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Joseph Christian Leyendecker: 110+ Golden Age Illustrations

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JOSEPH CHRISTIAN LEYENDECKER Art Book contains 110+ Reproductions; Celebrated magazine covers for Saturday Evening Post, The Century Magazine, Collier's Weekly, Success and Scribners with title,date and introduction below. Book includes Table of Contents, thumbnail gallery and is formatted for all Kindle readers and Tablets .

Joseph Christian Leyendecker was born in Germany. His family emigrated to America in 1882. Leyendecker's parents nurtured his artistic talent, but were unable to pay for his art education. At the age of 15 he apprenticed to J. Manz & Co., a Chicago engraving house. His evenings were spent taking art classes at the Chicago Art Institute. At J. Manz & Co., his talent quickly grew from errand boy to staff illustrator. When he was 19, he was given the job of creating 60 illustrations for a Bible that Manz was to produce. In 1896, he won a Century Magazine cover competition bringing him national attention. Soon Leyendecker was doing cover assignments for Collier's and The Saturday Evening Post, in which he created over 320 Post covers. Leyendecker is best known for creating 'The Arrow Collar Man', which was the counterpoint to 'The Gibson Girl'. Leyendecker helped boost sales to over $32 million per year.

Language: English

Pages: 120

Format: Kindle Edition

Joseph Christian Leyendecker: 110+ Golden Age Illustrations

4.5/5 ( ratings)

JOSEPH CHRISTIAN LEYENDECKER Art Book contains 110+ Reproductions; Celebrated magazine covers for Saturday Evening Post, The Century Magazine, Collier's Weekly, Success and Scribners with title,date and introduction below. Book includes Table of Contents, thumbnail gallery and is formatted for all Kindle readers and Tablets .

Joseph Christian Leyendecker was born in Germany. His family emigrated to America in 1882. Leyendecker's parents nurtured his artistic talent, but were unable to pay for his art education. At the age of 15 he apprenticed to J. Manz & Co., a Chicago engraving house. His evenings were spent taking art classes at the Chicago Art Institute. At J. Manz & Co., his talent quickly grew from errand boy to staff illustrator. When he was 19, he was given the job of creating 60 illustrations for a Bible that Manz was to produce. In 1896, he won a Century Magazine cover competition bringing him national attention. Soon Leyendecker was doing cover assignments for Collier's and The Saturday Evening Post, in which he created over 320 Post covers. Leyendecker is best known for creating 'The Arrow Collar Man', which was the counterpoint to 'The Gibson Girl'. Leyendecker helped boost sales to over $32 million per year.

Language: English

Pages: 120

Format: Kindle Edition

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