https://www.nrm.org/2017/02/what-would-rockwell-say/
But remember that Rockwell came later, so the people who adored Leyendecker might have been dying off by then. Newest usually wins. Who among today’s young even know Rockwell?
They were also painting for different audiences. Leyendecker was for the roaring twenties, elegant rich. Rockwell for middle America.
Personally, I prefer Leyendecker. And I think he’s making a comeback.
464 views on Leyendecker the 20’s; 1 like
1.9K on Leyendecker earlier; 49 likes
927 views on Rockwell; 8 likes
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By the way, the viral hit on Bouguereau is over. Someone objected to nudes in the art and they put an age constraint on it after 1.25 million views, 1468 likes and bringing in 2.3K subscribers. I appealed and they said that even though the video doesn’t violate YouTube guidelines, some countries have different standards than we do. ???????
But it was fun!
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I’m spending my time with fandom videos now. I never finished making a digital final version of a British spy show video to Eye of the Tiger and am now trying to move the work from one entire editing system that slowed into molasses so you could get your tea brewed and drunk while it moved from one position on the song to another. But when I get it into the other system, I’ll lose all the episodes information from where I got each clip, so I’m TEDIOUSLY typing in every cut, where it came from, how long it lasted and what were the lyrics it matched. And many of those clips are half a second long!!!!!!!!!! Maybe it’s time for some tea.
Hope you’re having fun.
Mary
Excellent point about the different audiences. I, too, like Leyendecker's work better.