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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alberto Vargas has received more than 715,111 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Alberto Vargas is the 1,796th most popular painter (down from 1,495th in 2019), the 109th most popular biography from Peru (down from 81st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Peruvian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Alberto Vargas ranks 1,796 out of 2,023. Before him are Lawrence Weiner, George Inness, Lajos Tihanyi, Moshe Castel, Clyfford Still, and Hale Asaf. After him are Theodor Pallady, Victor Borisov-Musatov, Józef Pankiewicz, Frank Brangwyn, Carlos Latuff, and Peter Scott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Alberto Vargas ranks 207. Before him are Gunnar Lindström, Paul van Ostaijen, Agustín Sancho, Lotte Jacobi, Jack Pickford, and Walter Breuning. After him are Alexander Brailowsky, Sirarpie Der Nersessian, Anton Walbrook, Ethel Waters, Tommy Johnson, and Kim Myeong-sun. Among people deceased in 1982, Alberto Vargas ranks 212. Before him are Vitaly Daraselia, Ramón J. Sender, László Sternberg, Konrad Granström, Ed Hamm, and Erik Larsson. After him are Clifford Curzon, Frederick Terman, Willy Busch, Stanley Holloway, Dieter Borsche, and Ricardo Pérez Godoy.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Alberto Vargas ranks 109 out of 287. Before him are Manuel Márquez Sterling (1872), Eduardo López de Romaña (1847), José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, 4th Marquess of Torre Tagle (1779), Eloy Campos (1942), Alejandro Villanueva (1908), and Edwin Vásquez (1922). After him are Nicolás Lindley López (1908), Manuel Merino (1961), José Rufino Echenique (1808), Zenón Noriega Agüero (1900), Ricardo Pérez Godoy (1905), and Plácido Galindo (1906).

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Among PAINTERS In Peru

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

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