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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Stanley Reckless was born Stanley Zbytniewski. In 1913 he enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), studied under Daniel Garber. In 1915, 1916 he was awarded 2 Cresson Traveling Scholarships, and traveled to Paris, enrolling briefly at the Academie Julian. In 1920 he moved to Lumberville, Pennsylvania and started exhibiting at PAFA, the National Academy of Design, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. In 1924 he settled in New Hope, Pennsylvania, where he painted the landscape and shared a studio with Charles Hargens. In 1930 he moved to California where he painted portraits of members of the film industry. He co-founded the Art Center School in Los Angeles. Photographic portrait of artist Stanley Reckless seated in his studio holding paint brushes and wearing a white shirt and tie. A pallet with a rumpled cloth and paint brushes on top is on a table in front of him; visible behind him are 2 paintings on the wall, the backs of 2 or 3 paintings leaning against the wall and 2 vases filled with paint brushes. Text from negative sleeve: Reckless - Asange
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_893_0315 ark:/21198/zz002h2kgn
Subject
Artists' studios--California--Los Angeles Artists--American--California--Los Angeles Reckless, Stanley Laurence, 1892-1955
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