Leaving School

John Robertson Reid (Scottish, 1851-1926) - Leaving School (Oil on canvas. Fleming Collection) - Reid trained under George Chalmers and William MacTaggart. His mature style was influenced by the move in painting toward rural Naturalism and the French Realists and also owes a little to Impressionism. He first found success with natural outdoor scenes of the Surrey countryside, and was notable at the time for painting his scenes entirely on location, with the use of hired local people posing in the scene.