Bronze bust of a woman in a floral hat with a green marble base. The “Gibson Girl” was an idealized image of feminine beauty created by American illustrator Charles Dana Gibson in the 1890s and early 1900s. She represented a new independent woman who was fashionable, athletic, and graceful, a departure from the more demure Victorian ideal. This archetype became immensely popular and influenced fashion, art, and popular culture of the era.