Romare Bearden The Family Analysis

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Tessa Davis English 1001 TR Dr. Pat MacEnulty 17 October 2011 A Family at Home Through a Painting It’s hard not to admire the Romare Bearden exhibition. His style of the 1930’s in each work of art sticks in the viewer’s head. The paintings can suck the viewers into the social issues that he creates by a stroke of a brush or maybe using his collage techniques. He defines himself as an artist by creating visual recollections of the south drawn from both memories and stories passed from generations. He could easily be defined as an adventurous painter. His painting called “The Family” (1941) is striking. He uses the Cubist style to represent the family in the painting. “The Family” establishes the concept of a family with its many complex relationship and rituals one can share. This masterpiece sat still against the wall right underneath the sign stating, “Romare Bearden Southern Recollections.” It is as if the painting is a target that turns eyes into a magnet that can’t help but follow. The painting gives mixed signals and that’s what draws so much attention to this masterpiece. The potato, salt shaker, fork, and lamp sit…show more content…
Whether he was using collage techniques, fusing, clippings from a magazine or a stroke of a brush he created powerful art that will be in minds forever. His visual recollections of the south drawn from real-life memories and stories are anything but usual. His painting “The Family” (1941) demonstrates Bearden’s love for the Cubist style and through this he addresses family’s complex relationships and rituals that were able to tie into my own real-life experiences. Romare Bearden demonstrates that you can take something simple and turn it into something beautiful and meaningful, and that is something he will always be remembered for. The painting, “The Family” can be easily be defined as a

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