#J.C. Williams

[vampyrwaltz]

J.C Leyendecker inspired Spike portrait

[ghostflowerdreams]

Who are your favorite artists? The art kind.

I'm a bit surprised I haven't been asked this question before!

I appreciate so many artists that it's hard to narrow it down. But based on what I can remember and what I can check on my Instagram and bookshelf, here are some of my favorites:

Gustave Doré (1832–1883) → A French artist, illustrator, and sculptor, celebrated for his intricate and dramatic engravings and illustrations. He is best known for his illustrations of classic literary works, including Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy, John Milton's Paradise Lost, and Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven. His skillful blend of realism and romanticism, combined with his mastery of visual storytelling, has established him as a significant figure in the history of illustration and fine art.

Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) → A Dutch post-impressionist painter renowned for his expressive use of color and bold brushwork, which had a profound influence on 20th-century art. His most famous works, such as Starry Night, Sunflowers, and The Bedroom, showcase his unique style and emotional depth, capturing the beauty of the world around him.

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip (1821–1909) → A Dutch-Belgian painter best known for her detailed and charming depictions of domestic cats. Specializing in animal paintings, her style combined realism and a romantic touch, often portraying cats in cozy, playful, or elegant settings that captured their personalities and grace. She was celebrated for her ability to convey texture, particularly in fur, and created intimate, lifelike scenes that became popular in 19th-century bourgeois society.

John William Waterhouse (1849–1917) → A British painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, known for his romantic and mythological subjects. His art style blends elements of Romanticism and Classicism, featuring realistic figures, rich colors, and a strong focus on nature and detail. Waterhouse is best known for his depictions of female figures from mythology and literature, such as The Lady of Shalott and Ophelia, which convey a sense of beauty, melancholy, and mystery, making his work iconic in the realm of 19th-century art.

Harry Clarke (1889–1931) → An Irish stained-glass artist and illustrator. His work was influenced by Gothic art, Symbolism, Art Nouveau, and Irish folklore. This blend resulted in a distinctive aesthetic that harmoniously intertwines beauty with darker themes. Clarke is best known for his illustrations in classic literary texts, including James Joyce's Dubliners and Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery and Imagination. In these works, his illustrations masterfully balance whimsy and darkness, creating striking visual narratives that continue to resonate with audiences.

Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939) → A Czech painter and decorative artist best known for his distinctive Art Nouveau style, characterized by intricate, flowing lines, elaborate floral motifs, and a harmonious use of soft colors. Mucha's work often features idealized female figures, embodying beauty and elegance, and is heavily inspired by his fascination with nature and Slavic folklore. He gained fame for his poster designs, particularly those promoting the actress Sarah Bernhardt, as well as his decorative panels and illustrations.

J.C. Leyendecker (1874–1951) → An American illustrator renowned for his iconic magazine covers and advertising art, particularly his work for The Saturday Evening Post and the Arrow Collar Man campaign. Leyendecker's mastery of visual storytelling and branding helped shape American commercial art in the early 20th century, and he significantly influenced later artists, including Norman Rockwell.

Leonid Afremov (1955–2019) → A Belarusian-born artist known for his vibrant, impressionistic paintings created using a palette knife technique. His distinctive art style features bold colors and dynamic brushstrokes, often depicting landscapes, city scenes, and emotional moments, such as rain-soaked streets or sunlit parks.

Ayami Kojima → A Japanese artist and illustrator best known for her work in video game design, particularly as the character designer for the Castlevania series. Her art style is characterized by intricate, gothic aesthetics, combining dark fantasy elements with a detailed, ethereal quality.

Victoria Francés → A Spanish illustrator known for her evocative illustrations that blend gothic, fantasy, and romantic themes. She is particularly known for her illustrated books, including the popular series Faery Tales, which showcases her unique blend of fantasy and gothic aesthetics.

Yoshitaka Amano → A Japanese artist and illustrator renowned for his distinctive style in character design and concept art, particularly for the Final Fantasy video game series. His style fuses his interests in traditional Japanese aesthetics like those of wood block prints with Western fantasy elements. It results in ethereal forms, and a dreamlike quality, especially with Amano's use of watercolor techniques and intricate details to create a sense of movement and fluidity in his work.

Nico Delort (IG: nicodelort) → A French illustrator known for his detailed, black-and-white artworks created using scratchboard techniques. His art style is heavily influenced by the aesthetics of 19th-century engravings and woodcuts, blending elements of Gothic, fantasy, and mythological themes. Delort's work is recognized for its dramatic use of light and shadow, intricate textures, and atmospheric depth, often depicting moody, fantastical scenes.

Vania Zouravliov → A Russian-born artist known for his intricate, surreal illustrations that blend dark, fairy-tale-like themes with fine detail and symbolism. Zouravliov's work explores beauty and darkness, merging the macabre with the fantastical.

James Jean (IG: jamesjeanart) → A Taiwanese-American visual artist and illustrator known for his surreal, highly detailed works that blend elements of fantasy, mythology, and pop culture. Jean gained early recognition for his award-winning covers for DC Comics' Fables series.

Audrey Kawasaki (IG: audkawa) → A Japanese-American artist known for her blend of contemporary Japanese aesthetics and Western art influences. Her ethereal paintings often depict young women surrounded by nature, featuring intricate line work and a soft color palette. Her works are typically painted on wood panels, adding a quality that enhances the emotional depth of her subjects.

Jessica Cioffi (IG: Loputyn) → An Italian artist known for her enchanting illustrations and concept art that seamlessly blend traditional and digital techniques. Her work reflects the influence of 19th century neo-gothic and Japanese manga, and among the artist's favorite themes are witchcraft, folklore, and mystery.

Wenqing Yan (IG: yuumeiart) → A Chinese-American digital artist and illustrator known for her detailed, expressive art. Her style blends elements of anime, fantasy, and realism, featuring vibrant colors and intricate designs. Yan draws inspiration from nature, technology, and personal experiences, and she is well-known for her webcomic Fisheye Placebo and art series like Knite, which explore themes of activism, technology, and the environment.

Gretel Lusky (IG: gretlusky) → An Argentine digital artist and illustrator, Gretel Lusky is recognized for her whimsical, vibrant artwork featuring fantasy characters, and magical themes. Her style blends cartoon and anime elements, characterized by bold lines, expressive characters, and a colorful palette. She is well-known for her enchanting illustrations on social media, where she shares art tutorials and collaborates on various comics, book covers, and other projects. She is also known for her debut graphic novel Primer, an original graphic novel for DC Comics.

Margaret Morales (IG: margaretmoralesart) → A Filipino watercolor artist currently residing in America. Margaret Morales is known for her dreamy, ethereal portraits that intertwine feminine figures with elements of nature, such as flowers and animals. Her style, characterized by soft brushwork and pastel hues, creates a surreal, fairytale-like atmosphere. Her evolving work draws inspiration from art nouveau, mythology, fantasy, natural elements, Japanese/manga art, and fashion.

Tactooncat → An Indonesian digital artist known for creating illustrations that feature cats in a humorous and whimsical style, particularly cat memes and videos. Their work appeals to cat lovers and fans of lighthearted, expressive illustrations.

There are so many more, but hopefully the ones I've mentioned have caught your interest enough that you'll want to look them up. Each artist offers a unique perspective, whether through their distinctive style, use of color, themes, or techniques—there’s plenty to discover and enjoy.

[llyfrenfys]

Y llyfr heddiw yw 'Geiriadurwyr y Gymraeg yng nghyfnod y Dadeni' gan J.C. Caerwyn Williams, a gyhoeddwyd yn 1983.

Hanes geiriadurwyr yng nghyfnod y Dadeni yw'r llyfr hwn. Fel person sy'n ysgrifennu geiriadur Cymraeg LHDT+, mae'r llyfr hwn yn bwysig wrth astudio hen eiriaduron Cymraeg i ffeindio terminoleg LHDT+.

Ydych chi wedi darllen y llyfr hwn?

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Today's book is 'Geiriadurwyr y Gymraeg yng nghyfnod y Dadeni' by J.C. Caerwyn Williams, published in 1983.

This book is a history of lexicographers in the Renaissance period. As a person who is writing an LGBT+ Welsh dictionary, this book is important when studying old Welsh dictionaries to find LGBT+ terminology.

Have you read this book?

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Denys Val Baker (editor) - Phantom Lovers - William Kimber - 1984

[adventures-in-ai]

PRETTY AS A (PAINTED) PICTURE

Just trying out some old favorite painters in the newer version of MidJourney to see what it made of them, and delighted with the results! William Bouguereau, Alexandre Cabanel, and J.C. Leyendecker.

[jazzdailyblog]

Jimmy Jones: A Maestro's Odyssey in Jazz

Introduction: This article pays homage to the exceptional talent and influence of James Henry Jones, better known as Jimmy Jones, an American jazz pianist, and arranger. From his early days in Memphis to gracing the grand stages of New York City, Jones’ journey through jazz is nothing short of remarkable. Early Years and Musical Prowess: Born one hundred and five years ago today on December…

[dreamofyouandi]

ohhh ok i get it. big guy and little guy

tbh fantasy, ap0stle - baby kermit and robin, jimynawtron - portrait of postpartum, brandi timko - calvin and hobbes, bill watterson - modern madonna and child, j.c. leyendecker - snoopy and woodstock, charles m. schulz - how to look at art, lynda barry - madonna of the lilies, william bouguereau - untitled (mother and baby), keith haring

[lmchaptertitlebracket]

also curious: who is this mysterious Walton????? I think I’ve never come across that translation! Do you know where I can find a copy? 👁️

Ah yes, perhaps I should've clarified because it's more obscure! I'm still collecting information about it, but Walton is William Walton one of the four translators in an 1890s edition made for a Collected Works.

From what I've been able to find, the earliest printing of this translation's from an 1892 edition of Hugo's works; links to this printing were gathered up by @melannen here. It was also reprinted c. 1894 in a 28-volume set of all Hugo's novels, a couple of which are available on the Internet Archive (my beloved) or Google Books.

The four translators were split up over five volumes; William Walton translated Fantine, J. C. Beckwith translated Cosette, Jules Gray translated Marius and Jean Valjean, and Edouard Jolivet translated Plumet/Saint-Denis.

I'm still researching this translation, because it doesn't seem to be widely-known. All I can really tell you about them is that neither William Walton and J.C. Beckwith should be confused with the composers for the organ of the same name (seriously, what an odd coinkydink). I've also found a portrait of a J. C. Beckwith (this one a John Carroll), by Sargent, and it's not a super common name so there's a possibility it's him, but also this J. C. Beckwith appears to have been an artist and there's no solid evidence of it being the same J. C. Beckwith other than the name and being alive in this time period.

In addition to the scans Melannen linked above, here are some more I could find:

Fantine bk. 1-3: https://books.google.com/books?id=NbQXAQAAMAAJ https://books.google.com/books?id=Qq8xAQAAMAAJ (more pictures, worse scan)

Fantine bk. 4-8: https://archive.org/details/novelsvictorhug06hugogoog

Cosette bk. 1-3: https://archive.org/details/novelscompleteun11unse

Cosette bk. 4-8: https://archive.org/details/novelsvictorhug07hugogoog

TlotRPatEotRS-D bk. 1-7 https://books.google.com/books?id=nqpcAAAAMAAJ

TlotRPatEotRS-D bk. 8-15 https://archive.org/details/novelsvictorhug04hugogoog https://archive.org/details/novelsvictorhug02hugogoog

And more from that 28 volume set:

man who laughs tr. Phillips https://archive.org/details/novelsvictorhug03hugogoog/page/n12/mode/1up

bug-jargal tr. Eugenia de B. https://archive.org/details/novelsvictorhug05hugogoog/page/n13/mode/1up

nddp vol 1 trans. Beckwith https://archive.org/details/hug01hugogoog/page/n12/mode/1up

nddp vol. 3 trans. Beckwith https://archive.org/details/novelsvictorhug05hugogoog/page/n12/mode/1up

This doesn't appear to be the exact same printing edition? But here's the Artois translation of Toilers which appears in that same set:

vol. I-II: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.156765/

vol. III-IV: https://archive.org/details/toilersofsea0000mary

[chaneajoyyy]

😌

WILLIAM ’IRONHEAD’ MILLER | TRIPLE FRONTIER (2019) | dir. J.C. CHANDOR

[celticbotanart]

I had this kind of meme-ish idea of "I'll use all my classic art training to paint favorite anime characters" and here we are. I used a lot of Norman Rockwell, some J.C. Leyendecker and bits of my homie, always mentioned William Bouguereau as references, but especially Rockwell. I also used this picture of Raychell and Risa (the character's VAs, for those unfamiliar) as reference, it was what kind of inspired me in the first place!

Added in my usual headcanons for LAYER and CHU², but this time I decided to make CHU² wear a very oversized uniform, because she's so advanced at school but still so smol 🤏

[Closeups and WIPs on my Patreon!]

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[thebeautifulbook]

RIDOLFO by Egerton R. Williams, Jr. (Chicago: McClurg, 1906) Cover design by J.C. Leyendecker.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

TODAY'S FROZEN MOMENT - Today marks the 65th Anniversary of this phenomenal photo - August 12th, 1958 - this now-famous photo was taken… later to be given the title "A Great Day in Harlem" when it was published in Esquire magazine. Art Kane, an art director for the magazine, was finally allowed to do a photo assignment... A jazz lover, Kane said he wanted to assemble the best in jazz for a shot, at 10 in the morning... Most people laughed at him...but...somehow he pulled this off; they showed up...as requested, to 17 East 126th Street...astonishing really... Subsequently, a documentary about the photo added to the magic... as did the allowance of the neighbors, the kids in the front and the folks in the windows… just so special… See below for a list of who's who... of the 57 musicians here, only 2 remain: Sonny Rollins and Benny Golson... but the shot, like all of the music, is eternal…

[01 – Hilton Jefferson, 02 – Benny Golson, 03 – Art Farmer, 04 – Wilbur Ware, 05 – Art Blakey, 06 – Chubby Jackson, 07 – Johnny Griffin, 08 – Dickie Wells, 09 – Buck Clayton, 10 – Taft Jordan, 11 – Zutty Singleton, 12 – Red Allen, 13 – Tyree Glenn, 14 – Miff Molo, 15 – Sonny Greer, 16 – Jay C. Higginbotham, 17 – Jimmy Jones, 18 – Charles Mingus, 19 – Jo Jones, 20 – Gene Krupa, 21 – Max Kaminsky, 22 – George Wettling, 23 – Bud Freeman, 24 – Pee Wee Russell, 25 – Ernie Wilkins, 26 – Buster Bailey, 27 – Osie Johnson, 28 – Gigi Gryce, 29 – Hank Jones, 30 – Eddie Locke, 31 – Horace Silver, 32 – Luckey Roberts, 33 – Maxine Sullivan, 34 – Jimmy Rushing, 35 – Joe Thomas, 36 – Scoville Browne, 37 – Stuff Smith, 38 – Bill Crump, 39 – Coleman Hawkins, 40 – Rudy Powell, 41 – Oscar Pettiford, 42 – Sahib Shihab, 43 – Marian McPartland, 44 – Sonny Rollins, 45 – Lawrence Brown, 46 – Mary Lou Williams, 47 – Emmett Berry, 48 – Thelonius Monk, 49 – Vic Dickenson, 50 – Milt Hinton, 51 – Lester Young, 52 – Rex Stewart, 53 – J.C. Heard, 54 – Gerry Mulligan, 55 – Roy Eldridge, 56 – Dizzy Gillespie, 57 – Count Basie.]

[Mary Elaine LeBey]

[timesnewnoir]

vintage christmas card

external links:

My references and pinterest moodboard

William Adolphe Bouguereau / L'Innocence

J.C. Leyendecker / Christmas

WolfyTheWitch / jesus holding a lamb based on that painting of jesus holding a lamb

[thatsrightice]

There’s nothing worse than reading through a diary on the 100th bg’s page and getting to the last entry thinking he finally got to go home only to be met with the following note:

September 11, 1944 There is no entry written under the heading of this day because at 12:05 PM Buddy’s plane was hit by enemy aircraft flak in the right wing and the bomb bays. The plane, “Boss Lady”, exploded mid-air over Schmiedeberg, Germany and Buddy, Al Trommer, Shortie Severson, William Stone, and Lee Groce were all killed in action. Tim Bradshaw, J.C. Kluttz , Thomas Kent’s and Charles Wilson were captured by the Germans and held as POWs. The mission was to bomb Ruhland Oil Refinery in Germany.

[adventures-in-ai]

LEATHER CLASSICS

For a leather theme in our Tuesday night double-header Alternative Tuesday and Starfall After Dark, I generated some leatherclad hotties for Kaj and Dov's posters. I started referencing Tom of Finland but switched styles to painters J.C. Leyendecker and William Bouguereau for reference, with the queer academia and gay interest tags carrying the Tom of Finland feel implicitly. The ones with cats were all meant for (the nekolicious) DJ Dov, though he ended up choosing one without a cat :D Some of those cats came out pretty cursed, too, but some of them are lovely. The first and last pictures are my favorites, of course.

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 9.5

Beer Birthdays

Jack Daniel; distiller (1846)

Beevo Moore (1983)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Michael Keaton; actor, comedian (1951)

George Lazenby; actor (1939)

Freddie Mercury; rock singer (1946)

Bob Newhart; comedian, actor (1929)

Raquel Welch; actor (1940)

Famous Birthdays

J.C. Bach; composer (1735)

John Cage; composer (1912)

William Devane; actor (1939)

Dennis Dugan; actor (1946)

Werner Erhard; cult leader (1935)

Robert Fergusson; Scottish poet (1750)

Cathy Guisewite; cartoonist (1950)

Werner Herzog; German actor (1942)

Jesse James; outlaw (1847)

Arthur Koestler; writer (1905)

Nap Lajoie; Philadelphia Phillies/Cleveland Naps 2B (1874)

Carol Lawrence; actor, singer (1932)

Bill Mazeroski; Pittsburgh Pirates 2B (1936)

Rose McGowan; actor (1973)

Patti McGuire; Playboy playmate, model, television producer (1951)

Giacomo Meyerbeer; German composer (1791)

Buddy Miles; jazz musician (1947)

Arthur Charles Nielsen; market researcher (1897)

Cardinal Richelieu; French minister, clergyman (1585)

Al Stewart; pop singer (1945)

John Stewart; folk singer (1939)

Frank Thomas; animator (1912)

Jack Valenti; film industry thug (1921)

Cornelius Vanderbilt III; engineer, inventor (1873)

Loudon Wainwright III; singer, songwriter (1946)

Daryl F. Zanuck; film director (1902)

Dweezil Zappa; rock guitarist (!969)