Monday, November 13th, 2006
the Leyendecker show..pt1.
last weekend some friends and I went to see the Leyendecker exibit at the Haggin museum in the art mecca of Stockton, Ca. Going to the show my expectations were real low, come on how many pieces could there possibly be, 5 -6? At least the trip was planned so we would get in for free, the first saturday of every month is free admission. The drive there was about a hour and a half and once inside the museum, I was suprised to say the least. The museum had quite a collection, I mean some real great painters, Bouguereau, Jean-Leon Gerome and about 30 pieces of JC Leyendecker to top it off. I’m not going to bore anyone with extensive analysis fo why I think he is so great. Although here are two little facts I found there that made sense to me as to why his paintings are so solid compared to other painters at the time. He studied with John Vanderpoel in Chicago, then he and his brother went to abroad and studied with Bouguereau at the Bouguereau at the Académie Julian and not the Ecoel des Beaux-arts.(thanks Tod) Enough talk, here are some images:
This one was one of my favorites at the show.
btw: A big thanks to the people at the Haggin museum for allowing people to photograph the paintings.
more to come..
on Monday, November 13th, 2006 at 4:51 pm:
dang. Sweetness. I was just going to scan some of his work from a Sat. Even. Post cook book, amazing work. Wow 30 pieces! How long is the showing going for? I’m still bummed I missed a Rockwell exhibit in San Diego a while back. This is another one I would love to see.
on Monday, November 13th, 2006 at 8:02 pm:
the show is up until early December. If you get the chance check it out. I’m going to post some more soon. Let me know when you scan that sat. evening post cook book.
lo
on Tuesday, November 14th, 2006 at 1:24 am:
holy #&%*ing hell.
that looks amaaaaazing.
i mean, i’m used to seeing his illustrations in books and online, but WOW. that looks astounding. thanks for posting, louis.
on Thursday, November 16th, 2006 at 11:51 pm:
Simply amazing! Everything is so well designed, great shapes. Can’t wait to catch it in Dec. Thanks for posting the close up pics.
on Monday, November 27th, 2006 at 1:06 pm:
very nice, thanks for the photos. I really wish I could see the originals but the detail photos are very useful
thanks
on Tuesday, November 28th, 2006 at 7:13 pm:
Beautiful. We’re adding you to our links list and we’ll visit again! Cheers!
on Saturday, December 2nd, 2006 at 9:45 am:
Thanks for the exposure. A number of bloggers have helped spread the word about our Leyendecker exhibition. The CHRONICLE apparently has no interest in the show, even though we ran an ad in their Sunday Edition’s Datebook.
Just for the record, Joe and Frank studied under Bouguereau at the Académie Julian, not the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.
Thanks again for the kind words.
on Sunday, December 3rd, 2006 at 10:46 pm:
thank you everyone, this show is the kinda thing that doesn’t happen very often, so why not share.
Tod- it is a real shame the Chronical didn’t do anything with the show.
on Thursday, December 7th, 2006 at 3:40 pm:
thanks for sharing this, I’d really love to see his original work up close!
on Monday, April 9th, 2007 at 7:23 pm:
Man, thanks for posting these. I was in N.California when I found out about these, had a week to see it, and then had to nurse my wife’s double-pneumonia so missed it.
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