*Lois Mailou Jones*

By: Angelica Mendez

Biography...Lois Mailou Jones was born in

November 3,1905 from Boston Massachusetts. In Boston she studied at the Boston High school of Practical Arts,the the Museum of Fine Arts School, and the Designers Art School and then began a career as a successful textile designer. In 1928 she became an art instructor in North Carolina. In 1930 she joined the Howard University Art Department as a design instructor and stayed for nearly 50 years.There she influenced the lives and work of hundreds of students, including conducting student art tours of other countries.

Schools

Boston High School of Practical Arts

The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

Teched at Howard University 1930-1977

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• Lois Mailou Jones was an internationally known artist whom had a large impact on African American artists throughout the years. She celebrated her African American identity by incorporating aspects of her heritage into her work. By doing so, Jones attempted to overcome the stereotypical ideas that society held about African Americans.

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Lois's Art

Louis's Death• The American painter

and an art teacher for almost a half century at Howard University in Washington, died at her home in Washington on June 9,1998 at the age of 92, but her paintings will live on for eternity.