1893-1894 School Circular

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Title

1893-1894 School Circular

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Quick reference copy for school circular.

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RG.03.04.15

Date

1893

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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

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BROAD ~rREET,

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FACULTY.

SCHOOLS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA

JOHN H. PACKARD, M.D. , Chairman.
ROBERT W. VONNOH.

ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS.

CAR L NEWMAN.

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TI lOMAS P. ANSHUTZ .
HENRY THOURON.
CHARLES GRAFLY .

MIL TON BANCROFT, Superintendent of
Sc hools.

The eighty-eighth year of these sc hools will
begin on Monday, October 2, 1893, and will
continue until Saturday, May 26, 1894. The
school year is divided into two terms of seventeen weeks each, the first term beg innin g Mon·
day , October 2, 1893, a nd closing Saturday,
Janu a ry 27, 1894; the second term beginnin g
Monday, Ja nuary 29, 1894, and closing Satur·
day, May 26, 1894.

HOLIDAYS.

JOHN H. PACKARD, M.D. , Chairma n.

The schools are closed on Sundays, Thanksgiving Day, Christma s, New Year's Day , a nd
Washington's Birthday.
The schools a re und e r the immediate direction of the F a culty, with th e s upervision of th e
Committee on Instru ction.

MANAGE-

WILL S. ROBINSON.
GEORGE McCLELLAN , M.D.
FRANK R. WHITESIDES .
EDWARD H. COATES, President.
HARRISON S. MORRIS,

COMM ITTEE
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INSTRUCTION.

Mana g ~ng

Director.

THE
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CHARLES HENRY HART .
CHARLES HARE HUTCHINSON .
HENRY WHELEN, JR.

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FRANCIS W .. LEWIS, M.D.
The schools are open (rom 9 o'c loc k , A.M.,
until 5 o'clock , P.M., d a il y, except S unda y.
Evening classes a re open from 4.30 o'cloc k,
P.M., until 10 o'clock, P.M.

EDWARD H. COATES, ex-officio'.
MILTON BANCROFT,
Secretary.

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The schools are composed of the Life and
Head Classes, and the Antique Classes, each
including instruction in collateral bra nches, a s
shown in the foll owing sc hedule:

CLASSES.

SUBJECTS .

SUBJE CTS.

Cha rl es Grally.

Composition.

H e nry Th ouron.

SU BJECTS.

Drawing from Cast.

Carl New ma n.
Cha rles Grally.

Cad Newman.
Robert W. Vonnoh.

Modellin g from Cast.

Modelling from Figure
a nd Head.

Charles Gra ll y.

Com position.

Henry Thol\1·on.

Co mposition, Anatomy, a nd Perspec ti ve may
be elected b y a ny o f th e st ud ents of th e
schools, but are required in th ose classes und e r
which they a re mentioned above.

Drawing from Cast.

CLASS .

Thom as P . Anshutz.
Milton Bancroft.

Painting a nd Color
(St ill-life ).

Carl N ewm a n.

Water-color Drawing .

Will S. R obin so n.

Mode lling from Cast.

Charles Gra ll y.

P ractical Perspective.

Will S. Robin so n.

Lectures in Anatomy.

Geo rge McClellan,
M.D.

Anatomy
Demonstration .

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NIGHT
ANTIQYE
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ELECTI VE
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A deta iled schedule of classes will be foun d
on page ro.

INSTRUCT ORS.

ANTlQYE

NIGHT LI FE

INSTRUCTORS.

Drawing and Painting
from Figure.

SUBJECTS.
DAY

Robe rt W. Von noh.
T homas P. A nshu tz.

Modelling from Fig ure.

Robert W . Vonnoh.

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CLASS.

INST RUCTORS .

Drawing from F igu re.

INSTRUCTORS.

Drawing a nd Painting
from Head.

DAY
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Application s for admission will be ac ted upOli
by the Faculty, with th e co ncurre nce of the
Comm ittee on Instruction, at the reg ul a r m eet·
ings held on the T uesday before th e last Wednesd a y of each month, excepting th e month s
of June, July, a nd Au gust.
All applications mll st be on fil e o n th e da y
before the meeting of the Facu lt y.
Those desiring to e nter the Antique Classes
must present spec imen s of their wo rk d raw n
from the sol id object a nd exec uted ex pressly for
the purpose b y the applica nt.

Frank R.Whitesides .

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ADMISSiONS.

Those desiring to enter the Life and Head
Classes must pass examinations in Drawing
from Antique Cast; in Color from Still-life;
in Modelling from Cast; in Perspective; and
in Anatomy.

Students will be transferred from the Antique
Classes to the Life and Head Classes only by
the action of the Faculty after an examination
of their work in Drawing, Painting, Modelling,
Perspective, and Anatomy.

Night Life Class: Drawing and Modelling
from Figure, and Composition.
Night i\.ntique Class: "Drawing and Modelling from Cast.
Traveling Scholarship: a lIth e abo v e
branches.

Three Concours are held during the year,
in which students competing for Honors, Class
Prizes, or Scholarships will be required to take
part.
These C01tCoUrs will occur at the end of each
eleven weeks,-namely, the weeks ending December 16, 1893, March 3, 1894, and May 26,
1894,-and are as follows:
Day Antique Class: Painting from Still-life,
Perspective, Anatomy, Drawing and Modelling
from Cast.
Day Life and Head Class: Drawing from
Figure, Painting from Head, Modelling, and
Composition.

COliCOURS.

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Through the liberality of a member of the
Board of Directors, a Traveling Scholarship
of $800.00, providing one· year's study abroad,
has for"the last three years been offered to students of the Academy.
The Committee on Instruction announces
that a similar scholarship for the year 1894-95
has been extended to the schools by the same
member of the Board.
Students of the Academy may compete for
this scholarship by entering the three annual
concours of both the Antique and the Life and
Head Classes.

Students desiring partial courses including
one or more of the above subjects, will be re"quired to make a special application to the
Faculty, but in such cases they will not be entitled to the privileges accorded to those taking
the full curriculum.

PARTIAL
COURSI!S.

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The Charles Toppan prizes of $200.00 and
$100.00 respectively, were established in 1881
by the gift of Mrs. Charles Toppan, Miss Harriette R. Toppan, and Mr. Robert N. Toppan.
According to the positively expressed terms
of the gift, the drawing of the pictures will
receive the first attention of the judges.
The works submitted must be original paintings dealing with subjects named by the Committee on Instruction, and all works in competition must be presented on or before Wednes-

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ACADEMY
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day of the week-preceding the Students' Annual
Exhibition, which occurs at the close of the final
school term. The prizes will be awarded only
to students who have worked regularly in the
Academy Schools for at least two years, one of
which must be that preceding the year of the
competition. The awards will be announced on
T-uesday in the week of the exhibition.
No work will be accepted without the approval of the Faculty and of the Committee on
Instruction, and there is no obligation to award
a prize to any work which is not, in their opinion, of sufficient merit.

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Payments must be made strictly in advance.

FEES,

A deposit of one dollar is required for the
use of lockers, modelling stands, and other
Academy property furnished the student This
will be repaid upon the return of the material.
A student's ticket entitles the holder to the
use of the Galleries, the Library, and the Print
Collection.
Blank forms of application, and any further
information, may be obtained by addressing
MILTON BANCROFT,

Superintendent of the Schools.

Class Prizes and Academy Scholarships are
awarded to the successful competitors in the
concours of the various classes.

BROAD STREET, ABOVE ARCH,
PHILADELPHIA.

FEES.
REGULAR
COURSES.

Life and Head Classes
Antique Classes

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per term.

12.00

NIGHT
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Life Classes .
Antique Classes .

· $ I 2.00 per term.

SPECIAL

Head Class .
Life Class.
Drawing from Antique
Paintirig and Color
Water-color
Perspective
Anatomy .

· $30.00

COURSES.

12.00

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SCHEDULE OF CLASSES.
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TUESDAY.

Men's Life
Class.
Women's Modelling Class.
Antique Class.
Women's Life
Class.
Men's Modelling
Class.
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Perspective,
3.15-5.15 P.M,

WBDNESDAY.

tMen's Life
Claso.
Head Class.
Antique Class.

Men's Life
Class.
Women's Model·
ling Class.
Antique Class.

t Women's Life
Class.
Men's Modelling
Class.
Perspective,

Women's Life , t Women's Life
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Men's Modelling I Men's Modelling
Class.
Class.
Paintin~ & Color
Preparatory
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Modelling.

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Men's Ufe
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Modeilil!g
Antique Class. Men'sClass.
Women's Model·
Antique
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ling Class.
5.30"'8.30 P.".

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Women's Life
Class,
4.30"'7.30 P.M.

FRIDAY.

SATURDAY,

Men'. Life
Class.
Women's Mod 1ling Class.
Antique Clas'

Life
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Class.
Antique Class.

THURSDAY,

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Antique Class.

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Men's Modelling
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Model. Class.
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Model. Class.
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Anatomy Leeture,
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* Held In alternate weeks from

P.M.

Women's Life
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4.30-7.30 P.M.

I Compositio
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Circular
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Committee on Instruction

SCHOOLS
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THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY
OF THE FINE ARTS
BROAD

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PHILADELPHIA

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