Hugh Bolton Jones, Jr. (1848-1927)
American Hudson River School / Barbizon landscape painter ;
Hugh B. Jones ; H.B. Jones ; H. B. Jones ;
[Born October 20, 1848 in Baltimore, MD – died September 24, 1927 in New York, NY]
FAD record control number: 41359
Record level: Person
Record type: Artist
Hugh Bolton Jones, Jr. (1848-1927) biography:
Birth: October 20, 1848 in Baltimore, MD ;
Death: September 24, 1927 in New York, NY ;
Sex: Male ;
Ethnicity: White ;
Zodiac: Libra ;
Known for: Hudson River School / Romantic landscapes ; pastoral scenes ; painting MD, WV, Berkshire Mountains, Western MA ;
Medium: Oil ;
Technique: Painting ;
Subjects: Hills ; mountains ; forests ; trees ; lakes ; Upstate New York, NY ; pastoral ; MD ; WV ; Berkshire Mountains ; Western MA ;
Areas: Baltimore, MD (1848-1865, 1876, 1880) ; New York, NY (1865,1880-1927) ; Paris, France (1879) ; Pont Aven, Brittany, France (1876-1880) ; South Egremont, MA (summer house, 1881-1927) ;
Region: Mid-Atlantic ; North East ; Europe ;
Lived: Baltimore, MD ; 58 West 57th Street, New York, NY (1881-1885) ; 253 West 42nd Street, New York, NY (1891-1902) ; 33 West 67th Street, New York, NY ( 1917-1918) ; Pont Aven, Brittany, France, artist colony (1876) ;
Father: Hugh B. Jones, Sr. (1823-1895) ;
Mother: Laura Eliza (Bolton) Jones (1823-?) ;
Relatives: Louisa (Jones) Chubb (1854-?), sister ; Francis “Frank” Coates Jones (1857-1932), brother, also an artist ; Edmund Jones (1832-?), uncle ;
Spouse: [none] ;
Children: [none] ;
Training: Maryland Institute, Baltimore [formerly Maryland Institute College of Art], MD ; Privately under Horace Wolcott Robbins (1842-1904), New York, NY (1865) ;
Instructors: Horace Wolcott Robbins (1842-1904) ;
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Member: National Academy of Design, New York, NY, associate (1893-1927) ; American Watercolor Society, New York, NY ; Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, artist member (1888-1927) ; National Arts Club, New York, NY ; National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY ; Society of American Artists, New York, NY (1881) ;
Exhibited with: National Academy of Design, New York, NY (1867), shown #180 Near Sheffield, #262 Late October (1896), #264 Spring, #293 Near Sheffield, MA (1897), shown #77 Spring in the Berkshires, #217 November (1898), shown #72 Late Spring, #226 A grey day (1899), shown #63 Early Autumn, #174 Afternoon (1900) ; Paris Exposition, Paris, France (1889, 1900) ; Salmagundi Club, New York, NY (Black and White exhibition of 1881 showed A hillside in Brittany, Black and White exhibition of 1882 showed On the river & A bit of Moorland, Black and White exhibition of 1883 showed Winter, Annual exhibition of oil painting of 1899 shown The brook) ; Columbian Exposition, Chicago, IL (1893) ; St. Louis Exposition, St. Louis, MO (1904) ; Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, CA (1915) ; Brooklyn Art Association, Brooklyn, NY shown #14 Old mill, study from nature, #15 Near Emmetsburg, study from nature (December, 1873), shown #9 Cottage in Brittany, #37 On the Aren (December, 1878), shown #112 Tangier, from the Moorish cemetery (December, 1880 – January, 1881), shown #279 Moorish fountain (w/c) (March, 1881), shown [unknown] (December 7, 1881), shown #100 Early Summer (December, 1882), shown #83 Winter twilight (w/c), #167 After the rain (w/c) (March, 1883), shown #123 Autumn, #169 November day (November, 1883), shown #175 Late Autumn (w/c) (April, 1885), shown #145 September, owner George Seney, #146 Winter, owner George Seney, #147 Spring, owner George Seney (April, 1887), shown #87 Landscape, owned by John S. James (March, 1892) ; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA shown #180 A Spring morning (1917), shown #47 In early June (1918) ; Boston Art Club, Boston, MA ;
Awards: Columbian Exposition, Chicago, IL (1893), medal ;
Milestones: Close friends with artist Thomas Hovenden (1840-1895) ;
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