Description
Harrison Fisher's portraits of healthy, poised, active, and confident women set the standard for the concept of American beauty during the early years of the twentieth century. The artist enjoyed enormous popularity from 1905 to 1920, serving as a judge in nationwide beauty contests and maintaining a celebrity status that was unparalleled for an illustrator. This original publication recaptures the images that made Fisher famous, compiling his very best black-and-white and color illustrations for Cosmopolitan, The Saturday Evening Post, and The Ladies Home Journal as well as for books and other publications.
The successors to the stylish Gibson Girls created by Charles Dana Gibson, Fisher's idealized women reflect an aspirational degree of wealth and social ease. They ride horses, play tennis, swim, go motoring in newfangled automobiles, and graciously bask in the admiration of attractive young men. These century-old images from a moment in our country's cultural history will appeal to enthusiasts of graphic art and illustration as well as to students of American art and popular culture.
Author: Harrison Fisher
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 09/19/2012
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 10.80h x 8.30w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9780486489100
ISBN10: 0486489108
BISAC Categories:
- Art | Individual Artists | General
The successors to the stylish Gibson Girls created by Charles Dana Gibson, Fisher's idealized women reflect an aspirational degree of wealth and social ease. They ride horses, play tennis, swim, go motoring in newfangled automobiles, and graciously bask in the admiration of attractive young men. These century-old images from a moment in our country's cultural history will appeal to enthusiasts of graphic art and illustration as well as to students of American art and popular culture.
Author: Harrison Fisher
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 09/19/2012
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 10.80h x 8.30w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9780486489100
ISBN10: 0486489108
BISAC Categories:
- Art | Individual Artists | General
About the Author
The career of Harrison Fisher (1877-1934) coincided with the rapid expansion of possibilities for color printing and the huge popularity of weekly and monthly periodicals. Fisher's much-acclaimed covers for Cosmopolitan, The Saturday Evening Post, and The Ladies Home Journal made him a household name.
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