I Always Come Back to Savannah: The Art of Myrtle Jones

June 15th – September 1st || 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. || The Morris Museum of Art

Myrtle Jones, an accomplished artist, is closely associated with Savannah, her home for most of her adult life. Jones’s work is admired for the distinct balance she achieved between modern and more formalist approaches to her subjects. During the 1950s and early 1960s—a time she characterized as her “dark and bold period”—she utilized strong colors, heavy brushstrokes, and distinct lines. 

Throughout her long career, Jones sought to capture the everyday life of Savannah through a range of subjects that included insightful portraits, cheerfully populated streetscapes, and images of the city’s nineteenth-century architecture. Remarkably prolific, she is thought to have created thousands of works of art. The works in the present exhibition were donated to the Morris by one of the museum’s staunchest patrons, Dr. Lloyd B. Schnuck, in memory of his wife, Barbara. 

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