Francis Coates Jones

Antique-style musicians in a garden in Pompei circa 1890 by American painter Francis Coates Jones. A seductive theme of great pictorial finesse.

Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
Dimensions: 69.5 x 49.5 cm
With frame :
The work was chosen for engraving.
Price upon request

Francis Coates Jones, a leading figure in the American school of painting

Francis Coates Jones, an ambitious young man from a wealthy Baltimore family, traveled throughout Europe, first to France and then to Italy, where he perfected his polished style and luminous touch. On his return to his homeland, he was commissioned to paint numerous official works. Here, he delivers a painting of great finesse, as shown in the small details such as the still life with oranges and grapes on the bench.

Francis Coates Jones, passionate about Greek and Roman antiquity

Francis Coates Jones likes to depict female figures dressed in antique style, evolving in idyllic landscapes. This theme, inspired by his travels on the Old Continent, was a lasting inspiration for his artistic production. In our painting, two female musicians, zither and tambourine in hand, converse on a stone bench in a green setting. The city of Pompeii stretches out behind them.

Biography

Francis Coates Jones was an American painter from a wealthy Baltimore family.
He studied in Paris with Bouguereau, Boulanger and J. Lefebvre, then at the École des Beaux-Arts. He became a member of the National Academy of Design in 1894. He won medals in 1901 in Buffalo, and in 1904 in Saint Louis.
Francis Coates Jones died on May 27, 1932 in New York.

Museums

France
– Paris, Musée d’Orsay
United States
– New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
– Washington, Smithsonian American Art Museum
– Wichita, Wichita Art Museum

Source

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Coates_Jones
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Coates_Jones
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/ressources/repertoire-artistes-personnalites/francis-coates-jones-115793