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Romare Bearden (1911-1988) “My purpose is to paint the life of my people as I know it”

Romare Bearden (1911-1988) “My purpose is to paint the life of my people as I know it”. Bearden working in his Long Island City studio, early 1980’s. Photograph by Frank Stewart. Bearden was most famous for his collages.

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Romare Bearden (1911-1988) “My purpose is to paint the life of my people as I know it”

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  1. Romare Bearden(1911-1988)“My purpose is to paint the life of my people as I know it”

  2. Bearden working in his Long Island City studio, early 1980’s. Photograph by Frank Stewart. • Bearden was most famous for his collages. • Snippets from magazines, photographs, foil, posters, and art reproductions were his “paints.”

  3. The Visitation, 1941, gouache with ink and graphite on brown paper.

  4. Tomorrow I May Be Far Away, 1966/1967, collage of various papers with charcoal and graphite on canvas.

  5. Watching the Good Trains Go By, 1964, collage of various papers on cardboard.

  6. The Blues, 1975, collage of various papers with paint, ink, and graphite on fiberboard. • Bearden loved music, especially jazz and blues. • Music not only influenced his subjects, but also the way he worked. • How would you describe the energy in this collage?

  7. Romare Bearden, Odysseus: Odysseus Enters at the Door Disguised as an Old Man, c. 1977, watercolor, gouache, and ink over carbon-paper line on paper. STORIES Compare these two works: one by Bearden, and one painted about 500 years ago. What differences do you see? Pintoricchio, Penelope with Her Suitors, 1509, fresco on canvas

  8. Madeline Jones’ Wonderful Garden, 1977, collage of various papers with ink, graphite, and surface abrasion on fiberboard. Sometimes I remember my grandfather’s house A garden with tiger lilies, my grandmother Waving a white apron to passing trains On that trestle across the clay road.

  9. Pittsburgh Memories, 1984, collage of various papers with fabric, foil, paint, ink, color pencil, graphite, and bleached areas on fiberboard. • Bearden spent time as a teenager in his grandmother’s boarding house. • To help organize his pictures, Bearden often divided the picture into many rectangles. How many rectangles can you find?

  10. Twinkle, twinkle, twilight Profile/Part ii, The Thirties: Midtown Sunset, 1981, collage of various papers with paint and Bleached areas on fiberboard.

  11. In a Green Shade (Hommage [sic] to Marvell)m 1984, collage of various papers with paint, ink, and graphite on fiberboard. • Imagine being in this island paradise. • How did Bearden create this work’s cool, calm feeling? • Is this a place that you would like to visit? Why or why not?

  12. Piano Lesson, 1983, collage of various papers with paint, ink, and graphite on fiberboard. • Describe the interaction between the figures in this collage. • Does this scene remind you of any lessons that you may have had? How so?

  13. The content of this presentation is taken primarily from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Children’s Guide to the Art of Romare Bearden

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