Henry Wanton Jones

Henry Wanton Jones
Born11 May 1925
Waterloo, Quebec, Canada
Died19 March 2021(2021-03-19) (aged 95)
Morin-Heights, Quebec, Canada
OccupationPainter

Henry Wanton Jones (11 May 1925 – 19 March 2021) was a Canadian painter.[1]

Biography

Jones was born in Waterloo in 1925. He studied fine arts at Sir Howard Douglas Hall and subsequently attended the School of Art at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts under the guidance of Arthur Lismer and Jacques de Tonnancour.

Jones took a surrealist approach to his artwork, and his dreamlike and erotic works made him a known across Canada.[2][3][4][5][6] He also sculpted in the 1960s and 70s and addressed recurring themes in the equestrian world. From 2017 to 2018, the Sherbrooke Museum of Fine Arts displayed an exhibition called Henry Wanton Jones. Démasqué! in his honor.[7]

Henri Wanton Jones died in Morin-Heights on 19 March 2021 at the age of 95.[8]

Works

  • Landscape at Night (1959)
  • Head (1960)[9]
  • L'amour (1975)[10]
  • Landscape with White Pines[11]
  • Nature morte
  • Sans titre

References

  1. ^ "Le peintre Henry Wanton Jones s'est éteint à 95 ans". Radio-Canada (in French). 13 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Henry Wanton Jones (1925-2021)". Gevik Gallery. Archived from the original on 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  3. ^ "Henry Wanton Jones". Jean-Pierre Valentin Gallery.
  4. ^ "Henry Wanton Jones". MutualArt.
  5. ^ "Biography of Henry Wanton Jones". Jean-Pierre Valentin Gallery.
  6. ^ "Henry Wanton Jones". Galerie d'Avignon (in French). Archived from the original on 2018-08-13. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  7. ^ "Henry Wanton Jones". Radio-Canada (in French). 28 January 2019.
  8. ^ "L'artiste Henry Wanton Jones meurt à 95 ans". La Presse (in French). 15 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Jones, Henry Wanton - Head". MNBAQ (in French).
  10. ^ "Streetsmart - Promenart" (PDF). NCC-CCN (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2016.
  11. ^ "Jones, Henry Wanton - Sans titre". MNBAQ (in French).