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Howard Christy - US Navy Woman

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Howard Christy - US Navy Woman
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Artist: Howard Christy Title: US Navy Woman Medium: Fine Art Reproduction Giclee on Canvas Image Size: Approximately 20 inches x 12.75 inches Unframed on Unstretched Canvas Christy became a well-known artist because of his involvement in the Spanish-American War. During this conflict, the artist accompanied American soldiers into battle. Christy provided magazines, such as Scribner's, Harper's, The Century, and Leslie's Weekly, with drawings of the battlefields. After the war, Christy became famous for his artwork depicting a young woman. She became known as the "Christy girl," and Christy used her image in books, magazines, calendars, and even patriotic posters. Christy once stated that the "Christy girl" was "High-bred, aristocratic and dainty though not always silken-skirted; a woman with tremendous self-respect." One critic echoed these sentiments, proclaiming that the "Christy girl:"