humanistic and political concerns. In the mid-1930s Bearden published dozens of political cartoons in journals and newspapers, including the Baltimore-based "Afro-America", but by the end of the decade, he had shifted the emphasis of his work to painting. Bearden began painting using brown paper and gouache which is a method of painting with opaque watercolors. During the early '40s, Bearden's painting style was that of a Social Realist. The focus of his paintings involved the portrayal of the human figure and the human condition. Bearden completed approximately twenty large go
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