What is Romare Bearden best known for?

Romare Bearden is an artist best known for his inventive collage work. Bearden’s work depicts African American culture in a style derived from Cubism. Shop Bearden’s art on 1stDibs.

Romare Bearden Signed

African American Art Signed

Cubist Jazz

Signed Lithographs Artist Proofs

Signed Jazz

Jazz Print

Collage Face

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

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Romare BeardenMartinique, 1984

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H 11.875 in W 10.375 in

Martinique

By Romare Bearden

Located in New York, NY

Signed center left: "Romare Bearden" Signed, titled and dated verso: "Romare Bearden, Martinique, 1984"

Lithograph

Romare BeardenThe Lantern Original 1979 lithograph stamp signed artist proof. MINT CONDITION, 1979

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H 28.5 in W 20 in

The Lantern Original 1979 lithograph stamp signed artist proof. MINT CONDITION

By Romare Bearden

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Romare Bearden The Lantern Original lithograph in colors on paper From the rare limited Artist's Proof edition Stamp Signature 28 1/2 in X 20 in 1979

Category

1970s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Romare BeardenRomare Bearden Original Watercolor Painting Signed Nature Landscape Modern Art, 1980

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H 12 in W 8.25 in

Romare Bearden Original Watercolor Painting Signed Nature Landscape Modern Art

By Romare Bearden

Located in Bloomington, MN

You do not want to miss the opportunity we are presenting for you to own an authentic work, by the Master of Modernism Romare Bearden. Romare Bearden (1911-1988) was an African-Ame...

Category

1980s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Canvas, Oil

$1,800

H 36.25 in W 25.5 in

BACKYARD Signed Lithograph 1996, Black Couple, African American Heritage, Quilts

By James Denmark

Located in Union City, NJ

BACKYARD by the artist James Denmark is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph printed on archival Somerset paper, 100% acid free using traditional hand lithography techn...

Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

At Home in France: Inspiration and Style in Town and Country

$65 / item

H 12.3 in W 9.4 in D 1 in

At Home in France: Inspiration and Style in Town and Country

Located in New York, NY

Author Timothy Corrigan, with Michael Boodro In his third book, AD100 and Elle Decor A-List designer Corrigan shares the joys of decorating and living in his Paris apartment and new...

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21st Century and Contemporary Books

Materials

Paper

Hubert GlansdorffLady with a Parasol at the Beach, Mid-20th Century Oil on Canvas

$5,739

H 27 in W 36 in D 3 in

Lady with a Parasol at the Beach, Mid-20th Century Oil on Canvas

Located in St. Albans, GB

Hubert Glansdorff Belgian 1877 – 1963 Signed bottom right Picture Size: 19 x 28" (47 x 70cm) Outside Frame Size: 27 x 36" (67 x 90cm) A rare chance to buy one of Glansdorff figure p...

Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

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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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Finding the Right Prints And Multiples for You

Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.

Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.

Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.

Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.

Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.

“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.

Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.

For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)

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Questions About Romare Bearden

What is Romare Bearden best known for?
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1stDibs ExpertAugust 17, 2021
Romare Bearden is an artist best known for his inventive collage work. Bearden’s work depicts African American culture in a style derived from Cubism. Shop Bearden’s art on 1stDibs.