Harrison Fisher

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Harrison Fisher
It-girl, Clara Bow
MovementCapitalist realism

Harrison Fisher (July 27, 1875 or 1877 – January 19, 1934) was an American illustrator.

Career

Fisher was born in Brooklyn, New York City[1][2] and began to draw at an early age. Both his father and his grandfather were artists.[2] Fisher spent much of his youth in San Francisco, and studied at the San Francisco Art Association.[2]

In California he studied with Amédée Joullin.[1]

In 1898, he moved back to New York and began his career as a newspaper and magazine illustrator,

It-girl, Clara Bow.[4] Fisher's work appeared regularly on the cover of Cosmopolitan
magazine from the early 1900s until his death.

He also painted for books; his work included the cover for George Barr McCutcheon's Beverly of Graustark, and illustrations for Harold Frederic's The Market Place and Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men on Wheels.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d "Harrison Fisher, Illustrator, Dead". timesmachine.nytimes.com. January 20, 1934. p. 15. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e Harrison & Carrington 1907 (unpaginated)
  3. ^ Success Magazine. Success Company. 1908.
  4. ^ Motion Picture Classics, magazine, January issue, 1922

References

  • Fisher, Harrison; Carrington, James Beebee. The Harrison Fisher book: a collection of drawings in colors and black and white. C. Scribner's sons, 1907
  • Welch, Naomi. The Complete Works of Harrison Fisher.

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