Matisse Picasso and Modern Art in Paris April 19, 2009

T. Catesby Jones was a native of Petersburg, an alumnus of the University of Virginia School of Law, and a trustee of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. A maritime lawyer by profession, he established himself by the early 1930s in New York as a noteworthy collector of modern French art. Jones accumulated works, by such artists as Georges Braque, Jacques Lipchitz, Andre Masson, and Pablo Picasso, in depth and with an emphasis on paintings, drawings, prints, and artists' books. Matisse, Picasso, and Modern Art in Paris is co-organized by the two Virginia institutions that received the bulk of his art collection as separate bequests in 1947. The exhibition is our first opportunity to present a comprehensive assessment of Jones's legacy as a collector. The exhibition was co-organized by the VMFA and the Museum.