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South Hams Art Jean Jones (1927-2012) Dartmoor’s forgotten painter


trenches of The Great War. From those early years she became fascinated with the wild landscapes of Dartmoor which became a place of great significance and source of inspiration throughout her life.


of Dartmoor has been captured by artists for centuries, from JMW Turner to the contemporary artists of today. However, there is one important Dartmoor painter who has all but been forgotten. Her name is Jean Jones and now her story is about to be told in a new Exhibition at The Brownston Gallery. As a child Jean moved with her family to Devon so that her father could recover after four years in the


T Her career culminated in a solo show at the


he magic and mystery of the wild rugged landscape


Ashmolean Museum in 1980. She was lauded by notable critic David Carritt and her friend Iris Murdoch proclaimed that she would “one day be as famous as Van Gogh”. Tragically, her career was curtailed by her struggles with mental illness. Now, forty years later, her legacy and her place in the history of post-war British art is being reclaimed.


Jean Jones – Dartmoor’s Forgotten Painter • 3 – 24 October Contact gallery for viewings and catalogue The Brownston Gallery, Modbury PL21 0QR tel 01548 831338. www.brownstonart.com


by Catherine Gillen FROM THE BROWNSTON GALLERY, MODBURY


JEAN JONES


DARTMOOR’S FORGOTTEN PAINTER 3 - 24 OCTOBER 2020


thebrownstongallery www.brownstonart.com


36 Church Street, Modbury, Devon PL21 0QR tel - 01548 831338


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