If you are reading these posts and are a long time Leyendecker fan, I'm sure my write up on these works hasn't broken any new ground for you. However, my hope is that you might on a visual level as I post rare works and close ups, something the two main Leyendecker books don't get into as much.
For those new to Leyendecker's work, I hope this has inspired you to seek out more information and works on this artist who was Norman Rockwell's hero.
And for the new and old fans, I hope this inspires a trip out to the Haggin Museum in Stockton, California. The gold mines use to be farther up the highway in the foothills but, today, there remains a great one half hidden away at the Haggin.
Many thanks to the fine folks at the Haggin Museum for their help and assistance.
Thank you so much for offering your research online. For those of us who can never have enough of Leyendecker’s work every new one is a fantastic opportunity to reach a little bit closer to that great artist
ReplyDeleteThese are fantastic! Photos or rarely/never seen studies, closeups of finished paintings! Thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteFor anyone interested, I have an original JC Leyendecker oil study for an SEP cover on eBay.
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