Romare Bearden

The WPI began working with the Romare Bearden Foundation in 2020 and has since been processing their archives and artwork documentation. In 2025, we released the first installment of the catalogue raisonné database featuring more than 200 unique artworks executed by the artist between 1964–1969.

Romare Bearden, Soul Three, 1968, collage of various papers and fabric on board, 44 x 55 ½ inches (111.8 x 141 cm), Dallas Museum of Art. Image courtesy of the Dallas Museum of Art © Romare Bearden Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.
Catalogue Raisonné Databases

The Romare Bearden Catalogue Raisonné Project

The Romare Bearden Catalogue Raisonné Project is the first major digital catalogue raisonné for an African American artist.

Archival Resource

Romare Bearden Papers

The Romare Bearden Papers document the artist’s professional art and writing careers with digitized materials sourced from the Romare Bearden Foundation

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Archival Resource

Bearden Oral Histories

The Wildenstein Plattner Institute’s Romare Bearden Oral History Series explores Bearden’s life, career, and legacy through interviews with scholars, collectors, collaborators, and family members.

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