Harrison Fisher: Defining the American Beauty : With Price Guide (Schiffer Book for Collectors and Designers) [Paperback]

Tina Skinner (Author), Bruce Magnotti (Author), Harrison Fisher (Author)

Book Description

Series: Schiffer Book for Collectors and Designers | Publication Date: January 1999

Harrison Fisher: Defining the American Beauty is the largest picturial guide to this popular artist ever produced. Nearly 450 color and black and white reproductions of his magazine covers and book illustrations document this important artist's career. Harrison Fisher enjoyed incomparable fame from 1905 to 1920, achieving celebrity status and holding the enviable position of national beauty judge. Fisher portrayed the American woman as an outgoing, lively personality, wealthy and healthy. She rode horses, played tennis, and motored in the new automobiles while holding court for admiring men. Fisher's portrayals of such beauties added market value to dozens of novels as well as hundreds of magazines which clamored for his art on both their covers and inside pages. With Fisher's work extremely hot on the collectibles market, new and seasoned buyers alike will benefit from the advice of antiques dealer and Price Guide author Bruce Magnotti.

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About the Author

Tina Skinner is a professional writer and editor.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1 pages
• Publisher: Schiffer Pub Ltd (January 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076430741X
• ISBN-13: 978-0764307416
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,500,149 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, But Not the Best, Resource on Harrison Fisher, August 9, 2001

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This review is from: Harrison Fisher: Defining the American Beauty : With Price Guide (Schiffer Book for Collectors and Designers) (Paperback)

I am a devotee of Harrison Fisher.

This will certainly be one of the books you will want to add to your reference section on Harrison Fisher, but it's not the best.

Some of the shortcomings for this book are:
1) It does not come in hardcover
2) Too many of the illustrations are in black & white
3) Many of the illustrations are not named and/or the source is not given.
4) Many of the pages are cluttered with too many illustrations which are pictured too small.

Naomi Welch's "The Complete Works of Harrison Fisher" is the superior reference on Harrison Fisher's works. Welch's biography on Harrison Fisher is more extensive; the bio in this one is disappointing.

However, so few reference works exist on Harrison Fisher that there should be room on your bookshelf for this one. It has a nice length, good number of illustrations, and it's more inexpensive than "The Complete Works".
It has satisfactory coverage of Fisher's illustrations.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Great Primer for Harrison Fisher's Art, March 29, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Harrison Fisher: Defining the American Beauty : With Price Guide (Schiffer Book for Collectors and Designers) (Paperback)

This profusely illustrated book is a great companion for the collector of Harrison Fisher's work or Edwardian graphics. Devotees of turn of the century costume will also find a wealth of source material in this book. Well written and researched, this is a great primer for the beginning collector.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Decorating Artwork, May 21, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Harrison Fisher: Defining the American Beauty : With Price Guide (Schiffer Book for Collectors and Designers) (Paperback)

IF you find that you are buying the popular Victorian Ladies note cards and collecting antique victorian ladies prints, then you will love this book. I found all the ladies that I collected over the years plus a whole lot of others. Plus Amozon's prices is much cheaper than other companies Fisher Victorian Ladies books.