Reid Kendrick Crowell was born in Iowa His family moved to Texas in
1917 and Dallas in 1919. He studied art with Olin Travis, Ruby
Stone, Charles L. McCann, Howard Shoupe and Karl Gasslander.
He became a
successful illustrator for Field and Stream and other magazines. He
taught at the Dallas Art Institute from 1929 to 1934. His
mother, Grace Noll Crowell, was one of Texas’ most famous poets and
was Poet Laureate of Texas. Crowell's exhibitions included the
Annual Allied Arts Exhibition, Dallas; The Galveston Art
League; International Print Exhibition, Cleveland, Ohio (1935);
Texas Centennial Exposition, Dallas (1936); Greater Texas and
Pan-American Exposition, Dallas; Texas General Exhibition (1940);
and Five States Exhibition, Tulsa (1940). Philbrook Art Museum,
Tulsa Oklahoma (1940); The Texas General (1940). Corpus Christi
Caller Times Exhibitions; Dallas Allied Arts Exhibitions and
numerous others.