Porträtt av Jacob Lawrence

De 100 mest kända målningarna av Jacob Lawrence, ett galleriselektion

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Av alla originalverk som Jacob Lawrence lämnade efter sig är det mest kända The Library (1960), i samlingen hos Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.. Tätt efter följer Genesis Creation Sermon V: And God Created All the Fowls of the Air and Fishes of the Seas (1989) och Bar and Grill (1941). Vår katalog innehåller 157 verk av Jacob Lawrence; galleriet har bevarat de 100 som världen beundrar mest, var och en presenterad med sitt datum, sitt museum och sin historia.

1917 – 2000, Atlantic City Flest verk: The Phillips Collection

Jacob Lawrences 10 främsta målningar: galleriets utvalda verk

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The Library (1960) av 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) av 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) av 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) av 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) av 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) av 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) av 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) av 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) av 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…

Urvalet av Jacob Lawrence fortsätter, 11 till 100

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

Jacob Lawrences berömda målningar, period för period

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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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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) och Bar and Grill (1941) följer efter.

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43 år gammal: The Library är från 1960, och Jacob Lawrence föddes 1917.

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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 och Migration Series No.57: The female workers were the last to arrive north. Rankingen ovan visar varje verks årtal och museum.

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Vår katalog innehåller 157 verk av Jacob Lawrence, daterade från 1940 till 1989.

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Främst i The Phillips Collection (Washington, D.C.), SCAD Museum of Art (Savannah) och Whitney Museum of American Art (New York). Museitabellen ovan listar alla.

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Under 1940s: 56 av de 100 verk som finns på denna sida skapades då, varav Bar and Grill.

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På den här sidan är det tidigaste Harriet Tubman Series (Panel -4) (1940) och det senaste Genesis Creation Sermon V: And God Created All the Fowls of the Air and Fishes of the Seas (1989).

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People (8), Harlem renaissance (6) och Figures (6), fördelat på 100 verk på denna sida.

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Painting, för 10 av de 100 verk som finns på denna sida.

Vilka verk av Jacob Lawrence finns utställda på The Phillips Collection?Visa svaret

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 och Migration Series No.39: Railroad platforms were piled high with luggage: The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. har 16 av verken på denna sida.

Jacob Lawrence: liv och verk

A Life Painted in Story: The World of Jacob Lawrence

Jacob Armstead Lawrence, född i Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1917, blev en av de mest betydelsefulla amerikanska konstnärerna under 1900-talet. Hans livsberättelse är djupt sammanvävd med hans konst – en kraftfull berättelse formad av att vara afroamerikan i en tid av djupgående social förändring. Efter sin pappas separation från modern 1924 upplevde Lawrence ett barndom präglat av rörelse och anpassning, spenderade han tid i fosterhem i Philadelphia innan han slutligen hittade ett hem med sin mamma i Harlem under den blomstrande eran av Harlem Renaissance. Denna immersion i Black Americas kulturella hjärta blev grunden för hans konstnärliga vision. Det var inom Harlems pulserande gator och gemenskapens anda som Lawrence först mötte konsten, genom att delta i kurser på Utopia Children’s House och senare studera under Charles Alston på Harlem Art Workshop – en formativ erfarenhet som ledde honom till att bli en visuell berättare av otrolig djup.

Dynamic Cubism: En Stil Född ur Erfarenheter

Lawrence skapade inte bara konstnärliga stilar; han formade sin egen, och beskrev den själv som ”dynamic cubism”. Detta var ingen imitation av den europeiska avantgardens metoder utan snarare en unik syntes av modernistiska principer och de levda erfarenheterna i hans gemenskap. Inspirerad av afrikansk skulpturs djärva färger och flattade former samt mexikanska muralisternas idéer – konstnärer som prioriterade berättande och samhällskommentarer – utvecklade Lawrence ett visuellt språk som var både djupt modernt och djupt rotat i Black culture. Hans målningar kännetecknas av starka, förenklade former, livfulla färgpaletter och en medveten avståndstagande från traditionell perspektiv. Detta tillvägagångssätt var inte bara estetiskt; det tjänade till att betona de emotionella vikten hos hans motiv och skapa en känsla av omedelbarhet och tillgänglighet. Han sökte inte att återskapa verkligheten utan att destillera dess väsen, fånga andan hos ett folk och deras historia med orubblig ärlighet. Lawrence var särskilt intresserad av att representera människor i vardagliga situationer, ofta med en stark betoning på sociala frågor och utmaningar.

Chronicle of Migration & Social Commentary

Lawrence’s konstnärliga produktion är anmärkningsvärd för sin bredd och tematiska konsekvens. Han fokuserade inte bara på isolerade porträtt eller landskap utan skapade istället omfattande cykler som tog itu med monumentala historiska händelser och nyanserna i vardagslivet för afroamerikaner. Hans genombrott kom med *The Migration Series*, en kraftfull följd av sextio tavlor som skildrade den stora migrationen – den massiva flytten av afroamerikaner från det södra lantbruket till de industriella norra städerna i sökandet efter möjligheter och flykt från Jim Crow-segregation. Detta verk, påbörjat 1940-41, lyfte Lawrence till nationell berömmelse, vann honom priser och etablerade honom som en ledande röst inom amerikansk konst. Men *The Migration Series* var bara början. Han fortsatte att skapa lika övertygande cykler dedikerade till figurer som Toussaint L’Ouverture, Frederick Douglass och Harriet Tubman – omvandlade historiska berättelser till tillgängliga visuella berättelser. Utöver dessa storslagna historiska cykler fann Lawrence också skönhet och betydelse i det vanliga: scener av barer, dinerer och hemvist blev dukar för att utforska teman som gemenskap, motståndskraft och identitet. Hans målning Bar and Grill, en skarp skildring av segregation i en New Orleans café, exemplifierar hans förmåga att destillera komplexa sociala verkligheter till kraftfulla visuella uttalanden. På liknande sätt fångar Victory and Defeat, med sina imponerande murar av kanoner, en viktig seger och erbjuder en nyanserad reflektion över amerikansk historia.

Influences & Artistic Development

Lawrence’s konst var djupt påverkad av flera faktorer. Han studerade verk av afrikanska skulpturer, särskilt de från Ghana och Nigeria, som inspirerade hans användning av starka former och symbolik. Han beundrade också mexikanska muralisternas arbete, i synnerhet Diego Rivera och José Clemente Orozco, för deras förmåga att berätta historier genom konst och engagera sig i sociala frågor. Dessutom var Lawrence en stor admirer av den europeiska kubismen, särskilt Pablo Picasso och Georges Braque, och han använde element från denna stil i sin egen konst, såsom flattade former och fragmenterade perspektiv. Han utvecklade också sin egen unika stil som han kallade "dynamic cubism", vilket innebar att han kombinerade de olika influenserna för att skapa ett visuellt språk som var både modernt och personligt.

Legacy & Enduring Influence

Jacob Lawrence’s inverkan sträcker sig långt bortom hans imponerande konstverk. Han var inte bara en konstnär utan också en engagerad lärare, som undervisade vid institutioner som Black Mountain College och University of Washington i sexton år. Genom sin undervisning inspirerade han generationer av konstnärer att hitta sina egna röster och utforska teman relevanta för deras erfarenheter. Lawrence banade vägen för otaliga afroamerikanska konstnärer som följde, utmanade rådande normer och utvidgade gränserna för amerikansk konst. Hans verk fortsätter att resonera idag, och uppmuntrar kritiska samtal om ras, historia och social rättvisa. Han är nu en av de mest kända afroamerikanska konstnärerna under 1900-talet. Hans målningar finns i framstående museer som Smithsonian American Art Museum och University of Washington’s samling, och fungerar som bestående vittnesbörder om konstens kraft att belysa den mänskliga tillståndets komplexitet och inspirera förändring.