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 …
As I mentioned in my Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year! post from last year, master illustrator J.C. Leyendecker is responsible for initiating the tradition of representing the New Year visually as a baby. Here are a few more of his wonderful New Years babies from Read More …
J.C Leyendecker: America’s “Other” Illustrator is the title of an exhibition organized by the Haggin Museum in Stockton, California and currently on view at the City of Fullerton Museum in Fullerton, CA. I’ve raved about Leyendecker before, and will continue to do so; both because Read More …
Wow. Every once in a while, I get something in my electronic mail box that’s like Christmas in July (well, August, anyway), and what a treat this is! (If you’re short on time, skip the rest of my palaver, go to this page right now Read More …
There are traditions that seem as though they’ve always been in place. Some of them have origins that are obscured by time, but others can be assigned to a particular time and person. The tradition of representing the new year with the image of a Read More …
If you were to ask most people to name the most successful American illustrator of the first half of the 20th Century, who was a classically trained artist and master craftsman, who was in large part responsible for the popular image we have of Santa Read More …