Romare Bearden Art
American, 1911-1988
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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Artist: Romare Bearden
Siren's Song
By Romare Bearden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Romare Bearden
The Siren's Song
Original serigraph in colors on paper
Published by HMK Fine Arts, New York
From the Odysseus Suite
From the rare limited Artist's Proof edition
Stamp ...
Category
1970s Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Lithograph
Louisiana Serenade (Gelburd/Rosenberg 77), Jazz Series, Romare Bearden
By Romare Bearden
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Romare Bearden (1911-1988)
Title: Louisiana Serenade (Gelburd/Rosenberg 77)
Year: 1979
Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper
Edition: 46/175, plus proofs
Size: 24. x 33.75 inche...
Category
1970s Pop Art Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Lithograph
Morning (Carolina Morning)
By Romare Bearden
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color lithograph on wove paper. Signed and numbered 74/175 in pencil by Bearden. Published by London Arts, Inc., Detroit.
Catalogue reference: Gelburg...
Category
1970s Modern Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Romare Bearden - Mecklenburg Morning: Sunrise for China Lamp -
By Romare Bearden
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sku: CB8608
Artist: Romare Bearden
Title: Mecklenburg Morning: Sunrise for China Lamp
Year: 1993
Signed: No
Medium: Serigraph
Paper Size: 35 x 43.75 inches ( 88.9 x 111.125 cm )
Imag...
Category
1990s Contemporary Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Screen
Mother and Child
By Romare Bearden
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color screenprint. Signed and numbered 200/15 in pencil by Bearden.
Catalogue reference: Gelburd/Rosenberg GG#59
Category
1970s Modern Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Color, Screen
Bridgetown Barbados, Oil Monotype by Romare Bearden
By Romare Bearden
Located in Long Island City, NY
A unique oil print by Romare Bearden circa 1980. A bright city scene illustrated in a modern expressionist style.
Artist: Romare Bearden, American (1911 - 1988)
Title: Bridgetown, ...
Category
1980s Expressionist Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Monoprint, Oil
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 Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Lithograph
Louisiana Serenade 1979 Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
By Romare Bearden
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Romare Bearden
Louisiana Serenade (from Jazz Series) - 1979
Print - Lithograph
Framed - 33 x 42 inches
Edition: Signed in pencil and marked 159/175
Romare Bearden is among the pree...
Category
1970s Abstract Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Lithograph
QUILTING TIME Signed Lithograph, African American Culture, Interior Scene, Quilt
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
QUILTING TIME is an original limited edition lithograph printed using traditional hand lithography methods on archival Somerset printmaking paper, 100% acid free. QUILTING TIME by the African American master artist Romare Bearden is from Bearden's Mecklenburg series of images depicting recollections from his childhood in rural Mecklenburg County, NC. A colorful, intimate interior scene showing a black woman and young man tending to a multicolor quilt. Bearden's well known visual motif - the quilt, refers back to a time when the African American quilting tradition was employed by enslaved black people who worked coded messages into their handmade quilts to pass on information about the Underground Railroad...
Category
1980s Contemporary Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Lithograph
NOAH MEANS - A NEW DAY Hofstra University Art Poster, Vintage 1st Edition 1985
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
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 -...
Category
1980s Contemporary Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Offset
AUTUMN OF THE ROOSTER Signed Lithograph, Black Couple, African American Culture
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
AUTUMN OF THE ROOSTER is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the American master artist and collagist Romare Bearden printed usi...
Category
1980s Contemporary Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Lithograph
MECKLENBURG AUTUMN Signed Lithograph, Black Women Portrait, African Mask, Quilt
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
MECKLENBURG AUTUMN is an original limited edition color lithograph printed using traditional hand lithography methods on archival Arches printmaking...
Category
1970s Contemporary Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Lithograph
MORNING Signed Lithograph, Interior Scene Black Women, African American Culture
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
MORNING is an original limited edition lithograph printed using traditional hand lithography methods on archival Somerset printmaking paper, 100% acid free. MORNING by the African Am...
Category
1970s Contemporary Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Lithograph
FALLING STAR Signed Lithograph Black Woman Portrait, African American Culture
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
FALLING STAR is a limited edition color lithograph printed using traditional hand lithography methods on archival printmaking paper, 100% acid free, by the renowned African American artist Romare Bearden. FALLING STAR presents a visual memory from Bearden's childhood in Mecklenburg County North Carolina expressed as a modern collage portrait depicting a black woman set in a nostalgic Southern domestic interior. FALLING STAR's main focus is a black woman standing on the right drinking from a blue and white teacup...
Category
1970s Contemporary Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Lithograph
Out Chorus, Rhythm Section (Gelburd/Rosenberg 70), Jazz Series, Romare Bearden
By Romare Bearden
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Romare Bearden (1911-1988)
Title: Out Chorus, Rhythm Section (Gelburd/Rosenberg 70)
Year: 1979
Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper
Edition: 109/175, plus proofs
Size: 24 x 33....
Category
1970s Pop Art Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Lithograph
Introduction for a Blues Queen (Gelburd/Rosenberg 71), Jazz Series, R. Bearde
By Romare Bearden
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Romare Bearden (1911-1988)
Title: Introduction for a Blues Queen (Gelburd/Rosenberg 71)
Year: 1979
Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper
Edition: 109/175, plus proofs
Size: 24 x 35.50 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed and numbered by the artist.
Notes: Published by London Arts Group, Detroit.
ROMARE BEARDEN (1911-1988) Regarded as one of America's master painters and collagists who depicted African-American life within different types of media. He is famous for his collages and assemblages mixed with over-paint, and is highly regarded as one of the century's most inventive print makers, in a league with Charles White and Jacob Lawrence and in the line of Picasso, Braque and Robert Rauschenberg. Due to this achievement, Bearden remains one of the most influential artists of his time. His childhood memories and art historical influences are blended and transformed to create an original and exciting narrative on African-American history...
Category
1970s Pop Art Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Lithograph
Louisiana Serenade from the Jazz Series
By Romare Bearden
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Romare Bearden
Title: Louisiana Serenade (From the Jazz Series)
Year: 1979
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 175
Paper Size: 24.5 x 33.75 inches
Fram...
Category
1970s American Modern Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Lithograph
Brass Section, Jamming at Minton's (Gelburd/Rosenberg 72), Jazz Series, Bearde
By Romare Bearden
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Romare Bearden (1911-1988)
Title: Brass Section, Jamming at Minton's (Gelburd/Rosenberg 72)
Year: 1979
Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper
Edition: 124/175, plus proofs
Size: ...
Category
1970s Pop Art Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Lithograph
MORNING OF THE ROOSTER Signed Lithograph Black Woman Portrait, African American
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
MORNING OF THE ROOSTER is a limited edition color lithograph printed using traditional hand lithography methods on archival printmaking paper, 100% acid free, in an edition size of 1...
Category
1980s Contemporary Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Lithograph
Mourning Wool Tapestry
By Romare Bearden
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Romare Bearden
Mourning ~ Hand Woven Textile - 1980
Textile - Tapestry 49'' x 35'' in
Hand-made Wool Tapestry made in Tabriz style.
Category
1980s Pop Art Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Wool
Mecklenburg Autumn
By Romare Bearden
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Romare Bearden
Mecklenburg Autumn - 1979
Print - Lithograph on Somerset paper 21" x 29" inches
Edition: Signed in pencil and marked from 107/175
Fra...
Category
1980s American Modern Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Lithograph
IN THE GARDEN Signed Lithograph, Black Woman Pink Gingham Dress Collage Portrait
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
IN THE GARDEN is a limited edition color lithograph printed using traditional hand lithography methods on archival printmaking paper, 100% acid free, in an edition size of 150 by the renowned African American artist Romare Bearden. Featuring fresh, uplifting shades of lavender, hues of fresh green, pink, warm tomato red, orange yellow, grays, black and white, IN THE GARDEN depicts a charming collage portrait drawing of a young black woman waving as she carries her basket of freshly picked flowers. She is standing in the garden wearing a bright pink gingham...
Category
1980s Contemporary Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Lithograph
Tenor Sermon (Gelburd/Rosenberg 75), Jazz Series, Romare Bearden
By Romare Bearden
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Romare Bearden (1911-1988)
Title: Tenor Sermon (Gelburd/Rosenberg 75)
Year: 1979
Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper
Edition: 101/175, plus proofs
...
Category
1970s Pop Art Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Lithograph
Bopping at the Birdland (Gelburd/Rosenberg 74), Jazz Series, Romare Bearden
By Romare Bearden
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Romare Bearden (1911-1988)
Title: Bopping at the Birdland (Gelburd/Rosenberg 74)
Year: 1979
Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper
Edition: 131/175, plus proofs
Size: 24 x 33.25 ...
Category
1970s Pop Art Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Lithograph
LOUISIANA SERENADE Signed Lithograph, Two Men Playing Guitars, Woman on Veranda
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
LOUISIANA SERENADE is a limited edition color lithograph by the renowned African American artist Romare Bearden, printed on archival Somerset printmaking paper, 100% acid free, in an edition size of 175. LOUISIANA SERENADE, from Bearden's late 1970's colorful JAZZ series of musical imagery, captures a Southern evening depicting two male figures playing their guitars on the veranda while a seated woman sits listening beside a glowing glass chimney lamp. LOUISIANA SERENADE, printed in lush hues of green, red, yellow, purple, blue presents a free flowing watercolor-like abstract music portrait by the renowned American artist Romare Bearden.
Print size - 24.5 x 33.75 inches, unframed, excellent condition, fresh colors, full bleed image, no margins, pencil signed by Romare Bearden,
Year Published - 1979
Edition size - 175, plus proofs
About the artist-
Romare Bearden (1911-1988)
Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Romare Bearden is one of America’s most esteemed African American contemporary artists. Bearden grew up in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City and attended New York University where he received a degree in mathematics. Following graduation, Bearden turned his attention to art, pursuing further studies with George Grosz at the Art Students League.
The artist served in the United States Army from 1942 to 1945. After leaving the Army, Bearden used funds from the GI Bill to travel to Europe for six months to study art history and philosophy at the Sorbonne. During this trip, Bearden had the opportunity to meet Henri Matisse, Georges Braque and Joan Miro, all of who had a strong influence on his artwork.
Bearden’s work on canvas and collages expressed the complexities of rural Black America. “My intention is to reveal through pictorial complexities of the life I know,” he said. He integrated scenes from his childhood in North Carolina and from New York City, including many rituals and social customs. Another theme throughout his work was music. Bearden grew up surrounded by musicians and loved jazz and blues.
Romare Bearden’s artwork can be found in numerous permanent collections around the country including the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrospective exhibitions of Bearden’s art have been held by The Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; the Museum of Modern Art; the Detroit Institute; and the Studio Museum in Harlem. As well, President Reagan...
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1970s Contemporary Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Lithograph
INTRODUCTION FOR A BLUES QUEEN(Uptown At Savoy) Signed Lithograph, Blues Singer
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
INTRODUCTION FOR A BLUES QUEEN(Uptown At Savoy) is a limited edition color lithograph by the renowned African American artist Romare Bearden, printed on archival printmaking paper, 100% acid free, in an edition size of 175. INTRODUCTION FOR A BLUES QUEEN 1979 from Romare Bearden's colorful JAZZ series of musical imagery, is an abstract portrait that captures the LIVE energy created by the female blues singer...
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1970s Contemporary Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Lithograph
BRASS SECTION Signed Lithograph, Abstract Jazz Horn Trio, Gold, Green, Navy
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
BRASS SECTION is a limited edition color lithograph by the renowned African American artist Romare Bearden, printed on archival printmaking paper, 100% acid free, in an edition size of 175. Brass Section 1979 from Romare Bearden's colorful JAZZ series of musical imagery, is an abstract portrait that captures the LIVE brassy sounds and energy created by the a jazz horn trio portrayed with expressive fluid brushwork for the musician portrait outlines, complete with brass horns - namely trumpets and trombones thrusting forward toward the viewer. A harmonious complementary color palette consisting of gold ochre yellow, deep navy blue, yellow green, taupe gray, brown beige, hints of burgundy red with the white of the paper creating contrast. Superb and FRESH interpretation of live jazz music...
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1970s Contemporary Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Lithograph
Romare Bearden 1972 Mother and Child Screenprint
By Romare Bearden
Located in San Francisco, CA
Romare Bearden: 1911-1998. Very important and well listed African American artist with auction records over $770,000. He has an auction high over $31,000 for a single print. This imp...
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1970s Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Screen
TENOR SERMON Signed Lithograph, Abstract Portrait Jazz Music Drum Sax Trombone
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
TENOR SERMON is a limited edition color lithograph by the renowned African American artist Romare Bearden(September 2, 1911 – March 12, 1988), printed on ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Lithograph
The Olympics, Silkscreen by Romare Bearden
By Romare Bearden
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Romare Bearden, American (1911 - 1988)
Title: The Olympics
Year: 1976
Medium: Serigraph on BFK Rives, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200
Paper Size: 40 x 25 in. (101....
Category
1970s Modern Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Screen
PEPPER JELLY LADY Signed Lithograph Black Woman, Rooster, Train, Black Culture
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
PEPPER JELLY LADY is a hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by one of the most important American artists of the 20th century, Romare Bearden whose...
Category
1980s Contemporary Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Lithograph
BOPPING AT BIRDLAND (STOMP TIME) Signed Lithograph, Abstract Jazz Portrait, Sax
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
BOPPING AT BIRDLAND(STOMP TIME) is a limited edition color lithograph printed using traditional hand lithography methods on archival Somerset printmaking paper, 100% acid free, in an edition size of 175 by the renowned African American artist Romare Bearden. A semi-abstract multicolor print in shades of red, yellow, blue, green, pink beige, white, gray and black - BOPPING AT BIRDLAND(STOMP TIME) is a lively jazz portrait...
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1970s Contemporary Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Lithograph
Louisiana Serenade (Gelburd/Rosenberg 77), Jazz Series, Romare Bearden
By Romare Bearden
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Romare Bearden (1911-1988)
Title: Louisiana Serenade (Gelburd/Rosenberg 77)
Year: 1979
Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper
Edition: 46/175, plus proofs
Size: 24. x 33.75 inche...
Category
1970s Pop Art Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Lithograph
THE CONVERSATION Signed Lithograph, Black Women, Train, African American Culture
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
THE CONVERSATION is an original limited edition lithograph printed using traditional hand lithography methods on archival Somerset printmaking paper, 100% acid free. THE CONVERSATION...
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1970s Contemporary Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Lithograph
Prevalence of Ritual, Portfolio of Screenprints by Romare Bearden
By Romare Bearden
Located in Long Island City, NY
The complete portfolio of Romare Bearden's "Prevalence of Ritual" suite. In 1969, the Art Workers Coalition (AWC) submitted a list of demands to MoMA in New York. Included in this li...
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1970s Romare Bearden Art
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Screen
Out Chorus, Jazz Etching by Romare Bearden
By Romare Bearden
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Romare Bearden
Title: Out Chorus
Year: 1979-80
Medium: Photoetching on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200
Image Size: 12 x 16 inches
Paper Size: 22 x 30 inche...
Category
1980s American Modern Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Etching, Photogravure
THE LAMP Signed Lithograph Black Mother and Child Reading Brown vs. Board of Ed.
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
THE LAMP is a hand drawn limited edition color lithograph by the renowned American master artist Romare Bearden, proofed and printed using hand lithography in 19 colors plus silver f...
Category
1980s Contemporary Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Lithograph
High Surf Orient Bay, St. Martin, Abstract Oil Monotype by Romare Bearden
By Romare Bearden
Located in Long Island City, NY
A unique oil monotype by Romare Bearden circa 1980. Reminiscent of the artist’s watercolor paintings, he used thinned oil to produce the crashing waves in bold bright colors.
Artist...
Category
1980s Abstract Impressionist Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Monotype
Jamming at the Savoy
By Romare Bearden
Located in New York, NY
Romare Bearden (1911-1988), Jamming at the Savoy, 1980-81, colored etching and aquatint. Reference: Gelburd and Rosenberg (2, p. 9); GG #95 (p. 29). Signed, ...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
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 ...
Category
1940s Cubist Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Oil
Memories #2
By Romare Bearden
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Romare Bearden
Title: Memories #2
Year: 1981
Medium: Ink, Dye Paint and Collage, signed left
Paper Size: 8.8 x 9.8 inches
Frame Size: 11 x 15 inches
Category
1980s American Modern Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Dye, Ink
Sunrise Coffee
By Romare Bearden
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Romare Bearden
Title: Sunrise Coffee
Year: 1970
Medium: Collage and Mixed Media on Masonite, signed left and verso
Size: 18 in. x 21 in. (45.72 cm x 53.34 cm)
Frame Si...
Category
1960s American Modern Romare Bearden Art
Materials
Masonite
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