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Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year 2021!

JC Leyendeckers Saturday Evening Post New Years Baby cover for 1921
JC Leyendeckers Saturday Evening Post New Years Baby cover for 1921 (details)

As I’ve done every New Year’s Eve for the past 15 years, I’ll wish all Lines and Colors readers a Happy New Year with another of J.C. Leyendecker’s terrific New Year’s Baby covers for the Saturday Evening Post.

Equipped with a pickaxe and shiny lunchpail, our 1921 Leyendecker baby seems ready to get to work in the new year. Let’s hope that’s the case for the rest of us in 2021.

This is the image on the Saturday Evening Post website. There is a larger one here, from this post on Mr. Magazine.

See my 2006 post for background on the origin of the Leyendecker New Years baby covers for the Saturday Evening Post.

No matter what else happens, I wish you all a new year filled with beautiful, inspiring art!

Link:

Image on Saturday Evening Post website

Large image on Mr. Magazine

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 2020!

Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year 2019!

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:

Beleaguered Leyendecker Santa

Eye Candy for Today: Leyendecker turkey SEP cover

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


Comments

7 responses to “Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year 2021!”

  1. Tim Langenderfer Avatar
    Tim Langenderfer

    Thank you for all of the years of wonderful, insightful, thoughtful posts. I’ve gotten to used to instagram this past year. Instagram serves incredible appetizers but you have been serving complete and satisfying meals. I was glad to see your posts on Instagram that reminded me of your blog. Visiting here more often is one of my healthy New Year’s resolutions!

    1. Thanks, Tim. I try to encourage folks to pull their attention out of social media to indulge in some more extensive info & images when I can. Glad you’re enjoying the “meals”! I’m going to try to update more often this year than I could last year.

  2. A fresh new start on some black lung disease. With luck the pickaxe doesn’t mean he’s going down the mines.

    1. Thanks, tudza. Someone pointed out that this marked the end of a mining strike.

  3. Ryan Compton Avatar
    Ryan Compton

    What will you do when you run out of Leyendecker New Year’s covers?

  4. I wish you a very good year, and I thank you for your work of making this great blog for 15 years. it’s always a joy to come here see all this beautiful artworks.