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Jacob Lawrence : American painter. by Wheat, Ellen Harkins; Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000; Hills, Patricia, author; Seattle Art Museum, issuing body is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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For nearly five decades, Jacob Lawrence has been widely regarded as Americas most important black artist. His work is known throughout the world for its depiction of the black American experience from the Civil War to the civil rights movement and beyond. But Lawrences paintings are more than a chronicle of this history. He has created a uniquely American vision that affirms the place of all individuals in our society and honors the struggle for independence. Jacob Lawrence has given us powerful, lasting images which, when seen as a whole, constitute a narrative of epic proportions. This major book celebrates the creative genius of Jacob Lawrence . It is the most comprehensive survey ever made of his work and traces his developments as an artists as well as places his work within the tradition of American modernism. In this context it examines for the first time works he has completed since 1974, when he was honored with a retrospective at the Whitney Museum of Art. The paintings reproduced here illustrate a broad array of moods and subjects. Representing each of the artists significant periods, they range from fond portraits of Harlem street life in the 1930s to angry depictions o

Who reads Jacob Lawrence : American painter.?

Author

Wheat, Ellen Harkins; Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000; Hills, Patricia, author; Seattle Art Museum, issuing body

Publisher

University of Washington Press in association with the Seattle Art Museum; Univ of Washington Pr

Published

1986

Language

EN

ISBN

9780932216212

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Art, History, Arts