Biografie von Joseph Mason REEVES (1898-1973)

Birth place: Washington, DC

Death place: Los Angeles, CA

Addresses: NYC; Norfolk, VA; Los Angeles

Profession: Portrait painter

Studied: PAFA; Corcoran Gal. Sch., Wash., DC; Paul Albert Edmund Tarbell; Acad. Julian, Paris, with P.A.. Laurens, Dechenaud & Royer; S. Meyer in Rome.

Exhibited: Arizona State Fair, 1932 (hon. men.); Paris Salon, 1934; Los Angeles AA, 1934 (award of merit); Biltmore Salon, 1934; Bohemian Club, 1935; NAD; Société des Artistes Françaises, Paris; Calif. AC (prize); P&S Club (prize); Artists of the Southwest; Sacramento, CA, 1927 (prize), 1931 (prize); Coronado, CA, 1932 (prize); Santa Cruz, CA, 1933 (prize); Los Angeles AA, 1934 (prize); Greek Theater, Los Angeles, 1962 .

Member: Artists of the Southwest (pres.,1960-61); Laguna Beach AA; Am. Inst. FA; Los Angeles AA; Calif. AC; P&S Club, Los Angeles; Bohemian Club; Soc. for Sanity in Art (pres., So. Calif. Chapt.).

Work: U.S. Navy Dept.; Univ. Calif.; Ebell Club, Los Angeles, CA; Serpell Coll., Norfolk, VA; Bohemian Club; State of Calif.; LA County St. Francis Hospital.

Comments: Son of Adm. Joseph M. Reeves. Teaching: The Art Center School, Los Angeles. Associated with MGM Studios from 1928-34.

Sources: WW53; WW47; Hughes, Artists of California, 460.