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Biography |
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1895 |
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Born in Logansport, Indiana, but raised in Indianapolis |
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1916 |
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Enrolled in the Cincinnati Art Academy |
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1917 |
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Left for France to serve in World War I |
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1918 |
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Blinded temporarily after being gassed and spent several months in a base hospital in France |
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1919 |
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Following his discharge, returned to the Art Academy where he studied for another year |
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1924 |
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Began a thirty-five year long teaching career as the head of the art department at Oklahoma State University |
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1930 |
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Studied in France |
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1952 |
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Elected to membership in the National Academy of Design for graphic arts |
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1959 |
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Following his retirement from the university, Reed relocated to Taos where he set up a studio |
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1985 |
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Died in New Mexico |
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Beginning in the late 1940’s many of his summers were spent in Taos, New Mexico, with his family |
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Exhibitions |
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1965 |
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National Academy of Design (Samuel Morse Medal) |
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1954 |
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Audubon Artists (John Taylor Arms Memorial Medal) |
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1951 |
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Audubon Artists (Gold Medal of Honor) |
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1946 |
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Pasadena Art Institute |
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1944 - 1946 |
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Library of Congress |
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1934 - 1946 |
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National Academy of Design |
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1930 - 1946 |
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Society of American Etchers |
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1944 |
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Laguna Beach Art Association (prize)
Southern States Art League (prize) |
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1943 |
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Herron Art Institute |
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1942 |
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Whitney Museum of American Art
Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH (prize)
Northwest Printmakers (prize) |
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1941 |
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Carnegie Institute |
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1940 |
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Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. |
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1937 |
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Paris Salon
Art Institute of Chicago |
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1934 |
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Art Institute of Chicago |
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1932 |
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Kansas City Art Institute |
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1929 |
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Society of Independent Artist |
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1927 |
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Society of Independent Artist |
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