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Tag Archives: Gibson Girls
“A vast amount of rubbish is published in the name of art. A man should let his work talk for him. ” — Charles Dana Gibson
It’s his birthday today. Old-timers will remember when my blog-design was Gibson-Girl inspired. My favorite haughty Gibson Girl was in the blog banner for years! The only vestige of the Gibson Girl origin-story of this site is in the email … Continue reading
Posted in Art/Photography, Books, On This Day
Tagged art, Charles Dana Gibson, Gibson Girls
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Faces I Love, Part 3
Here’s part 1. Here’s part 2. And here is the inspiration: Part 1 Part 2 More faces I love below. I love compiling these. I list them without commentary.
Posted in Miscellania
Tagged Diane Keaton, Gibson Girls, James Taylor, John Wayne, Madeleine L'Engle, Michael Chabon, Mickey Rourke, muppets, Oscar Wilde, Rebecca West, River Phoenix, Truffaut
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Charles Dana Gibson
Charles Dana Gibson, 1903 illustration. A tough choice there, dude.
Charles Dana Gibson
Charles Dana Gibson. This one is called “The Disappointing Letter”, Life, August 1923 Oh, hon. I know. I’ve received one of those letters myself.
Charles Dana Gibson
This one is called “Summer Sports”, ca. 1904. First published in Life, 1904. I love the languorous woman flying her kite from a lying down position.
More Charles Dana Gibson …
This one is called “Their First Quarrel”. Look at the haughty profiles! Look at the hair! On both of them!!
Gibson Girl Madness
As you can tell from my blog design, I’m kind of nuts for Charles Dana Gibson. I have a huge old coffee table book of his work (sadly, I have no coffee table) … and … there’s just something about … Continue reading