Romare Bearden African Art Collection

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Romare Bearden, renowned artist and Dr. Jack Fein, art aficionado, were great friends who shared a love for African art.  

They shared a unique vision to further its historical appeal and personal appreciation by offering a curated collection to those who perhaps had never had the opportunity to view in situ or even hold in their hands the breathtakingly beautiful original works of art.   Museum frequenting and gallery hopping fed their passion which led to purchases amassing African sculptures over several years. The intention was that the collection would one day be gifted into the guiding hands of a well-positioned not-for-profit curator. 

Offering, through a grand act of philanthropy, an intimate experience with an artform that lay at the origins of a culture, that to some, lay at the roots of their ancestry and heritage.  To be able to view and hold in one’s own hands museum quality bronze, wood and available material sculptures was the selfless act and ultimate end game. 

Launching critical minds into a universe of revived appreciation and admiration of symbolic referencing happens “not often enough” they were both known to say; and with that understanding Jack and Romare went about changing destiny for those they would never know or even get to meet.