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1877 Pelham Manor, New York - 1960 New York City. Known for: Illustration, figure, genre, portrait paintings.
The following information was submitted in August of 2006 by American Illustrators Gallery:. James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960). During a long and fruitful career, James Montgomery Flagg produced an... Read full biography
The following information was submitted in August of 2006 by American Illustrators Gallery:. James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960). During a long and fruitful career, James Montgomery Flagg produced an immense and varied amount of artwork. A popular social gadabout and the life of a party, Flagg was... Read full biography
The following information was submitted in August of 2006 by American Illustrators Gallery:. James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960). During a long and fruitful career, James Montgomery Flagg produced an immense and varied amount of artwork. A popular social gadabout and the life of a party, Flagg was constantly sketching friends, celebrities and politicians and always surrounded by beautiful models and sycophants. He clearly enjoyed his own ability at humor and satire as well as his fame as an... Read full biography
The following information was submitted in August of 2006 by American Illustrators Gallery:. James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960). During a long and fruitful career, James Montgomery Flagg produced an immense and varied amount of artwork. A popular social gadabout and the life of a party, Flagg was constantly sketching friends, celebrities and politicians and always surrounded by beautiful models and sycophants. He clearly enjoyed his own ability at humor and satire as well as his fame as an illustrator. By the age of twelve he was selling his drawings and cartoons to St. Nicholas magazine. At the age of fifteen, he was a staff artist for both Judge and Life magazines, two of the nation¹s most successful periodicals. Flagg grew up in the... Read full biography
The following information was submitted in August of 2006 by American Illustrators Gallery:. James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960). During a long and fruitful career, James Montgomery Flagg produced an immense and varied amount of artwork. A popular social gadabout and the life of a party, Flagg was constantly sketching friends, celebrities and politicians and always surrounded by beautiful models and sycophants. He clearly enjoyed his own ability at humor and satire as well as his fame as an illustrator. By the age of twelve he was selling his drawings and cartoons to St. Nicholas magazine. At the age of fifteen, he was a staff artist for both Judge and Life magazines, two of the nation¹s most successful periodicals. Flagg grew up in the period when pen and ink ruled and printing technology was limited. When halftone printing was a... Read full biography
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The following information was submitted in August of 2006 by American Illustrators Gallery:
James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960)
During a long and fruitful career, James Montgomery Flagg produced an immense and varied amount of artwork. A popular social gadabout and the life of a party, Flagg was constantly sketching friends, celebrities and politicians and always surrounded by beautiful models and sycophants. He clearly enjoyed his own ability at humor and satire as well as his fame as an illustrator.
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