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Lois Mailou Jones (born November 3, 1905, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.—died June 9, 1998, Washington, D.C.) was an American painter and educator whose works reflect a command of widely varied styles, from traditional landscape to African-themed abstraction. Lois Mailou Jones displaying her designs and painting an outdoor scene.
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Lois Mailou Jones (1905–1998) was an artist and educator. Her work can be found in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum , The Metropolitan Museum of Art , the National Museum of Women in the Arts , the Brooklyn Museum , the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston , Muscarelle Museum of Art , and The Phillips Collection .
- June 9, 1998 (aged 92), Washington, D.C.
Biography. Now in her eighth decade as an artist, Lois Mailou Jones has treated an extraordinary range of subjects—from French, Haitian, and New England landscapes to the sources and issues of African-American culture. The scope of her rigorous training in Boston, New York, Paris, Italy, and Africa is equally evident in her costumes, textile ...
- November 3, 1905
- June 9, 1998
Loïs Mailou Jones. Jones was raised in Boston by working-class parents who emphasized the importance of education and hard work. After graduating from Boston’s School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Jones began designing textiles for several New York firms. She left in 1928 to take a teaching position at Palmer Memorial Institute in North Carolina.
Jan 29, 2024 · Lois Mailou Jones’s Indian Shops, Gay Head, Massachusetts won the prestigious Robert Woods Bliss prize for landscape painting in 1941. But Jones could not appear in person to receive the award. She had to conceal the fact that she was a Black woman.
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Loïs Mailou Jones was an American artist and educator. Born in Boston, Massachussets in 1905, Jones' parents encouraged her to draw and paint. Her parents owned a house on Martha's Vineyard, where she met many artistic and cultural figures, including sculptor Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. She graduated from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts ...
Jan 20, 2013 · Works from every stage of the pioneering black woman artist's career. “Loïs Mailou Jones” presents 30 paintings and drawings by the distinguished, internationally acclaimed graduate of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Born and raised in Boston, Jones attended the SMFA during high school and earned a scholarship that enabled her to ...
