Jacob Lawrence (1917 - 2000)
1917-09-07Atlantic City, USA2000-06-09Seattle, USAUSA
Jacob Lawrence
Jacob Armstead Lawrence is an American modernist artist known for his depictions of African American historical subjects and contemporary everyday life.
At the age of 23, he gained national recognition for his Migration series of 60 panels depicting the Great Migration of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North. Lawrence's work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums around the world.
Date and place of birt: | 7 september 1917, Atlantic City, USA |
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Date and place of death: | 9 june 2000, Seattle, USA |
Nationality: | USA |
Period of activity: | XX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Painter |
Art school / group: | Art Students League, Art Students League of New York |
Genre: | Genre art, History painting |
Art style: | Contemporary art, Cubism, Modern art, Socialist realism |