Born 1912, Sarnoff has had a remarkable career. He studied with Andrew Wyeth; worked for both the pulps and every major slick magazine from Saturday Evening Post to Cosmopolitan. He painted portraits of such luminaries as Bob Hope and JFK. His work has been the subject of major exhibitions, and his lithos, prints and posters of sporting subjects and Western scenes have been popular sellers. Sarnoff was also one of the best pin-up artists around, his oils of lovely girls in negligees in the 1940s for Kemper Thomas Company reflecting an Elvgren/Sundblom influence.