Collection: Connell (Will) Papers / Subject: Artists--American--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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

Description:: Photograph of artist Stanley Reckless seated on a bench on a balcony of his home overlooking Silver Lake. He holds a drink in one hand and a cigarette in the other. He is dressed in light colored trousers, a white shirt and light colored tie.
Date:: [between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

Description:: Photographic portrait of artist Stanley Reckless seated in his studio wearing light-colored trousers, a white shirt and light-colored tie, and holding a drink and a cigarette. Visible behind him are 3 paintings on the wall, and the backs of 2 paintings leaning against the wall.
Date:: [between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

Description:: Photograph of Stanley Reckless drawing in his studio as he stands at a table in front of a window. A small painting of a man is on the wall.
Date:: [between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

Description:: Artist Stanley Reckless seated of the edge of a table in his studio holding paint brushes and wearing a white shirt and tie and light-colored trousers. He is gazing towards a painting on an easel, the back of which is visible on the left. Canvases are stacked on the floor on the right and a pleated curtain fills the background below clerestory windows above.
Date:: [between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

Description:: Photograph of artist Stanley Reckless standing on a balcony of his home on a hillside in the Silver Lake neighborhood. He is dressed in light-colored trousers, a white shirt and light-colored tie.
Date:: [between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

Description:: Photographic portrait of artist Stanley Reckless wearing a white shirt and tie and seated in his studio with his right hand raised to his temple.
Date:: [between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

Description:: Bust-length photographic portrait of artist Jacob Asanger wearing a 3-piece suit and architect's glasses.
Date:: [between 1930-1941]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

Description:: Profile portrait photograph of Lee Jennings wearing a suit and tie.
Date:: [between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

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.
Date:: [between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:: Connell (Will) Papers

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