A second panel from American artist Jacob Lawrence’s sweeping series “Struggle ... that was rediscovered in a different home in October. The owner, who wants to remain anonymous, inherited ...

A second panel from American artist Jacob Lawrence's sweeping series “Struggle ... that was rediscovered in a different home in October. The owner, who wants to remain anonymous, inherited ...

But when it came to Jacob Lawrence, the beloved African American painter who died this weekend at the age of 82, the word carries only positive connotations. The apparent simplicity and piercing ...

Victory and Defeat, Panel 13 from "Struggle: From the History of the American People," 1954-56, by Jacob Lawrence. Collection of Harvey and Harvey-Ann Ross. © The ...