James Wells Champney
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James Wells Champney #16,421Established

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personAmerican, 1843–1903play_circleStream Art
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Selected Works10

Museum Acquisitions

Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery
Minimic
Minimic, 1878
In museum collection
Oil on canvas

Previous Sales

Swann Auction Galleries
Sketchbook with pencil and crayon drawings
Sketchbook with pencil and crayon drawings
$2,375
Sep 2023
Christie's
Portrait of an elegant young woman
Portrait of an elegant young woman
$375
Jun 2011
Christie's
Petit Trianon
Petit Trianon
$600
Dec 2006
Bonhams
Madame Sophie of France
Madame Sophie of France
$4,825
Skinner · Artsy
Does Mother Want Me?
Does Mother Want Me?
Bidding closed
Oil on canvasboard, framed.

For Sale

The Illustrated Gallery · Artsy
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, 1881
US$6,250
Ink, Graphite, and Watercolor on Paper Mounted
Jarrett McCusker · Artsy
Sketches of the Reconstruction Era American South
Sketches of the Reconstruction Era American South, 1873
Sold
Pencil, pen, and watercolor on paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
A Study
A Study, 1901
For sale
Photogravure in red on chine collé mounted on white paper and on gray wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
Moat at Fort Marion, Florida
Moat at Fort Marion, Florida, 1874
For sale
Graphite with gray wash on tan paper
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Other Museum Acquisitions4

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The Letter (Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Colgate)
Smithsonian American Art Museum · United States · Acquired 2025 · Accession 2025.47.3 · oil on canvas
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Walter and Lucille Rubin
River Scene in England
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1967 · Accession 67.55.149 · Watercolor and gouache on off-white wove paper
Bequest of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1966
A Study
Museum of Modern Art · New York City, United States · Acquired 1944 · Accession 116.1944.16 · Photogravure
Gift of Albert Boni
Minimic
Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery · Washington, United States · Acquired c. 1878 · Accession NPG.96.163 · Oil on canvas
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gallery purchase, in memory of Brigadier General Richard Henry Pratt and his Wife, Anna Laura Mason Pratt, Friends of Minimic
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death
James Wells Champney dies
Jan 1, 1903
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birth
James Wells Champney born
Jan 1, 1843