page_title: Charles Reid (painter)
section_title: Recognition and honors
hierarchical_section_title: Charles Reid (painter) / Recognition and honors
caption_attribution_description: English: Watercolor titled "Narda" by Charles Reid American Painter
context_page_description: Charles Clark Reid was an American painter, illustrator, and teacher, notable for his watercolor style. He has won numerous national and international awards for both his watercolor and oil works, and also hosted many workshops in the US and abroad. He has had numerous books published, instructional DVDs and created a postage stamp and an iconic ad campaign with his watercolor depictions. His watercolor works and oil paintings are in private and college museum collections.
context_section_description: Although not a member of the American Watercolor Society, they exhibited Reid's work four times: in 1973 with Sleeping Girl, in 1975 with Miss Goodman, in 1978 with Narda, and in 1984 with Mary. Reid won the Samuel J. Bloomingdale Memorial Award with Miss Goodman and the High Winds Award with Narda.
  In 1975, he won the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Hassam, Speicher, Betts, and Symons Purchase Fund Award with Wally. He won the same award again in 1976 with In the Studio.
  In 1975, he was admitted as an Associate at the American National Academy of Design, and in 1983 he became an Academician.
  In 1971, he won the Julius Hallgarten award, Debbie, for the one of three best Oil paintings of the year, by an artist from the United States, under 35 years of age.
  2nd Altman prize (figure) 1972, Thursday Morning.
  1st Altman prize (figure) 1974.
  Thomas B. Clarke prize   1978, Sarah, for the best annual American figure composition.
  Salmagundi award, 1975.
  Henry Ward Ranger fund, 1974, Friends.
  Emil and Dines Carlsen award for the best annual still life paining.
  Adolph and Clara Obrig for the best oil painting by an American artist.
  He joined the National Academy of Design in 1980.
  In 1983, he was awarded a silver medal from the Society of Illustrators.
  In 1988 he joined the Century Association.
  In 2013, he won a Gold Medal at the annual Portrait Society of America, The Art of The Portrait International Conference. The Gold Medal is awarded to "individuals whose work has revolutionized the practice and influenced others". Reid also won The Purchase Award at the second Shanghai Zhujiajiao International Watercolor Biennial Exhibition (also called Shanghai International Biennial Exhibition) in 2013.
  He has been exhibited in major institutions including The Butler Institute of Fine Art and the Pennsylvania Museum of Art.
caption: 1978 American Watercolor Society Award
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