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Alexander Reid, 1914 - 1982. Poet, playwright and editor
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Alexander Reid, 1914 - 1982. Poet, playwright and editor Dated 1954
  • Scottish Art
Reid was the author of two major plays, `The Lass wi' the Muckle Mou? and `The World's Wonder?, the former an undoubted classic of Scottish drama. He was also an accomplished poet, editor (of `The Saltire Review?) and adaptor of other writers' works for radio. The film director John Grierson has said of Reid: ?... we have a wonderful voice in our midst - a Scots voice, the kind we all deeply need to hear ...? Reid is shown against a background of Gauguin's `Vision of the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel)?. The artist, who was a friend of Reid, explains it as a reference to the playwright's interest in spiritual conflict and the dramatisation of legend.

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  • Acc. No. PG 2920
  • Medium Oil on canvas
  • Size 68.30 x 48.60 cm (sight) (framed: 76.20 x 55.24 x 5.08 cm)
  • Credit Given by the executors of the Alexander Reid's widow 1993

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