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Jacob Lawrence
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Fan account of Jacob Lawrence, an African-American painter known for his portrayal of African-American life. 1917-2000 Automated #artbot thanks to @andreitr.bsky.social and @botfrens.bsky.social
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Jacob Lawrence @jacoblawrence.bsky.social · 2h
Among the social conditions that existed which was partly the cause of the migration was the injustice done to the Negroes in the courts http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78554
Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy
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Jacob Lawrence @jacoblawrence.bsky.social · 11h
Virginia Interior https://www.artic.edu/artworks/64383/
Mary and Earle Ludgin Collection
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Jacob Lawrence @jacoblawrence.bsky.social · 1d
The Shoemaker https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/the-shoemaker-1945
The Shoemaker
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Jacob Lawrence @jacoblawrence.bsky.social · 1d
The Builders https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/111228
The Builders
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Jacob Lawrence @jacoblawrence.bsky.social · 2d
They also worked in large numbers on the railroad http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78537
Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy
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Jacob Lawrence @jacoblawrence.bsky.social · 2d
The railroad stations in the South were crowded with people leaving for the North http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78534
Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy
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Jacob Lawrence @jacoblawrence.bsky.social · 3d
The Apartment https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/the-apartment-1943
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Jacob Lawrence @jacoblawrence.bsky.social · 3d
Taboo https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/taboo-1963
Taboo
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Jacob Lawrence @jacoblawrence.bsky.social · 4d
The Builders https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/the-builders-1947
The Builders
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Jacob Lawrence @jacoblawrence.bsky.social · 4d
Living conditions were better in the North http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78541
Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy
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Jacob Lawrence @jacoblawrence.bsky.social · 5d
Free Clinic https://www.artic.edu/artworks/111814/
H. Karl and Nancy von Maltitz Endowment
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Jacob Lawrence @jacoblawrence.bsky.social · 5d
Sedation http://www.moma.org/collection/works/33186
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Kastor
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Jacob Lawrence @jacoblawrence.bsky.social · 6d
Home Chores https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/home-chores-1945
Home Chores
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Jacob Lawrence @jacoblawrence.bsky.social · 6d
Builders #1 https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/21216/
Builders #1
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Jacob Lawrence @jacoblawrence.bsky.social · 7d
Funeral Sermon https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/61169
Funeral Sermon
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Jacob Lawrence @jacoblawrence.bsky.social · 7d
Strike https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/strike-1949
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Jacob Lawrence @jacoblawrence.bsky.social · 8d
War Series: Alert https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/war-series-alert-1947
War Series: Alert
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Jacob Lawrence @jacoblawrence.bsky.social · 8d
Hiroshima https://collections.artsmia.org/art/80751/
binding: black cowhide, blind-stamped lettering; endpapers: black wove; slip case: black fabric over cardboard, stamped lettering in violet; type: Foundry Optima Medium John Hersey's unembellished account of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan by American forces during the closing days of the Second World War (1939-1945) was first published in The New Yorker magazine in August 1946, one year after Japan's unconditional surrender to the Allies. Hersey based his story on interviews he conducted with six survivors of the blast in days and weeks after the detonation. It caused a national sensation when first published and is today widely noted as one of the finest pieces of journalism of the 20th century. It was later reissued in book form. In a series of boldly articulated full-page screenprints, Jacob Lawrence sympathetically captures the intense emotions and vivid impressions of Hersey's account. Lawrence envisions the victim's reaction to the moment of the "noiseless flash" of the blast on August 6, 1945, their imminent death presaged by the skeleton-like appearance of their bodies.
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Jacob Lawrence @jacoblawrence.bsky.social · 9d
The Migration of the Negro, Panel 1 https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/the-migration-of-the-negro-panel-1-1941
The Migration of the Negro, Panel 1
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Jacob Lawrence @jacoblawrence.bsky.social · 9d
In every home people who had not gone North met and tried to decide if they should go North or not http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78533
Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy
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Jacob Lawrence @jacoblawrence.bsky.social · 10d
The Library https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/the-library-1960
The Library
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Jacob Lawrence @jacoblawrence.bsky.social · 10d
Bootleg Whiskey—You Can Buy Bootleg Whiskey for Twenty-five Cents a Quart, from the series Harlem https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/bootleg-whiskey-you-can-buy-bootleg-whiskey-for-twenty-five-cents-a-quart-from-the-series-1943
Bootleg Whiskey—You Can Buy Bootleg Whiskey for Twenty-five Cents a Quart, from the series Harlem
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Jacob Lawrence @jacoblawrence.bsky.social · 11d
Sedation http://www.moma.org/collection/works/33186
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Kastor
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Jacob Lawrence @jacoblawrence.bsky.social · 11d
To Preserve Their Freedom from the series The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture http://www.moma.org/collection/works/91564
Joanne M. Stern Fund
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Jacob Lawrence @jacoblawrence.bsky.social · 12d
Housing for the Negroes was a very difficult problem http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78543
Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy
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