Alberto Vargas

Alberto Vargas, Peruvian-American painter and illustrator (died 1982)

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Born: February 9, 1896
Died: December 30, 1982
Zodiac sign: Aquarius
Birth year: 1896

About Alberto Vargas

Joaquin Alberto Vargas y Chávez was a Peruvian-American painter of pin-up girls. He is often considered one of the most famous of the pin-up artists and one of the pioneers of airbrush art. Numerous Vargas paintings have sold and continue to sell for tens of thousands of dollars around the world. Vargas became famous in the 1940s as the creator of iconic World War II-era pin-ups for Esquire known as "Vargas Girls".

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The world when Alberto Vargas was born

Alberto Vargas was born in 1896. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentFirst modern Olympic Games held in Athens
Top headlinePlessy v. Ferguson — "separate but equal" upheld
Technology milestoneGuglielmo Marconi patents wireless telegraph (radio)
World population~1.56B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
U.S. population69.0M

1896 versus 2026

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Measure	1896	2026
Population	69.0M	341 million

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