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LEYENCKER: NORMAN ROCKWELL, BUT FIRST AND MAKE IT GAYIN HIS TIME ONE OF AMERI'S MOST CELEBRATED ILLTRATORS, LEYENCKER FAD OM NSCNS AFTER HIS ATH, BUT HE'S MAKG A {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY JEFF TAYLOROCTOBER 23, 2019/4:52 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:955PX;WIDTH:731PX;}LEYENCKER/SATURDAY EVENG POSTBY JEFF TAYLOROCTOBER 23, 2019 / 4:52 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"J.C. LEYENCKER: NORMAN ROCKWELL, BUT FIRST AND MAKE IT GAY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-10-23T20:52:19.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-10-23T20:52:19.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"JEFF TAYLOR","KEYWORDS":"LGBTQ HISTORY MONTH, ART","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHANC ARE YOU'VE HEARD THE NAME NORMAN ROCKWELL, FAMED PATER OF IDYLLIC AMERINA SCEN THAT GRACED THE VERS OF HUNDREDS OF EDNS OF THE SATURDAY EVENG POST DURG THE 1900S, BUT JT AS LIKELY YOU HAVEN'T HEARD OF HIS PRECSOR: ONE JOSEPH CHRISTIAN (J.C.) LEYENCKER.PUBLIC DOMAPORTRAS OF ARTISTS OM ARCHIV OF AMERIN ART, SMHSONIAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PORTRAS OF ARTISTS OM ARCHIV OF AMERIN ART, SMHSONIAN INSTUTN (PUBLIC DOMA, PHOTOGRAPHER UNKNOWN){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROCKWELL SAW LEYENCKER AS ONE OF HIS MA SPIRATNS, AND HE IS REGULARLY LLED ROCKWELL'S "MENTOR." HE TOO CREATED HUNDREDS OF VERS FOR THE SATURDAY EVENG POST, AND CREATED ADVERTORIAL ILLTRATNS, MOST NOTABLY THE FAMO "ARROW COLLAR MAN," AND THE "CHTERFIELD MAN," BOTH OF WHICH WERE SEEN AS THE ULTIMATE MALE SEX SYMBOL THEIR DAY, PECIALLY THE FORMER, WHO WAS LIVERED WH A MIX OF GGEDNS AND REFEMENT THAT HELPED FE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN FACT, 'S BELIEVED THE ARROW COLLAR MAN IS WHO IS BEG REFERENCED BY DAISY THE GREAT GATSBY WHEN SHE TELLS THE NOVEL'S NAMAKE THAT HE LOOKS "SO OL," REMBLG "THE ADVERTISEMENT OF THE MAN."2019 NATNAL MM OF AMERIN ILLTRATN, NEWPORT, RI. PHOTO URTY AMERIN ILLTRATORS GALLERY, NEW YORK, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHASE, ARROW COLLAR, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROCKWELL WAS SO TAKEN BY LEYENCKER AND HIS WORK THAT HE DID EVERYTHG HE ULD TO ABSORB THE MAN'S ARTISTIC STYLE, AND EVEN HIS VERY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS HE WROTE HIS TOBGRAPHY, MY ADVENTUR AS AN ILLTRATOR, WHERE HE SAID HE, AS AMERIN ILLTRATORS GALLERY SUMMARIZED, "FOLLOWED LEYENCKER AROUND NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK, EMULATG LEYENCKER’S SWAGGER, OR LIMP AS WERE, AND 'ATTU.'"LEYENCKER/(C) 2019 NATNAL MM OF AMERIN ILLTRATN, NEWPORT, RI. PHOTO URTY AMERIN ILLTRATORS GALLERY, NEW YORK, NYRERD TIME, COOL SUMMER COMFORT —HOE OFKUPPENHEIMER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RERD TIME, COOL SUMMER COMFORT—HOE OF KUPPENHEIMER ADVERTISEMENT, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE ROCKWELL WAS TRANSPARENT ABOUT HIS FLUENCE, AND WHILE LEYENCKER WAS WELL KNOWN HIS DAY, HIS NAME HAS BEEN LARGELY FOTTEN, WH ROCKWELL'S WORK REPLACG HIS THE LLECTIVE AMERIN NSCNS AS THE QUTSENTIAL 20TH CENTURY AMERIN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PART OF THIS NEWFOUND TERT THE MAN AND HIS WORK HAS LED TO A EPER DISCSN OF HIS PERSONAL LIFE, CLUDG THE FACT THAT HE WAS GAY.J.C. LEYENCKER/LIBRARY OF CONGRS/CORBIS/VCG VIA GETTY IMAG"ARROW COLLARS & SHIRTS" ADVERTISG POSTER BY JOSEPH CHRISTIAN LEYENCKER (PHOTO BY LIBRARY OF CONGRS/CORBIS/VCG VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ARROW COLLARS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEYENCKER, WHO EMIGRATED TO THE UNED STAT OM GERMANY WH HIS FAY, WHICH CLUD HIS BROTHER, FRANK XAVIER (F.X.) LEYENCKER—A TALENTED ILLTRATOR HIS OWN RIGHT, WHO IS ALSO BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN GAY—MET 17-YEAR-OLD MOL CHARL BEACH WHEN HE WAS 29. HE WAS TAKEN BY THE YOUNG MAN'S GOOD LOOKS AND BEGAN G HIM HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE WOULD BEE THE PROTOTYPE FOR THE ARROW COLLAR MAN, AND ALSO BE ED AS A REFERENCE MOL FOR A NUMBER OF HIS OTHER PROJECTS. THE TWO WOULD GO ON TO LIVE TOGETHER FOR THE MAJORY OF THEIR ADULT LIV, PRUMED TO BE PARTNERS. BEACH WOULD ALSO SERVE AS LEYENCKER'S BS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE LEYENCKER'S ILLTRATNS MIGHT SEEM TAME BY TODAY'S STANDARDS, HIS LOVE FOR THE MALE FORM AND MASCULY GENERALLY IS EVINT. HE WAS FOND OF PICTG MEN ATHLETIC AND HEROIC SCEN, AND MANY OF HIS WORKS HAVE BEEN NOTED FOR NTAG MEN ENGAGED WHAT SOME HAVE READ AS LONGG GAZ.LEYENCKER/ARROW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ARROW ADVERTISEMENT ILLTRATN, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A PIECE ON THE ARTIST FOR THE LOS ANGEL TIM, PUBLISHED 2008 AND PROMPTED BY THE PUBLITN OF THE BOOK J.C. LEYENCKER: AMERIN IMAGIST, REPORTER CAROLYN KELLOGG OFFERS SOME SIGHT TO HOW HE PTURED THE PHYSIQUE OF HIS BELOVED "MANLY MEN":{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEYENCKER’S EARLY STYLE—A CROSSHATCHED BSH STROKE THAT TURNED SOFT SURFAC TO SHARP PLAN—RERCED BEACH’S CHISELED GOOD LOOKS. WHEN HIS DYNAMIC CROSSHATCHG FAD TO SOFTER FILLS, LEYENCKER ENHANCED THE MANLS OF HIS SUBJECTS OTHER WAYS: HE L A SGLE LIGHT AND OILED THE MCL OF HIS MOLS FOR DRAMATIC NTOURG. IN AN EARLY MOCK-UP OF AN IVORY SOAP AD, AN ERECTN IS PROMENT THE FOLDS OF A BATHROBE. DES BEFORE FEMIST LRA MULVEY WROTE ABOUT THE MALE GAZE OBJECTIFYG WOMEN, LEYENCKER TURNED HIS GAZE TOWARD HANDSOME MEN AND CREATED WILY CIRCULATED INS OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHAT YOU DO NOT FD LEYENCKER’S WORK IS THE NAKED FEMALE BODY," LLECTOR ALEDO VILLANUEVA-COLLADO HAS NOTED. "IT IS NEVER SHOWN ANYWHERE. AND ’S TERTG BEE ONE OF HIS FLUENC WAS ALPHONSE MUCHA, WHO DID MANY SEMI-EXPOSED WOMEN, BUT LEYENCKER DID NOT. I’VE LOOKED AT ENOUGH OF HIS WORK TO SAY THIS WH A GREE OF CERTATY."2019 NATNAL MM OF AMERIN ILLTRATN, NEWPORT, RI. PHOTO URTY AMERIN ILLTRATORS GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY. ATHLETE BEFORE A MOSAIC, C. 1910, OIL ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ATHLETE BEFORE A MOSAIC, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH HIS REER BOOMG, LEYENCKER AND BEACH THREW LAVISH PARTI WH FAMO GUTS ATTENDG. WHILE THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN RTRAED SOME REGARDS DUE TO THE HOMOPHOBIA AT THE TIME, THEY WERE CLEARLY NOT LIVG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GOOD TIM WERE NOT TO LAST, HOWEVER, WH MISSNS BEGNG TO DWDLE OVER TIME. BY THE LATE 1930S AND EARLY 1940S, WH TAST CHANGG, HE WAS BARELY GETTG ANY WORK. WHEN HE DIED 1951 OF A HEART ATTACK, AT THE AGE OF 77, HE HAD LTLE THE WAY OF WEALTH PARED WH HIS HEYDAY. HIS ASSETS WERE SPL BETWEEN BEACH, WHO DIED NOT LONG AFTER, AND HIS TRANGED SISTER—HIS BROTHER HAVG DIED 1924 OM A DG OVERDOSE.LEYENCKER/SATURDAY EVENG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"LIFEGUARD, SAVE ME!"—SATURDAY EVENG POST COVER, AUGT 9, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO COLLECTORS WEEKLY, MANY OF HIS ORIGAL PATGS WERE SOLD AT A MMAGE SALE FOR $75 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT RECENT YEARS, LEYENCKER HAS BEGUN TO REEMERGE AS AN IMPORTANT ARTIST AND CULTURAL FIGURE, WH EXHIBNS OF THE ARTIST'S WORK POPPG UP AROUND THE UNTRY, CLUDG ONE CURRENTLY TAKG PLACE RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLA, AT REYNOLDA HOE MM OF AMERIN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MORE OF HIS WORK FOLLOWS.LEYENCKER, PHOTO BY SWIM K 2/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAGTHE DISC THROWER ILLTRATN BY J.C. LEYENCKER (PHOTO BY SWIM K 2/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE DISC THROWER, 1906J.C. LEYENCKER/JOHN KANU PHOTOGRAPHY/SPORTS STUD PHOTOS/GETTY IMAGUNDATED: VTAGE FOOTBALL ILLTRATN. 1913 FOOTBALL ILLTRATN BY JOSEPH CHRISTIAN LEYENCKER OM THE SATURDAY EVENG POST. (PHOTO BY JOHN KANU PHOTOGRAPHY/SPORTS STUD PHOTOS/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOOTBALL PLAYERS, 1913J.C. LEYENCKER/BETTMANN/GETTY IMAG1920 ADVERTISEMENT FOR CHTERFIELD CIGARETT FEATURG AN EDDIE RICKENBACKER-TYPE AVIATOR, SIGNED BY JOSEPH CHRISTIAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHTERFIELD CIGARETTE ADVERTISEMENTJ.C. LEYENCKER/UNIVERSAL HISTORY ARCHIVE/UNIVERSAL IMAG GROUP VIA GETTY IMAGWORLD WAR ONE US MAR POSTER TLED 'SOLDIERS OF THE SEA' ENURAGG MEN TO ENLIST. CREATED BY JOSEPH CHRISTIAN LEYENCKER (1874-1951) PREEMENT AMERIN ILLTRATORS. DATED 1917. (PHOTO BY: UNIVERSAL HISTORY ARCHIVE/UNIVERSAL IMAG GROUP VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOLDIERS OF THE SEA, 1917LEYENCKER/SWIM INK 2, LLC/CORBIS/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAGAMERI CALLS RECMENT POSTER BY JOSEPH CHRISTIAN LEYENCKER (PHOTO BY �� SWIM INK 2, LLC/CORBIS/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AMERI CALLS RECMENT POSTERLEYENCKER/INTERWOVEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEYENCKER INTERWOVEN SOCKS ADVERTISEMENT, CIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}LGBTQ HISTORY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• 30 FAMO GAY PEOPLE WHO CHANGED THE WORLD
• BEFORE ROCKWELL, THERE WAS GAY ILLTRATOR AND ARTIST J.C. {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY JULIE GERSTEAUGT 30, 2012/5:39 PMBY JULIE GERSTEAUGT 30, 2012 / 5:39 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"BEFORE ROCKWELL, THERE WAS GAY ILLTRATOR AND ARTIST J.C. LEYENCKER","DATEPUBLISHED":"2012-08-30T21:39:36.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2012-08-30T21:39:36.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"JULIE GERSTE","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NORMAN ROCKWELL IS SEEN AS THE AMERIN ILLTRATOR, FAMO FOR HIS SATURDAY EVENG POST MAGAZE VERS AND QUAT DRAWGS OF MIDDLE AMERIN LIFE. BUT BEFORE NORMAN ROCKWELL, THERE WAS ANOTHER PREEMENT ILLTRATOR -- AND HE WAS GAY. J.C. LEYENCKER PRODUCED BETIFUL PATGS, DRAWGS AND ILLTRATNS FOR E ADVERTISEMENTS AND EDORIALS. AND HE OFTEN FEATURED HIS LONGTIME LOVER CHARL BEACH AS A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHY HAVE WE NOT HEARD MUCH ABOUT LEYENCKER? IN PART, BEE ROCKWELL'S LEGACY OBSCUR THOSE THAT ME BEFORE HIM. BUT 'S ALSO POSSIBLE THAT LEYENCKER'S SUBJECTS -- THE MALE BODY FULL OR PARTIAL NUDY -- WERE PATIBLE WH AMERI'S PURAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COLLECTORS WEEKLY SPOKE WH LEYENCKER EXPERT ALEDO VILLANUEVA-COLLADO WHO NOT, "AS A LERATURE PROFSOR, I WAS FASCATED BY THE SEMTICS OF LEYENCKER’S IMAG, BEE I KNOW A LOT OF GAY ARTISTS HAD TO E WHAT I LL THE “PALIMPST TECHNIQUE.” PALIMPST REFERS TO THE FACT THAT PARCHMENT ED TO BE SO EXPENSIVE THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAT OVER TO WRE SOMETHG NEW, AND THAT IS THE SENCE OF SEMTICS, THE TEXT THAT IS HIDN BENEATH THE VISIBLE TEXT. ESPECIALLY LERATURE, ANYTHG HAVG TO DO WH GAYS, ’S BEEN DONE TO PERFECTN. YOU HAVE TO HI , NOT EXPOSE LIKE YOU N TODAY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEYENCKER'S D VOBULARY HAD EVERYTHG TO DO WH SHOWG THE MALE BODY AS A THG OF BETY. INTERTGLY, LEYENCKER'S MOST-SEEN WORK WAS THE POST, WHICH WAS KNOWN TO BE EXTREMELY NSERVATIVE. OF HIS REPRENTATNS OF MASCULY, SAYS VILLANUEVA-COLLADO, " WELL, ’S VERY TERTG BEE PRINT ROOSEVELT LLED THE IMAG OF AMERIN MAL “THE MONER.” BUT THIS IS NOT THE MONER. THIS IS THE AMERIN MACHO MALE BEFORE HIS AGGRANDIZEMENT AS A KILLG MACHE. HIS SOLDIERS, BETIFUL AS THEY ARE, ARE ALWAYS SHOWN HELPG OTHERS, SAVG OTHERS." SO SOME WAYS, LEYENCKER WAS PRENTG AN ALTERNATE VERSN OF HOW AMERIN MASCULY ULD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR MORE WH VILLANUEVA-COLLADO, AND MORE EXAMPL OF LEYENCKER'S WORK, CHECK OUT COLLECTORS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• THE GAY FIGURE ARTISTS ARE REIMAGG THE MALE GAZE
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY

J.C. LEYENCKER: NORMAN ROCKWELL, BUT FIRST AND MAKE IT GAYIN HIS TIME ONE OF AMERI'S MOST CELEBRATED ILLTRATORS, LEYENCKER FAD OM NSCNS AFTER HIS ATH, BUT HE'S MAKG A {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY JEFF TAYLOROCTOBER 23, 2019/4:52 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:955PX;WIDTH:731PX;}LEYENCKER/SATURDAY EVENG POSTBY JEFF TAYLOROCTOBER 23, 2019 / 4:52 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"J.C. LEYENCKER: NORMAN ROCKWELL, BUT FIRST AND MAKE IT GAY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-10-23T20:52:19.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-10-23T20:52:19.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"JEFF TAYLOR","KEYWORDS":"LGBTQ HISTORY MONTH, ART","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHANC ARE YOU'VE HEARD THE NAME NORMAN ROCKWELL, FAMED PATER OF IDYLLIC AMERINA SCEN THAT GRACED THE VERS OF HUNDREDS OF EDNS OF THE SATURDAY EVENG POST DURG THE 1900S, BUT JT AS LIKELY YOU HAVEN'T HEARD OF HIS PRECSOR: ONE JOSEPH CHRISTIAN (J.C.) LEYENCKER.PUBLIC DOMAPORTRAS OF ARTISTS OM ARCHIV OF AMERIN ART, SMHSONIAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PORTRAS OF ARTISTS OM ARCHIV OF AMERIN ART, SMHSONIAN INSTUTN (PUBLIC DOMA, PHOTOGRAPHER UNKNOWN){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROCKWELL SAW LEYENCKER AS ONE OF HIS MA SPIRATNS, AND HE IS REGULARLY LLED ROCKWELL'S "MENTOR." HE TOO CREATED HUNDREDS OF VERS FOR THE SATURDAY EVENG POST, AND CREATED ADVERTORIAL ILLTRATNS, MOST NOTABLY THE FAMO "ARROW COLLAR MAN," AND THE "CHTERFIELD MAN," BOTH OF WHICH WERE SEEN AS THE ULTIMATE MALE SEX SYMBOL THEIR DAY, PECIALLY THE FORMER, WHO WAS LIVERED WH A MIX OF GGEDNS AND REFEMENT THAT HELPED FE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN FACT, 'S BELIEVED THE ARROW COLLAR MAN IS WHO IS BEG REFERENCED BY DAISY THE GREAT GATSBY WHEN SHE TELLS THE NOVEL'S NAMAKE THAT HE LOOKS "SO OL," REMBLG "THE ADVERTISEMENT OF THE MAN."2019 NATNAL MM OF AMERIN ILLTRATN, NEWPORT, RI. PHOTO URTY AMERIN ILLTRATORS GALLERY, NEW YORK, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHASE, ARROW COLLAR, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROCKWELL WAS SO TAKEN BY LEYENCKER AND HIS WORK THAT HE DID EVERYTHG HE ULD TO ABSORB THE MAN'S ARTISTIC STYLE, AND EVEN HIS VERY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS HE WROTE HIS TOBGRAPHY, MY ADVENTUR AS AN ILLTRATOR, WHERE HE SAID HE, AS AMERIN ILLTRATORS GALLERY SUMMARIZED, "FOLLOWED LEYENCKER AROUND NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK, EMULATG LEYENCKER’S SWAGGER, OR LIMP AS WERE, AND 'ATTU.'"LEYENCKER/(C) 2019 NATNAL MM OF AMERIN ILLTRATN, NEWPORT, RI. PHOTO URTY AMERIN ILLTRATORS GALLERY, NEW YORK, NYRERD TIME, COOL SUMMER COMFORT —HOE OFKUPPENHEIMER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RERD TIME, COOL SUMMER COMFORT—HOE OF KUPPENHEIMER ADVERTISEMENT, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE ROCKWELL WAS TRANSPARENT ABOUT HIS FLUENCE, AND WHILE LEYENCKER WAS WELL KNOWN HIS DAY, HIS NAME HAS BEEN LARGELY FOTTEN, WH ROCKWELL'S WORK REPLACG HIS THE LLECTIVE AMERIN NSCNS AS THE QUTSENTIAL 20TH CENTURY AMERIN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PART OF THIS NEWFOUND TERT THE MAN AND HIS WORK HAS LED TO A EPER DISCSN OF HIS PERSONAL LIFE, CLUDG THE FACT THAT HE WAS GAY.J.C. LEYENCKER/LIBRARY OF CONGRS/CORBIS/VCG VIA GETTY IMAG"ARROW COLLARS & SHIRTS" ADVERTISG POSTER BY JOSEPH CHRISTIAN LEYENCKER (PHOTO BY LIBRARY OF CONGRS/CORBIS/VCG VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ARROW COLLARS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEYENCKER, WHO EMIGRATED TO THE UNED STAT OM GERMANY WH HIS FAY, WHICH CLUD HIS BROTHER, FRANK XAVIER (F.X.) LEYENCKER—A TALENTED ILLTRATOR HIS OWN RIGHT, WHO IS ALSO BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN GAY—MET 17-YEAR-OLD MOL CHARL BEACH WHEN HE WAS 29. HE WAS TAKEN BY THE YOUNG MAN'S GOOD LOOKS AND BEGAN G HIM HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE WOULD BEE THE PROTOTYPE FOR THE ARROW COLLAR MAN, AND ALSO BE ED AS A REFERENCE MOL FOR A NUMBER OF HIS OTHER PROJECTS. THE TWO WOULD GO ON TO LIVE TOGETHER FOR THE MAJORY OF THEIR ADULT LIV, PRUMED TO BE PARTNERS. BEACH WOULD ALSO SERVE AS LEYENCKER'S BS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE LEYENCKER'S ILLTRATNS MIGHT SEEM TAME BY TODAY'S STANDARDS, HIS LOVE FOR THE MALE FORM AND MASCULY GENERALLY IS EVINT. HE WAS FOND OF PICTG MEN ATHLETIC AND HEROIC SCEN, AND MANY OF HIS WORKS HAVE BEEN NOTED FOR NTAG MEN ENGAGED WHAT SOME HAVE READ AS LONGG GAZ.LEYENCKER/ARROW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ARROW ADVERTISEMENT ILLTRATN, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A PIECE ON THE ARTIST FOR THE LOS ANGEL TIM, PUBLISHED 2008 AND PROMPTED BY THE PUBLITN OF THE BOOK J.C. LEYENCKER: AMERIN IMAGIST, REPORTER CAROLYN KELLOGG OFFERS SOME SIGHT TO HOW HE PTURED THE PHYSIQUE OF HIS BELOVED "MANLY MEN":{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEYENCKER’S EARLY STYLE—A CROSSHATCHED BSH STROKE THAT TURNED SOFT SURFAC TO SHARP PLAN—RERCED BEACH’S CHISELED GOOD LOOKS. WHEN HIS DYNAMIC CROSSHATCHG FAD TO SOFTER FILLS, LEYENCKER ENHANCED THE MANLS OF HIS SUBJECTS OTHER WAYS: HE L A SGLE LIGHT AND OILED THE MCL OF HIS MOLS FOR DRAMATIC NTOURG. IN AN EARLY MOCK-UP OF AN IVORY SOAP AD, AN ERECTN IS PROMENT THE FOLDS OF A BATHROBE. DES BEFORE FEMIST LRA MULVEY WROTE ABOUT THE MALE GAZE OBJECTIFYG WOMEN, LEYENCKER TURNED HIS GAZE TOWARD HANDSOME MEN AND CREATED WILY CIRCULATED INS OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHAT YOU DO NOT FD LEYENCKER’S WORK IS THE NAKED FEMALE BODY," LLECTOR ALEDO VILLANUEVA-COLLADO HAS NOTED. "IT IS NEVER SHOWN ANYWHERE. AND ’S TERTG BEE ONE OF HIS FLUENC WAS ALPHONSE MUCHA, WHO DID MANY SEMI-EXPOSED WOMEN, BUT LEYENCKER DID NOT. I’VE LOOKED AT ENOUGH OF HIS WORK TO SAY THIS WH A GREE OF CERTATY."2019 NATNAL MM OF AMERIN ILLTRATN, NEWPORT, RI. PHOTO URTY AMERIN ILLTRATORS GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY. ATHLETE BEFORE A MOSAIC, C. 1910, OIL ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ATHLETE BEFORE A MOSAIC, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH HIS REER BOOMG, LEYENCKER AND BEACH THREW LAVISH PARTI WH FAMO GUTS ATTENDG. WHILE THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN RTRAED SOME REGARDS DUE TO THE HOMOPHOBIA AT THE TIME, THEY WERE CLEARLY NOT LIVG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GOOD TIM WERE NOT TO LAST, HOWEVER, WH MISSNS BEGNG TO DWDLE OVER TIME. BY THE LATE 1930S AND EARLY 1940S, WH TAST CHANGG, HE WAS BARELY GETTG ANY WORK. WHEN HE DIED 1951 OF A HEART ATTACK, AT THE AGE OF 77, HE HAD LTLE THE WAY OF WEALTH PARED WH HIS HEYDAY. HIS ASSETS WERE SPL BETWEEN BEACH, WHO DIED NOT LONG AFTER, AND HIS TRANGED SISTER—HIS BROTHER HAVG DIED 1924 OM A DG OVERDOSE.LEYENCKER/SATURDAY EVENG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"LIFEGUARD, SAVE ME!"—SATURDAY EVENG POST COVER, AUGT 9, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO COLLECTORS WEEKLY, MANY OF HIS ORIGAL PATGS WERE SOLD AT A MMAGE SALE FOR $75 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT RECENT YEARS, LEYENCKER HAS BEGUN TO REEMERGE AS AN IMPORTANT ARTIST AND CULTURAL FIGURE, WH EXHIBNS OF THE ARTIST'S WORK POPPG UP AROUND THE UNTRY, CLUDG ONE CURRENTLY TAKG PLACE RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLA, AT REYNOLDA HOE MM OF AMERIN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MORE OF HIS WORK FOLLOWS.LEYENCKER, PHOTO BY SWIM K 2/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAGTHE DISC THROWER ILLTRATN BY J.C. LEYENCKER (PHOTO BY SWIM K 2/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE DISC THROWER, 1906J.C. LEYENCKER/JOHN KANU PHOTOGRAPHY/SPORTS STUD PHOTOS/GETTY IMAGUNDATED: VTAGE FOOTBALL ILLTRATN. 1913 FOOTBALL ILLTRATN BY JOSEPH CHRISTIAN LEYENCKER OM THE SATURDAY EVENG POST. (PHOTO BY JOHN KANU PHOTOGRAPHY/SPORTS STUD PHOTOS/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOOTBALL PLAYERS, 1913J.C. LEYENCKER/BETTMANN/GETTY IMAG1920 ADVERTISEMENT FOR CHTERFIELD CIGARETT FEATURG AN EDDIE RICKENBACKER-TYPE AVIATOR, SIGNED BY JOSEPH CHRISTIAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHTERFIELD CIGARETTE ADVERTISEMENTJ.C. LEYENCKER/UNIVERSAL HISTORY ARCHIVE/UNIVERSAL IMAG GROUP VIA GETTY IMAGWORLD WAR ONE US MAR POSTER TLED 'SOLDIERS OF THE SEA' ENURAGG MEN TO ENLIST. CREATED BY JOSEPH CHRISTIAN LEYENCKER (1874-1951) PREEMENT AMERIN ILLTRATORS. DATED 1917. 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) Leyencker—a talented illtrator his own right, who is also believed to have been gay—met 17-year-old mol Charl Beach when he was 29.

While they might have been rtraed some regards due to the homophobia at the time, they were clearly not livg good tim were not to last, however, wh missns begng to dwdle over time. Bgraphi and analysis of work by Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr+ intified artists, or works associated wh LGBT+ topics. In the last 50 years alone, Keh Harg’s drawgs have raised awarens for the AIDS crisis of the ’80s; Nan Gold’s hntg photographs of New York’s unrbelly has shed light on the queer muny; Robert Mapplethorpe shocked the public wh his graphic imag of gay sex acts, promptg a revaluatn of bety and propriety.

Thk Ryan McGley’s gay kissg photographs, Juliana Huxtable‘s provotive multi-media work and Wu Tsang’s vio and performance art, to say nothg of J.

30 FAMO GAY PEOPLE WHO CHANGED THE WORLD

In the meantime, we’re takg you on a big gay art history tour through bohemian f, funky studs and dty mm basements to retroduce you to some well-known nam that you might not have known were queer.

David might not be homosexual, but he’s fely not heteronormative. There’s murky homoeroticism  the background of an artist’s work, and then there’s “wh the ck your asshole. But he was also bold enough to pat homoerotic and homosocial scen, like Dancg Sailors.

It’s a potent and necsary remr that gay love is jt about sex, pecially nsirg how lbian upl have appeared throughout Wtern art history: eroticized, fallen, impure, wchy and bched. When Robert Rschenberg died 2008, both the New York Tim and the Los Angel Tim “fot” to mentn one mor tail of his life their obuari: he was gay.

BEFORE ROCKWELL, THERE WAS GAY ILLTRATOR AND ARTIST J.C. {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY JULIE GERSTEAUGT 30, 2012/5:39 PMBY JULIE GERSTEAUGT 30, 2012 / 5:39 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"BEFORE ROCKWELL, THERE WAS GAY ILLTRATOR AND ARTIST J.C. LEYENCKER","DATEPUBLISHED":"2012-08-30T21:39:36.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2012-08-30T21:39:36.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"JULIE GERSTE","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NORMAN ROCKWELL IS SEEN AS THE AMERIN ILLTRATOR, FAMO FOR HIS SATURDAY EVENG POST MAGAZE VERS AND QUAT DRAWGS OF MIDDLE AMERIN LIFE. BUT BEFORE NORMAN ROCKWELL, THERE WAS ANOTHER PREEMENT ILLTRATOR -- AND HE WAS GAY. J.C. LEYENCKER PRODUCED BETIFUL PATGS, DRAWGS AND ILLTRATNS FOR E ADVERTISEMENTS AND EDORIALS. AND HE OFTEN FEATURED HIS LONGTIME LOVER CHARL BEACH AS A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHY HAVE WE NOT HEARD MUCH ABOUT LEYENCKER? IN PART, BEE ROCKWELL'S LEGACY OBSCUR THOSE THAT ME BEFORE HIM. BUT 'S ALSO POSSIBLE THAT LEYENCKER'S SUBJECTS -- THE MALE BODY FULL OR PARTIAL NUDY -- WERE PATIBLE WH AMERI'S PURAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COLLECTORS WEEKLY SPOKE WH LEYENCKER EXPERT ALEDO VILLANUEVA-COLLADO WHO NOT, "AS A LERATURE PROFSOR, I WAS FASCATED BY THE SEMTICS OF LEYENCKER’S IMAG, BEE I KNOW A LOT OF GAY ARTISTS HAD TO E WHAT I LL THE “PALIMPST TECHNIQUE.” PALIMPST REFERS TO THE FACT THAT PARCHMENT ED TO BE SO EXPENSIVE THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAT OVER TO WRE SOMETHG NEW, AND THAT IS THE SENCE OF SEMTICS, THE TEXT THAT IS HIDN BENEATH THE VISIBLE TEXT. ESPECIALLY LERATURE, ANYTHG HAVG TO DO WH GAYS, ’S BEEN DONE TO PERFECTN. YOU HAVE TO HI , NOT EXPOSE LIKE YOU N TODAY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEYENCKER'S D VOBULARY HAD EVERYTHG TO DO WH SHOWG THE MALE BODY AS A THG OF BETY. INTERTGLY, LEYENCKER'S MOST-SEEN WORK WAS THE POST, WHICH WAS KNOWN TO BE EXTREMELY NSERVATIVE. OF HIS REPRENTATNS OF MASCULY, SAYS VILLANUEVA-COLLADO, " WELL, ’S VERY TERTG BEE PRINT ROOSEVELT LLED THE IMAG OF AMERIN MAL “THE MONER.” BUT THIS IS NOT THE MONER. THIS IS THE AMERIN MACHO MALE BEFORE HIS AGGRANDIZEMENT AS A KILLG MACHE. HIS SOLDIERS, BETIFUL AS THEY ARE, ARE ALWAYS SHOWN HELPG OTHERS, SAVG OTHERS." SO SOME WAYS, LEYENCKER WAS PRENTG AN ALTERNATE VERSN OF HOW AMERIN MASCULY ULD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR MORE WH VILLANUEVA-COLLADO, AND MORE EXAMPL OF LEYENCKER'S WORK, CHECK OUT COLLECTORS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Pavg the way for Pop, Rschenberg’s work might not openly reference his sexualy like some other artists’, but cric Robert Hugh lled Monogram “one of the few great ins of male homosexual love morn culture.

THE GAY FIGURE ARTISTS ARE REIMAGG THE MALE GAZE

And wh that, we’re roundg up our big, gay art world tour. As art holds an sential place the LGBT muny, The Advote striv to she a light on the work of gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr artists who are movg the cultural needle wh the artists spotlight sectn.

Disver slishows om gay art opengs across the world wh mediums that range om photographs, to oils, to sculpture, and more. Browse through the artist spotlight and other sectns that celebrate gay culture. Leyencker brought homoeroticism to Madison Avenue.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY

Leyencker, whose ads were suffed wh homoeroticism. The two shared a home New Rochelle, New York, for nearly 40 are few primary sourc to rroborate Leyencker’s sexual orientatn, but many morn historians — and the Historil Society exhib — prent him as a gay man. To provi some historil ntext, though, Albrecht also clud imag of gay life New York between the wars, cludg a photo of butch blu sger Gladys Bentley a whe tux and top hat and a patg of a gay bathhoe by artist Charl Demuth.

” The exhib also prents an alternative to the homogeney of Leyencker’s work.