Henry Wanton Jones
Education
- 1947-50 Fine Arts, Sir George Williams University
- 1950-53 School of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, on scholarship
- 1951-53 Student of Arthur Lismer, Jacques de Tonnancour, Gordon Webber, Eldon Grier.
Teaching
- 1960-67 Drawing, School of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
- 1961-63 Children's Art, with Arthur Lismer and Audrey Taylor
- 1970 Graphic Arts, University of Quebec
- 1973-75 Sculpture, McGill University
- 1967-83 Associate Professor, Drawing & Sculpture, Sir George Williams University
Solo Exhibitions
- 1953 Galerie Agnes Lefort, Montreal
- 1955 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
- 1957 Galerie Agnes Lefort, Montreal
- 1961 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
- 1962 Penthouse Gallery, Montreal
- 1969 Waddington Gallery, Montreal [sculpture]
- Jerrold Morris Gallery, Toronto [sculpture]
- 1972 Retrospective, Sir George Williams University
- 1980 Galerie Excentrique, Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts
- 1981 Galerie Pierre Larin, Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts
- 1982 Kastel Gallery, Westmount
- 1994 Kastel Gallery, Westmount
- 1997 Kastel Gallery, Westmount
- 1999 Gallery Gevik, Toronto
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 1950 Les Rebelles, Montréal
- 1953, 1957 Galerie Agnès Lefort, Montréal
- 1954 Sainte-Adele Art Centre
- 1954 Garret Studio, Montréal
- 1955 Canadian Ceramics of 1955, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
- First Canadian Art Biennale, National Gallery of Canada
- 1955-67 Canadian Group of Painters Annual Exhibitions
- 1956 Panorama of Montreal Painters, Ile Sainte-Helene
- Canadian Painting and Sculpture, University of Sherbrooke
- 1957 35 Important Painters, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
- Ceramics, Sculptures, Enamels etc., University of Montreal
- 1958 Women's Committee Art Expo, Monrteal Museum of Fine Arts [also '60, 61', 62', 64']
- 1958-59 Restaurant Helene de Champlain, Ile Sainte-Helene
- Annual Sales of Canadian Art, Art Gallery of Ontario
- 1959 Young Monteal Painters, travelled in Ontario
- 1960 Four Canadians, Art Gallery of Ontario
- 1961 Annual Exhibition, Winnipeg Art Gallery
- 1963-65 Youth Exhibition, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
- 1964 Ronal Conservatory of Art Exhibition, Ottawa & Montreal
- Hotel de Ville d'Arvida
- 1965 Canadian Embassy Exhbition, New York
- 1966 Black & White, Studio 23
- 1966-67 Canadian Artistry, National Gallery of Canada [travelled]
- 1967 Sculpture '67, Toronto
- Salon du Printemps Laureates: 1908-1965, Monteal Museum of Fine Arts
- 1970 Twenty Years of Quebec Sculpture, Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal & Museum Rodin, Paris
- 1972-81 Fine Arts Faculty Shows, Sir George Williams University
- 1981 Natures Mortes, Galerie L'Art Francais, Monteal
- 1984 50th Anniversary/ 50 Artists, Galerie L'Art Francais, Montreal
- The Landscape in Quebecois Painting, Galerie L'Art Francais, Montreal
- 1985 La Galerie L'Art Francais Presente..., Sherbrooke
- 1986 Inaugural Exhibition, Galerie L'Art Francais, Sherbrooke
- 1990 Collector's Choice, Kastel Gallery, Westmount
- 1991 20th Century Canadian Art, Galerie Michel Bigue
- Artists of Quebec, Gallery 78, Fredericton, N.B.
- 1991-93 Spring Collection, Galerie Yvon Desgagnes, Baie-Saint-Paul
- 1992 Quebecois Sculpture: 1946-61, Musee du Quebec
- 1993 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Kastel Gallery
- 1997 Tout Petit Formats, Galerie Jean-Pierre Valentin
- 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Gallery Gevik, Toronto
Commissions & Awards
- Elected to the Canadian Group of Painters, 1956
- Show Award, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1956
- Prix de Poterie, Expo International, Brussels, 1958
- Honourable Mention, 78th Salon du Printemps, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1961
- First Prize, Canadian Group of Painters Exhibition, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1963
- Canada Council Grants, 68-69, 72-73 [sculpture]
- Thomas More Purchase Award, 1973 [sculpture]
- Centaure: a sculpture for G Sheppard's film, "Eliza's Horoscope'
- Love/L'Amour: a 38 foot sculpture commissioned by the Minister of Public Works, erected at Place du Portage, Hull, Quebec
Selected Collections
- Musee du Quebec
- Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Musee d'Art de Joliette
- Ministry of Public Works, Hull, Quebec
- Confederation Center Art Gallery and Museum, Charlottetown, PEI
- McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Onterio
- Bundy Art Gallery, Waitsfield, Vermont
- Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario
- Concordia University, Montreal
- University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B.
- The Thomas More Institute, Montreal
- Loto-Quebec, Montreal
- DuPont Canada Inc., Mississauga, Ontario