About

Romare Bearden (1911-1988) was born in North Carolina, but moved to Harlem at an early age where his mother led the New York office of an African-American newspaper. Bearden quickly became familiar with the artists of the Harlem Renaissance, and through his own paintings, collages, and prints strove to produce visually innovative work concentrating on the African-American experience. In 1963, together with Norman Lewis, he founded the Spiral Group, an artistic collective that produced works of art in response to the civil rights movement. Despite his political interests, Bearden’s art …