Alicante, or Alacant, is a province of eastern Spain, in the southern part of the Valencian Community. The second and third biggest cities in the Valencian Community are located in this province. Alicante is bordered by the provinces of Murcia on the southwest, Albacete on the west, Valencia on the north, and the Mediterranean Sea on the east. The province is named after its capital, the city of Alicante.
Jacob Lawrence (September 7, 1917 â June 9, 2000) was an African-American painter known for his portrayal of African-American life. Lawrence referred to his style as dynamic cubism , though by his own account the primary influence was not so much French art as the shapes and colors of Harlem.
By Fred Mazelis. 16 June 2000. Jacob Lawrence, who died on June 9 at the age of 82, was a significant American painter. His work was rooted in US history, particularly in the struggle against slavery and racial oppression. Shaped by the great changes of the first half of the twentieth century, his painting has lost none of its power at the opening of the twenty-first.