Leland Stanford Morgan (aka Le Morgan; 9 June 1886
San Francisco – 12 August 1981
Oakland, California) was an American commercial artist. He began in 1910 in San Francisco and eventually moved across the
bay to
Oakland where he remained for the rest of his life.[1][2] Morgan is known for his illustrations of sheet music covers by publishers mostly in the San Francisco Bay area.
Career
At age 17, Morgan graduated from the California Business College[3] in San Francisco in December 1903.[4] In 1930, Morgan began teaching Fashion Art and Commercial Art at the Fox Art Institute and School of Commercial Art, founded in 1921 in Oakland by Elton Villers Frederick Fox (1893–1970). In 1930, when he began teaching there, they renamed it the Fox-Morgan Art Institute and Commercial Art School. Fox returned to his native home in
Victoria, Australia, in 1935, and Ruel Curtis Dean became associated with the school for two years. In 1937, the school was renamed Art Institute on the 3rd floor at 339 15th Street, Oakland, and Morgan became its head.[5][6] Notable alumni of the Fox-Morgan School include
Dong Kingman.
Cover:
caricature of a male college student smoking a pipe with bulldog; "Rah-rah boy" was a reference to a college male. The class of '09 is illustrated on his pipe and sweater. One of the colors, blue, the
bulldog, and the
scull and bones insignia — taken as a composite — fits a profile of a
Yale student. (
view, courtesy of the
Indiana University Bloomington)
Cover:
caricature of a jolly
minstrel or
buskerbanjoist with one or two missing teeth, seated in
morning dress:
single-breasted black
frock coat with notched red-trimmed lapels, red, white, and black-striped top collar, red-trimmed sleeves, lined with single white
French-cuffs; white vest; black-and-white checkered
bow-tie with matching black-and-white checkered trousers trimmed with white
gaiters; gemstone centered on upper shirt- or vest-front below the bow tie; black
cap-toe dress shoes with white-stitched
welts, topped with red, white, and black striped
spats that match the top collar;
top hat with red patterned
hat band on ground,
brim up, casting a shadow; red background, black lettering, white base — signature by Morgan indicates 1910 (
view, courtesy of
York University, Toronto) (
2nd view, courtesy of
Mississippi State University)
Frederick V. Bowers Music Publishers, Inc., New York
Composed by Frederick V. Bowers (1874–1961), lyrics by Jesse G. M. Glick (né Jesse Grant Monroe Glick; 1874–1939), (
view, courtesy of
Gonzaga University)
Lyrics by Cyril John MacMeekin (1896–1991), music by John Alfred MacMeeken (1874–1960) – John was Cyril's father (
view, courtesy of the
Hawaiian Historical Society)
Family
Spouse
Morgan married Ruth Vivian Holloway and had two children, Alan Edgar Morgan, (April 1, 1922 to December 26, 2015), an architect based in the San Francisco Bay area, and Merele Marcella Morgan (1919–2004) who married John Benton Saunders (1917–2010).
^The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music: Composers and Their Music (Dewey is in the Supplement – Vol. 3 of 3), by William Harold Rehrig (born 1939); edited by Paul E. Bierley (born 1926),
Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press (1996);
OCLC24606813
Leland Stanford Morgan (aka Le Morgan; 9 June 1886
San Francisco – 12 August 1981
Oakland, California) was an American commercial artist. He began in 1910 in San Francisco and eventually moved across the
bay to
Oakland where he remained for the rest of his life.[1][2] Morgan is known for his illustrations of sheet music covers by publishers mostly in the San Francisco Bay area.
Career
At age 17, Morgan graduated from the California Business College[3] in San Francisco in December 1903.[4] In 1930, Morgan began teaching Fashion Art and Commercial Art at the Fox Art Institute and School of Commercial Art, founded in 1921 in Oakland by Elton Villers Frederick Fox (1893–1970). In 1930, when he began teaching there, they renamed it the Fox-Morgan Art Institute and Commercial Art School. Fox returned to his native home in
Victoria, Australia, in 1935, and Ruel Curtis Dean became associated with the school for two years. In 1937, the school was renamed Art Institute on the 3rd floor at 339 15th Street, Oakland, and Morgan became its head.[5][6] Notable alumni of the Fox-Morgan School include
Dong Kingman.
Cover:
caricature of a male college student smoking a pipe with bulldog; "Rah-rah boy" was a reference to a college male. The class of '09 is illustrated on his pipe and sweater. One of the colors, blue, the
bulldog, and the
scull and bones insignia — taken as a composite — fits a profile of a
Yale student. (
view, courtesy of the
Indiana University Bloomington)
Cover:
caricature of a jolly
minstrel or
buskerbanjoist with one or two missing teeth, seated in
morning dress:
single-breasted black
frock coat with notched red-trimmed lapels, red, white, and black-striped top collar, red-trimmed sleeves, lined with single white
French-cuffs; white vest; black-and-white checkered
bow-tie with matching black-and-white checkered trousers trimmed with white
gaiters; gemstone centered on upper shirt- or vest-front below the bow tie; black
cap-toe dress shoes with white-stitched
welts, topped with red, white, and black striped
spats that match the top collar;
top hat with red patterned
hat band on ground,
brim up, casting a shadow; red background, black lettering, white base — signature by Morgan indicates 1910 (
view, courtesy of
York University, Toronto) (
2nd view, courtesy of
Mississippi State University)
Frederick V. Bowers Music Publishers, Inc., New York
Composed by Frederick V. Bowers (1874–1961), lyrics by Jesse G. M. Glick (né Jesse Grant Monroe Glick; 1874–1939), (
view, courtesy of
Gonzaga University)
Lyrics by Cyril John MacMeekin (1896–1991), music by John Alfred MacMeeken (1874–1960) – John was Cyril's father (
view, courtesy of the
Hawaiian Historical Society)
Family
Spouse
Morgan married Ruth Vivian Holloway and had two children, Alan Edgar Morgan, (April 1, 1922 to December 26, 2015), an architect based in the San Francisco Bay area, and Merele Marcella Morgan (1919–2004) who married John Benton Saunders (1917–2010).
^The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music: Composers and Their Music (Dewey is in the Supplement – Vol. 3 of 3), by William Harold Rehrig (born 1939); edited by Paul E. Bierley (born 1926),
Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press (1996);
OCLC24606813