Artist

Howard Chandler Christy

born Morgan County, OH 1873-died New York City 1952

Media - J0067491_1b.jpg - 89729 — 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)
: Artist Biography
Howard Chandler Christy began his career in the visual arts as a student of painting at the National Academy of Design in New York City, eventually turning chiefly to illustration. His work appeared in a number of magazines and books. These illustrations, as well as his sketches of the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War, earned Christy considerable public recognition and popularity. Perhaps his most enduring image is the famous "Christy girl," the idealized American woman of the 1910s and early 1920s. Among the works in which she was featured were World War I posters designed to encourage young men to enlist.
Christy also worked extensively in portraiture, producing the likenesses of important figures ranging from politicians to entertainers and members of high society. His work has been featured in numerous exhibitions during and after his lifetime.
Therese Thau Heyman Posters American Style (New York and Washington, D.C.: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., in association with the National Museum of American Art, 1998)

Works by this artist (10 items)

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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

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Copy after Albert Sterner

Date1899

wood engraving on paper

Albert Sterner, The Stranger, 1916, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1983.4

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Date1916

lithograph on paper

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

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Daten.d.

pen and ink, charcoal and pencil on paper

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…

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Dateca. 1932

etching from cancelled plate on paper