Biografie von Joseph Christian LEYENDECKER (1874-1951)

Birth place: Montabaur, Germany

Death place: New Rochelle, NY

Addresses: Came to Chicago from Germany in 1882; living New Rochelle, NY, 1951

Profession: Illustrator, painter

Studied: AIC; Acad. Julian, Paris, with Bouguereau, J.P. Laurens & Constant, 1895-96; Acad. Colarossi, 1896-98.

Exhibited: Salon Champs Du Mars, 1897 (solo); AIC,1899. Award: poster-cover, Century, 1896 (prize).

Member: SC.

Comments: The most successful commercial illustrator of his era, he is best known for his ads for the "Arrow Collar Man," which created a sensation and brought him a fortune (which he spent freely through the 1930s and died destitute). He created 321 covers for the Saturday Evening Post, beginning 1899.