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George Agnew Reid
Canadian painter (1860-1947)
George Agnew ReidRCA 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]
Early life
G.
A. Reid was born on his family's farm in Wingham, Canada West.
George Agnew Reid: Life & Work | Art Canada Institute
After briefly apprenticing with an architect, he was trained at the Ontario School of Art, Toronto in 1879, where he studied with Robert Harris. Afterwards, he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1882 to 1885 where he was a protégé of Thomas Eakins who appointed him a demonstrator in anatomy classes.[3]
He met his first wife artist Mary Hiester Reid at the Pennsylvania Academy, married her in 1885 and remained with her until her death in 1921.
He also studied at the Académie Julian, with J George Agnew Reid – Artwork and Bio of the Canadian Painter DYK