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After dropping out of school at sixteen, Lawrence worked in a laundry and a printing plant.

More importantly, he attended classes at the Harlem Art Workshop, taught by the African American artist Charles Alston.

Alston urged him to also attend the Harlem Community Art Center, led by the sculptor Augusta Savage.

Savage was able to secure Lawrence a scholarship to the American Artists School and a paid position with the Works Progress Administration.

In addition to getting paid, he was able to study and work with such notable Harlem Renaissance artists as Charles Alston and Henry Bannarn in the Alston-Bannarn workshop.