Arguably the foremost African-American artist, Jacob Lawrence died this year leaving behind an extraordinary body of work, including an innovative series of portraits of great black heroes. This month visitors can see all 41 of Lawrence’s narrative paintings about Haitian leader Toussaint L’Ouverture at the Norton Museum of Art. An enigmatic figure, L’Ouverture is shown in all his facets – outraged slave, revolutionary hero, merciless soldier, unbending dictator and chained prisoner.
