Jacob Lawrence: The Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture
African American artist Jacob Lawrence (1918-2000) “created 15 dramatic and colorful silk-screen prints based on a series of 41 paintings entitled “The Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture” that he completed in 1938. This exhibition will present all fifteen silk-screen prints from the Curtis Ransom Collection of African American Art, alongside the Dallas Museum of Art’s painting The Visitors, and a related portrait photograph by Arnold Newman of the artist from the DMA’s collections. “
Jacob Lawrence – until 5/23/10
Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood, Dallas, Texas
BTW: Toussaint L’Ouverture led the Haitian revolution of 1800. This former slave is credited with the creation of the Republic of Haiti in 1804.
(Images: “The Opener” and “General Toussaint L’Overture” )
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