1894 - 1985
Reed grew up in Indianapololis. He first studied architecture and then entered the Cincinnati Art Academy. Service in France in World War I interrupted his studies. Upon his return to the Cincinnati Art Academy, he studied with L.H. Meakin, the printer of Duveneck's plates, James R. Hopkins, and H. H. Wessel. His study of Goya's prints led him to specialize in aquatint. In 1920 he married Elizabeth Jane Sparks.
In 1924 he founded the art department at Oklahoma State University where he remained as a teacher until 1959 when he moved to Taos.
To qualify as an Academician he submitted seven aquatints: Elements of the Past, Day's End, The Bathers, The Beginning, Ruins at Hondo, Woman with Landscape, and Lonely Road. He was nominated to membership in the Academy by J. T. Arms.
In 1924 he founded the art department at Oklahoma State University where he remained as a teacher until 1959 when he moved to Taos.
To qualify as an Academician he submitted seven aquatints: Elements of the Past, Day's End, The Bathers, The Beginning, Ruins at Hondo, Woman with Landscape, and Lonely Road. He was nominated to membership in the Academy by J. T. Arms.
