Walt Reed
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Walt Reed is an art historian and author of books on illustration. He is the author of several works on illustration and illustrators including Harold von Schmidt
, John Clymer
, and Joseph Clement Coll
. In 1974, he founded the gallery Illustration House in Westport, Connecticut
. His book on Coll, The Magic Pen of Joseph Clement Coll
, was published by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in 1978.
Harold von Schmidt
Harold von Schmidt was an American illustrator who specialized inmagazine interior illustrations. Born in Alameda, California in 1893, he was orphaned at the age of five. After a year in an orphanage, he went to live with his grandfather, who had been a forty-niner. As a youth von Schmidt worked...
, John Clymer
John Clymer
John Ford Clymer was an American painter and illustrator known for his work that captured nature and the American West....
, and Joseph Clement Coll
Joseph Clement Coll
Joseph Clement Coll was an American book and newspaper illustrator. He was known for his pen and ink story illustrations that were used to illustrate adventure stories such as Arthur Conan Doyle's The White Company.-Illustration career:...
. In 1974, he founded the gallery Illustration House in Westport, Connecticut
Westport, Connecticut
-Neighborhoods:* Saugatuck – around the Westport railroad station near the southwestern corner of the town – a built-up area with some restaurants, stores and offices....
. His book on Coll, The Magic Pen of Joseph Clement Coll
The Magic Pen of Joseph Clement Coll
The Magic Pen of Joseph Clement Coll is a study of American illustrator Joseph Clement Coll by Walt Reed. It was first published by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in 1978 in an edition of 750 copies, all of which were numbered and signed by the author....
, was published by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in 1978.