Romare Bearden

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Romare Bearden was a pioneering 20th-century African American artist best known for his innovative collages that explored Black life, history, and culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African American artist
artist
collagist
human
painter
printmaker
awardReceived National Medal of Arts
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1911-09-02
dateOfDeath 1988-03-12
educatedAt Art Students League of New York NERFINISHED
Boston University NERFINISHED
Lincoln University NERFINISHED
New York University
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Bearden NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork collage
illustration
painting
printmaking
fullName Romare Howard Bearden NERFINISHED
genre abstraction
figurative art
givenName Romare NERFINISHED
hasWorkInCollection Metropolitan Museum of Art NERFINISHED
Museum of Modern Art NERFINISHED
Studio Museum in Harlem NERFINISHED
Whitney Museum of American Art NERFINISHED
influenced African American artists
contemporary collage artists
influencedBy African American culture NERFINISHED
Cubism
European modernism NERFINISHED
jazz music
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Spiral (artists' group) NERFINISHED
movement Cubism
Harlem Renaissance NERFINISHED
Modern art NERFINISHED
Social realism
notableFor collage
depictions of African American life
exploration of Black history and culture
notableTheme African diaspora
Black family life
Southern rural life
myth and ritual
urban African American experience
notableWork Of the Blues NERFINISHED
The Block NERFINISHED
The Prevalence of Ritual NERFINISHED
occupation cartoonist
social worker
songwriter
visual artist
placeOfBirth Charlotte, North Carolina, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
residence Charlotte, North Carolina, United States NERFINISHED
Harlem, New York City, New York, United States NERFINISHED
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED
spouse Nanette Rohan Bearden NERFINISHED
studiedUnder George Grosz NERFINISHED
subjectOf Romare Bearden Foundation NERFINISHED

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