Quaintance

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From Wikipedia:

George Quaintance (June 3, 1902 – November 8, 1957) was an American artist, famous for his "idealized, strongly homoerotic" depictions of men in mid-20th-century physique magazines. Using historical settings to justify the nudity or distance the subjects from modern society, his art featured idealized muscular, semi-nude or nude male figures; Wild West settings were a common motif. His artwork helped establish the stereotype of the "macho stud" who was also homosexual, leading him to be called a "pioneer of a gay aesthetic". He was an influence on many later homoerotic artists, such as Tom of Finland.

In print

Periodicals

• Grecian Guild Pictorial, 18 (April 1959)

Online

• Website: The George Quaintance Blog
• Website: The Flamboyant Life and Forbidden Art of George Quaintance
• Website: George Quaintance on Wikipedia