Yuletide offerings from German/American illustrator J. C. Leyendecker. Mostly cover art for magazines. Living from 1874 to 1951 his artwork graced newsstands from coast to coast. One that isn’t Christmas in the bunch. . .she snuck in somehow . .. oh well.

Art, Magazine cover or illustration, Uncategorized 1 Minute
Christmas number for 1900. Success Magazine.
Christmas number for 1900. Success Magazine. Fair use license. via http://poulwebb.blogspot.com/2015/03/j-c-leyendecker-part-1.html
December, 1905 artwork for Century Magazine.
December, 1905 artwork for Century Magazine. © 2019 oldimprints.com. Fair use license. via https://www.oldimprints.com/pages/books/55296/j-c-leyendecker/a-christmas-hymn-disbound-section-of-the-century-magazine-december-1905
Madonna and child. Christmas, 1928.
Madonna and child. Christmas, 1928. In the public domain. via https://www.art.com/products/p17724033356-sa-i7066442/joseph-christian-leyendecker-madonna-and-child-december-22-1928.htm?upi=PHX0CJ0&PODConfigID=4986478
Queen Maeve. 1906.
Queen Maeve. 1906. Artwork for Century Magazine, January, 1907. Public domain. via http://poulwebb.blogspot.com/2015/03/j-c-leyendecker-part-1.html

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On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.

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