# Paul Reed artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/paul-reed/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T20:37:53.093Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1919-03-28
- Death date: 2015-09-26
- Nationality: American
- Movements: Washington Color School, Color Field Painting
- Common media: Painting

## About Paul Reed

Paul Allen Reed (1919–2015) was an American painter associated with the Washington Color School and Color Field Painting. Getty, VIAF, Wikidata, and Library of Congress authority links distinguish him through his full name and lifespan—important identifiers for a name shared by several unrelated public figures. Collectors may encounter records under either Paul Reed or Paul Allen Reed. The available research places painting at the center of his practice and connects his identity to two closely related artistic contexts, but this source pack does not document individual works, named series, subjects, or techniques in enough detail to characterize them confidently. Appraisal research should therefore begin with the object itself and with evidence that the artist attribution matches the authority records for the American painter born in 1919. Appraisily’s indexed auction presence provides a starting point for locating comparable records, while catalogue descriptions and other object-level documentation remain necessary for evaluating any particular work.

## Common works and media

The collected sources identify Reed principally as a painter associated with Color Field Painting and the Washington Color School. Paintings are therefore the best-supported category for identity and auction research. The source pack does not provide enough evidence to claim recurring subjects, specific supports or paint types, named series, editions, prints, drawings, sculpture, ceramics, or posters as common parts of his market.

## Market and appraisal context

The supplied Appraisily index associates Paul Reed with 171 auction records, indicating enough public-sale material to support further comparison, but the count alone does not establish value or a market trend. Research should first confirm that a lot belongs to Paul Allen Reed, the American painter associated with the Washington Color School, because unrelated people share the name. Comparisons are strongest when records concern the same type of painting and a clearly matching artist identity. This source pack does not include accessible major-auction-house lot details, named series, techniques, dimensions, condition reports, provenance, or realized-price evidence, so those factors must be checked in the underlying sale records before reaching an appraisal conclusion.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with auction records and, when available, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots. Authority identifiers help keep records for similarly named people separate.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7153141
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/95947081/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500041036
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Reed_(artist)
- Wikipedia: https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF
- Wikipedia: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%B4%2C_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/paul-reed/