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Jacob Lawrence was an American painter whose work gave light to black life. He painted in dark blacks and browns, with contrasting vivid colors.


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Born in New Jersey but raised in Harlem, NY, Jacob Lawrence was an American painter who gave light to black life. He utilized gouache and tempera, making broad strokes with blacks and browns for outlines on canvasses filled with vivid colors. Some of his best known paintings are Life in Harlem (1942) and War (1947). He eventually became a professor at the University of Washington-Seattle.

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