Reflections of Spring, oil on canvas, 18"x32", s.l.r.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland. Had a studio in New York, but spent more time in the country. Known for bucolic landscapes of the Northeast, Maryland, West Virginia, and Blue Ridge Mountains. Brother of Francis Coates Jones. Close friend of figure painter Thomas Hovenden.

Studied: Maryland Institute under portraitist David Acheson Woodward; Horace Robbins in NYC; Academy Julian, Paris, artists colony at Pont-Aven, Brittany.

Member: ANA, 1881; NA, 1883; SAA, 1881; AWCS: NIAL; NAC; Artists Fund Society; Century Assoc.; SC; NY Soc. Painters.

Exhibited: NAD, 1867-1927 (extraordinary 60-year exhibition record); Paris Salon, 1877-81; PAFA Ann., 1879-85, 1891-1902, 1917-18; Boston AC, 1881-1909; AIC; Paris Expo, 1889 (med.), 1990 (med.); Columbian Expo, Chicago, 1893 (med.); SAA, 1902 (prizes); St. Louis Expo, 1904 (gold); Corcoran Gallery, 1907-12 (4 times); Pan-Pac. Expo, San Francisco, 1915 (med.).

In the collection of: Metropolitan Museum of Art; CGA; PAFA; Brooklyn Museum; Yale University Art Gallery; National Academy of Design; Hudson River Museum; Butler Institute of American Art; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art; Nashville Parthenon; Milwaukee Art Center; Baltimore Museum of Art; Peabody Institute; Flint Institute of Arts; Holyoke Museum; Century Association; Smithsonian Institution; Art Association of Richmond; Davenport Museum of Art; Washington County Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY; Heckscher Museum; Holyoke Museum; and Columbus Museum, Georgia.