Arthur Ernest Frahm (May 5, 1906 – February 12, 1981) was an American painter and commercial artist, best known for his campy paintings of pin-up girls in the 1950s. Frahm's playful Americana style has been compared with that of Norman Rockwell.
Biography
Frahm was born in East Chicago, Indiana, in 1906. He subsequently joined the Chicago firm Ziprodt, designing window displays for merchants, before resigning to become a full time illustrator. Frahm's publisher, Joseph C. Hoover and Sons, sold millions of calendars with the campy artwork, making it one of the most successful pinup series of the twentieth century.