Frederick Coffay Yohn, often recognized only by his initials, F. C. Yohn, was an artist and magazine illustrator. Yohn's work appeared in publications including Scribner's Magazine, Harper's Magazine and Collier's Weekly. Books he illustrated included Jack London's A Daughter of the Snows, Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Dawn of a To-morrow and Henry Cabot Lodge's Story of the American Revolution.
Book illustration for The Last Days of Pompeii
By Frederick Coffay Yohn
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Book illustration for The Last Days of Pompeii by Edward Bulwer Lytton for the 1926 edition published by Charles Scribner’s Sons. A hushed conversation between Calenus, the pries...
Canvas, Oil
Children finding birds eggs on a tropical island
By Frederick Coffay Yohn
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Right by Artist Book illustration: Smuggler’s Island, by Clarissa A. Kneeland; Publisher: (Houghton Mifflin Co.), 1928, opp. page126.
Oil
The Blue Ribbon Parlors
By Frederick Coffay Yohn
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right
Watercolor, Board
The Industrious Chevalier
By Frederick Coffay Yohn
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Charcoal on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right
Charcoal, Board
"The Dawn of To-Morrow", Crowd Reporting a Crime to a Policeman
By Frederick Coffay Yohn
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor on Paper Signature: Signed Lower Left
Paper, Watercolor
Bergey County Bank
By Frederick Coffay Yohn
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right
Paper, Watercolor
Gentlemen Admiring Art
By Frederick Coffay Yohn
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Frederick Coffay Yohn is most noted for his illustrations of historical and battle subjects. He did many reportorial paintings of the War with Spain in 1898, of both the Cuban and Philippine phases of the conflict. He also painted a fine series of historical illustrations to accompany Henry Cabot Lodge’s “The Story of the Revolution,” published by Scribner’s magazine...
Watercolor, Board
$12,500
H 15.5 in W 22 in
Tropical Hawaiian School. Teacher and children, Illustration Art General Ele
Located in Miami, FL
Original Illustration Art for General Electric Calendar, Tags on verso Deftly rendered in a post-impressionist style . Signed lower right Simple period wood frame - work could benefit from a new frame. Terpning has done movie posters for Doctor Zhivago, Cleopatra, Gone with the Wind and Guns of Navarone...
Gouache, Illustration Board
$525
H 9.45 in W 6.3 in D 0.04 in
The Angels - Original China Ink and Watercolor by Madeleine Scellier - 1955
By Madeleine Scellier
Located in Roma, IT
The Angels is an original drawing in watercolored china ink on ivory-colored paper realized by the French artist Madeleine Scellier (1928). Hand-signed in pencil on the lower margin...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
$8,000
H 38.75 in W 20.6 in D 4 in
Standing Guard Orientalist Watercolor by Antonio Gargiullo
Located in New York, NY
Orientalist watercolor of a guard standing watch. He stands at the ready, attentively listening while resting his hand on his sash which holds a sheathe...
Paper, Watercolor
$23,336
H 48.82 in W 60.63 in D 1.19 in
"Landscape with dog " Dog, Spring, oil cm. 140 x 110
By Georgij Moroz
Located in Torino, IT
Dog, Green,Landscape,Russian Painter,russian art Signed to lower right Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015) 1937: he was born in Dneprodzerzinsk, ...
Canvas, Oil
Village Path, Italy
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Anna Richards Brewster is the daughter of the great marine painter William Trost Richards. Her father's reputation always precedes her own; however, Anna was an accomplished artist i...
Canvas, Oil
$1,000
H 7.5 in W 6.5 in
Simka Simkhovitch WPA W/C Painting Gouache American Modernist Beach Scene Nude
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
Simka Simkhovitch (Russian/American 1893 - 1949) This came with a small grouping from the artist's family, some were hand signed some were not. These were studies for larger paintin...
Watercolor, Gouache, Board
Wedding in Jerusalem
By Zvi Raphaeli
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower left. Provenance: Private Collection, Boca Raton, Florida Zwi Raphaeli was an Israeli impressionist painter. He studied in Paris at the Beaux-Arts and the Bezalel Acad...
Paper, Gouache
Troubled Water
By John Pierce Barnes
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
A native of Philadelphia, John Pierce Barnes began his artistic training at the Philadelphia School of Industrial Design. He then attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, ...
Oil, Board
$1,050Sale Price|25% Off
H 21.86 in W 29.73 in
F.W. Kirtley (British) - 19th century Scottish Highland landscape painting
Located in Varmo, IT
F.W. Kirtley (British, 19th century) - Mountain Landscape with Sheep. 36 x 56 cm (unframed) - 55.5 x 75.5 cm (framed). Oil on canvas, in a gilded wooden frame. Signed lower right:...
Canvas, Oil
$13,126Sale Price|25% Off
H 47.25 in W 34.26 in
" Mother " Child, Mother, Mother's Day oil cm 67 x 100
By Gleb Savinov
Located in Torino, IT
Child,Baby,Maternity,child,Mother,Green,Window,spring,russian art GLEB SAVINOV (Charkev, 1915 – St. Petersburg, 2000) Works by Gleb Savinov can be found in various private collect...
Oil, Canvas
Mother and Child
Located in New York, NY
Watercolor on paper laid on board: An exceptional watercolor in terms of quality and presentation. During this earlier period of Day's career he exhibited extensively and was inspir...
Watercolor, Board, Archival Paper
$550
H 16 in W 0.1 in D 20 in
Vintage Charcoal & Pastel Drawing - Ballet Dancer
By Guy Chabrol
Located in Houston, TX
Graceful pastel and charcoal drawing of a female ballet dancer in motion by artist Guy Chabrol, circa 1950. Signed lower right. Original one-o...
Charcoal, Paper, Pastel
Sold
H 32.5 in W 22 in
"Donald took a Quick Step Forward. `Are You Her Mother?' He Asked Eagerly."
By Frederick Coffay Yohn
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: January, 1922 Medium: Oil Grisaille on Canvas Dimensions: 32.50" x 22.00" Signature: Signed "F.C. Yohn" Lower Right "Donald took a Quick Step Forward. `Are You Her Mother?' He...
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 24 in W 34 in
I Want You to Promise Me Not to Shoot" (The Heart of the Hills)
By Frederick Coffay Yohn
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
An original signed painting for the illustration in the book by John Fox, Jr, "The Heart of the Hills", page 127, published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1913. An original signed oil on canvas painting by American artist Frederick Coffay Yohn (1875-1933) titled "I Want You to Promise Me Not to Shoot" (The Heart of the Hills)", 1913. Hand signed by Yohn lower left. This painting was executed for John Fox Jr.'s "The Heart of the Hills". First published in 1913, The Heart of the Hills is the last novel completed by John Fox Jr. and the final piece in his mountain trilogy. This companion to The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come and The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is crucial to an understanding of Fox's views. There is great detail of the two riders with a distant mansion in background beyond a large iron entrance gate...
Cotton Canvas, Oil