1892-1893 School Circular

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1892

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

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Committee on Instruction
In Charge of the Schools of th e Academy
J O l i N H . l 'A C I( ,\ I{ f), M. I). , Chaillll a n
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fROM THE ARCH IVES OF
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY Of THE FINE ARTS
00 NOT REPRODUCE WITHOUT PERMISSION
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COMMITTEE ON INSTRUCTION
1892-1893

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Philadelphia

1892

INSTRUCTORS

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Drawin g and Painting

1892 .. 1893

ROBERT W. VON NO I-! ,
Portrait Class

HENRY THOURON,
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Co m position Class

CHAR ~ ES

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WILL S, ROBINSON,
Pra cti cal Pel';pec ti \'e

GEORGE McCLE LL A:", M. D,
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PRANK R.

WHIT ES ID E ,
D emo n, trator o f Anatomy

BANC ROFT,
Superintenden t of th e Sch ools

FROM THE ARCHIVES OF
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY
DO NOT REPRODUCE WITH OF THE FINE ARTS
OUT PERMISSION

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HE spec ial ::l1lcl prim ary o hj ec t o f th e Sc hoo ls of th e
Acad em y is to afford fa c ili t ies a nd in strl1cti o n of th e
hig hest orde r to men or wom en wh o inte nd to make
paintin g o r sCI11ptilre th e ir professio n.
Seco nda rily: To ex te nd, as far as poss ihl e, t he sa me
he nefits , as a foundation, to e ng r;] ve rs, die-si nk ers, illilstra tors, d eco rat o rs, wood-carve rs, sto ne-C l1tte rs, lith ogra ph ers ,
ph otogra phe rs, etc., who have a lways hee n la rge ly re prese nted
in the schoo ls. No advantages hu t th ose of pure art edl1 Gl tion are offered to th em, th ey learnin g o l1tsid e, with masters,
in the workshop o r in tec hni cal schoo ls, th e m ec ha ni cal pa rts
of th ei r art or tracl e.
Lastly: '1.'0 le t amateurs profi t by th e same fac iliti es .
vVhen th e classes are crowded, pre fe re nce in admi ss io n
wi ll be g iven to app li ca nts in t he o rd er above indi cated.
A co urse o f A na tomi cal lec tllres is gi\'e n, <1 IHI a lso a
se ri es of lesso ns in Perspective anc! in Co mposition .

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The hours being arranged so as not to interfere with
each other, every student in the Life Classes has an opportunitr of modeling in clay, as well as of painting from the nude.
This .combination is an essential feature of the course.
The Portrait Class, for the study of the draped figure,
is open to all such pupils as are judged to be sufficiently
advanced.

Admission of Students
The Committee will act upon applications for admission
on the last Wednesday in every month, excepting May, June,
July and August. All applications should be on file the day
before the meeting.
Each applicant for admission to the Antique Classes must
submit a specimen of his or her work, signed with full name
and address. Drawings must represent the whole or part of
the human figure, and' must be made from the solid object.
They must be executed expressly for the purpose.
Students will be transferred from the Antique to the
Life Classes upon recommendation of the "Instructors, and
upon the approval by the Committee of a drawing or drawings executed by them in the Academy, and representing the
entire human figure. Such drawings must be upon paper
measuring at least 18 x 24 inches, and signed with full name.
The Life Classes can be entered in no other way,
except in the case of those who have previously belonged to·
them; or by those who can give satisfactory proof that they
have been members of Life Classes in other recognized Art
Schools,' and who at the same time submi t a specimen of their
previous work.
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Life Class students alone will be admitted to the dissecting 1I00m; and the same restriction applies to the modeling
room at the hours assigned for modeling from the living figure.
Admission to the Portrait Class can be obtained by
persons not students in the Academy, by application to the
Superintendent.

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Lectures
The Composition Class will meet on the last Friday of
each month, when drawings illustrative of the subject previously announced will be submitted, and a lecture or informal
criticism will be given.
Dr. George McClellan will begin his course of lectures
on Art Anatomy on Monday, November 7th, at five o'clock.
These lectures will be given regularly every Monday
afternoon at five 0' clock throughollt the winter. They will
be illustrated by diagrams, preparations, models. photographs
and extempore drawings on the hlackhoarcl.
In addition to the lectures, demonstrations to advanced
students will be given on the living model in the Life Classes
by Dr. McClellan.
Admission to these lectures may be obtained by those
not members of the classes of the Academy for a fee of Ten
Dollars.
Other lectures will be given hy well-known artists and
competent teachers, as may be arranged by the Committee
during the year.
Instruction in Art Anatomy, Perspective and Composition, and in such other courses as may he arranged hy the
Committee, is open to all students in the several cla'>ses,
and a regular attendance is required.
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Awards

The Charles Toppan Prizes
These prizes, established in 1881, by the gift of Mrs.
Charles Toppan, Miss Harriette R. Toppan and Mr. Robert
N. Toppan, were awarded, for the first time, at the autumn
exhibition of the Academy in October, 1882. The conditions
are as follows:
At each Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts two prizes, one of Two Hundred Dollars
and one of One Hundred Dollars shall be awarded. by the
Committee on Instruction for the best two pictures or drawings by students of the Academy who have worked regularly
in its schools for at least two years, one of them being the
school year preceding the exhibition at which the prize is
awarded; provided, however, that there shall be no obligation to award a prize to any work wh,ich is not, in the opinion
of the Committee, of sufficient merit.
The works submitted shall deal with a subject or subjects previollsly designated by the Committee. No work
will be received unless approved by one or more of the
instructors.
According to the positively expressed terms of the gift,
the drawing of the pictures will receive the first attention of
the examiners, the work showing the most accurate drawing
receiving the preference.
Instructions for students intending to exhibit will be
furnished in a circular to be hereafter issued.

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First Charb Toppan Prize
1882
1883
1884
1885
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892

William Thomas Trego.
Not awarde{/.
Charles H. Froll1uth.
Elizabeth F. Bonsall.
Anne May Lodge.
Benjamin Fox.
Jennie D. Wheeler.
Hugh H. Breckenridge.
Elizabeth H. Thomas.
Not awarded.

Second Charles Toppan Prize
1882
1883
1884
1885
1887
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Susan H. Macdowell.
Gabrielle D. Clement'.
Ellen W. Ahrens.
William B. Bridge.
Charles Francis Browne.
Milton Bancroft. Special commendation to Frank
R. Whiteside.
Special commendation to Parke C.
1889 Louise Wood.
Dougherty.
1890 William J. Edmundson.
189 I Albert J. Adolph.
1892 Georgie H den York.

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Monthly Prizes

Traveling Scholarship for 1893-94
. For the last two years, by the liberality of a member of
the Board of Directors, a Scholarship of $800 for a year's
stud y abroad has. been offered, to be competed for by the
pupils of the Academy. In 1891 it was awarded to John R.
Conner; in 1892 to Hugh H. Breckenridge.
The Committee are gratified to be able to announce that
the same gentleman has made a like offer for 1893-94, open
to all the students of the Academy.
The award of the
Scholarship will be made in the same manner as before. On
the last Wednesday in March, 1893, the instructors will send
in to the Committee the names of such pupils as they may
consider eligible, judged by their whole work for the term,
specimens of which shall also be submitted. From among
those so nominated one will be chosen by the Committee.

During the past session the committee has had placed at
its disposal, by members of the Board, funds from which
to offer monthly prizes to. the classes in rotation. These
have been awarded as follows:
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Morning Antique

Albert \\'. Barker

Portrait

Emma Troth

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Elizabeth H. Thomas

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Lydia Austin

Men's Afternoon Life

W. H. C. Sheppard

Evening Antique

John Molitor

Men's Night Life

Frank

Composition

Francis \V. Scheafer

Women's Night Life

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February 24
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March

Whiteside

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April

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A. Donald Rahn

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Maria L. Kirk

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Regulations for Class Rooms

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Alltique Rool7ls.-No ca~t shall be moved except by order
of the Instructor, or Superintendent, who shall decide how
long it may remain away from its place.
Students will be held responsible for breakage of casts
resulting from their own
carelessness.
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Life Classcs.-Each new pose shall be determined by a
committee of three of the class, taken in regular order from
the alphal)etical roll.
The committee for the first pose shall consist of the first
three on the roll who are present at the commencement of
that pose; for the second pose the next three; and so on to
the end of the roll.
Any member of the class not present when, by the above
regulations, he would be placed upon the committee, will
forfeit hi, turn.
The decision of the committee as to the pose shall he

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Each painting pose shall consist of six sittings, and each
sculpture pose of twelve or eighteen, unless the Instructor
should order otherwise.
Only students at work will he admitted into the Life
Class Rooms during the regular hours.
DI:rsatillX R,Jom.-The Demonstrator of Anatoniv has
charge of the Dissecting Room, and superintends, under the
Instructors, the dissecting, casting and drawing.
The Assistant Demonstrators (selected from among the
students) make the dissections; they also give demonstrations to the Life Cl::tiS students a:lmitted to the Dissectin&
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Room, who may, if they desire, make drawings of the dissections.
The period for dissection is included between the first of
November and the first of the following April. No dissections shall be made in the Academy except such as are authorized by the Instructors.

Calendar
The School Year will begin on Monday, September 26,
1892, and ~nd on Saturday, May 27th, 1893'
The lectures on Art Anatomy will begin on the 7th of
November and continue about four months.
The Composition Class will meet on Friday, the 25th
of November, and on the last Friday of each succeeding
month.
Holidays.-The schools will be closed on Sundays,
Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day, and Washington's Birthday.

Charges
For the season of eight months, including all privileges
$48
For one month, same privileges
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For one month, Antique Class, day and night .'
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For one month, Night "Life Class
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For the season of eight months in the Antique Class,
day or night, or in the Night Life Class
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For the Portrait Class, each month:
To those attending this class only

$10.00

All payments to be made in advance.
Students are provided with closets or boxes, drawingboards and modeling stands.
Each student, on taking out his ticket, will be required
to deposit one dollar, which will be paid back to him when
he gives up his keys and returns the property of the Academy
which he has been using. Tile Academy 'zulli !lot br rrsponsible .for monq, 10atches, jewel".)' or other 'l'aluabks which mil)'
be lost.from the closets or boxes.
At the' expiration of the time for which his ticket was
issued, the student mllst, unless it be renewed, remove all his
personal property from the Academy, and give up the keys
which he has received from the Academy.
A student's ticket entitles the holder to visit the galleries.
Sketching, drawing or painting in the galleries is allowed
only when special permission has first been obtained.
Any student well advanced in painting who desires to
make a study copy of a picture or piece of statuary belonging
to the Academy, may receive from the President permission
to do so, on presenting a written application approved by the
Committee on Instruction, and specifying the work to be
copied.

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