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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Romare Bearden Original Watercolor Cityscape Painting
By Romare Bearden
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Artist: Romare Bearden Title: Untitled Medium: Original Watercolor on Paper Size: Sheet measures 9.375" x 12.675" Year: c. 1980 Inscription: Signed in pencil on front upper left Fort...
Paper, Watercolor
Price Upon Request
The Soul Never Dwells in a Dry Place
By Romare Bearden
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Romare Bearden, American (1911 - 1988) Title: The Soul Never Dwells in a Dry Place Date: October, 1946 Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.l. Size: 24 in. x 31 in. (60.96 ...
Oil
Vibrations Up and Down
By Shingo Francis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
These daily drawings are a meditation on the moment as a process to make space for the current pandemic on a personal and collective experience.
Paper, Gouache
$665
H 21.66 in W 24.81 in D 1.97 in
Escuela Francesa (XX) - Óleo sobre tela - Ánonimo - Enmarcado
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada Se presenta enmarcada la obra Estado de conservación bueno Medidas obra: 38 x 46 cm. Medidas marco: 55 x 63 cm.
Oil
$5,396
H 23.63 in W 19.3 in
Modern Cubist Still Life with Natural Palette, Oil and Acrylic Painting, 60x49cm
By Grégoire Mathias
Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR
Nature Morte aux Fruits (Still Life with Fruit) Oil and acrylic on canvas 60 × 49 cm Nature Morte aux Fruits revisits the traditional still life through a structured, cubist constru...
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil
Russian Cubist Portrait of a Woman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful cubist portrait of a woman by unknown Russian artist. Oil on canvas measures 17 x 25 inches. Signed and dated lower right. Label fragments affixed on verso.
Canvas, Oil
$4,592
H 31.5 in W 39.38 in
Original Picasso Inspired Surrealist Figures and Fantasy Cityscape Oil Painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Original Picasso Inspired Surrealist Figures and Fantasy Cityscape Oil Painting Artist: Gustavo Úbeda Romero (Herencia, Spain, 1930–São Paulo, Brazil, 1994) Medium: Original oil painting on board (Tablex) Painting dimensions: 80 × 100 cm (31.5 × 39.37 in) Framing: Unframed Signature: Signed “Gustavo Úbeda” at the lower edge Period: 20th century Style: Surrealism, Cubist inspired figurative art, Spanish modernism Condition: Please examine the photographs for a detailed view of the painting’s condition. A procession of fantastical characters gathers beneath an imaginary city of towers, arches and windows. Their angular faces, overlapping profiles and expressive eyes evoke the visual freedom of Pablo Picasso’s Cubist portraits...
Oil
$2,600
H 18.12 in W 15.36 in D 0.79 in
Mystical Portrait, Universal Woman Haitian School of Beauty Caribean painting
Located in Norwich, GB
A captivating oil painting by the Haitian master, Albert Desmangles. This piece is a wonderful example of his work within the highly sought-after School of Beauty art movement, which...
Masonite, Oil, Acrylic
$1,600
H 18 in W 13.75 in
Israeli Cubist Modernist Oil Painting "Rosh Shiryon Abir" Armor
By Shlomo Zafrir
Located in Surfside, FL
Shlomo Zafrir is active/lives in Israel, France. Shlomo Zafrir is known for cubist painting. Shlomo Zafrir is a painter and, at the same time, the owner of a nightclub called Omar K...
Canvas, Oil
$50,000
H 38 in W 69.75 in
Cajamarquinas: Women from Cajamar, Cubist Oil on Canvas, Framed
By Ernesto Gutierrez (b.1941)
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Signed, titled, and dated on verso. A leading Peruvian artist, Ernesto Gutierrez, was born in Lima, Peru, in 1941. His father was a Spaniard and his mother a descendant of the Incas...
Canvas, Oil
$2,181
H 36.23 in W 25.6 in D 1.19 in
Cubist-Inspired Female Portrait, Oil on Canvas, Early 20th Century Inspiration
By Menachem Gueffen
Located in NANTES, FR
This Cubist-inspired portrait of a woman was created by the painter Menachem Gueffen. Faithful to the artist’s figurative-expressionist style, this oil on canvas is distinguished by ...
Burlap, Oil
$12,000
H 26 in W 24 in
Canterbury Bells Floral Still Life, Female Cubist Artist, Cleveland School
By Clara Deike
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clara Deike (American, 1881-1965) Canterbury Bells, c. 1932 Oil on canvas 26 x 24 inches 31.25 x 29.5 inches, framed Exhibited: The Women's Art Club of Cleveland, 1932 A graduate of...
Oil
$795
H 29 in W 41 in D 3 in
Mid Century Modern Cubist Painting w/ Figures of Children by Spurlock c.1950
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid century modern figural abstract painting with a touch of cubism. Original oil on canvas. Dimensions 35 1/2" x 23 1/2". Frame dimensions 41" x 29". Very good vintage conditi...
Canvas, Oil
Artist self-portrait
By Élisabeth Dujarric de La Rivière
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Elisabeth DUJARRIC de LA RIVIÈRE (Jouy-en-Josas 1930 – Excideuil 2005) Artist's self-portrait Oil on canvas H. 171 cm; L. 70 cm Signed on the back Provenance: Private collection, Périgord Born in the heart of the Bièvre valley, a few kilometers from Versailles...
Canvas, Oil