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art of romare bearden the full frame
a national gallery of art presentation . romare beardens art captures the diversity and richness of life . with roots in north carolina bearden migrated north at an early age living in industrial pittsburgh vibrant harlem and later in his life on the caribbean island of st. martin . these four locales and his memories of their people music colors and stories form the basis of beardens collages and paintings whose style exhibits a unique blend of cultural influences from harlem europe and africa . this film traces beardens entire career including his paintings and watercolors of the 1940s experimental collages of 1064 mature collages of the next two decades large scale public murals and late landscapes . the documentary also features commentary by art historians artists and others who knew bearden including wynton marsalis albert murray and emma amos .