Charles Lloyd Jones

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Charles Lloyd Jones on board the HNLMS Java, Sydney, October 1930.

Sir Charles Lloyd Jones (born May 28, 1878 in Burwood , New South Wales , † July 30, 1958 in Woollahra , New South Wales) was an Australian businessman , painter and art patron .

Life

Sir Charles Lloyd Jones was the son of the cloth merchant Edward Lloyd Jones (* 1894) and his wife Helen Ann, b. Jones, a granddaughter of David Jones. He attended Manor House School in London and Homebush Grammar School in Sydney , but showed little interest in an academic career. In 1895 he attended the Julian Ashton Art School and later the Slade School of Fine Art at University College London .

Since the Royal Academy of Arts did not exhibit his work, he gave up his hope of an artistic career and learned the tailoring trade in London . During his visit to Sydney in 1900 he married on November 16 in the Trinity Congregational Church of Strathfield Winifred Ethelwyn (* 1916), daughter of Frederick Quaife and granddaughter of Barzillai Quaife. Their marriage was childless.

David Jones flagship store, corner of Elizabeth Street and Market Street, Sydney.

In 1902 he worked in the clothing factory of David Jones Ltd in Sydney , but soon switched to their advertising department. With his creativity and his awareness of American trends, he made it to the advertising manager in 1905. In the course of the company's transformation into a stock corporation, he was initially appointed director and, from 1920 to 1958, chairman . Under his leadership the company flourished and expanded; a second store on Sydney's Elizabeth Street was completed in 1927 and a third opened on the corner of Market and Castlereagh Street in 1938 to mark the company's centenary. The first expansion outside the state of New South Wales took place in 1953 through the acquisition of Bon Marché in Perth , Western Australia .

David Jones Store at the intersection of Barrack Street and George Street in Sydney, 1950s.

Jones was treasurer of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce (1915-1916), president of the Retail Traders' Association of New South Wales (1915), the Australian section of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries and the Kindergarten Union of New South Wales , founder and director the Board of Directors of the Australian National Travel Association , Chairman of the Cancer Appeal Fund and a member of the University Cancer Research Committee . As director of the radio station 2BL , he was appointed first chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Commission in May 1932 . In 1934 he resigned from this office.

Under the influence of the French Impressionists, he also painted landscapes and exhibited regularly at the Society of Artists in Sydney, of which he was treasurer. He built up a notable private collection of paintings, including works by Charles Conder , Rupert Bunny , Arthur Streeton, and Maurice Utrillo . He was an early patron of William Dobell . In 1916 he founded the quarterly magazine Art in Australia and the Home with Sydney Ure Smith and Bertram Stevens . From 1934 to 1958 he was the curator of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales and founded the David Jones' Art Gallery in 1944 . He was the initiator of the 1953 French Painting Today exhibition . Occasionally, he wrote articles for the press and also promoted music and theater.

In Auckland , New Zealand , Jones married Louise Violet Multras († 1973) on October 29, 1917. From her he divorced on July 19, 1929 in Reno (Nevada) in the United States of America and married on July 25 in Chicago Hannah Benyon Jones (1901-1982) from Sydney. They had lived on the Rosemont estate in Woollahra since the early 1930s, often entertaining politicians and foreign visitors. Prime Minister Robert Menzies was a close friend of Jones.

Jones was a skilled sailor and a member of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron from 1903 ; from 1906 to 1908 he was active as a rear commodore and from 1949 to 1955 as a commodore . In 1921 he co-founded the Rotary Club of Sydney and was a member of The Australian Golf Club , Athenaeum [Golf] Club and Royal Sydney Golf Club and the Royal Automobile Club in London. In 1951 he was first knighted as a Knight Bachelor ( Sir ), in 1954 he was accepted as a Commander in the French Legion of Honor .

Sir Charles died in Rosemont on July 30, 1958 and was cremated after a service in St. Andrew's Cathedral ; the funeral speech was given by Robert Menzies. He left behind his daughter Mary Patricia Jones from his second marriage and his third wife with sons Charles Benyon Lloyd Jones and David Lloyd Jones. Some of his paintings are in the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the National Gallery of Victoria .

Works (selection)

  • Auckland blue
  • Afternoon Light , 1941

Publications (selection)

  • Gemini . Duckworth, London 1927, 287 pp.
  • Laughter in heaven . Heinemann, London 1933, 310 pp.
  • A comedy of Eros . Dickson, London 1938, 277 pp.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 119 paintings. In: The Sydney Morning Herald of December 27, 1952, p. 4.
    Paintings grouped in unique exhibition of French art. In: The Mercury (Hobart), January 23, 1953, p. 7.
    French Art Show Opens In Sydney. In: The Sun (Sydney), February 27, 1953, p. 3.
  2. ↑ Lady Hannah Benyon Lloyd Jones OBE. 1901-1982. In: National Portrait Gallery, portrait.gov.au
  3. ^ Ruth Thompson: Jones, Sir Charles Lloyd (1878-1958). In: Australian Dictionary of Biography , Volume 9, (MUP), Canberra 1983.
  4. ↑ Title: Auckland blue. Artist: Charles Lloyd Jones, Australia, 1878–1958. In: Art gallery of New South Wales
  5. ↑ Title: Afternoon light. Artist: Charles Lloyd Jones, Australia, 1878–1958. In: Art gallery of New South Wales
personal data
SURNAME Jones, Charles Lloyd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian businessman, painter and art patron
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Burwood , New South Wales
DATE OF DEATH July 30, 1958
Place of death Woollahra , New South Wales