Romare Bearden
Biographic Data
| ID | 1080446 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Romare Bearden |
| GIVEN NAMES | Romare |
| FAMILY NAME | Bearden |
| SIGNATURE | BEARDEN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Artist living at 357 Canal Street, New York, N.Y. 10013, U.S.A. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Transparent Collages
Figures and objects float in the luminous depths of Bunch Washington’s Transparent Collages, creations that are fascinating assemblages of textures and colors changing and expanding as the light caresses them at varying angles and at varying degrees of intensity
Rectangular Structure in My Montage Paintings
The author describes his change from being a student of mathematics to that of being a painter, after studying with George Grosz. Through Grosz, the author was led to study Brueghel, and the Dutch masters and their art, together with Byzantine mosaics and African sculpture, have remained a major influence in his work. A study of the paintings of De Hooch and Vermeer was also helpful from the point of view of the way those artists were able to con…
To Hear Another Language
On December 15, 1978, four longtime friends, Romare Bearden, Alvin Ailey, Albert Murray, and James Baldwin, gathered at the home of the art publisher, Hugh McKay. From the filmmaker's point-of-view, the location was ideal: a beautiful apartment with a wood burning fireplace; high ceilings; a balcony overlooking the living room (for high angle shots); a magnificent collection of original works by the likes of Chagall, Picasso, Miro, and Vassarely;…
A History of African American Artists from 1792 to the Present
Perspectives
The Afro-American Artist
African Design
Is There a Black Aesthetics
The author discusses and analyzes the validity of a suggested possibility of a theory of‘black’ aesthetics, a minor aspect in the domain of art of the major social upheaval in the U.S.A. involving Afro-Americans. He concludes that though there is a limited sense in which ‘black’ aesthetics can be used as a concept, this sense is trivial and inconsequential. He finds no serious, supportable meaning of a theory of ‘black’ aesthetics as distinguishe…
The Living Arts of Nigeria
Contemporary Art in Africa
American Negro Art
Theories of Modern Art
The Black Artist in America
Romare Bearden, Sam Gilliam, Jr., Richard Hunt, Jacob Lawrence, Tom Lloyd, William Williams, Hale Woodruff, The Black Artist in America: A Symposium, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New Series, Vol. 27, No. 5 (Jan., 1969), pp. 245-261
Perspectives
Rectangular Structure in My Montage Paintings
The author describes his change from being a student of mathematics to that of being a painter, after studying with George Grosz. Through Grosz, the author was led to study Brueghel, and the Dutch masters and their art, together with Byzantine mosaics and African sculpture, have remained a major influence in his work. A study of the paintings of De Hooch and Vermeer was also helpful from the point of view of the way those artists were able to con…
The Black Artist in America
Romare Bearden, Sam Gilliam, Jr., Richard Hunt, Jacob Lawrence, Tom Lloyd, William Williams, Hale Woodruff, The Black Artist in America: A Symposium, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New Series, Vol. 27, No. 5 (Jan., 1969), pp. 245-261
American Negro Art
Theories of Modern Art
Contemporary Art in Africa
The Living Arts of Nigeria
African Design
Is There a Black Aesthetics
The author discusses and analyzes the validity of a suggested possibility of a theory of‘black’ aesthetics, a minor aspect in the domain of art of the major social upheaval in the U.S.A. involving Afro-Americans. He concludes that though there is a limited sense in which ‘black’ aesthetics can be used as a concept, this sense is trivial and inconsequential. He finds no serious, supportable meaning of a theory of ‘black’ aesthetics as distinguishe…
The Afro-American Artist
Perspectives
A History of African American Artists from 1792 to the Present
To Hear Another Language
On December 15, 1978, four longtime friends, Romare Bearden, Alvin Ailey, Albert Murray, and James Baldwin, gathered at the home of the art publisher, Hugh McKay. From the filmmaker's point-of-view, the location was ideal: a beautiful apartment with a wood burning fireplace; high ceilings; a balcony overlooking the living room (for high angle shots); a magnificent collection of original works by the likes of Chagall, Picasso, Miro, and Vassarely;…
Rectangular Structure in My Montage Paintings
The author describes his change from being a student of mathematics to that of being a painter, after studying with George Grosz. Through Grosz, the author was led to study Brueghel, and the Dutch masters and their art, together with Byzantine mosaics and African sculpture, have remained a major influence in his work. A study of the paintings of De Hooch and Vermeer was also helpful from the point of view of the way those artists were able to con…
Transparent Collages
Figures and objects float in the luminous depths of Bunch Washington’s Transparent Collages, creations that are fascinating assemblages of textures and colors changing and expanding as the light caresses them at varying angles and at varying degrees of intensity
Art (12 works) · Visual arts (9 works) · Art history (5 works) · Art, Politics, and Modernism (5 works) · Architecture, Design, and Social History (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art Education and Development (2 works)