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Petley-Jones, the son of Arthur Hurdis Jones and
Elizabeth Petley, was one of six brothers born into an artistic middle-class family residing at the corner of 104th Street and Saskatchewan Avenue (now called 97th Avenue) in Edmonton, Canada. One of Petley-Jones's great grandfathers was Sir William
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Petley-Jones became a member of the
Edmonton Art Club in 1927, and in 1931 he was one of the early generation of artists who joined the Alberta Society of Artists. The same year, at the age of 23, his paintings were accepted by jury for the
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Though frequently labelled as a
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Myers, commander in chief of the forces in
British North America. Another was Admiral Sir Charles Jones, a founding member of the
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In 1955 Petley-Jones was commissioned by the
Alberta Government to paint portraits of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband for the
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Government House collections. Other notable commissions include, alongside a number of artists from the
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After the war, he settled in
Richmond, London with the exception of a brief stint between 1950 and 1954 when he lived in
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movements he studied while in France. His works encompass watercolour, oils, line drawing as well as prints.
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In 1934, he moved to London and established his own studio. In 1935, one of his watercolours depicting
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Murals from a great Canadian train / De l'art dans un grand train canadien.
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In 1958 Petley-Jones held an exhibition of abstract art at the
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A Modern Life: Art and Design in British Columbia, 1945-1960.
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area of Paris. His works were exhibited with the Salon de la
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