HARLEM RENAISSANCE

WHAT/WHEN

• Harlem R. was a period between 1910-1930
• The Harlem R. was the flourishing of Africans
• Art, literature, music and politics were part of the Harlem R.

FACTS

• The Harlem R. brought together and developed
• A body of artistic talent that had not perviously been seen

FACTS

• The Harlem R. is unusual among literary and
• Artistic movements for its close relationship
• To civil rights and reform organization

FACTS

• The judgment began unexpectedly to spread
• As African American music, especially the blues and jazz

FACTS

• The popularity of jazz among whites helped spark a
• "Negro vogue" in cities such as New York and Paris
• In the mid-late 1920's

LOIS MAILOU JONES

ABOUT THE ARTIST

• She studied at the Boston high school of partial arts
• The Boston museum school of fine arts , and the designer art school

HER PAINTINGS

• She created the art work
• Jennie
• Mob victim (meditation)

WHEN SHE CREATED IT

• She created it the art work during 1941-1960

WHAT SHE MOSTLY PAINTS

• Most of jones artistic energies were focused
• On textile design .

WHAT INSPIRED HER

• Other artist paintings

THE HARLEM R. ENDED IN 1930

SOURCES

• http://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/39283
• http://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/311914