View of Barse Miller (right) engaged in plein-air painting selecting paint from a lidded box on a table, in a field facing a shoreline waterway. Two women are also painting at easels and two other women are seated on the ground.
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.
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.