Paul Allen Reed (1919-2015) Yellowjack No. 16, 1965 oil on canvas 81.125 x 60.875 inches Signed, titled and dated verso Provenance: Deaccessioned property from the collection of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University Paul Reed was born in Washington, DC in 1919 and attended McKinley High School, where fellow artists Gene Davis and Howard Mehring were also ...
Paul Allen Reed, last surviving member of the Washington Color School, has died at the age of 96, according to the New York Times. Mr. Reed acquired his public identity as an artist when he was included, along with Gene Davis, Kenneth Noland, Morris Louis, Thomas Downing and Howard Mehring, in “The Washington Color Painters,” ...