Bill Reid Artwork

The bill reid gallery of northwest coast art was created in 2008 to honour his legacy and celebrate the diverse indigenous cultures of the northwest coast.

Bill reid artwork. Some of his major works were featured on the canadian 20 banknote of the canadian journey series 2004 2012. This task was the turning point for bill reid s incredible artistic career that saw him produce remarkably intricate jewellery large sculptures drawings and silkscreen prints. A visionary artist iljuwas william ronald reid 1920 1998 captured the world s attention and focused it on haida art and the traditions it represents. Nestled in the heart of downtown vancouver the gallery is home to the simon fraser university bill reid collection and special exhibitions of contemporary indigenous art of the northwest coast of north america.

During that time he visited with family members one of which was the master carver charles edenshaw his great great uncle. Rare 1983 haida artist bill reid lithograph bear mother legend 152 200 comes with authenticity document nativeartprints. His was a huge contribution to contemporary northwest coast art. X 7 7 8 in.

Doris shadbolt from bill reid in his career he created over 1 500 works from the monumentally small to the exquisitely huge. Haida art and bill reid haida art was something that contemporary northwest coast artist bill reid embraced on a trip to haida gwaii in 1954. Courtesy ubc museum of anthropology vancouver canada. Bill reid with his sculpture raven and the first men c 1980.

Bill reid infused haida traditions with his own modernist aesthetic to create both exquisitely small as well as monumental work that captured the public s imagination and introduced a timeless vocabulary to the modern world. Bill ronald reid a carved silver cuff bracelet depicting haida eagle salmon and bearded man inscribed to the back to bill in gratitude bill reid 79. Soon after his arrival he was engaged in a four year task to recreate a section of a haida village for the university of british columbia. Bill reid died in march of 1998.

Obc rca 12 january 1920 13 march 1998 haida was a canadian artist whose works include jewelry sculpture screen printing and paintings. William ronald reid jr. The bill reid gallery is canada s only public gallery dedicated to contemporary indigenous art of the northwest coast. Visit our two locations to find an array of traditional and contemporary artwork and accessories including hand painted sculptures finely crafted jewellery framed and unframed prints and more.