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Known as the "Father of a Thousand Girls," Fisher was born in Brooklyn, New York, but spent much of his youth in Alameda, California. As early as six years old, Fisher was recognized as having a knack for drawing. He attended the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art, and as a teenager sold his illustrations to local newspapers. Fisher's "Fisher Girl" replaced the famous "Gibson Girl" in 1908, following the retirement of the artist Charles Dana Gibson in 1905. At 21 years old, he returned to New York where he started a successful career as a magazine illustrator. Fisher created over 80 covers for the Saturday Evening Post and nearly every Comopolitan cover from 1913 until his death in 1934. Fisher made a name for himself in the history of American illustration due to his uncanny ability to paint beautiful women. Fisher never married, but remained devoted to his friend and secretary Kate Clemens, who became the beneficiary of his estate. Harrison Fisher created numerous posters, at no charge, for the US government during WWI. Fisher died in Manhattan, New York, following an emergency apendectomy. Some 900 of his remaining works were burned by a relative upon his death at his request. Contact
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