Jacob Lawrance The Detroit Institute of Art 2002

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Jacob Lawrance
The Detroit Institute of Art
Poster   24” x 19”

Unframed
Good condition.

Jacob Lawrence(born Sept. 7, 1917, Atlantic City, N.J., U.S. — died June 9, 2000, Seattle, Wash.) U.S. painter. He moved with his family at 13 to New York City’s Harlem. Art classes sponsored by the Works Progress Administration in 1932 developed his talent. His works portray scenes of African American life and history with vivid, stylized realism. Gouache and tempera were Lawrence’s characteristic media. His use of sombre browns and black for shadows and outlines in an otherwise vibrant palette lent his work a distinctive overtone. His best-known works are his series on historical and social themes, such as Life in Harlem (1942) and War (1947). His later works include a powerful series on the struggles of desegregation. From 1971 he taught at the University of Washington.

Posters as an art form were invented by Jules Chéret in Paris in the 1860’s. Their proliferation and refinement were the result of advances in printing technology, a relaxation of laws regulating the press, and a booming demand for the advertisement of ‘modern’ products and of the Parisian lifestyle in the Belle Epoque (1871 – 1914). In journals, books, theater programs, and posters, the graphic arts soon transcended their commercial function and became art objects sought out by art collectors worldwide.

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Jacob Lawrance The Detroit Institute of Art 2002

Rare Posters 2 Jacob Lawrance The Detroit Institute of Art Poster   24'' x 19'' Unframed Good condition. Jacob Lawrence(born Sept. 7, 1917, Atlantic City, N.J., U.S. — died June 9, 2000, Seattle, Wash.) U.S. painter. He moved with his family at 13 to New York City's Harlem. Art classes sponsored by the Works Progress Administration in 1932 developed his talent. His works portray scenes of African American life and history with vivid, stylized realism. Gouache and tempera were Lawrence's characteristic media. His use of sombre browns and black for shadows and outlines in an otherwise vibrant palette lent his work a distinctive overtone. His best-known works are his series on historical and social themes, such as Life in Harlem (1942) and War (1947). His later works include a powerful series on the struggles of desegregation. From 1971 he taught at the University of Washington. Posters as an art form were invented by Jules Chéret in Paris in the 1860's. Their proliferation and refinement were the result of advances in printing technology, a relaxation of laws regulating the press, and a booming demand for the advertisement of 'modern' products and of the Parisian lifestyle in the Belle Epoque (1871 - 1914). In journals, books, theater programs, and posters, the graphic arts soon transcended their commercial function and became art objects sought out by art collectors worldwide.

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