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Cullen Yates
Lyme Art Colony
(January 24, 1866–July 1, 1945) In Lyme: 1901
Cullen Yates (1866-1945) was born in Bryan, Ohio on January 24, 1866. His parents named him Owen Cullen Yates, however, he later stopped using that first name. After finishing public school in Bryan he tutored the children of a store chain owner and taught art to a class of 20-30 students in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
At the age of twenty-five he went to New York and studied at the National Academy of Design from 1891-1894 under W. H. Lowe and Edgar M. Ward. In the summer of 1894 he studied with William Merritt Chase at Shinnecock Hills in Long Island, New York. In September of 1894 he went to Paris and studied at the Academie Julian under Jean Paul Laurens and Benjamin Constant. He also attended the Academie Colorossi and the Ecole des Beaux Arts.
He returned to New York in 1897, but soon moved to Cleveland, Ohio where he taught a group of students at Rockefeller Park. He then taught at the Cleveland School of Art for the next few years. In 1900 he returned to New York where he rented a studio over Carnegie Hall.
In 1901 he won a gold medal at the Philadelphia Art Club. In 1902 he moved to the Van Dyck Studio Building at 939 8th Avenue. That same year he won a gold medal at the American Art Society, Philadelphia. In 1904 he won a bronze medal at the St. Louis Exposition. He also won the First Hallgarten Prize at the National Academy of Design, 1905, the Beal Prize, New York Watercolor Club, 1907, the Inness Prize, Salmagundi Club, 1907, and the Evans Prize, Salmagundi Club, 1908. Yates was elected an Associate at the National Academy of Design in 1908.
In 1910 he went to Shawnee-on-the-Delaware as the resident artist living in a bungalow acquired for him by Charles Worthington. He married Mabel Taylor of Baltimore in 1911. Their son, Richard Cullen Yates, was born on March 23, 1912. In February of 1921 he had a one-man show at the Arlington Galleries in New York. Also in February 1921 he won the Joseph Isidor prize at the members exhibition of the Salmagundi Club for his painting "Uplands".
In 1923 they moved from New York to Shawnee, Pennsylvania. He regularly exhibited at the Grand Central Galleries in New York. Their daughter Lavinia Yates was born on August 16, 1924. In 1932 Yates won the National Arts Club medal for his painting "Chinoiserie".
In July of 1938 Cullen Yates’ health deteriorated. His son and daughter-in-law moved back to help Mabel look after him. That same year Mabel died in December of 1938.
Cullen Yates died of congestive heart failure on July 1, 1945 and was buried at the graveyard of the Presbyterian Church in Shawnee.
Lyme Art Colony
(January 24, 1866–July 1, 1945) In Lyme: 1901
Cullen Yates (1866-1945) was born in Bryan, Ohio on January 24, 1866. His parents named him Owen Cullen Yates, however, he later stopped using that first name. After finishing public school in Bryan he tutored the children of a store chain owner and taught art to a class of 20-30 students in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
At the age of twenty-five he went to New York and studied at the National Academy of Design from 1891-1894 under W. H. Lowe and Edgar M. Ward. In the summer of 1894 he studied with William Merritt Chase at Shinnecock Hills in Long Island, New York. In September of 1894 he went to Paris and studied at the Academie Julian under Jean Paul Laurens and Benjamin Constant. He also attended the Academie Colorossi and the Ecole des Beaux Arts.
He returned to New York in 1897, but soon moved to Cleveland, Ohio where he taught a group of students at Rockefeller Park. He then taught at the Cleveland School of Art for the next few years. In 1900 he returned to New York where he rented a studio over Carnegie Hall.
In 1901 he won a gold medal at the Philadelphia Art Club. In 1902 he moved to the Van Dyck Studio Building at 939 8th Avenue. That same year he won a gold medal at the American Art Society, Philadelphia. In 1904 he won a bronze medal at the St. Louis Exposition. He also won the First Hallgarten Prize at the National Academy of Design, 1905, the Beal Prize, New York Watercolor Club, 1907, the Inness Prize, Salmagundi Club, 1907, and the Evans Prize, Salmagundi Club, 1908. Yates was elected an Associate at the National Academy of Design in 1908.
In 1910 he went to Shawnee-on-the-Delaware as the resident artist living in a bungalow acquired for him by Charles Worthington. He married Mabel Taylor of Baltimore in 1911. Their son, Richard Cullen Yates, was born on March 23, 1912. In February of 1921 he had a one-man show at the Arlington Galleries in New York. Also in February 1921 he won the Joseph Isidor prize at the members exhibition of the Salmagundi Club for his painting "Uplands".
In 1923 they moved from New York to Shawnee, Pennsylvania. He regularly exhibited at the Grand Central Galleries in New York. Their daughter Lavinia Yates was born on August 16, 1924. In 1932 Yates won the National Arts Club medal for his painting "Chinoiserie".
In July of 1938 Cullen Yates’ health deteriorated. His son and daughter-in-law moved back to help Mabel look after him. That same year Mabel died in December of 1938.
Cullen Yates died of congestive heart failure on July 1, 1945 and was buried at the graveyard of the Presbyterian Church in Shawnee.
Artist Objects
Woodland Interior 1981.88