Howard Chandler Christy Figurative Prints
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.
1910s American Modern Howard Chandler Christy Figurative Prints
Lithograph
1910s American Realist Howard Chandler Christy Figurative Prints
Lithograph
21st Century and Contemporary Howard Chandler Christy Figurative Prints
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1980s American Realist Howard Chandler Christy Figurative Prints
Ink, Offset, Paper
1970s American Realist Howard Chandler Christy Figurative Prints
Lithograph, Offset
1990s American Realist Howard Chandler Christy Figurative Prints
Lithograph
Mid-20th Century American Modern Howard Chandler Christy Figurative Prints
Handmade Paper, Etching
19th Century American Modern Howard Chandler Christy Figurative Prints
Drypoint, Etching
1930s American Modern Howard Chandler Christy Figurative Prints
Lithograph
1970s Contemporary Howard Chandler Christy Figurative Prints
Color, Lithograph
1950s American Modern Howard Chandler Christy Figurative Prints
Photographic Paper, Lithograph
1970s American Modern Howard Chandler Christy Figurative Prints
Woodcut
1980s Contemporary Howard Chandler Christy Figurative Prints
Lithograph
1940s American Modern Howard Chandler Christy Figurative Prints
Lithograph