Evelyn Nesbit, Chorus Girl, Actress, Model
by Thomas Pollart
Title
Evelyn Nesbit, Chorus Girl, Actress, Model
Artist
Thomas Pollart
Medium
Mixed Media - Mixed Media, Art, Photograph, Painting, Digital Art, Print
Description
Digitally & artistically restored. Public domain. Florence Evelyn Nesbit (December 25, 1884 � January 17, 1967), known professionally as Evelyn Nesbit, was an American chorus girl, artists' model, and actress. Public domain.
In the early part of the 20th century, Nesbit's figure and face appeared frequently in mass circulation newspapers and magazine advertisements, on souvenir items, and calendars, making her a cultural celebrity. Her career began in her early teens in Philadelphia and continued in New York, where she posed for a cadre of respected artists of the era, including James Carroll Beckwith, Frederick S. Church, and notably Charles Dana Gibson, who idealized her as a "Gibson Girl". She had the distinction of being an early fashion and artists' model in an era when both fashion photography (as an advertising medium) and the pin-up (as an art genre) were just beginning their ascendancy.
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November 25th, 2018
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