Jacob Lawrence, The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture No. 29.
L'Ouverture made a triumphant march into San Domingo on the 2nd of January, 1801, at the head of 10,000
men, and hoisted the flag of the French Republic. Toussaint did not wish to break with the French, the
largest group of Haitian inhabitants. The Blacks themselves spoke patois French. (1938)
Workbook: January, 2013
January 31, 2013 : In many of his most striking images the figures lack shadow.January 30, 2013 : Small girl at the air hockey table.January 29, 2013 : Passers by, Mexican, heavily accented...January 28, 2013 : Lotus position in a merchant's doorway.January 27, 2013 : Large men with large muscles...January 26, 2013 : High five for the sidewalk fiddler.January 25, 2013 : Shopping cart with gray blankets.January 24, 2013 : Sidewalk crowds at the popular restaurants.January 23, 2013 : Panhandler makes two attempts.January 22, 2013 : Lonely figure on the bench.January 21, 2013 : If Leland Stanford had never existed there would still have been a railroad.January 20, 2013 : Even Rousseau's named portraits are spiritually vacant.January 19, 2013 : The Sleeping Gypsy: January 18, 2013 : Ayn Rand exemplifies the ideology that capital creates value...January 17, 2013 : For Victor Hugo to be buried...January 16, 2013 : Rousseau's exaggerated stylization destroys individuality.January 15, 2013 : Exaggerated tranquility.January 14, 2013 : Landscape without perspective.January 13, 2013 : Wild beasts without savagery.January 12, 2013 : Greens and blacks.January 11, 2013 : Harlequin and Pierrette beneath not-jungle moon.January 10, 2013 : Stillness.January 9, 2013 : Family Fishing. January 8, 2013 : Badges of office: beret, brush and palette.January 7, 2013 : Debate over environmentalism as displaced debate over capitalism.January 6, 2013 : Fiberglass and pressed board, stacked in piles against the walls.January 5, 2013 : No, yes, that is, agreed.January 4, 2013 : Do you have to be sad to write a sad song?January 3, 2013 : The sons and daughters of Emperor Norton.January 2, 2013 : The land is worn out.January 1, 2013 : Irresponsible, irrespective, irredeemable.
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