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'''Jacob Lawrence''' (Atlantic City 1917 – Seattle 2000) American [[painter]], storyteller and interpreter of the African-American experience.  

'''Jacob Lawrence''' (Atlantic City 1917 – Seattle 2000) American [[painter]], storyteller and interpreter of the [[African Americans|African-American]] experience.  

''In 1940, he received a grant from the Rosenwald Foundation to create a series of images on the migration of African-Americans from the South. The painter Gwendolyn Knight assisted him on the captions for the images and initial coating of the panels. They married in 1941. The same year ''The Migration of the Negro'' series had its debut at the Downtown Gallery. Lawrence was the first artist of color to be represented by a major New York gallery, and the success of this exhibition gave him national prominence.'' <ref> [http://www.phillipscollection.org/american_art/bios/lawrence-bio.htm Jacob Lawrence Biography]  </ref>

''In 1940, he received a grant from the Rosenwald Foundation to create a series of images on the migration of African-Americans from the South. The painter Gwendolyn Knight assisted him on the captions for the images and initial coating of the panels. They married in 1941. The same year ''The Migration of the Negro'' series had its debut at the Downtown Gallery. Lawrence was the first artist of color to be represented by a major New York gallery, and the success of this exhibition gave him national prominence.'' <ref> [http://www.phillipscollection.org/american_art/bios/lawrence-bio.htm Jacob Lawrence Biography]  </ref>