{"title":"Yeames, William Frederick","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Frederick Yeames RA (1835-1918)\u003c\/strong\u003e was a British painter best known for his oil-on-canvas \"And When Did You Last See Your Father?\", which depicts the son of a Royalist being questioned by Parliamentarians during the English Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYeames was born in Taganrog, Russian Empire, the son of a British consul based in the Russian Empire. After the death of his father in 1842, Yeames was sent to school in Dresden where he began studying painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a change in the fortunes of his family, Yeames moved to London in 1848, where he learnt anatomy and composition from George Scharf and took art lessons from F.A. Westmacott. In 1852 he journeyed to Florence where he studied with Enrico Pollastrini and Raphael Buonajuti. During his time there he painted at the Life School at the Grand Ducal Academy, drawing from frescoes by Andrea del Sarto, Ghirlandaio and Gozzoli. Continuing on to Rome, he painted landscape studies and copied Old Masters, including the frescoes of Raphael in the Vatican.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReturning to London in 1859, Yeames set up a studio in Park Place and, with Philip Hermogenes Calderon, Frederick Goodall, and George Adolphus Storey, formed the loose association of artists known as the St John's Wood Clique. The group concentrated on subjects of a historical nature and narrative paintings in which the story was revealed by close study of the actions and expressions of the subjects. In Yeames's work, this technique evolved into the genre known as the problem picture, in which the narrative of the image creates an unresolved dilemma or paradox for the viewer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1905, he painted a mural for the Royal Exchange, London The Foundation of St Paul's School, 1509.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYeames married Anne Winfield on 18 August 1865, daughter of Major James Stainbank Winfield of the East India Company, and sister of the photographer David Wilkie Wynfield.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile their work was popular with the public, the St John's Wood Clique found it difficult to get their work displayed at prestigious galleries and the Royal Academy of Arts, because it never received critical acclaim. Yeames managed to overcome this problem and from 1859 exhibited at the Royal Academy and was made an Associate (ARA) in 1866.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnlike other artist circles of the time, the St John's Wood Clique did not lead a bohemian lifestyle; Yeames took holidays at Hever Castle and lived comfortably in London. He and Goodall specialized in Tudor and Stuart subjects, but did not always portray the events they depicted with historical accuracy, instead using them as inspiration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe died in Teignmouth, Devon on 3 May 1918.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"yeames-william-f-1835-1918-when-did-you-last-see-your-father","title":"Yeames, William F. (1835-1918) - When did you last see your father","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis oil-on-canvas picture, painted in 1878 by William Yeames, depicts a scene in an imaginary Royalist household during the English Civil War. The Parliamentarians have taken over the house and question the son about his Royalist father (the man lounging on a chair in the centre of the scene is identifiable as a Roundhead officer by his military attire and his orange sash). Yeames was inspired to paint the picture to show the crises that could arise from the natural frankness of young children. Here, if the boy tells the truth he will endanger his father, but if he lies he will go against the ideal of honesty undoubtedly instilled in him by his parents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe boy in the picture is based on Thomas Gainsborough's painting The Blue Boy. It was modelled by Yeames's nephew, James Lambe Yeames. Behind the boy, there is a girl, probably the daughter, waiting her turn to be questioned. The girl was based on Yeames's niece, Mary Yeames. At the back of the hall at left the mother and elder daughter wait anxiously on the boy's reply.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe scene is neutral: while the innocence of the boy is emphasised by his blond hair, open expression and blue suit, the questioners are also treated sympathetically; the main interrogator has a friendly expression, and the sergeant with the little girl has his arm on her shoulder as if comforting her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image, in jpeg format, that is 600dpi and 6138 pixels wide by 3114 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/yeames-william-frederick\" title=\"William Yeames\"\u003eWilliam Yeames\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52887622058314,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Yeames_WilliamF._1835-1918_-Whendidyoulastseeyourfather_main.jpg?v=1758828449"},{"product_id":"yeames-william-f-1835-1918-on-the-boulevards-dinan-brittany","title":"Yeames, William F. 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