Jacob Lawrence

Where/when:

Born Atlantic City, NJ 1917-died Seattle, WA 2000

Medium(s):

• Tempra

• Watercolors

• Gouache

• Graphite

• Pastels

Impact:

Painter. A social realist, Lawrence documented the African American experience in several series devoted to Toussaint L'Ouverture, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, life in Harlem, and the civil rights movement of the 1960s. He was one of the first nationally recognized African American artists.

-https://americanart.si.edu/artist/jacob-lawrence-2828

Project/activities:

• Identifying shapes and lines

  • Arts, Math, Themes, Color, Line & Shape, Identity, Narrative & Storytelling

• https://www.nga.gov/educational-resources/art-tales-pre-k/art-starters-jacob-lawrence

Gallery:

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  Jacob Lawrence, "Men exist for the sake of one another. Teach them then or bear with them."--Marcus

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  Jacob Lawrence, "In a free government, the security of civil rights must be the same as that for rel

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