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Roy Best was an American illustrator and painter of pin-up girls.He was born in Waverly Ohio on December 3 1892 and attended the Art Institute of Cincinnati working on a railroad construction crew to support himself. He later enrolled in the Art Institute of Chicago.Later Best was represented in New York City by American Artists. During this time he painted several covers for The Saturday Evening Post. By 1931 Best was painting pin-ups for the Joseph C. Hoover & Sons calendar company.