Robert Reed (artist)

Robert James Reed
Born
Robert James Reed Jr.

(1938-07-09)July 9, 1938
Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
DiedDecember 26, 2014(2014-12-26) (aged 76)
New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.

Robert James Reed Jr. (July 9, 1938 – December 26, 2014) was an American artist and professor of painting and printmaking at Yale School of Art for 45 years.[1] In 1987, Reed was appointed to Yale School of Art's tenured permanent faculty[2] making him, at the time of his death, the School's first and only African-American to be so appointed in the School's then 145 year history. In his artwork, Reed is known for his geometric abstraction and personalized symbols to create a language of abstraction. He employs abstract symbols, color and deeply textured brushwork to create his iconic imagery. As Reed would explain, fragments, paths, cultural and universal signs and symbols, remembered childhood images and places are organized into his imagery. His abstractions are referential and have their basis in "real" form that exists solidly in the real world in real space. His work includes paintings, drawings, monotypes, prints and collages.

  1. ^ "Yale News, Memoriam Robert Reed".
  2. ^ "Artforum International, Passages-Robert Reed, 2/18/2015 by Lisa Corinne Davis". Artforum International. February 18, 2015.