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George Fort Gibbs

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George Fort Gibbs (1870 - 1942) was active/lived in District Of Columbia, Pennsylvania.  George Gibbs is known for Illustrator, portrait, genre, mural.

From New Orleans and living for a period in Washington DC, George Fort Gibbs settled for the last fifty years of his life in the Philadelphia area. His reputation was for illustration as he became a magazine illustrator with a wide list of publications including Scribner's, Mc Clure's, Harper's, Cosmopolitan, Redbook, Collier's, and The Saturday Evening Post.  He also wrote and illustrated over 35 novels, illustrated books for other authors, and wrote screen plays for films.

As a young man, he set out to have a career in the Navy but changed his mind after attending the Naval Academy for three years.  He enrolled in the Corcoran School of Art in Washington DC and the Art Students League in New York.  To earn tuition money and support himself, he sold real estate and worked as a newspaper reporter.

He was active in the Phildelphia Alliance, the Philadelphia Art Club and served as President of the Franklin Inn Club.

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21 Book References for George Fort Gibbs
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2001 Reed, Walt The Illustrator in America, 1860-2000 The Society of Illustrators 452 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1996 McMahan, Virgil E The Artists of Washington DC 1796-1996 240 No
1995 Cohn, Jan Covers of the Saturday Evening Post Seventy Years of Outstanding Illustration 298 Yes
1991 Falk, Peter Hastings Biennial Exhibition Record of the Corcoran Gallery of Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 335 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
(Exhibition catalog)		 622 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)		 1117 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II
(Exhibition catalog)		 612 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)		 538 No
1987 Mahe, John A. II; Rosanne McCaffrey (Editors) Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists 1718-1918 464 No
1986 Larson, Judy L American Illustration 1890-1925 Romance, Adventure and Suspense 159 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1983 Cosentino, Andrew; Henry H. Glassie The Capital Image Painters in Washington 1800-1915
(Exhibition catalog)		 280 Yes
1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No
1940 Addison, Agnes (editor) Portraits In the University of Pennsylvania 67 No
1940 Ball, Charlotte (editor) Who's Who in American Art, 1940-1941, Volume III Contemporary American Artists 790 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games Olympic Competition and Exhibitio of Art, Catalogue of the Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)		 86 No
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