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Reuben Tam
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Born	January 17, 1916; Kapa'a, Kaua'i
Died	January 3, 1991 (aged 74); Kaua'i
Education	San Francisco Art Institute ;
Alma mater	University of Hawaiʻi ; Columbia University ;

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Reuben Tam (January 17, 1916 – January 3, 1991) was an American landscape painter, educator, poet and graphic artist.

Early life and education

He was born in Kapa'a on the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i. He earned a BA degree from the University of Hawaiʻi in 1937.^[1] He attended graduate classes in 1940 at California School of Fine Art (now known as San Francisco Art Institute).^[1]^[2] In 1941 he moved to New York City and he continued his studies from 1942 until 1945 at Columbia University with Meyer Schapiro.^[1]^[2]

Career

Tam became affiliated with the Downtown Gallery in 1945.^[1] Tam is best known for his referential abstract landscape paintings showing both land and sea, such as From Cliffs to Evening. In his later career he worked more in pure abstraction.^[3]

From 1946 to the 1974, he taught at the Brooklyn Museum Art School (BMAS).^[1] Some of his notable students from BMAS included Frances Kornbluth, Mel Tanner, Jean Arcoleo, Pat Adams, and Richard Mayhew.^[4]^[5] He spent many summers painting on Monhegan Island in Maine, starting around 1950.^[3] He later taught courses at Queens College (City College of New York) and Oregon State University.^[3]

Death and legacy

Tam returned to Kaua'i in 1980, and died there on January 3, 1991, of lymphoma.^[6]^[7]^[8]

The Addison Gallery of American Art (Andover, Massachusetts), the Brooklyn Museum of Art (Brooklyn, New York ), the Butler Institute of American Art (Youngstown, Ohio), the Corcoran Gallery (Washington D.C.), Des Moines Art Center (Des Moines, Iowa), Farnsworth Art Museum (Rockland, Maine), Fisher Gallery (University of Southern California, Los Angeles), the Hawaii State Art Museum, the Henry Art Gallery (University of Washington, Seattle), the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Washington, D.C.), the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Lowe Art Museum (University of Miami), the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art (New York City), the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum (Washington University in St. Louis), the National Academy of Design (New York City), the Newark Museum (Newark, New Jersey), Reading Public Museum (Reading, Pennsylvania), the San Diego Museum of Art (San Diego, California), Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery (Lincoln, Nebraska), the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington, D.C.), the University of Michigan Museum of Art (Ann Arbor, Michigan), the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York City), and the National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.)^[9] are among the public collections holding works by Reuben Tam.^[7]^[10]

Awards and honors

1940 – First National Prize for his painting Koto Crater at the Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE)^[3]
1948 – Guggenheim Fellowship^[11]
1975 – Associate National Academician (ANA), National Academy of Design^[12]
1978 – American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Award in Art^[13]
1987 – National Academicians (NA), National Academy of Design^[12]
1989 – Elliot Cades Literary Award for his poetry, from University of Hawaiʻi^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Biographical Note, A Finding Aid to the Reuben Tam papers, 1931-2006". Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
^ ^a ^b "Reuben Tam Papers An inventory of his papers at Syracuse University". Syracuse University. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Price, Marshall N.; Marshall, Price N.; Buckner, Cindy Medley; Steinberg, Monica (2007). The Abstract Impulse: Fifty Years of Abstraction at the National Academy, 1956-2006. Hudson Hills. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-887149-17-4.
^ Schneider, Julie (2020-09-21). "At 96 Years Old, Richard Mayhew Is Still Painting Transportive "Mindscapes"". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
^ Heller, Jules; Heller, Nancy G. (2013-12-19). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-63889-4.
^ Forbes, David W. (1992). Encounters with Paradise: Views of Hawaii and its People, 1778-1941. Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Arts, pages 265–6. ISBN 9780824814465
^ ^a ^b "Reuben Tam - Artist, Fine Art Prices, Auction Records for Reuben Tam". www.askart.com. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
^ Papanikolas, Theresa and Stephen Salel, Stephen, Abstract Expressionism, Looking East from the Far West, Honolulu Museum of Art, 2017, ISBN 9780937426920, page 30
^ "Artist Info".
^ Chang, Gordon H., Mark Dean Johnson, Paul J. Karlstrom & Sharon Spain, Asian American Art, a History, 1850-1970, Stanford University Press, ISBN 9780804757515, page 429
^ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Reuben Tam". Retrieved 2020-11-10.
^ ^a ^b McCarthy, Jeremiah William; Thompson, Diana (2019-01-01). For America: Paintings from the National Academy of Design. Yale University Press. p. 293. ISBN 978-0-300-24428-1.
^ Saville, Jennifer (July–August 1991). "Archipelago: Paintings by Reuben Tam". Calendar News: 5–6.

Chang, Gordon H., Mark Dean Johnson, Paul J. Karlstrom & Sharon Spain, Asian American Art, a History, 1850-1970, Stanford University Press, ISBN 9780804757515, pages 429–430
Hawaii State Department of Education (1985). Artists of Hawaii. Honolulu: Hawaii State Department of Education. pp. 47–54. OCLC 13099980.
Forbes, David W. (1992). Encounters with Paradise: Views of Hawaii and its People, 1778-1941. Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Arts : University of Hawaiʻi Press. pp. 215–266. ISBN 9780824814465. OCLC 185823750.
Haar, Francis; Turnbull, Murray (1977). Artists of Hawaii. Vol. 2. Honolulu, Hawaii: University of Hawaiʻi Press. pp. 85–90. ISBN 9780824804671. OCLC 312830975, 18053919.
Hartwell, Patricia L. (editor), Retrospective 1967-1987, Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1987, page 57
Johnston, Healoha, "Islanding: Reuben Tam", Honolulu Museum of Art, June • July • Aug 2018, page 5
Tam, Reuben (1998). Archipelago, Life Cycle of the Hawaiian Islands, A Portfolio of Paintings. Honolulu, Hawaii: Honolulu Academy of Arts. ISBN 9780937426401. OCLC 43783972.
Tam, Reuben (1993). "Sketches". Bamboo Ridge: Journal of Hawaiʻi Literature and Arts (Winter): 32–138. ISSN 0733-0308. OCLC 61311690, 833909657.
Tam, Reuben (1996). The Wind-honed Islands Rise, Selected Poems of Reuben Tam. Honolulu, Hawaii: Manoa Books. ISBN 9780824819323. OCLC 35714632.
Yoshihara, Lisa A. (1997). Collective Visions, 1967-1997. Honolulu, Hawaii: Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts. p. 73. ASIN B001THP47M. OCLC 37890571.

[:1-1] "Biographical Note, A Finding Aid to the Reuben Tam papers, 1931-2006". Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2020-11-10.

[:2-2] "Reuben Tam Papers An inventory of his papers at Syracuse University". Syracuse University. Retrieved 2020-11-10.

[:3-3] Price, Marshall N.; Marshall, Price N.; Buckner, Cindy Medley; Steinberg, Monica (2007). The Abstract Impulse: Fifty Years of Abstraction at the National Academy, 1956-2006. Hudson Hills. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-887149-17-4.

[:7-4] Schneider, Julie (2020-09-21). "At 96 Years Old, Richard Mayhew Is Still Painting Transportive "Mindscapes"". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2020-11-10.

[5] Heller, Jules; Heller, Nancy G. (2013-12-19). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-63889-4.

[6] Forbes, David W. (1992). Encounters with Paradise: Views of Hawaii and its People, 1778-1941. Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Arts, pages 265–6. ISBN 9780824814465

[:0-7] "Reuben Tam - Artist, Fine Art Prices, Auction Records for Reuben Tam". www.askart.com. Retrieved 2019-02-10.

[8] Papanikolas, Theresa and Stephen Salel, Stephen, Abstract Expressionism, Looking East from the Far West, Honolulu Museum of Art, 2017, ISBN 9780937426920, page 30

[9] "Artist Info".

[10] Chang, Gordon H., Mark Dean Johnson, Paul J. Karlstrom & Sharon Spain, Asian American Art, a History, 1850-1970, Stanford University Press, ISBN 9780804757515, page 429

[11] "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Reuben Tam". Retrieved 2020-11-10.

[:4-12] McCarthy, Jeremiah William; Thompson, Diana (2019-01-01). For America: Paintings from the National Academy of Design. Yale University Press. p. 293. ISBN 978-0-300-24428-1.

[13] Saville, Jennifer (July–August 1991). "Archipelago: Paintings by Reuben Tam". Calendar News: 5–6.

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+| death_place        = Kaua'i
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+| alma_mater         = [[University of Hawaiʻi]] <br /> [[Columbia University]] <br />
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 [[File:'From Cliffs to Evening' by Reuben Tam, oil on canvas, 1978, Honolulu Museum of Art, 6230.1.JPG|thumb|right|250px|''From Cliffs to Evening'' by Reuben Tam, oil on canvas, 1978, [[Honolulu Museum of Art]]]]
 '''Reuben Tam''' (January 17, 1916 – January 3, 1991) was an American landscape painter, educator, poet and graphic artist.
+==Early life and education==
-He was born in [[Kapa'a, Hawai'i|Kapa'a]] on the Hawaiian island of [[Kaua'i]].  He earned a BA degree from the [[University of Hawaii]] in 1937, and also studied at the [[San Francisco Art Institute|California School of Fine Art]], at [[Columbia University]] with [[Meyer Schapiro]] and at the [[New School of Social Research]] in New York City.  From 1946 to the 1970s, he taught at the [[Brooklyn Museum|Brooklyn Museum Art School]] where his students included [[Frances Kornbluth]], [[Mel Tanner]], and Jean Arcoleo.  He also spent many summers painting on [[Monhegan, Maine|Monhegan Island]] in Maine. Upon retirement in the 1970s, Tam returned to Kaua'i and died there on January 3, 1991, of [[lymphoma]].<ref>Forbes, David W. (1992). ''Encounters with Paradise: Views of Hawaii and its People'', 1778-1941. Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Arts,pp. 265–6. {{ISBN|9780824814465}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.askart.com/artist/artist/9048/artist.aspx|title=Reuben Tam - Artist, Fine Art Prices, Auction Records for Reuben Tam|website=www.askart.com|access-date=2019-02-10}}</ref><ref>Papanikolas, Theresa and Stephen Salel, Stephen, ''Abstract Expressionism, Looking East from the Far West'', Honolulu Museum of Art, 2017, {{ISBN|9780937426920}}, p. 30</ref>
+He was born in [[Kapa'a, Hawai'i|Kapa'a]] on the Hawaiian island of [[Kaua'i]]. He earned a BA degree from the [[University of Hawaiʻi]] in 1937.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Biographical Note, A Finding Aid to the Reuben Tam papers, 1931-2006|url=https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/reuben-tam-papers-8481/biographical-note|access-date=2020-11-10|website=Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution|language=en}}</ref> He attended graduate classes in 1940 at [[San Francisco Art Institute|California School of Fine Art]] (now known as San Francisco Art Institute).<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Reuben Tam Papers An inventory of his papers at Syracuse University|url=https://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/t/tam_r.htm|access-date=2020-11-10|website=Syracuse University}}</ref> In 1941 he moved to New York City and he continued his studies from 1942 until 1945 at [[Columbia University]] with [[Meyer Schapiro]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
+==Career==
-Tam is best known for his semi-abstract landscapes showing both land and sea, such as ''From Cliffs to Evening''.  The [[Addison Gallery of American Art]] (Andover, Massachusetts), the [[Brooklyn Museum of Art]] (Brooklyn, New York ), the [[Butler Institute of American Art]] (Youngstown, Ohio), the [[Corcoran Gallery]] (Washington D. C.),  [[Des Moines Art Center]] (Des Moines, Iowa), [[Farnsworth Art Museum]] (Rockland, Maine), Fisher Gallery (University of Southern California, Los Angeles), the [[Hawaii State Art Museum]], the [[Henry Art Gallery]] (University of Washington, Seattle, Washington), the [[Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden]] (Washington, D. C.), the [[Honolulu Museum of Art]], the [[Lowe Art Museum]] (University of Miami, Florida), the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], the [[Museum of Modern Art]] (New York City), the [[Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum]] (Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri), the [[National Academy of Design]] (New York City), the [[Newark Museum]] (Newark, New Jersey), [[Reading Public Museum]] (Reading, Pennsylvania), the [[San Diego Museum of Art]] (San Diego, California), [[Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery]] (Lincoln, Nebraska), the [[Smithsonian American Art Museum]] (Washington, D. C.), the [[University of Michigan Museum of Art]] (Ann Arbor, Michigan) and the [[Whitney Museum of American Art]] (New York City) are among the public collections holding works by Reuben Tam.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Chang, Gordon H., Mark Dean Johnson, Paul J. Karlstrom & Sharon Spain, Asian American Art, a History, 1850-1970, Stanford University Press, {{ISBN|9780804757515}}, p. 429</ref>
+Tam became affiliated with the [[Downtown Gallery]] in 1945.<ref name=":1" /> Tam is best known for his referential abstract landscape paintings showing both land and sea, such as ''From Cliffs to Evening''. In his later career he worked more in pure abstraction.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last1=Price|first1=Marshall N.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W1bynpNf4HQC|title=The Abstract Impulse: Fifty Years of Abstraction at the National Academy, 1956-2006|last2=Marshall|first2=Price N.|last3=Buckner|first3=Cindy Medley|last4=Steinberg|first4=Monica|date=2007|publisher=Hudson Hills|isbn=978-1-887149-17-4|pages=75|language=en}}</ref>
+From 1946 to the 1974, he taught at the [[Brooklyn Museum Art School]] (BMAS).<ref name=":1" /> Some of his notable students from BMAS included [[Frances Kornbluth]], [[Mel Tanner]], Jean Arcoleo, [[Pat Adams]], and [[Richard Mayhew]].<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|last=Schneider|first=Julie|date=2020-09-21|title=At 96 Years Old, Richard Mayhew Is Still Painting Transportive "Mindscapes"|url=https://hyperallergic.com/588448/richard-mayhew-transcendence/|access-date=2020-11-10|website=Hyperallergic|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Heller|first1=Jules|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ReZkAgAAQBAJ|title=North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary|last2=Heller|first2=Nancy G.|date=2013-12-19|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-63889-4|language=en}}</ref> He spent many summers painting on [[Monhegan, Maine|Monhegan Island]] in Maine, starting around 1950.<ref name=":3" /> He later taught courses at [[Queens College, City University of New York|Queens College (City College of New York)]] and [[Oregon State University]].<ref name=":3" />
-== Awards ==
+==Death and legacy==
-* First National Prize at the [[Golden Gate International Exposition]] (1940)
+Tam returned to Kaua'i in 1980, and died there on January 3, 1991, of [[lymphoma]].<ref>Forbes, David W. (1992). ''Encounters with Paradise: Views of Hawaii and its People'', 1778-1941. Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Arts, pages 265–6. {{ISBN|9780824814465}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.askart.com/artist/artist/9048/artist.aspx|title=Reuben Tam - Artist, Fine Art Prices, Auction Records for Reuben Tam|website=www.askart.com|access-date=2019-02-10}}</ref><ref>Papanikolas, Theresa and Stephen Salel, Stephen, ''Abstract Expressionism, Looking East from the Far West'', Honolulu Museum of Art, 2017, {{ISBN|9780937426920}}, page 30</ref>
-*Guggenheim Fellowship (1948)
-*American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Award in Art (1978)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Saville|first=Jennifer|date=July-August 1991|title=Archipelago: Paintings by Reuben Tam|url=https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10524/57990|journal=Calendar News|volume=|pages=5-6|via=}}</ref>
+The [[Addison Gallery of American Art]] (Andover, Massachusetts), the [[Brooklyn Museum of Art]] (Brooklyn, New York ), the [[Butler Institute of American Art]] (Youngstown, Ohio), the [[Corcoran Gallery]] (Washington D.C.),  [[Des Moines Art Center]] (Des Moines, Iowa), [[Farnsworth Art Museum]] (Rockland, Maine), Fisher Gallery (University of Southern California, Los Angeles), the [[Hawaii State Art Museum]], the [[Henry Art Gallery]] ([[University of Washington]], Seattle), the [[Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden]] (Washington, D.C.), the [[Honolulu Museum of Art]], the [[Lowe Art Museum]] ([[University of Miami]]), the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], the [[Museum of Modern Art]] (New York City), the [[Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum]] ([[Washington University in St. Louis]]), the [[National Academy of Design]] (New York City), the [[Newark Museum]] (Newark, New Jersey), [[Reading Public Museum]] (Reading, Pennsylvania), the [[San Diego Museum of Art]] (San Diego, California), [[Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery]] (Lincoln, Nebraska), the [[Smithsonian American Art Museum]] (Washington, D.C.), the [[University of Michigan Museum of Art]] (Ann Arbor, Michigan), the [[Whitney Museum of American Art]] (New York City), and the [[National Gallery of Art]] (Washington, D.C.)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.34061.html | title=Artist Info }}</ref> are among the public collections holding works by Reuben Tam.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Chang, Gordon H., Mark Dean Johnson, Paul J. Karlstrom & Sharon Spain, Asian American Art, a History, 1850-1970, Stanford University Press, {{ISBN|9780804757515}}, page 429</ref>
+==Awards and honors==
+*1940 – First National Prize for his painting ''Koto Crater'' at the [[Golden Gate International Exposition]] (GGIE)<ref name=":3" />
+*1948 – [[Guggenheim Fellowship]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=John Simon Guggenheim Foundation {{!}} Reuben Tam|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/reuben-tam/|access-date=2020-11-10|language=en-US}}</ref>
+*1975 – Associate National Academician (ANA), [[National Academy of Design]]<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last1=McCarthy|first1=Jeremiah William|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lu2ODwAAQBAJ|title=For America: Paintings from the National Academy of Design|last2=Thompson|first2=Diana|date=2019-01-01|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0-300-24428-1|pages=293|language=en}}</ref>
+*1978 – [[American Academy of Arts and Letters|American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters]], Award in Art<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Saville|first=Jennifer|date=July–August 1991|title=Archipelago: Paintings by Reuben Tam|url=https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10524/57990|journal=Calendar News|pages=5–6}}</ref>
+*1987 – National Academicians (NA), National Academy of Design<ref name=":4" />
+*1989 – Elliot Cades Literary Award for his poetry, from University of Hawaiʻi<ref name=":3" />
 ==References==
+{{Reflist}}
-* Chang, Gordon H., Mark Dean Johnson, Paul J. Karlstrom & Sharon Spain, Asian American Art, a History, 1850-1970, Stanford University Press, {{ISBN|9780804757515}}, pp.&nbsp;429–430
-* {{cite book |author=Department of Education, State of Hawaii |authorlink=Hawai'i Department of Education |title=Artists of Hawaii |location=Honolulu |publisher=Department of Education, State of Hawaii |year=1985 |pages=47–54 |oclc=13099980}}
-* {{cite book |last=Forbes |first=David W. |title=Encounters with Paradise: Views of Hawaii and its People, 1778-1941 |location=Honolulu |publisher=[[Honolulu Museum of Art|Honolulu Academy of Arts]] : [[University of Hawaii Press]] |year=1992 |pages=215–266 |oclc=185823750 |isbn= 9780824814465}}
-* {{cite book |last1=Haar |first1=Francis |authorlink=Francis Haar |first2=Murray |last2=Turnbull |title=Artists of Hawaii |volume=2 |publisher=[[University of Hawaii Press]] |location=Honolulu, HI |year=1977 |pages=85–90 |id={{OCLC|312830975|18053919}} |isbn=9780824804671}}
-* Hartwell, Patricia L. (editor), ''Retrospective 1967-1987'', [[Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts]], Honolulu, Hawaii, 1987, p. 57
-* Johnston, Healoha, "Islanding: Reuben Tam", ''Honolulu Museum of Art'', June • July • Aug 2018, p. 5
-* {{cite book |last=Tam |first=Reuben |title=Archipelago, Life Cycle of the Hawaiian Islands, A Portfolio of Paintings |location=Honolulu, HI |publisher=[[Honolulu Museum of Art|Honolulu Academy of Arts]] |year=1998 |oclc=43783972 |isbn=9780937426401}}
-* {{cite journal |last=Tam |first=Reuben |title=Sketches |journal=[[Bamboo Ridge|Bamboo Ridge: Journal of Hawai'i Literature and Arts]] |issue=Winter |year=1993 |pages=32–138 |issn=0733-0308 |id={{OCLC|61311690|833909657}}}}
-* {{cite book |last=Tam |first=Reuben |title=The Wind-honed Islands Rise, Selected Poems of  Reuben Tam |location=Honolulu, HI |publisher=Manoa Books |year=1996 |oclc=35714632 |isbn=9780824819323}}
-* {{cite book |last=Yoshihara |first=Lisa A. |title=Collective Visions, 1967-1997 |location=Honolulu, HI |publisher=[[Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts]] |year=1997 |page=73 |oclc=37890571 |asin=B001THP47M}}
-==Footnotes==
+==Further reading==
+*Chang, Gordon H., Mark Dean Johnson, Paul J. Karlstrom & Sharon Spain, Asian American Art, a History, 1850-1970, Stanford University Press, {{ISBN|9780804757515}}, pages 429–430
-{{reflist}}
+*{{cite book |author=Hawaii State Department of Education |author-link=Hawaii State Department of Education |title=Artists of Hawaii |location=Honolulu |publisher=Hawaii State Department of Education |year=1985 |pages=47–54 |oclc=13099980}}
+*{{cite book |last=Forbes |first=David W. |title=Encounters with Paradise: Views of Hawaii and its People, 1778-1941 |location=Honolulu |publisher=[[Honolulu Museum of Art|Honolulu Academy of Arts]] : [[University of Hawaiʻi Press]] |year=1992 |pages=215–266 |oclc=185823750 |isbn= 9780824814465}}
+*{{cite book |last1=Haar |first1=Francis |author-link=Francis Haar |first2=Murray |last2=Turnbull |title=Artists of Hawaii |volume=2 |publisher=[[University of Hawaiʻi Press]] |location=Honolulu, Hawaii |year=1977 |pages=85–90 |id={{OCLC|312830975|18053919}} |isbn=9780824804671}}
+*Hartwell, Patricia L. (editor), ''Retrospective 1967-1987'', [[Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts]], Honolulu, Hawaii, 1987, page 57
+*Johnston, Healoha, "Islanding: Reuben Tam", ''Honolulu Museum of Art'', June • July • Aug 2018, page 5
+*{{cite book |last=Tam |first=Reuben |title=Archipelago, Life Cycle of the Hawaiian Islands, A Portfolio of Paintings |location=Honolulu, Hawaii |publisher=[[Honolulu Museum of Art|Honolulu Academy of Arts]] |year=1998 |oclc=43783972 |isbn=9780937426401}}
+*{{cite journal |last=Tam |first=Reuben |title=Sketches |journal=[[Bamboo Ridge|Bamboo Ridge: Journal of Hawaiʻi Literature and Arts]] |issue=Winter |year=1993 |pages=32–138 |issn=0733-0308 |id={{OCLC|61311690|833909657}}}}
+*{{cite book |last=Tam |first=Reuben |title=The Wind-honed Islands Rise, Selected Poems of Reuben Tam |location=Honolulu, Hawaii|publisher=Manoa Books |year=1996 |oclc=35714632 |isbn=9780824819323}}
+*{{cite book |last=Yoshihara |first=Lisa A. |title=Collective Visions, 1967-1997 |location=Honolulu, Hawaii |publisher=[[Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts]] |year=1997 |page=73 |oclc=37890571 |asin=B001THP47M}}
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