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• WAS NORMAN ROCKWELL GAY?
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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
• NORMAN ROCKWELL WAS GAY, NEW BGRAPHY ABOUT INIC PATER {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;}NEWSBY DANIEL AVERYDECEMBER 9, 2013/12:01 PMBY DANIEL AVERYDECEMBER 9, 2013 / 12:01 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NORMAN ROCKWELL WAS GAY, NEW BGRAPHY ABOUT INIC PATER SUGGTS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-12-09T17:01:51.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-12-09T17:01:51.000+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":"DANIEL AVERY","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{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;}DEBORAH SOLOMON’S AMERIN MIRROR, PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 5, LV TO THE PERSONAL AND PROFSNAL LIFE OF ROCKWELL, THE CHIEF ILLTRATOR FOR THE SATURDAY EVENG POST FOR NEARLY A HALF-CENTURY. AMONG HER ASSERTNS IS THE IA THAT, THOUGH HE MARRIED SEVERAL TIM, ROCKWELL WAS MORE ATTRACTED TO {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;}SOLOMON WR THAT ROCKWELL “MONSTRATED AN TENSE NEED FOR EMOTNAL AND PHYSIL CLOSENS WH MEN” AND THAT HE MARRIED AS A WAY OF “NTROLLG HIS HOMOEROTIC SIR.” AS PROOF, SHE SCRIBED A MPG TRIP WHICH ROCKWELL NOTED HIS DIARI THAT HIS MALE ASSISTANT LOOKED “MOST FETCHG HIS LONG FLANNELS.”{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;}TALK ABOUT A SMOKG GUN!{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 MAY HAVE HARBORED GAY LT, BUT SOLOMON UTNS THERE IS NOTHG TO SUGGT THE ACTUALLY HAD SEX WH MEN. “I’M A BGRAPHER, I AM NOT A PSYCHIATRIST. I WOULD NEVER PRUME TO SAY THAT SOMEONE IS GAY,” SHE TOLD THE NEW YORK TIM. “BUT I DO FEEL ENTLED AS AN ART CRIC AND AN ART HISTORIAN TO ANALYZE WORKS OF ART. AND I DO THK A SE N BE MA THAT SOME OF ROCKWELL’S PATGS DISPLAY HOMOEROTIC TENNCI. HE SPECIALIZED AFFECTNATE PORTRAYALS OF THE MALE FIGURE AND LAMENTED MANY TIM THAT HE ULD NEVER PAT A SEXY WOMAN.”{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;}“BEFORE THE SHOT”{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;}RUMATG IF ROCKWELL WAS GAY MIGHT BE HARMLS, BUT SOLOMON GO A STEP FURTHER AND RAIS THE IA THAT THE ARTIST MIGHT HAVE BEEN A PEDOPHILE BEE OF ALL THE YOUNG MAL PICTED 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;}“WE ARE MA TO WONR WHETHER ROCKWELL’S PLITED TERT THE PICTN OF PREADOLCENT BOYS WAS SHADOWED BY PEDOPHILIC IMPULS,” SOLOMON WR. THAT’S A PRETTY SLEAZY ASSERTN WH NO EVINCE TO SUPPORT {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;}OF URSE SOLOMON HEDG HER BETS BY CLARIFYG “THERE IS NO EVINCE THAT HE ACTED ON HIS IMPULS OR BEHAVED A WAY THAT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR S TIME.”{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;}NOT SURPRISGLY, THE ROCKWELL FAY ISN’T PLATED BY SOLOMON’S DISCLAIMERS: “THE BOTTOM LE IS THAT’S ’S ASTONISHG,” GRANDDGHTER ABIGAIL ROCKWELL TOLD THE TIM. “[SOLOMON] LAYERS THE WHOLE BGRAPHY WH THE NUENDOS—“THE THGS SHE’S WRG ABOUT NORMAN ROCKWELL ARE SIMPLY NOT TE.”{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 SHE’S BEEN ACCED TO PANRG TO PRIENT TAST TO SELL BOOKS, SOLOMON SAYS DISCSN OF ROCKWELL’S ORIENTATN IS JT A SMALL PART OF THE BGRAPHY. “[IT'S] REALLY ABOUT HIS WORK—I FEEL LIKE THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST BOOK THAT NVCGLY MAK THE SE FOR ROCKWELL’S ARTISTIC IMPORTANCE, AND I WOULD HOPE TO KEEP THE DISCSN ON THAT SUBJECT.”{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 DIED 1978, BUT HE’S STILL ONE OF AMERI’S MOST BELOVED ARTISTS—THREE OF HIS PATGS WENT FOR MORE THAN $30 LN AT CTN THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• WAS NORMAN ROCKWELL GAY?
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• WAS NORMAN ROCKWELL GAY? CELEBRATED AS A PATER OF AMERIN IALS, HE WAS ACTUALLY CRAVG MALE BETY.
• J.C. LEYENCKER: THE GREATT GAY ARTIST YOU DON’T KNOW
• NORMAN ROCKWELL RENSIRED: THE CLOSET CASE AS GAY IN?
• BOOKS: WAS NORMAN ROCKWELL GAY?
• NORMAN ROCKWELL’S FAY RIPS ‘GAY’ HTS NEW BGRAPHY

WAS NORMAN ROCKWELL GAY?

It's also why generatns of boys were ed by well-meang attempts to "fix" them (as Throwaway Boy, this year's bgraphy of outsir artist Henry Darger, also reclaimed as gay, portrays heartbreakg tail)--which was the se for one of the 20th century's most cherished yet problematic artists, Norman much has been wrten about Rockwell, cludg his own tobgraphy, that his life would seem to be a closed se. But he receiv a fascatg rethkg Deborah Solomon's Amerin Mirror: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell(Farrar, Strs and Giroux), which she mak a clear se for his homoerotic sir. Although she n't nclively prove that Rockwell had sex wh men, she mak a sound argument that he "monstrated an tense need for emotnal and physil closens wh men" and that his unhappy marriag were attempts at "passg" and "ntrollg his homoerotic sir.

" Rockwell also had a close bond wh the openly gay artist J. Leyencker and his gay brother, Frank, also an artist, and unted himself as the "one te iend" the brothers had.

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. (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

"While diggg to his back story, Solomon offers sensive close readgs of some of his well-known works that smack of homoeroticism but have been cherished (and sanized) for their pictn of all-Amerin valu. But he receiv a fascatg rethkg Deborah Solomon's Amerin Mirror: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell (Farrar, Strs and Giroux), which she mak a clear se for his homoerotic sir. " Rockwell went on to have close relatnships wh his stud assistants (even sleepg the same bed wh one on an extend mpg trip) and created his own versn of ialized boyhood diggg to his back story, Solomon offers sensive close readgs of some of his well-known works that smack of homoeroticism but have been cherished (and sanized) for their pictn of all-Amerin valu.

NORMAN ROCKWELL WAS GAY, NEW BGRAPHY ABOUT INIC PATER {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;}NEWSBY DANIEL AVERYDECEMBER 9, 2013/12:01 PMBY DANIEL AVERYDECEMBER 9, 2013 / 12:01 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NORMAN ROCKWELL WAS GAY, NEW BGRAPHY ABOUT INIC PATER SUGGTS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-12-09T17:01:51.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-12-09T17:01:51.000+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":"DANIEL AVERY","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{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;}DEBORAH SOLOMON’S AMERIN MIRROR, PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 5, LV TO THE PERSONAL AND PROFSNAL LIFE OF ROCKWELL, THE CHIEF ILLTRATOR FOR THE SATURDAY EVENG POST FOR NEARLY A HALF-CENTURY. AMONG HER ASSERTNS IS THE IA THAT, THOUGH HE MARRIED SEVERAL TIM, ROCKWELL WAS MORE ATTRACTED TO {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;}SOLOMON WR THAT ROCKWELL “MONSTRATED AN TENSE NEED FOR EMOTNAL AND PHYSIL CLOSENS WH MEN” AND THAT HE MARRIED AS A WAY OF “NTROLLG HIS HOMOEROTIC SIR.” AS PROOF, SHE SCRIBED A MPG TRIP WHICH ROCKWELL NOTED HIS DIARI THAT HIS MALE ASSISTANT LOOKED “MOST FETCHG HIS LONG FLANNELS.”{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;}TALK ABOUT A SMOKG GUN!{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 MAY HAVE HARBORED GAY LT, BUT SOLOMON UTNS THERE IS NOTHG TO SUGGT THE ACTUALLY HAD SEX WH MEN. “I’M A BGRAPHER, I AM NOT A PSYCHIATRIST. I WOULD NEVER PRUME TO SAY THAT SOMEONE IS GAY,” SHE TOLD THE NEW YORK TIM. “BUT I DO FEEL ENTLED AS AN ART CRIC AND AN ART HISTORIAN TO ANALYZE WORKS OF ART. AND I DO THK A SE N BE MA THAT SOME OF ROCKWELL’S PATGS DISPLAY HOMOEROTIC TENNCI. HE SPECIALIZED AFFECTNATE PORTRAYALS OF THE MALE FIGURE AND LAMENTED MANY TIM THAT HE ULD NEVER PAT A SEXY WOMAN.”{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;}“BEFORE THE SHOT”{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;}RUMATG IF ROCKWELL WAS GAY MIGHT BE HARMLS, BUT SOLOMON GO A STEP FURTHER AND RAIS THE IA THAT THE ARTIST MIGHT HAVE BEEN A PEDOPHILE BEE OF ALL THE YOUNG MAL PICTED 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;}“WE ARE MA TO WONR WHETHER ROCKWELL’S PLITED TERT THE PICTN OF PREADOLCENT BOYS WAS SHADOWED BY PEDOPHILIC IMPULS,” SOLOMON WR. THAT’S A PRETTY SLEAZY ASSERTN WH NO EVINCE TO SUPPORT {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;}OF URSE SOLOMON HEDG HER BETS BY CLARIFYG “THERE IS NO EVINCE THAT HE ACTED ON HIS IMPULS OR BEHAVED A WAY THAT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR S TIME.”{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;}NOT SURPRISGLY, THE ROCKWELL FAY ISN’T PLATED BY SOLOMON’S DISCLAIMERS: “THE BOTTOM LE IS THAT’S ’S ASTONISHG,” GRANDDGHTER ABIGAIL ROCKWELL TOLD THE TIM. “[SOLOMON] LAYERS THE WHOLE BGRAPHY WH THE NUENDOS—“THE THGS SHE’S WRG ABOUT NORMAN ROCKWELL ARE SIMPLY NOT TE.”{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 SHE’S BEEN ACCED TO PANRG TO PRIENT TAST TO SELL BOOKS, SOLOMON SAYS DISCSN OF ROCKWELL’S ORIENTATN IS JT A SMALL PART OF THE BGRAPHY. “[IT'S] REALLY ABOUT HIS WORK—I FEEL LIKE THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST BOOK THAT NVCGLY MAK THE SE FOR ROCKWELL’S ARTISTIC IMPORTANCE, AND I WOULD HOPE TO KEEP THE DISCSN ON THAT SUBJECT.”{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 DIED 1978, BUT HE’S STILL ONE OF AMERI’S MOST BELOVED ARTISTS—THREE OF HIS PATGS WENT FOR MORE THAN $30 LN AT CTN THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

) 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.

Solomon wr that Rockwell “monstrated an tense need for emotnal and physil closens wh men” and that he married as a way of “ntrollg his homoerotic sir. Rockwell may have harbored gay lt, but Solomon utns there is nothg to suggt the actually had sex wh men.

I would never prume to say that someone is gay, ” she told the New York Tim. And I do thk a se n be ma that some of Rockwell’s patgs display homoerotic tennci. ”“Before the Shot”Rumatg if Rockwell was gay might be harmls, but Solomon go a step further and rais the ia that the artist might have been a pedophile bee of all the young mal picted his work.

WAS NORMAN ROCKWELL GAY?

But he receiv a fascatg rethkg Deborah Solomon’s Amerin Mirror: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell, which she mak a se for his homoerotic sir.

Although she n’t nclively prove that Rockwell had sex wh men, she mak an argument that he “monstrated an tense need for emotnal and physil closens wh men” and that his unhappy marriag were attempts at “passg” and “ntrollg his homoerotic sir.

NORMAN ROCKWELL’S FAY DON’T WANT YOU TO THK HE WAS GAY

” Rockwell also had a close bond wh the openly gay artist J. Leyencker and his gay brother, Frank, also an artist, and unted himself as the “one te iend” the brothers had. While diggg to his back story, Solomon offers sensive close readgs of some of his well-known works that smack of homoeroticism but have been cherished (and sanized) for their pictn of all-Amerin valu.

I’m all for takg a close look to history and unverg evince that a historil figure may have been gay; however, this is one stance where I tend to thk that Solomon is makg a b of a stretch. I personally have never viewed Norman Rockwell’s work as homoerotic, but as ialistic Amerina. The fact is, if Norman Rockwell was homosexual, there seems no way of provg except through speculatn.

I doubt would surprise many people if one of Ameri’s greatt artists was gay, bee let’s face , most of history’s great artists were.

WAS NORMAN ROCKWELL GAY? CELEBRATED AS A PATER OF AMERIN IALS, HE WAS ACTUALLY CRAVG MALE BETY.

which she mak a clear se for his homoerotic sir. "ntrollg his homoerotic sir. close bond wh the openly gay artist J.

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And his work remas some of the most homoerotic ever to reach a mastream Amerin dience. “Image how Grey Garns the atmosphere mt have been at their home upstate New York, wh Frank and Joe patg, and their sister livg wh them; havg a lgh at jt how gay some of the patgs were.

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NORMAN ROCKWELL RENSIRED: THE CLOSET CASE AS GAY IN?

Deborah Solomon’s new, much-discsed bgraphy, Amerin Mirror: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell (Farrar, Strss & Giroux), prents him as a latent homosexual, which has not sat well wh a few members of Rockwell's fay. His work n also be viewed as a chronicle of how homosexuals hid by necsy the Uned Stat prr to 1969 and the dawng of the gay liberatn movement.

By sheddg light on the homoeroticism Rockwell’s work, Ms. The book portrays Rockwell as an outsir tryg to obey the norms and nventns of bourgeois society, which mirrored my own search for acceptance as a gay man a heteronormative world. Lookg anew at Rockwell’s work through the prism of forbidn homosexualy, new narrativ emerge.

Although he had three wiv and three children, Solomon portrays him as a loner lookg for nnectn, the reprsed gay man nformg to the mastream. Certaly, a boy or girl who intified as gay 1964 would have been treated jt as celly. Gay rights were a nonissue then, and ’s possible that Rockwell was projectg his own fears and hop onto Ruby Bridg.

BOOKS: WAS NORMAN ROCKWELL GAY?

While the patg ostensibly celebrat the clive, mocratic spir of a New England town meetg, n also be read as a gay man’s wish to stand up and be heard: The eedom to be. The phrase would be pecially poignant for a man who lived a society where the Goln Rule did not apply to homosexuals. Whenever anyone asked what I was readg, I said "a bgraphy of Norman Rockwell" and immediately add, "It turns out he was probably gay, even if Rockwell himself didn't que realize .

NORMAN ROCKWELL’S FAY RIPS ‘GAY’ HTS NEW BGRAPHY

A close look at some of Rockwell's work reveals an unnsc homoerotic subtext. “She supports this unfound claim wh another phantom theory, that Rockwell was a closeted homosexual, ” said the fay statement, signed by Rockwell’s son, Thomas, and granddghter, Abigail.