Harlem Renaissance (1940-1941 CE)

Question 1

The Migration of the Negro. Panel no. 49 IDs

Answer 1

Jacob Lawrence
1940-1941 CE
Harlem Renaissance
Casein tempera on hardboard

Question 1

The Migration of the Negro. Panel no. 49

Answer 1

Illustrates the collective African-American experience (little individuality in the figures)
Forms hover in larger spaces
Angular
Overall color unity
Public restaurant in the North
Yellow poles emphasize the segregation between the white and black customers
White figures are haughty and self-engrossed
Black figures are faceless (their forms reveal their bodies and personalities)
One of 60 paintings that depicts the migration from the South to the North (the Great Migration)
Narrative painting in an era of abstraction