Elise Ford

Elise Ford

Elise Ford

Elise Ford née Sophie Elise Forsberg was an American painter, who was a student and a favorite model of Howard Chandler Christy. She posed for many of Christy's well-known patriotic posters, including 1941 "I am An American" personifying America "rushing forward to give the touch of the contagion of liberty and democracy to the rest of the world" in the words of then New York Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia. In mid-1930s she posed for Christy's posters for the annual Franklin D. Roosevelt charitable birthday balls to raise funds to fight infantile paralysis. Elise Ford, 40 years younger than Christy, was his companion for over 20 years until his death in 1952, and she is the mother of Christy's out-of-wedlock daughter Holly.

Painter Art model United States Singer

Elise Ford (born November 27, 1912) is an painter, art model. Elise Ford née Sophie Elise Forsberg (November 27, 1912 – July 23, 1963) was an American painter, who was a student and a favorite model of Howard Chandler Christy. She posed for many of Christy'

Sophie Elise Forsberg was born in New Rochelle, New York as the fourth child of Carl Theodore Forsberg, an engineer, and Sophia L. Maxmann. She went to Montclair, New Jersey High School where "she has won many medals for swimming, running and public speaking". She then studied singing and acting at

She died in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Career

She died in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Personal Life

Elise Ford was born in Unknown on November 27, 1912.

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  1. "Elise Ford." Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elise_Ford
  2. "Wikidata entity: Q43948162 — Elise Ford." wikidata.org/wiki/Q43948162

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