LOUIS EDWARD JONES (1878-1958) . Louis Edward Jones moved to Gatlinburg, Tennessee in the mid-1920s and became the area’s virtual artist-in-residence until his death in 1958. During his lifetime he... Read full biography
LOUIS EDWARD JONES (1878-1958) . Louis Edward Jones moved to Gatlinburg, Tennessee in the mid-1920s and became the area’s virtual artist-in-residence until his death in 1958. During his lifetime he saw the town emerge as a major tourist destination, and his evocative oil paintings and etchings no... Read full biography
LOUIS EDWARD JONES (1878-1958) . Louis Edward Jones moved to Gatlinburg, Tennessee in the mid-1920s and became the area’s virtual artist-in-residence until his death in 1958. During his lifetime he saw the town emerge as a major tourist destination, and his evocative oil paintings and etchings no doubt fueled this development. Jones was born in Rush Township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, a small town in the northeastern part of the state. He spent his early years in other locales in the... Read full biography
LOUIS EDWARD JONES (1878-1958) . Louis Edward Jones moved to Gatlinburg, Tennessee in the mid-1920s and became the area’s virtual artist-in-residence until his death in 1958. During his lifetime he saw the town emerge as a major tourist destination, and his evocative oil paintings and etchings no doubt fueled this development. Jones was born in Rush Township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, a small town in the northeastern part of the state. He spent his early years in other locales in the area, including Philadelphia while he was a student at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, probably around 1908. One of his instructors was Birge Harrison, a tonalist landscape painter who also conducted summer workshops in Woodstock, New... Read full biography
LOUIS EDWARD JONES (1878-1958) . Louis Edward Jones moved to Gatlinburg, Tennessee in the mid-1920s and became the area’s virtual artist-in-residence until his death in 1958. During his lifetime he saw the town emerge as a major tourist destination, and his evocative oil paintings and etchings no doubt fueled this development. Jones was born in Rush Township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, a small town in the northeastern part of the state. He spent his early years in other locales in the area, including Philadelphia while he was a student at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, probably around 1908. One of his instructors was Birge Harrison, a tonalist landscape painter who also conducted summer workshops in Woodstock, New York, under the auspices of the Art Students League. With Harrison’s encouragement, Jones spent 1917 to 1925 in Woodstock... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (10)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art
1993
Southwest Art
64 pages
Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two)
1990
Gerdts, William H
396 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index