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Irish Women Artists 1870 - 1970
Summer 2014
62. Eileen Reid (1894-1981)
Venice
Oil on canvas, 46 x 35.5cm
Signed under her maiden name ‘Oulton’ and dated 1925 verso
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Eileen Reid lived at 19 Upper Mount Street all her life, she later set off for London and stud-
ied under Orpen at the Royal Academy Schools in London. An exhibition of her works took
place at the Cynthia O’Connor Gallery in 1984.
In 1923 she married Hugh Reid who worked in the colonial service and died, aged only
thirty, a few months later on route to Nigeria. This tragedy altered Eileen’s life and her future
role became more administrative serving as secretary of theWatercolour Society of Ireland
for thirty years.
