Bill Reid
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| Born |
William Ronald Reid, Jr. 12 January 1920 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
| Died | 13 March 1998 (aged 78) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Known for | Jewelry, sculpture, painting, screen-printing |
| Notable work |
The Spirit of Haida Gwaii Chief of the Undersea World |
| Movement | Indigenous art |
| Awards | Order of British Columbia |
William Ronald "Bill" Reid, Jr., OBC (12 January 1920 – 13 March 1998) (Haida) was a Canadian artist whose works include jewelry, sculpture, screen-printing, and paintings. Some of his major works were featured on the Canadian $20 banknote of the Canadian Journey series (2004–2012).
William Ronald Reid, Jr., called Bill, was born in Victoria, British Columbia; his father was American William Ronald Reid, Sr., of Scottish-German descent and his mother, Sophie Gladstone Reid, was from the Kaadaas gaah Kiiguwaay, Raven/Wolf Clan of T'anuu, more commonly known as the Haida, one of the First Nations of the Pacific coast.
Reid developed a keen interest in Haida art while working as a radio announcer in Toronto for CBC Radio, where he also studied jewelry making at the Ryerson Institute of Technology. His maternal grandfather first taught Reid about Haida art, and through him, Bill inherited his tools from his great-great-uncle Charles Edenshaw, a renowned artist who died the year Reid was born.
In 1951, Reid returned to Vancouver, where he eventually established a studio on Granville Island. He became greatly interested in the works of Edenshaw, working to understand the symbolism of his work, much of which had been lost along with many Haida traditions. During this time Reid also worked on salvaging artifacts, including many intricately carved totem poles, which were then moldering in abandoned village sites. He assisted in the partial reconstruction of a Haida village in the University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology.
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