Art Metropole in Toronto (1912), and with her husband and Wrinch at the Royal Ontario Museum, in aid of the Red Cross Society (1915). In addition to producing paintings that were widely admired, Mary became financially successful and received significant reviews in the Toronto press. In 1893, she was elected an Associate of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, one of the first women elected. Legacy A retrospective show of Reid's work was held in 1922 at the Art Gallery of Toronto, following her death on October 4, 1921. It included 308 works. She was the first woman to posthumously receive a solo retrospective exhibition at that institution. In 2000, Mary Hiester Reid's work was rediscovered (suggested CBC Radio, 21 June 2020) when the Art Gallery of Ontario held an exhibition of her work, Quiet Harmony: The Art of Mary Hiester Reid, curated by Brian Foss and Janice Anderson. Flower Diary: In Which Mary Hiester Reid Paints, Travels, Marries & Opens a Door, a biography of the artist by Molly Peacock has been published by ECW Press in 2021. In 2021, the Art Gallery of Ontario exhibited The Open Door: Mary Hiester Reid and Helen McNicoll. See also Ontario Society of Artists Gallery References Bibliography The Pennsylvania Academy and its women, 1850–1920: May 3 – June 16, 1974 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (exhibition catalogue). Philadelphia, PA: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1974. External links Mary Hiester Reid: Life & Work by Andrea Terry Mary Hiester Reid - National Gallery of Canada Artwork by Mary Hiester Reid 1854 births 1921 deaths 19th-century Canadian painters 19th-century Canadian women artists 20th-century Canadian painters 20th-century Canadian women artists Académie Colarossi alumni Artists from Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts alumni Students of Thomas Eakins Canadian women painters Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts