Sissieretta Jones
2 color letterpress and lithograph print, 11 in x 17 in. Signed and numbered on back.
2024 Art Exhibit at AS220, Providence Public Library and Providence City Hall Galleries.
For a small city in the smallest state, Rhode Island has produced outsized Black artists in a variety of genres. In the 19th century, artists such as Sissieretta Jones, Nancy Elizabeth Prophet, and Christiana Cartreaux Bannister brought music, visual art, and style to the city.
2 color letterpress and lithograph print, 11 in x 17 in. Signed and numbered on back.
2024 Art Exhibit at AS220, Providence Public Library and Providence City Hall Galleries.
For a small city in the smallest state, Rhode Island has produced outsized Black artists in a variety of genres. In the 19th century, artists such as Sissieretta Jones, Nancy Elizabeth Prophet, and Christiana Cartreaux Bannister brought music, visual art, and style to the city.
2 color letterpress and lithograph print, 11 in x 17 in. Signed and numbered on back.
2024 Art Exhibit at AS220, Providence Public Library and Providence City Hall Galleries.
For a small city in the smallest state, Rhode Island has produced outsized Black artists in a variety of genres. In the 19th century, artists such as Sissieretta Jones, Nancy Elizabeth Prophet, and Christiana Cartreaux Bannister brought music, visual art, and style to the city.
MATILDA SISSIERETTA JOYNER JONES
(January 5, 1868 or 1869 – June 24, 1933)
Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones was an American soprano. She sometimes was called "The Black Patti" in reference to Italian opera singer Adelina Patti. Jones' repertoire included grand opera, light opera, and popular music. Trained at the Providence Academy of Music and the New England Conservatory of Music, Jones made her New York City debut in 1888 at Steinway Hall, and four years later she performed at the White House for President Benjamin Harrison. She sang for four consecutive presidents and the British royal family, and was met with international success. Besides the United States and the West Indies, Jones toured South America, Australia, India, southern Africa, and Europe.