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Stanley Reckless seated in the studio of his Silver Lake home, Los Angeles, 1930-1939

Description:
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.
Date:
[between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Stanley Reckless seated in the studio of his Silver Lake home, Los Angeles, 1930-1939

George Sprague seated at a piano, circa 1930-1939

Description:
This is probably George Newman Sprague, an architect who earned his Master's Degree in Architecture from Harvard University, opened his office in Los Angeles in 1930, taught at USC and the Art Center, married Katherine Devlin in 1931, and who lived in Chadd's Ford, PA from 1947 on. Will Connell taught at the art Center during the time that Sprague was there.
Date:
[circa 1930-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
George Sprague seated at a piano, circa 1930-1939

Franz Geritz with his wife Josephine and daughters Ferenc and Mariska, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:
Franz Geritz, painter, printmaker, illustrator, writer and educator, was born in Budapest, Hungary. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1909, and graduated from the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland where he studied with Perham Nahl, Zavier Martinez and Frank Van Sloun. He taught block printing at the University of California Extension, Los Angeles for ten years; created block prints of views in Yosemite, Shasta, Mono Lake and Zion; was a member of the California Society of Etchers and California Printmakers; exhibited in group shows and had a solo exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum in 1926. His work is represented in collections of the Library of Congress, the Brooklyn Museum and many city and county libraries in California.
Date:
1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Franz Geritz with his wife Josephine and daughters Ferenc and Mariska, Los Angeles, 1930