biography of Jacob LAWRENCE (1917-2000)
Personal data
Birth : 09/07/1917 - Sun Prairie WI Wisconsin, United States
Death : 06/09/2000 - Seattle WA Washington, United States
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States
Education
Pupil of / student of Charles Henry ALSTON [ 1907-1977 ]
Pupil of / student of Henry Wilmer BANNARN [ 1910-1965 ]
Pupil of / student of Anton REFREGIER [ 1905-1979 ]
1934 – 1939 : Harlem Art Workshop – New York NY, United States
1970 : Denison University (Hon. DFA) – Granville OH, United States
1972 : Pratt Institute – 200 Willoughby Avenue – Brooklyn, New York NY, United States
Professional data
Work and Life
1964:Travels to Nigeria
Affiliated to an association
National Academy of Design – School of Fine Arts 5 East 89th Street – New York NY, United States
NYAEA New York Artists Equity Association, Inc. – 498 Broome Street – New York NY, United States
National Institute of Arts and Letters – New York NY, United States
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Oil - Tempera - Tempera/panel
Print-Multiple : Lithograph in colors - Poster - Serigraph - Serigraph in colors
Drawing-Watercolor : Gouache - Gouache/paper - Ink - Pencil - Watercolour
Subject
history/societyMovements and styles
American Social RealismAmerican Modernists
Works
Beggar N° 1 | |
Date of creation : 1938 Medium : Tempera Size : 51 x 38 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2003
Seattle Art Museum – Seattle WA, United States
02/06/2003 – 05/04/2003
2002
Retrospective
MFAH The Museum of Fine Arts – Houston TX, United States
10/06/2002 – 01/05/2003
Retrospective
LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art – Los Angeles CA, United States
06/16/2002 – 09/08/2002
Over the line: the art and life of Jacob Lawrence
Detroit Institute of Arts – Detroit MI, United States
02/23/2002 – 05/19/2002
2001
Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
11/08/2001 – 02/03/2002
Retrospective
The Phillips Collection – Washington DC, United States
2001 – 08/19/2001
1941
Downtown Arts Projects – New York NY, United States
1941
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2004
sf6 San Francisco International Art Exposition
Fort Mason – San Francisco CA, United States
01/16/2004 – 01/19/2004
Represented by : DC Moore Gallery – 724 Fifth Avenue, 8th Floor – New York NY, United States
2003
Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Bill Hodges Gallery – 24 West 57th Street – New York NY, United States
2000
International Artexpo New York
Jacob K Javits Convention Center – New York NY, United States
03/09/2000 – 03/13/2000
Represented by : American Vision Gallery – 343 W 145TH ST – New York NY, United States
Group exhibitions
2004
Prints and Selected Paintings, Selected Works, 1945-2004
DC Moore Gallery – New York NY, United States
04/29/2004 – 06/18/2004
2002
Made in USA : L’Art américain de 1908 à 1947
Musée Fabre – Montpellier, France
04/12/2002 – 06/23/2002
Made in USA : L’Art américain de 1908 à 1947
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Rennes, France
01/17/2002 – 03/31/2002
2001
New to the Modern: Recent Acquisitions from the Department of Drawings
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
10/25/2001 – 01/08/2002
Made in USA : L’Art américain de 1908 à 1947
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Bordeaux, France
10/10/2001 – 12/31/2001
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Dictionaries
1999
Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975 – 400 years of Artists in America
Publisher: Sound View Press – 859 Boston Post Rd. – Madison CT, United States
Director of publication: Falk Peter – 859 Boston Post Rd. – Madison CT, United States
1999
ISBN : 0932087558