J. C. Leyendecker

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American artist illustrator painter person

J. C. Leyendecker was a prominent early 20th-century American illustrator famed for his stylish, highly polished magazine covers and advertising art, particularly for The Saturday Evening Post.

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Joseph Christian Leyendecker 1
Leyendecker 1

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instanceOf American artist ⓘ
illustrator ⓘ
painter ⓘ
person ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1940s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1890s ⓘ
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
commissionedBy Cluett Peabody & Company ⓘ
Interwoven Socks ⓘ
Kuppenheimer ⓘ
countryOfBirth Germany ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1874-03-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1951-07-25 ⓘ
educatedAt Académie Julian ⓘ
Art Institute of Chicago ⓘ
employer The Saturday Evening Post ⓘ
ethnicOrigin German-American ⓘ
familyName J. C. Leyendecker self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Leyendecker
fieldOfWork advertising art ⓘ
magazine illustration ⓘ
poster art ⓘ
fullName J. C. Leyendecker self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Joseph Christian Leyendecker
genre commercial illustration ⓘ
fashion illustration ⓘ
portrait illustration ⓘ
givenName Christian ⓘ
Joseph ⓘ
influenced Norman Rockwell ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
German ⓘ
modeOfExpression gouache ⓘ
oil painting ⓘ
movement Golden Age of American Illustration ⓘ
surface form: Golden Age of Illustration
notableFor influential magazine cover design ⓘ
pioneering modern advertising imagery ⓘ
stylized, highly polished illustration style ⓘ
notableWork Arrow Collar Man advertisements ⓘ
Fourth of July and Thanksgiving covers for The Saturday Evening Post ⓘ
Interwoven Socks advertisements ⓘ
Kuppenheimer clothing advertisements ⓘ
New Year’s Baby cover series ⓘ
The Saturday Evening Post covers ⓘ
partner Charles Beach ⓘ
placeOfBirth Montabaur ⓘ
placeOfDeath New Rochelle, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence Windy City ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

New Rochelle, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
sexualOrientation gay ⓘ
sibling Frank X. Leyendecker ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Leyendecker
J. C. Leyendecker → fullName → J. C. Leyendecker self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Norman Rockwell → influencedBy → J. C. Leyendecker ⓘ