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Romare Bearden Biography
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1970 |
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Received a John Solomon Guggenheim Foundation grant to write a book on the history of African-American art. The book, A History of African-American Artists: From 1792 to the Present, was coauthored with Harry Henderson and published posthumously in 1993
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1972 |
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Elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters
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1973 |
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Named Rockefeller Fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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1975 |
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Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Fine Art from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
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1976 |
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Received Gold Medal for Achievement in the Arts by the Governor of North Carolina
Proclaimed Honorary Citizen of Atlanta, Georgia
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1977 |
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Received Honorary Doctorate from North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC
Received Honorary Doctorate from Maryland Institute of Arts, Baltimore, MD
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1978 |
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Received Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts from Davidson College, Davidson, NC
Received thirteenth Annual Frederick Douglass Medal from the New York Chapter of the National Urban League, New York, NY
Received Freedom Fighter Award from the Atlanta Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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1980 |
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Romare Bearden Day is proclaimed in Oakland, CA
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1982 |
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Received Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts from Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
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1983 |
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Received Award from The Studio Museum in Harlem along with Elizabeth Catlett and Jacob Lawrence
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1984 |
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Received the Mayor's Award of Honor for Art & Culture from New York City Mayor Edward Koch at Gracie Mansion
Bearden's lithograph, The Lamp (1984), is chosen for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund poster celebrating the 30th anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education
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1985 |
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Received Honorary Doctorate in Literature from Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA
Honored by the New York Artists Equity Association for Lifetime of Artistic Achievement and Devotion to Fellow Artists’ Interests
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1987 |
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Presented with the National Medal of Arts by President Ronald Reagan
Romare Bearden Day is declared in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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1988 |
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Died: March 12th in New York, NY
Received posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award from The Studio Museum in Harlem
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2000 |
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Bearden's collage, Family (1988), becomes the national poster for the U.S. Census Bureau's 2000 Census
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2004 - 2005 |
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, New York City, issues a Proclamation in honor of Bearden’s legacy
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2007
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Contemporary, Cool and Collected, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
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2006
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A Century of Collage, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
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2004 - 2005
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traveling retrospective, Art of Romare Bearden the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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1997
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Projections: The Photomontages of Romare Bearden, The Whitney Museum of American Art, Phillip Morris, New York, NY
Projections: The Photomontages of Romare Bearden, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
Projections: The Photomontages of Romare Bearden, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
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1996
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The Painted Sounds of Romare Bearden, Victoria Arts Center, Melbourne Australia
The Painted Sounds of Romare Bearden, Kiame Jazz Festival, Sidney, Australia
The Painted Sounds of Romare Bearden, Walker Hill Art, Center Seoul, Korea
The Painted Sounds of Romare Bearden, Tawain Museum Art, Taipei, Tawain
Winter Group Show, ACA Galleries, New York, NY
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1995
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The City: New York Visions 1900-1995, ACA Galleries, New York, NY
Bob Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop: Artist's of Color, Museum of History of Art ,Albany, NY
Voices of Conscience: Then and Now, ACA Galleries, New York, NY
Odysseus Suite, ACA Galleries, New York, NY
Romare Bearden: Collage and Watercolor, New Britian Museum of American Art, New Britian, CT
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1994
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Romare Bearden: Interludes: Sun, Sound and Sky, ACA GAlleries, New York, NY
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Winter Group Exhibition, ACA Galleries, New York, NY
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1993
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Group Exhibition, ACA Galleries, New York, NY
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1992
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Group Exhibition, ACA Galleries, New York, NY
Paine Art Center, Oshkosh, WI
Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL
S. Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SC
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
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1989
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Multiple Images: Prints by Afro-Americans, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
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1981
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24 Black American Artists, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
The Human Form, Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, MD
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1980
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In Celebration: 6 Black Americans, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
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1979
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Reflections of a Southern Heritage, Gibbes Art Gallery, Charleston, SC
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1978
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Twelve Americans: Masters of Collage, Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, NY
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