Sydney based black & white artist who trained at Julian Ashton’s Sydney Art School in the early 1920s. Writer Phil Lindsay was studying art with Lloyd-Jones at Julian Ashton’s in the early 1920s, fellow students included (Phil’s brother) Ray Lindsay and Tom Hubble. In his 1940s memoir, I’d live the same life over , Phil Lindsay described Lloyd Jones as a young man:
'Lloyd-Jones, inevitably nicknamed Jonah, was a big amiable fellow, very blond, with round blue doll’s eyes that stared with perennial astonishment upon an amazingly fascinating earth of beer and generous barmaids to dispense it… But Jonah was as yet an art student, and was to prove that he learned his job thoroughly, for when he settled down he had little trouble in finding work’ (c. 1941, pg 61).
According to Phil Lindsay, Lloyd Jones later moved to London and joined the Guards and then had to entice his aunt to buy him out of military service. It was reported that while in London, Lloyd-Jones greatly admired the Turners in the Tate Gallery.
Lloyd-Jones’ wife, Erica, once modeled for Norman Lindsay. The couple had two daughters, Clytie (lifespan unknown) and Hermia (1931-2000). By the early 1930s Lloyd-Jones was living in Mosman, Sydney, and by 1936 was residing in Neutral Bay, Sydney. Hermia Lloyd-Jones later married artist David Boyd and in Brenda Niall’s 2002 biography of the Boyd family, Niall wrote about Hermia’s upbringing:
'The [Lloyd-Jones] family led an artistic-Bohemian life in so many different parts of Sydney that Hermia and her older sister Clytie counted fourteen different kindergartens and schools’ (pp 295-296).
Herman Lloyd-Jones exhibited one work, Study of a Bird (price 20 guineas), at the Society of Artists 1937 annual show at the NSW Education Department’s Gallery, Sydney. As a Black & White artist he often signed his work 'Jonah’.
Herman Lloyd-Jones may sometimes be confused with another Julian Ashton trained artist Charles Lloyd Jones (1878-1958) who was a leading member of the David Jones retailing family. According to Brenda Niall, the Lloyd-Jones family were not related to the retailing family.
- Writers:
- Silas Clifford-Smith
Note:
- Date written:
- 2009
- Last updated:
- 2011
