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J.C. Leyendecker
J.C. Leyendecker 1874 – 1951 Born in Germany, Joseph Christian Leyendecker and his family came to Chicago in 1882. Young Leyendecker was apprenticed at the age of 16 to the engraving house of J. Manz & Company. He advanced to a full-time staff artist and furthered his artistic training at the Chicago Art Institute. It […]
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Leyendecker: Celebrating 150 Years
Few people today recognize the name Joseph Christian Leyendecker and yet he was arguably this nation’s most popular commercial artist during the first four decades of the 20th century. His paintings helped sell everything from men’s clothing to breakfast cereal and he helped define the modern magazine cover. Haggin Museum houses the largest public collection […]
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