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Alberto Vargas

1896 - 1982

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Joaquin Alberto Vargas y Chávez (9 February 1896 – 30 December 1982) was a Peruvian-American painter of pin-up girls. He is often considered one of the most famous of the pin-up artists, and as one of the pioneers of airbrush art. Numerous Vargas paintings have sold and continue to sell for tens of thousands around the world. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alberto Vargas is the 1,821st most popular painter (down from 1,796th in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from Peru (down from 109th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Peruvian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Alberto Vargas ranks 1,821 out of 2,023Before him are Blanka Teleki, John Marin, Thomas Hart Benton, Pyotr Konchalovsky, Mary Moser, and Edward Ruscha. After him are John Hoppner, Joseph Noel Paton, Kiki Smith, Hans Eworth, Arthur Dove, and Oldřich Lajsek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Alberto Vargas ranks 225Before him are Margarete Adler, Walter Breuning, Lotte Jacobi, Anton Walbrook, Hermann Jónasson, and Okuro Oikawa. After him are Luiz Vinhaes, Natalie Talmadge, Esteban Canal, Ralph Bagnold, Charles Pahud de Mortanges, and Virgil Thomson. Among people deceased in 1982, Alberto Vargas ranks 232Before him are Hermanni Pihlajamäki, Vitaly Daraselia, Max de Terra, Jean Batten, Renato Sáinz, and Stefanos Stefanopoulos. After him are Henri Dulieux, Eleanor Powell, Erwin Casmir, Yevdokiya Bershanskaya, Pedro Solé, and Clyde King.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Alberto Vargas ranks 112 out of 287Before him are Edwin Vásquez (1922), Orlando de la Torre (1943), Antonio Maquilón (1902), Serapio Calderón (1843), Eduardo Astengo (1909), and Alberto Denegri (1906). After him are Jorge Pardon (1905), Julio Ramón Ribeyro (1929), Fiorella Bonicelli (1951), Paolo Guerrero (1984), Alexis Amore (1978), and Esteban Canal (1896).

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Among PAINTERS In Peru

Among painters born in Peru, Alberto Vargas ranks 2Before him are Boris Vallejo (1941).