lawrence, jacob

Presents eight essays by art historians on the work of twentieth-century American artist Jacob Lawrence, plus a life and reception chronology and a bibliography.

Catalogs more than nine hundred works by twentieth-century American artist Jacob Lawrence and presents an exhibition chronology and a bibliography.

Examines the life of Jacob Lawrence, discussing his childhood, his move to Harlem as a young teen, his introduction to art, the development of his style, and his attempts to record African-American history through his paintings.

Presents a short biography of early twentieth-century African-American artist, Jacob Lawrence, describing his childhood and early introduction to art at the Utopia Children's House in Harlem along with reproductions of some of his works.

Examines the life and art of African-American painter Jacob Lawrence, covering the entire span of his career from the 1930s through the 1980s. Includes over 100 color plates of Lawrence's work.

Examines contemporary African-American artist Jacob Lawrence's use of motifs and forms to achieve emotional and historical statements.

A brief biography of the twentieth-century African-American painter whose art featured significant people and events from African-American history.

A series of paintings chronicles the journey of African-Americans who, like the artist's family, left the rural South in the early twentieth century to find a better life in the industrial North.

A biography of the African-American artist who grew up in the midst of the Harlem Renaissance and became one of the most renowned painters of the life of his people.