The war had caused a labor shortage in northern industry.During World War I there was a great migration north by southern African Americans.Panels including additional images or migrant letters.
'And the migrants kept coming' is a refrain of triumph over adversity. If it rings true for you today, then it must still strike a chord in our American experience.” Lawrence found a way to tell his own story through the power and vibrancy of the painted image, weaving together 60 same-sized panels into one grand epic statement. Before painting the series, Lawrence researched the subject and wrote captions to accompany each panel. Like the storyboards of a film, he saw the panels as one unit, painting all 60 simultaneously, color by color, to ensure their overall visual unity. The poetry of Lawrence's epic statement emerges from its staccato-like rhythms and repetitive symbols of movement: the train, the station, ladders, stairs, windows, and the surge of people on the move carrying bags and luggage.įollowing the example of the West African storyteller or griot, who spins tales of the past that have meaning for the present and the future, Lawrence tells a story that reminds us of our shared history and at the same time invites us to reflect on the universal theme of struggle in the world today: “To me, migration means movement. There was conflict and struggle. But out of the struggle came a kind of power and even beauty.
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For those customers who appreciate quality and want to own an artist's work as it was meant to be enjoyed we are here for you.More than 75 years ago, a young artist named Jacob Lawrence set to work on an ambitious 60-panel series portraying the Great Migration, the flight of over a million African Americans from the rural South to the industrial North following the outbreak of World War I. By Lawrence's own admission, this was a broad and complex subject to tackle in paint, one never before attempted in the visual arts. Yet, Lawrence had spent the past three years addressing similar themes of struggle, hope, triumph, and adversity in his narrative portraits on the lives of Harriet Tubman, leader of the Underground Railroad (1940), Frederick Douglass, abolitionist (1939), and Toussaint L'Ouverture, liberator of Haiti (1938).Each canvas reproduction may vary slightly in brush details due to the nature of being hand painted, so no two paintings are the same. Hand crafted means unique to every owner.Painting comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.100% hand painted oil painting on artist grade canvas.No printing or digital imaging techniques are used.Every painting is painted by an experienced artist.When ordering the painting framed - allow additional 5-7 days for delivery.Ordered without a frame, it will be delivered in protective tube within 21-28 business days.
Otherwise, we will reproduce the above image for you exactly as it is. That you would like the artist to work from, please include it as an attachment. If you have another image of Flinders Street Railway Station You must email us after placing your order and we'll have an artist contact you. If you have any request to alter your reproduction of Flinders Street Railway Station, Each oil painting is created by hand using only the finest canvas and oil paints available. The Certificate of Authenticity which arrives with every painting provides an assurance and verifies the authenticity of the hand painted fine art reproduction you purchased. Real Oil Paints, Real Brushes, Real Artists, Real Art.
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