Born 1875 or 1877 in Brooklyn, New York City, American illustrator Harrison Fisher began to draw at an early age. In 1898, he began his career as a newspaper and magazine illustrator, working for the San Francisco Call and the San Francisco Examiner, drawing sketches and decorative work. He became known particularly for his drawings of women, which won him acclaim as the successor of Charles Dana Gibson.
Together with fellow artists Howard Chandler Christy and Neysa McMein, Fisher constituted the Motion Picture Classic magazine’s, “Fame and Fortune” contest jury of 1921-22, who discovered the It-girl, Clara Bow. His work appeared regularly on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine from the early 1900s until his death in 1977.
Here below is a collection of beautiful paintings of women by Harrison Fisher in the 1900s and 1910s.
More Attractive, 1901
Design for Saturday Evening Post cover, May 10, 1902
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