Jacob Lawrence

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African American artist painter person

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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Label Occurrences
Jacob Lawrence canonical 3
Jacob Armstead Lawrence 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf African American artist ⓘ
painter ⓘ
person ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1930s ⓘ
artisticStyle bold flat color areas ⓘ
dynamic cubist-influenced style ⓘ
geometric abstraction ⓘ
awardReceived Guggenheim Fellowship ⓘ
National Medal of Arts ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1917-09-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2000-06-09 ⓘ
educatedAt American Artists School ⓘ
Harlem Art Workshop ⓘ
Harlem Community Art Center ⓘ
employer University of Washington ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Lawrence ⓘ
fieldOfWork painting ⓘ
printmaking ⓘ
fullName Jacob Lawrence self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jacob Armstead Lawrence
genre narrative painting ⓘ
givenName Jacob ⓘ
hasCollectionIn Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ
Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
surface form: Museum of Modern Art, New York

Smithsonian American Art Museum ⓘ
Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ
influenced later generations of African American artists ⓘ
influencedBy Cubism ⓘ
Harlem Renaissance culture ⓘ
Mexican muralists ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
movement Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
Modernism ⓘ
Social realism ⓘ
surface form: Social Realism
notableWork Frederick Douglass series ⓘ
Harriet Tubman series ⓘ
The Migration Series ⓘ
Toussaint L’Ouverture series ⓘ
War Series ⓘ
placeOfBirth Atlantic City ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
placeOfDeath Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ
positionHeld professor of art at the University of Washington ⓘ
spouse Gwendolyn Knight ⓘ
subjectMatter African American contemporary life ⓘ
African American history ⓘ
migration and labor ⓘ
struggle for racial justice ⓘ
workLocation Harlem ⓘ
surface form: Harlem, New York City, United States

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Phillips Collection → hasWorkBy → Jacob Lawrence ⓘ
Jacob Lawrence → fullName → Jacob Lawrence self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jacob Armstead Lawrence
Kerry James Marshall → influencedBy → Jacob Lawrence ⓘ
Lawrence Avenue West → namedAfter → Jacob Lawrence ⓘ