J.C. Leyendecker

J.C. Leyendecker

It’s an age-old process for art students to copy the work of the masters. The student will learn more from this practice then any art school assignment, lecture or book.

 For years students have been studying the artwork of the great American illustrator J.C. Leyendecker. Leyendecker had what seemed an ease to his virtuoso application of paint. It is this ellusive technique that the students of art have been trying to figure out. For a look at a copy of a Leyendecker I did, click here

The above drawing, although credited to Leyendecker, may be a student study after his original painting. The next image is a close-up of the  original Leyendecker  illustration below.

Click the following link to see more of his paintings with close-ups provided. Haggin Museum's Leyendecker exhibit

Thanks to Augie Pagan for the above photo

Leyendecker in 1895

From Wikipedia
Born	March 23, 1874 Montabaur, Rhine Province, German Empire
Died	July 25, 1951 (aged 77) New Rochelle, New York, USA
Nationality	American
Education	Chicago Art Institute, Académie Julian