At the turn of the twentieth century, Charles Dana Gibson’s pen-and-ink drawings of the “American Girl” — now remembered as the Gibson Girl — became the national ideal of femininity. This collection of his images of youthful, dynamic women offers an informative and amusing reflection of the era’s social life. Sentimental, humorous, and often gently satirical, these images portray the Gibson Girl at the theater, in the drawing room, flirting and courting, vacationing at the beach, and engaging in other genteel pursuits. Several of Gibson’s “common man” illustrations provide a contrast, along with a section devoted to one of the artist’s best-known and most beloved characters, the curmudgeonly Mr. Pipp.
This gallery features more than a hundred carefully selected images from vintage editions. A rich source of royalty-free art, it offers graphic artists, fashion designers, social historians, and nostalgia lovers a lovely and accurate chronicle of a bygone era.
Author: Charles Dana Gibson
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 04/15/2010
Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art
Pages: 160
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 11.30h x 8.36w x 0.41d
ISBN: 9780486473338
Language: English
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