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ID: 500027690 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500027690			Record Type: Person

Lawrence, Jacob (American painter, 1917-2000)

Note: Jacob Lawrence was the first African-American painter whose work was displayed in the collection of MOMA in New York. His bright, colorful, genre painters became associated with the Harlem Renaissance of the 1930s and 1940s. Lawrence got his start as an artist by taking classes at the Utopia Neighborhood House, 135th Street Library, and the Harlem Workshop in New York City. He was then supported by the Federal Arts Project through the WPA during the Depression. Outside of his career as an artist, Lawrence taught classes at the Art Students League, Bradeis University, Black Mountain College, the Skohegan School, and the University of California. He also served as a professor and coordinator at the Pratt Institute in New York city.

Names:
	Lawrence, Jacob (preferred,V,index,LC,Dutch-P,NA)
	Jacob Lawrence (V,display)
	Lawrence, Jacob Armstead (V)
	Lawrence, Jacob A. (V)

Nationalities:
	American (preferred)
	African American
	Black

Roles:
	artist (preferred)
	painter
	draftsman

Gender: male


Birth and Death Places:
	Born: Atlantic City (Atlantic county, New Jersey, United States) (inhabited place) Died: Seattle (King county, Washington, United States) (inhabited place)

Events:

active:

New York City (New York state, United States) (inhabited place)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:

spouse of ....	Lawrence, Gwendolyn Knight married in 1941
................	(African American painter, 1914-2005) [500123536]

teacher at (person to institution) ....	Art Students' League
............................................................	(American repository, New York City, contemporary) [500303709]

teacher at (person to institution) ....	Black Mountain College
............................................................	(American liberal arts college, active 1933-1957) [500125890]

teacher at (person to institution) ....	Pratt Institute
............................................................	(American repository, New York City, contemporary) [500304324]

List/Hierarchical Position:

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Persons, Artists

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Lawrence, Jacob (I)

Biographies:

(American painter, 1917-2000) ..... [VP Preferred]
(American painter, b.1917) ..... [BHA]
(American draughtsman, b.1917) ..... [GRLPA]
(American artist, 1917-) ..... [WCP]
(American artist, b.1917) ..... [WCI]
(American artist, born 1917) ..... [WL-Courtauld]
(American painter, 1917-2000) ..... [Grove Art]
(artist, 1917-2000) ..... [GRL]
(American artist, 1917-2000) ..... [MoMA]
(Unknown artist) ..... [GRISC]
(American painter, 1917-2000) ..... [RKD]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:

Jacob Lawrence ........	[GRISC, MoMA, VP]
..............................	Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
..............................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules

Lawrence, Jacob ........	[BHA Preferred, GRISC Preferred, GRL Preferred, GRLPA Preferred, Grove Art Preferred, MoMA Preferred, RKD Preferred, WCI Preferred, WCP Preferred, WL-Courtauld Preferred]
................................	Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
................................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules 3418
................................	Grove Art artist database (1989-)
................................	Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 83125290
................................	M. Knoedler & Co. records, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2012-)
................................	RILA/BHA (1975-2000)
................................	RKD Artists database (2000-) 48437
................................	Witt Library, Authority files

Lawrence, Jacob A. ........	[VP]
.....................................	Encyclopedia of World Biography [online] (2010) accessed 3 July 2019

Lawrence, Jacob Armstead ........	[VP]
.................................................	Encyclopedia of World Biography [online] (2010) accessed 3 July 2019


Note:
English	..........	[VP, WL-Courtauld]
	..........	Encyclopedia of World Biography [online] (2010) accessed 3 July 2019
	..........	Grove Art Online (2003-2008) accessed 13 September 2004

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