A little more J.C. Leyendecker...
I know I have posted a lot these past few days, I'm just excited to get some Leyendecker art up here for the few people who stop by to see.
I came across these less common Leyendecker images in an Illustration Art Auction book I bought from Bud Plant Illustrated Books (amazing book seller, www.budplant.com) a while back and thought they were more than worth sharing. The golfer lighting a cig is a cool example of Leyendecker's study process before completing an illustration, it shows how much thought and prep went into his work.
Finally, I had to post the image that introduced me to J.C. Leyendecker's work, the Saturday Evening Post image of a little boy on Santa's lap. I first saw it in a Norman Rockwell book in a chapter discussing Rockwell's influences and his relationship with Leyendecker in particular. It struck me as so different from Rockwell but on the same level, if not higher, of quality. Santa's pose and the hands of the little boy and Santa caught my eye right away ( I've yet to find an artists who can draw and paint hands as well as Leyendecker!) the painting technique struck me too. I was hooked on Leyendecker after viewing this piece.
Hope you enjoy the images, thanks for stopping by! More of my humble sketches and such coming soon...
I know I have posted a lot these past few days, I'm just excited to get some Leyendecker art up here for the few people who stop by to see.I came across these less common Leyendecker images in an Illustration Art Auction book I bought from Bud Plant Illustrated Books (amazing book seller, www.budplant.com) a while back and thought they were more than worth sharing. The golfer lighting a cig is a cool example of Leyendecker's study process before completing an illustration, it shows how much thought and prep went into his work.
Finally, I had to post the image that introduced me to J.C. Leyendecker's work, the Saturday Evening Post image of a little boy on Santa's lap. I first saw it in a Norman Rockwell book in a chapter discussing Rockwell's influences and his relationship with Leyendecker in particular. It struck me as so different from Rockwell but on the same level, if not higher, of quality. Santa's pose and the hands of the little boy and Santa caught my eye right away ( I've yet to find an artists who can draw and paint hands as well as Leyendecker!) the painting technique struck me too. I was hooked on Leyendecker after viewing this piece.
Hope you enjoy the images, thanks for stopping by! More of my humble sketches and such coming soon...
posted by Tom at 4:44 PM
6 Comments:
So inspiring to see his work! I wish someone would finally put out a great book on him.
Hi, Ben. Thanks so much for stopping by, I'm a big fan of your work.
I strongly second your desire to see a new Leyendecker book. It is long, long past due. The Michael Schau book and Poster books are nice, but I think something a lot more extensive could be done.
a very interresting work... it's really nice to see artworks that portrays daily lives of people whatever the status may be...
Dude, I just did a school paper on this guy. That's awesome you got all these pictures he did! He really was an art beast, great pic!
Thanks for stopping by, hxero. Leyendecker did get the chance to portray the daily life of people during an interesting period in American and World history, people of all levels of social status, though he is famous for depicting fashionable, rich, sophisticates. Glad you like the stuff.
Checkmark, that's too cool that you got to write a paper on Leyendecker, I wish I had the chance to do that in school. Were you assigned him as the topic of your paper or did you choose him?
I chose him actually, found him in a cool article.
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