Comments on: Deco commercial illustrations for Arrow Collars

By: William Joseph Dunn

William Joseph Dunn — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:21:00 +0000

The thing that is amazing about JC Leydendecker’s style, is that even though these painting were done in the 20′s, his work looks so damn current. The only thing that dates his work is the style of the clothes depicted.

By: markfrei

markfrei — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:16:00 +0000

I’ve not seen any bios of Leyendecker – it would be facinating to read an account of his and his partner’s high flying life during the 20′s.

By: chris coreline

chris coreline — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:02:00 +0000

I was never a fan of Art Deco whilst young, but i think i have growen into it now i am not as young, the twenties were such a misterious time, historically overshadowed by the wars on either side of them and culturally upstaged by the renasence of jazz and blues which went on to be the root from which our current cultural refrence sprang.

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By: HenryPootel

HenryPootel — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 22:40:00 +0000

Leyendecker’s style was an influence on the art style of Valve’s Team Fortress 2 game BTW

By: tmccartney66

tmccartney66 — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:49:00 +0000

I killed a Big Daddy near one of those posters.

By: AngerMonkey

AngerMonkey — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:01:00 +0000

I generally feel like Livejournal is fairly useless, but the Vintage-Ads community is unquestionably one of my favorite things on the internet.

By: penguinchris

penguinchris — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 07:49:00 +0000

No… she’s looking down and to her right, and he’s looking away to his left. They may be in the general tango position, but there is much more on their minds than that.

What’s most striking about these to me is that the guy’s tuxedo literally doesn’t exist – there’s no area in either one where his tuxedo is in front of the girl, and the whole thing is the exact same color as the background. So what you’re seeing is just the collar and the shirt, which is the product being advertised.

As a photographer normally we’d try to avoid clothing blending in with the background, but it works amazingly well here and it’s inspired me… now I have photoshoot ideas.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 06:17:00 +0000

You can e-mail me to ask me to check, but I’m not here 24 hours, especially on weekends. With any luck the current filter spasm will be over shortly and we can go back to it being a rare problem. Believe me that you can’t be as irritated as I am with the current state of affairs.

By: hypnosifl

hypnosifl — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 06:11:00 +0000

What would you suggest I do if a comment gets caught in the spam filter, if not try to re-submit it later (and I did wait several hours) with a different wording? Do mods consistently check the spam filter, so if I wait long enough it should be reinstated?

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 05:19:00 +0000

FYI – your comment and the subsequent ones were in the spam filter.

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By: cymk

cymk — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 04:25:00 +0000

I got a coffee table book of Leyendecker’s work; awesome stuff in there.

@facebook-100002601661770:disqus : While yes, rockwell became better know for his Saturday Evening Post covers; Leyendecker also did covers for SEP, as well as a few other magzines of the time.

By: knoxblox

knoxblox — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 03:59:00 +0000

I think she’s looking back over her shoulder…probably at that mole that’s been bothering her for the last 15 years.

By: wafna

wafna — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 01:04:00 +0000

David Smith & Ocker3: the couple in the picture on the right are probably doing the tango. The positioning and direction of their faces are appropriate to the moves of the dance.

By: ocker3

ocker3 — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:49:00 +0000

He’s looking away as well, perhaps things aren’t going right between them. Looking good even while being unhappy is a selling point too, and making everyone always happy in your work probably gets boring for artist and audience

By: David Smith

David Smith — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:31:00 +0000

The picture on the right. What is she looking at? This has always baffled me.

By: hypnosifl

hypnosifl — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 23:33:00 +0000

this scan of the same ad (from this blog post) doesn't have the "mole" there, I wonder if it was just some damage to that one copy of the ad, or something caught in the scanner.

By: Samuel Cohen

Samuel Cohen — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 21:00:00 +0000

Anyone else find it odd that the artist opted to keep the female model’s shoulder mole in the painting? Personally, I find it to be relatable and, dare I say, alluring… and it helps to make the arrow brand approachable to the everyday man. But still…

By: Kurt

Kurt — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 20:01:00 +0000

Here’s another one.

By: knoxblox

knoxblox — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 19:21:00 +0000

It should also be added that Leyendecker’s lines utilized a certain lyricism in the curvature and spacing that few artists can compare to these days. I wouldn’t be surprised if he had consciously studied and utilized dynamic symmetry in his work.

By: snagglepuss

snagglepuss — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 19:10:00 +0000

Swayve and deboner. I refuse to even consider the possibility that my parents EVER looked like that.

By: Brent Kirkham

Brent Kirkham — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:38:00 +0000

Mucha rocks, these are great because the way was paved. They are beautiful. Standing on the shoulders of giants.

By: ocker3

ocker3 — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:31:00 +0000

I was trying to come up with something worth saying, but these are just Good!

By: Spitty Sumo

Spitty Sumo — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:16:00 +0000

it frustrates me that rockwell became better-known than leyendecker — the latter was the superior artist, and the former was rather often “inspired” by his works.

By: Darren Tange

Darren Tange — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:02:00 +0000

The one on the right helped inspire one of my favorite paintings of the Joker by Alex Ross.

http://www.ypress.org/files/image/harleyquinn1024.jpg