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The most important function of art is observation.

Jacob Lawrence

My pictures express my life and experience. I paint the things I know about and the things I have experienced. The things I have experienced extend to my national, racial and class group. So I paint the American scene.

Jacob Lawrence

Theirs is a story of African-American strength and courage. I share it now as my parents told it to me, because their struggles and triumphs ring true today. People all over the world are still on the move, trying to build better lives for themselves and for their families.

Jacob Lawrence

Jacob Lawrence

Jacob Lawrence

Born: September 7, 1917

Died: June 9, 2000 (aged 82)

Bio: Jacob Lawrence was an African-American painter known for his portrayal of African-American life. But not only was he a painter, storyteller, and interpreter; he also was an educator.

Known for:

Pool Parlor (1942)
Harriet Tubman Series (Panel #4) (1940)
The Wedding (1948)
The Builders (1947)
And the migrants kept coming (1941)

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