Howard Chandler Christy

Howard Chandler Christy grew up along the Muskingum River in southeastern Ohio and studied at the Art Students League under William Merritt Chase. He first gained attention as a combat artist during the Spanish-American War and became famous for creating the Christy Girl, an idealized image of the modern American woman. He painted iconic World War I recruitment posters, and his 1940 painting Scene at the Signing of the Constitution hangs in the United States Capitol.