Jon Gnagy
American television art instructor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jon Gnagy (January 13, 1907 – March 7, 1981) was a self-taught artist most remembered for being America's original television art instructor, hosting You Are an Artist, which began on the NBC network and included analysis of paintings from the Museum of Modern Art, and his later syndicated Learn to Draw series.[2][3]
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Jon Gnagy | |
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Born | January 13, 1907 |
Died | March 7, 1981(1981-03-07) (aged 74) [1] |
Occupation(s) | artist, teacher, TV personality, author |
Known for | pioneering 1940s TV show teaching drawing and art |
Spouse | Mary Jo Hinton Gnagy |
Children | 2 |
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As of 1986, over fifteen million of Gnagy's drawing kits had been sold.[4]
The Philadelphia-based Martin F. Weber Company still manufactures Gnagy's drawing kits.[5]
Gnagy also worked on book illustrations including The Coit Fishing Pole Club Beginner's Book of Fishing [6] and The Nature of Things.[7]