Nell Choate Jones (American, 1879-1981). Jones was a painter born in Hawkinsville, GA. She settled in Brooklyn, New York with her husband, painter Eugene Arther Jones, and studied at the Adelphi Academy; F.J. Boston; Johonnot and Gourget. She was a member of the Brooklyn Society of Painters and Sculptors; National Assoc. of Women Artists; Brooklyn Society of Artists; Southern States Arts League; Boston Arts Club; Lg. Amer. Pen Women, and exhibited at the 1939 World's Fair in New York; National Academy of Design; Allied Artists of America; Women's Engineering Club; Adelphi College; Columbia University; Brooklyn Museum: Brooklyn College and the Pratt Institute. She is represented at the High Museum of Art and the Fort Worth Museum. (From Falk's Who Was Who in American Art.) Details: -A luminous and finely composed landscape by American painter Nell Choate Jones (1879-1981), titled Spring Valley. -Rendered in oil on masonite, the work captures a tranquil woodland clearing bathed in warm, diffused light-its surface alive with confident, impressionistic brushwork. Subtle tonal shifts of ochre, lavender, and soft green evoke the quiet transition of season, while the trees frame a gently receding landscape. -Provenance: Collection of Dr. Clark S. Marlor. Acquired directly from the artist, Brooklyn, NY -Signed lower center -Approximate Dimensions: 10" x 12" (painting) 17.75" x 19.75" (frame)