Oral history interview with Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight, 1998 Nov. 18

Lawrence, Jacob, b. 1917 d. 2000
Painter, Educator
New York, N.Y.; Seattle, Wash.

Size: Transcript: 82 p.

Collection Summary: An interview of Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight conducted Nov. 18, 1998 by Paul Karlstrom for the Archives of American Art, in the artists' home in Seatle, Wash.

Biographical/Historical Note: Interviewee Jacob Lawrence: African-American painter and educator; New York, N.Y. and Seattle, Wash.; b. 1917; d. 2000. Interviewee Gwendolyn Knight: Wife of Lawrence, artist; New York, N.Y. and Seattle Wash.

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

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• Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight papers, 1945-1995, bulk 1973-1994
• Jacob Lawrence papers [microfilm], 1937-1992
• Oral history interview with Jacob Lawrence, 1968 Oct. 26
• Oral history interviews with Jacob Lawrence, 1982 July 20-Aug. 4
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