Portret Jacob Lawrence

100 najbolj znanih slik umetnika Jacob Lawrence, galerijska izbira

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Med vsemi originali, ki jih je pustil Jacob Lawrence, je najbolj znan The Library (1960), ki se nahaja v kolekciji Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.. Takoj za njima sta Genesis Creation Sermon V: And God Created All the Fowls of the Air and Fishes of the Seas (1989) in Bar and Grill (1941). Naš katalog vsebuje 157 del umetnika Jacob Lawrence; galerija je ohranila 100 del, ki jih svet najbolj oboževa, odlikovanih z datumom nastanka, pripadajočim muzajem in zgodbojo.

1917 – 2000, Atlantic City Največ del: The Phillips Collection

10 najboljših slik umetnika Jacob Lawrence: izbira galerije

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The Library (1960) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja Jacob Lawrence

Taboo

1963 · Painting · Philadelphia Museum of Art, Filadelfija

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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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…

Izbor umetnika Jacob Lawrence se nadaljuje, od 11 do 100

11Genesis Creation Sermon VIII: And Creation Was Done and All Was Well (1989) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja Jacob LawrenceGenesis Creation Sermon VII: And God Created Man and Woman1989 · SCAD Museum of Art 16Migration Series No.23: The migration spread (1941) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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. avtorja 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) avtorja 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. avtorja 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. avtorja 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) avtorja Jacob LawrenceThe Card Game1953 · SCAD Museum of Art 25The Wedding (1948) avtorja Jacob LawrenceThe Wedding1948 · Art Institute of Chicago 26Migration Series No.49: They found discrimination in the North. It was a different kind (1941) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.14: For African Americans there was no justice in the southern courts1941 35Painting the Bilges (1944) avtorja Jacob LawrencePainting the Bilges1944 36Watchmaker (1946) avtorja Jacob LawrenceWatchmaker1946 37Cabinet Makers (1946) avtorja Jacob LawrenceCabinet Makers1946 38Sedation (1950) avtorja Jacob LawrenceSedation1950 39Vaudeville (1951) avtorja Jacob LawrenceVaudeville1951 40...if we fail, let us fail like men, and expire together in one common strugge... -Henry Clay, 1813 (1956) avtorja 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) avtorja Jacob LawrenceThe Cue and the Ball1956 42Pool (1954) avtorja Jacob LawrencePool1954 43Street Shadows (1959) avtorja Jacob LawrenceStreet Shadows1959 44Through Forest, Through Rivers, Up Mountains (1967) avtorja Jacob LawrenceThrough Forest, Through Rivers, Up Mountains1967 45Struggle Series - No. 10: Washington Crossing the Delaware (1954) avtorja Jacob LawrenceStruggle Series - No. 10: Washington Crossing the Delaware1954 · Metropolitanski muzej umetnosti 46...is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the prices of chains and slavery? Patrick Henry-1775 (1955) avtorja 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. avtorja 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. avtorja 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. avtorja 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 avtorja 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 avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.19: There had always been discrimination1941 · The Phillips Collection 68Migration Series No.15: There were lynchings (1941) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja Jacob LawrenceMigration Series No.1: During World War I there was a great migration north by southern African Americans1941 75Bar and Grill (1941) avtorja Jacob LawrenceBar and Grill1941 · Smithsonian American Art Museum 76Harriet Tubman Series (Panel -4) (1940) avtorja Jacob LawrenceHarriet Tubman Series (Panel -4)1940 · Hampton University Museum 77When It Is Warm the Parks Are Filled with People (1943) avtorja Jacob LawrenceWhen It Is Warm the Parks Are Filled with People1943 78This is Harlem (1943) avtorja Jacob LawrenceThis is Harlem1943 79Captain Skinner (1944) avtorja Jacob LawrenceCaptain Skinner1944 80War Series: Shipping Out (1947) avtorja Jacob LawrenceWar Series: Shipping Out1947 · Whitney Museum of American Art 81War Series: Prayer (1947) avtorja Jacob LawrenceWar Series: Prayer1947 · Whitney Museum of American Art 82African Gold Miners (1946) avtorja Jacob LawrenceAfrican Gold Miners1946 83Defeat (1954) avtorja Jacob LawrenceDefeat1954 84I alarmed almost every house till I got to Lexington-Paul Revere (1954) avtorja Jacob LawrenceI alarmed almost every house till I got to Lexington-Paul Revere1954 85Trappers (1956) avtorja Jacob LawrenceTrappers1956 86Victory and Defeat (1955) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja 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) avtorja Jacob LawrenceFulton and Nostrand1958 · Cleveland Museum of Art 95Fruits and Vegetables (1959) avtorja Jacob LawrenceFruits and Vegetables1959 · Cincinnati Art Museum 96The Visitors (1959) avtorja Jacob LawrenceThe Visitors1959 · Dallas Museum of Art 97Magic Man (1958) avtorja Jacob LawrenceMagic Man1958 98Parade (1960) avtorja Jacob LawrenceParade1960 99Pool Parlor (1942) avtorja Jacob LawrencePool Parlor1942 100Firewood 55 (1942) avtorja Jacob LawrenceFirewood 551942

Slavna platna umetnika Jacob Lawrence, razdeljena po obdobjih

Motivi, ki so očarali Jacob Lawrence

Četiri teme, ki se v teh originalih najpogosteje ponavljajo, vsaka z svojim vrhunskim primerom.

Muzeji, ki hranijo originala umetnika Jacob Lawrence

8 muzejev, ki vsebujo največ slik na tej strani.

Muzej Mesto Sloga Jacob Lawrence Slike iz tega seznama
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, FiladelfijaPhiladelphia Museum of Art Filadelfija 1 Taboo
Art Institute of Chicago, ChicagoArt Institute of Chicago Chicago 1 The Wedding
Metropolitanski muzej umetnosti, New YorkMetropolitanski muzej umetnosti New York 1 Struggle Series - No. 10: Washington Crossing the Delaware
Hampton University Museum, HamptonHampton University Museum Hampton 1 Harriet Tubman Series (Panel -4)

Jacob Lawrence desetletje za desetletjem: originali, ki definira vsako od njih

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Vprašanja zbirateljev o slikah umetnika Jacob Lawrence

Za katero delo je Jacob Lawrence najbolj znan/a?Razkriti odgovor

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

Koliko je bil Jacob Lawrence let, ko je nastalo delo The Library?Razkriti odgovor

43 let: delo The Library iz leta 1960, Jacob Lawrence pa je bil/a rojen/a leta 1917.

Katera je deset najbolj znanih slik umetnika Jacob Lawrence?Razkriti odgovor

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 in Migration Series No.57: The female workers were the last to arrive north. Zgornja lestica prikazuje leto nastanka in muzej za vsako delo.

Koliko slik je pustil Jacob Lawrence?Razkriti odgovor

Naš katalog vsebuje 157 del avtorja Jacob Lawrence, datiranih od 1940 do 1989.

V katerih muzejih so razložena remek dela umetnika Jacob Lawrence?Razkriti odgovor

Večini v The Phillips Collection (Washington, D.C.), SCAD Museum of Art (Savannah) in Whitney Museum of American Art (New York). Zgoraj navedena tabela muzejev vsebuje njihov celoten seznam.

V katerih letih je Jacob Lawrence naslikal svoja najbolj znana dela?Razkriti odgovor

V obdobju 1940s: 56 od 100 del na tej strani je bilo izdelovanih takrat, med njimi pa Bar and Grill.

Kakšna sta prva in zadnja znana originala umetnika Jacob Lawrence?Razkriti odgovor

Na tej strani je najstarejše delo iz Harriet Tubman Series (Panel -4) (1940) in najstarejše iz Genesis Creation Sermon V: And God Created All the Fowls of the Air and Fishes of the Seas (1989).

Katere teme je Jacob Lawrence najpogosteje izbiral?Razkriti odgovor

People (8), Harlem renaissance (6) in Figures (6), na 100 delih na tej strani.

Katero tehniko je Jacob Lawrence najpogosteje uporabljal?Razkriti odgovor

Painting, za 10 od 100 del na tej strani.

Katera dela umetnika Jacob Lawrence so razstavljena v muzeju The Phillips Collection?Razkriti odgovor

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 in Migration Series No.39: Railroad platforms were piled high with luggage: v muzeju The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. se nahaja 16 del z te strani.

Jacob Lawrence: življenje in delo

Življenje, slikano v zgodbi: Svet Jacoba Lawrencea

Jacob Armstead Lawrence, rojen leta 1917 v Atlantic Cityju v New Jerseyju, se je izstopil kot eden najpomembnejših ameriških umetnikov 20. stoletja. Njegova življenjska zgodba je neločljivo prepletena z njegovo umetnostjo – to je močna narrativa, oblikovana z realnostjo življenja Amerikanca afriškega porekla v obdobju globokih družbenih sprememb. Po loči staršev leta 1924 je Lawrence doživljal otroštvo, zaznamovano z premiki in prilagajanjem; čas je preživel v zavetništvu v Philadelphiji, preden je končno našel dom pri materji v Harlemu med živahnimi leti harlemske renesance. Ta potopitev v kulturno srce črne Amerike je postala vir njegove umetniške vizije. Prav na vrlilenih ulicah in v skupnostnem duhu Harlema se je Lawrence prvič srečal z umetnostjo, ko je obiskoval predavanja v otroški hiši Utopia in kasneje študiral pod vodstvom Charlesa Alstona v Harlem Art Workshop – oblikovalna izkušnja, ki ga je postavila na pot postajanja vizualnega pripovedovalca nepremagane globine.

Dinamični kubizem: slog, rojen iz izkušenj

Lawrence umetniških slogov ni preprosto sprejemal; on jih je tvoril, svoj slog pa je slavno opisal kot »dinamični kubizem«. To ni bila imitacija evropske avantarde, temveč edinstvena sinteza modernističnih načinov in življenjskih izkušenj njegove skupnosti. Pod vplivom drznih barv in ploskatih oblik afriške vsebine ter meksških muralistov – umetnikov, ki so predlagali pripovednost in družbeno komentarce – je Lawrence razvil vizualni jezik, ki je bil hkrati osupljivo moder in globoko zakoreninjen v črni kulturi. Njegove slike odlikujejo močne, poenostavljene oblike, živahne barvne palete in zavestno zavračanje tradicionalne perspektive. Ta pristop ni bil zgolj estetski; služil je poudarjanju čustvene težave njegovih motivov ter ustvarjanju občutka neposrednosti in dostopnosti. Ni si želel le kopirati realnosti, temveč izluščiti njeno bistvo, s čim bolj iskreno zajeti duh naroda in njegovo zgodovino.

Kronika zgodovine in vsakdana

Lawrencejeva umetniška tvorba je izstopajoča zaradi svoje širine in tematske doslednosti. Ni se osredotočal na izolirane portrete ali pejzaže; namesto tega je ustvarjal obsežne serije, ki so obravnavale monumentalne zgodovinske dogodke in niance vsakdanašnjega življenja črne družbe. Njegov preboj je prinašala Serija migracij, močna sekvenca šestdeset panelov, ki prikazuje Veliko migracijo – masovno premikanje Afrikancev z kmetijskega jugu v industrični sever v iskanju priložnosti in pobega pred segregacijo pod zakonodajo Jim Crow. To delo, začeto leta 1940–41, je Lawrenceja katapultiralo v nacionalno prepoznavnost, mu prineslo priznanja in utrdilo njegovo mesto kot vodilnega glasu v ameriški umetnosti. Toda Serija migracij je bil le začetek. Nadalje je ustvarjal enako prepričljive serije, posvečene postavam, kot so Toussaint L’Ouverture, Frederick Douglass in Harriet Tubman – s čim bolj dostopne vizualne zgodbe iz njegove zgodovinske narative. Poleg teh velikih zgodovinskih ciklov je Lawrence v običajnem našel tudi lepoto in pomen: scene v barber shopih, restavracijah in domačem življenju so postale platna za raziskovanje tem skupnosti, odpornosti in identitete. Njegova slika Bar and Grill, pretihan prikaz segregacije v kafiču v New Orleansu, ponazarja njegovo sposobnost, da kompleksne družbene realnosti spremeni v močna vizualna sporočila. Podobno njegova slika Zmaga in poraz, s svojo impozantno steno kanonad, obeležuje ključno oblegavo v Yorktownu v Virginiji in ponuja poglobljeno razmišljanje o ameriški zgodovini.

Dediščina in trajen vpliv Vpliv Jacoba Lawrencea sega daleč presega njegovo impresivno umetniško tvorbo. Ni bil le umetnik, temveč tudi predan izobraževalec, ki je šestnajst let poučeval na institucijah, kot sta Black Mountain College in Univerza v Washingtonu. Skozi svoje poučevanje je negoval generacije umetnikov in jih spodbujal, da najdejo svoj lastni glas ter raziskujejo teme, relevantne za njihove izkušnje. Lawrence je pavedil pot številnim naslednjim afroameriškim umetnikom, s čim je izzival prevladujoče norme in širil meje ameriške umetnosti. Njegovo del še danes odmeva in sproža kritične pogovore o rasi, zgodovini in družbeni pravičnosti. Njegove slike, ki so zastavljene v prestižnih muzejih, kot je Smithsonian American Art Museum in zbirka Univerze v Washingtonu, služijo kot trajni spomeniki moči umetnosti pri osvetljevanju človeškega stanja in spodbujanju sprememb. Za seboj je pustil dediščino, ki ni le sestavljena iz čudovitih slik, temveč iz pogumnega pripovedovanja – vizualno kroniko poti naroda proti svobodi in samodefiniranju.