ROMARE BEARDEN
BIOGRAPHY
b. September 2, 1914, Charlotte, NC
d. March 12, 1988, New York City
Romare Bearden, painter and collage maker, fills his works with the symbols and myths of the American black experience.
Bearden was born in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1914. Soon after his birth, his family moved to New York City's Harlem. During the mid-1930s, when Bearden was a student of George Grosz at the Art Students League, he founded the "306 Group" for black artists living in Harlem.
Romare
Bearden is among the
preeminent artists of his generation. His powerful works represent the places
where he lived and worked: the rural South; northern cities, principally
Pittsburgh and New York's Harlem; and the Caribbean island of St. Martin. His life and art are marked by exceptional talent,
encompassing a broad range of intellectual and scholarly interests, including
music, performing arts, history, literature and world art.
Throughout his career Bearden also made forays into abstraction, usually with musical associations. Bearden was also a celebrated humanist, as demonstrated by his lifelong support of young, emerging artists.
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