The queer pioneer's story is chronicled in a new film, Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker.

Leyendecker regularly paid tribute to the Easter holiday. He created 27 different Easter-themed covers for the Post beginning with the April 22, 1905 issue and ending with the March 23, 1940 issue. The holiday seemed a natural fit for his elegantly designed cover illustrations.

Joseph Christian Leyendecker was a German-American illustrator. He is considered to be one of the pre-eminent American illustrators of the early 20th century. Leyendecker was born on March 23, 1874, at Montabaur in Western Germany, a tiny village 18km east of the Rhine. In 1882, the Leyendecker family emigrated to Chicago, Illinois. After working in late adolescence for a Chicago engraving firm, J. Manz & Company, and completing his first commercial commission of sixty Bible illustrations for th

In the early 1900s, J.C. Leyendecker's sophisticated illustrations defined men's style.

Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874 – 1951) was one of the pre-eminent American illustrators of the early 20th century. He is best known for his poster, book and advertising illustrations, the trade character known as The Arrow Collar Man, and his numerous covers for The Saturday Evening Post. Between 1896 and 1950 Leyendecker illustrated more than 400 magazine covers including 322 for The Saturday Evening Post, as well as many advertisement illustrations for its interior pages. No other artist, until the arrival of Norman Rockwell two decades later, was so solidly identified with one publication. For full biographical notes see part 1. For earlier works by Leyendecker, see parts 1 - 9 also. This is part 10 of a 10-part series on the works of J. C. Leyendecker: Kuppenheimer Clothing Kuppenheimer Clothing Kuppenheimer Clothing Kuppenheimer Clothing Kuppenheimer Clothing Kuppenheimer Clothing oil on canvas laid on panel 76.2 x 54.6 cm Kuppenheimer Clothing studies Kuppenheimer Clothing studies Kuppenheimer Clothing studies Kuppenheimer Clothing study Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown study Unknown Unknown Unknown artwork Unknown artwork Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown study Unknown study Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Sailor Girl oil on canvas laid on board 58.4 x 50.8 cm Soldier at Home oil 48.3 x 48.3 cm Studies Study Studies Studies Studies Study Studies Studies Study Study Study The Consolation oil on canvas The Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company U.S. Navy Recruitment Poster oil on canvas 101.4 x 71.1 cm U.S. Navy Recruitment Poster WW2 General

Joseph Christian Leyendecker was a German-American illustrator. He is considered to be one of the pre-eminent American illustrators of the early 20th century. Leyendecker was born on March 23, 1874, at Montabaur in Western Germany, a tiny village 18km east of the Rhine. In 1882, the Leyendecker family emigrated to Chicago, Illinois. After working in late adolescence for a Chicago engraving firm, J. Manz & Company, and completing his first commercial commission of sixty Bible illustrations for th

Joseph Christian Leyendecker was a German-American illustrator. He is considered to be one of the pre-eminent American illustrators of the early 20th century. Leyendecker was born on March 23, 1874, at Montabaur in Western Germany, a tiny village 18km east of the Rhine. In 1882, the Leyendecker family emigrated to Chicago, Illinois. After working in late adolescence for a Chicago engraving firm, J. Manz & Company, and completing his first commercial commission of sixty Bible illustrations for th

I'm a painter myself and have tried to recreate some of my favorite JC Leyendecker illustrations. Although portr...

I recently visited the Reynolda House Museum of American Art in Winston Salem, NC, which is currently hosting a wonderful retrospective of J.C. Leyendecker's work. This exhibit covers J.C.'s career through a selection of 42 original paintings, and more than 100 vintage Saturday Evening post cover

Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874 – 1951) was one of the pre-eminent American illustrators of the early 20th century. He is best known for his poster, book and advertising illustrations, the trade character known as The Arrow Collar Man, and his numerous covers for The Saturday Evening Post. Between 1896 and 1950 Leyendecker illustrated more than 400 magazine covers including 322 for The Saturday Evening Post, as well as many advertisement illustrations for its interior pages. No other artist, until the arrival of Norman Rockwell two decades later, was so solidly identified with one publication. For full biographical notes see part 1. For earlier works by Leyendecker, see parts 1 - 6 also. This is part 7 of a 10-part series on the works of J. C. Leyendecker: 1934 "July Fourth 1934" The Saturday Evening Post July 7 1934 1934 Arrow Shirts The Saturday Evening Post February 10 1934 1934 The Saturday Evening Post December 1 1934 1934 The Saturday Evening Post March 10 1934 study 1934 The Saturday Evening Post March 10 1934 1934 The Saturday Evening Post artwork September 15 1934 1934 The Saturday Evening Post September 15 1934 1934 The Saturday Evening Post May 26 1934 1935 "Easter" The Saturday Evening Post April 20 1935 1935 "Going South" The Saturday Evening Post 1935 oil on canvas 50.8 x 40.6 cm 1935 "Liberty Bell 1776" The Saturday Evening Post July 6 1935 study 1935 "Liberty Bell 1776" The Saturday Evening Post July 6 1935 1935 "She's my Girl!" The Saturday Evening Post September 28 1935 1935 "Thanksgiving" artwork The Saturday Evening Post November 23 1935 1935 "Thanksgiving" The Saturday Evening Post November 23 1935 1935 The Saturday Evening Post artwork June 8 1935 1935 The Saturday Evening Post June 8 1935 1935 The Saturday Evening Post February 23 1935 1935 "Silent Night" The Saturday Evening Post December 28 1935 1935 "1936" The Saturday Evening Post January 4 1936 1936 "Basting the Turkey" The Saturday Evening Post November 28 1936 1936 "Constitution" The Saturday Evening Post July 4 1936 1936 "Easter" artwork The Saturday Evening Post April 11 1936 1936 "Easter" The Saturday Evening Post April 11 1936 1936 "St. Valentine" artwork The Saturday Evening Post February 15 1936 The Saturday Evening Post February 15 1936 1936 "Twas the Night before Christmas" artwork The Saturday Evening Post December 26 1936 1936The Saturday Evening Post December 26 1936 1936 The Saturday Evening Post January 2 1937 1937 "Easter" The Saturday Evening Post March 27 1937 1937 "Queen of the May" The Saturday Evening Post May 15 1937 1937 "Tipping the Porter" study The Saturday Evening Post December 18 1937 1937 The Saturday Evening Post December 181937 1937 The Saturday Evening Post July 3 1937 1937 The Saturday Evening Post February 20 1937 1937 "1938" The Saturday Evening Post January 1 1938 1938 "1939" artwork The Saturday Evening Post December 31 1938 The Saturday Evening Post December 31 1938 1938 "Christmas Stocking" artwork The Saturday Evening Post December 24 1938 The Saturday Evening Post December 24 1938 1938 "Easter" The Saturday Evening Post April 16 1938 1938 The Saturday Evening Post study February 17 1938 1938 The Saturday Evening Post February 17 1938 1939 "1940" The Saturday Evening Post December 30 1939 1939 "Christmas Peek" The Saturday Evening Post December 23 1940 1939 Arrow Collar Company artwork The Saturday Evening Post February 18 1939 1939 Arrow Collar Company The Saturday Evening Post February 18 1939 1939 The Saturday Evening Post November 25 1939 1940 "Robert E. Lee on Traveler" The Saturday Evening Post January 20 1940 The Saturday Evening Post January 20 1940 1940 "Will Rogers" The Saturday Evening Post October 5 1940 1940 Coffee "Some folks frown on it…but it's a lot of fun" Life magazine October 7 1940 1940 Coffee "What every young girl should girl should know" Life magazine November 11 1940 1941 Coffee "The postman always drinks twice" Life magazine January 20 1941 1941 Coffee "Two rules about coffee you may not know" Coffee "Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night" Coffee

J.C. LEYENDECKER Going South Oil on Canvas 29.25" x 24.25"

How queer artist J.C. Leyendecker invented an iconography of twentieth-century American masculinity.

J.C. Leyendecker is considered one of the great artists of the Golden Age of Illustration—and this aesthetic inspired a new animated series.

I recently visited the Reynolda House Museum of American Art in Winston Salem, NC, which is currently hosting a wonderful retrospective of J.C. Leyendecker's work. This exhibit covers J.C.'s career through a selection of 42 original paintings, and more than 100 vintage Saturday Evening post cover

Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874 – 1951) was one of the pre-eminent American illustrators of the early 20th century. He is best known for his poster, book and advertising illustrations, the trade character known as The Arrow Collar Man, and his numerous covers for The Saturday Evening Post. Between 1896 and 1950 Leyendecker illustrated more than 400 magazine covers including 322 for The Saturday Evening Post, as well as many advertisement illustrations for its interior pages. No other artist, until the arrival of Norman Rockwell two decades later, was so solidly identified with one publication. For full biographical notes see part 1. For earlier works by Leyendecker, see parts 1 - 6 also. This is part 7 of a 10-part series on the works of J. C. Leyendecker: 1934 "July Fourth 1934" The Saturday Evening Post July 7 1934 1934 Arrow Shirts The Saturday Evening Post February 10 1934 1934 The Saturday Evening Post December 1 1934 1934 The Saturday Evening Post March 10 1934 study 1934 The Saturday Evening Post March 10 1934 1934 The Saturday Evening Post artwork September 15 1934 1934 The Saturday Evening Post September 15 1934 1934 The Saturday Evening Post May 26 1934 1935 "Easter" The Saturday Evening Post April 20 1935 1935 "Going South" The Saturday Evening Post 1935 oil on canvas 50.8 x 40.6 cm 1935 "Liberty Bell 1776" The Saturday Evening Post July 6 1935 study 1935 "Liberty Bell 1776" The Saturday Evening Post July 6 1935 1935 "She's my Girl!" The Saturday Evening Post September 28 1935 1935 "Thanksgiving" artwork The Saturday Evening Post November 23 1935 1935 "Thanksgiving" The Saturday Evening Post November 23 1935 1935 The Saturday Evening Post artwork June 8 1935 1935 The Saturday Evening Post June 8 1935 1935 The Saturday Evening Post February 23 1935 1935 "Silent Night" The Saturday Evening Post December 28 1935 1935 "1936" The Saturday Evening Post January 4 1936 1936 "Basting the Turkey" The Saturday Evening Post November 28 1936 1936 "Constitution" The Saturday Evening Post July 4 1936 1936 "Easter" artwork The Saturday Evening Post April 11 1936 1936 "Easter" The Saturday Evening Post April 11 1936 1936 "St. Valentine" artwork The Saturday Evening Post February 15 1936 The Saturday Evening Post February 15 1936 1936 "Twas the Night before Christmas" artwork The Saturday Evening Post December 26 1936 1936The Saturday Evening Post December 26 1936 1936 The Saturday Evening Post January 2 1937 1937 "Easter" The Saturday Evening Post March 27 1937 1937 "Queen of the May" The Saturday Evening Post May 15 1937 1937 "Tipping the Porter" study The Saturday Evening Post December 18 1937 1937 The Saturday Evening Post December 181937 1937 The Saturday Evening Post July 3 1937 1937 The Saturday Evening Post February 20 1937 1937 "1938" The Saturday Evening Post January 1 1938 1938 "1939" artwork The Saturday Evening Post December 31 1938 The Saturday Evening Post December 31 1938 1938 "Christmas Stocking" artwork The Saturday Evening Post December 24 1938 The Saturday Evening Post December 24 1938 1938 "Easter" The Saturday Evening Post April 16 1938 1938 The Saturday Evening Post study February 17 1938 1938 The Saturday Evening Post February 17 1938 1939 "1940" The Saturday Evening Post December 30 1939 1939 "Christmas Peek" The Saturday Evening Post December 23 1940 1939 Arrow Collar Company artwork The Saturday Evening Post February 18 1939 1939 Arrow Collar Company The Saturday Evening Post February 18 1939 1939 The Saturday Evening Post November 25 1939 1940 "Robert E. Lee on Traveler" The Saturday Evening Post January 20 1940 The Saturday Evening Post January 20 1940 1940 "Will Rogers" The Saturday Evening Post October 5 1940 1940 Coffee "Some folks frown on it…but it's a lot of fun" Life magazine October 7 1940 1940 Coffee "What every young girl should girl should know" Life magazine November 11 1940 1941 Coffee "The postman always drinks twice" Life magazine January 20 1941 1941 Coffee "Two rules about coffee you may not know" Coffee "Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night" Coffee

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Christmas illustrations by American artist J.C. Leyendecker

I recently visited the Reynolda House Museum of American Art in Winston Salem, NC, which is currently hosting a wonderful retrospective of J.C. Leyendecker's work. This exhibit covers J.C.'s career through a selection of 42 original paintings, and more than 100 vintage Saturday Evening post cover

It amazes me that I could of missed someone like J.C. Leyendecker (1874-1951) when I was in art school. (I'm sure some of my teachers must of mentioned him but I was probably daydreaming of other things) His work is so incredible! But now that I have found him and

Leyendecker presumably in 1909 - he appears to be working on a sketch for the cover of The Saturday Evening Post dated May 15 1909 ( see below ) Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874 – 1951) was one of the pre-eminent American illustrators of the early 20th century. He is best known for his poster, book and advertising illustrations, the trade character known as The Arrow Collar Man, and his numerous covers for The Saturday Evening Post. Between 1896 and 1950 Leyendecker illustrated more than 400 magazine covers including 322 for The Saturday Evening Post, as well as many advertisement illustrations for its interior pages. No other artist, until the arrival of Norman Rockwell two decades later, was so solidly identified with one publication. For full biographical notes and for earlier works by Leyendecker, see part 1 also. This is part 2 of a 10-part series on the works of J. C. Leyendecker: 1909 "Easter" The Saturday Evening Post April 10 1909 1909 Arrow Collars advertisement 1909 Collier's magazine October 16 1909 1909 Couple on a Raft 1909 Flying in Style 1909 ( title unknown ) illustration 1909 The Literary Digest September 11 1909 1909 The Saturday Evening Post May 15 1909 artwork 1909 The Saturday Evening Post May 15 1909 1909 "Christmas" The Saturday Evening Post December 4 1909 1909 "Christmas" The Saturday Evening Post December 4 1909 1909 The Saturday Evening Post March 6 1909 1909 The Tackle 1909 The Watchers of the Plains 1910 "Thanksgiving Couple" oil on canvas 76.2 x 53.3 cm The Woman's Magazine November 1910 1910 "Theodore Roosevelt" The Circle magazine June 1910 1910 Arrow Collars and Cluett Shirts artwork 1910 Arrow Collars and Cluett Shirts advertisement 1910 Lucky Bag Girl 1910 Lucky Bag Girl 1910 Popular Magazine May 1910 1910 The Saturday Evening Post August 6 1910 artwork 1910 The Saturday Evening Post August 6 1910 1910 "Valentines" The Saturday Evening Post February 12 1910 1910 VIM magazine November 1910 1910 Women's magazine illustration 1911 "1912 Votes for Women" The Saturday Evening Post December 30 1911 1911 "Scouts Signalling" The Saturday Evening Post September 2 1911 artwork 1911 Cluett Dress shirts 1911 The Saturday Evening Post April 1 1911 1911 The Saturday Evening Post November 18 1911 1911 The Saturday Evening Post artwork 1911 A series of illustrations for Kuppenheimer Clothing. It's possible that some of these were by Joseph's brother Frank Leyendecker, I don't know: 1912 The Saturday Evening Post December 2 1912 1912 "Easter" The Saturday Evening Post April 6 1912 1912 "Halloween" The Saturday Evening Post October 26 1912 1912 The Saturday Evening Post November 30 1912 artwork 1912 The Saturday Evening Post November 30 1912 c1912 Football Player 1913 "Married Bliss" The Saturday Evening Post June 21 1913 1913 The Saturday Evening Post March 22 1913 1914 "1915" The Saturday Evening Post January 2 1915 artwork 1914 "Bellhop with Hyacinths" The Saturday Evening Post May 30 1914 oil on canvas 71.1 x 50.8 cm 1914 "Bellhop with Hyacinths" The Saturday Evening Post May 30 1914