Gibson, Charles Dana (1867-1944), American illustrator, born in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Gibson's pen-and-ink drawings for the humor magazine Life and for Scribner's, Century, and Harper's made him one of the most popular U.S. illustrators in the early 20th century. His subject matter was generally the life, particularly that of women, of the wealthy classes of American society. His pictorial conception of the ideal American female, a tall, slim-waisted young woman characterized by a calm and stately bearing, became world famous as the "Gibson girl."