# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alberto-vargas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:57:57.956Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alberto-vargas"
name: "Alberto Vargas"
slug: "alberto-vargas"
description: "Joaquin Alberto Vargas y Chávez was a Peruvian-American painter of pin-up girls. These pin-ups are sometimes known as Vargas 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."
tagline: "Peruvian pin-up artist (1896–1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alberto_vargas_young.gif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1896-02-09"
deathDate: "1982-12-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.64663066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump