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An Affair with Beauty: The Mystique of Howard Chandler Christy: Romantic Illusions
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An Affair with Beauty: The Mystique of Howard Chandler Christy: Romantic Illusions

James Phillip Head
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Fame, fortune, and beautiful models–Howard Chandler Christy had them all. Christy was the most famous American painter of the Jazz Age, a time when an elite brotherhood of New York artists dominated the publishing world. Christy had eclipsed all of them with his Christy Girl, an idealized woman who redefined beauty, influenced fashion, and inspired generations of women. Illustrated in popular magazines, best-selling novels, and top-ranked newspapers, the Christy Girl transformed the artist into a household name.

In Romantic Illusions, the second book in Head’s An Affair with Beauty trilogy, Christy once again comes to life through the eyes of Nancy Palmer Christy, his wife and former model, as she recounts her first Christmas with Howard and his family at his Ohio mansion, the Barracks, in 1912.

Howard tells of his early years studying art in near-poverty in New York City and his sudden ascent to stardom as the top pupil of William Merritt Chase…

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
North Loop Press
Date
3 March 2019
Pages
478
ISBN
9781545635278

Fame, fortune, and beautiful models–Howard Chandler Christy had them all. Christy was the most famous American painter of the Jazz Age, a time when an elite brotherhood of New York artists dominated the publishing world. Christy had eclipsed all of them with his Christy Girl, an idealized woman who redefined beauty, influenced fashion, and inspired generations of women. Illustrated in popular magazines, best-selling novels, and top-ranked newspapers, the Christy Girl transformed the artist into a household name.

In Romantic Illusions, the second book in Head’s An Affair with Beauty trilogy, Christy once again comes to life through the eyes of Nancy Palmer Christy, his wife and former model, as she recounts her first Christmas with Howard and his family at his Ohio mansion, the Barracks, in 1912.

Howard tells of his early years studying art in near-poverty in New York City and his sudden ascent to stardom as the top pupil of William Merritt Chase…

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
North Loop Press
Date
3 March 2019
Pages
478
ISBN
9781545635278

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