Sypher on art & design : Romare Bearden
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About the Event
Eleanor Sypher returns once again for one of her tremendously popular talks on art history. For this talk, Sypher will dive into the life of Romare Bearden.
Romare Bearden (1911-1988) was an American artist, author and song writer, who produced cartoons, oils and collages. Born in North Carolina, he grew up in Harlem and graduated from NYU in 1935. Joining the army on the European front during World War II, he returned to Paris after the war in 1950 to study art history at the Sorbonne on the GI Bill. In the 60s, he pulled away from abstract art and took up figurative collage work.
Bearden was a well-read man and vitally aware of social problems in the USA. His images compare black rural life in the south where he was born to urban life in the North where he lived.
About the Speaker
Eleanor Sypher – holding multiple degrees in the Classics, is an immensely popular staple in Salmagundi’s monthly line of program offerings. Every second Thursday of the month, she presents another exploration of art and design history – stemming from ancient times right into the 21st Century.
Hungry?
Grab a bite to eat after the event from our dining room (a normally member-only benefit)! Ticketed attendees who would like to stay for drinks and dinner should make dining reservations in advance via our Reservations page with the message “Sypher talk”.
