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Little Paris Group members The "Little Paris Group" (or "Little Paris Studio," or "Little Paris Studio group") of Black Washington artists was founded by Loïs Mailou Jones and Céline Marie Tabary, both artists and members of the Howard University art faculty. The date of the group's founding is described variously as during the German occupation of Paris (i.e., 1940-1944), 1945, or 1946. It met either weekly or twice per week, at Jones' studio, the "Little Paris studio," in her home at 1220 Quincy Street NE, in Washington's Brookland neighborhood. It offered an opportunity for artists to paint from the model, to improve their techniques -- "developing skills and styles," and "to hone their skills and exchange critiques" -- as well as a salon, or discussion forum -- to "talk about the latest developments in modern art, particularly as it was centered in Paris." Other members of the group included Delilah Pierce and Thomas, as well as Bruce Brown, Ruth Brown, Richard Dempsey, Barbara Linger, Don Roberts, Desdemona Wade, Frank West, and Elizabeth Williamson. A photo, from Thomas's archives, of a 1948 gathering of the group shows thirteen artists and a male model.