Michael Jacques Gnagy Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
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.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.
An accomplished artist, he was the first art teacher to appear on television, in 1946. His fifteen-minute "Learn to Draw" program, originally presented live, but later filmed and syndicated throughout the U.S., was seen on Saturday mornings until well into the early 1960's, and encouraged many people to become artists. His "Learn to Draw" kit, complete with chalk, charcoal, and other drawing materials, enabled millions of would-be artists to study his drawings and black-and-white sketches and to draw those same pictures with the help of Gnagy's own written instructions.
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Wonderama
1955
TV Series
Himself (segment "Learn to Draw") (1955-1956)
You Are an Artist
1946
TV Series
Himself
Known for movies
You Are an Artist 1946 as Himself
Wonderama 1955 as Himself (segment "Learn to Draw") (1955-1956)
$17 Million
