Harrison Fisher
Defined idealized American woman in illustrations
Harrison Fisher was an American illustrator. Fisher was born in Brooklyn, New York City and began to draw at an early age. Both his father and his grandfather were artists. Fisher spent much of his youth in San Francisco, and studied at the San Francisco Art Association. In California he studied with Amédée Joullin. In 1898, he moved back to New York and 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, he constituted the Motion Picture Classic magazine's, "Fame and Fortune" contest jury of 1921/1922, who discovered the It-girl, Clara Bow. Fisher's work appeared regularly on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine from the early 1900s until his death. He also painted for books; his work included the cover for George Barr McCutcheon's Beverly of Graustark, and illustrations for Harold Frederic's The Market Place and Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men on Wheels.
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Artworks by this artist (47 total)
- I summon you to comradeship in the Red Cross 1918
- Afternoon Tea 1925
- A Couple in the Parlor 1897
- Smile Even If It Hurts (Prize Winners) 1913
- Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald 1927
- Brunette with Pink Bow
- Have you answered the Red Cross Christmas roll call 1918
- Modern Woman 1910
- Graduation 1903
- Harrison Fisher girls Pl.9 1914
- Sweetest Bloom 1907
- Her future ca. 1920
- Boy and Girl 1908
- Dear Sweetheart 1914
- Fisher Girl 1907
- Harrison Fisher girls Pl.8 1914
- Under the Rose 1907
- Santa Claus’s first visit 1899
- Harrison Fisher girls Pl.1 1914
- The Web of the Golden Spider 1909