Jacob Lawrence, Migration Spreads (from the Migration Series)
Jacob Lawrence, One of the first Race Riots Occurred in East St. Louis (from the Migration Series)
Jacob Lawrence (September 7, 1917 – June 9, 2000) was an African American painter; he was married to fellow artist Gwendolyn Knight. Lawrence referred to his style as "dynamic cubism", though by his own account the primary influence was not so much French art as the shapes and colors of Harlem. Lawrence is among the best-known twentieth century African American painters, a distinction shared with Romare Bearden. Lawrence was only in his twenties when his "Migration Series" made him nationally famous. The series of paintings was featured in a 1941 issue of Fortune magazine. The series depicted the epic Great Migration of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North.
Go to this url to see the slide show of the complete Migration Series
http://www.phillipscollection.org/migration_series/flash/experience.cfm
Here are more of Jacob Lawrence's paintings. Click on the image to get a full view. What do you think of them?
Jacob Lawrence, Harlem
Jacob Lawrence, Story Painter
Jacob Lawrence, Barber Shop (click on image to see full view)
i love his renaissance pic it seems so simple but as you stare at it longer many words fill your head....its apparent there are a lot of people there nd even though you cannot see their faces you can feel their emotions
ReplyDeleteJacob Lawrence's Harlem painting really makes me envision the environment Sonny lived in,from the story Sonny's blues. When i was reading the story i pictured this being the type of busy neighborhood he lived in.
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