Curriculum Materials: Art in America
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Romare Bearden
Romare Bearden documented black American life and culture
in his paintings and
COLLAGES. Born in
Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1912, Bearden grew up in
Harlem, New York, and in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He began
his art career in the 1930s as a satirical political
cartoonist. In the early 1940s, he painted social-realist
scenes of work and the social life of black Americans in the
South. Later Bearden became one of the United States'
preeminent collage artists, creating dynamic, colorful works
that combined images of African and contemporary American
black life. Throughout his life, Bearden actively encouraged
other black American artists to address their own heritage
in their art.
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