A Finding Aid to the Robert Dennis Reid Papers,
1961-1977
, in the Archives of American Art
AAA.reidrobd
Author
Finding aid prepared by Jayna M. Hanson
Biographical Note
African-American painter and fine arts professor Robert Dennis Reid was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1924. He studied at Clark College in Atlanta from 1941-1943 and continued his art education at the Art Institute of Chicago. Later, Reid studied at the Parsons New School of Design in New York City.
Throughout his career, Reid exhibitied at Grand Central Art Gallery in New York City, the UCLA Gallery, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. In addition, the 1st World Festival of Negro Artists in Dakar, Senegal (1965) featured Reid's work. Reid held positions as a professor of painting and drawing at the Summit Art Center in New Jersey and the Rhode Island School of Design. He also exhibited with the U.S. State Department in the "Arts in the American Embassies" program. To supplement his income, Reid worked for the United States Post Office in the evenings. Robert Dennis Reid died in 2002.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into 4 series:
Series 1: Biographical Information, circa 1960s (Box 1; 1 item)
Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1960s-1970s (Box 1; 75 items)
Series 3: Printed Material, circa 1961-1975 (Box 1; 3 folders)
Series 4: Photographs and Slides, 1964-1977 (Box 1; 2 folders)
Scope and Content Note
This small collection of papers of African-American painter and fine arts professor Robert Dennis Reid consists of a resume, 75 letters to and from Reid, scattered exhibition catalogs and announcements, clippings, and photographs and slides of Reid's artwork. There is also one photograph of Reid. Within the correspondence are six letters from Romare Bearden, as well as correspondence with Grand Central Modern Gallery, Grand Central Galleries, University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, Fairweather Hardin Gallery (Chicago), Rose Fried Gallery, Galerie Darthea Speyer (Paris), Benson Gallery, ADI Gallery, Inc. (San Francisco, Calif.), and the Young Gallery (Calif.).
Provenance
Donated 1978 by Robert Reid.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Jayna Hanson in 2008.
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