William "Bill" Reed
Photograph included with student application. Courtesy of Western Regional Archives.
Bill Reed Weaving (Black Mountain College Collection, Box 9, Folder 185). Courtesy of Western Regional Archives.
FOCUS
Art/ Design/ Craft
ROLE
Faculty, Student
ATTENDANCE
1936 - 1946
BIRTH
1917-02-05
New York, NY
DEATH
1965-05-18
William Reed was a student from 1936 to 1940. He was also listed as an apprentice teacher for 1941 Spring, 1941 Fall, and 1946 Summer Session.
For his graduate examinations he displayed oil paintings, drawings, textiles, tapestries, and compositions. He transferred to BMC from Harvard and graduated in 1940 with Marcel Breuer as his examiner. In the summer of 1939, he joined Anni and Josef Albers on their sabbatical trip to Mexico.
He was a close friend of the Alberses and at times in residence. In the fall of 1942 when a resident, he designed and constructed the Quiet House in memory of Mark Dreier, who was killed in an accident at the college. In 1941 he collaborated with Anni Albers on the design of Hardware Jewelry. In the summer of 1946 he was assistant to Albers in the color class.
After the war he attended the Harvard School of Design.
Biography written by Mary Emma Harris for the Black Mountain College Project.
Alternative Names: After the war he changed his name from William Freeborn Reed to Alexander S Reed.
Courses Taken
Fall 1936-1937: Stendhal, Flaubert and Proust with Mangold, Music Appreciation II with Evarts, Drawing II with Albers, Introductory German with Mrs.Moellenhoff, Plato II with J. Rice, Werklehre with Albers.
Spring 1936-1937: Music Appreciation with Evarts, Stendhal, Flaubert, and Proust with Mangold, Drawing II with Albers, Werklehre with Albers
Fall 1937-1938: Color I and Drawing II with Albers, Werklehre with Albers, Music Appreciation II with Evarts, Dramatics II with Wunsch, Stage Studies withS chawinksy
Spring 1937-1938: Color I and Drawing II with Albers, Werklehre with Albers, Music Appreciation II with Evarts, State Studies with Schawinsky.
Fall 1938-1939: Introductory Weaving with A. Albers, Color II and Drawing II with Albers, Psychology with Straus
Spring 1938-1939: Introductory Weaving with A. Albers, Fundamentals of Psychology with Straus, Color II and Drawing II with Albers.
Fall 1939-1940: Advanced Weaving with A. Albers, Introductory Spanish with Mangold, Drawing I and II with Albers, Werklehre with Albers.
Spring 1939-1940: Advanced Weaving with A. Albers, Introductory Spanish with Mangold, Drawing I with Albers, Werklehre with Albers.
