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Leon Foster Jones

Leon Foster Jones (1871 - 1940) was active/lived in New Hampshire, New York.  Leon Jones is known for Landscape painting, etching, lithography, art education.

This following biography was researched, compiled, and written by Geoffrey K. Fleming, Director, Southold Historical Society, Southold, NY.

Leon Foster Jones (October 18, 1871 - January 4, 1940)

Landscape painter, etcher, lithographer, and teacher.  Born in Manchester, New Hampshire, the son of Mary A. Jones (1846-1916) and Frank A. Jones (1840-b. 1910).  His father was the overseer in one of the hosiery mills located in and about Manchester.  He married his wife, Josephine Currier (b. 1876), around 1901.  During the early years of their marriage he and his wife lived in Concord, New Hampshire.  They settled permanently in Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York in 1910, though he was working there as early as 1907.  According to multiple sources, during his lifetime Jones was best known for his paintings and etchings that depicted historic locations across Long Island.  In Port Jefferson he was known simply by his nickname, "Jonesie."
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10 Book References for Leon Foster Jones
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II
(Exhibition catalog)
612 No
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No
1969 Rathbone, Perry Townsend (Ed) American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Two Volumes) 600 Yes
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1915 Walter, John; Pedro Lemos Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit 112 No
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