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Fritz Willis
(1907 - 1979)

Willis handled ad work for Pepsi, Quality Papers, Max Factor, Purex, Sunkist, Crown Zellerbach, SpringMaid Sheets and others. He also did story work for Esquire, Saturday Evening Post, Redbook, Collier's, and covers for Ice Follies programs from 1952-1969. At least one movie poster, "On Our Merry Way." An author himself, he wrote instruction books for Walter Foster (Art Secrets and Shotcuts, The Nude, Faces and Features, The Model, and a number of children's books (Cancan, Jelly and George, Muffin, Me Too, Amber - the Story of a Good Little Dog). His 15-year stint of Artists's Sketchbook and other calendars for Brown & Bigelow made him one of the last pin-up greats.

Special thanks to Keith Swearingen for contributing to this bio.

Oil used for Page 20 of Willis' The Nude, one of his four Walter Foster art books (1960) Willis - 001A

Calendar Girl (1966) Willis - 002

Saturday Evening Post, The Airborne Female
"She was throwing the whole base out of whack." (1956) Willis - 003

Esquire Calendar Girl (1948) Willis - 004

Sunday Pictorial Review (1952) Willis - 005

Collier's, "A Retired Torpedo" (1951) Willis - 006

Spring Mills, "Beware" (1949) Willis - 007

Trend (1947) Willis - 008

Trend (1947) Willis - 009

Trend (1947) Willis - 010

Esquire (1948) Willis - 011

Mojud, "Magic Motion" (1948) Willis - 012

Saturday Evening Post, "No Girl Is Different" (1958) Willis - 013

All-American Girl (19??) Willis - 014

Sophisticated Lady (19??) Willis - 015

Chiffon (1954) Willis - 016

Chiffon (1954) Willis - 017

Chiffon (1954) Willis - 018

Rose Marie Reid (1950) Willis - 019

Harold's Club (1970) Willis - 020

The Fritz Willis Method (1952) Willis - 021

Calendar Girl (1966) Willis - 022