Mine is a quiet exploration — a quest for new meanings in color. — Lois (image via Wikimedia Commons) Lois began her painting career as a fabric designer in the 1920s and ended it as a renowned art teacher of the 1990s, beloved by four decades of Howard University students and admired by an entire new cohort of black artists. Her work cuts a wide swath of styles and subjects — portraits in New York and landscapes in Europe and abstract experiments without place — all united by her exploration of color, both on the palette and in society.
A Woman to Know: Lois Mailou Jones
A Woman to Know: Lois Mailou Jones
A Woman to Know: Lois Mailou Jones
Mine is a quiet exploration — a quest for new meanings in color. — Lois (image via Wikimedia Commons) Lois began her painting career as a fabric designer in the 1920s and ended it as a renowned art teacher of the 1990s, beloved by four decades of Howard University students and admired by an entire new cohort of black artists. Her work cuts a wide swath of styles and subjects — portraits in New York and landscapes in Europe and abstract experiments without place — all united by her exploration of color, both on the palette and in society.