George Reid (Scottish artist)
George Reid | |
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Born | |
Died | 9 February 1913 | (aged 71)
Nationality | Scottish |
Known for | Paintings |
Sir George Reid PRSA (31 October 1841 – 9 February 1913) was a Scottish artist.
Early life and education
Reid was born in Aberdeen in 1841, the son of George Reid (1803-1882) and his wife Esther Tait (1811-1892).[1]
He developed an early passion for drawing, which led to his being apprenticed in 1854 for seven years to Messrs Keith & Gibb,
Career
Reid returned to Aberdeen to paint landscapes and portraits for any sum which his work could command. His first portrait to attract attention, from its fine quality, was that of
He showed his versatility in landscape, as in his Whins in Bloom, which combined great breadth with fine detail; in flower-pieces, such as his Roses, which were brilliant in rapid suggestiveness and force; but most of all in his portraits, which are marked by great individuality, and by insight into character. His work in black-and-white, his illustrations in brushwork of Edinburgh and its neighbourhood, and also his pen-drawings, about which it has been declared that "his work contains all the subtleties and refinements of a most delicate etching," are also noted works. Elected Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1870, Reid attained full membership in 1877, and took up his residence in Edinburgh at 17
In later life he lived at 22 Royal Terrace on Calton Hill.[5] He died in Somerset on 9 February 1913. His body was returned to Aberdeen, where he is buried with his parents in St Peter's Cemetery in the north of the city. The unusual Roman style memorial stands in front of a more traditional wall memorial on the north wall of the cemetery near the north-east corner.
Known works
- Alexander Bain, University of Aberdeen
- Arthur James Balfour, University of Edinburgh
- Henry Calderwood, University of Edinburgh
- Portrait of FRSE, AberdeenArt Galleries
- John Ritchie Findlay, Scottish National Portrait Gallery[6]
- Robert Flint, University of Edinburgh
- Alexander Campbell Fraser, University of Edinburgh
- Alderman Sir James Hoy, Manchester Art Galleries
- David Masson, University of Edinburgh
- Robert Rainy, University of Edinburgh
- Very Rev Paton James Gloag (Gloag family)
- Peter Guthrie Tait, University of Edinburgh
- Sir John Usher of Norton and Wells, Usher baronets, University of Edinburgh
- Edith Mary Field, aged 15, oil painting dated 1873, Anthony J. Lester, FRSA
- James Franck Bright, DD, Master, University College, Oxford http://www.univ.ox.ac.uk/file/james-franck-bright
- Cambridge University[7]
- Charles Chalmers, President of the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen
- James Drummond, Principal, Manchester College Oxford (forerunner of Harris Manchester College, Oxford)
Family
His brothers, Archibald David Reid and Samuel Reid (born 1854), were also artists.[3]
His wife Margaret (1840-1923) was also from Aberdeen.
Portraits by artist
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William Carnie (1897)
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Self Portrait (1882)
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George Paul Chalmers RSA (1872)
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John Bulloch, Jnr (1862)
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Mrs Macdonald (1882)
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portrait of General Sir Peter Lumsden GCB, CSI, DL (1829-1918), (1886)
References
- ^ Grave of Sir George Reid, St Peters Cemetery, Aberdeen
- ^ ISBN 9783161499951.
- ^ a b c Chisholm 1911.
- ^ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1889-90
- ^ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1905-6
- ^ "John Ritchie Findlay of Aberlour (1824–1898), Proprietor of the Scotsman, Founder of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery". ArtUK. ArtUK. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ "Sir Richard Jebb".
Attribution:
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Reid, Sir George". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 50. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the