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LOÏS MAILOU JONES (1905 - 1988) Fille assise avec chat.
LOÏS MAILOU JONES (1905 - 1988)
Fille assise avec chat.
Oil on canvas, 1938. 800x630 mm; 31 1/2x24 3/4 inches. Signed, dated and inscribed "Paris" in oil, lower right.
Provenance: private collection, Cannes, France.
This beautiful Impressionist portrait was made during Loïs Mailou Jones's first year in Paris. Awarded a Howard University scholarship to study at the Académie Julian during 1937-38, she studied landscape and portraiture. She met the Symbolist Émile Bernard, who encouraged and befriended the young artist. She returned to the United States, to teach at Howard University in the fall of 1938. Benjamin, p. 29.
Fille assise avec chat.
Oil on canvas, 1938. 800x630 mm; 31 1/2x24 3/4 inches. Signed, dated and inscribed "Paris" in oil, lower right.
Provenance: private collection, Cannes, France.
This beautiful Impressionist portrait was made during Loïs Mailou Jones's first year in Paris. Awarded a Howard University scholarship to study at the Académie Julian during 1937-38, she studied landscape and portraiture. She met the Symbolist Émile Bernard, who encouraged and befriended the young artist. She returned to the United States, to teach at Howard University in the fall of 1938. Benjamin, p. 29.
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