Miss Mary E. Jones

Also known as Miss Jones, Miss Mary Jones
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, organised the Queensland Women's Art Exhibition held in October 1891. She advertised herself as having studied and taught at the National Gallery, London and available to give lessons in figure and landscape painting, sketching, oils, watercolours, pastels, crayons, china and lustra.
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Painter, organised the Queensland Women’s Art Exhibition held in October 1891, which was reviewed in the Queenslander (25 October 1891, 334, and 31 October 1891). An advertisement in the Queensland Boomerang of 3 March 1888 (p.2) stated: 'ART STUDIO, CRIBB ST., NORTH QUAY./ Miss M. E. Jones, who has studied and taught at the National Gallery, London, is prepared to give lessons in figure and landscape painting, sketching, oils, watercolours, pastels, crayons, china, lustra, etc./ Portraits taken.’ Another advertisement appeared in Boomerang on 29 June 1889 (p.6, col.3): 'ART STUDIO,/ VICTORIA CHAMBERS, QUEEN ST,/ Miss Jones gives lessons in landscape, figure, flower painting and sketching. Portraits in oils and pastels.’

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References [<ExternalResource: Brown, Julie and Maynard, Margaret, 'Fine Art Exhibitions in Brisbane', Brisbane, Qld. (exhibitions and brief biog. p.176).>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from McKay, Judith.>, <ExternalResource: (1888), Qld: Boomerang, 03-03, p. 2.>, <ExternalResource: Timothy Roberts, 'Mary Jones, A mysterious artist in Queensland' _Australiana _November 2022 vol 44 no 4, pp 52-58.>] [<ExternalResource: Brown, Julie and Maynard, Margaret, 'Fine Art Exhibitions in Brisbane', Brisbane, Qld. (exhibitions and brief biog. p.176).>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from McKay, Judith.>, <ExternalResource: (1888), Qld: Boomerang, 03-03, p. 2.>]