Charles
Dana Gibson was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1867. A talented
artist, Gibson sold his first drawing to Life
Magazine when he was only 19. His early influences include
Howard Pyle, Charles
Keene and Phil May.
After studying
at the Arts Students League in New
York his illustrations were published in Harper's
Weekly. and Scribner's Magazine.
Gibson eventually obtained a full-time post with Life
Magazine, where he became famous for his drawings of American
high society. The young women in his drawings became known as Gibson
Girls.
Gibson eventually became the owner and editor of Life
Magazine. Charles Dana Gibson died in 1944.
Charles Dana Gibson,
Columbia's Greater Task (1918)
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