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 | |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Education | Glasgow School of Art |
| Occupation | Sculptor, educationalist |
Professor Tony Jones CBE is a sculptor; and a former director of the Glasgow School of Art. He took the post of Director from 1980 to 1986.[1]
Life
[edit]Jones is from a tiny hamlet in west Wales.[2] He went to Newport School of Art in Wales.[3]
He was teaching as a sculptor in the Glasgow School of Art in the 1970s.[3]
He took over as Director of Glasgow School of Art in 1980. He became only the second sculptor to become a director, after James Gray in the 1930s.[3] He became an authority on the history of art in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and also on Charles Rennie Mackintosh.[4]
He moved to become a Chancellor of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1986.[5]
He received a CBE in 2003.[2]
He received an honorary doctorate from the Glasgow School of Art (Doctor of Letters, D.Litt.).[6]
He is a Honorary Vice President of the Glasgow School of Art.[7]
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.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jones, Anthony - Glasgow School of Art: Archives & Collections". gsaarchives.net.
- ^ a b Fertig, Judith (1 August 2019). "An Interview with KCAI's New President Tony Jones".
- ^ a b c Glasgow School of Art, The History. Hugh Ferguson. Foulis Press. 1995.
- ^ "Professor Anthony Jones". www.gsa.ac.uk.
- ^ https://alandunn67.co.uk/Upthehillbackwards-GSA1985-6.pdf
- ^ "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.
- ^ https://archive2021.parliament.scot/S5_European/General%20Documents/CTEEA_WritSub_GSOA_Professor_Tony_Jones.pdf