A Graphic Odyssey: Romare Bearden as Printmaker

September 6 - October 24, 1996

Known for his paintings and collages, in the last fifteen years of his life Romare Bearden produced a great variety of prints, which are assembled for the first time in this exhibition curated by Gail Gelburd and Alex Rosenberg. The works recall the artist's experience growing up in the South, his studies in Paris, his participation in the Harlem Renaissance, and feature his reinterpretation of ancient myths, traditional rituals, and personal symbolism, while "revealing the poety intrinsic to modern American life." A part of the exhibition will be displayed concurrently at Philadelphia's Brandywine Workshop.

The Bearden Project: Students from local high schools participated in printmaking workshops with Penn professor, Hitoshi Nakazato.

Pictures from these events in the Gallery: Opening of the Romare Bearden exhibition, the Coltrane Project, and Storytelling with Linda Goss.


Conversation
Lithograph, 1979
Courtesy of London Arts, Inc.		 Out Chorus
Etching/aquatint, 1979-80
Courtesy of Nanette Rohan Bearden 		Mother and Child
Serigraph and photolithograph, 1977
Carole and Alex Rosenberg Collection
Le Jazz (Out Chorus II)
Lithograph, 1966-67
Courtesy of Nanette Rohan Bearden 		Louisiana Serenade
Lithograph, 1979
Courtesy of Nanette Rohan Bearden 		The Family
Aquatint and photoengraving, 1975
Carole and Alex Rosenberg Collection