Tony Jones (sculptor)
Tony Jones | |
|---|---|
| Director of the Glasgow School of Art | |
| In office 1980 – 1986 | |
| Preceded by | Harry Barnes |
| Succeeded by | Tom Pannell |
| Personal details | |
| Education | Glasgow School of Art |
| Occupation | Sculptor, educationalist |
Anthony "Tony" Jones CBE is a Welsh sculptor, art school leader and art educator. He served as Director of the Glasgow School of Art from 1980 to 1986.[1]
Life
Jones grewup in a small hamlet in west Wales[2] and studied at the Newport School of Art.[3]
He went on to teach sculpture at the Glasgow School of Art in the 1970s[3] before becoming its Director 1980 – only the second sculptor to hold that role, after James Gray in the 1930s.[3] He became a recognised authority on 19th and 20th century art history and on Charles Rennie Mackintosh.[4]
Jones joined Art Institute of Chicago in 1986 as Chancellor and led the School of the Art Institute of Chicago as president twice: first from 1986 to 1992, ang again from 1997 until 2008.[5][6][7][8][9] Between those terms, he served as Director of the Royal College of Art in London from 1992 to 1997.[10]
He received a CBE in 2003 for services to the promotion of British art in the USA.[2][11]
He received an honorary doctorate from the Glasgow School of Art (Doctor of Letters, D.Litt.).[12]
He is an Honorary Vice President of the Glasgow School of Art.[13]
Jones is an advocate of the rebuilding of the Mackintosh building after its fires of the 2010s and gave evidence to the Scottish Parliament backing this plan.[14]
References
- ↑ "Jones, Anthony - Glasgow School of Art: Archives & Collections". gsaarchives.net.
- 1 2 Fertig, Judith (1 August 2019). "An Interview with KCAI's New President Tony Jones".
- 1 2 3 Glasgow School of Art, The History. Hugh Ferguson. Foulis Press. 1995.
- ↑ "Professor Anthony Jones". www.gsa.ac.uk.
- ↑ Alan Dunn. "Up the hill backwards: Glasgow School of Art First Year 1985-6" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 November 2020.
- ↑ Artner, Alan G. (10 February 1986). "Glasgow Art School Chief To Lead Institute Center". Chicago Tribune. p. 70. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
- ↑ "School of the Art Institute of Chicago President Tony Jones, ca.1990". SAIC Digital Collections. 1990. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
- ↑ "President of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago Anthony Jones". SAIC Digital Collections. 1990. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
- ↑ Aldinger, Amanda (27 July 2011). "The End of an Era: F Sits Down with Tony Jones". F News Magazine. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
- ↑ Artner, Alan G. (28 February 1992). "Art school loses chief to London". Chicago Tribune. p. 36. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
- ↑ "Professor Tony Jones IntFRSE". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
- ↑ "Professor Anthony.Jones CBE receives an honorary Doctor of Letters from glasgow art school | : UNPIXS ARCHIVE". universalnews.photoshelter.com.
- ↑ "Patron, President & Fellows". www.gsa.ac.uk.
- ↑ "NRS Web Continuity Service" (PDF). archive2021.parliament.scot. Retrieved 1 January 2026.