American Beauties: The Artwork of Harrison Fisher (Dover Fine Art, History of Art) by Fisher, Harrison

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Dover Publications, 2012-09-19. Paperback. Good.

Dover Publications, 2012-09-19. Paperback. Like New.

Dover Publications, 2012-09-19. Paperback. New.

NY: Dover, 2012. reprint. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, 160 pages. 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… Read More

Dover Pubns, 2012. Paperback. New. green ed. edition. 160 pages. 11.00x8.50x0.50 inches.