Materials/Media:Screen print on Whatman Print Matt Paper
Date Documented:15 August 2008
Condition:Excellent
Description:Portrait of African American minister in the pulpit.
History:Jacob Lawrence Series: Eight Studies for the Book of Genesis. Born in Harlem in 1917, New York City, Jacob Lawrence was trained at the Harlem Art Workshop under Charles Alston. He also attended the American Artist's School in 1937 and worked as a painter for the WPA Federal Art Project. Lawrence painted historical works that depicted the lives of famous African American figures such as Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass. After serving in the Coast Guard during World War II, he began creating paintings to support the civil rights movement. Gradually his later work developed into more abstract concepts.
