Jacob lawrence migration series

An in-depth look at Jacob Lawrence's landmark 1941 painting series about the mass movement of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North.

African-Americans still haven’t found the freedom they left the South for 100 years ago.

Jacob Lawrence. They were very poor. 1940-41. Casein tempera on hardboard. 12 x 18" (30.5 x 45.7 cm). Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy. 28.1942.5. © 2024 Jacob Lawrence / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Painting & Sculpture

Migration Series

"Sometimes I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can anyone deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me." — Zora Neale...

Peter Schjeldahl on Jacob Lawrence’s “The Migration Series,” at MOMA, which details the exodus of African-Americans from the South to the North.

The Phillips Collection on Instagram: "Happy #InternationalDayOfTheGirl 👩🏾👩🏻👩🏿👩🏼 Panel 58 of Jacob Lawrence's "Migration Series" 1940–41, Casein tempera on hardboard, 12 x 18 in. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The series was the subject of a solo show at the Downtown Gallery in Manhattan in 1941, making Lawrence one of the first black artists to be represented by a New York gallery. Ultimately, The Phillips Collection and New York's Museum of Modern Art agreed to divide it, with…

An in-depth look at Jacob Lawrence's landmark 1941 painting series about the mass movement of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North.

I have been running a series of posts about Jacob Lawrence and his depiction of the Great Migration. Lawrence was one of America’s most important twentieth century painters, and the Great Migration…

The latest show juxtaposes the famous 1941 paintings with photography, writing, music and other work of this period.