Loïs Mailou Jones paved a path for black artists who had been shut out of the world of fine art

Black artists weren’t allowed to submit their work to most galleries and exhibitions in the 1930’s and 1940’s

Loïs Mailou Jones in her studio, 1937 (Courtesy of Loïs Mailou Jones Pierre-Noël Trust)

Loïs Mailou Jones began her career at a time when racial prejudices and gender discrimination were strong in American culture, but she managed to transcend the race and gender barriers and lead a seventy-year career as an artist and educator.

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