Ernest Chiracka was born on 11 May 1913 in New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Kathryn Chiracka. He died on 26 April 2010 in Great Neck, New York, USA.
He was an artist and sculptor. He was an illustrator of pulp covers and magazines. He was best known for his Esquire calendar pin-ups. In the 1960s, he began painting the American west.