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The Art of Romare Bearden |
| Section: THE ARTS / ART |
| Author: Ruth Fine |
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The World & I Online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2004 |
| Size: 2,068 Words, 13,449 Characters |
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(Editor's Note: The following is taken from a National Gallery of Art brochure accompanying the exhibition The Art of Romare Bearden. Organized by the National Gallery of Art and touring American museums through April 2005, the retrospective is the most comprehensive ever assembled of works by Bearden, one of America's preeminent twentieth-century artists. The exhibition includes about 130 works and strives to show the diverse mediums the artist explored in his oeuvre of more than two thousand works.)
The Art of Romare Bearden (1911-1988) celebrates the career of one of the most innovative American artists of the twentieth century. Bearden derived his autobiographical and metaphorical imagery from a cultural heritage rooted in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, where he was born. This region was the home of Bearden's paternal family, and Bearden returned there for visits throughout his childhood. About 1914, he moved with his parents to New York City--settling in Harlem--as part of the African-American Great Migration north. For the rest of his life he was based in New York, a continual source of inspiration. Bearden's imagery also reflects extended childhood stays with his maternal grandparents in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and, much later, time spent on the Caribbean island of St. Martin where he and his wife Nanette m...
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...m of Art, June 2--September 12; The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, October 14, 200--January 9, 2005; and the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, January 2--April 24, 2005.
Brochure written by Ruth Fine, curator of special projects in modern art, and produced by the Department Exhibition Programs and the Publishing Office. 2003 Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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