Mary Hiester Reid | |
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 Mary Hiester Reid by George Agnew Reid, 1898 | |
| Born | Mary Augusta Catharine Hiester April 10, 1854 |
| Died | October 4, 1921 (aged 67) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Known for | Painter |
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Mary Augusta Hiester Reid who signed her name M. H. Reid (10 April 1854 – 4 October 1921) was an American-born Canadian painter and teacher. She was best known as a painter of floral still lifes, some of them called "devastatingly expressive" by a contemporary author,[1] and by 1890 she was thought to be the most important flower painter in Canada. She also painted domesticated landscapes, night scenes, and, less frequently, studio interiors and figure studies.[2] Her work as a painter is related in a broad sense to Tonalism and Aestheticism or "art for art's sake".[3]
She was made a member of the Ontario Society of Artists in 1887, and in 1907 became only the second woman to serve on its executive committee.[2] She was also one of the first women to be elected an Associate of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA) in 1893.[4] She was elected to join the Canadian Society of Applied Art in 1904.[2]
- ^ Peacock 2021, p. xvii.
- ^ a b c Foss, Brian. "Mary Augusta Catharine Hiester Reid". www.biographi.ca. Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 15 University of Toronto/Université Laval 2005. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
- ^ Foss, Brian (2010). Into the New Century: Painting, c.1880-1914, The Visual Arts in Canada: The Twentieth Century. Canada: Oxford. p. 24. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
- ^ Terry, Andrea. "Art Canada Institute Mary Hiester Reid: Life & Work". Art Canada Institute. Retrieved 21 April 2020.