The Resume

(September 2, 1911-March 12, 1988)
Born in Charlotte, North Carolina
Full name was Fred Romare Harry Bearden
Died in New York City, New York
Passed away from bone cancer at 76
Works included 'The Calabash' and 'The Lantern'

Why he might be annoying:

His college course work was interrupted by stints playing baseball in Negro Leagues.
In 1954, he married dancer Nanette Rohan when he was 42 and she 27.
He had 2 middle names.

Why he might not be annoying:

He refused to 'pass' as a white man when offered a Major League career.
He co-wrote, with Billy Eckstine and Dizzy Gillespie, the jazz standard 'Sea Breeze.'
He used his collages to illustrate, literally, the struggle for Civil Rights in the 1960s.
In 1987, he was presented with the National Medal of Arts.

Credit: Black Chic

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 20th Century Painters
• BC/Black Chic's Profiles [Series 09]
• Harlem Renaissance
• Horseshoe Haircut
• I Attended Boston University
• I Attended NYU
• I Died in 1988 (Ranked: 76)
• I Have Bone Cancer
• I Played Negro League Baseball
• Known By a Middle Name
• Look at Me, I Got My Hands Clasped
• My Spouse is at Least Ten Years Younger than Me
• Painters
• Profiles 26001-26250 (Ranked: 26177)
• Served in World War II

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 15 Votes: 40.0% Annoying