Romare

Romare is a masculine given name in the United States. The name is best known from Romare Bearden (1911–1988), an American artist and writer celebrated for his mixed-media collages that draw on African American life, music, and folklore. Bearden’s work often combines drawing, painting, photography, and printmaking to create narrative scenes that reflect community experience and identity. He produced work across several decades, contributing to modern art and helping raise international awareness of African American cultural histories. His achievements include major exhibitions, commissions, and awards, and his influence extended to younger generations of artists and scholars.

While Romare remains a relatively uncommon given name, its association with Bearden has left a lasting imprint on American art and cultural history. Beyond Bearden, the name Romare appears rarely in public life, and it is primarily encountered in biographical and art-history contexts. In contemporary usage, Romare is still recognized chiefly through Bearden’s prominence, which has helped preserve the name’s place in discussions of 20th-century art and African American cultural expression.