F. Earl Christy
Prolific American illustrator of magazine covers
F. Earl Christy was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1882. The "F" is believed to stand for "Frederic". At 17, he painted originals for the Boardwalk Atlantic City Picture company, with many of his early works published by the J. Hoover and Sons Calendar Company of Philadelphia. He attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Arts from 1905-1907. Christy produced dozens of magazine covers including; Dell Publishing Company for Modern Romances, Modern Screen and Radio Stars, Ainslee's magazine, American Magazine, Sunday Magazine of the New York Times, Collier's, Leslie's Illustrated Weekly, Liberty Magazine, McClure's Photoplay Magazine, and Puck Magazine.
Artworks by this artist
- Woman waving a Princeton flag sitting on a giant P 1906
- Football player and cheerleader sitting on giant football with University of Michigan flag 1907
- Fencing 1917
- Nobody home! 1914
- Cornell girl #9 1899
- Man and woman sitting on giant football with a Yale flag 1907
- Woman holding Yale flag standing in front of giant Y 1906
- Golf boy #8 1900
- Some-body home 1914
- Golf boy #7 1900
- Woman sitting on giant Harvard H 1907
- Swimming
- Football player and cheerleader sitting on giant football with Cornell flag 1907
- Harvard football poster featuring male player and female spectator 1907