Monday, December 19, 2011

Monday Morning Museum: Joseph Christian Leyendecker




Joseph Christian Leyendecker – Monday 23 March 1874 Montabaur, Germany to Wednesday 25 July 1951 New Rochelle, New York

American Golden Age Illustrator


In anticipation of the upcoming holiday here is Leyendecker’s - Three Kings, 1900 – and the first verse of “We Three Kings Of Orient Are”

We three kings of Orient are
Bearing gifts we traverse afar.
Field and fountain, moor and mountain,
Following yonder star.




Last Monday’s Artist – Eugène Delacroix
Next Monday’s Artist – Edward Hopper

Images:
Left: The August, 1896 from the website metmuseum.org
Center: At Tea, date unknown from the website metmuseum.org
Right: Couple Descending Stairs, date unknown from the website cgfa.acropolisinc.com
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent


Monday Morning Museum logo created by Adrean Darce Brent

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