The visual narratives and abstractions of this preeminent African American artist explore the places where he lived and worked: the rural South, Pittsburgh, Harlem, and the Caribbean. Bearden's central themesŃreligion, jazz and blues, history, literature, and the realities of black lifeŃendured throughout his remarkable career in watercolors, oils, and especially collages and photomontages from the 1940s through the 1980s.
- Subject:
- Art History
- Fine Arts
- Performing and Visual Arts
- Material Type:
- Diagram/Illustration
- Reading
- Teaching/Learning Strategy
- Textbook
- Provider:
- National Gallery of Art
- Date Added:
- 10/10/2017