George Agnew Reid

Born near Wingham, Reid became a successful genre painter and muralist who believed art to be an integral part of the human environment. He was active in organizing support organizations to promote various applications of art and served as president of both the Ontario Society of Artists (1897-1901) and the Royal Canadian Academy of Art (1906-09). In 1912 he became principal of the Ontario College of Art, a position he held for seventeen years. In the latter part of his career he painted many murals, notably that done for the Palaeontology Galleries of the Royal Ontario Museum. He died at Toronto.

Né près de Wingham, Reid est assez connu pour ses peintures de genre et ses murales. Pour lui, l’art était un élément essentiel du milieu humain. Il participa à la fondation de plusieurs organismes de patronage des arts et devint président de l’Ontario Society of Artists (1897-1901) et de l’Académie royale canadienne des arts (1906-09). En 1912, il fut nommé directeur de l’Ontario College of Art, poste qu’il occupa pendant dix-sept ans. Vers la fin de sa carrière, il peignit de nombreuses murales, notamment celle de la section de paléontologie du Royal Ontario Museum. Il mourut à Toronto.