Höch pioneered collage as a fine art medium, assembling fragmented visual elements into bold compositions that share Bearden's tactile layering and sophisticated use of juxtaposed materials on board surfaces.

Lawrence worked as a fellow mid century African American modernist whose flattened geometric forms and vibrant color fields reflect the same cultural narrative energy and abstract compositional sensibility found in Bearden's assembled works.

Andrews combined collage and mixed media on board with deeply rooted African American subject matter, creating layered assemblages that echo Bearden's approach to color, texture, and culturally resonant abstraction from the same era.