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, ) which travels to San Francisco, Dallas, New
York and Atlanta. —Cathy Curtis - Amazon.com
Hardcover from Harry N. Abrams
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Live In Music
by Eric Baker, Ntozake Shange, Romare Bearden, Linda Sunshine
Hardcover from Welcome Enterprises
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Painter's
Mind: A Study of the Relations of Structure and Space in Painting
by Romare Bearden, Carl Holty
Hardcover from Garland Pub
1981
Romare
Bearden
by Myron Schwartzman
Hardcover from Harry N. Abrams
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Romare
Bearden (Rizzoli Art)
by Lowery Stokes Sims, Larry Stokes Sims, Romare Bearden
Paperback from Rizzoli
1993
Romare Bearden: the prevalence of ritual
1971
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A Graphic Odyssey: Romare Bearden As Printmaker
by Gail Gelburd
Paperback from University of Pennsylvania Press
1900
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Romare Bearden 1911 1988 a Memorial Exhibition NYC
Hardcover from Aca Galleries
1989
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Romare Bearden: Artist
by Kevin Brown
Library Binding from Bt Bound
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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
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
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A Visit to the Country
by Herschel Johnson, Romare Bearden
Library Binding from Harpercollins Juvenile Books
1989
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