Charles Jones
Way was born at Dartmouth, Devon, England in 1835. He studied at the South
Kensington School or Art before coming to Canada in 1858 and settling in
Montreal. He exhibited in Montreal in 1864. In 1870 he was President of
the Society of Canadian Artists, which was formed in Montreal in 1867. He
was awarded a silver medal at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in
1876 for oil and watercolor paintings. In 1880 he was a charter member of
the Royal Canadian Academy (RCA). In 1890 he left Canada and went to
Switzerland to live and resided at Lausanne until his death in 1919. He
was also a member of the Society of Painters and Sculptors in Switzerland.
Selected
Collections
British Columbia Provincial Archives, Victoria, BC
McIntosh Art Gallery, London, ON
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, QC
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON
