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American Beauties: The Artwork of Harrison Fisher
Harrison Fisher's portraits of healthy, poised, active, and confident women set the standard for the concept of American beauty during the early years of the twentieth century. The artist enjoyed enormous popularity from 1905 to 1920, serving as a judge in nationwide beauty contests and maintaining a celebrity status that was unparalleled for an illustrator. This original publication recaptures the images that made Fisher famous, compiling his very best black-and-white and color illustrations for Cosmopolitan , The Saturday Evening Post , and The Ladies Home Journal as well as for books and other publications.
The successors to the stylish Gibson Girls created by Charles Dana Gibson, Fisher's idealized women reflect an aspirational degree of wealth and social ease. They ride horses, play tennis, swim, go motoring in newfangled automobiles, and graciously bask in the admiration of attractive young men. These century-old images from a moment in our country's cultural history will appeal to enthusiasts of graphic art and illustration as well as to students of American art and popular culture.
The successors to the stylish Gibson Girls created by Charles Dana Gibson, Fisher's idealized women reflect an aspirational degree of wealth and social ease. They ride horses, play tennis, swim, go motoring in newfangled automobiles, and graciously bask in the admiration of attractive young men. These century-old images from a moment in our country's cultural history will appeal to enthusiasts of graphic art and illustration as well as to students of American art and popular culture.
160 pages, Paperback
First published September 20, 2012
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August 15, 2017
A collection of short love poems. Some good, some sad, some cynical.
April 28, 2021
This gorgeous book is a sampling of artist Harrison Fisher's work. There is also a brief biography about the artist.
The women in this book express so many different emotions based on their facial expressions. Harrison's mastery of the eyes and lips to tell a story is extraordinary. There are emotions of happiness, contemplation, danger, boredom, worry, dissatisfaction, slyness, and fun without being exaggerated for effect. It is the subtle little details in his faces that bring out such amazing moving sentiments.
The cover price of the book $19.99 more than justifies the beautiful reproduction, of which a majority are full page.
The women in this book express so many different emotions based on their facial expressions. Harrison's mastery of the eyes and lips to tell a story is extraordinary. There are emotions of happiness, contemplation, danger, boredom, worry, dissatisfaction, slyness, and fun without being exaggerated for effect. It is the subtle little details in his faces that bring out such amazing moving sentiments.
The cover price of the book $19.99 more than justifies the beautiful reproduction, of which a majority are full page.
September 11, 2019
Well displayed pictures (each work named and dated), with but a brief bio of the artist to preface the book.
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