Raymond Dabb Yelland

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Yelland's Glimpse of Monterey Bay, 1879

Raymond Dabb Yelland (1848 -1900) was an American landscape painter and art instructor. Born Raymond Dabb in London, he came to the United States in 1850 as a young child, and was raised in Union, New Jersey, and later lived in neighboring Elizabeth, New Jersey. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War.[1]

After his military service, he attended the

Mills Seminary in Oakland, California, the first women's college west of the Rocky Mountains.[1]
He settled in Oakland with his wife, the former Annie Meeker.

In 1875, he legally changed his name, as did his wife, adding his mother's maiden name as their surnames.[3]

Essentially a

John F. Kensett.[1] In the 1890s, Yelland was influenced by Tonalism, along with contemporaries like William Keith and George Inness.[1] One of his paintings, Cities of the Golden Gate, a view of Oakland and San Francisco from the Berkeley hills, was described as "monumental" and a "heroic panorama bathed in a revelatory light".[5]

Yelland taught for many years at the California School of Design, and also at the University of California, Berkeley in the years before his death. He became ill in the early months of 1900, and died of pneumonia at his home in Oakland that July.[1]

The first

Sacramento in 2018.[6]

Raymond Dabb Yelland was the Great Uncle of California architect William Raymond Yelland (1892-1966).[7]

References

  1. ^
    Sacramento Bee
    . Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  2. ISBN 9780944220146
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  3. ^ Jersey, New (1875). "Chapter XXI". Acts of the Ninety-Ninth Legislature of the State of New Jersey. p. 22.
  4. ^ "An exhibit that glows". Village Life. El Dorado Hills, California. January 1, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  5. ISBN 9780520203631
    .
  6. ^ Harrison Jr., Alfred C. (September 27, 2018). "Visiting Exhibition: "Raymond Dabb Yelland: California Landscape Painter"". Crocker Art Museum. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  7. OCLC 47010239.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link
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