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James Montgomery Flagg

James Montgomery Flagg (1877 - 1960) was active/lived in New York.  James Flagg is known for Illustration, figure, genre, portrait paintings.

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The following information was submitted in August of 2006 by American Illustrators Gallery:

James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960)

During a long and fruitful career, James Montgomery Flagg produced an immense and varied amount of artwork. A popular social gadabout and the life of a party, Flagg was constantly sketching friends, celebrities and politicians and always surrounded by beautiful models and sycophants. He clearly enjoyed his own ability at humor and satire as well as his fame as an illustrator.

By the age of twelve he was selling his drawings and cartoons to St. Nicholas magazine.  At the age of fifteen, he was a staff artist for both Judge and Life magazines, two of the nation¹s most successful periodicals.  Flagg grew up in the period when pen and ink ruled and printing technology was limited.  When halftone printing was accepted as a reproduction process, Flagg created images of beautiful women, which supplanted the por   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 7786 characters.]  Artist bio

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Artist artworks for sale and wanted

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Research resources

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Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for James Montgomery Flagg available:    Peter Driben,  Mead Schaeffer,  Dean Cornwell,  McClelland Barclay,  Enoch Bolles,  Charles Gibson,  Howard Chandler Christy,  Joseph Christian Leyendecker,  Rolf Armstrong,  Gil (Gilette) Elvgren,  Stevan Dohanos,  Art Frahm,  John LaGatta,  Amos Sewell,  Saul Tepper,  Haddon Sunny Hubbard Sundblom,  Alberto Vargas,  Harrison Fisher,  Harold von Schmidt,  Leslie Thrasher,  George Petty,  John Falter,  Norman Mills Price,  Edward Penfield



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Keywords and Quick Facts for James Montgomery Flagg


   Keywords 
Art Method
  • Comic Book, Comic Strip Artist, Comic Figures
  • Easel Painting
  • Illustration, Illustrator
  • Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art MediaArt StyleArt SubjectGeography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Charleston, South Carolina Pre 1940
  • Europe
  • Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
Art Association
  • Society of Illustrators-
  • Society of Independent Artists-
Art School
  • Art Students League of New York, Student
  • Herkomer School of Art, England, Student
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
  • Charleston Renaissance Artist
  • Cream of Wheat Ad Illustration Artist
  • Figure Specialty
  • Genre Specialty
  • Golden Age Illustrator
  • Illustration Specialty
  • LIFE Magazine Illustrator, Photographer
  • SATURDAY EVENING POST Illustrator and/or Photographer
Exhibition of Art Association
  • Lotos Club
  • National Academy of Design, New York
  • Society of Illustrators
  • Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
  • Art Institute of Chicago

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