Robert Payton Reid ARSA 1859-17/01/1945

Robert Payton Reid ARSA was born in 1859. He began his art study at the old school of the Board of Manufactures and the Life School of the Academy where he was awarded the Stuart Prize and the Maclaine-Watters Medal. He spent four and a half years following his study working in Munich.

Reid was a regular exhibitor in the Academy until his death in 1945. His works such as the "Dowie Dens of Yarrow", attracted considerable attention.