CHARLES DANA GIBSON Art Book contains 150+ illustrations from award winning magazine covers for Life and Scribner's, College Girls, The Century Magazine and Harper's Weekly, posters that assisted in the war effort for the Army and Navy, also, dozens of his famous Edwardian Gibson Girl illustrations.
Book includes Table of Contents, thumbnail gallery and is formatted for all Kindle readers and Tablets (use rotate and/or zoom feature on landscape/horizontal images for optimal viewing).
Charles Dana Gibson was born in Roxbury, MA. By age eleven, he was an apprentice to architect George Post. He also formally trained at the Art Students League. He is most well known for his illustrations of beautiful women during the early twentieth century. The women were refined, aloof and fashionable. Gibson's women characterized the ideal American lady at the time. So was born "The Gibson Girl". Gibson later bought Life Magazine and worked as the editor until the 1930's.
Book includes Table of Contents, thumbnail gallery and is formatted for all Kindle readers and Tablets (use rotate and/or zoom feature on landscape/horizontal images for optimal viewing).
Charles Dana Gibson was born in Roxbury, MA. By age eleven, he was an apprentice to architect George Post. He also formally trained at the Art Students League. He is most well known for his illustrations of beautiful women during the early twentieth century. The women were refined, aloof and fashionable. Gibson's women characterized the ideal American lady at the time. So was born "The Gibson Girl". Gibson later bought Life Magazine and worked as the editor until the 1930's.
