May 23, 2013 – August 4, 2013
ANDERSON GALLERY
Virginia
Commonwealth University | School of the Arts
907 ½ West
Franklin Street
Richmond,
VA
From VCU
Arts website:
As a young
painter in New York’s Harlem community of the 1930s, Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000)
was intent on telling the stories of historical figures and events instrumental
in the struggle for liberation from social injustice. Lawrence’s narrative
impulse gave rise to multiple, sequential paintings on a single subject, for
which he wrote accompanying captions. In the 31 panels making up the Harriet
Tubman series, he masterfully combined image and text to recount the life of
this heroic American abolitionist, who helped more than 300 slaves reach
freedom by way of the Underground Railroad.
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