Ewell, George Henry

Born January 20, 1830 in the town of Havre de Grace , Maryland.

As a child, George's father died and he and his mother left Maryland , moving to Cincinnati , Ohio , where his mother was from.

He studied at Cincinnati and , who later became a prominent teacher in Iowa . ^[1] In 1841, the mother and son also moved to Iowa, where other members of the mother’s large family lived. In 1848, Ewell studied at the tailor to earn money, at the same time he began to show interest in art, where he took the first steps in the field of etchings .

Among those who first noticed George Ewell's abilities were , chief justice of the Iowa Supreme Court. He gathered like-minded people, together with whom they financed the move of the young artist to New York to receive a professional art education. Government official handed over a letter of recommendation to George Thomas Hicks , whose student became Ewell. In the workshop of Hicks, he met the English satirist writer Makepeace Thackeray . Soon he entered the school of the National Academy of Design , which he attended from 1851 to 1853.

After graduation, he returned to Iowa and began to paint portraits, specializing in images of children. In January 1856 he turned to New York and again entered the Academy, having rented a studio in the city. Then, with the support of Mason and his friends, Ewell went to Paris, where until 1861 he studied with Tom Couture , meeting with artists Henry A. Loop and Thomas Satterwhite Noble . ^{[1] The} copy that he made from the painting by Rosa Boner was recognized by many of his colleagues. In 1862, Ewell returned to the United States. First he worked in Iowa, having rented a studio in Des Moines , then returned to New York again, organizing a studio in the Dodsworth Building . He presented a number of his works at the annual exhibition at the National Academy, some of which were genre scenes of his stay in France. Ewell no longer lived in Iowa, although he regularly visited the city and married a local woman, Mary Elizabeth (Mollie) Coast, in 1863. In 1867, with his wife and brother Oscar, he again went to Europe and this time settled in Rome . Spent summer time in Perugia and Venice, in 1875 he traveled to Egypt and in 1878 returned to the United States. His friends in Rome included artists Elijah Vedder and , as well as a diplomat and Beyard Taylor . It is believed that Ewell returned to the United States because of the behavior of his wife, who was shocked by the behavior of the American diaspora in Rome, and the couple divorced the following year. Mary Elizabeth married English artist .

Ewell settled in New York again, renting a studio in the Tenth Street Studio Building , which he rented until 1880. For some time leaving New York, he returned to this city again, remaining there until the end of his life. Spent the summer in Lake George Lake . He was elected an associate member of the National Academy of Design in 1862 and became its full member in 1880. He participated in many exhibitions, exhibiting at the Academy until 1916. He also held several positions in the New York community - he was the patron of the Metropolitan Museum of Art , a member of the Century Club , and secretary of the Artists' Fund Society in New York City.

Died September 26, 1923 in the city of Lake George, New York.

Many of the artist's works are related to Iowa. Here he painted several portraits of famous residents, including Governor Samuel Kirkwood . Its artistic heritage is significant for the inhabitants of the city. George Ewell's works can be found in many museums in the United States.

• Papers of George Henry Yewell
• The Journals of George Henry Yewell
• George Henry Yewell - Artworks