Bill Medcalf

Worked for 20 years on the staff at Brown and Bigelow. All of his art education came from schools near his hometown of Minneapolis, under teachers such as Stan Fenelle and Cameron Booth.

Though not as prolific (or nearly as well-known) as Gil Elvgren, Medcalf is of all the would-be Elvgrens, including both Ekman and Ballantyne the master's nearest equal, turning out lushly rendered oil paintings of gorgeous All American girls.

Medcalf's work turns up on calendars, both in girl-next-door tease situations and in the glamorous ball-gown genre.

A St. Paul artist who worked for Brown & Bigelow, he seems to have primarily devoted himself to providing pin-up girls to top advertising accounts, including Sylvania ("Miss Sylvania") and Kelly Springfield Tires.