Jon Gnagy

Artist, Visual Artist

1907 – 1981

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Who was Jon Gnagy?

Jon Gnagy 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.

As of 1986, over fifteen million of Gnagy's drawing kits had been sold.

The Philadelphia-based Martin/F. Weber Company still manufactures Gnagy's drawing kits.

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Born
Jan 13, 1907
Pretty Prairie
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Died
Mar 7, 1981
Idyllwild

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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