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View all 38 artworks. Jacob Lawrence lived in the XX cent., a remarkable figure of American Social Realism and Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement). Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
Jacob Armstead Lawrence (September 7, 1917 – June 9, 2000) was an American painter known for his portrayal of African-American historical subjects and contemporary life. Lawrence referred to his style as "dynamic cubism," an art form popularized in Europe which drew great inspiration from West African and Meso-American art.
Coming to artistic maturity during the waning of the Harlem Renaissance and the waxing of Abstract Expressionism, Lawrence charted a unique path, telling poignant stories of migration, war, and mental illness, among others, and would become a powerful influence for younger African American and African artists.
Jacob Lawrence was the first African-American painter whose work was displayed in the collection of MOMA in New York. His bright, colorful, genre painters became associated with the Harlem Renaissance of the 1930s and 1940s.
(1917-2000) Who Was Jacob Lawrence? Jacob Lawrence was one the most renowned African American artist of his time. Known for producing narrative collections like the Migration Series and...
Painter. A social realist, Lawrence documented the African American experience in several series devoted to Toussaint L'Ouverture, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, life in Harlem, and the civil rights movement of the 1960s. He was one of the first nationally recognized African American artists.
Browse all 60 panels from The Migration Series and delve into Jacob Lawrence's art and life through photographs, poetry, music, and the artist's own first hand accounts. Hear stories that show the Great Migration's impact from a wide range of perspectives, and share your own experience through words or images. View the Migration Series. Website.
The paintings of Jacob Lawrence express his lifelong concern for human dignity, freedom, and his own social consciousness. His images portray the everyday reality, the struggles and successes of African American life.
Jacob Armstead Lawrence (September 7, 1917 – June 9, 2000) was an American painter known for his portrayal of African-American historical subjects and contemporary life. Lawrence referred to his style as "dynamic cubism," an art form popularized in Europe which drew great inspiration from West African and Meso-American art.
Jacob Lawrence [African-American Harlem Renaissance Painter, 1917-2000] Guide to pictures of works by Jacob Lawrence in art museum sites and image archives worldwide.