Artist Jacob Lawrence was born in
Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1917. He spent his early childhood in Easton and
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but at age 13 moved to Harlem with his mother and siblings. He
received his training at community art centers in Harlem, the easel project of the Works
Progress Administration, and the American Artists School in New York.
His works are in the permanent collections of the nation's
leading museums. In the Northeast alone these include the Museum of Modem Art; Whitney
Museum of American Art; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Brooklyn Museum; Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston; Philadelphia Museum; and Wadsworth Athenaeum. (Biographical notes courtesy of
Wadsworth Athenaeum.)
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