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Romare BeardenNOAH MEANS - A NEW DAY Hofstra University Art Poster, Vintage 1st Edition 19851985
1985
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ROMARE BEARDEN
NOAH MEANS - A NEW DAY
Year published - 1985
Commemorative Poster - Hofstra University - Noah Program
Poster size - 34.5 x 21 inches, unframed, unsigned
NOAH MEANS - A NEW DAY is a specially commissioned, lithographic art poster designed by Romare Bearden and is the original, vintage 1985 first edition printing produced for Hofstra University NY in 1985 to commemorate their New Opportunities at Hofstra Program (NOAH).
NOAH MEANS - A NEW DAY was printed in 4 color offset lithography, with an extra boost color printed as an enhancement to the composition on heavyweight satin finish white paper. NOAH MEANS - A NEW DAY is a brilliantly colored collage portrait by Romare Bearden portraying a "new day" orange sun making an appearance on the upper left corner as a young woman stands reading a book; an orange cutout shape rooster crows on the lower left. The larger female figure on the right is visually impressive with her bold African mask-like face. Prominent colors are purple, orange, blue, green, white and black.
The New Opportunities at Hofstra Scholars Program (NOAH) has provided highly motivated and diverse students with access to higher education at one of the country's finest post-secondary institutions since the program's inception in 1964. Today, the NOAH Scholars Program provides academic, financial and social support resources for students from lower-socioeconomic backgrounds who attend Hofstra University.
Romare Bearden, in full Romare Howard Bearden, (born September 2, 1911, Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.—died March 12, 1988, New York City, New York), American painter, whose collages of photographs and painted paper on canvas depict aspects of American black culture in a style derived from Cubism. He is considered one of the most important African American artists of the 20th century.
Bearden was born in North Carolina but grew up in New York City and Pittsburgh. He studied at the Art Students League in New York City with George Grosz (1936–37) and at Columbia University (1943). His early paintings were realistic and often religious in theme (e.g., The Annunciation, 1942). After military service during World War II, he lived in Paris (1950–51), studied at the Sorbonne, and traveled extensively in Europe. During this period he developed his mature, semiabstract collage style. He first achieved recognition in the mid-1940s, and by the 1960s he had come to be regarded as the preeminent collagist in the U.S.
The narrative structure of Bearden’s paintings is simple and archetypal; ritual, music, and family are his pervasive themes. His works’ complexity lies in their poetic abstraction, in which layered fragments of colour and pattern evoke the rhythms, textures, and mysteries of a people’s experience (e.g., in Family, 1969).
Bearden also was a songwriter and book illustrator, and he occasionally designed sets for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Company. In 1990 the Romare Bearden Foundation was established to promote his work and to support African American artists.
Artist bio - Encylopedia Britannica
- Creator:Romare Bearden (1911 - 1988, American)
- Creation Year:1985
- Dimensions:Height: 34.5 in (87.63 cm)Width: 21 in (53.34 cm)
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- Condition:Excellent condition, unframed, unsigned, original vintage 1st print run poster created in 1985, title and artist copyright below image on lower margin.
- Gallery Location:Union City, NJ
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU832313801222
Romare Bearden
Romare Bearden was an inventive American modern artist whose unique visual style set him apart. Working with a variety of media, Bearden made paintings distinguished by a bold use of color and rich texture. His figurative, landscape and portrait prints had influences ranging from Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso to traditional Japanese, Chinese and African art.
Bearden was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1911. He pursued a degree in education and attended Lincoln University, Boston University and New York University. At New York University he began taking courses in art. During his time there, he served as the art editor and lead cartoonist at a journal called The Medley. To further his creative passions, Bearden attended the Art Students League of New York. From 1935 to 1937, he was the editorial cartoonist for the Baltimore Afro-American.
Bearden worked as a social worker from the mid-1930s until the 1960s. He continued creating art during his evenings and weekends and began exhibiting in solo shows across the United States in the 1940s. Bearden would go on to exhibit throughout Europe.
Bearden was a prolific writer on social issues, and his words complemented his art. He was active in African American advocacy groups and helped found important community art venues and organizations like the Harlem Cultural Council in 1964 and the Studio Museum in Harlem in 1968. He also published books on art and African American art history.
Bearden earned many prestigious honors, including honorary doctorates from Davidson College, Atlanta University, Carnegie Mellon University and Pratt Institute. Bearden also received the New York City Mayor’s Award of Honor for Art and Culture in 1984 and the National Medal of Arts in 1987, presented by President Ronald Reagan. He died in New York City on March 12, 1988.
Today, Bearden's work is held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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