Robert Reid

La Cigale (The Cicada)

“La Cigale” (The Cicada) Painting by Robert Reid
Oil on canvas, signed lower left corner “Robert Reid, ’97”. The painting was given to the DMWC in the 1950-1951 club year from the J.S. Carpenter Collection, with the information that it had won several medals and honors for the artist at exhibitions of national prominence.

This painting was loaned for a Smithsonian sponsored exhibit in 2021-2022. Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters and France exhibit. Denver Art Museum (November 14th – March 13th) and Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (April 16th – July 31st).
Notes on painting from this exhibit: In this piece, Robert Reid combined his appreciation for academic figure painting with French Impressionist techniques, particularly in his use of fractured paint application produced by applying daubs of thick paint in a palette of intense colors. A prolific muralist, Reid’s instruction helped forge a new generation of American artists. As a founding member of The Ten, he co-organized their exhibitions and promoted standards for selection and installation of their group shows.