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Jacob Lawrence, "We crossed the River at McKonkey’s Ferry 9 miles above Trenton . . . the night was excessively severe . . . which the men bore without the least murmur . . .
Painter Jacob Lawrence's epic 30-panel series "Struggle: From the History of the American People" was exhibited twice after its creation in the 1950s, then never again. Now it's back on view ...
A sharp-eyed visitor to “Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle,” an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, has identified a long-lost artwork by the pioneering African American ...
A painting by American artist Jacob Lawrence that has not been seen in public for 60 years has been found and is taking its designated place in a 30-piece exhibit of Lawrence's work.
It is that struggle that Jacob Lawrence made the subject of 30 small paintings depicting key moments in early American history. “Struggle: From the History of the American People” had never ...
This article is part of our latest special report on Museums, which focuses on the intersection of art and politics.. During the civil rights movement in the mid-1950s, Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000 ...