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Museums page for Romare Howard Bearden ((1911 - 1988)), known for Modernist African-American figure and landscape painting, collage. Showing 53 museum collections and exhibitions.
Romare Howard Bearden MUSEUMS
1911 Charlotte, North Carolina - 1988 New York City. Known for: Modernist African-American figure and landscape painting, collage.
Working in a modernist style, Romare Bearden, as a Black American, tried to express on canvas and collage the complexities and uniqueness of being a minority in American society. Many of his themes... Read full biography
Working in a modernist style, Romare Bearden, as a Black American, tried to express on canvas and collage the complexities and uniqueness of being a minority in American society. Many of his themes dealt with music. Another strong presence in many of Bearden's works is trains. Bearden felt that... Read full biography
Working in a modernist style, Romare Bearden, as a Black American, tried to express on canvas and collage the complexities and uniqueness of being a minority in American society. Many of his themes dealt with music. Another strong presence in many of Bearden's works is trains. Bearden felt that there was a commonality, or link between trains and their symbolic tie to life; he saw trains as communicating life's fluctuations and constant change. He also saw this in jazz, so in many of his works... Read full biography
Working in a modernist style, Romare Bearden, as a Black American, tried to express on canvas and collage the complexities and uniqueness of being a minority in American society. Many of his themes dealt with music. Another strong presence in many of Bearden's works is trains. Bearden felt that there was a commonality, or link between trains and their symbolic tie to life; he saw trains as communicating life's fluctuations and constant change. He also saw this in jazz, so in many of his works the viewer will see images of both trains and jazz. Bearden's use of color was also unique. He was strongly affected by a trip he made to the Caribbean. Because he lived in such urban, "dirty" cities as New York, Bearden was overwhelmed by the rich,... Read full biography
Working in a modernist style, Romare Bearden, as a Black American, tried to express on canvas and collage the complexities and uniqueness of being a minority in American society. Many of his themes dealt with music. Another strong presence in many of Bearden's works is trains. Bearden felt that there was a commonality, or link between trains and their symbolic tie to life; he saw trains as communicating life's fluctuations and constant change. He also saw this in jazz, so in many of his works the viewer will see images of both trains and jazz. Bearden's use of color was also unique. He was strongly affected by a trip he made to the Caribbean. Because he lived in such urban, "dirty" cities as New York, Bearden was overwhelmed by the rich, vivid, "clean" colors of the tropics. He soaked in these colors, and used them in his works to try and... Read full biography
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Museums & Collections (53)
All MuseumsThe State Museum of Pennsylvania
Featured3rd And North Streets
Harrisburg, PA 17120-0024Williams College Museum of Art
Featured15 Lawrence Hall Drive
Williamstown, MA 01267Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College
Oberlin College
87 North Main Street
Oberlin, OH 44074Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts
501 East 9th Street
Po Box 2137
Little Rock, AR 72202Art Institute of Chicago, AIC
111 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603-6110Buffalo AKG Art Museum
1285 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14222Butler Institute of American Art
524 Wick Avenue
Youngstown, OH 44502California African American Museum
Exposition Park
600 State Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037Canton Museum of Art
1001 Market Avenue North
Canton, OH 44702Carnegie Museum of Art
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080Clark Atlanta University Art Museum
223 James P. Brawley Dr Sw
Trevor Arnett Hall, 2nd Floor
Atlanta, GA 30314Crocker Art Museum
216 O Street
Sacramento, CA 95814Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
600 Museum Way
Bentonville, AR 72712Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens
829 Riverside Avenue
Jacksonville, FL 32204Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood Street
Dallas, TX 75201Denver Art Museum
100 West 14th Avenue Parkway
Denver, CO 80204Figge Art Museum
225 West 2nd Street
Davenport, IA 52804-4520Flint Institute of Arts
1120 East Kearsley Street
Flint, MI 48503Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia
The University of Georgia
90 Carlton Street
Athens, GA 30602-6719Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, CUNY
450 Klapper Hall,
6530 Kissena Blvd
Flushing, NY 11367Greenville County Museum of Art
420 College Street
Greenville, SC 29601Hickory Museum of Art
243 Third Avenue N.E.
Hickory, NC 28601High Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Smithsonian Institution: 7th Street & Independence Ave. Sw
Mail To: Po Box 37012/Hmsg Mrc 350
Washington, DC 20013-7012Howard University Gallery of Art
Howard University
2455 6th Street
Washington, DC 20059Lauren Rogers Museum of Art
5th Avenue At 7th Street
PO Box 1108
Laurel, MS 39441Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
University of Miami
1301 Stanford Drive
Coral Gables, FL 33146Memorial Art Gallery
University of Rochester
500 University Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607-1415Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028Michael C Carlos Museum, Emory University
Emory University
571 Kilgo Street
Atlanta, GA 30322-1950Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2400 Third Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404Minnesota Museum of American Art
350 Robert Street North
St. Paul, MN 55101Mint Museum of Art
2730 Randolph Road
Charlotte, NC 28207-2031Munson
310 Genesee Street
Utica, NY 13502National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
750 Ninth Street NW, Suite 410
Washington, DC 20001Neuberger Museum of Art
Suny, Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400New Jersey State Museum
205 West State Street
Trenton, NJ 08625-0530North Carolina Museum of Art
2110 Blue Ridge Road
Mail To 4630 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-4630Ogunquit Museum of American Art
543 Shore Road
Po Box 815
Ogunquit, ME 03907-0815Portland Art Museum, Oregon
1219 Sw Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205Saint Louis Art Museum
Forest Park
One Fine Arts Drive
St. Louis, MO 63110Sheldon Museum of Art
12th &Amp; R Streets
Lincoln, NE 68588-0300Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (SAMA)
Altoona Facility (Brett Building)
1210 11th Ave
Altoona, PA 16601The Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052The Cleveland Museum of Art
11150 East Boulevard
Cleveland, OH 44106-1797The Grace Museum
102 Cypress Street
Abilene, TX 79601The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art
5401 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34243The Johnson Collection
100 Dunbar Street, Suite 203
Spartanburg, SC 29306The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-1873The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102University of Wyoming Art Museum
Centennial Complex
2111 Willett Drive
Laramie, WY 82071Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014