Frank Xavier Leyendecker

Frank Xavier Leyendecker
Frank Leyendecker in his studio
Born
Franz Xavier Leyendecker

(1876-01-19)January 19, 1876
Montabaur, Germany
DiedApril 18, 1924(1924-04-18) (aged 48)
New Rochelle, New York
EducationArt Institute of Chicago, Académie Julian, Paris
Known forCommercial art/illustration
RelativesJ. C. Leyendecker (brother)

Frank Xavier Leyendecker (January 19, 1876 – April 18, 1924), also known as Frank James Leyendecker, was a German-American commercial artist and illustrator. He worked with his brother Joseph Christian Leyendecker first in Chicago,[1] then later in New York City and New Rochelle, New York. He is best known for his magazine cover art for Vogue, Vanity Fair, and Life, but also provided artwork for a large number of advertisers.

  1. ^ Emmanuel Cooper (1994). The sexual perspective: homosexuality and art in the last 100 years in the West. Routledge. p. 106. ISBN 9780415111003.