Art Image Details
The Builders
| Title: | The Builders |
|---|---|
| Artist: | Lawrence, Jacob |
| Date of Work: | 1947 |
| Medium/Support: | tempera on board |
| Measurements: | 20 x 24 in (50.8 x 61 cm) |
| Inscribed: | Yes |
| Inscription Type: | signed and dated |
| Inscription Location: | lower right |
| Inscription Text: | Jacob Lawrence / 1947 |
| Acquisition Information: | Gift of the White House Acquisition Trust |
| Acquisition Number: | 2007.1852.1 |
| Credit Line: | The White House Historical Association (White House Collection) |
| Scholar's Notes: |
"Brilliant, saturated orange-red startles our eyes and commands our attention. . . . [The] medium [is] egg tempera, notable for its purity and brilliance. . . . These rectilinear red blocks are played against and interlocked with smaller areas of black, creating a shallow space. . . . Brown and gray-brown patches . . . are used for horizontal beams or plywood panels. Blue is also important, for modeling and for the diagonals that animate the basic compositional grid." |
| Source of Scholar's Notes: | Kloss, William, et al. Art in the White House: A Nation's Pride. Washington, D.C.: The White House Historical Association, 2008. |
| Page Number(s) in Source: | 269 |
| Categories: | White House Art Collection |
| Type: | genre paintings |
