Jon Gnagy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJon Gnagy
American artist
Date of Birth: 13-Jan-1907
Place of Birth: Pretty Prairie, Kansas, United States
Date of Death: 07-Mar-1981
Profession: artist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Jon Gnagy
- 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.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.Gnagy also worked on book illustrations including The Coit Fishing Pole Club Beginner's Book of Fishing and The Nature of Things
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