114th Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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114th Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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1920
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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Al\fNUAL Rl]PORT
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'l'I-IE STOCKHOI..Dl!]RS :
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'Ihe Prer:ddent and. .Directors of t h e Penn8ylvan,~a
Ac ad emy of t he Fine Ar:ts have the bonor to pre fl en t
t b.eir 115thAxmual Rep ort.
Your Stockholder's Tickets for t h e c a l e.ndar y e a r of 19 21
were lTIc:.dleSi to you on · Dec ember
a dmi t
~n8t,
1920 .
Tn.es e tickets will
t h e s tockbold e r. to a ll lectur e s and entertcdnments given by
/
the Ac a demy or under .i t
t he public or n ot.
8
cmspici e f:;
W}l
e t her aditli sflion be c har ged to
The Presj.dent and Directors wou ld be most
grat if ied by the f"('equent uP,e of
t h ese t i ckets.
EXH I BITIONS
'tile lJ.6 t h Annu a l Jllx·h tbitio.n of work In Oil and Sculpture
. opened to t he public on Sunday, Feb ruary 6 t h and continues thr.ough
Sunday, March ;27 t h o
:cd-nce t here i s
8,
~~i s
Exhi bi':'d. on is of unu su.a l .i :mportancG,
wider r.epresentatton of
cUl~re n t
i'unerica,n ar t t han
i n re c en t yea~s , and e~ery par t of t he Coun t ry i s repre s en ted a s
well as t he c olony of ar tists working in Europe.
\
TlJ.e J0chi 1)1 tion is in t h e hands of a Jury of Sel ect ion con-
sisti ng of eleven painters and t hree sculptors who judged all work
submitted.
of t h e
Ju~cy
rrnoe Hanging ConTIni tt ee whi ch is conrpo!sed of
;fr
Chairman
a nd t 11.ree o t h er Jurors to g et h er wi t h the Pr er:l iden t, Ex-
OfficiO, arr a nged t h e GaJ. lerj. es fo r the Exh ibitio n.
Tb.e c a.,nv a s (3S
and t he pie c e s o,f sculpture w1'1i ch have been selected b5r t he Pa inter's
Jury consisted of;
" Robert Vonn6h, Cha.i rma n
Cecili.a Beaux
Fr ank W. Benson
Hu gh H. Ilreckehridge
Ade lai.de Cole Chase
Wi ll:LclXLl Glackens
"
Wi lliam M. e P a.xton
Wi 11 iara Hi t schel
Robert Spencer
Helen M. Turner a nd
Carroll S. 'Tyson, . Jr.
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The Sculptor 's Ju!'.y;
A. Stirling Oe,lder
Chc1 l'les Grafly .
Al bert I,ae ssle
Most of t be works presen t ed in the Exhibi tion are for sale,
a nd
~o
t hose who a re collecting, many c a nvases vd.ll 'be of special
interest .
From t he 115th Annual Exhi bi ti on, 1920, the follovdng c anv a ses
were purchased
fO}7
t h e Ac a.dem.y
by t he John Lambert Committee:
SU.ll · Life by Jean' Kno'x
Isles ' of ·Bermuda 'by George Biddle ,1
l\flid e - byFr anklin ·Wa tkins
.,
I"" d sC c.,<>.. pe.!:
'
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"'. 1\T
uy 'H'll'
"J.
J.dl11
.l, e 11
G~ reen
Music - by Delphine Br a dt . . .
c<t"l
1"-1"
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w
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Jl..~ e b y
J. l l J.am
;va t"KJ.ns .Ha 1'1
Back ya.rds .;. by Rol::>ert O. Cha cley:cie
Still Life - by J'osephhle Page .
Yellow Roses ' ... by Anna Inger soll
Round Tab~e - by Anne Heebner McDonald
JOn
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'1'11.e awarcls for the 115th Annual Exhibi.tion made by t h e Jury
of selec t ion were as follows:
~'he ~lempie Gold Medal - for Ute bes t pain ti,hg irrespective
of t he flubject- ' to Erneflt Lawson for }jis c a n'v as entit led
111 c e Bound Fa,ll Sli •
The Jel'Jxde SesnEU1 Gold Medal - to Hugh H. Breckenriclgefor
his c anVES entit l ed liThe Edge ' of the Woods".
The Carol H. Beck Gold MedEL - for t h e l)est por tr,:d t t>
E!ugene Speicher for 11.iB c a nV8S enti.tled jjPo~ctr:'ai t of a ·
Hussian Woman II.
The scv.lpi or' s Jury of Selection '3w8.1"ded to Malvj.na. Hoffman
t he Ge oxge D. Wi de.rier Memori a l Go ld Med a l for h er work ent it l ed liThe Offeringfl
The Board. of Directore: of the Ac a demy awar ded t he Ac a demy Go ld
Medal" of Ho nor to Cllilcle HaS8am in recognition of hi s h i gh
a chiev~m 8nt in h is p ~ofes8ion.
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Following awo.rds were mB . de by the Committee o n Exh i.bition
consis ting of memb8rs of tb,e Board of Directors:
lJ.'h e Wa,l t el" Lippincotf pr ize to Jos eph DeC amp for h5.8 c a nv a s
en titled l1T}le Red Kimo no ll .
'.me Ma~y Smi th Prizp. fOT t nA br-:ojf! .'c c a mr a s by fJ,. Phi 18del pbia
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wonian e,:ctiflt to Ma.lclred B. Miller for her c a nvas entitled
III ,n t beWindowll.
.
Th,e Edwarcl ·'r. ' Stot Gsohry' Prize for t h e pEJ.int ing which is
t h e 11108 t haportant c ontrj.Du ti 01'1 t O
o the succ es s of th.€!
Exh:i.bi tion - to Edward vll. Redfield for a group of t hr ee
, pe,in t ing s·~
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.1'r.1e ', Ph i.laclelph ia Priz e awarded by popul ar vote d u~ci ng a
desi gnated week in March to Alfred n ; Mi tchell f o~c hi s
c a nvas entitl ed HOver t he Va lley: San Diego".
The
}~xrlj.bition
c onfd stei of 360 pe.in
. t ing s and 158 ex hDJi ts of
,
333 ar tists were
sculpture.
for t h e 115th Annual
I~xbibi t
I mYrlecUa t ely, a fter
t}le
re pres~n ted.
'lne tot a l a ttend. a nce
ion wa s 45 J 505.
115th Annual Exh ibition cl08ed t
the
Galleries were prepared for t h e lo an Exh ibition of work i n 'oil, . water
c?lo:r~
blac1e and whi t e and
sculptu~('e
Thi s
by modern masters .
Exllib:i. tion VrB.fl on H1e walls of t he North Ga ll erie ft fj70m 1\prj. l
15 t h until Hay 15th .
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T"h i t:; v18.: S cO .n8iclerecl by ar t ·is- ta,
collecto~cs
a nd o t her conno :i.s8uerfl to b e t b,e mos t important Exhi bition of
t he kind evex' he l d in the Country.
The influences fr om t h e
t ime of Gust a v Courbet le8.,cUng to t he ul t:-ca modernist of t he
pr.esent wer8 flhown wi th a r<:?maI'kable aequence of some of t h e fin efl t
examp l es of a ll of t he importan.t 8XU.sts wh o conb:ilJuted to the
movement.
Tv;o h undred a nd t wen ty ( 220 ) pi('}c e fl wer e shown.
J!1x h ilJition was Gollected by 1tc. Arthur B. Car lefl, a member
Faculty of t h e ACi'l,demy , and 1\111:. CaTroll S. Ty son,
Th.is
of' t h e '
Jr., of Ph ila-
delph Ja to wh om the t hanks of t he ACi- demy a:C8 due as a lso to the
generous cooperation of t haown er s of the pictures
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in t he gr oup .
I mme a.i.at <3ly after t he close of t hi s Ex lli biti.on, t he ,P.nnual
lTI.-"Cn ibj. tlo n of work of t he students was ' h ung in gr oups in the
Ga ll aries in compe U . t ion for t he Will iam. F;m.len Cresson 1I1Iemor i8.1
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1· 'iT! and
( , TravGJ..ng
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t he
minor school prizes,ul.1til
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June
when the entire Galleries "liver-e t han h ung wt.th th.e A9_ademyts
5th
p61"-
'lien. groups were recol11Yael1ded by t h e Facul ty
-man en teo 11 ec ti on.
for Cresson awards ratified by t he Board of Directors and ~u1no uncement fn t he Galleries to t he students was · made on May 26th.
Those
awarded Scholarshi ps were as follows:
Alfred R. Mi tchel l
Earl Kenneth Bates
Susan A. Jones
RynicLn F~ ' Criss
Al less<::lndro Col8.rossi·
FIerman Yaffee
]'rank Stc1z11ato
Gladys C. Edgey ly
l\fathaniel Little
Mari.e Louise Tha ter
On octcib(~r 24tl1.,
+920 the 18th Annual -Water .Color and
t he 19 th MJ.nia ttlre Ex}]i bi ti ons were h ung.
hi.bi t8 in
th ~
Wa t er Color Ex"h.i bt tion
WEH'l
The number of Ex593.
'l'beJury of Selection for t he Vvater Color Exhibi tion
consisting of;
Eliz8,beth Stdppen Green Elliott
Hugh H. Breckenridge
Blanche Dillaye
George M. Hard1rig
Cflilde Hassam and
Josepb. Pennell
awarded tl e Philad.e lr)hia Yvater Color Prize to John B. J?razi.er for
his group of six water colors as 1Jeing the strongest group
Tl1.e Dana Go ld Medal awar,ded for bo ldne8 s,
S h OWl1.
simpltcity
and fr a nkness of work was 'a wa:cded to M. Vi. Zimmerman for his group '
of twelve water colors.
'l'he Cha rles
Bec1~
Jr., Prize' for worle which. had been )."e-
produced 1..n color was awarded' to F. Walter Taylor for h is l?ain t-
ing entitled !il11e Picture Bookll.
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The F..xh j,.bi ti on of O.l1G hundred a nd two (102 ( miniatures
occupied Gallery III tI.
The Jury of Selection for this Exhiliitio.l1
consi,stin.g of
Ellen Wetherald Ahrens
Adolph Bo~"ie
Berta Oa.rew
Bertha Cooli,dge
Wi lliam J. \Vhittemore
a:vrarded the Bronze Medal of Honor to Mabel R. Welch for her group
of miniatures.
A Special, Jury consisting of
Adolph Borie
Ge orge Wal ter Dawso,n
John Frederick Lewis, President
of . the Acad emy awarded t he t h ree Oh ar les M. IJea Prizes given in this Ex-
hibition to
IJau~ca CoomlJs Hills
Margare t Foote Hawl ey
Emily Drci,yton Taylor .
lne Exh iniU. on of one h undred and ,t h irty-one (131)
drl3,wings by regul a rly enrolled students in t he v a rious Krf t Schools
in the Oountry enb':!t'ecl 5.n competition for the Charles M. Lea Prize in
Vvere hung o.n :trov emnel' :Z4th in Gallery
De c ember 12tl1.•
ing
IIEff and c on tinu,ed t h rough
'l'he awards, were made by the Water Color Jury of
Selection and given to
· RuthH. Deal - Boston Norma l Ar t School
Seymoul'" Bigelow - Pennsylv a nia Ac ademy of :frine JI.r ts
Ra lph Smith - :Boston sch ool of Art 8c Design
From Dec embe;-c 1 2 th until January of t he presient year j
the en tixe Galleries vvcre
, occupied by the perma nent collection.
SCHO OLS
~Pb, e Schoo l s
year.
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S ~nce
of the Academy have h a d ca, very suce cesful
' g conQ.J.
1 ' t"J.on8
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TI!
Lr ave 1 J.n
1.n
.: hurope 1'tave
J..
V4'#'V ~
f-f .1" -Cl.en
,
tl y"... J.mprGv-
su :,,~
'clr~w-
( \ eO. to permit of students g oing abroad,
tl1.e Cresson Trav eling Schola""J:'-
ships awarded 8inc(3 the regining of the World Wa:r have become a..vailable for enj oyme.nt by', tb.'e . ' .. recipients.
five .( 45) students went a bro ad,
During t he yeax forty-
E'ixt een (16) have returned.
'I'he
keenness of t b.eir enjoyment of t tt-eir Sch ola.J:'s11 ips has c C),used most
of . t hem to return to t h e 8choo18 for :furthe:'c fltudy,
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a.net indirectly
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ha.f\ g-ce c1,tly i.ncreased t he enthusiasm for work among t he students
in competition for t h e Cresson Traveling Sch olarships.
The vlork of t he Schoolf'l :is of an u,nusually 1-dgh quali ty
due to the exce ll ence of t he Faculty vyhich c onr:d.sts of t})e follow-
Chcu:-'l es Graf ly
Hu gh H. Breckenridge
Joseph fr. Pearson, Jr.,
Da.nie l Garber
Phi lip I, . Ha.le
Arthur B., Carles
John F. Harbeson, 'Instl'uctor in Perspective.
'J.l'h e Schoo l is und.er t he Management of the CO[{lJ llittee on
Instruction whi ch con ::d.sts of members of t he Bo a rd of
of vilhlch
Comndtte(~
Directo~cs
the Han . ' Charlemagne Tower is tll. e Chairma,n,
.a.nd also Ex-Off icio of t b. e Faculty.
'1'he 8c11001 is uncler the
direct managemen t of' Miss Ele a nor B. Barker, . Cu:cator.
1st term of t h e
r.J.'1J::),e number of enrolled stUdents for t h eipresent Sec.~, flO.n
The enrollment is novV' g oing on for the second term, of
t h e school yea r.
A group of a dmirers of t h e work of the l a te ELni ly Bishop
as well a s intimate friends, have placed on
t}1e
walls of t h e I,obby
of the Ac a deIny a t the entrance t o t h e Sc ho ols, four low 'celiefs,a
Portr,s1itbust l:)y J'JIiS8 BishOp , a nd a portra j.t bUflt of :Miss Bishop
by Charles Gr a fly a s a . memo·cial to Mi ss Bishop.
Mis s :Bi shop' was one of the .$:.0hools t mo s t promj.sj,ng fltudents.
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The
Coun ty,
Ac ad<~my' 8
P ~nn a .,
Summe r School . a t Ches ter Sprlngs, Ches t er
bas 1c3nj oyed t he
mOflt
ye a rs which i t h a s lJeen opened t .o
succ essful season of the four
R tuden
ts.
Instructi.on was g iven Lcom April 1 s t l,mti l
Oc tob er 1st,
1:1nd included crit i cisms for v ar ious p<:n~iod8 by ' the fo llowing
ar tists:
Fred'Wagner
Henry McC a rter
Danie l Ga rber '
Arthur B.C a rles
Hugh H. Breckenridg e
['he tot a l n umber of s tudents enrolled during t h e sea f'on
W£l,S
183.
thei~
There is a marked
t(~ndel1cy fOj~
~tud,e nts
to incre8.se
period bf study a t the School.
The attend a nce is 8,lmost exclu8:i,vely obtained t hr ough
t he 8tudents rE'ocol11ffiending the a dv a nt ag es ' o f' tee Ches ter Sp:r.i.ng A School
Summer Sc h ool.
1ne4tlJ 1\11..1111 2.1 Exld.bi tion of work do.n. e p/c the Sch·Qo l .was
s hown in Ga llerie 8 G 8j1d South Corridor of t h e
Penn8ylv 8~.nia
Ac a demy
of t h e Fine' Ar ts fro m November 6th until. Decemb er 12th, 19 20 .
'Int s Exhi b:l.tiol1 wa s of such excell enc e tha.t it received t b,e higheflt
pr a ise from ar t critics e
J?REE CONCERTS
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In t b.e Management of a Special COmTnl. ttee of which Nil'S.
Herbert L. Clark was Che,irmanJ
a
seri e s of
:B~ree
Sunday Concerts
were given in the Ac ademy during April and May, a nd .trovemebr and
December of 1920.
These Conce:t·ts cont inued :to m.eet wi th popular
apprecia.tion a nd t he music- was of the very highest type and in
keeping with the dignity of the Ac a demy.
fot' the year - 165,099.
'l'h e total a tt endanc e
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ACQ,UISITIONS
'.'f3y gift, to the Academy's Art ,i st Gallery, portrait of
l~ewbold H. Trotter by j;aroe~ , : B~ ~': SwO'rdi ':l,
self portrait of Sydney
Mount, and portrait of Samuel Wal do by Willia.vn J. Banning all
presented by John Frederick Lewis.Ten volumes of Ge1:'ome and twelve numbers of work entitled "Art Trea.surers in America" presented by Mrs. Richard
Maris.
Group of drawings by Ingre , presented by Weeks Hall.
BY bequest, portrait of Mrs. Harrison painted by David Sani
bequeathed by Thomas S. Harrison.
The Herbert Marshall Howe Memorial.
On October 1st, 1920
Mrs. Herbert ,M. Howe presented to the Academy $10,000.00 as a memo.rial to her late husband, Herbel.. t Marshall Howe, who for many years
was a Director of the Academy of the Fine Arts and was Chairman of
the Committee on Instruction.
The income from this
is to be used for the support of the Schools of the
memoria~
Acad~.
BUILDINGS
No new construction work has beEn done during the year
but nec esaary r epail"s have been made to the roof.
The East and
West Central Galleries have been recovered with burlap.
wai,nscoting has been repainted.
,T he acho:ela walls have been
cleaned andrecalcimined aad windows and floars paa:nted.
main floor the experiment of
pri~m
The
On the
glass in the portrait room of
the schOOls has 'proven suocessful and seems to eliminate all
objections to the reflections from the high buildings on the
opposi te side of Cherry street.
In the ba$ement the walls have
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\\, ~' been whj;tewashed and the stec;..mheating plant put in good order for
the Winter season"
On the exterior of the ' builclj.ng, the sidewalks on both
Br oa,d: street and Cherry Stl'eet have been put in good conditi.on,
"and in acc ordanc e wi th the Flbre Depe.rtment x·egu.lations t he fire
extingui shel's were refilled wi th fresh .chemi cals.
The Tret.=u:ml'er's report in . o. etcdl was submi tted.
Th.e t h a.nks of the Management of the Ac ademy is extended
to the Honorable the ]IIayol' of Philadelphia, to the Mayor 1 s Cabinet .
a.no. to the Council for their conti.nued sympathy and their support
and to the President and Memb ers of t h e Board of Education in
sending to our Schools students desiring to study art.
We 0.1 so ' acknowledge oUlt d'e bt to the PreBfl of Philadelpbi.a
1fih ich ha. s give n to the Academy and to the cause of art intelligent
crit:l.c i.l3ms of all of t he Exhibi ti.ons which we have held.
.
We a lso make grateful acknowledgement to the employees
of t he Ac ademy for theil" faithful performance of Uleir duty.
Ref!pectfully Bubmitted.
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'l'I-IE STOCKHOI..Dl!]RS :
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'Ihe Prer:ddent and. .Directors of t h e Penn8ylvan,~a
Ac ad emy of t he Fine Ar:ts have the bonor to pre fl en t
t b.eir 115thAxmual Rep ort.
Your Stockholder's Tickets for t h e c a l e.ndar y e a r of 19 21
were lTIc:.dleSi to you on · Dec ember
a dmi t
~n8t,
1920 .
Tn.es e tickets will
t h e s tockbold e r. to a ll lectur e s and entertcdnments given by
/
the Ac a demy or under .i t
t he public or n ot.
8
cmspici e f:;
W}l
e t her aditli sflion be c har ged to
The Presj.dent and Directors wou ld be most
grat if ied by the f"('equent uP,e of
t h ese t i ckets.
EXH I BITIONS
'tile lJ.6 t h Annu a l Jllx·h tbitio.n of work In Oil and Sculpture
. opened to t he public on Sunday, Feb ruary 6 t h and continues thr.ough
Sunday, March ;27 t h o
:cd-nce t here i s
8,
~~i s
Exhi bi':'d. on is of unu su.a l .i :mportancG,
wider r.epresentatton of
cUl~re n t
i'unerica,n ar t t han
i n re c en t yea~s , and e~ery par t of t he Coun t ry i s repre s en ted a s
well as t he c olony of ar tists working in Europe.
\
TlJ.e J0chi 1)1 tion is in t h e hands of a Jury of Sel ect ion con-
sisti ng of eleven painters and t hree sculptors who judged all work
submitted.
of t h e
Ju~cy
rrnoe Hanging ConTIni tt ee whi ch is conrpo!sed of
;fr
Chairman
a nd t 11.ree o t h er Jurors to g et h er wi t h the Pr er:l iden t, Ex-
OfficiO, arr a nged t h e GaJ. lerj. es fo r the Exh ibitio n.
Tb.e c a.,nv a s (3S
and t he pie c e s o,f sculpture w1'1i ch have been selected b5r t he Pa inter's
Jury consisted of;
" Robert Vonn6h, Cha.i rma n
Cecili.a Beaux
Fr ank W. Benson
Hu gh H. Ilreckehridge
Ade lai.de Cole Chase
Wi ll:LclXLl Glackens
"
Wi lliam M. e P a.xton
Wi 11 iara Hi t schel
Robert Spencer
Helen M. Turner a nd
Carroll S. 'Tyson, . Jr.
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The Sculptor 's Ju!'.y;
A. Stirling Oe,lder
Chc1 l'les Grafly .
Al bert I,ae ssle
Most of t be works presen t ed in the Exhibi tion are for sale,
a nd
~o
t hose who a re collecting, many c a nvases vd.ll 'be of special
interest .
From t he 115th Annual Exhi bi ti on, 1920, the follovdng c anv a ses
were purchased
fO}7
t h e Ac a.dem.y
by t he John Lambert Committee:
SU.ll · Life by Jean' Kno'x
Isles ' of ·Bermuda 'by George Biddle ,1
l\flid e - byFr anklin ·Wa tkins
.,
I"" d sC c.,<>.. pe.!:
'
" ',,;;
"'. 1\T
uy 'H'll'
"J.
J.dl11
.l, e 11
G~ reen
Music - by Delphine Br a dt . . .
c<t"l
1"-1"
' W'
'
w
o J. '
Jl..~ e b y
J. l l J.am
;va t"KJ.ns .Ha 1'1
Back ya.rds .;. by Rol::>ert O. Cha cley:cie
Still Life - by J'osephhle Page .
Yellow Roses ' ... by Anna Inger soll
Round Tab~e - by Anne Heebner McDonald
JOn
.L.
'1'11.e awarcls for the 115th Annual Exhibi.tion made by t h e Jury
of selec t ion were as follows:
~'he ~lempie Gold Medal - for Ute bes t pain ti,hg irrespective
of t he flubject- ' to Erneflt Lawson for }jis c a n'v as entit led
111 c e Bound Fa,ll Sli •
The Jel'Jxde SesnEU1 Gold Medal - to Hugh H. Breckenriclgefor
his c anVES entit l ed liThe Edge ' of the Woods".
The Carol H. Beck Gold MedEL - for t h e l)est por tr,:d t t>
E!ugene Speicher for 11.iB c a nV8S enti.tled jjPo~ctr:'ai t of a ·
Hussian Woman II.
The scv.lpi or' s Jury of Selection '3w8.1"ded to Malvj.na. Hoffman
t he Ge oxge D. Wi de.rier Memori a l Go ld Med a l for h er work ent it l ed liThe Offeringfl
The Board. of Directore: of the Ac a demy awar ded t he Ac a demy Go ld
Medal" of Ho nor to Cllilcle HaS8am in recognition of hi s h i gh
a chiev~m 8nt in h is p ~ofes8ion.
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Following awo.rds were mB . de by the Committee o n Exh i.bition
consis ting of memb8rs of tb,e Board of Directors:
lJ.'h e Wa,l t el" Lippincotf pr ize to Jos eph DeC amp for h5.8 c a nv a s
en titled l1T}le Red Kimo no ll .
'.me Ma~y Smi th Prizp. fOT t nA br-:ojf! .'c c a mr a s by fJ,. Phi 18del pbia
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wonian e,:ctiflt to Ma.lclred B. Miller for her c a nvas entitled
III ,n t beWindowll.
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Th,e Edwarcl ·'r. ' Stot Gsohry' Prize for t h e pEJ.int ing which is
t h e 11108 t haportant c ontrj.Du ti 01'1 t O
o the succ es s of th.€!
Exh:i.bi tion - to Edward vll. Redfield for a group of t hr ee
, pe,in t ing s·~
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.1'r.1e ', Ph i.laclelph ia Priz e awarded by popul ar vote d u~ci ng a
desi gnated week in March to Alfred n ; Mi tchell f o~c hi s
c a nvas entitl ed HOver t he Va lley: San Diego".
The
}~xrlj.bition
c onfd stei of 360 pe.in
. t ing s and 158 ex hDJi ts of
,
333 ar tists were
sculpture.
for t h e 115th Annual
I~xbibi t
I mYrlecUa t ely, a fter
t}le
re pres~n ted.
'lne tot a l a ttend. a nce
ion wa s 45 J 505.
115th Annual Exh ibition cl08ed t
the
Galleries were prepared for t h e lo an Exh ibition of work i n 'oil, . water
c?lo:r~
blac1e and whi t e and
sculptu~('e
Thi s
by modern masters .
Exllib:i. tion VrB.fl on H1e walls of t he North Ga ll erie ft fj70m 1\prj. l
15 t h until Hay 15th .
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T"h i t:; v18.: S cO .n8iclerecl by ar t ·is- ta,
collecto~cs
a nd o t her conno :i.s8uerfl to b e t b,e mos t important Exhi bition of
t he kind evex' he l d in the Country.
The influences fr om t h e
t ime of Gust a v Courbet le8.,cUng to t he ul t:-ca modernist of t he
pr.esent wer8 flhown wi th a r<:?maI'kable aequence of some of t h e fin efl t
examp l es of a ll of t he importan.t 8XU.sts wh o conb:ilJuted to the
movement.
Tv;o h undred a nd t wen ty ( 220 ) pi('}c e fl wer e shown.
J!1x h ilJition was Gollected by 1tc. Arthur B. Car lefl, a member
Faculty of t h e ACi'l,demy , and 1\111:. CaTroll S. Ty son,
Th.is
of' t h e '
Jr., of Ph ila-
delph Ja to wh om the t hanks of t he ACi- demy a:C8 due as a lso to the
generous cooperation of t haown er s of the pictures
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in t he gr oup .
I mme a.i.at <3ly after t he close of t hi s Ex lli biti.on, t he ,P.nnual
lTI.-"Cn ibj. tlo n of work of t he students was ' h ung in gr oups in the
Ga ll aries in compe U . t ion for t he Will iam. F;m.len Cresson 1I1Iemor i8.1
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( , TravGJ..ng
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minor school prizes,ul.1til
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June
when the entire Galleries "liver-e t han h ung wt.th th.e A9_ademyts
5th
p61"-
'lien. groups were recol11Yael1ded by t h e Facul ty
-man en teo 11 ec ti on.
for Cresson awards ratified by t he Board of Directors and ~u1no uncement fn t he Galleries to t he students was · made on May 26th.
Those
awarded Scholarshi ps were as follows:
Alfred R. Mi tchel l
Earl Kenneth Bates
Susan A. Jones
RynicLn F~ ' Criss
Al less<::lndro Col8.rossi·
FIerman Yaffee
]'rank Stc1z11ato
Gladys C. Edgey ly
l\fathaniel Little
Mari.e Louise Tha ter
On octcib(~r 24tl1.,
+920 the 18th Annual -Water .Color and
t he 19 th MJ.nia ttlre Ex}]i bi ti ons were h ung.
hi.bi t8 in
th ~
Wa t er Color Ex"h.i bt tion
WEH'l
The number of Ex593.
'l'beJury of Selection for t he Vvater Color Exhibi tion
consisting of;
Eliz8,beth Stdppen Green Elliott
Hugh H. Breckenridge
Blanche Dillaye
George M. Hard1rig
Cflilde Hassam and
Josepb. Pennell
awarded tl e Philad.e lr)hia Yvater Color Prize to John B. J?razi.er for
his group of six water colors as 1Jeing the strongest group
Tl1.e Dana Go ld Medal awar,ded for bo ldne8 s,
S h OWl1.
simpltcity
and fr a nkness of work was 'a wa:cded to M. Vi. Zimmerman for his group '
of twelve water colors.
'l'he Cha rles
Bec1~
Jr., Prize' for worle which. had been )."e-
produced 1..n color was awarded' to F. Walter Taylor for h is l?ain t-
ing entitled !il11e Picture Bookll.
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The F..xh j,.bi ti on of O.l1G hundred a nd two (102 ( miniatures
occupied Gallery III tI.
The Jury of Selection for this Exhiliitio.l1
consi,stin.g of
Ellen Wetherald Ahrens
Adolph Bo~"ie
Berta Oa.rew
Bertha Cooli,dge
Wi lliam J. \Vhittemore
a:vrarded the Bronze Medal of Honor to Mabel R. Welch for her group
of miniatures.
A Special, Jury consisting of
Adolph Borie
Ge orge Wal ter Dawso,n
John Frederick Lewis, President
of . the Acad emy awarded t he t h ree Oh ar les M. IJea Prizes given in this Ex-
hibition to
IJau~ca CoomlJs Hills
Margare t Foote Hawl ey
Emily Drci,yton Taylor .
lne Exh iniU. on of one h undred and ,t h irty-one (131)
drl3,wings by regul a rly enrolled students in t he v a rious Krf t Schools
in the Oountry enb':!t'ecl 5.n competition for the Charles M. Lea Prize in
Vvere hung o.n :trov emnel' :Z4th in Gallery
De c ember 12tl1.•
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IIEff and c on tinu,ed t h rough
'l'he awards, were made by the Water Color Jury of
Selection and given to
· RuthH. Deal - Boston Norma l Ar t School
Seymoul'" Bigelow - Pennsylv a nia Ac ademy of :frine JI.r ts
Ra lph Smith - :Boston sch ool of Art 8c Design
From Dec embe;-c 1 2 th until January of t he presient year j
the en tixe Galleries vvcre
, occupied by the perma nent collection.
SCHO OLS
~Pb, e Schoo l s
year.
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S ~nce
of the Academy have h a d ca, very suce cesful
' g conQ.J.
1 ' t"J.on8
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Lr ave 1 J.n
1.n
.: hurope 1'tave
J..
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f-f .1" -Cl.en
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tl y"... J.mprGv-
su :,,~
'clr~w-
( \ eO. to permit of students g oing abroad,
tl1.e Cresson Trav eling Schola""J:'-
ships awarded 8inc(3 the regining of the World Wa:r have become a..vailable for enj oyme.nt by', tb.'e . ' .. recipients.
five .( 45) students went a bro ad,
During t he yeax forty-
E'ixt een (16) have returned.
'I'he
keenness of t b.eir enjoyment of t tt-eir Sch ola.J:'s11 ips has c C),used most
of . t hem to return to t h e 8choo18 for :furthe:'c fltudy,
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ha.f\ g-ce c1,tly i.ncreased t he enthusiasm for work among t he students
in competition for t h e Cresson Traveling Sch olarships.
The vlork of t he Schoolf'l :is of an u,nusually 1-dgh quali ty
due to the exce ll ence of t he Faculty vyhich c onr:d.sts of t})e follow-
Chcu:-'l es Graf ly
Hu gh H. Breckenridge
Joseph fr. Pearson, Jr.,
Da.nie l Garber
Phi lip I, . Ha.le
Arthur B., Carles
John F. Harbeson, 'Instl'uctor in Perspective.
'J.l'h e Schoo l is und.er t he Management of the CO[{lJ llittee on
Instruction whi ch con ::d.sts of members of t he Bo a rd of
of vilhlch
Comndtte(~
Directo~cs
the Han . ' Charlemagne Tower is tll. e Chairma,n,
.a.nd also Ex-Off icio of t b. e Faculty.
'1'he 8c11001 is uncler the
direct managemen t of' Miss Ele a nor B. Barker, . Cu:cator.
1st term of t h e
r.J.'1J::),e number of enrolled stUdents for t h eipresent Sec.~, flO.n
The enrollment is novV' g oing on for the second term, of
t h e school yea r.
A group of a dmirers of t h e work of the l a te ELni ly Bishop
as well a s intimate friends, have placed on
t}1e
walls of t h e I,obby
of the Ac a deIny a t the entrance t o t h e Sc ho ols, four low 'celiefs,a
Portr,s1itbust l:)y J'JIiS8 BishOp , a nd a portra j.t bUflt of :Miss Bishop
by Charles Gr a fly a s a . memo·cial to Mi ss Bishop.
Mis s :Bi shop' was one of the .$:.0hools t mo s t promj.sj,ng fltudents.
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Coun ty,
Ac ad<~my' 8
P ~nn a .,
Summe r School . a t Ches ter Sprlngs, Ches t er
bas 1c3nj oyed t he
mOflt
ye a rs which i t h a s lJeen opened t .o
succ essful season of the four
R tuden
ts.
Instructi.on was g iven Lcom April 1 s t l,mti l
Oc tob er 1st,
1:1nd included crit i cisms for v ar ious p<:n~iod8 by ' the fo llowing
ar tists:
Fred'Wagner
Henry McC a rter
Danie l Ga rber '
Arthur B.C a rles
Hugh H. Breckenridg e
['he tot a l n umber of s tudents enrolled during t h e sea f'on
W£l,S
183.
thei~
There is a marked
t(~ndel1cy fOj~
~tud,e nts
to incre8.se
period bf study a t the School.
The attend a nce is 8,lmost exclu8:i,vely obtained t hr ough
t he 8tudents rE'ocol11ffiending the a dv a nt ag es ' o f' tee Ches ter Sp:r.i.ng A School
Summer Sc h ool.
1ne4tlJ 1\11..1111 2.1 Exld.bi tion of work do.n. e p/c the Sch·Qo l .was
s hown in Ga llerie 8 G 8j1d South Corridor of t h e
Penn8ylv 8~.nia
Ac a demy
of t h e Fine' Ar ts fro m November 6th until. Decemb er 12th, 19 20 .
'Int s Exhi b:l.tiol1 wa s of such excell enc e tha.t it received t b,e higheflt
pr a ise from ar t critics e
J?REE CONCERTS
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In t b.e Management of a Special COmTnl. ttee of which Nil'S.
Herbert L. Clark was Che,irmanJ
a
seri e s of
:B~ree
Sunday Concerts
were given in the Ac ademy during April and May, a nd .trovemebr and
December of 1920.
These Conce:t·ts cont inued :to m.eet wi th popular
apprecia.tion a nd t he music- was of the very highest type and in
keeping with the dignity of the Ac a demy.
fot' the year - 165,099.
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ACQ,UISITIONS
'.'f3y gift, to the Academy's Art ,i st Gallery, portrait of
l~ewbold H. Trotter by j;aroe~ , : B~ ~': SwO'rdi ':l,
self portrait of Sydney
Mount, and portrait of Samuel Wal do by Willia.vn J. Banning all
presented by John Frederick Lewis.Ten volumes of Ge1:'ome and twelve numbers of work entitled "Art Trea.surers in America" presented by Mrs. Richard
Maris.
Group of drawings by Ingre , presented by Weeks Hall.
BY bequest, portrait of Mrs. Harrison painted by David Sani
bequeathed by Thomas S. Harrison.
The Herbert Marshall Howe Memorial.
On October 1st, 1920
Mrs. Herbert ,M. Howe presented to the Academy $10,000.00 as a memo.rial to her late husband, Herbel.. t Marshall Howe, who for many years
was a Director of the Academy of the Fine Arts and was Chairman of
the Committee on Instruction.
The income from this
is to be used for the support of the Schools of the
memoria~
Acad~.
BUILDINGS
No new construction work has beEn done during the year
but nec esaary r epail"s have been made to the roof.
The East and
West Central Galleries have been recovered with burlap.
wai,nscoting has been repainted.
,T he acho:ela walls have been
cleaned andrecalcimined aad windows and floars paa:nted.
main floor the experiment of
pri~m
The
On the
glass in the portrait room of
the schOOls has 'proven suocessful and seems to eliminate all
objections to the reflections from the high buildings on the
opposi te side of Cherry street.
In the ba$ement the walls have
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\\, ~' been whj;tewashed and the stec;..mheating plant put in good order for
the Winter season"
On the exterior of the ' builclj.ng, the sidewalks on both
Br oa,d: street and Cherry Stl'eet have been put in good conditi.on,
"and in acc ordanc e wi th the Flbre Depe.rtment x·egu.lations t he fire
extingui shel's were refilled wi th fresh .chemi cals.
The Tret.=u:ml'er's report in . o. etcdl was submi tted.
Th.e t h a.nks of the Management of the Ac ademy is extended
to the Honorable the ]IIayol' of Philadelphia, to the Mayor 1 s Cabinet .
a.no. to the Council for their conti.nued sympathy and their support
and to the President and Memb ers of t h e Board of Education in
sending to our Schools students desiring to study art.
We 0.1 so ' acknowledge oUlt d'e bt to the PreBfl of Philadelpbi.a
1fih ich ha. s give n to the Academy and to the cause of art intelligent
crit:l.c i.l3ms of all of t he Exhibi ti.ons which we have held.
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We a lso make grateful acknowledgement to the employees
of t he Ac ademy for theil" faithful performance of Uleir duty.
Ref!pectfully Bubmitted.
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