Artworks

Untitled (Landscape, France), 1951

  • Artist

    Lois Mailou Jones

  • Title

    Untitled (Landscape, France)

  • Date

    1951

  • Medium

    Oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    25 1/2 × 32 in. (64.8 × 81.3 cm)

  • Credit line

    The Studio Museum in Harlem; gift of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph French

  • Object Number

    1979.4

One of several landscapes that Lois Mailou Jones painted of the French countryside, this bird’s-eye view of a quaint village nestled in rolling hills exemplifies Jones’s attention to color and detail. An academically trained artist, she took a sabbatical from teaching at Howard University in 1937 to spend a year in Paris, studying at the Académie Julian and visiting museums and galleries. Inspired by the art she saw and the freedom from racial prejudice she found, Jones returned to France several times throughout her life, often spending time painting outdoors, as she likely did for this scene.


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Artworks

Untitled (Landscape, France), 1951

  • Artist

    Lois Mailou Jones

  • Title

    Untitled (Landscape, France)

  • Date

    1951

  • Medium

    Oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    25 1/2 × 32 in. (64.8 × 81.3 cm)

  • Credit line

    The Studio Museum in Harlem; gift of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph French

  • Object Number

    1979.4

One of several landscapes that Lois Mailou Jones painted of the French countryside, this bird’s-eye view of a quaint village nestled in rolling hills exemplifies Jones’s attention to color and detail. An academically trained artist, she took a sabbatical from teaching at Howard University in 1937 to spend a year in Paris, studying at the Académie Julian and visiting museums and galleries. Inspired by the art she saw and the freedom from racial prejudice she found, Jones returned to France several times throughout her life, often spending time painting outdoors, as she likely did for this scene.


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