Howard Chandler Christy
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Howard Chandler Christy was an American artist and illustrator. Famous for the "Christy Girl" – a colorful and illustrious successor to the "Gibson Girl" – Christy is also widely known for his iconic
Christy in 1922
Christy's 1915 painting Halloween, published in the January 1916 issue of Scribner's Magazine
"Gee!! I wish I were a man, I'd join the Navy Be a man and do it" - United States Navy recruiting station. Made by Christy in 1917 featuring Bernice Tongate
If You Want to Fight! Join the Marines, c. 1915
Gibson Girl
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The Gibson Girl was the archetypal personification of the feminine ideal of physical attractiveness as portrayed by the pen-and-ink illustrations of artist Charles Dana Gibson during a 20-year period
Howard Chandler Christy
…January 10, 1872 – March 3, 1952) was an American artist and illustrator. Famous for the "Christy Girl" – a colorful and illustrious successor to the "Gibson Girl" – Christy is also widely known for his iconic WWI military recruitment and Liberty loan posters, along with his 1940 masterpiece titled, Scene at the…
An iconic Gibson Girl portrait by Charles Dana Gibson, circa 1891
"The Crush" (1901)