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by **patrickg** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 12:20 pm

Hey guys.

I was doing a search on leyendecker today, and came across something incredible. go here and be wowed!

http://www.americanartarchives.com/leyendeceker,jc_studies.htm

patrick

by **daHippie** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 12:42 pm

Nice find patrick, I now have to look at my quick sketches and studies and feel depressed. :shock:

by **gubixcube** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 4:34 pm

wow.

lovely stuff.

"What every young girl should know"
(that grandma is built like a football player)

by **em...** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 5:09 pm

That whole American Art Archive site has been a favourite of mine for a while.

Someone needs to publish more books on classic illustrators, especially Leyendecker

by **BlueHarp411** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:09 pm

Shane Glines had posted some art of his on cartoon retro a couple of years ago and it was awesome!!

Jill

by **felixthecat** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 10:17 am

what medium did he work in? i tried doing a search but couldn't find what i was looking for.

by **gubixcube** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:16 pm

found this:

The colors were composed of Turpentine, stand oil and linseed oil, mixed fresh each morning in specific proportion. The colors were very thin, ?slippery? if you will. When these colors were applied to the canvas they showed no sign whatsoever of having been applied by a brush. This resulted in a finished painting composed of precisely arranged areas of light and color. Every stroke was applied perfectly . . .once. J.C.?s brush control and mastery of his talents are legendary still today.

http://corbinchoate.blogspot.com/2006/09/influences-jc-leyendecker.html

not sure how accurate it is, a few of the studies look like watercolor/gouache

by **MartinRedmond** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 6:50 pm

He also never ever used photo reference if I recall. His work is gorgeous!

by **Kelly Tindall** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 11:42 am

Oh, very nice site.

Neat work, too. Love the kid in the hat.

-K.

by **Lester McToil** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:00 pm

MartinRedmond wrote:He also never ever used photo reference if I recall. His work is gorgeous!

come again!

:shock:

by **em...** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:48 pm

He might not of used photo reference, but he did extensively use models. His most famous creation, the Arrow Shirt man, was modelled by his live-in assistant (and, most likely, lover) Charles Beach.

by **HellboyOne** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:50 pm

Yes, he used models.

by **MartinRedmond** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:15 pm

His assistant who modeled for the ArrowShirts something was his boyfriend. I read he threw a fit when he visited Norman Rockwell because he saw him use photographs. Rockwell was a big fan of Leyendecker.

Using photographs: The Taboo that just doesn't stop.

by **BIG AL** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:44 am

Those are great!

I saw a Leyendecker exhibit in Stockton at the end of the year. It was awesome. It was near the end of the exhibit so they didn't even have any pamphlets left.

by **patrickg** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 12:30 pm

In the norman rockwell autobiography, there's a big section on how he admired leyendecker as an artist, and he goes into some detail about the whole assistant situation. Very interesting.

Patrick

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