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.
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
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
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
“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
$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 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 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
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
$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
Sold|$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
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
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
$1,350
H 13 in W 15 in D 1 in
"Mule II" Pencil on Paper Drawing 13" x 15" inch by Ahmed Saber
By Ahmed Saber
Located in Culver City, CA
"Mule II" Pencil on Paper Drawing 13" x 15" inch by Ahmed Saber AHMED SABER - BIO Ahmed Saber is an Egyptian artist based in Luxor in Upper Egypt, where he received his BFA with hon...
Paper, Pencil
Rome - Dômes Et Couvents
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Pascal Vinardel was born on April 29, 1951 in Casablanca, Morocco, to brillant cultured parents, his father a lawyer and magistrate and his mother a school teacher. Both parents infl...
Oil, Wood Panel
$2,450Sale Price|30% 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
$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
$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
$3,281
H 35.44 in W 51.19 in D 0.79 in
Jetty 12 January 16:02 - Modern Minimalistic Landscape Painting, See View
By Robert Motelski
Located in Hallein, AT
Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...
Canvas, Oil
Orientale
By Henri Fantin-Latour
Located in New York, NY
Signed, lower right: Fantin Provenance: Gustave Tempelaere (1840–1904), Paris; possibly by descent to his son: Julien Tempelaere (1876–1961) and with F. & J. Tempelaere, Paris, prob...
Canvas, Paper, Oil
$1,707
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
Sold
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
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 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:
Canvas, Oil
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