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Romare Bearden

Detail, Romare Bearden, Three Folk Musicians, 1967, collage of various papers with paint and graphite on canvas, 50 x 60 x 1 ½ inches (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts) — An abstract painting, a collage, three musicians, two guitars and a banjo.

Romare Bearden, Three Folk Musicians

by Dr. Leo G. Mazow and Dr. Sarah Eckhardt

Romare Bearden, Factory Workers, 1942, gouache and casein on brown Kraft paper mounted on board, 94.93 × 73.03 cm (Minneapolis Institute of Art) — During World War II, racism flourished the United States even as the war effort sought to bring people together.

Work, war, and racism

by Dennis Michael Jon, Minneapolis Institute of Art and Dr. Beth Harris