As has become my tradition every December 31st for the last 13 years, I’ll wish Lines and Colors readers a Happy New Year with some of J.C. Leyendecker’s wonderful Saturday Evening Post New Years covers.
American illustrator J.C. Leyendecker set our modern conception of representing the new year as a baby, with the use of a New Years baby to welcome in 1908. He continued the practice every year into the 1940s, usually incorporating topics of the day into his interpretation of the baby.
Here’s hoping you all have a great new year, filled with lots of great art and inspiration!
-Charley










Link: New Year's Babies on Saturday Evening Post
J.C. Leyendecker on Cover Browser
My previous Leyendecker Baby New Year posts:
Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year 2018!
Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year 2017
Happy Leyendecker baby New Year 2016
Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year 2015
Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year 2014
Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year 2013
Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year 2012
Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year 2011
Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year 2010
Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year 2009
Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year 2008
Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year 2007
Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year (2006)
My other previous J.C. Leyendecker posts:
Eye Candy for Today: J.C. Leyendecker Pilgrim and Football Player illustration
Another wonderful Leyendecker Santa Claus
Eye Candy: JC Leyendecker illustration for Arrow Shirt advertisement
Leyendecker's Santas
More J.C. Leyendecker from Leif Peng and Roger Reed
Even more Leyendecker wonderfulness, in high resolution no less
J.C. Leyendecker on Illustration Art
The Haggin Museum Leyendecker Collection
J.C. Leyendecker; America's "Other" Illustrator
More Leyendecker and other great stuff
A little Bit of Leyendecker Greatness
Illustrators' Visions of Santa Claus
Thanks
J.C. Leyendecker
J.C. Leyendecker on Cover Browser
My previous Leyendecker Baby New Year posts:
Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year 2018!
Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year 2017
Happy Leyendecker baby New Year 2016
Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year 2015
Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year 2014
Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year 2013
Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year 2012
Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year 2011
Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year 2010
Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year 2009
Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year 2008
Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year 2007
Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year (2006)
My other previous J.C. Leyendecker posts:
Eye Candy for Today: J.C. Leyendecker Pilgrim and Football Player illustration
Another wonderful Leyendecker Santa Claus
Eye Candy: JC Leyendecker illustration for Arrow Shirt advertisement
Leyendecker's Santas
More J.C. Leyendecker from Leif Peng and Roger Reed
Even more Leyendecker wonderfulness, in high resolution no less
J.C. Leyendecker on Illustration Art
The Haggin Museum Leyendecker Collection
J.C. Leyendecker; America's "Other" Illustrator
More Leyendecker and other great stuff
A little Bit of Leyendecker Greatness
Illustrators' Visions of Santa Claus
Thanks
J.C. Leyendecker
110 Years later Leyendecker Baby is still knocking and not a year older.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb0dBVWozRo
Thanks to you too, Charley.
Happy New Year ! And thank you for this blog. It is a lot of work and you’ve been so generous for so many years! There is so much high quality art info out there but you have such a variety of art styles, time periods, genres, ‘isms, types, etc. that you share with such thoughtful analysis and commentary. There is nothing else out there like what you share.
I thank you and wish you the very best!