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Jacob Lawrence

Jacob Lawrence. By: Nathanial Harrison. Birth date and date of death. B irth date: September 7, 1917 D eath date: June 9, 2000. Early life.

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Jacob Lawrence

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  1. Jacob Lawrence By: Nathanial Harrison

  2. Birth date and date of death • Birth date: September 7, 1917 • Death date: June 9, 2000

  3. Early life • Jacobs mother enrolled him in an after school program in Harlem.His parents separated so his. Mother deposited him and his two younger siblings in foster care.

  4. Adult life • In 1937, Lawrence won a scholarship to the American Artists School in New York. When he graduated in 1939, he received funding from the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project.

  5. What job did he have • He was an artist who created wonderful paintings.

  6. What was he well known for • He is well known for his work on the migration series, and other series.

  7. Pieces of work he did • These only few of the pieces of art that he did in the migration series.

  8. Interesting Facts • He was born in the state and city of Atlantic City, New Jersey. He was born on September 7, 1917. • He died on June 9, 2000. He was 82 when he died. • He got married to a fellow artist named Gwendolyn Night.

  9. Sites • http://whitney.org/www/jacoblawrence/meet/lifes_work.html • http://www.biography.com/people/jacob-lawrence-9375562?page=1 • http://www.phillipscollection.org/collection/migration-series/index.aspx • http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=5120 • http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2000/06/lawr-j16.html

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