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May. 14, 2023
George Yewell (NY,MD,1830-1923) oil painting antique
Est: $1,100 - $1,400
ARTIST: George Henry Yewell (New York, Maryland, 1830 - 1923) NAME: Monastery Scene YEAR: 1880 MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Few minor paint losses. Minor craquelure. One very small inpainting/touch up. Minor damages to frame. SIGHT SIZE: 13 1/2 x 9 inches / 35 x 22 cm FRAME SIZE: 19 x 15 inches / 48 x 38 cm SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119025 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: George Henry Yewell was an American painter and etcher. He was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland. His father died when he was a boy, and he and his mother left Maryland for Cincinnati, as she had family there; in that city he received some instruction from Theodore S. Parvin, who later became a prominent educator in Iowa.In 1848 Yewell apprenticed himself to a tailor to learn a trade, but at the same time he began showing an interest in art; a formative experience early in life was his encounter with a suite of prints based upon the cycle The Voyage of Life by Thomas Cole. His breakthrough came with a political cartoon he drew about the controversy surrounding the move of the state capital from Iowa City to Des Moines. Among those who took notice of the young artist was Charles Mason, Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court. He collected a group of associates and together they financed the young man's move to New York City for the formal study of art. Charles Anderson Dana provided him with a letter of introduction to Thomas Hicks, whose pupil he became, and in whose studio he met William Makepeace Thackeray. He then enrolled in the school of the National Academy of Design, which he attended from 1851 until 1853.After his period of study, Yewell returned to Iowa City and painted portraits, specializing in depictions of children. By January 1856 he was back in New York and re-enrolled at the Academy; he took a studio in the city at this time as well. That July he went to Paris, again supported by Mason and his friends; until 1861 he studied there with Thomas Couture and counting among his acquaintances fellow students Henry A. Loop and Thomas Satterwhite Noble.In 1862 Yewell was in Iowa again, taking studio space in Des Moines, but by that spring he was back in New York, with a studio in the Dodsworth Building, when he submitted five works to the annual exhibition of the National Academy.At least three of the pieces in question were genre scenes dating to his French sojourn. Yewell never returned to Iowa to live, though he visited regularly, and married a local woman, Mary Elizabeth (Mollie) Coast, in 1863. With his wife and her brother Oscar he returned to Europe in 1867, and took up residence in Rome; he spent summers in Perugia and Venice and traveled to Egypt in 1875, and returned to the United States in 1878.Among his friends in Rome were Elihu Vedder, Charles C. Coleman, and Bayard Taylor. It is suspected that Yewell returned to the United States due to the behavior of his wife, who had shocked the American expatriate community in Rome; the couple were divorced the next year, and she married the English painter Edwin Ellis.Yewell maintained deep ties with his patrons from Iowa, and earned many portrait commissions from them; even so, upon his return to America settled in New York City, where the chances of finding work were better. He rented a studio in the Tenth Street Studio Building, which he kept at least until 1880. He returned there after taking space elsewhere in the city, coming back around 1895 and remaining there for the rest of his life.He worked mainly as a portraitist, but also created paintings from sketches he had made during his international travels. In 1881 he was reported to be designing a frieze for the Veterans Room in the Seventh Regiment Armory on Park Avenue, a task he undertook for Louis Comfort Tiffany. Yewell spent his summers in Lake George.Elected an Associate of the National Academy of Design in 1862, and made a full member in 1880, he contributed to exhibitions there beginning in 1852; apart from 1872 to 1876 his works were rarely absent from the yearly shows. He seems to have wished to be known as a genre painter, as he sent few portraits until the 1880s. Later he submitted depictions of the interiors of European buildings, especially churches. He continued showing at the Academy until 1916.Yewell died in New York.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Feb. 12, 2023
George Yewell (NY,MD,1830-1923) oil painting antique
Est: $1,150 - $1,450
ARTIST: George Henry Yewell (New York, Maryland, 1830 - 1923) NAME: Monastery Scene YEAR: 1880 MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Few minor paint losses. Minor craquelure. One very small inpainting/touch up. Minor damages to frame. SIGHT SIZE: 13 1/2 x 9 inches / 35 x 22 cm FRAME SIZE: 19 x 15 inches / 48 x 38 cm SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119025 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: George Henry Yewell was an American painter and etcher. He was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland. His father died when he was a boy, and he and his mother left Maryland for Cincinnati, as she had family there; in that city he received some instruction from Theodore S. Parvin, who later became a prominent educator in Iowa.In 1848 Yewell apprenticed himself to a tailor to learn a trade, but at the same time he began showing an interest in art; a formative experience early in life was his encounter with a suite of prints based upon the cycle The Voyage of Life by Thomas Cole. His breakthrough came with a political cartoon he drew about the controversy surrounding the move of the state capital from Iowa City to Des Moines. Among those who took notice of the young artist was Charles Mason, Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court. He collected a group of associates and together they financed the young man's move to New York City for the formal study of art. Charles Anderson Dana provided him with a letter of introduction to Thomas Hicks, whose pupil he became, and in whose studio he met William Makepeace Thackeray. He then enrolled in the school of the National Academy of Design, which he attended from 1851 until 1853.After his period of study, Yewell returned to Iowa City and painted portraits, specializing in depictions of children. By January 1856 he was back in New York and re-enrolled at the Academy; he took a studio in the city at this time as well. That July he went to Paris, again supported by Mason and his friends; until 1861 he studied there with Thomas Couture and counting among his acquaintances fellow students Henry A. Loop and Thomas Satterwhite Noble.In 1862 Yewell was in Iowa again, taking studio space in Des Moines, but by that spring he was back in New York, with a studio in the Dodsworth Building, when he submitted five works to the annual exhibition of the National Academy.At least three of the pieces in question were genre scenes dating to his French sojourn. Yewell never returned to Iowa to live, though he visited regularly, and married a local woman, Mary Elizabeth (Mollie) Coast, in 1863. With his wife and her brother Oscar he returned to Europe in 1867, and took up residence in Rome; he spent summers in Perugia and Venice and traveled to Egypt in 1875, and returned to the United States in 1878.Among his friends in Rome were Elihu Vedder, Charles C. Coleman, and Bayard Taylor. It is suspected that Yewell returned to the United States due to the behavior of his wife, who had shocked the American expatriate community in Rome; the couple were divorced the next year, and she married the English painter Edwin Ellis.Yewell maintained deep ties with his patrons from Iowa, and earned many portrait commissions from them; even so, upon his return to America settled in New York City, where the chances of finding work were better. He rented a studio in the Tenth Street Studio Building, which he kept at least until 1880. He returned there after taking space elsewhere in the city, coming back around 1895 and remaining there for the rest of his life.He worked mainly as a portraitist, but also created paintings from sketches he had made during his international travels. In 1881 he was reported to be designing a frieze for the Veterans Room in the Seventh Regiment Armory on Park Avenue, a task he undertook for Louis Comfort Tiffany. Yewell spent his summers in Lake George.Elected an Associate of the National Academy of Design in 1862, and made a full member in 1880, he contributed to exhibitions there beginning in 1852; apart from 1872 to 1876 his works were rarely absent from the yearly shows. He seems to have wished to be known as a genre painter, as he sent few portraits until the 1880s. Later he submitted depictions of the interiors of European buildings, especially churches. He continued showing at the Academy until 1916.Yewell died in New York.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Nov. 13, 2022
George Yewell (NY,MD,1830-1923) oil painting antique
Est: $1,200 - $1,500
ARTIST: George Henry Yewell (New York, Maryland, 1830 - 1923) NAME: Monastery Scene YEAR: 1880 MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Few minor paint losses. Minor craquelure. One very small inpainting/touch up. Minor damages to frame. SIGHT SIZE: 13 1/2 x 9 inches / 35 x 22 cm FRAME SIZE: 19 x 15 inches / 48 x 38 cm SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119025 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: George Henry Yewell was an American painter and etcher. He was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland. His father died when he was a boy, and he and his mother left Maryland for Cincinnati, as she had family there; in that city he received some instruction from Theodore S. Parvin, who later became a prominent educator in Iowa.In 1848 Yewell apprenticed himself to a tailor to learn a trade, but at the same time he began showing an interest in art; a formative experience early in life was his encounter with a suite of prints based upon the cycle The Voyage of Life by Thomas Cole. His breakthrough came with a political cartoon he drew about the controversy surrounding the move of the state capital from Iowa City to Des Moines. Among those who took notice of the young artist was Charles Mason, Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court. He collected a group of associates and together they financed the young man's move to New York City for the formal study of art. Charles Anderson Dana provided him with a letter of introduction to Thomas Hicks, whose pupil he became, and in whose studio he met William Makepeace Thackeray. He then enrolled in the school of the National Academy of Design, which he attended from 1851 until 1853.After his period of study, Yewell returned to Iowa City and painted portraits, specializing in depictions of children. By January 1856 he was back in New York and re-enrolled at the Academy; he took a studio in the city at this time as well. That July he went to Paris, again supported by Mason and his friends; until 1861 he studied there with Thomas Couture and counting among his acquaintances fellow students Henry A. Loop and Thomas Satterwhite Noble.In 1862 Yewell was in Iowa again, taking studio space in Des Moines, but by that spring he was back in New York, with a studio in the Dodsworth Building, when he submitted five works to the annual exhibition of the National Academy.At least three of the pieces in question were genre scenes dating to his French sojourn. Yewell never returned to Iowa to live, though he visited regularly, and married a local woman, Mary Elizabeth (Mollie) Coast, in 1863. With his wife and her brother Oscar he returned to Europe in 1867, and took up residence in Rome; he spent summers in Perugia and Venice and traveled to Egypt in 1875, and returned to the United States in 1878.Among his friends in Rome were Elihu Vedder, Charles C. Coleman, and Bayard Taylor. It is suspected that Yewell returned to the United States due to the behavior of his wife, who had shocked the American expatriate community in Rome; the couple were divorced the next year, and she married the English painter Edwin Ellis.Yewell maintained deep ties with his patrons from Iowa, and earned many portrait commissions from them; even so, upon his return to America settled in New York City, where the chances of finding work were better. He rented a studio in the Tenth Street Studio Building, which he kept at least until 1880. He returned there after taking space elsewhere in the city, coming back around 1895 and remaining there for the rest of his life.He worked mainly as a portraitist, but also created paintings from sketches he had made during his international travels. In 1881 he was reported to be designing a frieze for the Veterans Room in the Seventh Regiment Armory on Park Avenue, a task he undertook for Louis Comfort Tiffany. Yewell spent his summers in Lake George.Elected an Associate of the National Academy of Design in 1862, and made a full member in 1880, he contributed to exhibitions there beginning in 1852; apart from 1872 to 1876 his works were rarely absent from the yearly shows. He seems to have wished to be known as a genre painter, as he sent few portraits until the 1880s. Later he submitted depictions of the interiors of European buildings, especially churches. He continued showing at the Academy until 1916.Yewell died in New York.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Aug. 21, 2022
George Yewell (NY,MD,1830-1923) oil painting antique
Est: $1,250 - $1,600
ARTIST: George Henry Yewell (New York, Maryland, 1830 - 1923) NAME: Monastery Scene YEAR: 1880 MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Few minor paint losses. Minor craquelure. One very small inpainting/touch up. Minor damages to frame. SIGHT SIZE: 13 1/2 x 9 inches / 35 x 22 cm FRAME SIZE: 19 x 15 inches / 48 x 38 cm SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119025 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: George Henry Yewell was an American painter and etcher. He was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland. His father died when he was a boy, and he and his mother left Maryland for Cincinnati, as she had family there; in that city he received some instruction from Theodore S. Parvin, who later became a prominent educator in Iowa.In 1848 Yewell apprenticed himself to a tailor to learn a trade, but at the same time he began showing an interest in art; a formative experience early in life was his encounter with a suite of prints based upon the cycle The Voyage of Life by Thomas Cole. His breakthrough came with a political cartoon he drew about the controversy surrounding the move of the state capital from Iowa City to Des Moines. Among those who took notice of the young artist was Charles Mason, Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court. He collected a group of associates and together they financed the young man's move to New York City for the formal study of art. Charles Anderson Dana provided him with a letter of introduction to Thomas Hicks, whose pupil he became, and in whose studio he met William Makepeace Thackeray. He then enrolled in the school of the National Academy of Design, which he attended from 1851 until 1853.After his period of study, Yewell returned to Iowa City and painted portraits, specializing in depictions of children. By January 1856 he was back in New York and re-enrolled at the Academy; he took a studio in the city at this time as well. That July he went to Paris, again supported by Mason and his friends; until 1861 he studied there with Thomas Couture and counting among his acquaintances fellow students Henry A. Loop and Thomas Satterwhite Noble.In 1862 Yewell was in Iowa again, taking studio space in Des Moines, but by that spring he was back in New York, with a studio in the Dodsworth Building, when he submitted five works to the annual exhibition of the National Academy.At least three of the pieces in question were genre scenes dating to his French sojourn. Yewell never returned to Iowa to live, though he visited regularly, and married a local woman, Mary Elizabeth (Mollie) Coast, in 1863. With his wife and her brother Oscar he returned to Europe in 1867, and took up residence in Rome; he spent summers in Perugia and Venice and traveled to Egypt in 1875, and returned to the United States in 1878.Among his friends in Rome were Elihu Vedder, Charles C. Coleman, and Bayard Taylor. It is suspected that Yewell returned to the United States due to the behavior of his wife, who had shocked the American expatriate community in Rome; the couple were divorced the next year, and she married the English painter Edwin Ellis.Yewell maintained deep ties with his patrons from Iowa, and earned many portrait commissions from them; even so, upon his return to America settled in New York City, where the chances of finding work were better. He rented a studio in the Tenth Street Studio Building, which he kept at least until 1880. He returned there after taking space elsewhere in the city, coming back around 1895 and remaining there for the rest of his life.He worked mainly as a portraitist, but also created paintings from sketches he had made during his international travels. In 1881 he was reported to be designing a frieze for the Veterans Room in the Seventh Regiment Armory on Park Avenue, a task he undertook for Louis Comfort Tiffany. Yewell spent his summers in Lake George.Elected an Associate of the National Academy of Design in 1862, and made a full member in 1880, he contributed to exhibitions there beginning in 1852; apart from 1872 to 1876 his works were rarely absent from the yearly shows. He seems to have wished to be known as a genre painter, as he sent few portraits until the 1880s. Later he submitted depictions of the interiors of European buildings, especially churches. He continued showing at the Academy until 1916.Yewell died in New York.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
May. 08, 2022
George Yewell (NY,MD,1830-1923) oil painting antique
Est: $1,350 - $1,700
ARTIST: George Henry Yewell (New York, Maryland, 1830 - 1923) NAME: Monastery Scene YEAR: 1880 MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Few minor paint losses. Minor craquelure. One very small inpainting/touch up. Minor damages to frame. SIGHT SIZE: 13 1/2 x 9 inches / 35 x 22 cm FRAME SIZE: 19 x 15 inches / 48 x 38 cm SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119025 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: George Henry Yewell was an American painter and etcher. He was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland. His father died when he was a boy, and he and his mother left Maryland for Cincinnati, as she had family there; in that city he received some instruction from Theodore S. Parvin, who later became a prominent educator in Iowa.In 1848 Yewell apprenticed himself to a tailor to learn a trade, but at the same time he began showing an interest in art; a formative experience early in life was his encounter with a suite of prints based upon the cycle The Voyage of Life by Thomas Cole. His breakthrough came with a political cartoon he drew about the controversy surrounding the move of the state capital from Iowa City to Des Moines. Among those who took notice of the young artist was Charles Mason, Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court. He collected a group of associates and together they financed the young man's move to New York City for the formal study of art. Charles Anderson Dana provided him with a letter of introduction to Thomas Hicks, whose pupil he became, and in whose studio he met William Makepeace Thackeray. He then enrolled in the school of the National Academy of Design, which he attended from 1851 until 1853.After his period of study, Yewell returned to Iowa City and painted portraits, specializing in depictions of children. By January 1856 he was back in New York and re-enrolled at the Academy; he took a studio in the city at this time as well. That July he went to Paris, again supported by Mason and his friends; until 1861 he studied there with Thomas Couture and counting among his acquaintances fellow students Henry A. Loop and Thomas Satterwhite Noble.In 1862 Yewell was in Iowa again, taking studio space in Des Moines, but by that spring he was back in New York, with a studio in the Dodsworth Building, when he submitted five works to the annual exhibition of the National Academy.At least three of the pieces in question were genre scenes dating to his French sojourn. Yewell never returned to Iowa to live, though he visited regularly, and married a local woman, Mary Elizabeth (Mollie) Coast, in 1863. With his wife and her brother Oscar he returned to Europe in 1867, and took up residence in Rome; he spent summers in Perugia and Venice and traveled to Egypt in 1875, and returned to the United States in 1878.Among his friends in Rome were Elihu Vedder, Charles C. Coleman, and Bayard Taylor. It is suspected that Yewell returned to the United States due to the behavior of his wife, who had shocked the American expatriate community in Rome; the couple were divorced the next year, and she married the English painter Edwin Ellis.Yewell maintained deep ties with his patrons from Iowa, and earned many portrait commissions from them; even so, upon his return to America settled in New York City, where the chances of finding work were better. He rented a studio in the Tenth Street Studio Building, which he kept at least until 1880. He returned there after taking space elsewhere in the city, coming back around 1895 and remaining there for the rest of his life.He worked mainly as a portraitist, but also created paintings from sketches he had made during his international travels. In 1881 he was reported to be designing a frieze for the Veterans Room in the Seventh Regiment Armory on Park Avenue, a task he undertook for Louis Comfort Tiffany. Yewell spent his summers in Lake George.Elected an Associate of the National Academy of Design in 1862, and made a full member in 1880, he contributed to exhibitions there beginning in 1852; apart from 1872 to 1876 his works were rarely absent from the yearly shows. He seems to have wished to be known as a genre painter, as he sent few portraits until the 1880s. Later he submitted depictions of the interiors of European buildings, especially churches. He continued showing at the Academy until 1916.Yewell died in New York.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Feb. 06, 2022
George Yewell (NY,MD,1830-1923) oil painting antique
Est: $1,400 - $1,800
ARTIST: George Henry Yewell (New York, Maryland, 1830 - 1923) NAME: Monastery Scene YEAR: 1880 MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Few minor paint losses. Minor craquelure. One very small inpainting/touch up. Minor damages to frame. SIGHT SIZE: 13 1/2 x 9 inches / 35 x 22 cm FRAME SIZE: 19 x 15 inches / 48 x 38 cm SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119025 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: George Henry Yewell was an American painter and etcher. He was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland. His father died when he was a boy, and he and his mother left Maryland for Cincinnati, as she had family there; in that city he received some instruction from Theodore S. Parvin, who later became a prominent educator in Iowa.In 1848 Yewell apprenticed himself to a tailor to learn a trade, but at the same time he began showing an interest in art; a formative experience early in life was his encounter with a suite of prints based upon the cycle The Voyage of Life by Thomas Cole. His breakthrough came with a political cartoon he drew about the controversy surrounding the move of the state capital from Iowa City to Des Moines. Among those who took notice of the young artist was Charles Mason, Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court. He collected a group of associates and together they financed the young man's move to New York City for the formal study of art. Charles Anderson Dana provided him with a letter of introduction to Thomas Hicks, whose pupil he became, and in whose studio he met William Makepeace Thackeray. He then enrolled in the school of the National Academy of Design, which he attended from 1851 until 1853.After his period of study, Yewell returned to Iowa City and painted portraits, specializing in depictions of children. By January 1856 he was back in New York and re-enrolled at the Academy; he took a studio in the city at this time as well. That July he went to Paris, again supported by Mason and his friends; until 1861 he studied there with Thomas Couture and counting among his acquaintances fellow students Henry A. Loop and Thomas Satterwhite Noble.In 1862 Yewell was in Iowa again, taking studio space in Des Moines, but by that spring he was back in New York, with a studio in the Dodsworth Building, when he submitted five works to the annual exhibition of the National Academy.At least three of the pieces in question were genre scenes dating to his French sojourn. Yewell never returned to Iowa to live, though he visited regularly, and married a local woman, Mary Elizabeth (Mollie) Coast, in 1863. With his wife and her brother Oscar he returned to Europe in 1867, and took up residence in Rome; he spent summers in Perugia and Venice and traveled to Egypt in 1875, and returned to the United States in 1878.Among his friends in Rome were Elihu Vedder, Charles C. Coleman, and Bayard Taylor. It is suspected that Yewell returned to the United States due to the behavior of his wife, who had shocked the American expatriate community in Rome; the couple were divorced the next year, and she married the English painter Edwin Ellis.Yewell maintained deep ties with his patrons from Iowa, and earned many portrait commissions from them; even so, upon his return to America settled in New York City, where the chances of finding work were better. He rented a studio in the Tenth Street Studio Building, which he kept at least until 1880. He returned there after taking space elsewhere in the city, coming back around 1895 and remaining there for the rest of his life.He worked mainly as a portraitist, but also created paintings from sketches he had made during his international travels. In 1881 he was reported to be designing a frieze for the Veterans Room in the Seventh Regiment Armory on Park Avenue, a task he undertook for Louis Comfort Tiffany. Yewell spent his summers in Lake George.Elected an Associate of the National Academy of Design in 1862, and made a full member in 1880, he contributed to exhibitions there beginning in 1852; apart from 1872 to 1876 his works were rarely absent from the yearly shows. He seems to have wished to be known as a genre painter, as he sent few portraits until the 1880s. Later he submitted depictions of the interiors of European buildings, especially churches. He continued showing at the Academy until 1916.Yewell died in New York.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Nov. 14, 2021
George Yewell (NY,MD,1830-1923) oil painting antique
Est: $1,500 - $1,900
ARTIST: George Henry Yewell (New York, Maryland, 1830 - 1923) NAME: Monastery Scene YEAR: 1880 MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Few minor paint losses. Minor craquelure. One very small inpainting/touch up. Minor damages to frame. SIGHT SIZE: 13 1/2 x 9 inches / 35 x 22 cm FRAME SIZE: 19 x 15 inches / 48 x 38 cm SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119025 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: George Henry Yewell was an American painter and etcher. He was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland. His father died when he was a boy, and he and his mother left Maryland for Cincinnati, as she had family there; in that city he received some instruction from Theodore S. Parvin, who later became a prominent educator in Iowa.In 1848 Yewell apprenticed himself to a tailor to learn a trade, but at the same time he began showing an interest in art; a formative experience early in life was his encounter with a suite of prints based upon the cycle The Voyage of Life by Thomas Cole. His breakthrough came with a political cartoon he drew about the controversy surrounding the move of the state capital from Iowa City to Des Moines. Among those who took notice of the young artist was Charles Mason, Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court. He collected a group of associates and together they financed the young man's move to New York City for the formal study of art. Charles Anderson Dana provided him with a letter of introduction to Thomas Hicks, whose pupil he became, and in whose studio he met William Makepeace Thackeray. He then enrolled in the school of the National Academy of Design, which he attended from 1851 until 1853.After his period of study, Yewell returned to Iowa City and painted portraits, specializing in depictions of children. By January 1856 he was back in New York and re-enrolled at the Academy; he took a studio in the city at this time as well. That July he went to Paris, again supported by Mason and his friends; until 1861 he studied there with Thomas Couture and counting among his acquaintances fellow students Henry A. Loop and Thomas Satterwhite Noble.In 1862 Yewell was in Iowa again, taking studio space in Des Moines, but by that spring he was back in New York, with a studio in the Dodsworth Building, when he submitted five works to the annual exhibition of the National Academy.At least three of the pieces in question were genre scenes dating to his French sojourn. Yewell never returned to Iowa to live, though he visited regularly, and married a local woman, Mary Elizabeth (Mollie) Coast, in 1863. With his wife and her brother Oscar he returned to Europe in 1867, and took up residence in Rome; he spent summers in Perugia and Venice and traveled to Egypt in 1875, and returned to the United States in 1878.Among his friends in Rome were Elihu Vedder, Charles C. Coleman, and Bayard Taylor. It is suspected that Yewell returned to the United States due to the behavior of his wife, who had shocked the American expatriate community in Rome; the couple were divorced the next year, and she married the English painter Edwin Ellis.Yewell maintained deep ties with his patrons from Iowa, and earned many portrait commissions from them; even so, upon his return to America settled in New York City, where the chances of finding work were better. He rented a studio in the Tenth Street Studio Building, which he kept at least until 1880. He returned there after taking space elsewhere in the city, coming back around 1895 and remaining there for the rest of his life.He worked mainly as a portraitist, but also created paintings from sketches he had made during his international travels. In 1881 he was reported to be designing a frieze for the Veterans Room in the Seventh Regiment Armory on Park Avenue, a task he undertook for Louis Comfort Tiffany. Yewell spent his summers in Lake George.Elected an Associate of the National Academy of Design in 1862, and made a full member in 1880, he contributed to exhibitions there beginning in 1852; apart from 1872 to 1876 his works were rarely absent from the yearly shows. He seems to have wished to be known as a genre painter, as he sent few portraits until the 1880s. Later he submitted depictions of the interiors of European buildings, especially churches. He continued showing at the Academy until 1916.Yewell died in New York.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jun. 24, 2021
GEORGE HENRY YEWELL, American (1830-1923), Market Scenes, (A Pair), (a) oil on canvas, unsigned (b) oil on canvas, signed lower right "George Yewell", (a) 14 x 10 inches (b) 20 1/8 x 12 1/8 inches
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
GEORGE HENRY YEWELL American, (1830-1923) Market Scenes (A Pair) (a) oil on canvas, unsigned (b) oil on canvas, signed lower right "George Yewell"
Shannon's
May. 24, 2021
George H. Yewell (American, 1830-1923) oil on canvas, monk stands in monastery under covered terrace reading a book, rose-colored bu...
Est: $500 - $700
George H. Yewell (American, 1830-1923) oil on canvas, monk stands in monastery under covered terrace reading a book, rose-colored building in background, vines trail up columns and on building, faintly signed and dated 1880 lower left, not examined out of frame, wear consistent with age, including paint loss to some edges, small areas of inpainting, painting loose in frame, frame with some damages and gilt loss, etc., ss: 13" h. x 8 1/2" w.
Winter Associates, Inc.
Oct. 24, 2020
Attributed to George Yewell (American, 1830 - 1923), portrait of Cornelius R. Agnew (1830 - 1888), oil on canvas attached to panel,...
Est: $300 - $500
Attributed to George Yewell (American, 1830 - 1923), portrait of Cornelius R. Agnew (1830 - 1888), oil on canvas attached to panel, 19th century, unsigned. height 29 3/4" x 25 1/4". Catalog Note: Cornelius R. Agnew was a Trustee of The New York Academy of Medicine. Provenance: New York Academy of Medicine
Nadeau's Auction Gallery
Aug. 25, 2019
George H. Yewell "Perugia" OIl on Canvas, 1873
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
George H. Yewell (American, 18301923). "Perugia" - 1873, oil on canvas painting, signed, placed and dated lower right. Interior genre scene depicting an Italian priest in a fresco decorated sacristy looking at an antiphonal. Approx: 11.75" x 7" (canvas), 19" x 15" (frame).
Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.
Jun. 16, 2019
George H. Yewell "Campo Santa Maria Nova" Oil
Est: -
George Henry Yewell (American, 1830-1923) "Campo Santa Maria Nova," 1873, town square scene with figures and buildings, signed and dated lower right "Geo H. Yewell Rome 1873," oil on canvas. Image: 13" H x 8.375" W; frame: 22" H x 17.5" W x 3.25" D.
Auctions at Showplace
Jul. 23, 2018
George Henry Yewell (British, 1830-1923), etching of a monk in a monastery, pencil signed, 14-7/8" x 9-1/4" image, framed size 20-3/...
Est: $100 - $200
George Henry Yewell (British, 1830-1923), etching of a monk in a monastery, pencil signed, 14-7/8" x 9-1/4" image, framed size 20-3/4" x 15-1/4", very good condition
William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals
Feb. 20, 2018
GEORGE H. YEWELL (New York/Maryland, 1830-1923) oi
Est: $300 - $500
GEORGE H. YEWELL (New York/Maryland, 1830-1923) oil on canvas, "Afternoon On The Nile, Near Cairo." Signed lower left and dated 1876, titled verso. Image measures 20.25" x 29". In a period gilt wood and gesso frame; 26.75" x 36.25" overall.
O'Gallerie
Feb. 09, 2017
GEORGE H YEWELL (American, 1830-1923) "THE LANDING OF CLEOPATRA" AFTER CLAUDE LORRAIN, CIRCA 1858.
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Oil on canvas. Housed in a 19th century molded giltwood frame. Unsigned, identified on label affixed to stretcher. Note: The original painting by Claude Lorraine is in the Louvre, Paris SIZE: 11" x 14". Overall 15-3/4" x 19" CONDITION: Very good restored condition, restoration in sky and scattered along edges 51549-1
James D. Julia
Feb. 03, 2017
George Henry Yewell (1830-1923): Mosque
Est: $300 - $500
George Henry Yewell (1830-1923): Mosque Oil on canvas, signed ''Geo. H. Yewell'' lower right. 26 x 17 1/4 in., unframed. Property of Wilkes University
STAIR
Jun. 29, 2016
George Henry Yewell, 1830-1923 Oil
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
George Henry Yewell, 1830-1923 "Campo S. Maria Nova" o/c. signed, inscribed Roma and Dated 1873 LR.(GERS1504)(WT).Property Title: The Gersten Estate,Riverdale,New York. Measurements: 13 1/2" x 8 1/2" Condition: Good
Litchfield Auctions
Apr. 20, 2016
George Henry Yewell, 1830-1923 Oil
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
George Henry Yewell, 1830-1923 "Campo S. Maria Nova" o/c. signed, inscribed Roma and Dated 1873 LR.(GERS1504)(WT) Measurements: 131/2" x 81/2" Condition: Good Property Title: The Gersten Estate,Riverdale,New York
Litchfield Auctions
Mar. 20, 2016
Yewell, 4 Copies After Old Master Portraits, Oil on Canvas
Est: $500 - $800
George Henry Yewell (American, 1830-1923), lot of four copies after Old Master self-portraits, oil on canvas, to include: Tintoretto, Rembrandt, Veronese, and van Dyck, Tintoretto portrait signed, dated and inscribed "Geo. H. Yewell after Tintoretto, 1866," Veronese portrait signed and inscribed lower right, all 9 1/2" h x 13" w (view). Provenance: From a California estate.
Kaminski Auctions
Nov. 29, 2015
Yewell, 4 Copies After Old Master Self-Portraits, O/C
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
George Henry Yewell (American, 1830-1923), lot of four copies after Old Master self-portraits, oil on canvas, to include: Tintoretto, Rembrandt, Veronese, and van Dyck, Tintoretto portrait signed, dated and inscribed "Geo. H. Yewell after Tintoretto, 1866," Veronese portrait signed and inscribed lower right, all 9 1/2" h x 13" w (view). Provenance: From a California estate.
Kaminski Auctions
Oct. 15, 2014
George Henry Yewell, (American, 1830-1923), P. Notman
Est: $800 - $1,200
George Henry Yewell (American, 1830-1923) P. Notman oil on canvas 33 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches.
Hindman
Oct. 07, 2012
Attr. to George H. Yewell (American, 1830-1923)
Est: $150 - $300
Attributed to George Henry Yewell (American, 1830-1923) "The Riva, Venice", oil on canvas laid on panel, unsigned, reverse frame inscribed " "The Riva" Venice, Geo. H. Yewell", 5" x 7". Presented in a period giltwood frame.
New Orleans Auction Galleries
Aug. 21, 2012
GEORGE HENRY YEWELL (American 1830-1923) THE LITTLE HELPER.
Est: $1,400 - $1,800
Oil on canvas interior scene shows a woman seated beside a window knitting while a young girl sits beside Empire bureau holding a red ball of yarn. Signed lower left and dated "1864". Housed in a period frame with an O.J. Marvin Medford, Mass label. SIZE: 8" x 6". CONDITION: Very good. 9-27069
James D. Julia
Jun. 23, 2012
GEORGE HENRY YEWELL (1830-1923): ENTRANCE TO THE OLD SLAVE MARKET, CAIRO
Est: $800 - $1,200
GEORGE HENRY YEWELL (1830-1923): ENTRANCE TO THE OLD SLAVE MARKET, CAIRO Oil on canvas, signed lower right. 11 x 14 1/4 in., 20 1/4 x 23 3/4 in. (frame).
STAIR
May. 19, 2012
Attr. to George H. Yewell (American, 1830-1923)
Est: $300 - $500
Attributed to George Henry Yewell (American, 1830-1923) "The Riva, Venice", oil on canvas laid on panel, unsigned, reverse frame inscribed " "The Riva" Venice, Geo. H. Yewell", 5" x 7". Presented in a period giltwood frame.
New Orleans Auction Galleries
May. 19, 2012
George Henry Yewell (American, 1830-1923)
Est: $400 - $700
George Henry Yewell (American, 1830-1923) "Moonlit Venetian Canal Scene with Santa Maria della Salute", oil on canvas, signed lower left "Geo. H. Yewell", 9" x 9". Framed.
New Orleans Auction Galleries
Sep. 14, 2011
Yewell, George Henry, 1830-1923, New York, Arab Market Scene. Oil on Canvas.
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Yewell, George Henry, 1830-1923, New York, Arab Market Scene. Oil on Canvas. Signed "Geo. H. Yewell" in lower right. h:9.50 w:6.75 in.
Alderfer Auction
Aug. 13, 2011
George H. Yewell (American, 1830-1923): French Street Scene
Est: $200 - $400
George H. Yewell (American, 1830-1923): French Street Scene Etching, signed and dated 1885 in plate lower left, signed in pencil lower right, matted. Together with three other etchings and a silkscreen print, "The Peacock." Largest 13 3/8 x 9 1/4 in. (image).
STAIR
Sep. 01, 2010
George Henry Yewell (American, 1830-1923)
Est: $600 - $800
George Henry Yewell (American, 1830-1923) Portrait of a young boy signed and dated 'Geo. H. Yewell_1867' (lower left) oil on canvas 10 x 8½ in. (25.4 x 21.6 cm.) Painted in 1867.
Christie's
Aug. 31, 2010
George Henry Yewell (American, 1830-1923)
Est: $600 - $800
George Henry Yewell (American, 1830-1923) Portrait of a young boy signed and dated 'Geo. H. Yewell_1867' (lower left) oil on canvas 10 x 8½ in. (25.4 x 21.6 cm.) Painted in 1867.
Christie's
Jul. 19, 2010
YEWELL, GEORGE HENRY (AMERICAN, 1830-1923): Oil on canvas. Woman peeling apples.
Est: $400 - $600
YEWELL, GEORGE HENRY (AMERICAN, 1830-1923): Oil on canvas. Woman peeling apples. Signed lower left, after Gabriel Metsu. (17th c., Netherlands artist). 11 x 10." Christies label on verso. Note: Repaired tear lower center in the woman's skirt.
Braswell Galleries
Nov. 11, 2009
GEORGE YEWELL (American, 1830-1923) Bab Zuweyleh,
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
GEORGE YEWELL (American, 1830-1923) Bab Zuweyleh, Cairo, Egypt Oil on canvas laid on canvas 12-1/2 x 10 inches (31.8 x 25.4 cm) Inscribed on stretcher verso: Bab Zuweyleh - Cairo - Egypt / Built . A. D. 1087 / Painted by Geo. H. Yewell - N.A. PROVENANCE: Doyle, New York, Modern and Contemporary Art - European and American Art, December 3, 2003, lot 183; Private collection, New York.
Heritage Auctions
Apr. 16, 2009
George Henry Yewell (American, 1830-1923) Une Parisienne, Initialed and dated "G.H.Y. -1867"...
Est: $300 - $400
George Henry Yewell (American, 1830-1923) Une Parisienne, Initialed and dated "G.H.Y. -1867" l.r., titled on the reverse, Paris stencil on the Initialed and dated "G.H.Y. -1867" l.r., titled on the reverse, Paris stencil on the reverse. Oil on board, 9 7/8 x 8 in., framed. Condition: Minor scattered retouch, subtle surface grime. revese.
Skinner
Jan. 14, 2009
George Henry Yewell American-New York (1830-1923) Oil on Canvas "Asleep" Signed with Initials GHY Lower Right and Dated 1869. Very Good Condition, Minor Touchup Upper Center. Can use a Cleaning. Measures 5-1/2 Inches by 7-5/8 Inches, Frame Measures
Est: $800 - $1,200
George Henry Yewell American-New York (1830-1923) Oil on Canvas "Asleep" Signed with Initials GHY Lower Right and Dated 1869. Very Good Condition, Minor Touchup Upper Center. Can use a Cleaning. Measures 5-1/2 Inches by 7-5/8 Inches, Frame Measures 8-1/2 Inches by 10-1/2 Inches. Shipping $20.00 (estimate $800-$1,200)
Kodner Galleries
Jan. 10, 2009
George Henry Yewell (American, 1830-1923) Une Parisienne, Initialed and dated "G.H.Y. -1867"...
Est: $600 - $800
George Henry Yewell (American, 1830-1923) Une Parisienne, Initialed and dated "G.H.Y. -1867" l.r., titled on the reverse, Paris stencil on the Initialed and dated "G.H.Y. -1867" l.r., titled on the reverse, Paris stencil on the reverse. Oil on board, 9 7/8 x 8 in., framed. Condition: Minor scattered retouch, subtle surface grime. revese.
Skinner
Sep. 25, 2008
George Henry Yewell (1830-1923)
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
George Henry Yewell (1830-1923) Self-Defense signed and dated 'Geo. H. Yewell--1894' (lower left) oil on canvas 21 x 17 in. (53.3 x 43.2 cm.)
Christie's
Apr. 04, 2008
PAIR OF FRAMED ENGRAVINGS After George Henry Yewell (American, 1830-1923). "Old Monastery Island of St. Elano, Venice", and one unti...
Est: $100 - $200
PAIR OF FRAMED ENGRAVINGS After George Henry Yewell (American, 1830-1923). "Old Monastery Island of St. Elano, Venice", and one untitled, both depicting European scenes. Both pencil-signed in lower right margin "George H. Yewell". Largest, 8 1/2" x 5 1/4".
Eldred's
Mar. 26, 2008
George Henry Yewell American-New York (1830-1923)
Est: $2,000 - $2,500
George Henry Yewell American-New York (1830-1923) Oil on Canvas "Asleep" Signed with Initials GHY Lower Right and Dated 1869. Very Good Condition, Minor Touchup Upper Center. Can use a Cleaning. Measures 5-1/2 Inches by 7-5/8 Inches, Frame Measures 8-1/2 Inches by 10-1/2 Inches.
Bruce Kodner Galleries
Aug. 20, 2006
George Henry Yewell, (American, 1830-1923), Mother and Child
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
George Henry Yewell (American, 1830-1923) Mother and Child oil on canvas signed "GWY to GWY..." (lower right) 8 x 5 1/4 inches.
Hindman
May. 21, 2006
George Henry Yewell, (American, 1830-1923), Mother and Child
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
George Henry Yewell (American, 1830-1923) Mother and Child oil on canvas signed "GWY to GWY..." (lower right) 8 x 5 1/4 inches.
Hindman
Dec. 03, 2003
George Henry Yewell
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
1830-1923 BAB ZUWEYLEH, CAIRO, EGYPT, BUILT A.D. 1087 Inscribed with title and artist's name on an old label affixed to the stretcher Oil on canvas 12 1/2 x 10 inches
Doyle New York
Oct. 26, 2000
GEORGE HENRY YEWELL American (1830-1923)
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
"Self Defense" oil on canvas, 21 x 17 1/2, signed lower left and dated 1854, signed, titled, and dated on reverse. Provenance: William Schaus, New York, New York; Sotheby's, 6/23/87, lot # 102. Exhibited:
Shannon's