Artist

Howard Chandler Christy

born Morgan County, OH 1873-died New York City 1952
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Howard Chandler Christy with Spirit of Fighting Faith, © Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum J0067491
Born
Morgan County, Ohio, United States
Died
New York, New York, United States
Biography

Illustrator and portrait painter who created the "Christy Girl," an idealized American woman and successor to the "Gibson Girl." The "Christy Girl" appeared in numerous posters and magazine illustrations. His notable portraits included Amelia Earhart, Eddie Rickenbacker and Calvin Coolidge.

Joan Stahl American Artists in Photographic Portraits from the Peter A. Juley & Son Collection (Washington, D.C. and Mineola, New York: National Museum of American Art and Dover Publications, Inc., 1995)

Works by this artist (10 items)

Albert Sterner, Henry Wolf, Mrs. Marie Sterner, 1899, wood engraving on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1973.130.170
Mrs. Marie Sterner
Date1899
wood engraving on paper
Not on view
Albert Sterner, The Stranger, 1916, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1983.4
The Stranger
Date1916
lithograph on paper
Not on view
Albert Sterner, Washington Prevents a Military Dictatorship, n.d., pen and ink, charcoal and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Brook, 1983.75.58
Washington Prevents a Military Dictatorship
Daten.d.
pen and ink, charcoal and pencil on paper
Not on view
Albert Sterner, Washington Prevents a Military Dictatorship (cancelled plate from the portfolio "The Bicentennial Pageant of George Washington"), ca. 1932, etching from cancelled plate on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Brook, 1983.75.35
Washington Prevents a Military Dictatorship (cancelled…
Dateca. 1932
etching from cancelled plate on paper
Not on view