Jacob Lawrence as pictorial griot : the Harriet Tubman series

Author

Hills, Patricia

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

American art. 1993, Num. 1, Vol. 7, 40-59, 41 ill. (3 col.)

ISSN

1073-9300

Abstract (en)

Close study of the iconography and pictorial structure of the 1939-1940 series of paintings which tell the life story of Harriet Tubman (Hampton, Hampton University Museum). Asserts that through series like this one, Lawrence established himself as the storyteller of the Harlem community in these years, and assumed the responsibility of transmitting the African American experience to all Americans through the use of African American storytelling and written slave narratives.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- United States
• Lawrence, Jacob, b.1917
• Painting
• United States
• Harriet Tubman Series
• Hampton University, Museum||Hampton (VA, USA)
• Tubman, Harriet, ca.1821-1913
• Representation
• Slavery
• Iconography
• New York (NY, USA), Harlem

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- États-Unis
• Peinture
• Etats-Unis
• Harriet Tubman (série)
• Hampton University, Museum||Hampton (VA, USA)
• Tubman, Harriet, v.1821-1913
• Représentation
• Esclavage
• Iconographie
• New York (NY, USA), Harlem

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19941001-00346623

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