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Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
Patricia Hills, PhD, Founder and Director | Abigael MacGibeny, MA, Project Manager

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George W. Maynard, c.1885–1902 (Hills no. 31.1.130). Portrait of George Willoughby Maynard. Century Association Archives, Member Photograph Albums Collection, Album 7, Leaf 47. In Century Association Biographical Archive. Available at www.centuryarchives.org/caba. Accessed on April 5, 2021.
Portrait of George Willoughby Maynard. Century Association Archives, Member Photograph Albums Collection, Album 7, Leaf 47. In Century Association Biographical Archive. Available at www.centuryarchives.org/caba. Accessed on April 5, 2021.
31.1 U.S. Portraits, Men

When Johnson returned to the United States, he not only painted genre paintings but he also continued to paint portraits, which gave him a steady income. After 1880 Johnson turned to portraiture almost exclusively. During the 1880s and 1890s he painted businessmen, lawyers, university presidents, and three U.S. presidents from life. At times he also painted their wives and children.

He was also commissioned to paint posthumous portraits, often from photographs. These portraits by and large do not have the sparkle and active brushwork of those done from life. It seems that the demand for portraits of business and civic leaders (and members of exclusive men’s clubs) was so high that portrait painters would often make copies of each other’s paintings to satisfy the market for such images. In many instances, it has been difficult to render opinions for such paintings. —PH

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Hills no. 31.1.130
George W. Maynard
Alternate title: George Willoughby Maynard
c.1885–1902
Oil
[dimensions unknown]
Description / Remarks

MacGibeny, 2021: See the linked Century Association photograph of George W. Maynard for his likeness in 1886, at age 43.

Provenance
Present whereabouts unknown
Exhibitions
1907c Century Association
Century Association, New York, May 4, 1907, as George W. Maynard.
References
Douglass 1999
Douglass, Julie M. "Lifetime Exhibition History." In Eastman Johnson: Painting America, by Teresa A. Carbone and Patricia Hills. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum of Art, in association with Rizzoli International Publications, 1999. Exhibition catalogue, p. 266, as George W. Maynard.
Sitter Biography
Sitter: Maynard, George Willoughby
Biography:

George Willoughby Maynard (1843–1923). Painter, illustrator, and muralist of Metropolitan Opera House and Trinity Church, Boston. National Academy Associate, 1885, and served as librarian.

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Record last updated March 22, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "George W. Maynard, c.1885–1902 (Hills no. 31.1.130)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1575 (accessed on March 28, 2024).