Jacob Lawrence Artist
Jacob Lawrence is a 82 years old artist from United States of America from Atlantic City, New Jersey. Jacob Lawrence was born on September 07, 1917 (died on June 09, 2000, he was 82 years old) in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
About
No, he died on 06/09/2000, 24 years ago. He was 82 years old when he died. Cause of death: lung cancer. He died in Seattle
Family
Wife
Gwendolyn Knight, American artist
He married with Gwendolyn Knight (91), on Thursday, July 24th, 1941. Jacob Lawrence was 23 and Gwendolyn Knight was 28 years old. After 58 years, 10 months, in 2000 Gwendolyn passed away.
Awards (4)
Awarded Spingarn Medal in 1969 , awarded National Medal of Arts , awarded Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , awarded John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship ,
Education
He graduated from Pratt Institute
What was Jacob's zodiac sign?Jacob Lawrence zodiac sign was virgo.
Other facts about Jacob Lawrence
| Place of death | Seattle |
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| Nationality | United States |
| Copyright status as a creator | Works Protected By Copyrights , applies to jurisdiction: countries with 50 years pma or longer |
| Represented by | Artists Rights Society , object has role: copyright collective |
| Copyright representative | Artists Rights Society , represents: Jacob Lawrence |
| Given name | Jacob , series ordinal: 1 |
| Has works in the collection | Metropolitan Museum Of Art |
| On focus list of Wikimedia project | PMA African American Artists |
| Field of work | Art Of Painting |
| U.S. National Archives Identifier | 10568102 |
| Europeana entity | Agent/base/60083 |
| Employer | University Of Washington |
| Cause of death | Lung Cancer |
| Libris-URI | Gdsw4940117tq78 |
| Date of death | 2000-06-09T00:00:00Z |
| Country of citizenship | United States Of America |
| Commons Creator page | Jacob Lawrence |
| Languages spoken, written or signed | English |
| Notable work | Builders No. 1 |
| Member of | American Academy Of Arts And Letters |
| Family name | Lawrence. Show people with the surname Lawrence |
| Ethnic group | African Americans |
| IPI base code | I-002926195-6 |
| PictoRight ID code | AR-00155 |
