Archibald Reid - Blakeney
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Archibald Reid - Blakeney Bend in the River c.1880
Watercolour and ink, framed.
48 x 29 cm
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Archibald David Reid (1844-1908) was a Scottish painter born in Aberdeen in 1844. His brother George drew him to artistic pursuits and modelling and painting engaged his leisure.
There were then no studios in Aberdeen and his earliest practical training in art was received at the old Mechanic's Institute. Reid undertook a few commission portraits the most masterly of them perhaps that of John Colvin the sacristan at King's College, Aberdeen where the picture now hangs.
However landscapes and the scenery of his native shores were his main themes two of his sea-pieces are included in the Macdonald Bequest at Aberdeen. An accomplished musician Reid also possessed a fine literary taste and Reid was a popular member of the Aberdeen club known as the 'New Deer Academy'.
While out walking at Wareham, Dorset he died suddenly of heart failure and was buried in St. Peter's Cemetery, Aberdeen in 1908.
There were then no studios in Aberdeen and his earliest practical training in art was received at the old Mechanic's Institute. Reid undertook a few commission portraits the most masterly of them perhaps that of John Colvin the sacristan at King's College, Aberdeen where the picture now hangs.
However landscapes and the scenery of his native shores were his main themes two of his sea-pieces are included in the Macdonald Bequest at Aberdeen. An accomplished musician Reid also possessed a fine literary taste and Reid was a popular member of the Aberdeen club known as the 'New Deer Academy'.
While out walking at Wareham, Dorset he died suddenly of heart failure and was buried in St. Peter's Cemetery, Aberdeen in 1908.