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Samuel Yellin

February 15, 2024

Samuel Yellin (1884–1940), was an American master blacksmith, and metal designer.

Samuel Yellin
Born1884
Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Ukraine
Died1940
NationalityAmerican
EducationPennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art
Known forMaster blacksmith, metal designer
A Samuel Yellin lamp at the Cathedral of Learning in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Early life and education edit

 
Yellin Studio in 1915

Samuel Yellin was born to a Jewish family in Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Ukraine in the Russian Empire in 1884. At the age of eleven, he was apprenticed to a master ironsmith. In 1900, at the age of sixteen, he completed his apprenticeship. Shortly afterwards he left the Ukraine and traveled through Europe. In about 1905, he arrived in Philadelphia, in the United States, where his mother and two sisters were already living. His brother arrived in Philadelphia at about the same time. In early 1906, Yellin took classes at the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art and within several months was teaching classes there, a position he maintained until 1919.[1]

Career edit

In 1909, Yellin opened his own metalsmith shop.[2] In 1915, the firm of Mellor, Meigs & Howe, for whom he designed and created many commissions, designed a new studio for Samuel Yellin Metalworkers at 5520 Arch Street in Philadelphia. Yellin died in 1940, but the firm remained there for decades under the direction of Yellin's son, Harvey. Following Harvey's death, the business moved forward under the ownership and guidance of Samuel Yellin's granddaughter, Clare Yellin. The firm has now been in operation for over 110 years as of this writing (2022).

During the building boom of the 1920s, Samuel Yellin Metalworkers employed as many as 250 workers, many of them European artisans. Although Yellin was highly knowledgeable about traditional craftsmanship and design, he also championed creativity and the development of new designs. Samuel Yellin's works can be found in some of the finest buildings in America.

Honors edit

Yellin received awards from the Art Institute of Chicago (1919), the American Institute of Architects (1920), the Architectural League of New York (1922), and the Bok Civic Award from the City of Philadelphia (1925).[3] He was a member of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and the T Square Club, the Philadelphia Sketch Club, and the Architectural League of New York.[4]

Selected works edit

Universities, colleges and schools edit

 
1922 advertisement.

Institutional and commercial edit

(Alphabetical by state)

Ecclesiastical edit

Residential edit

 
Detail of stair railing (1924), Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C., including Yellin's name and year
 
Spider screen from the Country Estate of Mrs. Arthur Meigs[5]

(Alphabetical by state)

Architects whose names appear in Yellin's job book edit

References edit

Citations edit

  1. ^ "Notable Alumni - UArts", University of the Arts, Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Samuel Yellin Metalworkers - History", Samuel Yellin Metalworkers, Inc., Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  3. ^ Samuel Yellin – Biography, from Philadelphia Architects and Buildings.
  4. ^ "Yellin, Samuel (1885-1940)", Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  5. ^ Wenzel, Paul and Maurice Krakow, A Monograph of the Works of Mellor Meigs & Howe, The Architectural Book Publishing Co., New York, 1923, reprinted Graybooks, Boulder, CO, 1991 p. 104
  6. ^ . Archived from the original on 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2009-06-19.

Sources edit

  • Andrews, Jack, Samuel Yellin: Metalsmith, Skipjack Press, Ocean Pines Maryland, 2000
  • Andrews, Jack, Samuel Yellin, Metalworker, Anvil's Ring, Summer, 1982
  • Architecture magazine, April 1929
  • Bach, Penny Balkin, Public Art in Philadelphia, Temple University Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1992
  • Bedford, Steven McLeod, John Russell Pope: Architect of Empire, Rizzoli International Publications, New York City, 1998
  • Bok, Edward W., America's Taj Mahal: The Singing Tower of Florida, The Georgia Marble Company, Tate, Georgia, c. 1929
  • Davis, Myra T., Sketches in Iron, no publishing information
  • Detroit Institute of Arts: The Architecture, The Detroit Institute of Arts 1928
  • Fariello, Anna, "Samuel Yellin: Sketching in Iron," Metalsmith Magazine, Fall 2003, http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/samuel-yellin.htm
  • Federman, Peter, The Detroit Public Library, Classical America IV, Classical America 1977
  • Gallery, John A., Editor, Philadelphia Architecture: A Guide to the City, MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1984
  • Harrington, Ty, "The Wizardry of Samuel Yellin, Artist in Metals", Smithsonian, vol. 12, no. 12 (March 1982), pp. 65–75
  • Heilbrun, Margaret, The Architecture of Cass Gilbert, Inventing the Skyline, Columbia University Press, New York City, 2000
  • Kvaran, Einar Einarsson, Architectural Sculpture of America, unpublished manuscript
  • Teitelman, Edward & Richard W. Longstreth, Architecture in Philadelphia: A Guide, MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1981
  • Wattenmaker, Richard J., Samuel Yellin in Context, Flint Museum of Arts, Flint, Michigan 1985
  • Wister, Cret, Gilchrist et al., Melor Meigs & Howe, Graybooks, Boulder Colorado 1991 (reprint of 1923 work)

External links edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Samuel Yellin.
  • Samuel Yellin, Iron Worker, at Philadelphia Architects and Buildings

February 15, 2024
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Samuel Yellin 1884 1940 was an American master blacksmith and metal designer Samuel YellinBorn1884Mohyliv Podilskyi UkraineDied1940NationalityAmericanEducationPennsylvania Museum School of Industrial ArtKnown forMaster blacksmith metal designerA Samuel Yellin lamp at the Cathedral of Learning in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 2 1 Honors 2 2 Selected works 2 2 1 Universities colleges and schools 2 2 2 Institutional and commercial 2 3 Ecclesiastical 2 4 Residential 3 Architects whose names appear in Yellin s job book 4 References 4 1 Citations 4 2 Sources 5 External linksEarly life and education edit nbsp Yellin Studio in 1915Samuel Yellin was born to a Jewish family in Mohyliv Podilskyi Ukraine in the Russian Empire in 1884 At the age of eleven he was apprenticed to a master ironsmith In 1900 at the age of sixteen he completed his apprenticeship Shortly afterwards he left the Ukraine and traveled through Europe In about 1905 he arrived in Philadelphia in the United States where his mother and two sisters were already living His brother arrived in Philadelphia at about the same time In early 1906 Yellin took classes at the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art and within several months was teaching classes there a position he maintained until 1919 1 Career editIn 1909 Yellin opened his own metalsmith shop 2 In 1915 the firm of Mellor Meigs amp Howe for whom he designed and created many commissions designed a new studio for Samuel Yellin Metalworkers at 5520 Arch Street in Philadelphia Yellin died in 1940 but the firm remained there for decades under the direction of Yellin s son Harvey Following Harvey s death the business moved forward under the ownership and guidance of Samuel Yellin s granddaughter Clare Yellin The firm has now been in operation for over 110 years as of this writing 2022 During the building boom of the 1920s Samuel Yellin Metalworkers employed as many as 250 workers many of them European artisans Although Yellin was highly knowledgeable about traditional craftsmanship and design he also championed creativity and the development of new designs Samuel Yellin s works can be found in some of the finest buildings in America Honors edit Yellin received awards from the Art Institute of Chicago 1919 the American Institute of Architects 1920 the Architectural League of New York 1922 and the Bok Civic Award from the City of Philadelphia 1925 3 He was a member of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and the T Square Club the Philadelphia Sketch Club and the Architectural League of New York 4 Selected works edit Universities colleges and schools edit nbsp 1922 advertisement Annapolis Colored High School Annapolis Maryland Bowdoin College Bryn Mawr College California Institute of Technology Pasadena California Dominican Academy New York New York Drexel Institute Philadelphia Pennsylvania Eastman School of Music Rochester New York Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts Haverford College Jewish Theological Seminary New York New York Oberlin College Oberlin Ohio Allen Memorial Art Museum Cox Administration Building Princeton University Princeton New Jersey Swarthmore College University of Chicago Chicago Illinois University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Cathedral of Learning Heinz Chapel Stephen Foster Memorial University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas University of Tulsa Tulsa Oklahoma University of Virginia Charlottesville Virginia Vanderbilt University Nashville Tennessee Yale University New Haven Connecticut Harkness Tower gates Swartwout Building Yale University Art Gallery nbsp Robinson Memorial Gateway 1922 23 Bowdoin College nbsp Entrance gates 1924 Curtis Institute of Music Philadelphia nbsp Great Hall Bryn Mawr College nbsp Cathedral of Learning 1926 University of Pittsburgh nbsp Stephen Foster Memorial 1937 University of PittsburghInstitutional and commercial edit Alphabetical by state San Diego Air Station San Diego California Aetna Life Insurance Co Hartford Connecticut Peabody Museum New Haven Connecticut Bok Singing Tower Lake Wales Florida Sarasota Court House Sarasota Florida Union Pacific RR Station Boise Idaho Art Institute of Chicago Chicago Illinois Union Station Indianapolis Indiana Baltimore Trust Company Baltimore Maryland Detroit Institute of Art Detroit Michigan Detroit Public Library Detroit Michigan Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts Detroit Michigan Grand Rapids Art Gallery Grand Rapids Michigan University of Michigan Law Library Ann Arbor Michigan Lauren Rogers Museum of Art Laurel Mississippi Morristown Memorial Morristown New Jersey Ritz Carlton Hotel Atlantic City New Jersey Victor Talking Machine Co Camden New Jersey American Radiator Building New York City Barclay Vesey Building New York City Central Savings Bank New York City The Cloisters Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City Dime Savings Bank Brooklyn New York City Federal Reserve Bank of New York New York City Ford Motor Company New York City General Motors Co New York City International Business Machine IBM New York City Salvation Arm Headquarters New York New York City Allegheny County Courthouse Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company Building Philadelphia Pennsylvania Candoro Marble Works showroom door Knoxville Tennessee Fidelity Bankers Trust Knoxville Tennessee Seattle Art Museum Seattle Washington Citizens Bank Weston West Virginia nbsp Great Brass Door Bok Singing Tower Lake Wales Florida nbsp Art Institute of Chicago Chicago Illinois nbsp Detroit Institute of Art Detroit MichiganEcclesiastical edit Baltimore Pro Cathedral Baltimore Maryland Blessed Sacrament Cathedral Detroit Michigan Church of the Good Shepherd Rosemont Pennsylvania Congregation Emanu El of the City of New York NY Grace Cathedral San Francisco California Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Akron Ohio Park Avenue Christian Church New York City Philadelphia Divinity School closed 1974 Salt Lake City Cathedral Salt Lake City Utah St Bartholomew s Church New York City Saint Clement s Church Philadelphia Lady Chapel gates Cathedral of St John in the Wilderness Denver Colorado Cathedral of St John the Divine New York City St Joseph s Roman Catholic Church Canaan Connecticut Episcopal Church of the Evangelists Philadelphia Pennsylvania Now Fleisher Art Memorial St Mark s Episcopal Church Philadelphia Pennsylvania St Patrick s Cathedral New York City St Patrick s Church Philadelphia Pennsylvania St Paul s Episcopal Church Kansas City Missouri St Thomas Church New York City St Vincent Ferrer New York City Washington National Cathedral Washington D C Washington Memorial Chapel Valley Forge Pennsylvania nbsp Harrison Memorial Gates 1918 Washington Memorial Chapel Valley Forge Pennsylvania nbsp Fiske Portal 1922 23 St Mark s Episcopal Church Philadelphia nbsp Cross amp candlesticks 1925 Resurrection Chapel Washington National Cathedral Washington D C nbsp Entrance grille 1934 Fleisher Art Memorial Philadelphia nbsp Screen 1938 St Joseph of Arimathea Chapel Washington National Cathedral nbsp Chancel iron gates ca 1912 at Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Rosemont PennsylvaniaResidential edit nbsp Detail of stair railing 1924 Dumbarton Oaks in Washington D C including Yellin s name and year nbsp Spider screen from the Country Estate of Mrs Arthur Meigs 5 Alphabetical by state Winterthur Henry DuPont residence Wilmington Delaware Dumbarton Oaks Robert Woods Bliss residence Washington D C Cyrus McCormick residence Chicago Illinois Cranbrook George Gough Booth residence Bloomfield Hills Michigan George Eastman residence Rochester New York Fred Fisher residence Detroit Michigan William E Scripps Estate Lake Orion Michigan 6 George H Christian Mansion Minneapolis Minnesota current home of Hennepin History Museum Frick Residence New York City Dominican Academy High School formerly the Michael Friedsam Residence New York City Isaac Guggenheim residence Port Washington New York Matinecock Estate of J P Morgan Jr Long Island New York Eagle s Nest Estate of William K Vanderbilt II Long Island New York Planting Fields Estate of William Robertson Coe Long Island New York Elie Nadelman residence New York City Mrs P A Rockefeller residence Fayetteville New York Walter Rosen Caramoor Katonah New York Reynolda House Winston Salem North Carolina Stan Hywet Hall Frank A Seiberling residence Akron Ohio E W Marland Estate Ponca City Oklahoma Edward Bok residence Philadelphia Pennsylvania Henry F Miller residence Philadelphia Pennsylvania High Hollow George Howe residence Philadelphia Pennsylvania Richard B Mellon residence Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney residence Deer Run PennsylvaniaArchitects whose names appear in Yellin s job book editRalph Adams Cram Boston MA Paul Cret Philadelphia PA Cass Gilbert New York City NY Bertram Goodhue Boston and New York City George Howe Philadelphia PA Benno Janssen Pittsburgh PA Charles Klauder Philadelphia PA Milton Bennett Medary Philadelphia PA Arthur Ingersoll Meigs Philadelphia PA Walter Mellor Philadelphia PA George Washington Smith Montecito California Horace Trumbauer Philadelphia PA Walker and Gillette New York City NY Clarence C Zantzinger Philadelphia PAReferences editCitations edit Notable Alumni UArts University of the Arts Retrieved 30 May 2020 Samuel Yellin Metalworkers History Samuel Yellin Metalworkers Inc Retrieved 30 May 2020 Samuel Yellin Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Yellin Samuel 1885 1940 Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Retrieved 30 May 2020 Wenzel Paul and Maurice Krakow A Monograph of the Works of Mellor Meigs amp Howe The Architectural Book Publishing Co New York 1923 reprinted Graybooks Boulder CO 1991 p 104 Friends of the William e Scripps Estate Archived from the original on 2008 12 02 Retrieved 2009 06 19 Sources edit Andrews Jack Samuel Yellin Metalsmith Skipjack Press Ocean Pines Maryland 2000 Andrews Jack Samuel Yellin Metalworker Anvil s Ring Summer 1982 Architecture magazine April 1929 Bach Penny Balkin Public Art in Philadelphia Temple University Press Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1992 Bedford Steven McLeod John Russell Pope Architect of Empire Rizzoli International Publications New York City 1998 Bok Edward W America s Taj Mahal The Singing Tower of Florida The Georgia Marble Company Tate Georgia c 1929 Davis Myra T Sketches in Iron no publishing information Detroit Institute of Arts The Architecture The Detroit Institute of Arts 1928 Fariello Anna Samuel Yellin Sketching in Iron Metalsmith Magazine Fall 2003 http www ganoksin com borisat nenam samuel yellin htm Federman Peter The Detroit Public Library Classical America IV Classical America 1977 Gallery John A Editor Philadelphia Architecture A Guide to the City MIT Press Cambridge Massachusetts 1984 Harrington Ty The Wizardry of Samuel Yellin Artist in Metals Smithsonian vol 12 no 12 March 1982 pp 65 75 Heilbrun Margaret The Architecture of Cass Gilbert Inventing the Skyline Columbia University Press New York City 2000 Kvaran Einar Einarsson Architectural Sculpture of America unpublished manuscript Teitelman Edward amp Richard W Longstreth Architecture in Philadelphia A Guide MIT Press Cambridge Massachusetts 1981 Wattenmaker Richard J Samuel Yellin in Context Flint Museum of Arts Flint Michigan 1985 Wister Cret Gilchrist et al Melor Meigs amp Howe Graybooks Boulder Colorado 1991 reprint of 1923 work External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Samuel Yellin Samuel Yellin Iron Worker at Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Samuel Yellin amp oldid 1200127938, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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