Talk:Romare Bearden

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brooklynmuseum.org external link

This link: Romare Bearden in the Brooklyn Museum Collection was added to the article by the site owner. In keeping with our guidelines could regular editors of this article check out the link and add it back if you think it appropriate. Thanks. -- Siobhan Hansa 00:33, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

he moved to new york when he was 3 and he loved jazz

Possible Copyvio

The last two sentences from the second paragraph of the Biography Section are lifted nearly directly from source #1 Drooling Sheep 03:33, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Second/Last Wife?

About 10 years ago I walked into an art gallery in St. Maarten and the owner claimed to be Bearden's second/last wife, and she had some prints of his for sale. No mention in the article of a second marriage. Anyone have any info? Lafong (talk) 02:40, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright problem removed

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Lead section is sparse

I'm going to be filling in this section today. Frankcjones (talk) 17:27, 14 April 2013 (UTC) I'm done with my edits. Please review the lead section and let me know what you think. Frankcjones (talk) 18:20, 14 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Too realistic statement needs citation

The first sentence of the second paragraph states that his work was eventually deemed to be too realistic. This statement could benefit from a citation--about which work was deemed too realistic and when. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Janseiz (talk • contribs) 19:58, 14 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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External links

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Moved links:

Marshall Arts presents Romare Bearden
Bearden Foundation biography
Romare Bearden Images: Hollis Taggart Galleries
"Romare Bearden: The Music in His Art, A Pictorial Odyssey" – by Ronald David Jackson, video, 2005
Romare Bearden Artwork Examples on AskART.
A finding aid to the Romare Bearden papers, 1937-1982, in the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
Columbus Museum of Art Archived March 6, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Bearden's 1967 collage and mixed media piece La Primavera (click on picture for larger image)
Conjuring Bearden Exhibit at the Nasher Museum of Art
Romare Bearden's public artwork at Westchester Square-East Tremont Avenue, commissioned by MTA Arts for Transit. Archived April 20, 2022, at the Wayback Machine
The Bearden Project from the Studio Museum Harlem
Romare Bearden "The Storyteller," Art and Antiques, October 2012 Archived April 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
Romare Bearden, "A Griot for a Global Village", The New York Times, 2011
Romare Bearden, "The Art of Romare Bearden Opens at the High Museum," ArtDaily, October 2012 Archived January 24, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
Romare Bearden at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN -- Otr500 (talk) 01:14, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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