George Henry Yewell: Difference between revisions

Throughout his career Yewell depicted many prominent Iowans, including governors [[Samuel J. Kirkwood]], [[Ralph P. Lowe]], and [[John Chambers (politician)|John Chambers]], General [[Grenville M. Dodge]], and justices Charles Mason, [[George G. Wright]], and [[John Forrest Dillon]].<ref name="auto"/> His drawings of Iowa City are likely the earliest records of that town's appearance.<ref name="uiowa.edu1"/> A self-portrait is in the collection of the National Academy of Design, as is a view of the interior of [[Saint Mark's, Venice]],<ref name="Dearinger(U.S.)2004"/> while thirty-six paintings are owned by the [[University of Iowa]]<ref name="uiowa.edu1"/> and nine are in the collection of the [[Iowa Historical Society]].<ref name="N.Y.)Spassky1985"/> Other museums which own examples of his work include the [[High Museum of Art]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.high.org/Programs/Programs/CE2013-Works/American-Art.aspx|title=American Art|work=high.org|accessdate=2 May 2015}}</ref> the [[St. Johnsbury Athenaeum]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stjathenaeum.org/gallery_images/yewell-figure.htm|title=St. Johnsbury Athenaeum>>This Week from the Gallery Archives|work=stjathenaeum.org|accessdate=2 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228001307/http://stjathenaeum.org/gallery_images/yewell-figure.htm|archive-date=28 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> the [[Milwaukee Art Museum]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://collection.mam.org/artist.php?id=1962|title=George Henry Yewell – Milwaukee Art Museum|work=mam.org|accessdate=2 May 2015}}</ref> and the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/13359|title=George Henry Yewell – Pulpit in Saint Mark's, Venice – The Metropolitan Museum of Art|work=metmuseum.org|accessdate=2 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/13358|title=George Henry Yewell – Convent near Rome – The Metropolitan Museum of Art|work=metmuseum.org|accessdate=2 May 2015}}</ref> Yewell's papers are currently held by the University of Iowa.<ref name="https://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/2/resources/49"/> Among them are his notebooks, many of which he copied from his earlier journals, which he kept sporadically throughout his career and which provide valuable insight not only into his creative life but into the everyday affairs of the period.<ref name="uiowa.edu"/> The archive also contains a collection of his etchings and drawings; sketchbooks; prints made from his paintings; photographs; and much correspondence from throughout his career.<ref name="uiowa.edu1"/>