Romare Bearden: 20th Century American Master
March 3 – August 26, 2012
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of American artist Romare Bearden’s birthday, the Nasher Museum is taking part in a project organized by the Bearden Foundation entitled “Romare Bearden: 20th Century American Master” with an installation of Bearden works alongside other American artists of his generation from the museum’s permanent collection and on loan from local private collections.
Image credit: Romare Bearden, The Family, 1948. Watercolor and gouache on paper, 26 x 20 inches. Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, 1998.12.1. Courtesy of the Romare Bearden Foundation & Estate of Nanette Bearden. Art © Romare Bearden Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.

