Джозеф Кристиан Лейендекер (Joseph Christian Leyendecker; 1874-1951) получил формальное художественное образование в школе Художественного института Чикаго (анг. The Art Institute of Chicago; варианты перевода — Чикагский художественный институт / Чикагский институт искусств) и в Академии Жюлиана (франц. Académie Julian) в Париже. Искусство Лейендекера освежило и сформировало новое направление развития иллюстрации, став частью фундамента современного полиграфического оформления.
Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874-1951) was one of the most prominent and financially successful freelance commercial artists in the United States. He was active between 1895 and 1951 producing drawings and paintings for hundreds of posters, books, advertisements, and magazine covers and stories. Joseph Christian Leyendecker was born in Montabaur, Germany, and came to America at the age of eight. Showing an early interest in painting, he got his first job at 16 in a Chicago engraving house. Joseph studied under Vanderpoel at the Chicago Art Institute, and saved for five years to be able to go to France and attend the Academie Julian in Paris. Upon his return, as a thoroughly trained artist with immense technical facility, Leyendecker had no difficulty in obtaining top commissions for advertising illustrations and cover designs for the leading publications. His first Post cover was done in 1899, and he did well over 300 more during the next 40 years. He was elected to the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 1977. — This publication is based on an article by Kent Stein on The Illustrated Gallery website and information from Wikipedia