Designing a New Tradition: Loïs Mailou Jones and the Aesthetics of Blackness - Hardcover

by Rebecca VanDiver (Author)

A critical analysis of the art and career of African American painter Loïs Mailou Jones (1905-1998). Examines Jones's engagement with African and Afrodiasporic themes as well as the challenges she faced as a black woman artist.

Author Biography

Rebecca VanDiver is Assistant Professor of African American Art at Vanderbilt University.