Portret van Jacob Lawrence

De 100 bekendste schilderijen van Jacob Lawrence, een selectie uit de galerie

Bijgewerkt in november 2026 · gerangschikt op basis van onze populariteitsscore (zoekopdrachten, bezoeken en bestellingen per kunstwerk) · 157 werken van Jacob Lawrence in onze catalogus

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Van alle originele werken die Jacob Lawrence heeft nagelaten, is The Library (1960) het bekendst, in de collectie van het Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.. Direct daarna volgen Genesis Creation Sermon V: And God Created All the Fowls of the Air and Fishes of the Seas (1989) en Bar and Grill (1941). Onze catalogus bevat 157 werken van Jacob Lawrence; de galerie heeft de 100 meest bewonderde werken ter wereld bewaard, elk voorzien van de datum, het museum en het verhaal erachter.

1917 – 2000, Atlantic City Meeste werken: The Phillips Collection

De top 10 schilderijen van Jacob Lawrence: de selectie van de galerie

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The Library (1960) door Jacob Lawrence

The Library

1960 · Tempera · Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

In the vibrant tapestry of twentieth-century American art, few works capture the pulse of communal aspiration as poignantly as Jacob Lawrence’s “The Library.” Completed in 1960, this masterpiece serves as much more than a mere depiction of a reading room; it is a profound window into the enduring spirit of the Harlem Renaissance. As one gazes upon the canvas, they are immediately swept into a bustling sanctuary of knowledge, where…

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Genesis Creation Sermon V: And God Created All the Fowls of the Air and Fishes of the Seas (1989) door Jacob Lawrence

Genesis Creation Sermon V: And God Created All the Fowls of the Air and Fishes of the Seas

1989 · Painting · SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah

To stand before a piece from Jacob Lawrence’s Genesis Creation Sermon series is to be enveloped in a vibrant confluence of scripture, social history, and raw artistic energy. This particular panel, depicting "And God Created All the Fowls of the Air and Fishes of the Seas," transcends mere religious illustration; it is a monumental cultural document rendered in paint. Lawrence, whose life story was so deeply intertwined with the evolving…

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Bar and Grill (1941) door Jacob Lawrence

Bar and Grill

1941 · Painting · Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

Jacob Lawrence’s powerful 1941 work, "Bar and Grill," is far more than a mere depiction of an American social scene; it is a searing document etched in paint, capturing the suffocating reality of Jim Crow segregation. The painting plunges the viewer into the interior of a café, yet the atmosphere is anything but convivial. Lawrence masterfully uses composition to confront us with the visible, yet deeply ingrained, artificiality of racial…

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Genesis Creation Sermon IV: And God Created the Day and the Night and God Creatied and Put Stars in the Skies (1989) door Jacob Lawrence

Genesis Creation Sermon IV: And God Created the Day and the Night and God Creatied and Put Stars in the Skies

1989 · Painting · SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah

In the profound depths of Jacob Lawrence’s 1989 masterpiece, Genesis Creation Sermon IV: And God Created the Day and the Night and God Created and Put Stars in the Skies, we find a breathtaking intersection between the divine and the earthly. This work is not merely a depiction of a biblical event; it is a visceral, rhythmic experience that captures the very moment light pierces the darkness. Lawrence, a master…

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Taboo (1963) door Jacob Lawrence

Taboo

1963 · Painting · Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia

In 1963, Jacob Lawrence presented Taboo, a work that speaks with a clarity that belies its heavy subject matter. The painting captures two pairs of newlyweds, posed with the formal dignity of a traditional wedding portrait. On one side, a Black bride stands beside a white groom; on the other, the roles are reversed. They are dressed in full wedding regalia, their presence a calm assertion of existence in a…

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Genesis Creation Sermon II: And God Brought Forth the Fimament and the Waters (1989) door Jacob Lawrence

Genesis Creation Sermon II: And God Brought Forth the Fimament and the Waters

1989 · Oil On Canvas · SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah

Jacob Lawrence’s Genesis Creation Sermon II: And God Brought Forth the Fimament and the Waters is far more than a depiction of biblical scripture; it is a vibrant, deeply personal sermon rendered in paint. Inspired by the powerful oratory of Rev. Adam Clayton Powell Sr., this work channels the electrifying energy of Harlem’s cultural heart into an epic moment of cosmic genesis. The scene pulses with divine activity, capturing that…

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Tombstones (1942) door Jacob Lawrence

Tombstones

1942 · Tempera · Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

In the somber, evocative landscape of Jacob Lawrence’s 1942 masterpiece, Tombstones, we are invited into a profound visual dialogue between life and death. Painted during the turbulent era following Pearl Harbor, this work serves as much more than a mere depiction of a graveyard; it is a soulful testament to the collective experience of African Americans in Harlem. Lawrence, a master of narrative storytelling, utilizes his signature dynamic cubism to…

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War Series: The Letter (1946) door Jacob Lawrence

War Series: The Letter

1946 · Acrylic On Canvas · Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Jacob Lawrence’s “The Letter,” part of his monumental “War Series” created in 1946, is not merely a depiction of sorrow; it’s an embodiment of profound human experience distilled into its most potent form. This work, rendered with the artist's signature flattened planes and stark geometry, immediately commands attention with its emotionally charged atmosphere. The central figure, hunched and isolated within a confined space, speaks volumes about the devastating impact of…

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Migration Series No.57: The female workers were the last to arrive north (1941) door Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.57: The female workers were the last to arrive north

1941 · Tempera On Panel · The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.

A single, vertical line of reddish-brown cuts through the center of the frame, acting as a steady axis for the scene. Around this pole, the world feels flattened and heavy, composed of large, overlapping geometric planes that strip away unnecessary detail to reveal the essence of a moment. A figure, draped in a white cloth that obscures the face, leans into the work. Only dark hands are visible, gripping the…

De selectie van Jacob Lawrence gaat verder, van 11 tot 100

11Genesis Creation Sermon VIII: And Creation Was Done and All Was Well (1989) door Jacob LawrenceGenesis Creation Sermon VIII: And Creation Was Done and All Was Well1989 · SCAD Museum of Art 12Migration Series No.39: Railroad platforms were piled high with luggage (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.39: Railroad platforms were piled high with luggage1941 · The Phillips Collection 13Genesis Creation Sermon I: In the Beginning All Was Void (1989) door Jacob LawrenceGenesis Creation Sermon I: In the Beginning All Was Void1989 · SCAD Museum of Art 14Genesis Creation Sermon VI: And God Created All the Beasts of the Earth (1989) door Jacob LawrenceGenesis Creation Sermon VI: And God Created All the Beasts of the Earth1989 · SCAD Museum of Art 15Genesis Creation Sermon VII: And God Created Man and Woman (1989) door Jacob LawrenceGenesis Creation Sermon VII: And God Created Man and Woman1989 · SCAD Museum of Art 16Migration Series No.23: The migration spread (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.23: The migration spread1941 · The Phillips Collection 17Migration Series No.31: The migrants found improved housing when they arrived north (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.31: The migrants found improved housing when they arrived north1941 · The Phillips Collection 18Migration Series No.37: Many migrants found work in the steel industry (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.37: Many migrants found work in the steel industry1941 · The Phillips Collection 19Migration Series No.59: In the North they had the freedom to vote (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.59: In the North they had the freedom to vote1941 · The Phillips Collection 20The Migration Series, Panel no. 13: The crops were left to dry and rot.  There was no one to tend them. door Jacob LawrenceThe Migration Series, Panel no. 13: The crops were left to dry and rot. There was no one to tend them.The Phillips Collection 21Genesis Creation Sermon III: And God Said (1989) door Jacob LawrenceGenesis Creation Sermon III: And God Said1989 · SCAD Museum of Art 22The Migration Series, Panel no. 57: The female workers were the last to arrive north. door Jacob LawrenceThe Migration Series, Panel no. 57: The female workers were the last to arrive north.The Phillips Collection 23The Migration Series, Panel no. 43: In a few sections of the South leaders of both Black and White communities met to discuss ways of making the South a good place to live. door Jacob LawrenceThe Migration Series, Panel no. 43: In a few sections of the South leaders of both Black and White communities met to discuss ways of making the South a good place to live.The Phillips Collection 24The Card Game (1953) door Jacob LawrenceThe Card Game1953 · SCAD Museum of Art 25The Wedding (1948) door Jacob LawrenceThe Wedding1948 · Art Institute of Chicago 26Migration Series No.49: They found discrimination in the North. It was a different kind (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.49: They found discrimination in the North. It was a different kind1941 27Migration Series No.45: The migrants arrived in Pittsburgh, one of the great industrial centers of the North (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.45: The migrants arrived in Pittsburgh, one of the great industrial centers of the North1941 28Migration Series No.43: In a few sections of the South leaders of both Black and White communities met to discuss ways of making the South a good place to live (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.43: In a few sections of the South leaders of both Black and White communities met to discuss ways of making the South a good place to live1941 29Migration Series No.35: They left the South in great numbers. They arrived in the North in great numbers (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.35: They left the South in great numbers. They arrived in the North in great numbers1941 30Migration Series No.33: Letters from relatives in the North told of the better life there (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.33: Letters from relatives in the North told of the better life there1941 31Migration Series No.29: The labor agent recruited unsuspecting laborers as strike breakers for northern industries (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.29: The labor agent recruited unsuspecting laborers as strike breakers for northern industries1941 32Migration Series No.28: The labor agent sent south by northern industry was a familiar presence in the Black communities (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.28: The labor agent sent south by northern industry was a familiar presence in the Black communities1941 33Migration Series No.17: Tenant farmers received harsh treatment at the hands of the planter (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.17: Tenant farmers received harsh treatment at the hands of the planter1941 34Migration Series No.14: For African Americans there was no justice in the southern courts (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.14: For African Americans there was no justice in the southern courts1941 35Painting the Bilges (1944) door Jacob LawrencePainting the Bilges1944 36Watchmaker (1946) door Jacob LawrenceWatchmaker1946 37Cabinet Makers (1946) door Jacob LawrenceCabinet Makers1946 38Sedation (1950) door Jacob LawrenceSedation1950 39Vaudeville (1951) door Jacob LawrenceVaudeville1951 40...if we fail, let us fail like men, and expire together in one common strugge... -Henry Clay, 1813 (1956) door Jacob Lawrence...if we fail, let us fail like men, and expire together in one common strugge... -Henry Clay, 18131956 41The Cue and the Ball (1956) door Jacob LawrenceThe Cue and the Ball1956 42Pool (1954) door Jacob LawrencePool1954 43Street Shadows (1959) door Jacob LawrenceStreet Shadows1959 44Through Forest, Through Rivers, Up Mountains (1967) door Jacob LawrenceThrough Forest, Through Rivers, Up Mountains1967 45Struggle Series - No. 10: Washington Crossing the Delaware (1954) door Jacob LawrenceStruggle Series - No. 10: Washington Crossing the Delaware1954 · Metropolitan Museum of Art 46...is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the prices of chains and slavery? Patrick Henry-1775 (1955) door Jacob Lawrence...is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the prices of chains and slavery? Patrick Henry-17751955 47The Migration Series, Panel no. 53: African American, long-time residents of northern cities met the migrants with aloofness and disdain. door Jacob LawrenceThe Migration Series, Panel no. 53: African American, long-time residents of northern cities met the migrants with aloofness and disdain.The Phillips Collection 48The Migration Series, Panel no. 27: Many men stayed behind until they could take their families north with them. door Jacob LawrenceThe Migration Series, Panel no. 27: Many men stayed behind until they could take their families north with them.The Phillips Collection 49The Migration Series, Panel no. 21: Families arrived at the station very early.  They did not wish to miss their trains north. door Jacob LawrenceThe Migration Series, Panel no. 21: Families arrived at the station very early. They did not wish to miss their trains north.The Phillips Collection 50Frederick Douglass listened to William Lloyd Garrison denounce slavery door Jacob LawrenceFrederick Douglass listened to William Lloyd Garrison denounce slavery 51Race riots were very numerous all over the North because of the antagonism that was caused between the Negro and white workers door Jacob LawrenceRace riots were very numerous all over the North because of the antagonism that was caused between the Negro and white workers 52Migration Series No.58: In the North the African American had more educational opportunities (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.58: In the North the African American had more educational opportunities1941 53Migration Series No.55: The migrants, having moved suddenly into a crowded and unhealthy environment, soon contracted tuberculosis. The death rate rose (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.55: The migrants, having moved suddenly into a crowded and unhealthy environment, soon contracted tuberculosis. The death rate rose1941 54Migration Series No.54: For the migrants, the church was the center of life (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.54: For the migrants, the church was the center of life1941 55Migration Series No.53: African Americans, long-time residents of northern cities, met the migrants with aloofness and disdain (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.53: African Americans, long-time residents of northern cities, met the migrants with aloofness and disdain1941 56Migration Series No.51: African Americans seeking to find better housing attempted to move into new areas. This resulted in the bombing of their new homes (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.51: African Americans seeking to find better housing attempted to move into new areas. This resulted in the bombing of their new homes1941 57Migration Series No.47: As the migrant population grew, good housing became scarce. Workers were forced to live in overcrowded and dilapidated tenement houses (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.47: As the migrant population grew, good housing became scarce. Workers were forced to live in overcrowded and dilapidated tenement houses1941 58Migration Series No.46: Industries boarded their workers in unhealthy quarters. Labor camps were numerous (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.46: Industries boarded their workers in unhealthy quarters. Labor camps were numerous1941 59Migration Series No.44: But living conditions were better in the North (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.44: But living conditions were better in the North1941 60Migration Series No.42: To make it difficult for the migrants to leave, they were arrested en masse. They often missed their trains (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.42: To make it difficult for the migrants to leave, they were arrested en masse. They often missed their trains1941 61Migration Series No.41: The South was desperate to keep its cheap labor. Northern labor agents were jailed or forced to operate in secrecy (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.41: The South was desperate to keep its cheap labor. Northern labor agents were jailed or forced to operate in secrecy1941 62Migration Series No.30: In every southern home people met to decide whether or not to go north (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.30: In every southern home people met to decide whether or not to go north1941 63Migration Series No.27: Many men stayed behind until they could take their families north with them (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.27: Many men stayed behind until they could take their families north with them1941 64Migration Series No.25: They left their homes. Soon some communities were left almost empty (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.25: They left their homes. Soon some communities were left almost empty1941 65Migration Series No.22: Migrants left. They did not feel safe. It was not wise to be found on the streets late at night. They were arrested on the slightest provocation (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.22: Migrants left. They did not feel safe. It was not wise to be found on the streets late at night. They were arrested on the slightest provocation1941 66Migration Series No.21: Families arrived at the station very early. They did not wish to miss their trains north (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.21: Families arrived at the station very early. They did not wish to miss their trains north1941 67Migration Series No.19: There had always been discrimination (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.19: There had always been discrimination1941 · The Phillips Collection 68Migration Series No.15: There were lynchings (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.15: There were lynchings1941 · The Phillips Collection 69Migration Series No.13: The crops were left to dry and rot. There was no one to tend them (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.13: The crops were left to dry and rot. There was no one to tend them1941 70Migration Series No.9: They left because the boll weevil had ravaged the cotton crop (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.9: They left because the boll weevil had ravaged the cotton crop1941 · The Phillips Collection 71Migration Series No.7: The migrant, whose life had been rural and nurtured by the earth, was now moving to urban life dependent on industrial machinery (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.7: The migrant, whose life had been rural and nurtured by the earth, was now moving to urban life dependent on industrial machinery1941 72Migration Series No.5: Migrants were advanced passage on the railroads, paid for by northern industry. Northern industry was to be repaid by the migrants out of their future wages (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.5: Migrants were advanced passage on the railroads, paid for by northern industry. Northern industry was to be repaid by the migrants out of their future wages1941 73Migration Series No.3: From every southern town migrants left by the hundreds to travel north (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.3: From every southern town migrants left by the hundreds to travel north1941 74Migration Series No.1: During World War I there was a great migration north by southern African Americans (1941) door Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.1: During World War I there was a great migration north by southern African Americans1941 75Bar and Grill (1941) door Jacob LawrenceBar and Grill1941 · Smithsonian American Art Museum 76Harriet Tubman Series (Panel -4) (1940) door Jacob LawrenceHarriet Tubman Series (Panel -4)1940 · Hampton University Museum 77When It Is Warm the Parks Are Filled with People (1943) door Jacob LawrenceWhen It Is Warm the Parks Are Filled with People1943 78This is Harlem (1943) door Jacob LawrenceThis is Harlem1943 79Captain Skinner (1944) door Jacob LawrenceCaptain Skinner1944 80War Series: Shipping Out (1947) door Jacob LawrenceWar Series: Shipping Out1947 · Whitney Museum of American Art 81War Series: Prayer (1947) door Jacob LawrenceWar Series: Prayer1947 · Whitney Museum of American Art 82African Gold Miners (1946) door Jacob LawrenceAfrican Gold Miners1946 83Defeat (1954) door Jacob LawrenceDefeat1954 84I alarmed almost every house till I got to Lexington-Paul Revere (1954) door Jacob LawrenceI alarmed almost every house till I got to Lexington-Paul Revere1954 85Trappers (1956) door Jacob LawrenceTrappers1956 86Victory and Defeat (1955) door Jacob LawrenceVictory and Defeat1955 87We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility (1955) door Jacob LawrenceWe, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility1955 88...for freedom we want and will have, for we have served this cruel land long enuff... -a Georgia slave, 1810 (1956) door Jacob Lawrence...for freedom we want and will have, for we have served this cruel land long enuff... -a Georgia slave, 18101956 89I cannot speak sufficiently in praise of the firmness and deliberation with which my whole line received their approach... -Andrew Jackson, New Orleans, 1815 (1956) door Jacob LawrenceI cannot speak sufficiently in praise of the firmness and deliberation with which my whole line received their approach... -Andrew Jackson, New Orleans, 18151956 90Untitled (D2X9VM) (1955) door Jacob LawrenceUntitled (D2X9VM)1955 91Thousands of American citizens have been torn from their country and from everying dear to them: they have been dragged on board ships of ward of a foreign nation. -Madison, 1 June 1812 (1956) door Jacob LawrenceThousands of American citizens have been torn from their country and from everying dear to them: they have been dragged on board ships of ward of a foreign nation. -Madison, 1 June 18121956 92120.9.14.286.9.33-ton 290.9.27 be at 153.9.28.110.8.17.255.9.29 evening 178.9.8... -an informer's coded message (1955) door Jacob Lawrence120.9.14.286.9.33-ton 290.9.27 be at 153.9.28.110.8.17.255.9.29 evening 178.9.8... -an informer's coded message1955 93Listen, Father! The Americans have not yet defeated us by land; neither are we sure they have done so by water--we therefore wish to remain here and fight our enemy... Tecumseh to the British, Tippecanoe, 1811 (1956) door Jacob LawrenceListen, Father! The Americans have not yet defeated us by land; neither are we sure they have done so by water--we therefore wish to remain here and fight our enemy... Tecumseh to the British, Tippecanoe, 18111956 94Fulton and Nostrand (1958) door Jacob LawrenceFulton and Nostrand1958 · Cleveland Museum of Art 95Fruits and Vegetables (1959) door Jacob LawrenceFruits and Vegetables1959 · Cincinnati Art Museum 96The Visitors (1959) door Jacob LawrenceThe Visitors1959 · Dallas Museum of Art 97Magic Man (1958) door Jacob LawrenceMagic Man1958 98Parade (1960) door Jacob LawrenceParade1960 99Pool Parlor (1942) door Jacob LawrencePool Parlor1942 100Firewood 55 (1942) door Jacob LawrenceFirewood 551942

De beroemde schilderijen van Jacob Lawrence, periode voor periode

De onderwerpen die de aandacht van Jacob Lawrence troffen

De vier onderwerpen die het meest voorkomen in deze originelen, elk met zijn mooiste voorbeeld.

De musea waar de originele werken van Jacob Lawrence worden bewaard

De 8 musea met de meeste schilderijen op deze pagina.

Museum Stad Werken van Jacob Lawrence Schilderijen uit deze lijst
The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.The Phillips Collection Washington, D.C. 35 Migration Series No.11: Food had doubled in price because of the war, Migration Series No.57: The female workers were the last to arrive north, Migration Series No.39: Railroad platforms were piled high with luggage
SCAD Museum of Art, SavannahSCAD Museum of Art Savannah 10 Genesis Creation Sermon V: And God Created All the Fowls of the Air and Fishes of the Seas, Genesis Creation Sermon IV: And God Created the Day and the Night and God Creatied and Put Stars in the Skies, Genesis Creation Sermon II: And God Brought Forth the Fimament and the Waters
Whitney Museum of American Art, New YorkWhitney Museum of American Art New York 4 Tombstones, War Series: The Letter, War Series: Shipping Out
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. 3 The Library, Bar and Grill, Bar and Grill
Philadelphia Museum of Art, PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia 1 Taboo
Art Institute of Chicago, ChicagoArt Institute of Chicago Chicago 1 The Wedding
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkMetropolitan Museum of Art New York 1 Struggle Series - No. 10: Washington Crossing the Delaware
Hampton University Museum, HamptonHampton University Museum Hampton 1 Harriet Tubman Series (Panel -4)

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Vragen van verzamelaars over de schilderijen van Jacob Lawrence

Waar is Jacob Lawrence het meest bekend om?Onthul het antwoord

The Library (1960), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.. Genesis Creation Sermon V: And God Created All the Fowls of the Air and Fishes of the Seas (1989) en Bar and Grill (1941) volgen.

Hoe oud was Jacob Lawrence toen The Library werd gemaakt?Onthul het antwoord

43 jaar oud: The Library dateert uit 1960, en Jacob Lawrence werd geboren in 1917.

Wat zijn de tien beroemdste schilderijen van Jacob Lawrence?Onthul het antwoord

The Library, Genesis Creation Sermon V: And God Created All the Fowls of the Air and Fishes of the Seas, Bar and Grill, Genesis Creation Sermon IV: And God Created the Day and the Night and God Creatied and Put Stars in the Skies, Migration Series No.11: Food had doubled in price because of the war, Taboo, Genesis Creation Sermon II: And God Brought Forth the Fimament and the Waters, Tombstones, War Series: The Letter en Migration Series No.57: The female workers were the last to arrive north. De bovenstaande ranglijst vermeldt het jaar en het museum van elk werk.

Hoeveel schilderijen heeft Jacob Lawrence nagelaten?Onthul het antwoord

Onze catalogus bevat 157 werken van Jacob Lawrence, daterend van 1940 tot 1989.

In welke musea hangen de meesterwerken van Jacob Lawrence?Onthul het antwoord

Voornamelijk in The Phillips Collection (Washington, D.C.), SCAD Museum of Art (Savannah) en Whitney Museum of American Art (New York). De bovenstaande museumtabel bevat een volledig overzicht.

In welke jaren schilderde Jacob Lawrence de beroemdste werken?Onthul het antwoord

In 1940s: 56 van de 100 werken op deze pagina werden toen gemaakt, waaronder Bar and Grill.

Wat zijn de eerste en de laatste beroemde originelen van Jacob Lawrence?Onthul het antwoord

Op deze pagina is het vroegste Harriet Tubman Series (Panel -4) (1940) en het laatste Genesis Creation Sermon V: And God Created All the Fowls of the Air and Fishes of the Seas (1989).

Welke onderwerpen koos Jacob Lawrence het vaakst?Onthul het antwoord

People (8), Harlem renaissance (6) en Figures (6), verspreid over de 100 werken op deze pagina.

Welke techniek gebruikte Jacob Lawrence het meest?Onthul het antwoord

Painting, voor 10 van de 100 werken op deze pagina.

Welke werken van Jacob Lawrence hangen in het The Phillips Collection?Onthul het antwoord

Migration Series No.11: Food had doubled in price because of the war, Migration Series No.57: The female workers were the last to arrive north en Migration Series No.39: Railroad platforms were piled high with luggage: het The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. herbergt 16 van de werken op deze pagina.

Jacob Lawrence: leven en werk

A Life Painted in Story: The World of Jacob Lawrence

Jacob Armstead Lawrence, geboren in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 1917, werd een van de meest significante Amerikaanse kunstenaars van de 20e eeuw. Zijn levensverhaal is onlosmakelijk verbonden met zijn kunst – een krachtige narratief gevormd door de realiteit van het zijn als Afro-Amerikaan tijdens een periode van diepe sociale veranderingen. Na de scheiding van zijn ouders in 1924, ervoer Lawrence een jeugd gekenmerkt door beweging en aanpassing, waarbij hij korte tijd in pleegzorg verbleef in Philadelphia voordat hij uiteindelijk een thuis vond bij zijn moeder in Harlem tijdens de bloeiende jaren van de Harlem Renaissance. Deze onderdompeling in het culturele hart van Black America zou de bron worden van zijn artistieke visie. Het was binnen de drukke straten en gemeenschapsgeest van Harlem dat Lawrence voor het eerst in aanraking kwam met kunst, waar hij lessen volgde bij Utopia Children’s House en later studeerde onder Charles Alston bij de Harlem Art Workshop – een doordachte ervaring die zijn pad naar het worden van een visueel verteller van ongeëvenaarde diepte bepaalde.

Dynamic Cubism: Een Stijl Geboren uit Ervaring

Lawrence nam kunststijlen niet simpelweg over; hij creëerde zijn eigen stijl, die hij zelf ‘dynamic cubism’ noemde. Dit was geen imitatie van de Europese avant-garde, maar eerder een unieke synthese van modernistische principes en de levenskeer van zijn gemeenschap. Geïnspireerd door de felle kleuren en platte vormen van Afrikaanse sculpturen en Mexicaanse muralisten – kunstenaars die narratief en maatschappelijk commentaar prioriteerden – ontwikkelde Lawrence een visuele taal die zowel opvallend modern als diep geworteld in Black cultuur was. Zijn schilderijen kenmerken zich door sterke, gestroomlijnde vormen, levendige kleurenpaletten en een bewuste afwijzing van traditioneel perspectief. Deze aanpak was niet alleen esthetisch; het diende om de emotionele impact van zijn onderwerpen te benadrukken en een gevoel van directheid en toegankelijkheid te creëren. Hij zocht niet naar een exacte weergave van de realiteit, maar tot de essentie ervan door te dringen, vastleggend de geest van een volk en hun geschiedenis met onwrikbare eerlijkheid.

Chroniek van Geschiedenis & Alledaagse Leven

Lawrence’s artistieke productie is opmerkelijk vanwege zijn omvang en thematische consistentie. Hij richtte zich niet op geïsoleerde portretten of landschappen; in plaats daarvan creëerde hij doordringende series die monumentale historische gebeurtenissen en de nuances van alledaags leven van Afro-Amerikanen aanpakten. Zijn doorbraak kwam met *The Migration Series*, een krachtige reeks van zestig panelen die de Grote Migratie afbeelden – de massamovement van Afro-Amerikanen uit het platteland van het Zuiden naar het industriële Noorden in zoektocht naar kansen en ontsnapping aan Jim Crow-segregatie. Deze werk, begonnen in 1940-41, bracht Lawrence nationaal erkendheid, won hij prijzen en plaatste hem op de eerste plaats als stem in de Amerikaanse kunst. Maar *The Migration Series* was slechts het begin. Hij ging door met het creëren van even overtuigende series gewijd aan figuren zoals Toussaint L’Ouverture, Frederick Douglass en Harriet Tubman – historische verhalen omgezet in toegankelijke visuele verhalen. Naast deze monumentale cycli schreef Lawrence ook gelijke aandacht aan alledaagse onderwerpen: scènes van kapperszalen, diners en huishoudelijk leven werden doeken die gebruikt werden om thema’s als gemeenschap, veerkracht en identiteit te verkennen. Zijn schilderij Bar and Grill, een krachtige weergave van segregatie in een New Orleans café, illustreert zijn vermogen om complexe sociale realiteiten te distilleren tot krachtige visuele uitspraken. Vergelijkbaar is Victory and Defeat, met zijn imposante muur van kanonnenballen, die de cruciale belegering van Yorktown, Virginia, herdenkt en een genuanceerde reflectie biedt op Amerikaanse geschiedenis.

Invloeden & Een Duurzaam Erfgoed

Lawrence’s impact gaat verder dan zijn indrukwekkende oeuvre. Hij was niet alleen een kunstenaar, maar ook een toegewijde onderwijzer, die les gaf aan instituten zoals Black Mountain College en de Universiteit van Washington gedurende zestien jaar. Door zijn lessen voedde hij generaties kunstenaars, die hen moedigde hun eigen stemmen te vinden en thema’s te verkennen die relevant waren voor hun ervaringen. Lawrence heeft het pad geëffend voor talloze Afro-Amerikaanse kunstenaars die volgden, de bestaande normen uitdaagden en de grenzen van de Amerikaanse kunst verbreden. Zijn werk resonneert nog steeds vandaag de dag, waardoor kritische gesprekken worden aangewakkerd over ras, geschiedenis en sociale rechtvaardigheid. Het wordt gepresenteerd in prominente musea zoals het Smithsonian American Art Museum en de collectie van de Universiteit van Washington, als blijvende getuigenissen van de kracht van kunst om de menselijke conditie te verlichten en verandering te inspireren. Hij heeft een nalatenschap achtergelaten die niet alleen bestaat uit prachtige beelden, maar ook uit moedig vertellen – een visueel verslag van de reis van een volk naar vrijheid en zelfbeschikking.

Belangrijke Prestaties

* 1941: Voltooiing van *The Migration Series*. * 1938-1940: Serie schilderijen over Toussaint L’Ouverture. * 1937: Eerste solotentoonstelling in de Harlem YMCA. * 1946: Lesgeven aan Black Mountain College. * 1983: Lesgeven aan de Universiteit van Washington.