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Why is Lois Mailou Jones important?
Lois Mailou Jones is important for championing the artistic achievement of African-American artists. She is known for her African-insprired, worldly art. She defied art norms and painted a wide variety of subjects.
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Lois Mailou Jones Still Life
By Lois Mailou Jones
Located in San Francisco, CA
Lois Mailou Jones: 1905-1998. Well listed African American painter and one of the most important African-American female artists of the 20th century.
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1930s Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Composition, Poems of Léopold Sédar Senghor, Lois Mailou Jones
By Lois Mailou Jones
Located in Southampton, NY
The silkscreen prints were made by Alexander Heinrici at Studio Heinrici. LOIS MAILOU JONES (1905-1998) was an African American artist and educator, often associated with the Harlem...
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1990s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Screen

Composition, Poems of Léopold Sédar Senghor, Lois Mailou Jones
By Lois Mailou Jones
Located in Southampton, NY
The silkscreen prints were made by Alexander Heinrici at Studio Heinrici. LOIS MAILOU JONES (1905-1998) was an African American artist and educator, often associated with the Harlem...
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1990s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Screen

Composition, Poems of Léopold Sédar Senghor, Lois Mailou Jones
By Lois Mailou Jones
Located in Southampton, NY
The silkscreen prints were made by Alexander Heinrici at Studio Heinrici. LOIS MAILOU JONES (1905-1998) was an African American artist and educator, often associated with the Harlem...
Category

1990s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Composition, Poems of Léopold Sédar Senghor, Lois Mailou Jones
By Lois Mailou Jones
Located in Southampton, NY
The silkscreen prints were made by Alexander Heinrici at Studio Heinrici. LOIS MAILOU JONES (1905-1998) was an African American artist and educator, often associated with the Harlem...
Category

1990s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Composition, Poems of Léopold Sédar Senghor, Lois Mailou Jones
By Lois Mailou Jones
Located in Southampton, NY
The silkscreen prints were made by Alexander Heinrici at Studio Heinrici. LOIS MAILOU JONES (1905-1998) was an African American artist and educator, often associated with the Harlem...
Category

1990s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

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