Charles Dana Gibson was born on September 14, 1867, in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He died on December 23, 1944, in New York City, New York. He studied at the Art Students League in New York City. He was the first President and one
of the founding members of the Society of Illustrators.
His popular Gibson Girl illustrations were published in magazines, books, on calendars, and as lithographs. Gibson was the highest paid illustrator of his time. In 1904, Collier’s Weekly paid him $100,000 for one-hundred illustrations created over a period of four years.
The art of Charles Dana Gibson is or has been exhibited in museums, galleries, and arts organizations including but not necessarily limited to the following:
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover MA
American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City, NY
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
British Museum, London, England
Brooklyn Museum, New York City, NY
Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH
Darvill’s Rare Print Shop, Eastsound, WA
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Huntington Art Museum, San Marino, CA
Illustrated Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
Kelly Collection, Great Falls, VA
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY
Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
National Academy of Design, New York City, NY
National Museum of American Illustration, Newport, RI
National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
New England Historical Society, Stonington, ME
Old Print Gallery, New York City, NY
Park West Gallery, Southfield, MI
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ
Queens Historical Society, New York City, NY
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Wallace Library, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
We do not have any available Charles Dana Gibson art at this time.