Romare Bearden
Author
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Recounts the life of the twentieth-century African-American collage artist who used his southern childhood, New York City, jazz, and Paris to influence his bold and meaningful art.
Publisher
L & S Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Two short films on two African American artists: Romare Bearden and Faith Ringgold. Romare Bearden shows collage artist Bearden at work, featuring commentary by leading experts. In Faith Ringgold, painter Ringgold discusses her move from working with traditional canvas to "tankas" paintings on quilted canvas.
Publisher
High Museum of Art
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In November 1977, the 'New Yorker' published a feature-length biography of artist Romare Bearden by Calvin Tomkins as part of its Profiles series. The essay, titled 'Profiles: Putting Something Over Something Else' (using Bearden's words to describe the creative process), brought national focus to the artist, whose rise had seemed nearly meteoric since the late 1960s. The experience of the interview prompted Bearden to launch an autobiographical...