Leyendecker at the Academy

His own description of his training in Paris

J.C. Leyendecker and his brother Frank traveled to Paris in 1896 and enrolled at the prestigious Académie Julian, which was headed by William Adolphe Bouguereau. The academic training they pursued there involved careful study of Greek and Roman statues, old master paintings, and the living model.

As soon as the Leyendeckers hit the Paris boulevards, they…