Frederick Coffay Yohn
Frederick Coffay Yohn (February 8, 1875 – June 6, 1933), often recognized only by his initials, F. C. Yohn, was an artist and magazine illustrator.
| F. C. Yohn | |
|---|---|
|  Yohn in 1898 | |
| Born | Frederick Coffay Yohn February 8, 1875 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States | 
| Died | June 3, 1933 (aged 58) | 
| Nationality | American | 
| Known for | Illustration | 
Background
    
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. He studied at the Indianapolis Art School during his first student year and then studied at the Art Students League of New York under Henry Siddons Mowbray (1858–1928). Mowbray studied at the Atelier of Léon Bonnat in Paris. Yohn often specialized in historical military themes, especially of the American Revolution, as well as the First World War. He designed the 2-cent US Postal Service stamp in 1929 to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of George Rogers Clark's Victory over the British at Sackville. He is best known for his painting of George Washington at Valley Forge.[1]
Gallery
    
 Alice of Old Vincennes (1900) Alice of Old Vincennes (1900)
 Herkimer at the Battle of Oriskany (c. 1901) Herkimer at the Battle of Oriskany (c. 1901)
 You Can't Do That! Scribner's Magazine story illustration (August 1914) Oil on canvas 34.25, inch. x 24.25-inch You Can't Do That! Scribner's Magazine story illustration (August 1914) Oil on canvas 34.25, inch. x 24.25-inch
 The Fall of Fort Sackville (1923) The Fall of Fort Sackville (1923)
 US Postage Stamp (1929); commemorating George Rogers Clark in the Battle of Vincennes, February 23, 1779 US Postage Stamp (1929); commemorating George Rogers Clark in the Battle of Vincennes, February 23, 1779
 Illustration of A.J. Raffles and Bunny Manders from the E.W. Hornung short story "A Jubilee Present", 1907 Illustration of A.J. Raffles and Bunny Manders from the E.W. Hornung short story "A Jubilee Present", 1907
 Illustration of A.J. Raffles and Bunny Manders from the E.W. Hornung short story "No Sinecure", 1907 Illustration of A.J. Raffles and Bunny Manders from the E.W. Hornung short story "No Sinecure", 1907
 Painting of the Battle of Kings Mountain, unknown date Painting of the Battle of Kings Mountain, unknown date
References
    
- Dye, Charity (1917). Some torch bearers in Indiana. Indianapolis: Hollenbeck Press. p. 235.
- Bodenhammer, David J.; Barrows, Robert Graham (1994). Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-31222-8.
- "Academic Nudes of the 20th Century". Blogspot.com. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
External links
    
|  | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Frederick Coffay Yohn. | 
- Works by Frederick Coffay Yohn at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Frederick Coffay Yohn at Internet Archive
- Photograph of Yohn (from Smithsonian collections)