Stanley Reckless painting in the studio of his Silver Lake home, Los Angeles, 1930-1939
Item Overview
- Title
- Stanley Reckless painting in the studio of his Silver Lake home, Los Angeles, 1930-1939
- Photographer
- Connell, Will, 1898-1961
- Date Created
- [between 1930-1939]
- Date
- 1930/1939
- Collection
- Connell (Will) Papers
Notes
- Description
-
Photograph of Stanley Reckless seated in front of a painting on an easel and holding a paint brush with a Pallet on a tripod next to him. Two paintings on the wall behind him are partially visible and other paintings are turned away and leaning against the wall.
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.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photographic negative
- Medium
- b&w nitrate negative
Keywords
- Genre
-
cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs - Names
- Reckless, Stanley Laurence, 1892-1955
- Location
- California--Los Angeles
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
-
Artists' studios--California--Los Angeles
Artists--American--California--Los Angeles
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- uclamss_893_0311
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002h2kbk
- Manifest url
Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.