Lois Mailou Jones

January 9, 2024
Painter

Quick Facts

Lois Mailou Jones
Full Name Lois Mailou Jones
Occupation Painter
Date Of Birth Nov 3, 1905(1905-11-03)
Age 119
Date Of Death 1998-06-09
Birthplace Boston
Country United States
Birth City Massachusetts
Horoscope Scorpio

Lois Mailou Jones Biography

Name Lois Mailou Jones
Birthday Nov 3
Birth Year 1905
Place Of Birth Boston
Home Town Massachusetts
Birth Country United States
Birth Sign Scorpio
Parents Thomas Vreeland Jones, Carolyn Jones
Spouse Louis Vergniaud Pierre-Noel

Lois Mailou Jones is one of the most popular and richest Painter who was born on November 3, 1905 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. American artist who was a Harlem Renaissance painter and the only African- American female artist to be internationally famous in the 1930s and 40s.

She was close to author She was close friends with author Dorothy West..

Her father was a lawyer and a building superintendent, and her mother was an osmetologist.

Lois Mailou Jones Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Painter
House Living in own house.

Lois Mailou Jones is one of the richest Painter from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lois Mailou Jones 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and was a costume designer.

In the 1960s, she was made Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in London.

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Who is Lois Mailou Jones Dating?

According to our records, Lois Mailou Jones married to Louis Vergniaud Pierre-Noel. As of December 1, 2023, Lois Mailou Jones’s is not dating anyone.

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Lois Ranked on the list of most popular Painter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Lois Mailou Jones celebrates birthday on November 3 of every year.

Why was Lois Mailou Jones important?

Throughout her career, Jones has championed the international artistic achievement of African-American art. She has also been an important role model for other African-American artists, particularly those involved with her design and watercolor courses at Howard University from 1930 to 1977.

What did Lois Mailou Jones do for the Harlem Renaissance?

Jones’s numerous Haitian inspired oil and watercolor paintings are probably her most widely known work. Her work was abstract and hard-edged and her impressionist techniques gave way to a richly patterned and brilliantly colored style. She produced work that echoed her pride in her African roots and American ancestry.

What inspired Lois Mailou Jones?

She was profoundly impacted by Paris, exhilarated by a country where her race seemed irrelevant. Her 1953 marriage to the Haitian graphic designer Louis Vergniaud Pierre-Noël influenced her further as she saw the bright colors and bold patterns of Haitian art on annual trips to her husband’s home.

What did Lois Mailou Jones do for a living?

Lois Mailou Jones, (born November 3, 1905, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.—died June 9, 1998, Washington, D.C.), American painter and educator whose works reflect a command of widely varied styles, from traditional landscape to African-themed abstraction.

What challenges did Lois Mailou Jones face?

With strong racial prejudices still going strong, however, Jones had to face the challenge of segregation alongside trying to gain independence as a female artist. This exclusion eventually encouraged her to move north, where a new chapter of her life began.

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