Bearden at a Glance
|
||
 Bearden was committed to
improving the standing of African-American artists. Critical of special
or separate treatment for African-American artists,
he was nevertheless aware of their limited opportunities. Bearden made
important commitments to leveling the playing field for black artists.
The Places Bearden Painted
Romare Bearden, Thank you…For F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life) detail, 1978, Donald Byrd |
The Subjects Bearden Painted
 Bearden's Techniques
Romare Bearden, The Block II (detail), 1972, The Walter O. Evans Collection
of African American Art
|
Be on the lookout for these:
Bearden's Other Projects
upper right: Kwele face mask, wood, Gabon or Congo, 19th-20th
century, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection,
bequest
of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979, photo ©1993 Metropolitan Museum of Art right: Romare Bearden, Conjour: A Masked Folk Ballet (Sunlight) c. 1970, Courtesy of Elkstrom & Elkstrom, Inc. New York
|
