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REID, ROBERT (1862– )

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 50 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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REID, See also:ROBERT (1862– ) , See also:American artist, was See also:born at See also:Stockbridge, See also:Mass., on the 29th of See also:July 1862. He studied at the See also:art See also:schools of the See also:Boston Museum of See also:Fine Arts, the Art Students' See also:League, New See also:York, and under See also:Boulanger and See also:Lefebvre in See also:Paris. His See also:early pictures were figures of See also:French peasants, painted at ftaples, but subsequently he became best known for mural decoration and designs for stained See also:glass. He contributed with others to the frescoes of the See also:dome of the Liberal Arts See also:Building at the Columbian Exposition, See also:Chicago, in 1893. Other See also:work is in the Congressional Library, Washing-ton, the Appellate See also:Court See also:House, New York, and the See also:State House, Boston, where are his three large panels, " See also:James See also:Otis Delivering his Speech against the Writs of Assistance," " See also:Paul See also:Revere's Ride " and the " Boston See also:Tea Party." He executed a See also:panel for the American See also:Pavilion at the Paris See also:Exhibition, 1900, and in 1906 he completed a See also:series of ten stained glass windows for a See also:church at See also:Fairhaven, Mass., for the See also:Rogers Memorial. In 1906 he became a full member of the See also:National See also:Academy of See also:Design.

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