Romare Bearden
Born in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1911, Romare Bearden, by the time of his death in 1988, had achieved a stature known by few artists during their lifetimes. He was, and still is, considered America's greatest collagist and was thus honored by receiving the National Medal of Arts in 1987 from then President Reagan. The artist's works are in the permanent collections of most every major American Museum including the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrospectives of Bearden's art have been organized by the Museum of Modern Art, the Mint Museum of Art, the Detroit Institute, the Studio Museum in Harlem and the Council for Creative Projects.
Throughout his life, Bearden depicted many rituals and social customs of twentieth century rural Black America. The images of spiritual ceremonies, baptisms and burial, industrial hardships, musical arrangements and daily life have become the themes that critics and collectors most frequently associate with his work. Visually and emotionally stimulating, Romare Bearden's collages and prints are beautiful to behold and fantastic to contemplate.
Jerald Melberg Gallery is currently compiling the Romare Bearden Print Catalogue Raisonné
Note: Click on any work of art to view a larger image
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Unique Works
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Calypso's Sacred Grove
c. 1977
Watercolor & Graphite on Paper
6 x 7 5/8 inches
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Near Shelby Road 1986
Watercolor on Paper
10 x 14 inches |
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From Paradise Mountain 1984
Watercolor on paper
10 x 14 1/4 inches
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Siren's Song c. 1977
Watercolor & Graphite on Paper
6 1/8 x 8 3/8 inches
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The Gorge c. 1956
Watercolor on Paper
26 x 20 1/4 inches |
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In the Forest
Watercolor on Paper
28 1/2 x 22 1/4 inches |
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Ulysses c. 1940s
Ink & Watercolor on Paper
19 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches
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Untitled (Landscape)
Watercolor on Paper
8 x 10 7/8 inches
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Graphic Works
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12 Trains-Daybreak Express
1974
Hand Colored Etching
17 3/4 x 22 1/4 inches
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12 Trains-Seaboard Limited
1974
Hand Colored Etching
17 3/4 x 22 1/4 inches
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The Baptism 1975
Screenprint
32 x 45 inches
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The Family 1975
Etching 1/1
21 1/4 x 26 1/2 inches
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Pilate 1979
Lithograph
22 x 15 1/8 inches
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The Lamp 1984
Lithograph with Foil Stamping
23 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches
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Morning 1979
Lithograph
19 1/4 x 25 inches
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Recollection Pool c. 1976
Offset Lithograph
10 x 13 3/4 inches
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