Classic Covers: A Hint of Spring
We are over it! We’re through with snow and slush, and we’re seeking hints of spring from our finest cover artists: Rockwell, Leyendecker, Dohanos, Falter, Clymer and more.
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Tag Archives: j.c. leyendecker
Classic Ads: Wish List for a 20th Century Christmas
From an Edison Phonograph in 1909 to a new Plymouth in 1951 (ad by Norman Rockwell!), we’ve found decades of great Christmas ads from a bygone era.
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Classic Covers: Halloween, 100 Years Ago
Jack-o’-lanterns, masks, and merriment—in the early 1900s, the ghoulish holiday wasn’t so different than it is today.
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Art: Till the Cows Come Home
A bevy of bovine beauties, from the humorous to the picturesque, appeared on our covers. Who knew cows were so popular with illustrators?
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Classic Art: Frank X, The Other Leyendecker
J.C. Leyendecker was known as the artist with the golden touch. But there was another artist in the family, younger brother Frank.
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Classic Art: J.C. Leyendecker
From portraits of great leaders, to comical scenes, to the sumptuous and elaborate art he is known for, we love J.C. Leyendecker!
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Classic Ads: The Art of Advertising
Ah, the golden age of illustration, when some of the most fabulous artwork can be found…in advertisements.
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Classic Covers: Baseball
It’s spring! Wouldn’t you rather be playing ball?
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Classic Covers: Happy Birthday, J.C. Leyendecker
We’re celebrating the spring birthday of our most prolific cover artist.
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Classic Covers: Thanksgiving
Norman Rockwell and his mentor, J.C. Leyendecker, not only created more Post covers than any other artists, their art helped shape the way Americans think about Thanksgiving. The Saturday Evening Post is giving thanks for its two greatest artists.
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Classic Covers: The Art of Halloween
It’s that time again…the apples are bobbing, black cats are screeching and Jack-O-Lanterns are lit. Join us for some Halloween art from sweet to scary!
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Classic Covers: The Art of Golfing
A reader wanted a reprint of 1925 Post cover “Miserable Golfer”, when led me to a treasure trove of golfing covers.
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Classic Covers: Thank Heavens for Little Girls
I found decades of covers showing little girls doing what girls do. Narrowing it down to a few was difficult. Hint: They aren’t all sugar and spice and everything nice.
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Classic Covers: Celebrating Valentine’s Day
Sometimes it’s best to remain a secret Valentine, like this young lady. “V” day covers from as far back as 1904 celebrate love day.
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Classic Covers: The Art of Impressing Girls
Okay, supposedly little boys don’t like little girls. They why do they go to so much trouble to impress them? With Valentine’s Day approaching, these Post covers show how to win a girl’s heart – or not.
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Classic Covers: A Kiss Under the Mistletoe
“…the Yule log and Christmas candle were regularly burnt, and the mistletoe, with its white berries, hung up, to the imminent peril of all the pretty housemaids,” wrote Washington Irving (1783-1859). This Victorian couple under the mistletoe was on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post December 15, 1900. How many people have our cover artists caught under that infamous plant?
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Classic Covers: A Soldier’s Christmas
Shopping, decorating and lots of Santas: that’s what Saturday Evening Post Christmas covers are made of. But we wanted to remember those serving overseas this holiday season.
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