Mary Jane Simes
Mary Jane Simes | |
|---|---|
 Samuel and Mary Jane Simes. | |
| Born | 1807 |
| Died | 1872 |
| Style | Oils, miniatures |
Mary Jane Simes (1807-1872) was an American portrait painter who worked in both oils and painted miniatures. She was born in Baltimore in 1807 and died in 1872. Mary Jane Simes is a member of the Peale family, an important lineage of artists and cultural workers in 18th and 19th century America. She is a descendant of Charles Willson Peale, who established one of the first museums of art and natural history in the United States.[2] Her aunts were Anna Claypoole Peale and Sarah Miriam Peale, who were known as miniaturists and oil painters, respectively.[3] Simes lived with her aunt Sarah during a portion of her childhood. Her career as an exhibiting artist ended upon marriage to John Floyd Yeats.[4]
Career[edit]
Simes grew up amongst artists, and little of her early education is known.[4] However, it is believed she was the only pupil of her aunt Anna, and she was important enough during her lifetime to be referenced in a compendium of women artists.[5][6] Simes exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts throughout her short career. Simes was active from 1825 to 1835. Her work can be seen at the Maryland Historical Society,[4] the Smithsonian Museum of American Art,[2] the Cincinnati Art Museum,[7] and the Cheekwood Museum of Art.[8] Her work has been included in 20th century surveys of American Antiquities at the Baltimore Museum of Art.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ "Portrait of a Young Girl". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
- ^ a b "Mary Jane Simes". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
- ^ Wehle, Harry (1927). American Miniatures 1730-1850. Garden City, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 103–104.
- ^ a b c Museum., Cincinnati Art (2006). Perfect likeness : European and American portrait miniatures from the Cincinnati Art Museum. Aronson, Julie., Wieseman, Marjorie E. New Haven [Conn.]: Yale University Press. p. 287. ISBN 0300115806. OCLC 61169825.
- ^ "Anna Claypoole Peale | National Museum of Women in the Arts". nmwa.org. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
- ^ Ellet, Elizabeth (1859). Women Artists in All Ages and Countries. New York: Harper Brothers. p. 293.
- ^ "Cincinnati Art Museum: Explore the Collections of the Cincinnati Art Museum". Cincinnati Art Museum. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
- ^ "Miss Henson (2) - Simes". tnportraits.org. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
- ^ Menzie, Karol V. "BMA antiques show offers antique toys, Americana rarities". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2019-03-27.