Philip Reeves

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. He founded the Edinburgh print makers workshop in 1967 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. 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.

Selected collections

 * The Fleming Collection
 * The Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow
 * 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
 * Perth Art Gallery
 * Royal Scottish Academy
 * Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
 * University of Strathclyde
 * Glasgow Print Studio