Earl H. (Earl Howell) Reed

Born in Geneva, Illinois, in 1863, Earl H. Reed was an American artist also known as Earl Howell Reed. He is especially remembered as an etcher, and museums including the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Gallery of Art hold his work.

Reed became closely associated with the Indiana Dunes, a landscape that inspired some of his most admired images. His prints are often noted for their calm, atmospheric quality and for the way they turn marshes, shorelines, and winter scenes into something both intimate and memorable.

He was more than a printmaker: Reed also wrote about the region he knew so well, helping preserve its character in words as well as images. He died in Chicago in 1931, leaving behind a body of work that remains closely tied to the natural beauty of the Midwest.