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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]
Gibson Girl, created 1898 Their First Quarrel, 1914. Peddling his pen-and-ink sketches, Gibson sold his first work in 1886 to Life magazine, founded by John Ames Mitchell and Andrew Miller. It featured general interest articles, humor, illustrations, and cartoons. His works appeared weekly in the popular national magazine for more than 30 years.
Camilla Antoinette Clifford (29 June 1885 – 28 June 1971), known professionally as Camille Clifford, was a Belgian-born stage actress whose short theatrical career was highlighted by her performance as "Miss New York" in the Henry W. Savage production of The Prince of Pilsen, a role in which she impersonated a "Gibson Girl"-like woman.
The "Gibson Girls" also from 1890, portrays a type that was of independent women with a cycling dress and bathing suits. The New Woman , more disconcerting of the two images at the time as she was seen as an example of change and disruption within the old patterns of social order, asking for the right to equal educational and work opportunities ...
Fashion in the period 1900–1909 in the Western world continued the severe, long and elegant lines of the late 1890s. Tall, stiff collars characterize the period, as do women's broad hats and full "Gibson Girl" hairstyles.
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Gibson also expressed her love for one of Swift's new songs from her 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department. " ‘I Can Do It With a Broken Heart ’ is my new anthem,” she declared.
McCoy was a Gibson Girl, modeling for artist Charles Dana Gibson, before she acted. [4] She began working for Gaumont studios in 1916 [5] and also acted for Zitaphone, Biograph, and Pathe. [4] In 1915, the Gertrude McCoy Theater opened in West Baltimore's Easterwood section. It was built by the Lord Calvert Amusement Company.