summary jessica claire montgomery street san francisco ca 94105555 4321000 resumesampleexamplecom born new jersey moved harlem mother siblings height harlem renaissance perfect timing love art view around shaped painter today strife poor black peoples tales slaves really shaped view plight expression art used go new york public library free could spend hours consuming much knowledge arts history interested schomburg collection focused black history culture got inspiration would paint lifes work collection would always put caption esch painting viewers immersed work historically accurate paint series tell whole story subject one painting think story teller simply painter studied european painters always painted style abstract cubism twist professor art graphic art pratt institute 14 years taught black mountain college well university washington seattle skills leader harlem renaissance art paint tempera gouache board paper like vivid colors bring also painted metal paint form childhood memories scene around harlem paint historical series works within one subject tell story persons deeply immerse study subject ever lifting brush early career painted important historical black figures american later evolved include political subjects involved civil rights movement always championing black americans world traveled italy spain war africa part artist fundraising group behalf civil rights movement thing gives unique perspective comes arts experience public relations officer traditions spirits sulphur ok 031943 071945 drafted entered united states coast guard 1943 stewards mate st augustine florida long captain fan work received promotion public relation officer transferred navys first intergraded ship uscgc sea cloud began document life races sea cloud works sea cloud shown new york museum modern art 1944 one first combat serving artists service unfortunately post war demobilization works time vanished 1945 discharged 1945 received guggenheim postservice fellowship began next series painting war series depiction emotional responses war aroistpainter federal arts projectworks progress administration city state 011939 111940 paid government produce works art rate two pieces every six weeks spent two years creating frederick douglass series thirty two individual paintings retelling story harriet tubman series thirty one paintings research important african american slaves new york public library frederick douglass series broke series three distinct sections douglass slave fugitive free man created harriet tubman series homage endured help people gain freedom afoistpainters apprentice charles alston city state study principles defines art learned color depth techniques 011932 021939 learned different mediums used researched public library subjects histories attended american artists school manhattan scholarship two years painted fortyone piece series titled toussaint louverture heralded heroics haitian slave turned leader revolt slavery grew first independent black republic shown baltimore museum art 1939 education training associate arts painting american artists school manhattan ny accomplishments 041958 1946 guggenheim scholarship creative arts one first black american recipients 1990 received national medal arts highest honor bestowed artist united states government