{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Orphan|date=April 2022}} {{More citations needed|date=July 2018}} {{Infobox artist | name = Philip Reeves | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|7|7|df=yes}} | birth_place = Cheltenham, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|3|14|1931|7|7|df=yes}} | death_place = Glasgow, Scotland | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LON|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} --> | spouse = | relatives = | field = | training = | alma_mater = | movement = | works = | patrons = | awards = | elected = | website = <!-- {{URL|Example.com}} --> }} '''Philip Reeves''' RSA PRSW RGI RE (7 July 1931 - 14 March 2017) was an English artist, collage-maker and printmaker who lived for much of his life in Scotland.
== Career == His parents were Lillian Langford and Bert Reeves. He had a twin brother. Reeves studied at the Cheltenham School of Art (1947 - 1949) and at the Royal College of Art, London (1951-1954). Reeves became a lecturer at Glasgow School of Art in 1954 and was Head of Printmaking from 1970 to 1991. In 1957 his etching ''Clapham Landscape'' was included as one of the 'Young Artists of Promise' in Jack Beddington's book.<ref >{{Cite book |title=Young Artists of Promise |last=Beddington |first=Jack |author-link=Jack Beddington |publisher=The Studio |year=1957 |pages=16, 126 }}</ref> He founded the Edinburgh print makers workshop in 1967<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=3 August 2020|title=Philip Reeves Obituary|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituary-philip-reeves-print-maker-and-teacher-1451938|access-date=|website=The Scotsman}}</ref> and was a founder member of Glasgow Print Studio in 1972. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Painter-Etchers and Engravers in 1951, an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1971, was the President of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours from 1998 to 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scottish-gallery.co.uk/artist/philip_reeves|title=The Scottish Gallery website|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724154410/https://scottish-gallery.co.uk/artist/philip_reeves|archive-date=24 July 2018|access-date=24 July 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> Reeves was instrumental in developing the printmaking department at Glasgow School of Art. As printmaking took on a more central role within contemporary art during the 1960s and 1970s, Reeves developed his own work and experimented with print techniques as well as moving into collage. Inspiration for his work came from rural or coastal areas - the West Highland Way or cliffs in the North of Scotland, as much as urban scenes and cityscapes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/apr/24/philip-reeves-obituary|title=Philip Reeves obituary - The Guardian|last=|first=|date=24 April 2017|website=TheGuardian.com|access-date=24 July 2018}}</ref>
== Selected collections ==
* The Fleming Collection * The Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artfund.org/supporting-museums/art-weve-helped-buy/artwork/8740/collection-of-prints|title=Philip Reeves prints purchased through the Artfund|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=24 July 2018}}</ref> * Edinburgh City Council * University of Stirling * Salford Museum & Art Gallery * Paisley Museum & Art Galleries * Aberdeen Art Gallery * British Government Art Collection * Lillie Art Gallery, Milngavie * Contemporary Art Society * Dundee Art Gallery *University of Edinburgh * Glasgow Art Gallery & Museum * Art in Healthcare, Edinburgh<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artinhealthcare.org.uk/collection-results.php?artist=473|title=Philip Reeves in Art in Healthcare collection|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=24 July 2018}}</ref> * Perth Art Gallery * Royal Scottish Academy * Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalgalleries.org/search/artist/philip-reeves|title=Philip Reeves at Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=24 July 2018}}</ref> * University of Strathclyde * Glasgow Print Studio <ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=3 August 2020|title=Philip Reeves works at Glasgow Print Studio|url=https://www.gpsarchive.co.uk/Artist/Display/466?page=0|access-date=|website=}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/apr/24/philip-reeves-obituary Art UK website] (includes images) * [https://www.royalscottishacademy.org/exhibitions/philip-reeves-intaglio/ RSA Exhibition website for 'Philip Reeves - Intaglio'] - includes video of the artist * [https://hughsongallery.com/viewArtist?artist=15 Philip Reeves at the Hughson Gallery] - Selected Works
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Reeves, Philip}} Category:British printmakers Category:2017 deaths Category:1931 births Category:Alumni of the Royal College of Art Category:Academics of the Glasgow School of Art Category:Artists from Cheltenham