Loïs Mailou Jones

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African American artist educator painter person

Loïs Mailou Jones was an influential African American painter and educator whose long career spanned the Harlem Renaissance to the late 20th century, known for her vibrant, culturally rich works and her role in advancing Black artists in the United States and abroad.

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instanceOf African American artist ⓘ
educator ⓘ
painter ⓘ
person ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1990s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1920s ⓘ
awardReceived National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship ⓘ
surface form: National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists Fellowship

Women’s Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1905-11-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1998-06-09 ⓘ
educatedAt Boston High School of Practical Arts ⓘ
Massachusetts College of Art and Design ⓘ
surface form: Designer’s Art School, Boston

School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University ⓘ
employer Howard University ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Jones ⓘ
fieldOfWork art education ⓘ
painting ⓘ
fullName Loïs Mailou Jones self-link ⓘ
genre abstract art ⓘ
landscape painting ⓘ
portrait painting ⓘ
givenName Lois ⓘ
surface form: Loïs
hasWorkInCollection Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ⓘ
National Museum of African American History and Culture ⓘ
Smithsonian American Art Museum ⓘ
influencedBy African art ⓘ
Caribbean culture ⓘ
French modernism ⓘ
Haitian art ⓘ
movement African-American art ⓘ
Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
Modernism ⓘ
notableFor advocacy for Black artists ⓘ
integration of African motifs ⓘ
vibrant use of color ⓘ
notableWork Arreau, Hautes-Pyrénées ⓘ
Les Fétiches ⓘ
Mob Victim (Meditation)} ⓘ
Moon Masque ⓘ
Ubi Girl from Tai Region ⓘ
occupation painter ⓘ
professor ⓘ
textile designer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
placeOfResidence Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France

Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Louis Vergniaud Pierre-Noel ⓘ
taughtAt Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts ⓘ
surface form: Howard University Department of Art

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Académie Julian → student → Loïs Mailou Jones ⓘ
Loïs Mailou Jones → fullName → Loïs Mailou Jones self-link ⓘ