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Bearden was born in his
great-grandfather's house at Second and South Graham Streets in 1911. He
had a lifelong interest in the rhythms and rituals of African American
life.
Bearden, who died in 1988 at age 76, left Charlotte as a child and grew
up in Pittsburgh and New York, where he formed his lifelong love of jazz.
In the fall of 2002, the Mint Museum of Art plans a Bearden exhibit of
works in area collections. In September 2003, the prestigious National
Gallery of Art in Washington will mount a major Bearden retrospective, its
first for an African American artist. |
