About James H. Maroney, Jr.

Not yet out of college, James Maroney began his career in the art business in 1967 at Sotheby Park-Bernet, joining the first “trainee program.”

In 1969 he became the first Head of American Paintings, which gave him a ringside seat to the awakening of the field, which had been consigned in the 1890's to a long slumber in obscurity.

He left Sotheby’s in 1974 and in 1976 he joined Hirschl & Adler Galleries where he learned the other, i.e., the retail side of the business. In 1977 he left H&A to open his own private gallery, James Maroney, Inc.

Maroney served a two-year stint on the IRS Art Advisory panel (1976-1978) and was a member for two years of the Art Dealers Association of America (1989-1990). In 1986 he moved to Vermont, where to this day he offers important American paintings to private collectors and museums across the country.

Maroney holds a BA in Art History from Columbia University, a Masters in Business Administration from UMass/Amherst, and a Masters in Environmental Law & Policy from Vermont Law School.