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Charles Dana Gibson (September 14, 1867 – December 23, 1944) [1] was an American illustrator who created the Gibson Girl, an iconic representation of the beautiful and independent American woman at the turn of the 20th century.
An iconic Gibson Girl portrait by its creator, Charles Dana Gibson, circa 1891 The Gibson Girl was the personification of the feminine ideal of physical attractiveness as portrayed by the pen-and-ink illustrations of artist Charles Dana Gibson during a 20-year period that spanned the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the United States. [1]
2006-12-06 20:12 Hugh Manatee 800×600× (119978 bytes) ''Everything in the World That Money Can Buy'', a 1901 print by Charles Dana Gibson. Captions. English.
Gibson was born on March 9, 1943, in Evanston, Illinois, to Georgianna Law and Burdett Gibson, and is a great-nephew of graphic artist Charles Dana Gibson.He grew up in Washington, D.C., [2] and attended the Sidwell Friends School, a private college-preparatory school in Washington.
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A creation from the pen of illustrator Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944), the Gibson Girl came to be viewed as an ideal image of youthful femininity in the early 1890s. Statuesque and athletic, she was a contemporary incarnation of the beautiful, desirable, and modern woman.