Jacob Lawrence

I'm starting out this blog with some posts from another private blog. They are random schooling memories from the past year.

This is a post from September 20, 2007

Today in art class, 6yo and I learned about Jacob Lawrence, a Harlem painter who lived from 1917-2000. His paintings were the first works by an African-American artist to hang in New York's Museum of Modern Art. I didn't know anything about this artist, and 6yo and I had fun learning about him together. I really like his paintings - makes me want to go to visit the museum in New York. Anyway, we looked at a few for class and then did a search to find more. Here are some of our favorites. The one above is Schomburg Library (1986)

Home Chores (1945)
This one is at the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, so we'll have to go this year!

In the Garden (1950)

Summer Street Scene in Harlem

And last, but certainly not least, here is 6yo's marker drawing, in the style of Jacob Lawrence. In keeping with most of Lawrence's paintings, it is of a busy, noisy place and uses bright colors!

Interstate, by AM, 6 years old, September 2007