Robert Payton Reid

Born: 1862
City and Country of Origin: Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Painting School: American Impressionist
Art Training: Boston Museum of Fine Arts School; the Art Students League in New York; and at the Acadmie Julian, in Paris, with Boulanger and Lefebvre
Exhibitions: Paris Salon; the Columbian Expo in Chicago; the Paris Expo; the Pan-Am Expo; the St. Louis Expo
Awards: Paris Salon; the Columbian Expo in Chicago; the Paris Expo; the Pan-Am Expo; the St. Louis Expo
Major Works: "Summer's Day in the Flower Garden," "White Parasol"
Robert Reid Biography: He spent many summers painting in Normandy while he was studying in France. After he returned to New York he received a commission to do a mural for the 1893 Columbian Exhibition in Chicago. This would be the first of many murals that he would do in his lifetime.
Died: 1929