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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Artist: Joseph Christian Leyendecker
The Oarsman, Original Collier's Magazine Cover Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover illustration for Collier's Magazine, published June 24, 1916. The image features a handsome young blond man holding oars
Literature:
Laurence S. Cutler and Judy Goff...
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Pencil
"Shoo Chickens!" Study for the cover of The Saturday Evening Post
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original study for the cover illustration of The Saturday Evening Post, published June 2, 1923
Medium: Oil on canvas
Artwork Dimensions: 21.5 x 15.75 in.
Framed Dimensions: 25 x 18...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Sore Throat, Cover for The Saturday Evening Post
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover for The Saturday Evening Post, published November 22, 1930
A sweet scene of a child ill in bed and getting checked by a doctor as his concerned mother and dog look on...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bonneted Lady in Church, Easter Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board
Signature: Signed Middle Left
Cover of Saturday Evening Post magazine (Easter edition), April 1905.
This is one of Leyendecker's first Easter covers for the Sa...
Category
Early 1900s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Spring- Apollo and Animals
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover for The Saturday Evening Post, published March 30, 1929.
J.C. Leyendecker's holiday covers, particularly his iconic New Year's baby, were instrumental in driving The...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Courtship, Success Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Sight Size 22.00" x 15.50", Framed 31.00" x 24.00"
Success Magazine Cover, The Success Company, Ne...
Category
Early 1900s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Circus Bareback Rider, Original cover for The Saturday Evening Post, 1932
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover for The Saturday Evening Post magazine, published May 14, 1932
Joseph Christian Leyendecker’s Circus Bareback Rider (1932) is a standout example of his work for The S...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Study for Saturday Evening Post Cover 'Boy with Lantern'
Located in Fort Washington, PA
This is a study for the 1926 Christmas issue of The Saturday Evening Post. December 25, 1926
Joseph Christian Leyendecker’s illustrations and advertisements fueled a collective visu...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
First Long Suit, Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed by Artist Lower Right
The Saturday Evening Post cover, September 18, 1937
One of the most prolific and sought-after artists of the Golden Age of Illustration, J.C. Leyendecker captivates the public with his striking, fashionable depictions of handsome men, glamorous women, and adorable children. Painted in 1937 First Long Suit not only encapsulates the high-fashion, glamorous fantasy world that Leyendecker strove to achieve over the course of his vastly successful career, it also poignantly captures a bittersweet moment that every parent experiences--watching our children grow up right before our eyes.
Born in Montabaur, Germany, Leyendecker came to Chicago with his Catholic family at age eight. He apprenticed to a printer, J. Manz and Co., and then studied with John Vanderpoel at the Chicago Art Institute. In 1896, he won the Century magazine...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Jockey on Racehorse with Well-Dressed Gentleman
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original advertisement for Kuppenheimer Clothing, featuring a jockey on a race horse and a well-dressed gentleman in a suit
This illustration for Kuppenheimer Clothes appeared in various advertisements and promotional materials in 1926 and 1927, such as the cover of a race-themed Kuppenheimer advertising booklet, as well as the interior page of the Kuppenheimer Spring & Summer 1926 brochure, where the associated caption states: “This double-breasted, with slender hips and broad Curvette shoulders, will be quite the thing with stylish young fellows this spring – especially in the new shades of Ambertone and Silvertone.” A wood-engraving of the image was completed by Jacob Sander for use in newspapers in 1926. Engravings like this were often created to eliminate the difficulties associated with half-tone production on the poor quality newspaper stock.
The present work showcases the artist’s ability to capture an idealized vision of male beauty. The rich colors and textures of the fabrics applied with Leyendecker’s signature painterly technique further enhance the appeal of the clothing the picture advertises.
In the early spring of 1926, in preparation for upcoming Kuppenheimer advertising projects, J.C. Leyendecker visited the Aqueduct Racetrack horse racing facility in Queens, New York. He was directed to the legendary trainer ‘Dick’ (Herbert John Thompson), who was training the horse named Bubbling Over, who would become the model or the horse pictured...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Study for Butterfly Couple, Study for Kuppenheimer Clothing Advertisement
Located in Fort Washington, PA
A stunning study for a 1920s Kuppenheimer clothing advertisement featuring a fashionably-dressed couple kneeling in an embrace before a pair of ...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Kuppenheimer Good Clothes
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 28.00" x 21.00"
Signature: Unsigned
Literature: The Saturday Evening Post, June 14, 1923, illustrated as Kuppenheimer Clothing Company advertisementLaurence S. Cutler and Judy Goffman Cutler, J.C. Leyendecker: American Imagist, New York, 2008, p. 91, illustrated in color p. 92
Notes: The Kuppenheimer Clothing Company used this painting as an advertisment for its men's clothing. The advertisement printed...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Boy Scouts Signaling with Flags, Original cover for The Post and Boys' Life
Located in Fort Washington, PA
J.C. Leyendecker's "Boy Scouts Signaling with Flags," first published on the cover of The September 9, 1911 edition of The Saturday Evening Post, quickly became an iconic image of the Boy Scouts of America, which was founded the previous year. Embodying core values like leadership, teamwork, and preparedness, its widespread reproduction cemented its status as a defining visual representation of the organization.
The painting depicts two scouts practicing flag signaling, a vital early 20th-century communication skill and a requirement for the Eagle Scout...
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Matador
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Unsigned
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Living Mannequin, The Saturday Evening Post cover, March 5, 1932
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed lower right: JC Leyendecker
Living Mannequin sold at the U.S. War Bond at the United States Treasury-Saturday E...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Soldier's Pride, House of Kuppenheimer Advertisement
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: n/a
Soldier's Pride was created as a component of Kuppenheimer's six-piece easel-backed World War I advertisement placards for in-store display. These pieces were expertly printed on a coated cardboard substrate so the black background would dramatically display the clothing item. Kuppenheimer & Hart Schaffner Marx...
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Study for 'Christmas Peek, ' Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil and Pencil on Canvas Laid Down on Board
Study for the December 23rd, 1939 issue The Saturday Evening Post.
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board, Pencil
Toy Maker Study
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Upper Left
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Story Teller, The Saturday Evening Post Cover Study, December 1, 1934
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Unsigned
Study for the Saturday Evening Post Cover, December 1, 1934
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Father Rushing Home with an Armload of Gifts, Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Father Rushing Home with an Armload of Gifts, The Saturday Evening Post Cover, December 4, 1909.
A charming original cover for The Saturday Evening Post, published December 4, 1909,...
Category
Early 1900s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Masonite
Easter, Saturday Evening Post Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Sight Size 24.75" x 18.63", Framed 34.00" x 18.50"
Saturday Evening Post Cover, March 23, 1918
Exhib...
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Voice in the Rice
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Left
In the 1890s and early 1900s, as J.C. Leyendecker was developing his pictorial work for advertisements, magazine covers, and posters, he also illustrated a number of novels to supplement his income. These titles include One Fair Daughter (1895), Ships that Pass in the Night (1898), The Kiss of Glory (1902), Ridolfo (1906), The Crimson Conquest (1907), Get Rich Quick Wallingford (1908), The Voice in the Rice (1910) and The Lonely Guard (1912).
The present work is one of six Leyendecker illustrations from Gouverner Morris' The Voice in the Rice, published in book form in 1911. The novel centers on a dashing young man, Michael Bourne, who, after surviving a shipwreck off the coast of South Carolina, washes ashore near the Santee River and encounters a secret slaveholding community. Lord Nairn, a wheelchair-bound tyrant with hypnotic powers, governs this supposedly utopian society, and he soon feels threatened by Michael when they begin to compete for the affections of Mary Moore. Michael can...
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Christ with Sainted Knights
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
J. C. Leyendecker’s illustrations and advertisements fueled a collective visual memory for the early 20th century American public. Over the course of his career, Leyendecker created 322 covers for The Saturday Evening Post, as well as numerous other magazines, including Collier’s and Ladies’ Home Journal. The only illustrator to eclipse his fame was Norman Rockwell and Rockwell was quick to credit Leyendecker as his mentor and inspiration. This previously unknown work was recently discovered at a small country auction in South Carolina. It is likely an early work by Leyendecker, dating to circa 1900. The sinuous reddish orange flames emitted by the slain dragon recall the steam and vapors found in his later work, including an advertisement for Ivory Soap and a Thanksgiving cover for The Saturday Evening Post. The chiseled features and elegant expressions of the two knights and Christ are similar to those of his many successful advertising campaigns and illustrations. The inclusion of columns and the decorative border also are seen in works ranging from the 1901 Thanksgiving edition cover of Success magazine...
Category
Early 1900s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Preliminary Study for a Saturday Evening Post Cover "Tipping the Porter"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Pencil on Paper
Sight Size 22.00" x 17.50;" Framed 30.00" x 25.50"
Signature: Unsigned
Study for Cover of Saturday Evening Post Magazine, December 18, 1937
Exhibitio...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Pencil
Policeman and School Children, SEP Cover, Oct. 3, 1931
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Cover Illustration: Saturday Evening Post, October 3, 1931
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fight Between Two Boys, Saturday Evening Post cover study
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Fight Between Two Boys, Saturday Evening Post cover study, 1911
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Circus Dog, The Saturday Evening Post cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed by artist lower right
The Saturday Evening Post cover, July 29, 1922
This commission for The Saturday Evening Post is a brill...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Man Dressing in Mirror
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Featured in The Saturday Evening Post
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Kuppenheimer Famous Fifties Featuring John Barrymore
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Inscribed on back #174
House of Kuppeneheimer 1927 fashion advertisement, catalog cover.
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Candidate (Patriotic Politician), Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Saturday Evening Post Cover, September 18, 1920
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Leyendecker addressed the theme of American patriotism in several ways. His famous Fourth of July covers asserted the import of American independence through stock characters: George Washington, Uncle Sam, the Statue of Liberty, colonial Freedom Fighters, and modern-day soldiers. In addition, his World War I and World War II covers depicted soldiers proudly defending their country. Leyendecker also profiled U.S. presidents and historical figures - George Washington, Robert E. Lee, William Howard Taft...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Goin' South' Saturday Evening Post Cover Study
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Unsigned
'Goin' South' Saturday Evening Post Cover Study
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Playing Hooky, Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed by Artist Signed Lower Center
The Saturday Evening Post cover, June 13, 1914
LITERATURE:
L.S. Cutler and J.G. Cutler, J.C. Leyendecker, American Imagist, New York, 2008, p. ...
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tipping The Porter, Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Sight Size 30.00" x 24.12", Framed 39.00" x 34.00"
Saturday Evening Post Cover, December 18, 1937
Exhibitions:
It's a Man's Worl...
Category
1960s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Yard Work, Saturday Evening Post Cover, Nov. 6, 1937
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Cover Illustration: Saturday Evening Post, November 6, 1937
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman and Tiger
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed by artist lower left.
The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine Cover
Category
Early 1900s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Gouache
The Politician, Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1916
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Cover of The Saturday Evening Post, November 4, 1916
Literature: The Saturday Evening Post, November 4, 1916, illustrated on the ...
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Study for Saturday Evening Post Cover, March 10, 1934
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Unsigned
Sight Size 22.70" x 19.70", Framed 29.00" x 22.00"
Study for Saturday Evening Post Cover, March 10, 1934
Leyendecker, Joseph Christian:One of the most successful commercial illustrators of his time, best known for his advertisements for the "Arrow Collar Man." He created 321 covers for the Saturday Evening Post.. American painter, illustrator, 1874-1951
Exhibitions:
JC Leyendecker...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Toy Peddler Study
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Water Wings, Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1922
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Sight Size 24.00" x 19.00", Framed 32.50" x 27.00"
Cover of The Saturday Evening Post, August 26, 1922.
Exhibitions:
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Category
1920s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Thanksgiving, The Saturday Evening Post cover, November 12, 1910
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Laid on Panel
Signature: Signed Lower Right
The Saturday Evening Post cover, November 12, 1910
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Peeling Apples, Thanksgiving Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1925
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Middle Right
Cover of The Saturday Evening Post, November 28, 1925
Literature:
The Saturday Evening Post, November 28, 1925, cover illustra...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Jester
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed by Artist Lower Right
Collier's Illustrated Weekly Cover, October 25, 1902
Category
Early 1900s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Study for 'Flowers for the President'
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Unsigned
Sight Size 23.50" x 27.25", Framed 29.50" x 33.00"
The present work is a study for Flowers for the President c...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Christmas Peek, Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Sight Size 31.00" x 24.25;" Framed 37.00" x 30.00"
Cover of the December 23rd, 1939 issue of The Saturday Evening Post.
Literatu...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Real Happy New Year, Amoco Advertisement
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Monogram Lower Left
Sight Size 20.00" x 45.00", Framed 26.00" x 51.00"
This piece was used for at least two separate Amoco advertisements. "A Real Happy New...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Study for Saturday Evening Post Cover, Easter Edition
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Mounted to Archival Board
Signature: Unsigned
Sight Size 17.625” x 14.375;" Framed 23.063” x 20.125"
Custom Gilt Framing: Thanhardt Burger (formerly Newcomb Mac...
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Study for World War I Soldier Collier's Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Unsigned
Study for the July 7, 1917 cover of Collier's National Weekly (the title story was "Why I'd Let My Boy Go To War").
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
New Years Baby, Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1907
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil Painting
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Sight Size 24.00" x 20.00", Framed 31.00" x 27.00"
The Saturday Evening Post cover illustration, December 1907
Category
Early 1900s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Easter Baby, Study
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Study Easter Sunday Baby
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Study for 'Who, Me Work?' Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board
Signature: Signed Center Left
Study for Saturday Evening Post Cover 'Who, Me Work?' January 23, 1926
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Kuppenheimer Study
Located in Fort Washington, PA
A Kuppenheimer ad study and was published in Step By Step Graphics, January/February 1987 in the article “Learning From Masters of the Past” by Walt and Roger Reed
Medium: Oil on Ca...
Category
1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Study for Irish Liberty
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Unsigned
The present work is a study for the cover of the March 18, 1922 cover of The Saturday Evening Post.
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Postman Always Drinks Twice", Preliminary Study for Life Magazine
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Unsigned
Preliminary study for Life magazine, Circa 1941. Features a study of the work titled; "The Postman Always Drinks...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lucky Bag Girl
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Hand Painted Fine Print
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint
Sick Man, Saturday Evening Post Cover Study, 1917
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
March 10, 1917 Preliminary Study for The Saturday Evening Post Cover
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Study for 'Happy Landing' Amoco Ad
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil and Pencil on Canvas
Signature: Unsigned
During his over four decades as the preeminent illustrator for The Saturday Evening Post, Joseph Christian Leyendecker's clever illustrations were eagerly anticipated by enthusiastic readership across the country, and none more so than his holiday designs. One of Leyendecker's most celebrated creations was his groundbreaking idea of the New Year's Baby. Originally portrayed as a fleshy sweet-faced child complete with tiny angel wings, the New Year's Baby gradually morphed into a worldly tot acutely aware of the social and political issues facing the nation at the time. In fact, Leyendecker's final Post cover illustration was the 1943 New Year's Baby.
Following the success of these Post covers, the artist was hired to create advertisements for the American Oil Company (AMOCO). Throughout the 1940s and through the final years of his life, Leyendecker produced ads incorporating his famed New Year's Baby into AMOCO advertisements, as in the present work, Happy Landing...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Pencil
Kellogg's Advertisement
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Little boy eating bowl of Kelloggs
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Soldiers' Charge, Carter's Monthly Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1898
Medium: Ink and Gouache on Paper Affixed to Board
Dimensions: 16.50" x 12.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Carter's Monthly, March 1898, cover illustration.
Decades lat...
Category
1890s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache, Board
Figurative Paintings for Sale
Figurative art, as opposed to abstract art, retains features from the observable world in its representational depictions of subject matter. Most commonly, figurative paintings reference and explore the human body, but they can also include landscapes, architecture, plants and animals — all portrayed with realism.
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