Bibliograph

Romare Bearden in the homeland of his imagination, an artist's reckoning with the South, Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore

Type

Label

Romare Bearden in the homeland of his imagination, an artist's reckoning with the South, Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-150) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Romare Bearden in the homeland of his imagination

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1312919147

Responsibility statement

Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore

Sub title

an artist's reckoning with the South

Summary

"Romare Bearden (1911-1988), one of the most prolific, original, and acclaimed American artists of the twentieth century, richly depicted scenes and figures rooted in the American South and the Black experience. Bearden hailed from North Carolina but was forced to relocate to the North when a white mob harassed [his family] in the 1910s. His family story is a compelling, complicated saga of Black middle-class achievement in the face of relentless waves of white supremacy. It is also a narrative of the generational trauma that slavery and racism inflicted over decades. But as Glenda Gilmore reveals in this trenchant reappraisal of Bearden's life and art, his work reveals his deep imagination, extensive training and rich knowledge of art history"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Love in slavery and freedom -- Home and away -- The price of the ticket -- Bearden's Harlem Renaissance -- Lost in abstraction -- From darkness to light -- Round-trip ticket

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