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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.
Long before Calvin Klein and Abercrombie & Fitch, illustrator and commercial artist J.C. Leyendecker brought homoeroticism to Madison Avenue.
One of Leyendecker's models was his partner, a Canadian named Charles Beach. [1] Another model was a young Huntley Gordon . [ 2 ] According to Leyendecker himself, there were six men besides Beach who posed for the Arrow Collar ads: Jack Mulhall , Neil Hamilton , Robert Allen , Brian Donlevy , Mahlon Hamilton , and Reed Howes . [ 3 ]
The New Rochelle artist colony was best known for its number of prominent American illustrators. In the early 1920s more than fifty percent of the illustrations in the country's best-selling publications, and 90% of the illustrations in The Saturday Evening Post, were produced by artists from the city. [3] Norman Rockwell was a member of the ...
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 ...
MTV Documentary Films has acquired Imagine Documentaries and Delirio Films’ documentary short “Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker.” Directed by Ryan White (“The Case Against 8 ...
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The collection also features magazine cover artwork and includes the work of famous illustrators such as Norman Rockwell and J. C. Leyendecker. These and many other illustrators were also commissioned to do adverts. The Advertising Archives also holds the largest collection of La Vie Parisienne magazine artwork in the UK.