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Period: 20th Century
Artist: Joseph Christian Leyendecker
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
20th Century 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
20th Century 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
20th Century Paintings
Materials
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
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Kellogg's Advertisement
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Little boy eating bowl of Kelloggs
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman and Tiger
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed by artist lower left.
The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine Cover
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Oil
Study for 'King of the Beach' Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
This is a preparatory study for King of the Beach, the cover illustration for the September 3, 1932 issue of The Saturday Evening Post.
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
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
20th Century Paintings
Materials
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
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Easter Baby, Study
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Study Easter Sunday Baby
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Amoco Gas Advertisement
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Amoco Gas Advertisement
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Three Amoco Studies
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed by Artist Lower Right
Amoco Oil Advertisements
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
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
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Pencil
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
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Basting the Turkey, Saturday Evening Post Cover Study
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Laid on Board
Signature: Unsigned
The Saturday Evening Post, November 16, 1912 cover Study (Thanksgiving Edition)
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Board
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
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Study for New Year's Baby (Blowing Bubbles)
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Unsigned
This is a study for the cover illustration of the 1 January 1927 issue of The Saturday Evening Post.
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Polo Players on Horseback, Kuppenheimer Advertisement
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Styles for Men: The House of Kuppenheimer, Spring and Summer 1914, cover illustration.
This piece was published as the cover illu...
Category
20th Century 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
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Toy Maker Study
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Upper Left
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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 Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Toy Peddler Study
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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 Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Study for Butterfly Couple
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Kuppenheimer Clothing Advertisement
Exhibitions: Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Old Corner House Museum, The Illustrator's Moment, July-October 1...
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Stoking the Furnace, Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1938
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Literature: The Saturday Evening Post, October 15, 1938, cover illustration. J. Cohn, Covers of The Saturday Evening Post, New Yo...
Category
20th Century 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
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Candidate, Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1917
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
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
George Washington, Study for Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Saturday Evening Post Cover, February 25, 1939
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
General Douglas MacArthur
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
In the Timken War Bond campaign, JC Leyendecker completed more than a dozen paintings that were rep...
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Matador
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Unsigned
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Board, 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
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lucky Bag Girl
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Hand Painted Fine Print
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paint
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
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
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
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Board
'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
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Study for 'Trimming the Pie'
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Unsigned
Medium: Oil and Charcoal on Canvas
This piece is a preparatory study for J.C. Leyendecker’s final painting, Trimming the Pie (19...
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Canvas, Oil
"Mortmain" by Arthur Train, Book Illustration, 1918
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Doctor Looking into Childs Mouth, Study for SEP Cover, 1930
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Study for the November 22, 1930 cover illustration of The Saturday Evening Post.
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Kuppenheimer Man
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Used for signage and marketing purposes.
Thanhardt-Burger carved gilt frame. Painting is fully conserved. Client / Usage: K...
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Alden, Arrow Collar Advertisement, 1922
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Laid Down on Board
Signature: Inscribed with Title (Lower Center)
Joseph Christian Leyendecker created the Arrow Collar Man in 1905 for Cluette, Peabody & Comp...
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Board, 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
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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:
JC Leyendecker...
Category
American Modern 20th Century 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
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Board, Pencil
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
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Oil, Canvas
Study of Little Girl
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board
Signature: Unsigned
A study of a little girl.
Joseph Christian Leyendecker (March 23, 1874 - July 25, 1951) was one of the pre-eminen...
Category
Other Art Style 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Man with Baton
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Young man dressed nicely with a hat and holding a baton
Joseph Christian Leyendecker was born in Montabaur, Germany, and came to America at the age of eight. Showing an early interest in painting, he got his first job at 16 in a Chicago engraving house on the strength of some larger pictures...
Category
Other Art Style 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
