Howard Chandler Christy was born in 1873 in Ohio, showed love for art at age three. Encouraged by his parents, he began with sketching and later turned to watercolors. In 1890, he left for New York to pursue his passion. Christy found a mentor in a famous painter, William Merritt Chase. He admired illustrators Howard Pyle and Edwin Austin Abbey and became a magazine illustrator. His creations included likenesses of women who would become known as "Christy Girls," similar to the famous "Gibson Girls." Married twice, his first daughter Natalie was born during his marriage to model Maybelle Thompson. His second marriage was in 1919 to Nancy Palmer. He retired from magazine illustrating in 1921. His partner until his death at age 80 was Elise Ford. They had a daughter named Holly, born in 1939. He took up professional portraiture and painted portraits for the elite including President and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, Mr. and Mrs. Hearst and Herbert Hoover. Renowned paintings include We The People in 1937, The Signing Of The Constitution in 1940 and The Signing of The United Nations Charter in 1946–47. Christy had several works in progress when he passed away at his artist studio in 1952 at age 80. They were a portrait of Douglas Mac Arthur and a Gettysburg painting. Among Christy's honors were an honorary membership in the U.S. Naval Academy, medals from Paris and Chicago Expos and decorations from the N.Y Police Force and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Christy's magazine illustrations are collector's items.
GEE I WISH I WERE A MAN I'D JOIN THE NAVY Original Vintage WWI World War Poster
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Chicago, IL
GEE!! I WISH I WERE A MAN - I'D JOIN THE NAVY Rare authentic original antique vintage WWI poster Artist: Howard Chandler Christy Condition: C Dimensions: 26.8 x 41.1 in. / 68 x 104.5...
Paper
$759Sale Price|22% Off
Original Americans All! Honor Roll - Victory Libery Loan vintage poster
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Spokane, WA
Original 1919 Vintage "Americans All!" Victory Liberty Loan Poster by Howard Chandler Christy. Archival linen backed in A- condition, ready to frame. This iconic 1919 "American...
Lithograph
"Fight or Buy Bonds." Vintage WWI Poster by Howard Chandler Christy, 1917
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This original WWI poster encourages onlookers to "Fight or Buy Bonds" and dates to 1917. Issued as part of the Third Liberty Loan run, the poster was designed by famous illustrator H...
Paper
IF YOU WANT TO FIGHT! JOIN THE MARINES Original Vintage WWI War Poster
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Chicago, IL
IF YOU WANT TO FIGHT! JOIN THE MARINES Rare authentic original antique vintage WWI poster Artist: Howard Chandler Christy Condition: A- Dimensions: 30 x 40.2 in. / 76.2 x 102 cm. Cir...
Paper
“Tell me what you told me a little while ago.”
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for “The Little Lady of the Big House” by Jack London for Cosmopolitan, published January 1916, page 290. The full caption reads: “‘And now, just to help me to...
Paper, Ink, Gouache
A Classic Female Nude Standing in the Artist’s Studio, Signed
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in San Francisco, CA
This striking oil painting is a classic studio composition by the renowned American painter and illustrator Howard Chandler Christy (1872–1952). It features a full-length female nude...
Canvas, Oil
The Lucky Bag
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor and Gouache on Paper Mounted to Canvas Signature: Signed "Howard Chandler Christy" and Dated Lower Left Published in the 1914 U.S. Naval Academy yearbook, "The Lucky Bag...
Canvas, Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Four Women in a Fanciful Garden Setting, Decorative Screen
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
A beautiful decorative screen featuring elegant women in a garden setting painted by the renowned American illustrator Howard Chandler Christy. Medium: Oil on Panel in Three Parts D...
Oil, Panel
$10,500
"Scarlet: The Story of a Woman with a Past" Liberty Magazine 1926
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed "Howard Chandler Christy" Lower Left "There in a box hammock was Phil Hanrihan sprawling, a woman in a scarlet shawl clinging, her cheek against his." Story illustration for ...
Charcoal
Original Fight or Buy Bonds, Third Liberty Loan, Large Format vintage poster
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Spokane, WA
Original. FIGHT OR BUY BONDS. THIRD LIBERTY LOAN. Linen backed. Lithograph. World War 1 authentic vintage poster. ARTIST: Howard Chandler Christy. Linen-backed, larger size format for this poster. Ready to frame. Despite minor edge wear touch-up from linen backing, this poster presents very well and is in above-average condition. You can be confident in the quality of this piece. One of the most famous and powerful WW1 propaganda images, this flag-waving Ms. Liberty (aka Columbia) poster is unusual in that it urged both recruitment and bond sales. The US had just entered the war when this poster appeared and it is one of the earliest examples of myriad illustrations that were used to motivate both troops and the American public. It's designer, Howard Chandler Christy, was at the height of his fame. He earned his spurs as a wartime artist when he accompanied US troops to Cuba in 1898, an experience that stood him in good stead when he was called on to create his famed series of patriotic WW1 posters...
Lithograph
Original Patriotic League vintage poster Christy Girl
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage poster: Patriotic League . Original Howard Chandler Christy's 1918 "Patriotic League" authentic World War 1 lithographic poster. Linen-backed and in excellent condition. This Christy girl...
Lithograph
"And wasn't it good for a boy to be Out to old Aunt Mary's"
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fairlawn, OH
"And wasn't it good for a boy to be Out to old Aunt Mary's" Charcoal and watercolor on artist illustration board, 1900 Initialed and dated lower right: H.C.C. 1900 by the artist (see...
Charcoal
Soldier's Return
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Paper Signature: Signed Lower Right Exhibitions: It's a Man's World, Illustration Art by and for Men: November 14-17 2012, Illustration House NYC
Paper, Gouache
$15,500
Portrait of Broadway Star Dorothy Dionne, Signed Pencil Drawing, 1933
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1933 Medium: Pencil on Paper Dimensions: 16.00" x 13.00" Signature: Signed and Titled For the Broadway play "Young Sinners" Dianne starred in the play “Young Sinners” in 1933.
Paper, Pencil
“Eileen Saxilby had entered the room on her guardian’s arm"
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Illustration for the book The Lantern of Luck by Hudson Douglas, published by W.J. Watt & Company Publishers, 1909, facing page 34. The full published caption reads: “Eileen Saxi...
Paper, Pencil
The Courtship of Miles Standish
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's narrative poem The Courtship of Miles Standish originally published in 1858 tells the story of the love triangle between Joh...
Pencil
Louis Sherry Chocolates Advertisement
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right Piece of illustrative and advertising art done for the offices of Louis Sherry Chocolates. Wonderful example of his work.
Canvas, Oil
$16,000
“He became immensely serious.” Illustration for “Rich White Trash”
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for “Rich White Trash” by Margaret Culkin Banning for Red Book Magazine, published April 1924, page 39. The full caption reads: “He became immensely serious. ‘If...
Board, Charcoal
He sat opposite the distorted figure
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Left Vignette for an unknown publication, with Scientific Engraving Company labels on verso
Watercolor, Board
'The Valley of the Moon' Cosmopolitan Magazine Illustration
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Illustration of a couple. "The farmer crossed the plowed strip to Saxon, and joined her on the rail." Ink, watercolor, and gouache on board. 991x749 mm; 39x29 1/2 inches. Signed in full, lower left. Illustration for the first appearance of Jack London's novel "The Valley of the Moon," Cosmopolitan Magazine...
Board, Gouache, Watercolor
$950
H 14 in W 11 in D 0.1 in
Supermodels in Vogue, Watercolor Fashion Painting
By Manuel Santelices
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist has covered New York collections for over 16 years and has interviewed, as a journalist, several fashion designers and personalities for different publications. He loves t...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Cypriano (A Basque Boy)
By Gerald Leslie Brockhurst
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream wove paper. 6 5/16 x 3 3/4 inches (159 x 94 mm), full margin. Signed in pencil lower center margin, from the edition of 111. A well inked impression with a minor cre...
Handmade Paper, Etching
$2,500
H 26.13 in W 14.13 in D 0.88 in
Nude with Tree at El Capitan - Yosemite Mid Century Figurative Landscape
By Margaret Wherry Ziegler
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid century figurative landscape of a nude female figure with tree at El Capitan, Yosemite, California by Margaret Wherry Ziegler (American, 1909-1989). Signed "M. Ziegler" lower right. Displayed in a rustic new silver gilt frame. Image, 24"H x 12"W. Margaret Wherry Ziegler was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on November 27, 1909. At a young age she traveled with her parents to the Philippines, Japan, India, Italy, Greece, and Europe. She studied art at the Cincinnati Art Academy, Minneapolis Art Institute, the University of the Philippines, and the California College of Arts and Crafts. While in Japan she studied Japanese brush painting...
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
Mid Century Nude Study
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful oil painting of nude study titled "The Red Table Cloth" by Bay Area, California artist Shirley Loyst (American, b-1928), circa 1960. Exhibition...
Canvas, Oil
$17,000
H 47.2 in W 35.4 in
"Model, Astone Studio" Contemporary impressionist oil painting, female nude
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
After studying anatomy and academic painting at the Florence Academy of Art, Ben Fenske took the skills he learned and stepped back, putting his own hand into an academically proport...
Canvas, Oil
$12,000
H 27.5 in W 35.4 in
"Sitting Nude, Bea" 2016 oil painting of nude woman seated in thought, pink hues
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a nude female figure, sitting upon a bed; chest bent over knees, hand on head, seemingly bored. Hues of pink surround the figure due to decorative fabrics that are...
Oil, Linen
Dancer Demetrius Vilan
Located in Middletown, NY
A young dancer from a pioneering American dance academy and professional company founded in 1915 in Los Angeles. Offset photolithograph on white newsprint paper, 11 x 9 1/2 inches (...
Photo-lithograph
$1,320Sale Price|40% Off
H 25 in W 21 in D 1.25 in
Seated Female Nude Figure, American Impressionist Oil on Canvas
By George Wishon
Located in Soquel, CA
Seated Female Nude Figure in Oil on Canvas Beautiful modern impressionist figure painting of a seated nude woman by George Wishon (American, 1937-2005). The two-toned light blue and...
Canvas, Oil
$3,950
H 42.25 in W 30.13 in D 0.75 in
"The U.S. Marines Want You" Vintage WWII Recruitment Poster, 1940
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an original World War II Marines recruitment poster, issued in 1940. The poster depicts a no-nonsense Marine drill instructor, pointing directly at the viewer, in front of a ...
Paper
$1,012
H 29.53 in W 19.3 in D 0.04 in
Original Vintage WWII Home Front Propaganda Poster We Want You With Us War Work
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two home front propaganda poster - We want You with us! There's a place for everyone locally or somewhere in England Get into War Work this week - featurin...
Paper
$1,500Sale Price|40% Off
H 30 in W 24 in D 1.5 in
Seated Nude Woman American Impressionist School 1940s by Fred Yost
Located in Soquel, CA
Seated Nude Woman American Figurative School 1940s Mid-century American impressionist painting of a woman by American artist Frederick "Fred" Yost (American/Swiss, 1888-1968). He studied: at Mt. Union Col., Alliance, OH; American Students League, New York, and with Homer Boss, John Sloan, Robert Henri, R. Lahey. The painting gleans much form his studies with John Sloan and Robert Henri in the French post-impressionist style. Image 24"H x 18"W Frame, 30"H x 24"W x 1.5"D Signed "Yost" lower right Painter, lithographer, teacher, lecturer About Fred's life: by Hal Fry of the Herald “Fred Does Whatever He Likes” was a title given to a biography written about Fred Yost by Hal Fry of the Herald. The following is taken directly from this column: “Fred Yost’s living style is like his painting style. He has fun with it. Fred John Yost was born in Switzerland, he’ sure, on November 6, 1889, he thinks. His father John brought the family to his country when Fred was about a year old—first to New York and later to Canton, Sebring and finally Alliance, where Yost Sr. loaded freight for a railroad. Fred like drawing and painting so far back he can’t remember how or when it started—it was always that way. But through the public schools in Alliance he didn’t think of this as a career possibility. He wanted to be a newspaperman. He worked his way through Mt. Union College, finishing, he thinks, about 1912. Then he beat it for New York and after kicking around for a time got a job as a proofreader for the Wall Street Journal. He combined this and art school until World War I took him into the Army. In infantry, field artillery and ordnance duties he served with the 27th New York Division through St. Mihiel and the Argonne and the rest—in the process getting his hearing clobbered by blasts from his outfit’s own guns. Coming out a Sergeant in 1919, he went back to the Wall Street Journal briefly—then caught on as a staff artist for the (New York) Herald. For several years, when he felt like it, Yost would take a bus to the Mexican border and switch to a Mexican bus to carry him way down south, then make it any way he could to the places he wanted to see. On these trips he virtually becomes a peon, disappearing totally from those who know him—living with, like and clearly thoroughly liked by the people among whom he moves.” Yost was a graduate of the Art Students League and past president of the Ohio Watercolor Society. Fred Yost, a man who eminently loved the Mexican landscape, Exhibited: S. Indp. A., 1928, 1930-33; MMA, 1945; AIC; Butler AI, 1947-1951; Ohio WC Soc.; PAFA, 1948-1950; Akron AI, 1947-1951, 1958; Fla. Southern Col., 1952; Ohio Univ., 1950; Columbus Gal. FA, 1947-50; AWCS, 1958; Salons of Am.; 3 solo: Canton AI; Akron AI, Springfield Mus. A. Contributor to Ford Times, 1958-59. Awards: prizes, Massilon Museum, 1944; Ohio Watercolor Society, 1944, 1948; Indianapolis, Ind., 1944; Tri-State Pr. M., 1945, 1946; Butler AI, 1946; Youngstown Pub. Schools, 1946 (prize); Ohio Univ., 1950; Ethel Printz award, 1950; Fla. Southern Col., 1952; Akron AI, 1952, 1956-1958; Canton AI, 1961, 1963; medal, Phila. Pa., 1950 Member: Ohio Watercolor Society (president) Work: Massillon Mus.; Youngstown Pub. Sch. Coll.; Butler AI; Akron AI; Kennedy & Co., NY; Beaver Col., Beaver Falls, Pa.; Block Gal., Indianapolis; Prospect Park, NY; murals, Sioux City Steak House; Sioux City A. Center; City Hall, Sioux City; Akron AI; Evangelical Church, Akron; Rockefeller Center; Radio City, NY; Brooklyn Zoological Park. Affiliated with NYC Park Dept. Mural Projects. Comments: Came to U. S. in 1889. Position: teacher, Butler AI; Akron AI; instr., Akron AI, Akron, Ohio; cur. Historical House of Refuge...
Linen, Oil
$1,890
H 19.3 in W 11.42 in D 0.04 in
Original Vintage War Propaganda Poster Buy A Share In America US Bonds WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Buy a Share in America - featuring a striking design of a bald headed eagle as the symbol of the United States holding U.S. Defense...
Paper
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H 30 in W 20 in D 0.1 in
FIGHT OR BUY BONDS THIRD LIBERTY LOAN Antique Original Vintage WWI War Poster
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Chicago, IL
FIGHT OR BUY BONDS - THIRD LIBERTY LOAN Rare authentic original antique vintage WWI poster Artist: Howard Chandler Christy Condition: A/A- Dimensions: 20 x 30 in. / 50.8 x 76.2 cm. C...
Paper
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H 42 in W 32 in D 0.75 in
"Fight Or Buy Bonds. Third Liberty Loan" WWI Poster by Howard Chandler Christy
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This original WWI poster encourages onlookers to "Fight or Buy Bonds" and dates to 1917. Issued as part of the Third Liberty Loan run, the poster w...
Paper
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H 30 in W 20 in D 0.05 in
Original "Fight or Buy Bonds, Third Liberty Loan" vintage poster 1917
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Fight or Buy Bonds, Third Liberty Loan vintage poster. Linen backed in excellent condition. Ready to frame. This image features an image of a woman known as a ‘Christy Girl’. His wife inspired the women in Howard Chandler Christy’s Women. The hair color may change in the various posters, but the woman is always the same. What a tribute for his wife. One of the most famous and influential WW1 propaganda...
Lithograph
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H 30 in W 20 in D 0.05 in
Original "Clear the Way!! Buy Bonds Fourth Liberty Loan, vintage poster, 1917
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Spokane, WA
Original "Clear the Way !!" Buy Bonds Fourth Liberty Loan vintage poster.. With Lady Liberty holding the U. S. Flag above the soldiers prepari...
Lithograph
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H 30.5 in W 34 in D 1.5 in
Howard Chandler Christy Portrait of a Woman 1940, Signed, Dated and Framed
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Plainview, NY
Howard Chandler Christy Portrait of a Woman 1940, Signed, Dated and Framed This watercolor portrait was made by Howard Chandler Christy (1873-1952, American)and dedicated to his lon...
Paper, Paint
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H 31.5 in W 21.5 in D 1.5 in
"Clear the Way !!" Fourth Liberty Loan Poster by Howard Chandler Christy, 1919
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an original Howard Chandler Christy poster from 1919 entitled "Clear the Way! Buy Bonds." The poster was produced in New York by Niagara Litho. ...
Paper
Young Lovers at the U.S Naval Academy
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache Painting Signature: Signed Lower Right Contact for exact dimensions.
Gouache
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H 32 in W 29 in D 2 in
"The Signing" by Howard Chandler Christy, Vintage Poster, Signed by Christy 1937
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a signed lithographic poster entitled “The Signing” by Howard Chandler Christy. “The Signing” is an allegorical rendering of the signing of the Constitution of the United States and our nation’s history and progress in the 150 years since the signing. Howard Chandler Christy signed and inscribed the poster in the bottom right corner. In 1936, representative Sol Bloom, the director general of the United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission, proposed that a painting be commissioned as part of the 150th anniversary of the Constitution. Howard Chandler Christy created three iterations of paintings for the Sesquicentennial Commission. Christy painted the first painting, “We the People,” in 1936. A year later, Christy painted a second painting titled “The Signing.” After two more years of congressional debate, Christy was finally commissioned in 1939 to create his final painting, a 20-by-30-foot framed oil-on-canvas scene of the signing, currently on display in the east grand stairway of the House wing of the U.S. Capitol. The 1937 painting was issued as a commemorative lithographic poster by the United States Constitutional Sesquicentennial Commission, as presented here. The poster and the original 7’ x 5’ oil canvas were first exhibited in December 1937 at the Grand Central Fifth Avenue Galleries. At the exhibit opening Christy explained, “I wanted the painting to be accurate in every detail because I feel deeply the meaning the Constitution holds for every American.” A 1937 order form listing items that could be purchased for the upcoming Sesquicentennial indicates that this particular “Official Poster” came in three different sizes- Small 12” x 14-1/2”, Medium 24” x 27”, and Large 42” x 38” and originally sold via mail order for 5¢, 10¢ & 25¢ cents respectively. “The Signing” is an artistic representation of the signing of the Constitution of the United States with strong allegorical references to core American values and renderings of our 150 year history since its inception. The bottom two thirds of the image depict the signing of the Constitution at Independence Hall in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787. George Washington is the most prominent figure; he stands on the platform next to Richard Spaight of North Carolina, who is signing the document. Benjamin Franklin is seated at center, with Alexander Hamilton and James Madison nearby. The other delegates populate the room, depicted in stirring conversation with each other. The top of the composition is filled with allegorical renderings. At center is a shining Lady Liberty standing with open arms and a golden scroll of “We the People” unfurling below her. At right, is a female personification of Blind Justice...
Paper
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H 43.5 in W 33.5 in D 1.5 in
"Fight or Buy Bonds" Vintage WWI Poster by Howard Chandler Christy, 1917
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This original poster encourages onlookers to "Fight or Buy Bonds" as part of the Third Liberty Loan. The work was designed by famous artist Howard Chandler C...
Paper
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H 46.5 in W 36 in D 2 in
U.S. Marines Antique WWI Poster, "If You Want to Fight! / Join the Marines" 1915
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an original "If You Want to Fight! / Join the Marines" World War I poster by Howard Chandler Christy from 1915. This taunting and daring recruitment poster urges the public to join the Marines. The work features the artist's signature in the lithograph stone, as well as a stunning depiction of a woman dressed in a Marines uniform at center. Christy played with the idea of confusing gender roles, as shown here with a woman pictured in a traditionally masculine role. This aimed to seduce men into joining the service. Howard Chandler Christy (1872-1952) was an illustrator whose work appeared in countless magazines, books, and posters. Christy's subjects ranged from romantic interludes in high-society New York to historic battles on the Scottish Highlands. His female depictions became so well known that they were dubbed "the Christy Girl...
Paper
Elegant Couple in Conversation
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated and inscribed lower right: "To Erika my collaborator with sincere admiration Howard Chandler Christy 1911" Provenance: Morris Weiss collection
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
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H 28.5 in W 20 in D 1.25 in
"Will Rogers Memorial Fund" by Howard Chandler Christy, Vintage Poster, 1935
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a vintage poster for the Will Rogers Memorial fund. The poster was designed by famed poster artist Howard Chandler Christy. The poster, an original color lithograph, was...
Paper