Robert Dennis Reid papers, 1961-1977

Collection Information

Size: 0.2 Linear feet

Summary: This small collection of papers of African American artist and educator Robert Dennis Reid consists primarily of correspondence (75 items), and 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.

Biographical/Historical 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.

Provenance

Robert Dennis Reid donated his papers to the Archives of American Art on November 4, 1974.

Language Note

English .