Percy Oswald Reeves ARCA
Active: 1903 - 1938
Teacher of enamelling, painting composition, stained glass
First appointed as 'Teacher of the Enamelling Class' at the Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin in October 1903, at a salary of 3 guineas per week, as per letter of appointment in NCAD Reports and Minutes Folder, file no. 31.
Re-appointed to same position in 1904, under same terms. For the 1905-06 session, Reeves was re-appointed as teacher of enamelling class and a class in metalwork was also assigned to him. His enamelling classes were to take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays 10am to 1pm and Tuesdays , Thursdays and Fridays 7-9pm. Metal work class to meet Tuesdays and Thursdays 2-4pm and Mondays and Wednesdays from 7-9pm. Remuneration of 5-0-0 per week. Re-appointed to same as above, with copies of re-appointment letters to 1919. Reeves was awarded a 'War Bonus' from Jan. 1st 1917 at the rates approved for 'unestablished whole-time officers'. The arrears of bonus to June 30th 1919, amounting to 91-18-1 to be paid with salary in Jun 1919.
Appointed Second Master at the school dating from April 1919. National College of Art, Director's Report for 1937-38, p. 3, states that Reeves, 'whose service as Second Master has been extended temporarily beyond the prescribed age limit, retired on the 31st May 1938'.
Works
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Institutional and Business Connections
Commissioned R.M. Butler
1923
Reeves commissioned by Butler [architect] to design and make two ornately decorated tabernacle doors in 1923.
Elected ARCA Royal College of Art (including National Art Training School)
p. 1, Oswald Reeves listed as ARCA, 'officer of the school'.
Officer of Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin
1915 - 31 May 1938
p. 1, Oswald Reeves listed as ARCA, 'officer of the school'.
Also listed as 'Second Master' from April 1919 till his retirement in 1938
Principal of Camden School of Art
1903
MSA, Dublin, 'Staff and Salaries', Appendix L, p. 90.
P.O. Reeves former Headmaster of this school.
Teacher at Southport School of Art
1903
MSA, Dublin, 'Staff and Salaries', Appendix L, p. 90.
P.O. Reeves former Second MAster of this school, for a period of 3 years.
Teacher of design at Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin
Turpin, A School of Art in Dublin, p. 246.
Responsible for special classes, mainly for figure composition and painting composition. Also classes for stained glass, in addition to special classes for enamelling and metalwork.
Teacher of metal work at Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin
1914 - 1918
Turpin, A School of Art in Dublin, p. 247.
Teacher of metal Work and enamelling.
Personal and Professional Connections
Assistant to Alexander Fisher
1903
MSA, Dublin, 'Staff and Salaries', Appendix L, p. 90.
P.O. Reeves former Assistant to Fisher for three years. Fisher may have run a Stained Glass Business in London.
Sources
A School of Art in Dublin since the Eighteenth Century - A History of the National College of Art and Design.
1995
Turpin, A School of Art in Dublin, pp. 246-7.
Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin - Prize List and Awards, 1915 Annual Distribution of Prizes
1915
p. 1, Oswald Reeves listed as ARCA, 'officer of the school'
National College of Art and Design, Minutes & Reports Folder, file no. 31 (A).
Staff file on Percy Oswald Reeves, containing letters of appoinment, details of classes taught by him and his interaction with the Goldsmiths Corporation of Dublin.
National College of Art, Dublin. Director's Report for the Session 1937-1938 Director's Annual Reports
National College of Art, Director's Report for 1937-1938, p. 3, states that Reeves, 'whose service as Second Master has been extended temporarily beyond the prescribed age limit, retired on the 31st May, 1938'.
Citing this record
'Percy Oswald Reeves ARCA', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib3_1216218185, accessed 05 Jun 2023]
