Howard Chandler Christy Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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.
1930s Howard Chandler Christy Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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1910s Howard Chandler Christy Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Howard Chandler Christy Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Howard Chandler Christy Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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1930s Art Deco Howard Chandler Christy Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Howard Chandler Christy Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Early 19th Century Realist Howard Chandler Christy Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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18th Century Rococo Howard Chandler Christy Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Howard Chandler Christy Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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2010s Renaissance Howard Chandler Christy Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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1930s Art Deco Howard Chandler Christy Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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20th Century Modern Howard Chandler Christy Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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1940s Post-War Howard Chandler Christy Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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1940s Post-War Howard Chandler Christy Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Gouache