The
Art of Romare Bearden by Ruth Fine
It takes a special kind of book to paint the full picture of Romaire
Bearden's artistic life. While quietly wrestling with what it meant to
be a black American artist at mid-century, Bearden opened himself to a
world of cultural influences. He found inspiration in Benin bronzes and
paintings by Duccio; the Bible and Buddhism; The Odyssey and the blues;
contemporary urban life and the rural lore of Mecklenburg County, North
Carolina. The Art of Romaire Bearden offers a wise and thoughtful assessment
of Bearden in the social context of his life and times. In the graceful
lead essay, Ruth E. Fine traces Bearden's career from its beginnings in
the mid-1930s, when—as a newly-minted New York University grad—he toiled
by day as a social worker and painted at night. Bearden's best-known works
are his Dada-influenced photomontages, begun in the mid-1960s, which created
a visual equivalent for a disjunctive era of triumph and tragedy for African-Americans.
His ou! tput also included stunning book illustrations and costume designs,
political cartoons, incisive essays about the role of the black artist
and even popular songs. More than 200 color illustrations display Bearden’s
coloristic wizardry as a master of painted collage and lyrical landscape.
The book accompanies an exhibition assembled by the National Gallery of
Art in Washington, D.C. (through Jan. 4, 2004) which travels to San Francisco,
Dallas, New York and Atlanta. —Cathy Curtis - Amazon.com Hardcover from Harry N. Abrams
Book Published: September, 2003
Romare Bearden: the prevalence of ritual Book Published: 1971
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A Graphic Odyssey: Romare Bearden As Printmaker by Gail Gelburd
Paperback from University of Pennsylvania Press
Book Published: July, 1900
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Romare Bearden 1911 1988 a Memorial Exhibition NYC Hardcover from Aca Galleries
Book Published: June, 1989
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Romare Bearden: Artist by Kevin Brown
Library Binding from Bt Bound
Book Published: October, 1999
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Romare Bearden-1995 Calendar by Abrams
Calendar from Harry N. Abrams
Book Published: July, 1994
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Artis, Bearden, and Burke : a bibliography and illustrations list by Lynn Igoe
Unknown Binding from Museum of Art/North Carolina Central
University
Book Published: 1977
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The Block: Poems by Langston Hughes, Romare Bearden, Bill Cosby, Lowery S. Sims, Daisy
Murray Voigt
School & Library Binding from Viking Childrens Books
Book Published: November, 1995
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A Visit to the Country by Herschel Johnson, Romare Bearden
Library Binding from Harpercollins Juvenile Books
Book Published: September, 1989
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