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J. C. Leyendecker. The Arrow Collar ads were a collaborative production of New York ad agency Calkins and Holden; Cluett, Peabody advertising director Charles Connolly; and commercial illustrator J. C. Leyendecker. One of Leyendecker's models was his partner, a Canadian named Charles Beach. [1] Another model was a young Huntley Gordon. [2]
Leyendecker (also known as 'J. C.' or 'Joe') was born on March 23, 1874, in Montabaur, Germany, to Peter Leyendecker (1838–1916) and Elizabeth Ortseifen Leyendecker (1845–1905). His brother and fellow illustrator Francis Xavier (aka "Frank") was born two years later.
Beach Dickerson (1924–2005), American actor; C. B. Hawley (1858–1915) American musician and composer; Charles Beach (1881–1954), male model and inspiration for The Arrow Collar Man by J. C. Leyendecker; Charles L. Beach (1866–1933), president of the University of Connecticut from 1908 to 1928
The model for the Arrow Collar Man, and many of Leyendecker’s figures, was Charles A. Beach, his business manager and, by most accounts, his longtime lover. The two shared a home in New Rochelle ...
Director Ryan White’s new short documentary “Coded” will have its world premiere on June 17 at the Tribeca Festival. White (“The Case Against 8”) dives into the history of illustrator J ...
Leyendecker served as the judge in the first Strathmore Water Color Contest, sponsored by the Mittineague Paper Company of Massachusetts. [6] Frank Leyendecker and his sister Augusta Mary Leyendecker and the model Charles A. Beach lived for a time in a large house built and co-owned by the two brothers in New Rochelle, New York. [7]
Another prominent artist was Charles R. Chickering, a freelance illustrator who went on to design numerous postage stamps for the U.S. Post Office. Other popular cover illustrators include artists George Hughes, Constantin Alajalov , [ 27 ] John Clymer , Alonzo Kimball , W. H. D. Koerner , J. C. Leyendecker , Mead Schaeffer , Charles Archibald ...
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