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.
$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
Many Walks on the Same Path 7
By Suzi Davidoff
Located in New Orleans, LA
Davidoff is influenced by her close connection to nature and by what she calls, “the spirit of investigation and observation of the natural world.” Her work explores themes of struct...
Gesso, Charcoal, Handmade Paper
$4,500
H 30 in W 22 in
Figurative Original Portrait Painting by Cuban Artist Hector Frank
By Hector Frank
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Original Mixed Media Figurative Painting by Cuban Painter Hector Frank. International acclaim as one Cuba’s foremost living artists, Havana born Hector Frank. Now, in his artistic p...
Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper
$3,000
H 20 in W 17 in
Figurative Green Original Portrait Painting by Cuban Artist Hector Frank
By Hector Frank
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Original Mixed Media Figurative Painting by Cuban Painter Hector Frank. International acclaim as one Cuba’s foremost living artists, Havana born Hector Frank. Now, in his artistic p...
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
$3,000
H 22 in W 18 in
Figurative Original Portrait Painting by Cuban Artist Hector Frank
By Hector Frank
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Original Mixed Media Figurative Painting by Cuban Painter Hector Frank. International acclaim as one Cuba’s foremost living artists, Havana born Hector Frank. Now, in his artistic p...
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
All on a Mardi Gras Day
By James Henderson
Located in New Orleans, LA
James Henderson’s work explores the concept of memory and nostalgia. Utilizing found imagery as a starting point, he collages and layers his mixed media paintings. The inclusion of imagery from vintage photographs becomes Henderson’s visual language through which to depict the notion of how one’s past experiences, emotions and personal archeology greatly shape one’s identity. Henderson’s new works on paper use plaster and roofing tar to secure the fading images printed on vellum. Henderson has exhibited at the Ogden Museum, LA and Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA, and his works have been included in film and television programs such as Bad Girls Club, The Twilight Saga...
Plaster, Charcoal, Tar, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
$1,202
H 9.45 in W 12.21 in D 0.4 in
Abstract Landscape Collage Handmade Paper, Black and Natural Tones Relief Art
By Silvana Ilieva
Located in Sofia, BG
Abstract Landscape Collage Handmade Paper, Black and Natural Tones Relief Art "Horizon Study". This unique wall piece is part of a series of abstract collages created from handmade p...
Organic Material, Charcoal, Handmade Paper
Untitled (Georgia IV)
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
ANASTASIA PELIAS was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and ancestral roots in New Orleans, LA...
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Ink
Untitled (Georgia V)
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
ANASTASIA PELIAS was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and ancestral roots in New Orleans, LA...
Paper, Charcoal, Ink
Bleu de Juliet
By Holly Addi
Located in Boston, MA
Holly Addi, living and working in Salt Lake City, UT, USA is an abstract painter using acrylic and charcoal on canvas. Her gesture and surface quality is reminiscent of the Abstract ...
Charcoal, Acrylic
Ciel Rose II
By Holly Addi
Located in Boston, MA
Holly Addi, living and working in Salt Lake City, UT, USA is an abstract painter using acrylic and charcoal on canvas. Her gesture and surface quality is reminiscent of the Abstract ...
Charcoal, Acrylic
Ciel Rose I
By Holly Addi
Located in Boston, MA
Holly Addi, living and working in Salt Lake City, UT, USA is an abstract painter using acrylic and charcoal on canvas. Her gesture and surface quality is reminiscent of the Abstract ...
Charcoal, Acrylic
$20,000
H 35 in W 26 in D 4 in
"Nonsense" Gyöngy Laky, Contemporary wall sculpture, US Cent Symbol
By Gyöngy Laky
Located in Wilton, CT
"Nonsense" charcoal, plastic soldiers, paint, acrylic medium, 35 x 26 x 4, 2007. Artist signature on back. This mixed media wall sculpture was done by San Francisco-based artist, Gyöngy Laky...
Paint, Charcoal, Found Objects, Acrylic