ROMARE BEARDENSEPTEMBER 2 ,1911- MARCH 12, 1988

• 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

• 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

Pittsburgh Recollections - 1984 60 ft x13 ft

Comission $90,000Worth $15 million – Would cost $100,000 a year

to insure

• March 11, 1988 Died of complications from bone cancer

• Romare Bearden Foundation– Serves as his estate– Grant giving programs to support young

artists

Proportion: Principle of Design dealing with size relationships

“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

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”

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