Joseph Christian Leyendecker

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 Biography
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Zanne Dailey
 

Joseph Christian “J.C.” Leyendecker, (known to his friends and family as “Joe”), was born in
Montbour, Germany, on March 23, 1874. He was the first of three children of Dutch parents, Peter
and Elizabeth Leyendecker.  His brother, Frances Xavier, also an illustrator, was born three years
later. In 1882 the family moved to America, where his sister Augusta was born. The family settled in
Chicago, where they joined J.C.’s mother’s uncle in his successful brewery.

J.C.’s talent was evident even at eight years old, as he enthusiastically drew and painted. No blank
surface was safe; he drew on oilcloth from his mother’s kitchen and in his schoolbooks. His family
was supportive of his art, and saved what they could from their modest income toward a formal
artistic education. But this wasn’t enough, and so at sixteen he found an apprenticeship with J. Manz
and Co. Engraving House of Chicago. At first this was work without pay, but it did give him a chance
to begin to learn, between his errands and other tasks, the art business. He spent any free time he
could with the artists, carefully observing and drawing.

After six months, his employers were impressed enough to offer him his own desk in the artist room,
for a salary of two dollars a week. With this income, he was able to enroll at the Chicago Art Institute
with John H. Vanderpoel, with whom he studied for the next five years. Vanderpoel’s “The Human
Figure” is a book still considered today one of the most significant books on life drawing. It was
during his five-year study with Vanderpoel that Leyendecker developed and refined his precise style
undergirded with the classic fundamentals of drawing and composition.

Working as a full-time illustrator while going to school at such an early age was certainly unusual. At
age nineteen he began work on a series of some sixty illustrations for a new edition of the Bible,
scheduled for publication the following year, an amazing and extensive accomplishment for one so
young. He then entered and won a poster contest for the magazine The
Century, with his painting
being used as the cover illustration for the publication’s “Midsummer Holiday Issue.” With the
money he had earned from these accomplishments, he was able to move to Paris to enroll, along with
his brother, in the Académie Julian. In their year-long study there, they were exposed to the Post-
Impressionist work of Toulouse-Lautrec as well as to leaders of the Art Nouveau movement.

Upon returning to America by way of Hyde Park, Illinois in 1899, the brothers took an apartment and
opened a studio. That same year J.C. received his first commission for a Saturday Evening Post
cover. This was the start of a forty-four year-long relationship with what was arguably the most
popular magazine in the country. Leyendecker would ultimately produce over 300 covers for the
publication, and introduced many iconic images into American culture, such as the New Year’s Baby
(who originally appeared as a girl), and the jolly, round, red-coated Santa Claus. His Mother’s Day
cover of May 30, 1914, in recognition of the creation of the holiday, started the tradition of a gift of
flowers. He was also an influence on and mentor of Norman Rockwell. Leyendecker’s last cover for
the Post would be another New Year’s Baby on January 2, 1943.

In 1900, J.C. moved to New York City with both his brother and his sister. During the next decade
both men began accepting commissions for advertising work, which many other artists of the day
disdained. But the financial benefits were significant, and as both brothers were very fond of living
well (one biographer has compared J.C. to Jay Gatsby in his love for luxury) and advertising
commissions helped make this possible.

J.C.’s most important commission was when he was tapped to create a series for the Arrow Shirt
Collar company.  His “Arrow Collar Man” designs, as well as later work for Interwoven Socks and
the Kuppenheimer Suit company, were so popular that they came to define what America saw as the
quintessential fashionable man. The fictional Arrow Collar Man was so popular that he was
constantly being sent fan letters, and this admiration was also reflected in popular music of the time.
Irving Berlin wrote in “Puttin’ on the Ritz” about the “Well to do” with their “...high hats and Arrow
collars...” and Cole Porter wrote “You’re an Arrow collar!” in the “You’re the Top!”  These indicate
the distinction and renown Leyendecker’s images had created. Another significant commission came
for Leyendecker when he created a series of twenty images for Kellogg's Corn Flakes Cereal--the
“Kellogg's Kids”. He also painted a number of recruitment posters for the US Military during World
War I.

His model for many of the Arrow Collar Man spots, Charles Beach, became his business associate
and sometime manager. This freed Leyendecker to concentrate on his artwork--and his parties. He,
his brother, sister, and business manager had moved into a large house in New Rochelle, NY, in 1914,
which was well-suited to large social gatherings. The next decade was the pinnacle of his career, and
as he was seen as one of the preeminent artists of the day, he often hosted huge galas attended by
notables from all walks of life.

In contrast to his success, both socially and artistically, through the 1920’s, by the 1930’s his career
was starting a downward slide. The collar industry was waning as most shirts now were sold with
collars attached, and the Saturday Evening Post editor who had been his champion retired; his
successive replacements rarely commissioning covers from Leyendecker. His brother Frank had died
due to drug and alcohol abuse, and J.C. became more and more reclusive, seeing few people other
than his sister, Charles Beach, and Norman Rockwell, with whom he had developed and maintained a
strong friendship.
He did still receive a few commissions into the 1940’s, most notably from the US War Department,
for which he created posters to sell war bonds for World War II. He died at home on July 25, 1951, of
a blocked coronary artery. He is buried, next to his brother and his parents, at Woodlawn Cemetery in
Bronx, NY.
 
4th of July, 1913, Oil on canvas, 30 x 22 in, Private Collection
 
A Dainty Breakfast, 1909, Oil on canvas, 30 x 22 in, Private Collection
 
A Song of Faith, 1, Frontispiece, Delineator Magazine, Dec 1905
 
A Song of Faith, 2, Back Piece, Delineator Magazine, Dec 1905
 
A Song of Faith, 3, Delineator Magazine, Dec 1905
 
A Song of Faith, 4, Delineator Magazine, Dec 1905
 
A Song of Faith, 5, Delineator Magazine, Dec 1905
 
A Song of Faith, 6, Delineator Magazine, Dec 1905
 
A Song of Faith, 7, Delineator Magazine, Dec 1905
 
A Song of Faith, 8, Delineator Magazine, Dec 1905
 
Air Force Pilot, 1917, Oil on canvas, 27 x 20 in, Private Collection
 
Antony and Cleopatra, 1902, Gouache on board, 24 x 15 in, Private
Collection
 
 Arrow Collar Advertisement, 1, 1912, panorama, Oil on canvas

 
 Arrow Collar Advertisement, 2, 1912, panorama, Oil on canvas

 
Arrow Collar Advertisement, c1929, Oil on canvas
 
Arrow Collar Advertisement, Alden, 1922, Oil on canvas, 20.5 x 20 in,
Private Collection
 
Arrow Collar Advertisement, Golf, 1922, Oil on canvas, 29 x 20.5 in,
Private Collection
 
Arrow Collar Advertisement, In the Stands, 1913, Oil on canvas, 20 x 24
in, Private Collection

 
Arrow Collar Advertisement, In the Stands, 1913, Oil on canvas, 21 x
37.5 in, Private Collection
 
Arrow Collar Advertisement, Man and Woman with Horses, 1914, Oil
on canvas, 17.5 x 24 in, Private Collection
 
Arrow Collar Advertisement, Man with Tie in Circle, 1919, Oil on
canvas, 29.5 x 20.5 in, Private Collection
 
 Arrow Collar Advertisement, c1920, panorama, Oil on canvas

 
Arrow Collar Advertisement, c1922, Oil on canvas, Private Collection
 
 Arrow Collar advertisement, The Aristocrat of Collars, 1925, Oil on
canvas, 14.5 x 78.5 in, Private Collection

 
Arrow Collar Advertisement, No date
 
Arrow Collar Advertisements Collage, c1920, Oil on canvas
 
Arrow Collar Man, Ad for Concord Style Collar, 1910
 
Arrow Collar Advertisement, 1912
 
Arrow Collars and Shirts Ad, 1912
 
Arrow Collars and Shirts Ad, c1913
 
Arrow Collars and Shirts Ad, 1913
 
Arrow Collar Advertisement, 1913, Oil on canvas, Private Collection
 
Arrow Shirt Collar Advertisement, 1914
 
Arrow Collar Advertisement, 1922, Oil on canvas
 
Arrow Form-Fit, 1917
 
Bass Drummer, 1921, Oil on canvas, 27.5 x 20.5 in, Private Collection
 
Bellhop with Hyacinths, 1914, Oil on canvas, 28 x 20 in, Private
Collection
 
Binner Engraving Co, 1897
 
Boot Black on Train, c1930
 
Caught in the Act of the Plan, 1909, Oil on board, 19 x 28 in, Private
Collection
 
Children under the Mistletoe, 1908, Oil on canvas, 23 x 19 in, Private
Collection
 
Christmas Prayers, 1921, Oil on canvas, 27.5 x 19.5, Private Collection
 
Circus Corner, 1908, Oil on canvas, 25 x 21.5 in, The Saturday Evening
Post cover, May 23, 1908
 
Collier's Weekly, Westward Ho, December 7, 1907
 
Collier's Weekly, When Shall We Fly, February 23, 1907
 
Colonial Couple Under the Mistletoe, 1905, Oil on canvas, 22 x 15.25 in,
Private Collection
 
Consolation, 1905, Oil on canvas on board, 25 x 17 in, Private Collection
 
Couple in Boat, 1922, Oil on canvas, 20.5 x 29.5 in, Private Collection
 
Couple on Deck Chairs, 1904, Tempera on board, 16 x 16 in, Private
Collection
 
Couple on Raft, 1909, Oil on canvas, 30 x 20 in, Private Collection
 
Dancing Couple, 1930, Oil on canvas, 38 x 24 in, Private Collection
 
Easter Bonnet, 1921, Oil on canvas, 25.5 x 18.5 in, Private Collection
 
Easter Girl with Bonnet, 1910, Oil on canvas, 22 x 18 in, Private
Collection
 
Embracing Grandma, 1908, Oil on canvas, 24 x 16 in
 
Football Hero, 1916, Oil on canvas, 30 x 21 in, Collier's November 18,
1916 cover
 
Football Player-Drop Kicker, 1912, Oil on canvas, 30 x 20 in, Private
Collection
 
Football Players, College Football, 1909, Oil on canvas, 26 x 20 in,
Private Collection
 
Football Players, The Tackle, 1904, Oil on canvas, 21.25 x 19.25, Private
Collection
 
George Washington, 1927, Oil on canvas, 28.5 x 21.5 in, Private
Collection
 
German Soldier, 1914, Oil on canvas, 30 x 21 in
 
Get Rich Quick Wallingford, 1907, Oil on canvas, 18 x 18 in, Private
Collection
 
Get Rich Quick Wallingford, Book cover, 1908
 
Golf or Tennis, 1910, Oil on canvas, 30 x 21 in, Private Collection
 
Good Boy, 1915, Oil on canvas, 26 x 22 in
 
Hudson's Novel, The Crimson Conquest, 1907
 
In the Banquet Hall, Book illustration, 1906
 
Indian with Campfire Below, 1923, Oil on canvas, 26 x 18.5 in, Private
Collection
 
Interwoven Socks Ad, 1924
 
Interwoven Socks Ad, 1927
 
Interwoven Socks Ad, c1924
 
Interwoven Socks, c1928
 
Interwoven Socks, Famous for Their Colors Study, 1927, Oil on canvas,
21.5 x 14.5 in
 
Ivory Soap Advertisement, 1900
 
Ivory Soap It Floats, 1900, Gouache on board, 17.5 x 12.25 in
 
J Manz and Co Advertisement, 1895
 
Japan, Her Strength and Her Beauty, Book Cover, 1904
 
Judge, c1905, Magazine cover
 
June Graduate, 1920, Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 in, Private Collection
 
Kellogg's Corn Flakes Ad, 1917
 
Kellogg's Toasted Corn Flakes Ad, 1915
 
Kellogg's Toasted Corn Flakes Ad, 1916
 
Kuppenheimer & Co. Ad, No date
 
Kuppenheimer Ad, 1921
 
Kuppenheimer Ad, 1922
 
Kuppenheimer Ad, 1930
 
Kuppenheimer, No date
 
Kuppenheimer Ad, Over The Top, No date
 
Kuppenheimer Ad, c1921
 
Kuppenheimer Advertisement for Saturday Evening Post, March 25,
1922
 
 Kuppenheimer Advertisement, Collier's, March 8, 1919

 
Kuppenheimer Advertisement, New Styles for the New Figure, 1918, Oil
on canvas, 22 x 30 in, Private Collection
 
 Kuppenheimer Good Clothes, Football Players and Fans, c1917, Oil on
canvas, 26 x 60 in, Private Collection

 
Kuppenheimer Good Clothes, Man and Jockey, 1923, Oil on canvas, 28
x 21 in
 
Kuppenheimer Good Clothes, Man in Fur Collar Coat, 1917, Oil on
canvas, 25.5 x 18.5 in
 
Kuppenheimer Good Clothes, Record Time, c1920, Oil on canvas, 21.5 x
20.5, Private Collection
 
Kuppenheimer Good Clothes, Sailor Farewell, 1917, Oil on canvas, 27 x
40.5 in
 
Kuppenheimer Good Clothes, The Hurdler, 1920, Oil on canvas, 46 x 44
in

 
Kuppenheimer Good Clothes, Wolfhound, c1923, Oil on board, 26.75 x
20.75 in, Private Collection
 
Kuppenheimer Style Book Cover, 1918
 
Kuppenheimer Style Book, 1, 1918
 
Kuppenheimer Style Book, 2, 1918
 
Kuppenheimer, Mermaid and Handsome Men, c1923, Oil on canvas, 50
x 38 in
 
Kuppenheimer, Study, Butterfly Couple, 1923, Oil on canvas, 17 x 13 in
 
Kuppenheimer, The Homecoming, 1918, Oil on canvas, 28.25 x 42.5 in,
Private Collection
 
Lady Diving, 1910, Oil on canvas, 16 x 12 in, Private Collection
 
Lady in Grecian Gown Draping Flowers, Study, 1903, Gouache,
watercolor, conte and ink on board, 11.75 x 15.25 in
 
Lady with Parasol, 1909, Oil on canvas, 18.5 x 24 in
 
Leyendecker brothers, Frank and Joe, 1896
 
Love Songs from the Wagner Opera, Title page, 1902
 
Love Songs from the Wagner Opera,Siegfried's Song, 1902
 
Love Songs, Wagner Opera, Brynhilda & Siegfried, 1902
 
Love Songs, Wagner Opera, Brynhilda's Immolation, 1902
 
Love Songs, Wagner Opera, Isolde's Love-Death, 1902
 
Love Songs, Wagner Opera, Sigmund's Love Song, 1902
 
Love Songs, Wagner Opera, Song to the Evening Star, 1902
 
Malt Marrow Advertisement, 1889
 
Man and Woman in Canoe, 1909, Oil on canvas, 29 x 21 in
 
Man in Mirror, 1909, Oil on canvas, 31 x 21 in, Private Collection
 
Man in Pajamas, 1909, Oil on canvas, 26.5 x 20.5 in
 
Man Reading in Circle, 1916, Oil on canvas, 29 x 20 in
 
McAvoy Malt-Marrow Ad, 1899
 
 Men with Golf Clubs, 1914, Oil on canvas, 20.5 x 42.5 in, Private
Collection

 
Mowing the Lawn, 1910, Oil on canvas, 26 x 21.5 in, Private Collection
 
Navy Recruitment Advertisement, 1918
 
New Year's Baby 1908, Painted in 1907, Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 in,
Private Collection
 
New Year's Baby 1917, Painted in 1916, Oil on canvas, 24 x 18.5 in
 
New Year's Baby, Baby with Dove, 1921, Oil on canvas, 21.5 x 16.75 in
 
New Year's Baby, Jousting, 1923, Oil on canvas, 25.25 x 18.5 in
 
New Year's Baby, 1914, Oil on canvas, 20 x 14 in, Private Collection
 
New Year's Baby, 1912, Oil on canvas, 28.5 x 21.25 in, Private Collection
 
New Year's Baby, 1909, Oil on canvas, 28 x 26 in, Private Collection
 
Order Coal Now, U.S Fuel Admin, c1914
 
Paine's, A Victory Unforeseen, Scribner's Magazine, July 1905
 
Pan American Coffee Producers Ad, 1, No date
 
Pan American Coffee Producers Ad, 2, No date
 
Pan American Coffee Producers Ad, 3, No date
 
Paris Street Scene, Study, 1898, Watercolor, 18.5 x 13 in
 
Patriot and Liberty Bell, No date
 
Poster for Novel, One Fair Daughter, May 1895
 
Poster for University of Pennsylvania, 1906
 
Ready for Thanksgiving Feast, 1919, Oil on canvas, 24 x 18 in
 
Ridolfo and Gismonda, 1906, 29 x 18 in, Oil on canvas
 
Ridolfo, The Coming of the Dawn, A Tale of the Renaissance, Book
cover, 1906
 
River Seine Outside Paris, 1897, Oil on board, 12 x 15 in
 
Roger & Company Printers Ad, 1900
 
S.S. Leviathan, 1918, Oil on canvas, 28 x 42 in
 
Scribners Magazine Poster, Rowing, 1906
 
Sleeping Brother, Study, 1897, Ink on paper, 7.75 x 9.75 in
 
Snowball Fight, 1911, Oil on canvas, 30 x 21 in, Private Collection
 
Soldier and French Girl, 1917, Oil on canvas, 26 x 20 in, Private
Collection
 
Squatted on the Boathouse Floor, 1905, Oil on canvas, 28 x 21 in
 
St. Valentine, This is My Busy Day, 1918, Oil on canvas, 25 x 19 in,
Private Collection
 
Standing Nude, 1897, pencil and white gouache on toned paper, 8.5 x
5.75 in
 
Startled Pilgrim, 1920, Oil on canvas, 26.5 x 19.5 in, Private Collection
 
Success Magazine Poster, Christmas, 1900
 
Success Magazine, Cover, April 1903
 
Success Magazine, Cover, December 1905
 
Success Magazine, Cover, February 1908
 
Success Magazine, Cover, June 1904
 
Thanksgiving, Boy Dreaming of Turkey, 1917, Oil on canvas, 24.25 x 19
in, Private Collection
 
Thanksgiving, Indian Bartering with Pilgrim, 1923, Oil on canvas, 26 x
20 in, Private Collection
 
The American Weekly, Cover, November 24, 1946
 
The American Weekly, July 4, 1948
 
The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, November 1909
 
The Century Magazine, Cuchulain in Battle, January 1907
 
The Century Magazine, Queen Meave, January 1907
 
The Century Magazine's Poster, August 1896
 
The Chap-Book Magazine Poster, 1899
 
The Club-Fellow, Magazine Cover, c1904
 
The Crew Were Borne on Tossing, 1905, Oil on canvas, 30.5 x 22 in
 
The Crimson Conquest, Book cover, 1907
 
The Garden Walk, 1904, Tempera on board, 21.75 x 15.25 in
 
The Huguenot, 250th Anniversary Commission Booklet, No date
 
The Inland Printer Magazine Poster, October 1897
 
The Inland Printer Magazine, Cover, December 1897
 
The Inland Printer Poster, April 1897
 
The Inland Printer, April 1897
 
The Inland Printer, July 1897
 
The Inland Printer, Study, 1897, Charcoal and chalk on paper, 5x4 in
 
 The Inland Printer, Feb 1897

 
The Lady and Her Motorcar, 1906, Oil on canvas, 31 x 21 in, Private
Collection
 
The Literary Digest, December 25, 1915
 
The Literary Digest, September 11, 1909
 
The Minute Man, 1918, Oil on canvas, 25 x 29 in, Private Collection
 
The Pageant and Masque of Saint Louis, Advertisement, May 1914
 
The Politician, 1916, Oil on canvas, 30 x 21 in, Private Collection
 
The Popular Magazine cover, Out or Safe, April 1910
 
The Popular Magazine, Cover, March 1909
 
The Raven, c1910, Charcoal and gouache on paper, 23.5 x 18 in
 
The Rescue of Gismonda, Book illustration, 1906
 
The Saturday Evening Post, Cover, Aug 9, 1924
 
The Saturday Evening Post, August 25, 1923 cover, The Babysitter, Oil
on canvas, 26 x 20 in
 
The Saturday Evening Post, Cover, December 29, 1906
 
The Saturday Evening Post, July 1, 1911
 
The Saturday Evening Post, July 2, 1910
 
The Saturday Evening Post, July 3, 1915
 
The Saturday Evening Post, July 6, 1912
 
The Saturday Evening Post, June 24, 1922
 
The Saturday Evening Post, Cover Illustration, No date, Oil on canvas
 
The Saturday Evening Post, November 30, 1918
 
The War Veteran, Oil on canvas, 25.5 x 18.25 in, 1919, Private
Collection
 
 The Wedding, 1909, Oil on canvas, 15 x 28 in, Private Collection

 
The World's Work Magazine, Cover, November 1901
 
Twas the Night Before Christmas, 1923, Oil on canvas, 28 x 21 in,
Private Collection
 
Two Men Fighting, 1909, Oil on canvas, 31 x 21 in, Private Collection
 
U.S. Marines, Enlist Today, 1918
 
U.S. Navy Recruitment Poster, 1918
 
U.S. Navy, America Calls, Advertisement, 1917
 
Up To Date Magazine Poster, 1, 1899
 
Up To Date Magazine Poster, 2, 1899
 
Up To Date Magazine Poster, 3, 1899
 
Vacation, 1907, Oil on canvas
 
Victorian Lady at the Opera, 1905, Oil on canvas on board, 26 x 18 in
 
War Bonds Poster, General Eisenhower, 1944
 
War Bonds Poster, General MacArthur, 1944
 
Weapons for Liberty, War Bonds Poster, 1917
 
Which, Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 in, 1908, Private Collection
 
William's Novel, Ridolfo, The Coming of the Dawn, 1906
 
Woman with Parasol, Study, 1900, Watercolor and ink on paper, 10 x 7
in
 
Woman's Home Companion Magazine Cover, April 1898
 
Woman's Home Companion Magazine Cover, December 1898
 
Woman's Home Companion Magazine Cover, November 1897
 
Woman's Home Companion Magazine Cover, September 1898
 
World War I Santa, 1918, Oil on canvas, 30 x 21 in, Private Collection
 
Young Boy, His Dog and a Balloon, 1907, Oil on canvas, 29.25 x 21 in,
Private Collection
 
 Bibliography
 

Meyer, Susan E.. America's great illustrators. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1978. Print.
 
Reed, Walt. The illustrator in America, 1900-1960's. New York: Reinhold Pub. Corp., 19671966.
Print.
 
Rockwell, Norman, and Thomas Rockwell. Norman Rockwell: my adventures as an illustrator. [1st
ed. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1960. Print.
 
Steine, Kent, and J. C. Leyendecker. The J.C. Leyendecker Collection: American illustrators poster
book. Portland, Ore.: Collectors Press, 1996. Print.
 
 Top 50 Museums
 

1.     The Louvre, Paris, France

2.     The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, U.S.A
3.     Vatican Museum, Rome, Italy
4.     Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy
5.     Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain
6.     The State Hermitage Museum
7.     The Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A
8.     Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
9.     National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, U.S.A
10.  Pompido, Paris, France
11.  Tate, London, England
12.  The Museum of Modern Art, NY, New York, U.S.A
13.  The British Museum, London, England
14.  Guggenheim, NY, New York, U.S.A
15.  Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, U.S.A
16.  The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A
17.  The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A
18.  Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A
19.  Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, U.S.A
20.  Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia
21.  National Gallery of Victoria, Victoria, Australia
22.  Imperial War Museums, London, England
23.  Museum of London, London, England
24.  The National Gallery, London, England
25.  Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
26.  The Wallace Collection, London, England
27.  National Portrait Gallery, London, England
28.  The Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Cairo Egypt
29.  Giverny, Claude Monet, Giverny, France
30.  Science Museum in Paris, Paris, France
31.  Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France
32.  Pergamon Museum, Berlin, Germany
33.  Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, Germany
34.  National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
35.  The Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya, Japan
36.  Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan
37.  Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
38.  National Museums of Scotland
39.  Asian Civilizations Museum, Singapore
40.  National Museum of Slovenia
41.  Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden
42.  Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland
43.  Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan, China
44.  Rijks Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
45.  Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.A
46.  The National Archaeology Museum of Athens, Greece
47.  Forbidden City, Beijing, China
48.  Vienna's Museum of Natural History, Vienna, Austria
49.  Norton Simon Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A
50.  The Huntington Library, San Marino, California, U.S.A
 
About the Authors

We are a husband and wife team who love to work and spend time together. Whether photographing
landscapes and wildlife or designing an art project, our collaborations are the most rewarding. We
met in college and both graduated with a BA in photography. I am the extrovert, while Denise is the
introvert, it's a near perfect match! (nobody's perfect). Our travels together have covered over 2/3 of
the United States and we are blessed to live on the California Central Coast.

 
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 Table of Contents
Biography
4th of July, 1913, Oil on canvas, 30 x 22 in, Private Collection
A Dainty Breakfast, 1909, Oil on canvas, 30 x 22 in, Private Collection
A Song of Faith, 1, Frontispiece, Delineator Magazine, Dec 1905
A Song of Faith, 2, Back Piece, Delineator Magazine, Dec 1905
A Song of Faith, 3, Delineator Magazine, Dec 1905
A Song of Faith, 4, Delineator Magazine, Dec 1905
A Song of Faith, 5, Delineator Magazine, Dec 1905
A Song of Faith, 6, Delineator Magazine, Dec 1905
A Song of Faith, 7, Delineator Magazine, Dec 1905
A Song of Faith, 8, Delineator Magazine, Dec 1905
Air Force Pilot, 1917, Oil on canvas, 27 x 20 in, Private Collection
Antony and Cleopatra, 1902, Gouache on board, 24 x 15 in, Private
Collection
Arrow Collar Advertisement, 1, 1912, panorama, Oil on canvas
Arrow Collar Advertisement, 2, 1912, panorama, Oil on canvas
Arrow Collar Advertisement, c1929, Oil on canvas
Arrow Collar Advertisement, Alden, 1922, Oil on canvas, 20.5 x 20 in,
Private Collection
Arrow Collar Advertisement, Golf, 1922, Oil on canvas, 29 x 20.5 in,
Private Collection
Arrow Collar Advertisement, In the Stands, 1913, Oil on canvas, 20 x 24 in,
Private Collection
Arrow Collar Advertisement, In the Stands, 1913, Oil on canvas, 21 x 37.5
in, Private Collection
Arrow Collar Advertisement, Man and Woman with Horses, 1914, Oil on
canvas, 17.5 x 24 in, Private Collection
Arrow Collar Advertisement, Man with Tie in Circle, 1919, Oil on canvas,
29.5 x 20.5 in, Private Collection
Arrow Collar Advertisement, c1920, panorama, Oil on canvas
Arrow Collar Advertisement, c1922, Oil on canvas, Private Collection
Arrow Collar advertisement, The Aristocrat of Collars, 1925, Oil on canvas,
14.5 x 78.5 in, Private Collection
Arrow Collar Advertisement, No date
Arrow Collar Advertisements Collage, c1920, Oil on canvas
Arrow Collar Man, Ad for Concord Style Collar, 1910
Arrow Collar Advertisement, 1912
Arrow Collars and Shirts Ad, 1912
Arrow Collars and Shirts Ad, c1913
Arrow Collars and Shirts Ad, 1913
Arrow Collar Advertisement, 1913, Oil on canvas, Private Collection
Arrow Shirt Collar Advertisement, 1914
Arrow Collar Advertisement, 1922, Oil on canvas
Arrow Form-Fit, 1917
Bass Drummer, 1921, Oil on canvas, 27.5 x 20.5 in, Private Collection
Bellhop with Hyacinths, 1914, Oil on canvas, 28 x 20 in, Private Collection
Binner Engraving Co, 1897
Boot Black on Train, c1930
Caught in the Act of the Plan, 1909, Oil on board, 19 x 28 in, Private
Collection
Children under the Mistletoe, 1908, Oil on canvas, 23 x 19 in, Private
Collection
Christmas Prayers, 1921, Oil on canvas, 27.5 x 19.5, Private Collection
Circus Corner, 1908, Oil on canvas, 25 x 21.5 in, The Saturday Evening
Post cover, May 23, 1908
Collier's Weekly, Westward Ho, December 7, 1907
Collier's Weekly, When Shall We Fly, February 23, 1907
Colonial Couple Under the Mistletoe, 1905, Oil on canvas, 22 x 15.25 in,
Private Collection
Consolation, 1905, Oil on canvas on board, 25 x 17 in, Private Collection
Couple in Boat, 1922, Oil on canvas, 20.5 x 29.5 in, Private Collection
Couple on Deck Chairs, 1904, Tempera on board, 16 x 16 in, Private
Collection
Couple on Raft, 1909, Oil on canvas, 30 x 20 in, Private Collection
Dancing Couple, 1930, Oil on canvas, 38 x 24 in, Private Collection
Easter Bonnet, 1921, Oil on canvas, 25.5 x 18.5 in, Private Collection
Easter Girl with Bonnet, 1910, Oil on canvas, 22 x 18 in, Private Collection
Embracing Grandma, 1908, Oil on canvas, 24 x 16 in
Football Hero, 1916, Oil on canvas, 30 x 21 in, Collier's November 18,
1916 cover
Football Player-Drop Kicker, 1912, Oil on canvas, 30 x 20 in, Private
Collection
Football Players, College Football, 1909, Oil on canvas, 26 x 20 in, Private
Collection
Football Players, The Tackle, 1904, Oil on canvas, 21.25 x 19.25, Private
Collection
George Washington, 1927, Oil on canvas, 28.5 x 21.5 in, Private Collection
German Soldier, 1914, Oil on canvas, 30 x 21 in
Get Rich Quick Wallingford, 1907, Oil on canvas, 18 x 18 in, Private
Collection
Get Rich Quick Wallingford, Book cover, 1908
Golf or Tennis, 1910, Oil on canvas, 30 x 21 in, Private Collection
Good Boy, 1915, Oil on canvas, 26 x 22 in
Hudson's Novel, The Crimson Conquest, 1907
In the Banquet Hall, Book illustration, 1906
Indian with Campfire Below, 1923, Oil on canvas, 26 x 18.5 in, Private
Collection
Interwoven Socks Ad, 1924
Interwoven Socks Ad, 1927
Interwoven Socks Ad, c1924
Interwoven Socks, c1928
Interwoven Socks, Famous for Their Colors Study, 1927, Oil on canvas,
21.5 x 14.5 in
Ivory Soap Advertisement, 1900
Ivory Soap It Floats, 1900, Gouache on board, 17.5 x 12.25 in
J Manz and Co Advertisement, 1895
Japan, Her Strength and Her Beauty, Book Cover, 1904
Judge, c1905, Magazine cover
June Graduate, 1920, Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 in, Private Collection
Kellogg's Corn Flakes Ad, 1917
Kellogg's Toasted Corn Flakes Ad, 1915
Kellogg's Toasted Corn Flakes Ad, 1916
Kuppenheimer & Co. Ad, No date
Kuppenheimer Ad, 1921
Kuppenheimer Ad, 1922
Kuppenheimer Ad, 1930
Kuppenheimer, No date
Kuppenheimer Ad, Over The Top, No date
Kuppenheimer Ad, c1921
Kuppenheimer Advertisement for Saturday Evening Post, March 25, 1922
Kuppenheimer Advertisement, Collier's, March 8, 1919
Kuppenheimer Advertisement, New Styles for the New Figure, 1918, Oil
on canvas, 22 x 30 in, Private Collection
Kuppenheimer Good Clothes, Football Players and Fans, c1917, Oil on
canvas, 26 x 60 in, Private Collection
Kuppenheimer Good Clothes, Man and Jockey, 1923, Oil on canvas, 28 x
21 in
Kuppenheimer Good Clothes, Man in Fur Collar Coat, 1917, Oil on canvas,
25.5 x 18.5 in
Kuppenheimer Good Clothes, Record Time, c1920, Oil on canvas, 21.5 x
20.5, Private Collection
Kuppenheimer Good Clothes, Sailor Farewell, 1917, Oil on canvas, 27 x
40.5 in
Kuppenheimer Good Clothes, The Hurdler, 1920, Oil on canvas, 46 x 44 in
Kuppenheimer Good Clothes, Wolfhound, c1923, Oil on board, 26.75 x
20.75 in, Private Collection
Kuppenheimer Style Book Cover, 1918
Kuppenheimer Style Book, 1, 1918
Kuppenheimer Style Book, 2, 1918
Kuppenheimer, Mermaid and Handsome Men, c1923, Oil on canvas, 50 x
38 in
Kuppenheimer, Study, Butterfly Couple, 1923, Oil on canvas, 17 x 13 in
Kuppenheimer, The Homecoming, 1918, Oil on canvas, 28.25 x 42.5 in,
Private Collection
Lady Diving, 1910, Oil on canvas, 16 x 12 in, Private Collection
Lady in Grecian Gown Draping Flowers, Study, 1903, Gouache, watercolor,
conte and ink on board, 11.75 x 15.25 in
Lady with Parasol, 1909, Oil on canvas, 18.5 x 24 in
Leyendecker brothers, Frank and Joe, 1896
Love Songs from the Wagner Opera, Title page, 1902
Love Songs from the Wagner Opera,Siegfried's Song, 1902
Love Songs, Wagner Opera, Brynhilda & Siegfried, 1902
Love Songs, Wagner Opera, Brynhilda's Immolation, 1902
Love Songs, Wagner Opera, Isolde's Love-Death, 1902
Love Songs, Wagner Opera, Sigmund's Love Song, 1902
Love Songs, Wagner Opera, Song to the Evening Star, 1902
Malt Marrow Advertisement, 1889
Man and Woman in Canoe, 1909, Oil on canvas, 29 x 21 in
Man in Mirror, 1909, Oil on canvas, 31 x 21 in, Private Collection
Man in Pajamas, 1909, Oil on canvas, 26.5 x 20.5 in
Man Reading in Circle, 1916, Oil on canvas, 29 x 20 in
McAvoy Malt-Marrow Ad, 1899
Men with Golf Clubs, 1914, Oil on canvas, 20.5 x 42.5 in, Private
Collection
Mowing the Lawn, 1910, Oil on canvas, 26 x 21.5 in, Private Collection
Navy Recruitment Advertisement, 1918
New Year's Baby 1908, Painted in 1907, Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 in, Private
Collection
New Year's Baby 1917, Painted in 1916, Oil on canvas, 24 x 18.5 in
New Year's Baby, Baby with Dove, 1921, Oil on canvas, 21.5 x 16.75 in
New Year's Baby, Jousting, 1923, Oil on canvas, 25.25 x 18.5 in
New Year's Baby, 1914, Oil on canvas, 20 x 14 in, Private Collection
New Year's Baby, 1912, Oil on canvas, 28.5 x 21.25 in, Private Collection
New Year's Baby, 1909, Oil on canvas, 28 x 26 in, Private Collection
Order Coal Now, U.S Fuel Admin, c1914
Paine's, A Victory Unforeseen, Scribner's Magazine, July 1905
Pan American Coffee Producers Ad, 1, No date
Pan American Coffee Producers Ad, 2, No date
Pan American Coffee Producers Ad, 3, No date
Paris Street Scene, Study, 1898, Watercolor, 18.5 x 13 in
Patriot and Liberty Bell, No date
Poster for Novel, One Fair Daughter, May 1895
Poster for University of Pennsylvania, 1906
Ready for Thanksgiving Feast, 1919, Oil on canvas, 24 x 18 in
Ridolfo and Gismonda, 1906, 29 x 18 in, Oil on canvas
Ridolfo, The Coming of the Dawn, A Tale of the Renaissance, Book cover,
1906
River Seine Outside Paris, 1897, Oil on board, 12 x 15 in
Roger & Company Printers Ad, 1900
S.S. Leviathan, 1918, Oil on canvas, 28 x 42 in
Scribners Magazine Poster, Rowing, 1906
Sleeping Brother, Study, 1897, Ink on paper, 7.75 x 9.75 in
Snowball Fight, 1911, Oil on canvas, 30 x 21 in, Private Collection
Soldier and French Girl, 1917, Oil on canvas, 26 x 20 in, Private Collection
Squatted on the Boathouse Floor, 1905, Oil on canvas, 28 x 21 in
St. Valentine, This is My Busy Day, 1918, Oil on canvas, 25 x 19 in, Private
Collection
Standing Nude, 1897, pencil and white gouache on toned paper, 8.5 x 5.75
in
Startled Pilgrim, 1920, Oil on canvas, 26.5 x 19.5 in, Private Collection
Success Magazine Poster, Christmas, 1900
Success Magazine, Cover, April 1903
Success Magazine, Cover, December 1905
Success Magazine, Cover, February 1908
Success Magazine, Cover, June 1904
Thanksgiving, Boy Dreaming of Turkey, 1917, Oil on canvas, 24.25 x 19
in, Private Collection
Thanksgiving, Indian Bartering with Pilgrim, 1923, Oil on canvas, 26 x 20
in, Private Collection
The American Weekly, Cover, November 24, 1946
The American Weekly, July 4, 1948
The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, November 1909
The Century Magazine, Cuchulain in Battle, January 1907
The Century Magazine, Queen Meave, January 1907
The Century Magazine's Poster, August 1896
The Chap-Book Magazine Poster, 1899
The Club-Fellow, Magazine Cover, c1904
The Crew Were Borne on Tossing, 1905, Oil on canvas, 30.5 x 22 in
The Crimson Conquest, Book cover, 1907
The Garden Walk, 1904, Tempera on board, 21.75 x 15.25 in
The Huguenot, 250th Anniversary Commission Booklet, No date
The Inland Printer Magazine Poster, October 1897
The Inland Printer Magazine, Cover, December 1897
The Inland Printer Poster, April 1897
The Inland Printer, April 1897
The Inland Printer, July 1897
The Inland Printer, Study, 1897, Charcoal and chalk on paper, 5x4 in
The Inland Printer, Feb 1897
The Lady and Her Motorcar, 1906, Oil on canvas, 31 x 21 in, Private
Collection
The Literary Digest, December 25, 1915
The Literary Digest, September 11, 1909
The Minute Man, 1918, Oil on canvas, 25 x 29 in, Private Collection
The Pageant and Masque of Saint Louis, Advertisement, May 1914
The Politician, 1916, Oil on canvas, 30 x 21 in, Private Collection
The Popular Magazine cover, Out or Safe, April 1910
The Popular Magazine, Cover, March 1909
The Raven, c1910, Charcoal and gouache on paper, 23.5 x 18 in
The Rescue of Gismonda, Book illustration, 1906
The Saturday Evening Post, Cover, Aug 9, 1924
The Saturday Evening Post, August 25, 1923 cover, The Babysitter, Oil on
canvas, 26 x 20 in
The Saturday Evening Post, Cover, December 29, 1906
The Saturday Evening Post, July 1, 1911
The Saturday Evening Post, July 2, 1910
The Saturday Evening Post, July 3, 1915
The Saturday Evening Post, July 6, 1912
The Saturday Evening Post, June 24, 1922
The Saturday Evening Post, Cover Illustration, No date, Oil on canvas
The Saturday Evening Post, November 30, 1918
The War Veteran, Oil on canvas, 25.5 x 18.25 in, 1919, Private Collection
The Wedding, 1909, Oil on canvas, 15 x 28 in, Private Collection
The World's Work Magazine, Cover, November 1901
Twas the Night Before Christmas, 1923, Oil on canvas, 28 x 21 in, Private
Collection
Two Men Fighting, 1909, Oil on canvas, 31 x 21 in, Private Collection
U.S. Marines, Enlist Today, 1918
U.S. Navy Recruitment Poster, 1918
U.S. Navy, America Calls, Advertisement, 1917
Up To Date Magazine Poster, 1, 1899
Up To Date Magazine Poster, 2, 1899
Up To Date Magazine Poster, 3, 1899
Vacation, 1907, Oil on canvas
Victorian Lady at the Opera, 1905, Oil on canvas on board, 26 x 18 in
War Bonds Poster, General Eisenhower, 1944
War Bonds Poster, General MacArthur, 1944
Weapons for Liberty, War Bonds Poster, 1917
Which, Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 in, 1908, Private Collection
William's Novel, Ridolfo, The Coming of the Dawn, 1906
Woman with Parasol, Study, 1900, Watercolor and ink on paper, 10 x 7 in
Woman's Home Companion Magazine Cover, April 1898
Woman's Home Companion Magazine Cover, December 1898
Woman's Home Companion Magazine Cover, November 1897
Woman's Home Companion Magazine Cover, September 1898
World War I Santa, 1918, Oil on canvas, 30 x 21 in, Private Collection
Young Boy, His Dog and a Balloon, 1907, Oil on canvas, 29.25 x 21 in,
Private Collection
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