Joseph Christian Leyendecker Shades Of Colors And Lines

Joseph Christian Leyendecker – Shades of Colors and lines Joseph Christian Leyendecker a German-American Illustrator and Painter emigrated to Chicago in 1882 from Germany at the age of sixteen with his parents. He studied under John H. Vanderpoel One of his paintings titled â€Å"With Admiral Togo Off Port Arthur†, a medium of oil on canvas with the framed dimensions of 31 x 23 x 2 inches, and unframed 27 1/8 x 19 inches. This painting was started in September of 1903 but not quite sure when the finished painting was completed. Another painting of J.C. Leyendecker’s work, titled â€Å"Kellogg’s Kid, girl 8-10, a medium of oil on canvas with dimensions of framed 21x 20 x 1 inches and unframed 17 x 16 1/8 inches was painted in 1916. Both paintings†¦show more content†¦Above the admiral is the shaded the battleship’s battery with large caliber guns sticking out. The name of Collier’s is painted large orange letters with black outline and the title is painted thin black letters traced in orange. The â€Å"Kellogg’s Kid† girl 8-10 painting shows the confidence of the painter. The background of the painting is black bringing out the figure of the child, like a three d painting. The lighting giving the illusion that the child is closer to you. Her hair is blonde with highlights of white streaks, the wispy strands of hair shown on both sides of her apple cheek face. Her complexion is like a milky white with tones of brown shadowing her neck and hands. Her fingers have a pinkish tone to give the impression that she is holding tight to her off white bowl as she pours the milk from a creamer spout into the both bowl of yellow and orange tone for the cereal with red strawberries. The flat plate under the bowl, bowl and creamer stand out with the color of orange painted around the edges. On her apple check face, shades of orange are on both cheeks and on lips. Her smile and soft edged coloration teeth blended together. It’s almost impossible not to look at Leyendec kers’ paintings in amazement. Both paintings were created in the historical context of the Progressive Eras, 1896-1916. Where the widespread of activism and political reform were taking place. The main objective was to eliminate the corruption in government.