Harrison fisher biography

American illustrator

Harrison Fisher (July 27, 1875 or 1877 – January 19, 1934) was an American illustrator.

Career

Fisher was born in Brooklyn, New York City^[1][2] and began to draw at an early age.

Both his father and his grandfather were artists.^[2] Fisher spent much of his youth in San Francisco, and studied at the San Francisco Art Association.^[2]

In California he studied with Amédée Joullin.^[1]

In 1898, he moved back to New York and began his career as a newspaper and magazine illustrator,^[2] working for the San Francisco Call and the San Francisco Examiner, drawing sketches and decorative work.^[1] He became known particularly for his drawings of women, which won him acclaim as the successor of Charles Dana Gibson.^[2][3] Together with fellow artists Howard Chandler Christy and Neysa McMein, he constituted the Motion Picture Classic magazine's, "Fam