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Gibson, Charles Dana
Gibson, Charles Dana (b Roxbury, Mass., 14 Sept. 1867; d New York, 23 Dec. 1944). American illustrator and painter. He studied at the Art Students League of New York, 1884–5, and in the 1890s became a great success with pen-and-ink drawings contributed to such magazines as Collier's Weekly, Harpers, and Life. He specialized in scenes of fashionable social life and achieved immortality with his creation of the ‘ Gibson Girl’, a type (modelled on his wife) representing an ideal of American womanhood—feminine and gracefully attired, but a lover of sports and the outdoor life. His work was immensely popular until about 1914, influencing fashions in women's clothes and hairstyles, and he earned a fortune. He also tried to gain recognition as a portrait painter, but he was much less successful in this field.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Gibson, Charles Dana." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Gibson, Charles Dana." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-GibsonCharlesDana.html IAN CHILVERS. "Gibson, Charles Dana." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-GibsonCharlesDana.html |
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Gibson, Charles Dana
Gibson, Charles Dana (1867–1944). American illustrator and painter, born in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He studied at the Art Students League of New York, 1884–5, and in the 1890s became a great success with pen-and-ink drawings contributed to such magazines as Collier's Weekly, Harpers, and Life. He specialized in scenes of fashionable social life and achieved immortality with his creation of the ‘Gibson Girl', a type (modelled on his wife) representing an ideal of American womanhood—feminine and gracefully attired, but a lover of sports and the outdoor life. His work was immensely popular until about 1914, influencing fashions in women's clothes and hairstyles, and he earned a fortune. He also tried to gain recognition as a portrait painter, but he was much less successful in this field.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Gibson, Charles Dana." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Gibson, Charles Dana." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-GibsonCharlesDana.html IAN CHILVERS. "Gibson, Charles Dana." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-GibsonCharlesDana.html |
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Gibson, Charles Dana
Gibson, Charles Dana (1867–1944). American illustrator and painter. He studied at the Art Students League of New York, 1884–5, and in the 1890s became a great success with pen-and-ink drawings contributed to such magazines as Collier's Weekly, Harpers, and Life. He specialized in scenes of fashionable social life and achieved immortality with his creation of the ‘Gibson Girl’, a type (modelled on his wife) representing an ideal of American womanhood—feminine and gracefully attired, but a lover of sports and the outdoor life. His work was immensely popular until about 1914, influencing fashions in women's clothes and hairstyles, and he earned a fortune. He also tried to gain recognition as a portrait painter, but he was much less successful in this field.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Gibson, Charles Dana." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Gibson, Charles Dana." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-GibsonCharlesDana.html IAN CHILVERS. "Gibson, Charles Dana." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-GibsonCharlesDana.html |
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Charles Dana Gibson
Charles Dana Gibson 1867-1944, American illustrator, b. Roxbury, Mass., studied at the Art Students League and in Paris. His work for Life, Century, Harper's, Scribner's, Collier's Weekly, and other magazines established him as a leading illustrator and delineator of aristocratic social ideals, most notably that of the ideal woman who came to be known as the Gibson Girl. His incisive drawings of fashionable life often convey both humor and understanding. He illustrated numerous books, notably Anthony Hope's Prisoner of Zenda and R. H. Davis's Soldiers of Fortune. Among the books of his drawings are The Education of Mr. Pipp (1899), The Americans (1900), A Widow and Her Friends (1902), The Social Ladder (1902), and The Gibson Book (1906). |
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"Charles Dana Gibson." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Charles Dana Gibson." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Gibson-C.html "Charles Dana Gibson." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Gibson-C.html |
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Gibson, Charles Dana
Gibson, Charles Dana (1867–1944), New York illustrator, obtained a great vogue during the 1890s for his so‐called Gibson Girl drawings, glorifying American womanhood and reflecting the refined gaiety of fashionable society. He was a regular contributor to Life, which he edited for a time, and to Collier's and other magazines. The Gibson Girl was featured in his series The Education of Mr. Pipp (1899), which inspired a popular play of the same title (1905) by Augustus Thomas. He published several books of his drawings, and appealed to the period's romantic and sentimental tastes in his drawings for books by Richard Harding Davis and other popular authors.
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Gibson, Charles Dana." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Gibson, Charles Dana." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-GibsonCharlesDana.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Gibson, Charles Dana." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-GibsonCharlesDana.html |
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