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.
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
“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
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
$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
'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
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
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
The Grand Entrance
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
A woman in a gown linking arms with a man, two men behind them. Howard Chandler Christy had a long, colorful and varied career. He made his early reputation when he ac...
Paper, Pencil
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
$2,995
H 12 in W 16 in D 2.25 in
Antique 19th Century Marine Seascape Coastal Maritime English Channel Painting
By James Webb
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique marine oil painting by James Webb (1825-1895), circa 1860, ex-Sothebys. The painting depicts a stormy or squally sea, most likely the English channel, the rocky cliff...
Oil, Board
$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
Shore Birds
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
"Shore Birds" by Gerald Purdy, oil on panel, 11 1/2 X 14 inches (framed size: 17 X 21 1/2 inches), $2,800. "I chose narrative art from the menu and have ...
Oil, Panel
$2,800Sale Price|20% Off
H 24 in W 20 in D 0.18 in
Portrait of a Young Woman, Romantic Oil, Circa 1850
By Sir Thomas Lawrence
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Portrait of a Young Woman, ca. 1850. Oil on antique English millboard, panel measures 20 x 24 inches. Excellent condition with surface stress cracking and paint shrinkage consisten...
Oil, Fiberboard
$1,715
H 10 in W 12 in D 2.5 in
Horse & Figure in the English Countryside by 20th Century Landscape Artist
By James Wright
Located in Preston, GB
Horse & Figure in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Landscape Artist, James Wright Signed, Original, Oil on Canvas, housed in a beautiful ornate gold frame. Proven...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$2,268,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 38.5 in W 29.25 in
Kees Van Dongen Circus Performers 1900s Vintage Vibrant Figure Fauvist Signed
By Kees van Dongen
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Les Artistes du Cirque" is an original painting in ink, watercolor, and gouache on paper by leading Fauvist artist Kees Van Dongen, signed in the lower right. In the piece, two circus performers stand against against a wall. On the left, a pale woman in a blue leotard with red flowers on the shoulder stands with her arms crossed, looking out at the viewer. The painter fills in her tights with delicate white brushstrokes, lending them an almost iridescent appearance. Her strawberry blond hair is piled on top of her hair according to the fashion of the period. On the right, an African man stands in a vivid orange toga, looking somewhere off to the left. His feet are clad in bright white shoes...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
$9,000
H 20 in W 17.5 in D 1 in
Ballantine Beer Ad. Mid-Century American Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Only Ballantine Ale Brews "Brewer's Gold," ad illustration appeared in the major magazines of the day. A magic moment is caught at a peak point of drama. It's the instant of friends having fun. A cold beer from the fridge is offered and it's is acknowledged with a head nod. The woman in the foreground covers her giggling face reacting to a funny comment. The decisive moment is preserved. Sounds like a critique of an art photograph? No, it's an illustrator. This ingenious Infiniti "S" composition simultaneously represents the best of photography and painting. Cartier-Bresson could have captured the precise moment. While Nicolas Poussin could have rendered the complex figural composition. Add to it , a painting technique and color scheme with the quick drama of a post-impressionist. We have a great work of art by an overlooked American illustrator/artist/painter, Mike Ludlow...
Gouache, Board
$1,114Sale Price|35% Off
H 10 in W 12 in D 2.5 in
Trees & Fields in the English Countryside by 20th Century Landscape Artist
By James Wright
Located in Preston, GB
Trees & Fields in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Landscape Artist, James Wright Signed, Original, Oil on Canvas, housed in a beautiful ornate gold frame. Prove...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$2,250
H 18.75 in W 12.75 in D 2.5 in
Poppy and Anemone Still Life Floral Study in Oil on Linen
By Karl Harald Alfred Broge
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate and detailed floral still life by Alfred Broge (Danish, 1870-1955). Three white anemones and one pink poppy, all with stems and leaves, sit against a medium grey background...
Linen, Oil, Board
$1,424
H 13.39 in W 11.23 in D 1.19 in
Allegory of Love, Cupid With Beauty in Fine Dress Carrying a Basket of Flowers
Located in Cotignac, FR
A late 18th Century oil on canvas laid on board of a young beauty in period costume carrying a basket of flowers on her head. Presented in a very fine gilt, period 'Directoire' frame...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$1,410
H 10.25 in W 9.33 in D 2 in
Miniature 19th Century Austrian Pastoral Oil on Wood
Located in Soquel, CA
Original Miniature 19th Century Austrian Pastoral Figurative Oil Painting on Wood Painted in the manner of late Romanticism, this charming miniature pastoral landscape by Edmund Fri...
Gesso, Oil, Board
$1,495
H 20.48 in W 14.18 in
Unique Pair Of Vintage Herbarium Displays. A Botanical Flower Press With Frame
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
A unique pair of vintage herbarium / botanical displays collected and created by S. Lindwald in June 1946 in Sweden. These botanical specimen are preserved behind glass in a new doub...
Archival 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
Sold
H 60 in W 40 in
In Grateful Memory of the Brave Men Who Have Given Lives for Their Country
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Center
Canvas, Oil
Father of His Country
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed & Dated Lower Left:
Oil, Canvas
The Cotillion
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache en Grisaille Signature: Signed Lower Right Sight Size 28.00" x 39.00", Framed 36.00" x 46.00" Magazine illustration "Elegant lady and diplomats at formal ball." Done for decorative print titled The Cotillion. Howard Chandler Christy first came to the public’s attention as a war/artist correspondent in the Spanish American War. One article in Scribner’s called, “The Soldier’s Girl,” featured his illustration of a girl who became known as the “Christy Girl...
Gouache
The Coquette
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Howard Chandler Christy had a long, colorful and varied career. He made his early reputation when he accompanied the United States troops to Cuba during the Spanish-Ameri...
Board, Pastel
Motor Magazine Cover
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
May 1923 Motor Magazine Cover Signed lower left. Howard Chandler Christy had a long, colorful and varied career. He made his early reput...
Canvas, Oil
"Lady of the Lake" Book Illustration
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Howard Chandler Christy had a long, colorful and varied career. He made his early reputation when he accompanied the United States troops to Cuba during the Spanish-American War, and articles illustrated by his drawings were published by Scribner's and Leslie's Weekly. One picture for Scribner's, the "Soldier's Dream" [of his girl] became famous, and from then on, he specialized in drawing and painting beautiful "Christy Girls" for McClure's and other magazines. Christy's painting techniques was sumptuous, and he was in great demand as a portraitist. Among the notables he painted were President and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes, Amelia Earhart, Lawrence Tibbett, Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, and Benito Mussolini. Illustration from "The Lady of the Lake...
Canvas, Oil