The time period between 1880s and 1940s is regarded as the Golden Age of the American Illustration. Many excellent illustrator arose and created a large amount of works that are nowadays seen as magnum opus, with styles, techniques, and intensity surpassing any age predeceasing it. The distinct characteristics that stands out the Golden Age to its previous eras that were considered as a productive in art achievements, such as Renaissance and the Enlightenment Movement, is that the public coverage and audience viewing these artworks were eminently huge. With the advancement of technology in the printing industry, the possibility of duplicating high-quality, namely accurate in hues, shapes, resolution, of the original artworks allowed artists to move their canvas to newspaper, covers of magazines, advertisement posters and etc. The achievement from the first Industrialisation brought about economic growth and as well as population growth; thus it led to growing public demand for advertisement and entertainment that now required more colorful and vivid presentations. …show more content…
One of his most well-known work, Miss Liberty, 1943. Oil on canvas, until modern day still has its aliveness as being reproduced and its idea being utilised for advertising industry. As Norman Rockwell being the major icon of the Golden Age, many artists predeceasing him and after him were all to some extent dwarfed by his starlight, the most important one of whom, being Norman Rockwell’s mentor and model whom Rockwell devoted his career to imitate and honour, was J.C. Leyendecker. Joseph Christian (J.C.) Leyendecker (1874-1951), born on March 23rd in Montabaur, Germany, was recognised as one of the most eminent illustrator of his age. He was one of the most beloved and popular illustrator at that time. To this day, J.C. Leyendecker is seen not only as one of the best illustrator, but also a symbol of American