Lois Mailou Jones

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

Biography
Jones was born in Boston, Massachusetts on November 3, 1905 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.Finley, Cheryl, "Loïs Mailou Jones: Impressions Of The South." Southern Quarterly 49.1 (2011): 80–93. Humanities Source. Her mother worked as a cosmetologist.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.

Jones attended the  School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Boston Normal School of Arts, and the Designers Art School.

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.

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

Jones died on June 9, 1998 in Washington, D.C..Carla M. Hanzal, Loïs Mailou Jones: a life in vibrant color, Mint Museum of Art, October 2009, Chronology, pp. 134–140.

Jones' work is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 
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Category:American painters
Category:People from Boston
Category:1905 births
Category:1998 deaths