Forging 6-inch Shells - Cluff Ammunition Company, Toronto
George Agnew Reid · 1919
Why it's great
Factory workers hammer glowing red-hot metal into shells in a busy, smoky factory. George Agnew Reid was commissioned to paint Canada's wartime work, including women and men in factories. The orange glow of the hot metal lights up the dark room. It's a record of the home front in World War I.
Where to see it
📍 Beaverbrook Collection of War ArtOttawa, Canada
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George Agnew Reid was born in Ontario and trained in Philadelphia and Paris. He was a leading Toronto painter, a teacher, and the president of the Ontario College of Art. During World War I he painted Canadian factory workers and street scenes. He died in 1947.
