Angela S. Jones

Angela Swanson Jones, daughter of art historian Vern G. Swanson, was practically raised in an art museum and followed her father around the world, visiting libraries, galleries, and auction houses. She is a graduate of Brigham Young University and holds an M.A. from the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London. During her training, she gained work experience at both Sotheby's in New York and Christie's in London, and she now serves as exhibition director of the Art Renewal Center’s International Salon. Angela has published articles with Fine Art Connoisseur and is the co-author of the books Desperately Young: Artists Who Died in Their Twenties, Dictionary of Utah Fine Artists, and John Hafen: Utah's Poet Painter. Currently, she is writing the biography and catalogue raisonné on the German painter Heinrich Hofmann (1824–1911). After living in Europe for ten years, Angela resides in Fairview, Texas with her husband Jason and three children.