George Agnew Reid

George Agnew Reid
Portrait of George Agnew Reid by Mary Hiester Reid, 1895
Born(1860-07-25)July 25, 1860
Wingham, Canada West
DiedAugust 23, 1947(1947-08-23) (aged 87)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
EducationOntario School of Art (1879–82); Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia (1882–85); Académie Julian and Académie Colarossi, Paris (1888–1889)
Known forgenre painter
Spouse(s)Mary Hiester Reid (m. 1885)
Mary E. Wrinch (m. 1922)
Forbidden Fruit, George A. Reid, 1889.
Samuel de Champlain arrive à Québec, George Agnew Reid, 1909

George Agnew Reid RCA who signed his name as G. A. Reid (July 25, 1860 – August 23, 1947) was a Canadian artist, painter, influential educator and administrator.[1] He is best known as a genre painter, but his work encompassed the mural, and genre, figure, historical, portrait and landscape subjects.[2]

  1. ^ "George Agnew Reid Fonds CA OTAG SC010, E. P. Taylor Library and Archives, Art Gallery of Ontario" (PDF). ago.ca. Art Gallery of Ontario. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  2. ^ Miller, Muriel (1987). George Reid: A Biography (Second ed.). Toronto: Summerhill Press. Retrieved May 8, 2021.