed a talent for art. Even as a teenager Quaintance was described as " obviously and actively homosexual", although he did not outed. At the age of 18 he studied at the Art Students League, where he, like painting and drawing also studied dance, which led to a meeting and quickly marrying Miriam Chester. In the 1930s he became a hairdresser. His first art products appeared anonymously, as he worked in advertising, but by 1934 he had begun to contribute free cover illustrations to a variety of "spicy " pulp magazines, such as Vie gai français, ginger, Movie Humor, Movie Merry Go-Round, Snappy Detective Mysteries, Snappy Stories, Stolen Sweets, and Tempting Tales. These works of art were sold in relevant places and in newspaper articles under the counter. The illustrations contained therein, which were clearly influenced by Enoch Bolles, were often of him with " Geo. Quintana. " signed
In 1938 he returned described as his " model, life partners and business partners," which became the model of many Quaintance photographs in the 1940s home with his companion Victor Garcia, of Quaintance. In the early 1950s, Quaintance and Garcia moved to Rancho Siesta, which was the home of the studios Quaintance. In 1953, Quaintance completed a series of three paintings about a matador from, this was Angel Avila, another of his lover, model. By 1956, the company was so successful that Quaintance could not keep up with the demand for his works.
George Quaintance died in 1957 of a heart attack.
Works
- Bob Mizer (ed.): Complete Reprint of Physique Pictorial, 1951-1964, Cologne, Bags, 1997.
- Volker Janssen: The Art of George Quaintance, Simon 's Town, South Africa, Janssen Publishers CC, 2003.
- Reed Massengill, Dian Hanson: Quaintance, bags ISBN 978-3-8365-0732-5