The Harlem Renaissance

1920's - 1930's

information from "Harlem Renaissance Party" by Faith Ringgold

Below is a l ist of some of the people that influenced this movement. For a deeper understadning of this important art movement,

research some of these people, l isten to the music, read the books, and examine the artwork:

Louis Armstrong - jazz musicianRomare Bearden - visual artist Aaron Douglas - visual artistW.E.B. Du Bois - author and activistDuke Ell ington - jazz musicianLangston Hughes - poet, activist, novelist and playwrightZora Neale Hurston - folklorist and authorHenry O. Tanner - first African American painter to gain international successCarter G. Woodson - historian known as the Father of Black History

Check out these great books about the Harlem Renaissance and Romare Bearden:

"Harlem Renaissance Party" by Faith Ringgold"Harlem's Little Black Bird" by Renee Watson"Harlem Stomp!" by Laban Carrick Hil l"My Hands Sing the Blues" by Jeanne Walker Harvey"Scraps of Time: A song for Harlem" by Patricia McKissack

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Romare Bearden 1911-1988

born in Charlotte, NC

moved to Harlem in 1914

first drawing lessons at the

age of 15 by a neighbor

moved to East Liberty, PA

with his grandparents in 1927

he attends 3 different

colleges: Lincoln University,

Boston University and NYU

after college he publish many

different polit ical cartoons in

several publications

first solo exhibition in 1940

enlists as a private in the army

in 1942

marries Nanette Rohan in 1954

active in founding the Studio

Museum in Harlem in 1968

he is one of the founding

members of "The Black

Academy of Arts and Letters",

which began in 1970

solo exhibition at the Museum

of Modern Art, NYC in 1971

attends reception at the White

House in 1981

information from the timeline @ www.beardenfoundation.org

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Out Chorus , Romare Bearden, 1980, www.wikiart.org

Untitled, Romare Bearden, www.wikiart.org

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A R T D I S C U S S I O N

Q U E S T I O N S

Describe what you see in each painting.

How would you describe the l ines and shapes

used in the paintings?

What does each of the paintings remind you of?

What do these two paintings have in common?

What other tit les could you give each painting?

After looking at each painting for 15 seconds,

what observations can you make about each of

them?

How are these paintings different from real l ife?

How are they similar?

Compare the differences between two of

the paintings.

Do you like one of the paintings better then the

other? Why or why not?

Can you "hear" the music being played?

Tell a story about each of the paintings.

F O R Y O U N G E R S T U D E N T S

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A R T C R I T I Q U E

F O R O L D E R S T U D E N T S

(colors, lines, shapes, etc.) (how are the colors, lines & shapes used in the artwork?)

(what's going on in the artwork?) (Do you like it? Why or why not?)

answer the questions below on one of the pieces of artwork by Romare Bearden

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=three colors that are side by side on the color wheel, sharing a common color

Analogous Colors

Examples: red, orange, yellow

blue, purple, red yellow, green, blue

(there are many other examples)

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