John W. M. Reid ARCA
Born 1890 (Circa)
Died 1967
Active: 1919 - 1955
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor
He studied at the Royal College of Art before 1911-12. Reid saw active service in the First World war. Afterwards he became Teacher of Modelling and Sculpture at Armstrong College, University of Durham (1920) and three years later was made Master of Sculpture. By 1927 he had been appointed Master of Design at the School of Art, West Ham, London.
Reid executed four war memorials between 1920-24: Newcastle Exchange; West Pelton Durham; North Shields; and Newcastle 6th Northumberland Fusiliers. He died in Hastings.
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
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Locations
Address 6 Harrison Place Newcastle-upon-Tyne | View on map
1919 (Circa)
Address 6 Lovaine Row Newcastle-upon-Tyne | View on map
1925 (Circa)
Address Marosa Loudwater Rickmansworth | View on map
1945 (Circa) - 1947 (Circa)
Address Margaret Cottage Benenden | View on map
1952 (Circa) - 1955 (Circa)
Address 3 Amherst Gardens Hastings | View on map
1968 (Circa)
Before
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Laing Art Gallery and Museum, Twelfth Annual Exhibition of Works by Artists of the Northern Counties, 1919
Multiple works
Exhibited at Laing Art Gallery and Museum, Fifteenth Annual Exhibition of Works by Artists of the Northern Counties, 1922
'Figure Study'
Exhibited at Laing Art Gallery and Museum, Sixteenth Annual Exhibition of Works by Artists of the Northern Counties, 1923
Multiple works
Exhibited at Laing Art Gallery and Museum, Eighteenth Annual Exhibition of Works by Artists of the Northern Counties, 1925
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1945 - 1955
Exhibited 4 times (once before 1951), 4 works in all (plus one work shown posthumously in 1968)
Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1947
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 1 time: 1947 (3 works)
Institutional and Business Connections
Care of School of Art, Armstrong College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Studied at Royal College of Art (including National Art Training School)
1907 (Circa) - 1912
Listed as a student at the College for four and a half years. Left the College in the 1911-1912 session and is listed as 'modelling master - School of Art, Newcastle upon Tyne': see 'Register of R. C. A. Students' (1907-1924), p. 54.
Sources
Catalogue of the Eighteenth Annual Exhibition of Works by Artists of the Northern Counties, 1925
1925
Cat. No. 403, pp. 23, 28
Catalogue of the Fifteenth Annual Exhibition of Works by Artists of the Northern Counties, November 1922
November 1922
Cat. No. 451, pp. 22, 30
Catalogue of the Sixteenth Annual Exhibition of Works by Artists of the Northern Counties, December 1923
December 1923
Cat. Nos. 457A, 457B, p. 22
Catalogue of the Twelfth Annual Exhibition of Works by Artists of the Northern Counties, July 1919
July 1919
Cat. Nos. 417, 418, pp. 23, 27
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
Name: John W M Reid
Death Registration Month/Year: 1967
Age at death (estimated): 84
Registration district: Hastings
Inferred County: Sussex
Volume: 5h
Page: 416
Register of Royal College of Art Students, 1907-1924 Royal College of Art
1907
p. 54.
Citing this record
'John W. M. Reid ARCA', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib5_1240244148, accessed 29 Mar 2023]
