Jacob Lawrence

États-Unis · 1917 – 2000 · 126 œuvres · Réalisme social

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1930 29

1940 10

1950 6

1960 8

1970 5

1980 4

1990

Œuvres (115)

Painting

1971

Study for the Munich Olympic Games Poster

Seattle Art Museum

1971

Builders No. 1

Musée d'Art de Birmingham

1976

In a free government, the security of civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. It consists in the one case in the multiplicity of interests, and in the other, in the multiplicity of sects."--James Mad

Smithsonian American Art Museum

1977

Among one of the last groups to leave the South was the Negro professional who was forced to follow his clientele to make a living

Museum of Modern Art

In the North the Negro had better educational facilities

Museum of Modern Art

Trains were packed continually with migrants

Museum of Modern Art

And the migrants kept coming

Museum of Modern Art

They did not always leave because they were promised work in the North. Many of them left because of Southern conditions one of them being great floods that ruined the crops and therefore they were unable to make a living where they were

Museum of Modern Art

They were very poor

Museum of Modern Art

Railroad stations were at times so over-packed with people leaving that special guards had to be called in to keep order

Museum of Modern Art

Among the social conditions that existed which was partly the cause of the migration was the injustice done to the Negroes in the courts

Museum of Modern Art

Although the Negro was used to lynching he found this an opportune time for him to leave where one had occurred

Museum of Modern Art

Migration gained in momentum

Museum of Modern Art

They arrived in great numbers into Chicago the gateway of the West

Museum of Modern Art

Railroad stations in the South were crowded with people leaving for the North

Museum of Modern Art

In every home people who had not gone North met and tried to decide if they should go North or not

Museum of Modern Art

The labor agent who had been sent South by Northern industry was a very familiar person in the Negro counties

Museum of Modern Art

And people all over the South began to discuss this great movement

Museum of Modern Art

Child labor and a lack of education was one of the other reasons for people wishing to leave their homes

Museum of Modern Art

The Migration Series, Panel no. 1: During World War I there was a great migration north by southern African Americans.

Phillips Collection

Jacob Lawrence

Période d'activité

Œuvres (115)

Study for the Munich Olympic Games Poster

Builders No. 1

In a free government, the security of civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. It consists in the one case in the multiplicity of interests, and in the other, in the multiplicity of sects."--James Mad

The Studio

Dreams No. 2

Community (study for mural, Jamaica, NY)

Supermarket Flora

Among one of the last groups to leave the South was the Negro professional who was forced to follow his clientele to make a living

In the North the Negro had better educational facilities

Trains were packed continually with migrants

And the migrants kept coming

They did not always leave because they were promised work in the North. Many of them left because of Southern conditions one of them being great floods that ruined the crops and therefore they were unable to make a living where they were

They were very poor

Railroad stations were at times so over-packed with people leaving that special guards had to be called in to keep order

Among the social conditions that existed which was partly the cause of the migration was the injustice done to the Negroes in the courts

Although the Negro was used to lynching he found this an opportune time for him to leave where one had occurred

Migration gained in momentum

They arrived in great numbers into Chicago the gateway of the West

Railroad stations in the South were crowded with people leaving for the North

In every home people who had not gone North met and tried to decide if they should go North or not

The labor agent who had been sent South by Northern industry was a very familiar person in the Negro counties

And people all over the South began to discuss this great movement

Child labor and a lack of education was one of the other reasons for people wishing to leave their homes

The Migration Series, Panel no. 1: During World War I there was a great migration north by southern African Americans.

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Période d'activité

Œuvres (115)

Study for the Munich Olympic Games Poster

Builders No. 1

In a free government, the security of civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. It consists in the one case in the multiplicity of interests, and in the other, in the multiplicity of sects."--James Mad

The Studio

Dreams No. 2

Community (study for mural, Jamaica, NY)

Supermarket Flora

Among one of the last groups to leave the South was the Negro professional who was forced to follow his clientele to make a living

In the North the Negro had better educational facilities

Trains were packed continually with migrants

And the migrants kept coming

They did not always leave because they were promised work in the North. Many of them left because of Southern conditions one of them being great floods that ruined the crops and therefore they were unable to make a living where they were

They were very poor

Railroad stations were at times so over-packed with people leaving that special guards had to be called in to keep order

Among the social conditions that existed which was partly the cause of the migration was the injustice done to the Negroes in the courts

Although the Negro was used to lynching he found this an opportune time for him to leave where one had occurred

Migration gained in momentum

They arrived in great numbers into Chicago the gateway of the West

Railroad stations in the South were crowded with people leaving for the North

In every home people who had not gone North met and tried to decide if they should go North or not

The labor agent who had been sent South by Northern industry was a very familiar person in the Negro counties

And people all over the South began to discuss this great movement

Child labor and a lack of education was one of the other reasons for people wishing to leave their homes

The Migration Series, Panel no. 1: During World War I there was a great migration north by southern African Americans.

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