1972
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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$3,295
H 30.25 in W 25.25 in
Romare Bearden Lithograph Print, Framed, 1979, Mecklenburg Autumn
By Romare Bearden
Located in Washington, DC
Title: Mecklenburg Autumn Medium: Lithograph in colors Year: 1979 Edition: AP (artist's proof, aside from the edition of 175) Signature: Stamped signature Image Size: 22 1/4" x 17 1/...
Lithograph
$3,295
H 26.75 in W 32.75 in
Romare Bearden Lithograph, Artist's Proof, 1979, Framed, Morning
By Romare Bearden
Located in Washington, DC
Title: Morning Medium: Lithograph in colors Year: 1979 Edition: AP (artist's proof, aside from the edition of 175) Signature: Stamped signature Image Size: 21 3/4" x 27 3/4" Sheet Si...
Lithograph
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 26 in W 33.75 in D 0.1 in
BEARDEN Early Carolina Morning Serigraph African American Art
By Romare Bearden
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This reproduction silkscreen poster features Romare Bearden's vibrant work Early Carolina Morning, published by American Vision Gallery Inc. The piece has ...
Screen
$8,000
H 27.25 in W 21.25 in
Mecklenburg Autumn Hand Signed Lithograph, 1979, Contemporary Portrait
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...
Lithograph
$3,295
H 26.5 in W 33.25 in
Original Romare Bearden Lithograph, 1977, The Conversation
By Romare Bearden
Located in Washington, DC
Title: The Conversation Medium: Lithograph in colors Year: 1977 Edition: AP (artist's proof, aside from the edition of 175) Signature: Stamped signature Image Size: 18" x 25" Sheet S...
Lithograph
$7,200Sale Price|20% Off
H 21.5 in W 27.75 in
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...
Lithograph
$13,600Sale Price|20% Off
H 29.5 in W 21.5 in
THE LAMP Signed Lithograph, 1984, Black Mother and Child, 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...
Lithograph
$10,000
H 19.75 in W 22.675 in
Romare Bearden Sorcerer's Village 1976 Screenprint Edition of 125
By Romare Bearden
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Artist: Romare Bearden Title: Sorcerer's Village Medium: Screen-print in Colors on Wove Paper Sheet Size: 19.75" x 22.675" (Unframed) Edition: 42/125 Year: 1976 Inscription: Signed, ...
Screen, Wove Paper
$12,700
H 33.5 in W 27.75 in D 1 in
"Mecklenburg Autumn", Lithograph in Colors, Signed, 1979
By Romare Bearden
Located in Astoria, NY
Romare Bearden (American, 1911-1988), "Mecklenburg Autumn", Lithograph in Colors, 1979, signed in pencil lower right, numbered edition "174/175" lower left, black frame. Image: 23.2...
Lithograph, Paper
$6,500
H 28.5 in W 21.5 in D 1 in
Mecklenburg Autumn 1979 Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
By Romare Bearden
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist: Romare Bearden Title: Mecklenburg Autumn Year: 1979 Print - Lithograph on Somerset paper Size - 21" x 29" inches Edition: Signed in pencil and marked 6/175 in pencil, lowe...
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...
Screen
Ann Tanksley "Images of Zora" Monotype
By Ann Tanksley
Located in San Francisco, CA
Ann Tanksley is an African American artist who was born in 1934. She studied at Carnegie Mellon as well as the Arts Students League and New School for Soc...
Monotype
Ann Tanksley "Images of Zora" Monotype
By Ann Tanksley
Located in San Francisco, CA
Ann Tanksley is an African American artist who was born in 1934. She studied at Carnegie Mellon as well as the Arts Students League and New School for Soc...
Monotype
1974 Picasso Style Woodcut "Young Woman with Cat"
Located in San Francisco, CA
Truly one of the finest prints we have ever owned. It has been my favorite for years hanging on my wall. Signed Barnhart and dated 74. The artist obviously greatly influenced by Pica...
Woodcut
Fine Native American Mother With Child Watercolor by D. Collins C.1970s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fine Native American Mother With Child Watercolor by D. Collins C.1970s Monogrammed / Initialed lower right corner Watercolor dimensions 20.5" wide x 25.5" high The frame measures...
Watercolor
Alvar Sunol Embossed Figural Abstract Nude Lithograph C.1978
By Sunol Alvar
Located in San Francisco, CA
Alvar Sunol Embossed Figural Abstract Nude Lithograph C.1978 Number 46 from an edition of 100 Dimensions 12" x 16.5" The frame measures 22" x 27.5" The frame shows a chip at one...
Lithograph
