Joe Jones: Painter of the American Scene

Produced in conjunction with the Museum's 2010 exhibition entitled Joe Jones: Painter of the American Scene, this video explores the life of the extraordinary artist Joe Jones and his connections to St. Louis of the 1920s and '30s. The video features interviews with the artist's children, insights from exhibition curator Andrew Walker, and comments on Jones's work by art historians. Archival photos of St. Louis locations that played a role in the early work of the artist, as well as historic pictures of Jones and his family and friends make the film visually compelling. This film received a mid-America Emmy for directing in October 2011.

[@philipkoch9173]

Watching the video I am struck by Jones' consistent visual power throughout his career. Clearly he deserves to be better known.

[@pprehn5268]

Thanks...deserves more respect.👩‍🌾

[@nancon50]

Hi Larry. I admire your work. It has a different life and light to it. I giggled when you said you use cut outs when you work. I will always remember Tom doing the same thing. I’d see chunks of colored triangles stuck to his work. I enjoyed the film.

[@XXZombieXHunter]

One other thing he did was paint/draw his own Christmas cards. They were really cool. My mom had one of them framed and sent it too a descendant of Joe a few years back. I have a work of his called "expulsion from the garden" really unique piece