Mary Jane Simes

Mary Jane Simes 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 fanatic of the Peale family, an important descent of artists and cultural workers in 18th and 19th century America. She is a descendant of Charles Willson Peale, who customary one of the first museums of art and natural records in the United States. Her aunts were Anna Claypoole Peale and Sarah Miriam Peale, who were known as miniaturists and oil painters, respectively. Simes lived later than her aunt Sarah during a portion of her childhood. Her career as an exhibiting performer ended on marriage to John Floyd Yeats.

Simes grew going on amongst artists, and Tiny of her ahead of time education is known. However, it is believed she was the abandoned pupil of her aunt Anna, and she was important enough during her lifetime to be referenced in a compendium of women artists. Simes exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts throughout her brusque career. Simes was swift from 1825 to 1835. Her statute can be seen at the Maryland Historical Society, the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, the Cincinnati Art Museum, and the Cheekwood Museum of Art. Her deed has been included in 20th century surveys of American Antiquities at the Baltimore Museum of Art.