Story Painter: The Life of Jacob Lawrence.Story Painter: The Life of Jacob Lawrence Jacob Lawrence (September 7, 1917 - June 9, 2000) was an African American painter; he was married to fellow artist Gwendolyn Knight. Life Lawrence is probably among the best-known twentieth century African American painters, a distinction also shared by Romare Bearden. . John Duggleby. San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden : Chronicle Books (800-858-7787), 1998. Illus., hardcover, 64 pp., $15.95. This is a very visual biography, seen and told through the paintings of the distinguished African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. artist, Jacob Lawrence. He has a distinctive and highly personal style characterized by shape-emphasized flat colors in tempera tempera (tĕm`pərə), painting method in which finely ground pigment is mixed with a solidifying base such as albumen, fig sap, or thin glue. or gouache gouache (gwäsh): see watercolor painting. gouache Opaque watercolour. Also known as poster paint, designer's colour, and body colour, it differs from transparent watercolour in that the pigments are bound by liquid glue, which is . The text documents Lawrence's growing up in Philadelphia, his move to Harlem as a young teenager and his eventual move to Seattle to teach and paint at the University of Washington. Twenty-four, full-page color reproductions of paintings accompany the easily readable text, with emphasis on his series paintings relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc the African Americans' struggle for equality. Among the series featured are the Migration of the American Negro, General Toussaint L'Overture, Harriet and the Promised Land (about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railway), and the Builders. Lawrence's story-telling style, influenced by studying Mexican artists Diego Rivera and Jose Orozco during his student years, serves to make many aspects of Black history come alive for the reader/viewer. References to his painting mentor Charles Alston and his friend and colleague, the renowned African American artist Romare Bearden, along with numerous photographs, contribute to the biographical, as well as the artistic dimensions of this excellent publication. Recommended for middle school and beyond. |
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