Leyendecker art

Portrait Of Two Men J. C. Leyendecker

JC Leyendecker, Arrow Collar ad.

Joseph Christian Leyendecker (March 23, 1874 July 25, 1951) was one of the preeminent American illustrators of the early 20th century. He is best known for his poster, book and advertising illustrations, the trade character known as The Arrow Collar Man, and his numerous covers for The Saturday Ev

This is part of an occasional series dealing with detail images of paintings featuring the brushwork of the artist. Previous posts can be found via the "Up close" topic label link on the sidebar. The present post deals with J.C. (Joseph Christian) Leyendecker (1874-1951), one of the most successful illustrators during the first four decades of the last century. His production of cover art for The Saturday Evening Post, America's leading general-interest magazine at the time, was roughly…

I originally ran this post in the SiDEBAR forum over on the Comic Geek Speak Forums last Fall of 2010. While the SiDEBAR guys are still doing their thing on their own site, their Geek Speak forum has since been removed. However, in my never-ending quest to get the word out about the collection of Leyendecker works at the Haggin and what a great little art museum that they have in Stockton, I wanted to repost this here so fans of J.C. could get a close up view as I did and, perhaps, make the…

Yo, peeps! 🤙 Just put out another painting inspired by the legendary J.C. Leyendecker!✨ I really had to put these new brushes to the test, and man, they nailed that Leyendecker style like a boss. Remember when I asked what style y'all wanted? Well Leyendecker was the clear winner, so you know I had to deliver and make sure that the brushes can recreate this style! 🔥🎨🖌 You can also check out the last 2 slides to see how the LP Traditionalizer brings that sick texture and natural…

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At the height of his fame J.C. Leyendecker was busy painting "Saturday Evening Post" covers. Three-hundred twenty-two of them in fact. Yet many people who aren’t into illustration art will easily confuse Leyendecker Post covers with Norman Rockwell’s. When one gets to know Leyendecker’s work, then looks at early Rockwell Post covers, the Leyendecker influence becomes apparent. Subject matter-wise many of the whimsical and provincial themes and subjects people attribute to Rockwell were…

J.C. Leyendecker, original oil painting, illustration art for Chesterfield Cigarettes ad.

“Joseph Christian Leyendecker (March 23, 1874 – July 25, 1951) was a German-American illustrator.”

“you ever look at closeups of a JC Leyendecker painting and just. cry. at the brush-strokes? no? just me?”

J.C. Leyendecker. The Hero’s War Story (How Our Daddy Won The War) // I AM A CHILD (children in art history)

J.C. Leyendecker Young Woman 13 x 5.25 inches, oil