The Builders (Also the Family)

The Builders is a theme that Jacob Lawrence has repeated throughout his career as an artist.  As a youth he was exposed to the various tools of the workshop, where he found both the tools and those who used them to be beautiful to watch.  He assembled a collection of tools for his visual enjoyment because he loved their look and respected their function.Internationally renowned, Jacob Lawrence was a great American painter of history and urban life, an icon and national treasure who lived for many years in the City of Seattle.