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Dickson Reeder

Dickson Reeder (1912 - 1970) was active/lived in Texas.  Dickson Reeder is known for Portrait, figure painting, illustration, art education.

Edward Dickson Reeder, artist, was born on February 6, 1912, in Fort Worth, the first child of Dean W. and Edwina (Dickson) Reeder. He began to study drawing and painting with Sallie Blythe Mummert and Sallie Gillespie while still in elementary school. After graduating from Central (later Paschal) High School in Fort Worth in 1930, he left for two years of study at the Art Students League in New York City, where he attended the classes of portraitist Ivan Olinsky, among others.

Reeder returned to Fort Worth for a year and in 1933 traveled to Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico, where he studied with the portrait painter Wayman Adams. In the mid-1930s Reeder traveled and worked in Ireland, London, and Paris. During this period he began to exhibit his work by participating in the Southern States Art League exhibitions in 1934, 1938, and 1939 and the Biennial at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in 1939.

In Paris he studied abstract painting with Alexandra Exter, who also designed for the B   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 6395 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Dickson Reeder

   Publications  Book References:  11
Magazine References:  1

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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Dickson Reeder
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review Celebrating Early Texas Art January 2005 Editors, American Art Review Yes
11 Book References for Dickson Reeder
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2001 Barker, Scott; Kelly Fearing First Light: Local Art and the Fort Worth Public Library, 1901-1961
(Exhibition catalog)
55 Yes
2000 Powers, John & Deborah; Ron Tyler, Foreward Texas Painters, Sculptors & Graphic Artists A Biographical Dictionary of Artists in Texas Before 1942 606 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1999 Grauer, Paula and Michael R. Dictionary of Texas Artists, 1800-1945 240 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)
1117 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1971 Bywaters, Jerry (Introduction) Texas Painting and Sculpture: 20th Century
(Exhibition catalog)
96 No
1950 Metropolitan Museum of Art American Painting Today 1950 A National Competitive Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)
60 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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