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Lois Mailou Jones: a Life in Vibrant Color

Nov 14, 2009 12:00 PM to Feb 27, 2010

Retrospective exhibition at the Mint Museum of Art

Art: Straightforward paintings of ordinary American people

Aug 9, 2009 12:01 AM

Excerpt ...Cotton Choppers. In another section, a wall of beach, circus, and carnival images by artists such as William Glackens, Lois Mailou Jones, Ben Shahn, Palmer Hayden, and Clarence Carte...

Lois Mailou Jones

May 27, 2009 5:34 PM

Changing the Art on the White House Walls

May 22, 2009 8:28 AM

Excerpt ...his Manhattan apartment and stopped in front of the jewel of his collection, a smoky-hued portrait of a man in a fedora by Lois Mailou Jones. The painting is appraised at $150,000 bu...

Going Down in History: Lois Mailou Jones

Mar 13, 2009 12:02 AM

Excerpt ...the request of reader Gillian, today’s post features Lois Mailou Jones (1905-1998). The first African American to be given a solo show at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (in 1973), Jo...

Susanna Lombardi - Art of the Harlem Renaissance: American History Through Art

Jan 16, 2009 10:07 AM

The course will examine the special contributions African-American artists made to America during the unique period known as the Harlem Renaissance. We will explore why the period evolved, as well ...

Neighborhood Guides Give a Homey Twist to Tours of Black History in Paris

Jan 10, 2008 12:10 AM

Excerpt ...since 1986, Mays gives visitors an authentic glimpse into what the artistic life was like for Henry O. Tanner, Lois Mailou Jones, Ed Clark and for a Black artist today. "Paris has ma...

Black History Month Daily Feature: Lois Mailou Jones

Feb 13, 2007 5:50 AM

Excerpt ...by traveling and teaching kept the work of Lois Mailou Jones constantly going in new directions, making her one of the premier African-American artists of the 20th century. Washingto...