ABSTRACT
The Murals by George A. Reid in the Toronto
Municipal Buildings (1897 – 1899)
Rosalind M. Pepall
1983
Of the different aspects of the career of George A. Reid,
this thesis concentrates on his early mural painting and presents a stylistical and
iconographical study of the panels he executed for the Toronto Municipal Buildings
comprising the City Hall and Court House from 1897 to 1899. An examination of Reid's
Ontario background, art training, and travels gives an insight into the subjects he chose
to depict in the murals and the reasons for his attraction to mural painting. Reid's
enthusiasm for mural decoration and the panels in the Municipal Buildings provided an
impetus for other Canadian muralists and placed Reid in the forefront of the efforts to
encourage mural painting in Canada.
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