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Reginald Leslie Grooms
Reginald Grooms, a well known painter, lithographer, lecturer, and educator, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1900. His father was a well known wood engraver who had prepared the engravings for illustrations by Henry Farny for McGuffey's Eclectic Reader. At the age of four, Reggie began painting in watercolor; soon thereafter his father began to work with him every Sunday afternoon. At the age of eight, Reggie began painting in oils. He continued to study art throughout high school and college. In 1923, he went to Europe to study painting at the Academie Julian in Paris. While in Paris he exhibited in the Spring Salons of both 1924 and 1925. The New York Times reported that he was the youngest American exhibiting in those shows. In 1925, Reggie was called back to Cincinnati to teach at the Cincinnati Art Academy and the University of Cincinnati School of Applied Arts where he taught painting for 46 years. Reggie took several painting trips to Spain, France, Ireland, Canada, California, New England, and the South. Grooms had over 33 one-man shows during his life time and was both influenced and respected by many artists. Grooms died in 1989.


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