Artist

Mary Jane Simes

born Baltimore, MD 1807-died Baltimore, MD 1872
Also known as
  • Mary J. Simes
  • Mary J. Sims
  • Mrs. John Floyd Yeates
  • Miss M. J. Simes
Born
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Died
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Biography

Mary Jane Simes was a descendant of Charles Willson Peale, who established two of America's first museums of art and natural history. Simes, who was actively painting and exhibiting in Baltimore and Pennsylvania between 1825 and 1835, was taught painting by her aunts, Anna Claypoole Peale and Sarah Peale. Her marriage to Dr. John Yeates in 1836 cut her career short, and as a result her work is considered the rarest in the Peale family.

Works by this artist (2 items)

JoAnne Russo, Acorn Basket, #74, 2003, black ash, pine needles, nylon thread, and acorns, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Martha G. Ware and Steven R. Cole, 2011.47.62A-B
Acorn Basket, #74
Artist
Date2003
black ash, pine needles, nylon thread, and acorns
Not on view
JoAnne Russo, Tribowl, 1996, black ash, pine needles, dye, and nylon thread, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Martha G. Ware and Steven R. Cole, 2011.47.61
Tribowl
Artist
Date1996
black ash, pine needles, dye, and nylon thread
Not on view