Another great Saturday Evening Post cover by the inimitable American Illustrator, J.C. Leyendecker. As usual, Leyendecker is walking a line between naturalistic representation of anatomy, cloth and other objects, and stylistic touches. In this image, I note the small streaks of light across areas of Read More …
Pilgrim and Football Player, cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, November 24, 1928, J. C. Leyendecker This is on the website of the Norman Rockwell Museum’s Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies. The page has fascinating information both about the origins of the association Read More …
A collection of J.C. Leyendecker goodies on Tumblr. Contains a couple of non-Leyendecker items, but as of this writing, basically 9 pages of Golden Age of Illustration Eye Candy and counting. See my last post on J.C. Leyendecker for links to even more posts and Read More …
Leif Peng, whose terrific blog Today’s Inspiration never fails to inform the mind and dazzle the eye, has recently published two posts on the great American Illustrator J.C. Leyendecker, adding to his already extensive posts on the subject: Leyendecker, Kuppenheimer, Arrow… and Beach and J.C. Read More …
Long time readers of Lines and Colors will know that J.C. Leyendecker is one of my favorite illustrators, and I’m always happy to share Leyendecker resources on the web when I come across them. Illustrator Chris Sheban, who I wrote about here, was kind enough Read More …
Joseph Christian Leyendecker and his brother Frank X. Leyendecker, both among the absolute best illustrators ever, acquired some of their marvelous technique, finesse and painting skill in the course of classical art training in Europe. It was common in the late 19th Century for American Read More …