Jacob Lawrence
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Jacob Lawrence
Jacob Lawrencewas an African-American painter known for his portrayal of African-American life. But not only was he a painter, storyteller, and interpreter; he also was an educator. Lawrence referred to his style as "dynamic cubism," though by his own account the primary influence was not so much French art as the shapes and colors of Harlem. He brought the African-American experience to life using blacks and browns juxtaposed with vivid colors. He also taught, and spent 15 years as a...
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth7 September 1917
CityAtlantic City, NJ
This is my genre...the happiness, tragedies, and the sorrows of mankind as realized in the teeming black ghetto.
I would describe my work as expressionist. The expressionist point of view is stressing your own feelings about something.
The Human subject is the most important thing. My work is abstract in the sense of having been designed and composed, but it is not abstract in the sense of having no human content I want to communicate. I want the idea to strike right away.