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Harrison Fisher (1875-1934) |
| Harrison Fischer
received his childhood training from his father, who was a landscape
painter, but enrolled at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art when the
family moved to San Francisco. He quickly found work at the local
newspapers, but it was after he relocated to New York that he became
well-known for his drawings of beautiful women. His "Fischer Girl"
came to rival the women of fellow illustrators
Howard Chandler Christy
and Charles Dana Gibson
in popularity. This newfound fame earned Fischer commissions for
covers, books, postcards, and even candy boxes. Then, in 1913 he
signed an exclusive contract with Hearst Publishing to illustrate
the covers for Cosmopolitan, a lucrative arrangement that
lasted until his death in 1934. |
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1915 |
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Watercolor on paper, 29 inches
x 21 inches |
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Cosmopolitan,
October 1915, cover. |
| Caption: He
Won't Bite |
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