Romare Bearden’s ingenious collages of Black life in the United States have appeared in museum surveys and art-history textbooks, been printed on postage stamps, and sold for seven figures, but one ...

In the early weeks of 1969, protesters gathered before the entrances of New York City's major art museums to complain about the institutions' treatment of African-American artists. The public ...

Romare Bearden and family in Charlotte, circa 1920. Front row, from left: great-grandfather Henry Kennedy, Romare at age 8 or 9, great-grandmother Rosa Catherine Kennedy. Back row, from left: aunt ...

Romare Bearden, “Watching the Good Trains Go By,” 1964. Collage of various papers on cardboard, 34.9 x 42.9 cm (13 3/4 x 16 7/8) The artist often framed his compositions to resemble what he recalled ...

All quotes from Romare Bearden and biographical information are displayed in the exhibit. The first piece of art I ever loved was “Sunday Morning Breakfast.” When I was five, my parents brought home ...

Many critics rank Romare Bearden among the most important American artists of the 20 th century. A new touring exhibit coming to the Frick Pittsburgh explores his social activism and touches on his ...

A group of Charlotte arts advocates wants the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School board to name a school for Charlotte-born artist Romare Bearden. Bearden was a prominent 20th-century artist. He is known for ...

Many artists and art historians consider Romare Bearden one of America's most important and inventive artists. But he's hardly a household name. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports that the National Gallery of ...