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1920 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - 1998 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Known for: Wood carving, sculpture, prints, graphics, jewelry making.
William Ronald Reid (AKA: Bill Reid) was a very important Canadian sculptor, carver, print maker, graphic artist, jewellery maker, illustrator, author and broadcaster. He elevated the stature of... Read full biography
William Ronald Reid (AKA: Bill Reid) was a very important Canadian sculptor, carver, print maker, graphic artist, jewellery maker, illustrator, author and broadcaster. He elevated the stature of Haida (Indian) art from the category of an ethnological curiosity to a highly respected fine art form.... Read full biography
William Ronald Reid (AKA: Bill Reid) was a very important Canadian sculptor, carver, print maker, graphic artist, jewellery maker, illustrator, author and broadcaster. He elevated the stature of Haida (Indian) art from the category of an ethnological curiosity to a highly respected fine art form. Since his death, the degree of his contribution to the 20th Century renaissance of Haida art and even the authorship of some of his best known works has become controversial. However, there is no... Read full biography
William Ronald Reid (AKA: Bill Reid) was a very important Canadian sculptor, carver, print maker, graphic artist, jewellery maker, illustrator, author and broadcaster. He elevated the stature of Haida (Indian) art from the category of an ethnological curiosity to a highly respected fine art form. Since his death, the degree of his contribution to the 20th Century renaissance of Haida art and even the authorship of some of his best known works has become controversial. However, there is no dispute that he was Haida art's most famous leader in the last three decades of the century and of his life. He was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and died in Vancouver, British Columbia where he had lived much of his life. While a child he... Read full biography
William Ronald Reid (AKA: Bill Reid) was a very important Canadian sculptor, carver, print maker, graphic artist, jewellery maker, illustrator, author and broadcaster. He elevated the stature of Haida (Indian) art from the category of an ethnological curiosity to a highly respected fine art form. Since his death, the degree of his contribution to the 20th Century renaissance of Haida art and even the authorship of some of his best known works has become controversial. However, there is no dispute that he was Haida art's most famous leader in the last three decades of the century and of his life. He was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and died in Vancouver, British Columbia where he had lived much of his life. While a child he moved, with his family, several times between Victoria and Hyder, Alaska. Since 1939 he has lived briefly in... Read full biography
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Keywords (23)
Art Method
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Jewelry Making, Jewelry Design
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
- •Wood Carving and/or Engraving
Art Media
- •Argillite
- •Bronze
- •Gold
- •Ivory
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Screenprinting, Serigraphy, Silkscreen
- •Silver, Silversmithing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
- •Wood for carving, sculpture, and/or surface
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Indians, Native American Specialty
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
- •Symbolism, Iconography, Ceremonial
- •Totem Poles, Haida First Nations Culture
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Haida: First Nations, Canada
- •Indian, Native American