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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]
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
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Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker, the story of one of the early 20th century's leading commercial artists, screens Thursday at the Meet the Press Film Festival.
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]
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Saturday Evening Post cover by J. C. Leyendecker (August 19, 1911) The Pursuit - Nudes Swimming by Charles Shannon (1922) Nude swimming was a common subject of Old Masters – painters from before the 19th century – and Romantic oil paintings, usually bucolic or in a mythological or historical settings.