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Jacob Lawrence ( September 7, 1917– June 9, 2000) was an African American painter.Lawrence is probably among the most well known twentieth century African American painters, a distinction also shared by Romare Bearden. Lawrence's Migration Series made him nationally famous when it was featured in a 1941 issue of Fortune Magazine. The series depicts the great move north of blacks in the Depression years.
Lawrence was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, but moved many times over the course of his life, first making his name in Harlem and finally settling in Seattle, Washington in 1970 to become an art professor at the University of Washington.
Lawrence's work often portrayed important periods in African-American history. Among his works are a series of pieces about the abolitionist John BrownJohn Brown ( May 9, 1800 December 2, 1859) was an extremist abolitionist who led the raid on Harpers Ferry and whose defeat, trial, and execution helped set the stage for the U. He was married to Dianthe Lusk and to Mary Ann Day Brown. Early years John Br and another about HaitiHaiti is a country situated on the western third of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba; the Dominican Republic shares Hispaniola with Haiti. A former French colony, it was one of the first countries of the Americas, after the Unitan revolutionary Toussaint l'Ouverture.
Lawrence, Jacob
Lawrence, Jacob
Lawrence, Jacob
Lawrence, Jacob
Lawrence, Jacob
