Romare Bearden (1911-1988) I. Romare Bearden (1911-1988) “Art Should be understood and loved by the people. ” Since the first blacks were brought to Virginia in 1619, just 12 years after the founding of Jamestown the history of African American has been started. It already passed almost four centuries for Africans getting into the members of American, but their history including their art h..