Jacob Lawrence
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Jacob Lawrence was a prominent 20th-century African American painter known for his dynamic, narrative series depicting Black history and contemporary life in a modernist style.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
African American artist
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painter → person → |
| activeYearsStart |
1930s
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| artisticStyle |
bold flat color areas
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dynamic cubist-influenced style → geometric abstraction → |
| awardReceived |
Guggenheim Fellowship
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National Medal of Arts NERFINISHED → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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| dateOfBirth |
1917-09-07
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| dateOfDeath |
2000-06-09
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| educatedAt |
American Artists School
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Harlem Art Workshop NERFINISHED → Harlem Community Art Center NERFINISHED → |
| employer |
University of Washington
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| ethnicGroup |
African American
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| familyName |
Lawrence
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| fieldOfWork |
painting
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printmaking → |
| fullName |
Jacob Armstead Lawrence
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| genre |
narrative painting
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| givenName |
Jacob
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| hasCollectionIn |
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Museum of Modern Art, New York NERFINISHED → Smithsonian American Art Museum NERFINISHED → Whitney Museum of American Art NERFINISHED → |
| influenced |
later generations of African American artists
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| influencedBy |
Cubism
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Harlem Renaissance culture → Mexican muralists → |
| languageOfWork |
English
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| movement |
Harlem Renaissance
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Modernism NERFINISHED → Social Realism NERFINISHED → |
| notableWork |
Frederick Douglass series
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Harriet Tubman series NERFINISHED → The Migration Series NERFINISHED → Toussaint L’Ouverture series NERFINISHED → War Series NERFINISHED → |
| placeOfBirth |
Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Seattle, Washington, United States
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| positionHeld |
professor of art at the University of Washington
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| spouse |
Gwendolyn Knight
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| subjectMatter |
African American contemporary life
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African American history → migration and labor → struggle for racial justice → |
| workLocation |
Harlem, New York City, United States
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Referenced by (1)
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The Phillips Collection
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