Timeline

1840
Quinton’s great-grandfather purchases 29 Broad Street.

1903
Quinton is born.

1914
Salem fire—Quinton’s father, George W. Jones, returns on the train from Boston to form a bucket brigade to save the house.

1926
Quinton’s father dies suddenly.

1926
Quinton graduates from Harvard College.

1928
Malcolm and Quinton travel to Europe
(London, Paris, Rome.)

1929-1932
Quinton attends The School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston where he studies sculpture.

1939
Quinton begins oil painting.

1940-1946
Quinton models the heads of orphans.

1930-1946
Quinton cares for his blind, diabetic mother until her death in 1946.

1951
Quinton paints “Daughter of Eve.”
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1974
Quinton paints “The Numenous Room.”
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1978
Quinton paints “Les Annales.”
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1982
Quinton’s sister Helen dies.

1989
Quinton’s brother Malcolm dies.

1999
Quinton dies at home.

2017
First exhibition of Quinton’s works is presented at the Salem Athenaeum.