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Jacob Lawrence Biographie
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1917 |
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Born in Atlantic City, NJ
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1930 |
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Moved to Harlem, New York, NY
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1934 - 1939 |
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Attended the Harlem Art Workshop, New York, NY
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1939 - 1941 |
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Worked on Federal Arts Project as part of Works Progress Administration
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1943 - 1945 |
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Served in the US Coast Guard and Navy during WWII
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1947 |
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Taught at Black Mountain College, Black Mountain, NC
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1953 |
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Received an American Academy of Arts and Letters grant
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1955 - 1970 |
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Taught design and figure drawing at Pratt Institute, New York, NY
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1971 - 1983 |
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Taught at University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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| Expositions sélectionnées |
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2010
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Jacob Lawrence, DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY
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2006
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Jacob Lawrence: Tales of Freedom, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA (solo)
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2005
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Jacob Lawrence: Three Series of Prints, Genesis, Hiroshima, and Toussaint L'ouverture, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL (solo)
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2004
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Jacob Lawrence's War Series, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo)
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2001 - 2003
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Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC (solo)
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2001
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Jacob Lawrence Memorial Exhibition, DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2000
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Jacob Lawrence: Games, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA (solo)
The Toussaint L'Ouverture Series, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL (solo)
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1999
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The Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman Series of Narrative Paintings, Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA (solo)
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1998
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Lives Connected: Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight, The Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
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1996
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Jacob Lawrence: The Hiroshima Paintings, Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX (solo)
Jacob Lawrence: An American Society in Transition, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX (solo)
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1995
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Jacob Lawrence: War Series, The Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York, NY (solo)
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1994
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Jacob Lawrence Inaugural Exhibition, Paintings 1972-1984, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (solo)
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1992
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (retrospective)
Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY (retrospective)
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1986
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Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA (retrospective)
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1984
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Fifty Year Retrospective, Jamaica Arts Center, Jamaica, NY (retrospective)
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1974 - 1975
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Jacob Lawrence Retrospective Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (retrospective)
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1969
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The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY (solo)
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1960
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Jacob Lawrence, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (retrospective)
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1953
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Downtown Gallery, New York, NY
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
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Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
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Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
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Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
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Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
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Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
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Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
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Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
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North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
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National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
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Museum of the National Academy of Design, New York, NY
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Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, WI
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Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
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| Littérature |
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2010
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Hills, Patricia. Painting Harlem Modern: The Art of Jacob Lawrence. California: University of California Press, 2010
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2000
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Nesbitt, Peter T.; DuBois, Michelle, Jacob Lawrence, Paintings, Drawings and Murals (1935-199) A Catalogue Raisonne' , University of Washington Press, Seattle, WA
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2000
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Nesbitt, Peter T.; DuBois, Michelle, Over The Line the Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence, University of Washington Press, Seattle, WA
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1986
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Wheat, Ellen. Jacob Lawrence, American Painter. Washington: University of Washington Press, 1986
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