George Reid: A Biography (George Andrew Reid, 1860 - 1947)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Summerhill Press / University of Toronto Press, 1987. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Large soft cover, french flaps, flat uncreased spine, square clean and tight, 179 pages with b & w illustrations through-out, Near Fine condition. "Settling in Toronto, Reid pursued a career as a painter of genre pictures, portraits, & murals and as the principal of the Ontario College of Art from 1912 to 1929, Major Canadian art galleries display his paintings, & his murals hang in many important public buildings. George Reid, A Biography was first published as G.A. Reid, Canadian Artist by Ryerson Press in 1946, & is the only full biography of the painter. This newly edited edition includes updated lists of Reid's paintings, & where they can be viewed by the public," Contents include: Ave! Wychwood Park / From Farm to Easel / Early Days / The Sister Arts / Student Days in Toronto / Student Days in Philadelphia / On Tour / Out to the Soil / Folklore in Paint / Student Days in Paris / Studios & Settings / A Painter's Hobby / The Oldest Pictorial Art / Widening Horizons / Wandering Through Spain / The "Eliminators" / The Old and the New / Frustration and Fruition / Pioneering in Paint and Park / After Many Years / Home and Abroad / An Ambition Realized / A Masked Ball / In Six Countries / A New Motiff and Liberation / The Artist's Metier / The Pageant of the Past / From Movies to Murals / Through the Ages / An Educator's Dream / Art for Life's Sake / Vale! Wychwood Park / Calalogue Raisonne of the Works of G. A. Reid, R.C.A. / Updated List of Publicly-Owned Reid Pictures Accessible for Viewing / Province of Ontario Reid Collection. Check out the scans. . Thus 1st Revised 1987 Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".