J. C. Leyendecker - A Close-Up Look at His Paintings - LiveStream #22 SchaeferArt
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Leyendecker sculpts his figures through paint as if they were a glazed terra cotta bas-relief. The secular white highlight gives them a plastic sheen. The warm reddish tone comes off as terra cotta. Plus, he uses architectural elements Robbia used, i. e. decorative carved frame, columns, pedestals.
Frans Hal brushstrokes, yea, in addition to Van Gogh (33: 00 woman looks roughly similiar to Gogh's -Potato Eaters) and Toulouse Lautrec's loose brushwork.
Interestingly, J. C. L. attended Academie Julian in Paris as did John Singer Sargent.
Thanks for the close up views and more.
P. s. appears, not sure, Leyendecker similiar to his Old English Gothic lettering (9: 04 golden medallion or halo around women's head) painted a dark and light side to an area to give an embossed effect to pop out a figure from the larger flat background. Then, adding a cartoonish black outline to further differentiate it from the ground for quick easy readability. It was advertising.
Amazingly, his lettering was very good.
One thing that sorta interests me is how the clothing folds if isolated by themselves look like crumbled metal or machinery parts. Guess, his later over laided pencil triangular grid effected where he placed certain features. 33: 00 the women's face, again, eyes, cheekbones, appear to line up with the grid.
Date: 2022-03-09
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SAUL
you should put your poppy oil-linseed oil on a shelf that gets sunlight. it bleaches it. Today you buy expensive art linseed oil? the paints are also heavily saturated with oil. the white paint is crud, and needs to be left on card to lose oil. his drawings are idealized referenced. he simplifies it into angled anatomy. he's cross hatching oil paint? which is not often done. everyone else tries to blen it, he lets the viewer blend it. using rigger brushwork on the hair. highlights are great. the colour is for print production of that time. a weird orange, instead of red. greys, black. the saturday post palette. i had covers from the original magazines. Someone cut off. They were not getting a good print process.
this guy is next level. i prefer his work to Norman Rockwell. the Bold first touch strokes, like calligraphy. no fear of the canvas.
amazing. why the fk would people buy abstracts after seeing this? zoom into any corner, best abstract paintings are in his details.
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you should put your poppy oil-linseed oil on a shelf that gets sunlight. it bleaches it. Today you buy expensive art linseed oil? the paints are also heavily saturated with oil. the white paint is crud, and needs to be left on card to lose oil. his drawings are idealized referenced. he simplifies it into angled anatomy. he's cross hatching oil paint? which is not often done. everyone else tries to blen it, he lets the viewer blend it. using rigger brushwork on the hair. highlights are great. the colour is for print production of that time. a weird orange, instead of red. greys, black. the saturday post palette. i had covers from the original magazines. Someone cut off. They were not getting a good print process.
this guy is next level. i prefer his work to Norman Rockwell. the Bold first touch strokes, like calligraphy. no fear of the canvas.
amazing. why the fk would people buy abstracts after seeing this? zoom into any corner, best abstract paintings are in his details.
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J.
Most oil painters from 19th- early 20th century used sun thickened drying oils (before stand oil was invented. When exposed to direct sunlight the oil would thicken and the UV rays would bleach raw darker oils so they wouldn't yellow (as much) later on after being applied to the canvas or mixed with oil paints. Many drying oils used (walnut, poppy, and linseed) were placed in shallow lead plates out in the sun and the oils would dissolve some lead into it which would allow the oil to dry even faster on the canvas (Sun bleached, sun thickened, leaded drying oils. Many painters would also make their own varnishes/mediums with the thinners, waxes, thickened drying oils and tree resins that were available at the time.
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Most oil painters from 19th- early 20th century used sun thickened drying oils (before stand oil was invented. When exposed to direct sunlight the oil would thicken and the UV rays would bleach raw darker oils so they wouldn't yellow (as much) later on after being applied to the canvas or mixed with oil paints. Many drying oils used (walnut, poppy, and linseed) were placed in shallow lead plates out in the sun and the oils would dissolve some lead into it which would allow the oil to dry even faster on the canvas (Sun bleached, sun thickened, leaded drying oils. Many painters would also make their own varnishes/mediums with the thinners, waxes, thickened drying oils and tree resins that were available at the time.
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Bruno
Speaking of that Hals influence, I feel like it's a common thing amongst both visual artists and thinkers/philosophers etc, that people come up with a similar thing at different times and might be completely unrelated. In this case I'm pretty sure Leyendecker did study many other artists and took a lot from it, but it might've been the contrary. It's like, when you get a thought, you can't guarantee that no one has ever thought the same thing before. It does not imply that nothing is unique, but it's like a constant rediscovery we're up to.
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Speaking of that Hals influence, I feel like it's a common thing amongst both visual artists and thinkers/philosophers etc, that people come up with a similar thing at different times and might be completely unrelated. In this case I'm pretty sure Leyendecker did study many other artists and took a lot from it, but it might've been the contrary. It's like, when you get a thought, you can't guarantee that no one has ever thought the same thing before. It does not imply that nothing is unique, but it's like a constant rediscovery we're up to.
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Leif
After his death in 1951, his sister, Augusta, and his lover Charles Beach, who is also a model that he met in 1904 and appears on hundreds of his paintings, held a yard sale in their home in New Rochelle, New York. They sold his canvases for $75 each. The curator at the Haggin in the 1970s contacted the sister and started a correspondence with her. As she vlbegan to trust in Meyer him, she sent him many paintings that she didn-t sell. That-s how the collection began.
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After his death in 1951, his sister, Augusta, and his lover Charles Beach, who is also a model that he met in 1904 and appears on hundreds of his paintings, held a yard sale in their home in New Rochelle, New York. They sold his canvases for $75 each. The curator at the Haggin in the 1970s contacted the sister and started a correspondence with her. As she vlbegan to trust in Meyer him, she sent him many paintings that she didn-t sell. That-s how the collection began.
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Leif
Leyendecker did 322 Saturday Evening Post. After World War II, the SEO was looking in different directions for their covers, and discontinued hiring Leyendecker. Rockwell, who was still in tremendous demand at SEP, refused any commissions after he reached his 321st cover because he wanted Leyendecker to hold the title of the artist who did the most covers. This demonstrates, not only what a noble man Rockwell was, but how greatly he esteemed Leyendecker.
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Leyendecker did 322 Saturday Evening Post. After World War II, the SEO was looking in different directions for their covers, and discontinued hiring Leyendecker. Rockwell, who was still in tremendous demand at SEP, refused any commissions after he reached his 321st cover because he wanted Leyendecker to hold the title of the artist who did the most covers. This demonstrates, not only what a noble man Rockwell was, but how greatly he esteemed Leyendecker.
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RiteAsRain
I thought of Norman Rockwell straightaway. This guy is amazing, love his white backgrounds with the strokes showing, very original. The temptation for me is to blend it but his way is so striking. His negative painting is amazing too and interesting the yellow ochre base skin colour. Will try that for sure. The grid makes me think he used photo refs gridded up and was sizing it up.
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I thought of Norman Rockwell straightaway. This guy is amazing, love his white backgrounds with the strokes showing, very original. The temptation for me is to blend it but his way is so striking. His negative painting is amazing too and interesting the yellow ochre base skin colour. Will try that for sure. The grid makes me think he used photo refs gridded up and was sizing it up.
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Mario
A nice introspection into some of JC Leyendecker's work. My artist sister introduced his works to me in 1974 and I've loved his work ever since and took note to his Chesterfield cigarette ads on the NYC subways back in the day. Saying JC Layendecker was a brilliant artist / illustrator is an understatement.
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A nice introspection into some of JC Leyendecker's work. My artist sister introduced his works to me in 1974 and I've loved his work ever since and took note to his Chesterfield cigarette ads on the NYC subways back in the day. Saying JC Layendecker was a brilliant artist / illustrator is an understatement.
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Leif
Pure Genius ) ) How I envy the fact you are 1 hours drive away from such a collection. Here in northern British Columbia we have only lovely trees. I mean the ones that have not burned yet. Thanks for this very intimate portrait of Leyendecker. stunning eye popping beauty.
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Pure Genius ) ) How I envy the fact you are 1 hours drive away from such a collection. Here in northern British Columbia we have only lovely trees. I mean the ones that have not burned yet. Thanks for this very intimate portrait of Leyendecker. stunning eye popping beauty.
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Evangeline
Very interesting. I'd never heard of him. Loved the expressive marks he used. To me, it depicts a sense of movement, of capturing a spontaneous moment in time. Painting a picture of Elissa taking over the world in her cap and gown would be great!
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Very interesting. I'd never heard of him. Loved the expressive marks he used. To me, it depicts a sense of movement, of capturing a spontaneous moment in time. Painting a picture of Elissa taking over the world in her cap and gown would be great!
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