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FREDERICK D. JONES (1914 - 2004) Twins.
Watercolor on wove paper, 1958. 247x158 mm; 9 3/4x6 1/4 inches. Signed in watercolor, lower right.
Provenance: Robert Henry Adams Fine Art, Chicago, with the label on the frame back; acquired from Aaron Galleries, Glenview, IL, private collection, Virginia.
This watercolor by Fred Jones is a strong mid-career example by the Chicago artist. An Atlanta native, Jones first studied at Clark College and the Britt School of Art in Atlanta before moving to Chicago in 1940. As part of the Arts Craft Guild, Jones studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with mentor George Neal and fellow young artists Eldzier Cortor, Charles Sebree and Charles White. Jones joined this group of founding group of artists of the South Side Community Art Center in Bronzeville in 1940. After his wartime navy service, from 1943-46, Jones became the assistant director of the South Side Community Art Center in 1947.
