Jacob Lawrence, American painter of the 20th century whose works, frequently done in series using tempera or gouache on paper or cardboard, portray scenes of Black life and history with vivid stylized realism. His best-known works are the …

Lawrence is among the best known twentieth-century African-American painters, known for his modernist illustrations of everyday life as well as narratives of African-American history and historical figures.

2014年4月2日 · Jacob Lawrence was an American painter, and the most widely acclaimed African American artist of the 20th century. He is best known for his 'Migration Series.'

The most widely acclaimed African American artist of this century, and one of only several whose works are included in standard survey books on American art, Jacob Lawrence has enjoyed a successful career for more than fifty years.

2000年6月9日 · Achieving success early in his career, Jacob Lawrence combined Social Realism, modern abstraction, pared down composition, and bold color to create compelling stories of African American experiences and the history of the United States.

Jacob Lawrence was an African-American painter, educator, and storyteller. Best remembered for his portrayal of African-American life, he is regarded as one of the most popular African-American painters of the 20th century. He also served as the professor of art at the prestigious University of Washington from 1971 until his retirement in 1986.

2017年3月8日 · Lawrence is one of the best known 20th-century African-American painters, along with Romare Bearden. While Lawrence is often associated with the Harlem Renaissance, it's not accurate. He began studying art half a decade after the Great Depression terminated the heyday of that movement.

Jacob Lawrence is most widely known for the Migration of the Negro, an epic narrative series of sixty paintings that he completed in 1941 at the age of twenty-four.

2018年5月11日 · Jacob Lawrence 1917 – Painter, educator. At a Glance … Inspired by Giotto as Well as Black Aesthetic. Nurtured by Harlem Intellectuals. L ’ Ouverture, Tubman, and Douglass. Wartime Inspiration. Broadened Outlook. Selected works. Sources. Jacob Lawrence is America ’ s most honored black painter.

Through his vivid depictions of Black life in America, Jacob Lawrence was one of the first Black artists in the United States to gain national recognition for his dynamic, incisive paintings. Born in New Jersey, Lawrence moved to Harlem at age twelve with his family.