Lois Mailou Jones

Lois Mailou Jones
Loïs Mailou Jones c. 1936
Born(1905-11-03)November 3, 1905
Boston, Massachusetts
DiedJune 9, 1998(1998-06-09) (aged 92)
Washington, D.C.

Lois Mailou Jones (1905-1998) was an American painter and teacher. She is considered part of the Harlem Renaissance.[1] She taught at Howard University for over 40 years.

Biography

Jones was born in Boston, Massachusetts on November 3, 1905[2][3] to Thomas Vreeland and Carolyn Jones. Her father was a building superintendent (or manager) who later became a lawyer; He was the first African-American to get a law degree from Suffolk University Law School.[4] Her mother worked as a cosmetologist.[5]

Jones attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,[1] the Boston Normal School of Arts, and the Designers Art School.[6]

Jones took a job teaching art at Howard University in 1930. Jones taught there until 1977. Her students included Elizabeth Catlett, David C. Driskell, and Sylvia Snowden.[7]

In 1955 Jones became a member of the Society of Washington Artists. Jones was the first African-American artist to become a member.[1]

Jones died on June 9, 1998 in Washington, D.C..[2][8]

Jones' work is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[9] the National Gallery of Art,[10] the National Museum of Women in the Arts,[7] and the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[11]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Lois Mailou Jones". AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Lois Mailou Jones | African American artist, muralist, textile designer |". Britannica. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  3. ↑ Great women artists. Phaidon Press. 2019. p. 204. ISBN 978-0714878775.
  4. ↑ Finley, Cheryl, "Loïs Mailou Jones: Impressions Of The South." Southern Quarterly 49.1 (2011): 80–93. Humanities Source.
  5. ↑ Betty Laduke, "Lois Mailou Jones: The Grande Dame of African-American art", Woman's Art Journal (Vol. 8, No. 2, Autumn 1987 – Winter 1988), 32; phone conversation between Lois Jones and Betty Laduke.
  6. ↑ Wartts, Adrienne (10 August 2008). "Lois Mailou Jones (1905-1998)". Blackpast. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Loïs Mailou Jones". National Museum of Women in the Arts. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  8. ↑ Carla M. Hanzal, Loïs Mailou Jones: a life in vibrant color, Mint Museum of Art, October 2009, Chronology, pp. 134–140.
  9. ↑ "Lois Mailou Jones | Cauliflower and Pumpkin". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "Loïs Mailou Jones". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 22 August 2023.