Funny Greeting Cards by Anne Taintor – Set of 6

Description

From Wikipedia:

Anne Taintor (born August 16, 1953) is an artist whose themes deal with domestic stereotypes, as viewed through the lens of mid-century advertisements typically found in publications such as Ladies Home Journal and Life. Juxtaposing these images with tongue-in-cheek captions, her work serves as a commentary on the stereotypes of women popularized in the 1940s and 1950s. She has been credited by some as being a pioneer in the pairing of mid-century imagery with modern slogans.

After graduating from Lewiston High School in 1971, Taintor attended Harvard University, from which she graduated in 1977 with a degree in Visual and Environmental Studies.  As a student she enrolled in a class on collage animation, which would become her technique of choice. Upon leaving Harvard, she eventually moved back to Maine working as, among other things, a cartographer drawing maps for state atlases. She continued to collage, selling her works at local craft fairs.

In the early 1980s, Taintor bounced around in different jobs, including as a waitress and a seamstress, while also working her way through a divorce.  At that time, she began focusing more on creating and selling her collages as a way to support herself and her daughter.  Her first products were handmade wooden lapel pins and earrings with collage artwork, which she created by cutting and pasting artwork from 1940s and 1950s advertisements.