Howard Chandler Christy Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
American, 1873-1952
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.
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Artist: Howard Chandler Christy
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.
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1910s Howard Chandler Christy Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
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Portrait of Broadway star Dorothy Dionne
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.
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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
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20th Century Howard Chandler Christy Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
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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...
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1910s Howard Chandler Christy Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
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"And wasn't it good for a boy to be Out to old Aunt Mary's"
By Howard Chandler Christy
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"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...
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