Hugh Bolton Jones
American painter (1848–1927)
Biography
Hugh Bolton Jones (20 October 1848 – 24 September 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.
He won prizes in several major exhibitions in the US and France. His paintings are held in public collections such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Institution.
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Family
- Siblings
- Francis Coates JonesLouise Adelaide Chubb
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