Posted on 06/10/2018 11:37:50 AM PDT by mairdie
The art of Joseph Christian Leyendecker from the 20's, to the music of Jazz Age: Hot Sounds of the 20's and 30's. This is the 20’s follow on, Part 2, to the Oughts and 10’s previously posted. The 30’s is still to come. Leyendecker was a mentor of Norman Rockwell, who eventually took over the Saturday Evening Post illustration work from Leyendecker.
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Leyendecker looks, with increased exposure, very Aryan.
The Age is captured, IMO, by John Held Jr.
Leydendecker, as the name suggests, is German. Didn’t come across Held, but did see a lot of Coles Phillips, who I’ll probably do at some point in the future. I’m very attracted to the men in Leyendecker’s art. I love the chins, especially, which seem to remind me of the Superman comics that were my early love.
Outstanding video. Makes me want to go out and buy a nice three-piece suit, homburg hat and a snappy pair of white spats.
I’ll need a picture and a great piece of music!
J.C. Leyendecker, my all time favorite illustrator. What talent, what a style!
Rockwell idolized Leyendecker until he found out JC was gay, then pfffttttt.
Love the video.
Sincere thanks, Bean. Deeply appreciated.
As a female, artists never present me with the models that I most enjoy, though I was brought up to see the artistic beauty of the female form. Even female artists seem to concentrate on painting children and babies. The reason I can’t find any interest in Mary Cassatt. But FINALLY an artist who paints sexy men. Couldn’t care less why, just grateful that he and I both enjoy the same images. Thank you, Leyendecker!
What I especially love is the variation in his style. He seems to have such control over his work. I always try to show the fundamentals in these videos, so I’m using a lot of his studies, rather than final pieces. Notice that from his earliest work, his studies have a grid of lines and Xs in which he sizes his proportions. I haven’t seen that before. I wondered if he was working from photos, but saw a photo of him working with a live model in full football gear and posture.
Jelly Roll Morton & The Red Hot Peppers
‘Shreveport Stomp’ (1928)
https://bit.ly/2JKBBNK
The jazz is what I’m trying to avoid for Rockwell. Where I could see Leyendecker’s sophistication with jazz, even imagining teenagers dancing in a soda shop doesn’t do it for me for Rockwell. I’m looking for something more nostalgic and gentle. But I’ll keep these in mind if I find another early artist with the NY feel. Thank you both.
I WANT ONE! Absolutely adorable. Have you seen my puppy video?
https://youtu.be/Ae1AmxZGMVQ
When we lost our last Bichon, we were thinking of getting a Coton, but the breeder didn’t mention that it was take a puppy we didn’t want or wait several years for one we did want. So we got a Havanese and a Bichon elsewhere. But I did make him a music video from his litter footage.
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