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J.C. Leyendecker: America's 'Other' Illustrator January 31 - May 10, 2009
Retrospective of famed American illustrator will comprise original paintings and drawings, including covers for The Saturday Evening Post and advertisements for Arrow Collars and Shirts. Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874-1951) was born in Germany and came to Chicago as a child in 1882. He apprenticed at the Chicago engraving house of J. Manz & Company, where he advanced to a full-time position as staff artist, while attending the Chicago Art Institute. He studied in Paris for two years at Académie Julian, under the tutelage of Jean Paul Laurens and Benjamin Constant. The famous neo-classical artist Adolphe Bouguereau then directed the school, and Leyendecker was considered by all three masters to be the brightest student at the Académie. Leyendecker learned, while in Paris, that a good artist could have a rewarding and lucrative career as an illustrator and decided to devote himself to that pursuit; he seldom deviated from his chosen field throughout his long career. Between 1898 and 1918 Leyendecker created forty-eight cover paintings for COLLIER'S magazine, and in 1899 the artist executed his first SATURDAY EVENING POST cover. It was the first of the 322 covers he would produce for the magazine, more than any other artist working for the SATURDAY EVENING POST, including Norman Rockwell. His popularity was due to his ability to convey the essence of both everyday life in America and international events through paintings that reflected his unique sense of drama, romanticism, and humor. In 1905 he received his most important commission when hired by Cluett, Peabody & Company, Inc., which manufactured Arrow Brand shirt collars. The ''Arrow Collar Man'', as well as the images he created for Kuppenheimer Suits and Inter-woven Socks, soon came to define the fashionable American male of the early 20th century. As part of an advertising campaign for Kellogg's Corn Flakes, Leyendecker created a series of children's images that are as winsome and winning today as when they were created more than 90 years ago. Organized By The HagginMuseum, Stockton, California
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Dutch New York: The year 2009 marks the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s voyage up the Hudson River. This major exhibition and its accompanying publication will explore New York’s Dutch roots and the differing ways Dutch-influenced culture has been interpreted throughout New York’s long history. From legends and celebration to scholarly critique and analysis, New Yorkers’ understanding of their unique heritage has changed over the years and contributed to the distinctive culture that is New York today. The exhibition will explore five key moments of Dutch influence: 1609, when the Half Moon entered New York harbor; 1709, during a period when Dutch culture continued to thrive under English rule; 1809, when Washington Irving’s popular stories began to romanticize Dutch heritage; 1909, when the Hudson-Fulton Celebration attempted to create a common Dutch past for a rapidly growing nation; and 2009, at a moment when the very concept of historical “celebration” is increasingly debated. These stories will be illustrated through a rich array of paintings, prints, photographs, furniture, decorative arts, maps and ephemera from the Museum and other collections. Major lenders include the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the New-York Historical Society, and Yale University Art Gallery. The exhibition is being co-curated by Roger Panetta, Adjunct Curator of History, Hudson River Museum and Visiting Professor of History at Fordham University; Bartholomew F. Bland, Curator of Exhibitions, Hudson River Museum, and Laura L. Vookles, Chief Curator of Collections, Hudson River Museum. Eminent outside scholars will provide expertise and contribute to the accompanying publication, which will have national distribution through Fordham University Press. |
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