His Story

Timeline

Photograph of the Georgian home in which Quinton Oliver Jones lived and worked his entire life

1840

Quinton’s great-grandfather purchases 29 Broad Street.

Sepia-toned photograph of Quinton Oliver Jones as a baby

1903

Quinton is born.

Old photograph of the house on Broad Street during the Great Salem Fire of 1914

1914

Salem fire—Quinton’s father, George W. Jones, returns on the train from Boston to form a bucket brigade to save the house. 

Old photograph of Quinton Oliver Jones' father, George W. Jones

1926

Quinton’s father dies suddenly.

Sepia-toned photo of a gate leading into the campus of Harvard University

1926

Quinton graduates from Harvard College.   

Old photograph of a carousel outside of Notre Dame in Paris

1928

Malcolm and Quinton travel to Europe
(London, Paris, Rome.)  

Sepia-toned photo of a sculptor carving stone with a hammer and chisel

1929-1932

Quinton attends The School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston where he studies sculpture.

Closeup photograph of oil painting brushes in a jar

1939

Quinton begins oil painting.

Three sculpted busts of children's heads titled "Orphans"

1940-1946

Quinton models the heads of orphans.

Old photograph of Quinton Oliver Jones' mother, Mary Wells Thayer Jones

1930-1946

Quinton cares for his blind, diabetic mother until her death in 1946.

QOJ oil painting done in a Cubist style titled "Daughter of Eve"

1951

Quinton paints “Daughter of Eve.”
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Surreal oil painting by QOJ titled "A Numenous Room"

1974

Quinton paints “The Numenous Room.”
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QOJ's montage-style oil painting of newspaper clippings titled "Les Annales Through Sands of Time"

1978

Quinton paints “Les Annales.”
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Old photo of QOJ's sister, Helen T. Jones

1982

Quinton’s sister Helen dies. 

Old photograph of Quinton's brother, Malcolm

1989

Quinton’s brother Malcolm dies. 

Closeup photo portrait of Quinton Oliver Jones as an older man

1999

Quinton dies at home.

Photograph of the front facade of the Salem Athenaeum

2017

First exhibition of Quinton’s works is presented at the Salem Athenaeum.

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