Mary Jane Simes | |
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 Samuel and Mary Jane Simes. | |
| Born | 1807 |
| Died | 1872 (aged 64–65) |
| 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]
- ^ "Portrait of a Young Girl". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.