The Citizen, 1991-08-07, Page 21THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7,1991. PAGE 21.
Search for George Reid paintings a special appeal
The summer season of the 1992
Blyth Festival Art Gallery will fea
ture the works of painter, George
Reid (1860-1947). Bring Home
George Reid will be the opening
show in the Bainton Gallery next
June. George Agnew Reid was
bom in Wingham on July 25, 1860
- the third of nine children. His
best work depicts his memories of
Close but....
A Walton Brewer slides into second base in time to beat
the tag as the K-W Pride second baseman catches the
throw in first round action at the Brussels Fastball
Tournament Saturday.
growing up on a Huron County
farm and visits to his grandparent's
nearby homestead - Thomas and
Jane Agnew. Reid's visit to
Seaforth in 1876 to visit Ontario
landscape painter William Nichol
Cresswell (1822-88) piqued his
interest in painting and in 1878, he
travelled to Toronto to attend art
school. He later travelled to
Philadelphia and Paris to study art.
Many portraits of leading figures
of Wingham and Kincardine which
Reid painted in the late 1800's are
missing. The Blyth Festival Art
Gallery committee is making a spe
cial appeal to art lovers in the area
to contact the Blyth Festival at 523-
4345, if they have any information
about Mr. Reid, his family, the
architect Mr. Proctor, or lost
George Reid portraits.
A contemporary of Paul Peel,
Reid is one of Canada's best known
artists and art educators. Settling in
Toronto, Reid pursued a career as a
painter of pictures, portraits and
murals. He was the first Principal
of the Ontario College of Art in
Toronto (1912-29) and is one of the
founders of the Art Gallery of
Ontario. His paintings are featured
in he collections of the National Art
Gallery (Ottawa), Art Gallery of
Ontario, Kitchener-Waterloo Art
Gallery, London Regional Art
Gallery, Art Gallery of Hamilton,
Art Gallery of Peterborough, Win
nipeg Art Gallery, Art Gallery of
Windsor, Royal Ontario Museum
and the Government of Ontario.
His father, Adam Reid, a Scottish
immigrant farmer settled on a farm
in the East Wawanosh area in 1840.
His father was always determined
to keep George from pursuing a
career as an artist. When George
finished his formal schooling in
1875, his father kept him busy on
the farm for three years. Meanwhile
Reid kept winning prizes for his
drawings at the local fairs in the
Wingham area - especially for his
studies of horses. When George
announced he was leaving for
Toronto to go to art school, his
father announced that he was under
age and legally apprenticed him for
three years to a local architect, J.B.
Proctor. In 1878, Proctor's planning
mill failed and he closed the office
and moved to the United States,
releasing Reid.
Reid spent 22 months in Wing
ham and Kincardine, from 1880-82,
working as a portrait painter. Many
of these portraits helped to finance
his further art training. His cousin,
Frank Buchanan, a harness maker
in Wingham, offered him board in
exchange for doing oil portraits of
ANGELA SCHNEIDER
James and Dorothy Schnei
der, of Auburn, are pleased to
announce the graduation of
their daughter, Angela from the
University of Western Ontario,
School of Business Administra
tion on June 10, 1991, with a
Bachelor of Arts in Honors
Business Administration.
Angela is currently employed
with Ernst and Young Char
tered Accountants in London.
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himself and his wife. This gave
Reid his first commission. The peo
ple in Wingham, so impressed with
the Buchanan portraits, flocked to
his studio to offer him commis
sions.
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