Happy Birthday to Romare Bearden, born on this day 1914. Bearden produced artwork with roots in Soci
Happy Birthday to Romare Bearden, born on this day 1914. Bearden produced artwork with roots in Social Realism, medieval stained glass windows, Cubism, and Abstract Expressionism before finding his strongest voice in collage. For inspiration he turned to childhood memories of his birthplace, he grew up in Harlem and Pittsburgh, and the rituals he encountered there. During his first year of producing collages, Bearden created “The Prevalence of Ritual: Baptism” (1964). The fractured figures reference Cubism, and the variety of collage elements and scale establish a sense of motion like the syncopated rhythms of jazz. -- source link
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