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ROMARE BEARDENSEPTEMBER 2 ,1911- MARCH 12, 1988
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• African American• Degree in Education @
NYU– Professional Baseball in
Negro Leagues– Offer to play for
Philadelphia Athletics if he would “pass as white”
• Political Cartoons, Costume Designer, Book Illustrator,
• Wrote Books/Composer
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• Army 1942-1945• Europe in 1950 to
study Philosophy• Cubist inspired
style of dark lines and thin color washes– Subject: Abstract
Representations
• 1960s Collage– Assemblage of
different forms, (paper, ribbon, photos, newspaper) glued to surface
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Pittsburgh Recollections - 1984 60 ft x13 ft
Comission $90,000Worth $15 million – Would cost $100,000 a year
to insure
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• March 11, 1988 Died of complications from bone cancer
• Romare Bearden Foundation– Serves as his estate– Grant giving programs to support young
artists
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Proportion: Principle of Design dealing with size relationships
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“You should always respect what you are and your culture because if your art is going to mean
anything, that is where it comes from.” –Romare Bearden
The Block
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PROCEDURE•Poem “My People” By: Margaret Himel•Brainstorm Ideas
•Who are your people?
•Sketch Ideas•Cut out people, objects, backgrounds, anything for collage!• Mixed Media Composition
• magazine pics, photos, words w/ glue•Sharpie & paint•Shoe Polish
•Write about “My People”
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EVALUATION
Planning: Ideas/Sketches/Materials
The collage has a direct connection to you/your interests
Composition: Dramatic with a clear focal pointPrinciples- Proportion
The figures in the picture are distorted
Elements- Color and Texture
The work is well crafted
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