George Ogilvy Reid


George Ogilvy Reid was a Scottish landscape and portrait artist operating in the late 19th and early 20th century. He lived his entire life in Leith, the harbour area of Edinburgh.

Life

Born in Leith in 1851, he originally studied to be an engraver.
He later studied art at the Trustee’s Academy on Picardy Place.
In October 1891 he received a Royal Commission to paint the baptism of Queen Victoria’s grandchild, Prince Maurice of Battenburg. At this time he was living in a flat at 12 Warrender Park Terrace and had a studio at 20 George Street in the New Town in Edinburgh.
In 1896 he was sculpted by David Watson Stevenson.
In 1911 he was living at 11 Carlton Street in Stockbridge, Edinburgh and had studios at the Synod Hall on Castle Terrace.
He died on 11 April 1928. He is buried near the north-west corner of Rosebank Cemetery in Edinburgh with his wife, Christian MacNab. Their daughter, Christian MacPherson Reid also lies with them.

Works