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 (2 items)

William H. Campbell, Package from Home, from the Early Series, 1943, gouache and paper on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.42
Package from Home, from the Early Series
Date1943
gouache and paper on paperboard
Not on view
William H. Campbell, More of These, from the Early Series, 1943, gouache and paper on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.41
More of These, from the Early Series
Date1943
gouache and paper on paperboard
Not on view