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Romare Bearden

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Profession
Painter
Died
Mar 12, 1988
Zodiac
Virgo
Born in
Charlotte NC
About
African-American artist whose work was inspired by the art of José Clemente Orozco and other Mexican muralists. He crossed several media, producing cartoons, oils, and collage. He was greatly influenced by the mural art of Diego Rivera.
Family
He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, to mother Bessye J. Bearden; they relocated to New York City while he was still a toddler, and his family quickly became involved in the Harlem Renaissance.

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