Portrait of an American Sailor (1918) by J.C. Leyendecker Style:Black frame This bold art print in

This bold art print in striking red and black captures the essence of camp

it helped sell wartime style when the brand was making U

but make it camp

power in the stillness - and a delicious sense that something just happened (or is about to)

the other holds a red book like a dare

Portrait of an American Sailor (1918) by J.C. Leyendecker Style:Black frame This bold art print inJ. C. Leyendeckers Portrait of an American Sailor (1918) turns military polish into pure desire. The sitter is Charles Beach: model, muse and Leyendeckers long term partner, later famous as the face behind the Arrow Collar Man. Painted during the First World War, this sailor belongs to a mainstream patriotic language, but the gaze changes everything. Leyendecker, a gay artist who shaped American advertising and magazine culture, smuggled queer beauty