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]
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]
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^Jon Gnagy: The Man Who Taught TV Viewers How to Draw Archived 2019-05-17 at the Wayback Machine TVWorthWatching.com October 9, 2012 By Noel Holston
^WHOA: Here's What TV's First Prime-Time Schedule Looked Like In 1946 Archived 2016-06-01 at the Wayback Machine Kirsten Acuna; Business Insider May 31, 2012
^Holston, Noel, "The Unfinished Work Of Jon Gnagy His Dream May Finally Be Realized Through His Daughter" Archived 2015-02-05 at the Wayback Machine, Orlando Sentinel, July 20, 1986
^"Products: Jon Gnagy Drawing Kits" Archived 2013-07-28 at the Wayback Machine, Martin F. Weber Company.
^The Coit Fishing Pole Club Beginner's Book of Fishing Archived 2016-04-05 at the Wayback Machine By John McCallum, Dave Stidolph]. Illustrations by Carl Bobertz, Etc. Englewood Cliffs, 1958 - 176 pages
^The Nature of Things Archived 2016-04-18 at the Wayback Machine Roy Kenneth MARSHALL; Henry Holt & Company; New York, 1951 - 188 pages
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