Study for Butterfly Couple, Study for Kuppenheimer Clothing Advertisement
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Cutler and Judy Goffman Cutler, J.C. Leyendecker: American Imagist, New York, 2008, p. 60, illustrated in color p. 61
Canvas, Oil
Study of Little Girl
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
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-eminent American illustrators of ...
Board, Oil
Easter Baby, Study
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Study Easter Sunday Baby
Oil
Three Amoco Studies
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed by Artist Lower Right Amoco Oil Advertisements
Oil
Toy Maker Study
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Upper Left
Canvas, Oil
Toy Peddler Study
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right
Canvas, Oil
Study for Irish Liberty
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
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.
Canvas, Oil
Study for unidentified magazine cover
By Frank Xavier Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Artwork Dimensions: 8.75" x 5.75" (sight size) Medium: mixed media painting on paper Signature: Signed Bottom Right "TO MRS LEHMANN SINCERELY FRANK X LEYENDECKER"
Paper, Mixed Media
Study for 'Trimming the Pie'
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
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 (1935, Private Collection), which wa...
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil
50th Kuppenheimer Anniversary - Comprehensive Study
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Joseph Christian Leyendecker was born in Montabaur, Germany, and came to America at the age of eight.
Canvas, Oil
Thanksgiving, The American Weekly Cover, Preliminary Study
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Study for the cover of The American Weekly (Thanksgiving edition), published November 24, 1946 For the final published composition, Leyendecker painted the artist as a young man.
Canvas, Oil, Board
Study for 'Happy Landing' Amoco Ad
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
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 ...
Canvas, Oil, Pencil
Cream of Wheat Ad Study
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 25.25" x 27.50"
Oil, Board
Study for Collier's Magazine Cover
By Frank Xavier Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right
Canvas, Oil
Study for cover of Vogue magazine
By Frank Xavier Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Study for the cover of the November 15, 1912 issue of Vogue magazine A figural work depicting lovers figures, the recumbent male costumed as a masked Harlequin clown, the female sea...
Paper, Mixed Media
Study for 'Flowers for the President'
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
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 commissioned by the Lincoln Na...
Canvas, Oil
'Goin' South' Saturday Evening Post Cover Study
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Unsigned 'Goin' South' Saturday Evening Post Cover Study
Canvas, Oil
Study for New Year's Baby (Blowing Bubbles)
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
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.
Canvas, Oil
Study for Saturday Evening Post Cover 'Boy with Lantern'
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
This is a study for the 1926 Christmas issue of The Saturday Evening Post.
Oil
Basting the Turkey, Saturday Evening Post Cover Study
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
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)
Canvas, Oil, Board
Sick Man, Saturday Evening Post Cover Study, 1917
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas March 10, 1917 Preliminary Study for The Saturday Evening Post Cover
Canvas, Oil
Study for 'Who, Me Work?' Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
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
Oil, Board
Study for Saturday Evening Post Cover, Easter Edition
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
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...
Canvas, Oil, Board
Study for Saturday Evening Post Cover, Peeling Apples
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: Nov 28, 1925 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 14.00" x 11.20" Signature: Unsigned Study for Saturday Evening Post Cover, November 28, 1925
Canvas, Oil
Study for World War I Soldier Collier's Cover
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
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").
Canvas, Oil
Fight Between Two Boys, Saturday Evening Post cover study
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Fight Between Two Boys, Saturday Evening Post cover study, 1911
Oil
$6,000
“The Honeymoon, ” Proposed cover study for The Ladies’ World Magazine
By Frank Xavier Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Initially created as a submission piece for The Ladies’ World magazine when Frank was soliciting work, the final illustration was eventually realized as the cover for the 1909 Spring...
Mixed Media, Board
Preliminary Study for a Saturday Evening Post Cover "Tipping the Porter"
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
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...
Paper, Oil, Pencil
$60,000
Doctor Looking into Childs Mouth, Study for SEP Cover, 1930
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Study for the November 22, 1930 cover illustration of The Saturday Evening Post.
Canvas, Oil
$35,000
"Shoo Chickens!" Study for the cover of The Saturday Evening Post
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
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...
Oil, Canvas
The Story Teller, The Saturday Evening Post Cover Study, December 1, 1934
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Unsigned Study for the Saturday Evening Post Cover, December 1, 1934
Canvas, Oil
Kuppenheimer Study
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
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...
Canvas, Oil
Study of General Douglas MacArthur
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Final version eventually becoming part of nationally known "Leyendecker MacArthur Series" by Timken Roller Bearing Company. Unsigned. Bottom border features a pair cat sketches.
Oil
Study for Double Page Kuppenheimer Ad
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Leyendecker by Laurence S. Cutler and Judy Goffman Cutler and the National Museum of American Illustration.
Canvas, Oil
Study for Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil with Pencil on Canvas Signature: Signed Monogram Lower Right Study for Saturday Evening Post cover, Sep 3, 1932.
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 16 in W 8.5 in
The Reluctant Golfer Study, Collier's Magazine Cover
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Unsigned Study for Collier's Magazine Cover, September 23, 1916.
Oil, Board
Yard Work, Saturday Evening Post Cover Study
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas laid on Board Signature: Unsigned Saturday Evening Post cover study, November 6, 1937
Canvas, Oil, Board
Sold
H 22.7 in W 19.7 in
Study for Saturday Evening Post Cover, March 10, 1934
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
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...
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 19.25 in W 12 in
Study for 'Christmas Peek, ' Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
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.
Canvas, Oil, Board, Pencil
Sold
H 6.5 in W 5 in
George Washington, Study for Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left Saturday Evening Post Cover, February 25, 1939
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 20 in W 14 in
Study for Saturday Evening Post, Thanksgiving edition (Nov. 29, 1924)
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: Nov 29, 1924 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 14.00" Signature: Unsigned Made for the Saturday Evening Post cover - Thanksgiving edition (Nov. 29, 1924). It is...
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 19 in W 12 in
Study for 'Who, Me Work?' Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
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
Oil, Board
Sold
H 16.75 in W 13.4 in
Study for 'George Washington at Valley Forge' Post Cover
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1935 Medium: Oil and Pencil on Canvas Dimensions: 16.75" x 13.40" The present work is a study for the cover illustration of the February 23rd, 1935 issue of The ...
Canvas, Oil, Pencil
Sold
H 11.5 in W 14.5 in
Fourth of July (George Washington), SEP Cover Study, 1917
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Laid on Board Signature: Unsigned Sight Size 11.50" x 14.50;" Framed 18.00" x 21.00" Fourth of July (George Washington), The Saturday Evening Post preliminary ...
Canvas, Oil, Board
Sold
H 22 in W 28 in
"The Postman Always Drinks Twice", Preliminary Study for Life Magazine
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
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 Twice." Life Magazine page...
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 20 in W 14 in
Study for Saturday Evening Post, Thanksgiving edition (Nov. 29, 1924)
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Unsigned Study for the Saturday Evening Post cover - Thanksgiving edition (Nov. 29, 1924). This is a pure period piece.
Canvas, Oil
Kuppenheimer Advertisement
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
This is a finished and signed study. Joseph Christian Leyendecker (March 23, 1874 - July 25, 1951) was one of the pre-eminent American illustrators of the early twentieth century.
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 12 in W 17.25 in D 1 in
Aviator and Woman in a White Hat by J.C. Leyendecker
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in New Orleans, LA
These rare portraits were painted by the American master of illustration, J. C. Leyendecker, as studies for Kuppenheimer advertisements.
Canvas, Oil
Kuppenheimer Men's Clothing Advertisement study
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Study of Kuppenheimer Men's Clothing Advertisement
Oil
Study for 'King of the Beach' Post Cover
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
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.
Oil
$64,159
H 22 in W 28.5 in
Dans les champs - Neo Impressionist Riverscape Oil by Leo Marie Gausson
By Léo Gausson
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated neo-impressionist landscape oil on canvas by French painter Leo Marie Gausson. Gausson painted this picturesque view of then fields above Triel-sur-Seine, a small to...
Canvas, Oil
$4,293Sale Price|20% Off
H 28.5 in W 24 in
Fine Italian Old Master Oil Painting c. 1700's The Madonna Christ Child St. John
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Madonna, Christ Child and St. John Italian Old Master, circa 1700's period oil painting on canvas, unframed Canvas: 28.5 x 24 inches conditon: overall very good for its age, a fe...
Canvas, Oil
"Melting Snow"
By Charles Morris Young
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Charles Morris Young (1869 – 1964). Born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Charles Morris Young lived most of his ...
Canvas, Oil
$4,517Sale Price|35% Off
H 7 in W 5 in
Five mid 20th century Italian oil landscapes with figures, castles, Churchs
Located in Woodbury, CT
A very interesting set of five mid-20th-century Italian oils on copper. All five are classical landscape subjects and are signed Roger, though we don't know which artist with the n...
Copper
Polpo Hand-blown glass Sculpture by Simone Crestani
By Simone Crestani
Located in Milan, IT
Polpo is a hand-blown glass sculpture that captures the fluidity and grace of an octopus. "Light and silent, the sinuous movements of the octopus seem domesticated and united with th...
Glass
$36,000
H 9 in W 14 in
Ipswich Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed, Early 20th Century, Framed
By Theodore Wendel
Located in New York, NY
Ipswich, 1901, by Theodore Wendel (1859-1932) Oil on canvas 9 x 14 inches unframed (22.86 x 35.56 cm) 14 ½ x 19 ½ inches framed (36.67125 x 49.68875 cm) Signed and dated on reverse ...
Oil
$38,400
H 48.75 in W 72.75 in D 1 in
50 Million Year Old Fossil Fish Mural from the Green River Formation, Wyoming
By Green River Fossil Company
Located in Logan, UT
Act fast to claim this exquisite piece of natural history, as our fossils will no longer be available through 1stDibs after October 31. A dynamic array of fossil fish flow through t...
Limestone
$32,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 55 in W 16 in D 20 in
Genuine Large (55'') Amethyst Cluster Geode from Brazil
Located in New York, NY
This impressive Amethyst Cluster Geode from Brazil is a high-quality natural formation of genuine amethyst gems. The cathedral decor displays dazzling, fully terminated crystals with...
Amethyst
19th Century Large Majolica Swan Vase Choisy Le Roi
By Choisy-le-Roi
Located in Austin, TX
Large rare French Majolica swan vase signed Choisy le Roi, circa 1890. Height / 23.3 inches. 16 inches by 12 inches. At the end of 19th century, Choisy le roi was one of the most im...
Faience, Majolica
Thomas Webb & Sons Tri-Color Cameo Vase
By Thomas Webb & Sons
Located in New Orleans, LA
Of all the glassworks produced in the late 19th century, cameo glass was the most challenging to perfect. Only a handful of artisans succeeded in mastering this intricate craft, with...
Glass
Bord De L'Oise
By Gustave Loiseau
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas Canvas size: 20 x 24 inches Framed size: 28 x 32 inches Signed lower right
Canvas, Oil
Fluorapatite (bi-color) with Cleavelandite, Afghanistan
Located in New York, NY
Fluorapatite (bi-color) with Cleavelandite, Dara-e-Pech pegmatite field, Dara-e-Pech District, Kunar, Afghanistan 6 cm tall x 7 cm wide Fluorapatite is found in several colors, purp...
Other
"Point Pleasant"
By S. George Phillips
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork. Signed lower left. Complemented by a period frame. Illustrated in "New Hope for American Art" by Jim Alterman and "The Philad...
Canvas, Oil
Sofa by Vladimir Kagan for Roche Bobois, France, 2003
By Roche Bobois, Vladimir Kagan
Located in Antwerp, BE
This "Comete" sofa, a futurist and asymmetric marvel designed by Vladimir Kagan for Roche Bobois in 2003, redefines modern elegance and luxurious comfort. It features two large secti...
Wool, Alpaca, Cotton
25" AAA-Grade Dark Purple Amethyst Geode
Located in Ametista Do Sul, BR
Exquisite 24-Inch Amethyst Geode with AAA-Grade, Rich Purple Druzy ▫️ Description This stunning 25-inch-tall Amethyst Geode is the perfect statement piece to elevate your crystal c...
Crystal, Quartz, Rock Crystal
$58,500
H 28.25 in W 39.5 in D 1.75 in
Ducks in a Pond by Alexander Koester
By Alexander Koester
Located in New Orleans, LA
Alexander Koester 1864-1932 German Ducks in a Pond Signed "A. Koester" (lower right) Oil on canvas Alexander Koester is one of the great animal painters of art history, and this ...
Canvas, Oil
Joseph Christian "J.C." Leyendecker was born in Germany in 1874. He immigrated to the United States with his family in 1882. His eldest brother, Adolph, became a prominent stained glass artist, and Joe, as he was called, had an early artistic calling.
After studying at the Chicago Art Institute under John H. Vanderpoel, J.C. Leyendecker enrolled at the Académie Julien in 1896, where he studied for a year with his younger brother Frank in the Beaux-Arts tradition. During his time there, he was exposed to and influenced by the works of Art Nouveau painters and printmakers Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Jules Chéret and Alphonse Mucha, with whom he formed a strong friendship. The next year, he staged his first one-man exhibition at the Salon du Champ-de-Mars and made the auspicious acquaintance of Paul Gauguin.
In 1898, Leyendecker produced the first of 48 covers for Collier’s magazine. The next year, he painted his first cover for The Saturday Evening Post magazine, which was the beginning of a 44-year association with that esteemed publication. Throughout his career, he would also paint covers for Life magazine, illustrations for a library of books, and transform advertising for such companies as B. Kuppenheimer & Co. and Interwoven Socks. His work for Arrow Shirt is the most well-known and beloved.
Using his lover and manager, Charles Beach, as a model, Leyendecker created the ultimate image of modern American masculinity. His work for Kuppenheimer, also known as the House of Kuppenheimer, is just as iconic. Founded in 1876, the company became the manufacturer of uniforms for the United States Army during World War I. Thanks to Leyendecker's advertising, the firm became synonymous with the ultimate in male taste and desirability.
Unfortunately, near the end of his career, as Leyendecker’s associations with Collier’s and The Saturday Evening Post came to an end, his work fell into obscurity. When he died in 1951, his great friend Norman Rockwell, who commemorated their relationship in his painting Waiting for the Art Editor, served as one of his pallbearers.
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(Biography provided by M.S. Rau)
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Pablo Picasso is lauded for laying the foundation for modern figurative art in the 1920s. Although abstracted, this work held a strong connection to representing people and other subjects. Other famous figurative artists include Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. Figurative art in the 20th century would span such diverse genres as Expressionism, Pop art and Surrealism.
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