Stanley Reckless seated on a balcony of his home overlooking Silver Lake, Los Angeles, 1930-1939

Item Overview

Title

Stanley Reckless seated on a balcony of his home overlooking Silver Lake, 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 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.
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.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Reckless - Asange

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--American--California--Los Angeles
Silver Lake (Los Angeles, Calif.)