Hugh bolton jones biography

Hugh Bolton Jones (20 October 1848 – 24 September 1927) was an.
Hugh Bolton Jones was an American landscape painter.
Hugh Bolton Jones grew up in Baltimore, where he studied drawing at the Maryland Institute of Art. In 1870, Jones toured Europe with his family, then six years.

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Hugh Bolton Jones (October 20, 1848 – September 24, 1927) was an American landscape painter. He grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, where he received his early training as an artist. While studying in New York he was strongly influenced by Frederic Edwin Church of the Hudson River School. After spending four years in Europe he settled in New York in 1881, where he shared a studio with his brother Francis Coates Jones for the rest of his long life. He was celebrated for his realistic depictions of calm rural scenes of the eastern United States at different times of the year, usually empty of people.

Early Life

Hugh Bolton Jones was born on October 20, 1848, in Baltimore, Maryland. His father, John Bolton Jones, was a prominent lawyer and politician, and his mother, Mary Ann Bolton Jones, was a homemaker. Jones had two brothers, Francis Coates Jones and Edward Bolton Jones.

Jones showed an early interest in art, and he began taking art classes at the Maryland Institute of Art in Baltimore when he was just 12 years old. In 1866, he enrolled at the National Academ

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M. FORD CREECH ANTIQUES & FINE ARTS

HUGH BOLTON JONES

American (New York / Maryland) 1848-1927

“SPRING REFLECTIONS”

Oil on Canvas / Signed H. BOLTON JONES Lower Left

Housed in a fine custom reproduction 22K carved giltwood frame

with 18K carved giltwood liner (original frame also available)

Museums: 27, including the Boston Museum of Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Arts,

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

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Hugh Bolton Jones remains among my favorite painters. Jones is often classified with the Hudson River School of painters. However his works – this painting in particular – have a wonderful luminescence of color that goes beyond most of the works of the school, moving into the higher key and clearer hue of the Impressionists, yet retaining the exactness of the scene he depicted, sometimes with single hair brushes. His ability to depict dead branches and foliage

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Hugh Bolton Jones Jr (1848-1927) [RA 1888-1927]
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]

SAL record control number: 63982 ;

Record level: Person ;

Record type: Artist ;

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,