Jacob Lawrence
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personAmerican, 1917–2000
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Selected Works12

U.S.O. 'Show'
U.S.O. 'Show'
1945
The Carpenters
The Carpenters
1946
Red Earth – Georgia
Red Earth – Georgia
1947
Flower Woman
Flower Woman
1948
Billboards
Billboards
1952
The Family
The Family
1964
Students and Books
Students and Books
1966
Builders—19 Men
Builders—19 Men
1979
New York in Transit I
New York in Transit I
1996
The Deception, from The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture (Nesbett L97-3)
The Deception, from The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture (Nesbett L97-3)
1997
New York in Transit II
New York in Transit II
1998
Douglass
Douglass
1999
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$275K
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$9.0K
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The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles has announced details of its inaugural exhibitions, set to open on September 22, 2026. Founded by fil…
exhibitionsApr 30, 2026
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, set to open on September 22, 2026, in Los Angeles's Exposition Park, has announced its inaugural exhibition schedul…
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Museums across Central Texas are opening a slate of summer exhibitions, including the Blanton Museum of Art's "Art in Every Corner: The Works Progress…
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The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, has opened a year-long exhibition titled "Maine: A Force Within American Art (1890-2026)" in honor of Am…
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The Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (Virginia MOCA) has inaugurated its new, expanded facility on the campus of Virginia Wesleyan University. The …
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The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem is highlighting the work of its curatorial team, specifically focusing on how Lydia Peabody, Lan Morgan, and R…
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The United States government transformed the role of the artist during the Great Depression by treating art as a vital public resource rather than a p…
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The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation has announced the recipients of its Rauschenberg Centennial Awards, granting $100,000 in unrestricted funds to five…
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Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Chuck Schumer have publicly called on the General Services Administration (GSA) to take immediate steps to protect sig…
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The article highlights 11 major museum openings and expansions scheduled for 2026, including the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi (designed by Frank Gehry, focusi…
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At Art Basel Miami Beach 2025, the art market showed a strong turn toward historical references, with galleries like Gagosian featuring Jeff Koons' an…
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Central Texas museums and arts organizations, including the Blanton Museum of Art, the Visual Arts Center at the University of Texas at Austin, the Sa…
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Kunsthal KAdE in Amersfoort, Netherlands, is hosting 'Jacob Lawrence: African American Modernist,' the first European retrospective of the American ar…
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The Bo Bartlett Center in Columbus, Georgia, is hosting the exhibition "We Are the Drum and the Scribe: Black Art In America Collection" from January …
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Fall 2025 brings a wave of major monographic museum exhibitions worldwide, featuring artists such as Allan Rohan Crite, Wifredo Lam, Suzanne Jackson, …
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Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University opened an archive exhibition at the Tyler Contemporary Art Gallery on September 5, reimagini…
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The Portland Art Museum has launched its new Black Art and Experiences Initiative, a permanent, multigallery project that debuts with the reopening of…
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The Wildenstein Plattner Institute (WPI) and the Romare Bearden Foundation have launched the first installment of a digital catalogue raisonné for the…
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Four major European museums are simultaneously staging ambitious exhibitions of Black American artists, including Kerry James Marshall at London's Roy…
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A four-panel suite of paintings by Norman Rockwell, titled *So You Want to See The President!* (1943), sold for $7.2 million at Heritage Auctions on N…
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Past Exhibitions4

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Jacob Lawrence: Builders

Jacob Lawrence

535 W 22nd St 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10011, United States

Sep 5, 2024 — Sep 28, 2024

Jacob Lawrence: The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture

Jacob Lawrence

535 W 22nd St 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10011, United States

Jan 31, 2019 — Mar 2, 2019

The Legend of John Brown

Jacob Lawrence

1 S High St, Akron, OH 44308, USA

Oct 16, 2009 — Jan 14, 2010

Jacob Lawrence: Moving Forward

Jacob Lawrence

535 W 22nd St 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10011, United States

Feb 13, 2008 — Mar 22, 2008

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Art Fair Appearances2

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EXPO CHICAGO — Chicago
2024
TEFAF Maastricht — Maastricht
2024
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