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Jacob Lawrence

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*1917 Atlantic City / New Jersey - 2000 Seattle / WA
Professur University of Washington

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The Contemporary Austin Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, Washington Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, East Lansing Indianapolis Museum of Art MOMA - The Museum of Modern Art, New York Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson National Academy Museum, New York National Gallery of Art, Washington ° New Britain Museum of American Art Newark Museum North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Phillips Collection, Washington Portland Art Museum Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln Smithsonian American Art Museum & Renwick Gallery (SAAM) South Bend Museum of Art Speed Art Museum, Louisville Tacoma Art Museum Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond (VMFA) Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro
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DC Moore Gallery, New York
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Many Wests: Artists Shape an American Idea

31. Jul 2021 14. Jan 2024
Smithsonian American Art Museum & Renwick Gallery (SAAM)
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When We See Us: A Century of Black Figuration in Painting

20. Nov 2022 03. Sep 2023
Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town
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  • 31. Jul 13. Feb 2022
    Many Wests: Artists Shape an American Idea BAM | Boise Art Museum
  • 17. Feb 31. Jan 2021
    Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925–1945 Whitney Museum, New York
  • 17. Jan 31. Dec
    Sheldon Treasures 2018 Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln
  • 03. Nov 08. Jan 2018
    Parapolitics: Cultural Freedom and the Cold War HKW - Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
  • 14. Oct 26. Mar 2017
    Postwar: Kunst zwischen Pazifik und Atlantik, 1945-1965 Haus der Kunst, München '
  • 10. Oct 24. Jan 2016
    LEAP BEFORE YOU LOOK: BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE 1933–1957 ICA Boston
  • 13. Aug 24. Apr 2016
    Hard Edged: Geometrical Abstraction and Beyond CAAM - California African American Museum, Los Angeles
  • 01. May 27. Sep
    America Is Hard to See Whitney Museum, New York
  • 01. Mar 31. Aug
    Made in the USA - American Masters from The Phillips Collection, 1850–1970 The Phillips Collection, Washington
  • 17. Aug 26. Jan 2014
    American Modern: Hopper to OKeeffe MOMA - The Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • 16. Sep 31. Dec
    The Artist Revealed: A Panorama of Great Artist Portraits National Academy Museum, New York
  • 24. Apr 08. Aug
    Art of Our Time: Selections from the Ulrich Museum of Art ULRICH MUSEUM Wichita
  • 30. Jan 04. Apr
    Modern in America: Works on Paper, 1900-1950s The Art Institute Chicago
  • 29. Jan 25. Apr
    Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic Tate Liverpool
  • 03. Oct 23. May 2010
    A Concise History of Northwest Art Tacoma Art Museum
  • 26. Sep 17. Jan 2010
    Modern Life. Edward Hopper and His Time Kunsthal Rotterdam
  • 21. Jul 18. Oct
    The Jazz Century CCCB Barcelona
  • 09. May 16. Aug
    Modern Life - Edward Hopper und seine Zeit Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg '
  • 04. Feb 14. Jun
    LABOR AND LEISURE Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond (VMFA)
  • 28. Jun 12. Oct
    COMING OF AGE. American Art, 1850s to 1950s Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
  • 08. Jun 04. Jan 2009
    In the Beginning: Artists Respond to Genesis Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco
  • 21. Nov 06. Jan 2008
    Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series Whitney Museum, New York
  • 15. Dec 15. Jul 2007
    Body Politics Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
  • 01. Dec 25. Feb 2007
    URBAN AMERICA RISD Museum, Providence
  • 15. Sep 15. Nov
    MAM Unwrapped Missoula Art Museum
  • 05. Nov 15. Jan 2006
    Starting At Zero Arnolfini, Bristol
  • 07. Jun 04. Sep
    Back to Black Whitechapel Gallery, London
  • 22. Jan 23. Apr
    The Other Mainstream ASU Art Museum, Phoenix
  • 24. Sep 30. Jan 2005
    Jacob Lawrence´s War Series Whitney Museum, New York
  • 21. Dec 15. Feb 2004
    African American Works on Paper Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg / Florida
  • 03. Oct 04. Jan 2004
    hair stories Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  • 23. Jan 06. Apr
    Challenge of the Modern The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
  • 06. Oct 05. Jan 2003
    Jacob Lawrence Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
  • 25. Oct 08. Jan 2002
    New to the Modern - Recent Acquisitions from the Department of Drawings MOMA - The Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • 30. Jun 31. May 2002
    American Dreams Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown .
  • 01. Feb 29. Apr
    Century City. Art and Culture in the Modern Metropolis Tate Modern, London
  • 12. Jan 11. Apr
    Jacob Lawrence: The Migration Series MOMA - The Museum of Modern Art, New York
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