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Philip Thomas Langford Reeves BIOGRAPHY
1931 Cheltenham, England - 2017. Known for: Collage and printmaking, realism and minimalism, city scenes, geometrics.
"Philip Reeves obituary," Mon 24 Apr 2017 11.02 EDT, Obituary, The Guardian, Scotland, by Christopher Andreae. The career of my friend the artist, printmaker and art school lecturer Philip Reeves,... Read full biography
"Philip Reeves obituary," Mon 24 Apr 2017 11.02 EDT, Obituary, The Guardian, Scotland, by Christopher Andreae. The career of my friend the artist, printmaker and art school lecturer Philip Reeves, who has died aged 85, coincided with a radical, international shift in the status of limited edition... Read full biography
"Philip Reeves obituary," Mon 24 Apr 2017 11.02 EDT, Obituary, The Guardian, Scotland, by Christopher Andreae. The career of my friend the artist, printmaker and art school lecturer Philip Reeves, who has died aged 85, coincided with a radical, international shift in the status of limited edition printmaking as an art form rather than a craft. The son of Bert Reeves, a printer and proofreader, and his wife, Lillian (nee Langford), Philip was one of twin boys born in Cheltenham. He went to... Read full biography
"Philip Reeves obituary," Mon 24 Apr 2017 11.02 EDT, Obituary, The Guardian, Scotland, by Christopher Andreae. The career of my friend the artist, printmaker and art school lecturer Philip Reeves, who has died aged 85, coincided with a radical, international shift in the status of limited edition printmaking as an art form rather than a craft. The son of Bert Reeves, a printer and proofreader, and his wife, Lillian (nee Langford), Philip was one of twin boys born in Cheltenham. He went to school locally, then trained at Cheltenham School of Art and the Royal College of Art, London (RCA), after undertaking national service, serving in the 8th Royal Tank Regiment. Posted to North Africa, he always had a sketchbook to hand at the camp near... Read full biography
"Philip Reeves obituary," Mon 24 Apr 2017 11.02 EDT, Obituary, The Guardian, Scotland, by Christopher Andreae. The career of my friend the artist, printmaker and art school lecturer Philip Reeves, who has died aged 85, coincided with a radical, international shift in the status of limited edition printmaking as an art form rather than a craft. The son of Bert Reeves, a printer and proofreader, and his wife, Lillian (nee Langford), Philip was one of twin boys born in Cheltenham. He went to school locally, then trained at Cheltenham School of Art and the Royal College of Art, London (RCA), after undertaking national service, serving in the 8th Royal Tank Regiment. Posted to North Africa, he always had a sketchbook to hand at the camp near Tripoli, Libya. When he started out as a lecturer at the Glasgow School of Art in the mid-1950s, an original print was conside... Read full biography
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"Philip Reeves obituary," Mon 24 Apr 2017 11.02 EDT, Obituary, The Guardian, Scotland, by Christopher Andreae
The career of my friend the artist, printmaker and art school lecturer Philip Reeves, who has died aged 85, coincided with a radical, international shift in the status of limited edition printmaking as an art form rather than a craft.
The son of Bert Reeves, a printer and proofreader, and his wife, Lillian (nee Langford), Philip was one of twin boys born in Cheltenham. He went to school locally, then trained at Cheltenham School of Art and the Royal College of Art, London (RCA), after undertaking national service, serving in the 8th Royal Tank Regiment. Posted to North Africa, he always had a sketchbook to hand ...But wait, there's more...
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