Quote of the day
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
Lois Mailou Jones
Born: November 3, 1905
Died: June 9, 1998 (aged 92)
Bio: Loïs Mailou Jones was an influential artist and teacher during her seven decade career. Jones was the only African-American female painter of the 1930s and 1940s to achieve fame abroad. Jones' career began in textile design before she decided to focus on fine arts.
Known for:
- The Ascent of Ethiopia (1932)
- Moon Masque
- Brother Brown (1931)
- Initiation, Liberia (1983)
- Les Fétiches (1938)