From New Orleans and living for a period in Washington DC, George Fort Gibbs settled for the last fifty years of his life in the Philadelphia area. His reputation was for illustration as he became a... Read full biography
From New Orleans and living for a period in Washington DC, George Fort Gibbs settled for the last fifty years of his life in the Philadelphia area. His reputation was for illustration as he became a magazine illustrator with a wide list of publications including Scribner's, Mc Clure's, Harper's,... Read full biography
From New Orleans and living for a period in Washington DC, George Fort Gibbs settled for the last fifty years of his life in the Philadelphia area. His reputation was for illustration as he became a magazine illustrator with a wide list of publications including Scribner's, Mc Clure's, Harper's, Cosmopolitan, Redbook, Collier's, and The Saturday Evening Post. He also wrote and illustrated over 35 novels, illustrated books for other authors, and wrote screen plays for films. As a young man, he... Read full biography
From New Orleans and living for a period in Washington DC, George Fort Gibbs settled for the last fifty years of his life in the Philadelphia area. His reputation was for illustration as he became a magazine illustrator with a wide list of publications including Scribner's, Mc Clure's, Harper's, Cosmopolitan, Redbook, Collier's, and The Saturday Evening Post. He also wrote and illustrated over 35 novels, illustrated books for other authors, and wrote screen plays for films. As a young man, he set out to have a career in the Navy but changed his mind after attending the Naval Academy for three years. He enrolled in the Corcoran School of Art in Washington DC and the Art Students League in New York. To earn tuition money and support himself,... Read full biography
From New Orleans and living for a period in Washington DC, George Fort Gibbs settled for the last fifty years of his life in the Philadelphia area. His reputation was for illustration as he became a magazine illustrator with a wide list of publications including Scribner's, Mc Clure's, Harper's, Cosmopolitan, Redbook, Collier's, and The Saturday Evening Post. He also wrote and illustrated over 35 novels, illustrated books for other authors, and wrote screen plays for films. As a young man, he set out to have a career in the Navy but changed his mind after attending the Naval Academy for three years. He enrolled in the Corcoran School of Art in Washington DC and the Art Students League in New York. To earn tuition money and support himself, he sold real estate and worked as a newspaper reporter. He was active in the Phildelphia Alliance, the P... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (22)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
The Illustrator in America, 1860-2000 The Society of Illustrators
2001
Reed, Walt
452 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Artists of Washington DC 1796-1996
1996
McMahan, Virgil E
240 pages
Covers of the Saturday Evening Post Seventy Years of Outstanding Illustration
1995
Cohn, Jan
298 pages (color)
Biennial Exhibition Record of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Falk, Peter Hastings
335 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists 1718-1918
1987
Mahe, John A. II; Rosanne McCaffrey (Editors)
464 pages
American Illustration 1890-1925 Romance, Adventure and Suspense
1986
Larson, Judy L
159 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
The Capital Image Painters in Washington 1800-1915 (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Cosentino, Andrew; Henry H. Glassie
280 pages (color)
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
Portraits In the University of Pennsylvania
1940
Addison, Agnes (editor)
67 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1940-1941, Volume III Contemporary American Artists
1940
Ball, Charlotte (editor)
790 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
1,130 pages
Olympic Competition and Exhibitio of Art, Catalogue of the Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)