115th Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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115th Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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ANImAL .REPORT
..
TO THE STOClaIOLDERS:
'i
,
--
The President and Directors of the Pennsylvania
Academy of t he Fine Arts, have the honor to
present their 116th Annual Rep ort.
Your s tockholder's Tickets for the calendar year of 1922
were mailed to you on December 31st, 1921 •
adrfli t the stocl"Jl01der to all
.
lectures
These tickets will
and entertainments given by
the Academy or under its a uspicies 'J'lh ether admission be charged
to the public or not.
The President a nd Directors would be
most gratified by the frequent use of these tickets.
Thel17th Armual EyJlibition of work in Oil and Sculpture
opened to the public on Sunday, February 5th, and continues
t h rough Sunda y,
This Exh ibition is of special
, March 26th.
<imp ortance bec~use of the wide re'presenta tion of current American
'I§~
""1
.art which- includes representa tions from every part of the Country
a s well as examples of most of the important artists
ofAmerica ~
~
The Exhibition is in the ha nds of a Jury of Selection consisting of eleven painters and three sculptors who judged all
work submitted ..
. .(.
;-...,J
'1'he Hs,nging Commi ttee composed ot; a Chairman
of the Jury an d three 0 ther Jurors together with the President,
Ex-Officio, arranged the Galleries for the Exhibition,
ca nvases were selected by
th~
'1' he
Painter's Jury consisting of:
Colin Campbell Copper, Chairman
Mary Butler
Philip L. Hale
Frederick G. Hall
John C. Johansen
Jonas Y",ie
s . Walter Norris
Elizabeth O. Paxton
W. Elmer Schofield
Walter Ufer
Charles Morris Young
- 2 -
The Sculptor's Jury consisted of:
Charles Grafly,
Frederick G. R. Roth
]fuhonri M. Young
:.
.M ost of the works presented in the Exhibition are for sale and
. t·h ere is an unusual ' a.m ount of the sm.a11er canvases sui table for
hanging in private houses and
~ . therefore
~"tl'
.;;~~:~~
of special interest.
From the 116th Annual Exhibition" 1921, the following canvases
,
were purchased for the Acaclemyby the John Lambert Cormni ttee:
A Fishing Port by Frank H. Kidder
The Old Antique Sl~p by Richard M. Kimbel
The Circus by Edith McMurtrie
. The Easter Windov{ by Hilda Belcher
The Tahitians by
George Biddle
I
The awards of medals in the 116th ',Annual Exhibition made by
the Jury ,of Selection were as follows: - \
The Temple Gold ]Kedal ' - for the bes t painting irrespecti ye
of the subject - to Leopold Seyffert for his canvas entitled
IIA Model ll
The Jennie Sesnan Gold Medal to Clmr1es Morris Young for his
canvas entitled "Wind on the . Sound" for the best landsca pe
in the Exhibition. \
The Caro,l : ' H. Beck Gold !d[edal - for the best portrait to George Bellows fbr his canvas entitled "Eleanor, Joan '
and Anna'!
The Sculptor's Jury of Selection awarded to Evelyn Beatrice
Longman, the George 1). Widener Memorial Gold I\[edal for her""
work en,t i tled liThe Future";,
The Followipg award of prizes was made by the Committee on
E~libition
consisting of Members of the Board of Directors:
The Walter Lippincott prize to Irving Couse for his canvas
entitled "Chant to theRain Godll •
The Mary Smith prize for the best canvas by a Philadelphia
woman artist to Katherine Patton for her eanvas entitled
flDeep in the Woods II
The Edward If • Stotesbury prize to William l\K. Paxton for his
representation including the canvas entitled liThe Mackaw"
The Philadelphia Prize awarded by popular vote during the
designated \veekin lviarch was awarded to William Paxton fO'r
his canvas entitled "Nude, Girl Combing her Hair".
1:;;',:
- 3 -
.!flJV'
The Exhibi tion co ns isted of
.;H~
paintings and 159 exhibits of
j
~'"
sculpture.
,389 artists were represented.
The total attendance
for the 116th Annual Exhibition was 42,776~
Immediately after the 116th Annual
nBII
Ex.~ ibition
closed., GaJ,.lery
was l)repared for a special Exhibit ion of War Portrai ts IJainted
by eminent Arnerican artists.
This Exhibition consisted of nine-
teen paintings and was opened to the public on Thursday morning;
l~ rch 3~st
and continued through April 30th.
On April 9th, the
I
East and West Central Corridors, Rotunda and Gallery liE" were opened to the public for the Exhibition of a collection of Swiss
Pa intings sent to this Country under ' the aus p icies of a Committee
authorized
by the Swiss Government and on Saturday, April l6th l
v "an Ex.'1ibi tion of drawings and paintings showing the later tendencies
in art was opened to the public and c ontinued until May
This
l5th~
Exhibi t ion occup ied all of the North Gall aries of the building.
The t" Exh ibition wa,s gathered together and hung by a Committee consisting of:
Thomas Benton
Paul Burlin
ij.rthur B. Carles
Bernard Gussow ,
Joseph Stella
Alfred Stieglitz
Wi l liam Yarrow
Following these Exhibitions most of the Galleries were hung
with work done by the students of the schools and hung in groups
in competition for the William-Emlen Cresson Memorial Traveling
/'
(
SChOlars,hips and minor school prizes.
'1.'11i s Exhi bi t ion opened
to the public on Wednesday, IvIay 25th, whEn the students and
the:ir~
friends were addressed by Mr. George Walter Dawson in Gallery
IIFII
and the announcements of the awards were made by the President of
the Academy,
Twenty groups reconimended by the Faculty and
- 4 -
ratified by the Board of Directors were awarded foreign traveling
scholarships.
These scholarships were as follows:
Ross E. Braught '
Edward R. Burke
A. Charles Cook
Anne S. Garrett
Carl E. Lawless
Manning DeV# Lee
Arthur Meltzer
Joseph' Mielziner
Mary Virginia Parker
Horace A. Paul
Daniel W. 'Whit ney
E,d i th vV. Yaffee
C. Francis Yetter
Charles E. Clark
Yoshimatsu Onaga
Maurice Siegler
Dominic D'Imperio
Alvin Meyer
Mildred Sartelle
Aure~ius Renzetti
During the Surmn.er the entire permanent collection was hung
until October 24thwh-en. l:&11 the , Galleries excepting "B", "C" and
ItD" were dismantled for . the 19th Water Color Exl1.ibi tion and the
20th AnnuaJ Exhibition under the auspicies of the Pennsylvania
Society of Miniature Painters and a group of 105 miniatures by
members of the Royal Society
.
Miniature Painters and 1:.."I1e fifth
Annual Exhibition of selected work done by students ·of the Academy's
Summer School at Chester Springs.
These ExhibitfDns
were opened
----
to the public, November 6th and c ontinued through December 11th.
The Jury of Selection for the Water Color Exhibi tion consisted of
Ethel Betts Bains
George Harding
Alfred Hayward
Ea rl Horter
Elizabeth Howell Inghain '
Thornton Oakley '
.
The Exhibition conta ined 712 eX2.J.nples representing 143 artists :
The Jury awarded the Philadelphia Water Color P rize to Francis
McComas for his group of six water colors as being the strongest
group shovvn.
The Dana G'old
I~edal
awarded for boldness, simplicity and franlc-
ness of work was awarded to John R. Frazier for his group of four
wate r colQrs~
- 5 The Charles Becle .J r •• }' rize for work wh i ch had been reproduc-
e); ed
in color was awarded to George vVright for his pain ting entitled
liThe Vfidow".
The Jury of Selection f .o r the 20th Miniature Exhibition consisting of:
Huger ·E lliott
Ellen Wetherald Ahrens
Johanna M. Boericke
Berta Carew '
lJfary W. Bonsall
Colin Campbell Cooper
Sara Hazzard
Elizabeth F. Washington
s)Narded the bronze medal of honor to Nfa ria J .. Strean for her "P ortrai t
In the Chester Springs Exh1·bition the Committee on Instruction m<varo.ed the landscape prizes as f ol lows:
S . Gertrude S chell - '1<fhe Village"
Charles A. R. Dunn - "Golden GIOW II
Roger M. Ri tts,se
- "Deep in the Woods ll
On November 25th, a group of 87 drawings from fifteen
different art schools of the Country were shown in the J?rint Hoom
of the Academy until December 30th.
These c[rawings were in com-
petition for the Cha rles M. Lea Prizes and the Jury of Selection for
the Wa ter Color Exhib1 tion B\lI[a rded the first priz e to
,
Edvvard Shenton - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Sarah Langley - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Beatrice Dwan - JV
lassa chusetts Normal Art Scho ol.
From December 12th until January 23rd, the entire
Galleries were occupied by the pe rman ent collection.
SCHOOLS
The Schools of the Academy have b.ad a successful year
"\'~li th
a total registrati on of tll.e first term for the Season 1921-
1922 of 248 Students.
Excellence of the work accomplished is
evidenced by the acceptance in the special exhibitions thr oughout
- 6 -
the Country of work submitted by our students.
. 1
/' r
\
the schools
i~
The instruction in
given by a Faculty of great ability consisting 6f C
Charles Grafly
Hugh R. Breckenridge
Henry McCarter
Jose ph T. Pearson, Jr.
Ds,niel Garber
George B. Bridgman
George Harding
John F. Harbeson, Instructor in Perspective
Arthur B. Carles
Fred Wagner
Albert Laessle
The . School is under the Management of the Com.mi ttee on
I
Instruction which consists of Members of the Board of Directors G!!
The Chairman of the Committee is ])1r. Ar.thurH.
Lea who is a lso Chairman, Ex-Officio of the
~!?acul ty.
The School is
under the direct management of a Curator pro, tem., Roger M. Rittase.
The enrollment is now going . on for t h e second term of
the present school year.
The Academy's Sunrrner School at Chester Springs of vW1ich
D. Roy Miller is resident manager, has enjoyed the most successful
season of · the five years during which it has been open to receive
students.
Instruction was g iven from April to
Oc~ober
and includ-
ed criticisms for various periods by the following artists:
Fred Wagner
Henry McCa,rter
Daniel Garber
Albert Laessle
The tctal number of students enrolled during the s.eason
was
215~
During the past season an old barn has been transformed
into a splendid studio for the teac h ing of SCUlpture.
Farm animals
are posed and' instruction was given under the well known artist,
- 7 Albert · Laessle~
A dam has heen built which backs up the waters of
r-L~ P ickering Creek and thereby adds greatly to the paintable water .A swimming pool has also b een built vvhich will be ready
effects.
for use during the coming Season.
and almost entirely
open ~
The pool is 87feet x 21 feet
It is surrounded by a high concrete wall
and furnishes wi th dress ing rooms, ample accOl1lTtlodations for all of
.the
s~, tuden ts
enrolled in the School.
Through the~ generosity of
many friends of the Academy, contributions have been made
'~~ich
has
helped in pa rt to defray the expenses of building this. necessary
and very important addition to the equipment.
Free Sunday Concerts given under the management of a
special cOlYl.mi ttee of wh ich Mrs. Herbert Lo Clark is Chairman were
given in the Academy during Ap ril, Thfuy, June , November and
December of 1921 and also in January of 1922.
The sta ndard of the
music rendered reflects great credit up on the Committee, the
artists wh o are
engaged) ~
t~e
vi s itors attending the concerts
and the Management of the Academy in cooperating 'with the Committee
to give a great number of people an opp ortunity to enjoy free,
music -of the best type.
The total nuraber of visi tors to the Academy's Galleries
{
~h "'during t he y.,e a r192 l>\.n!a~ .. l ito , 1(52 .
By gift, copper pIa t~e engraved by Thomas Hovenden of liThe
I.ast Nfoments of John Brown ll presented by Mr. John F rederick Lewis.
By gift, portrait for the Academy's Artists
Galle~y
of
Il Gilbert Stuart If by James Farthin.Q'ham: 'Dresented bv J-ohn F. Lewis ..
/
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8:n--
By gift, portraitofuMe.rgaret Sarah Pagel! by Thomas
r \ f3ully
'.
present ed by Mr. Thomas C. Potts.
- Two portfolios, the Internation Gallery, New Gallery of
British Art, collection of post cards and package of catalogues
func1u'd ing a - f)!:~w of ":Luxemburg Art Gallery " presented by G . A.
Bisler.
By bequest, panel enti tIed " 801i tary Sheep" by Voerbecl'Chaven 1)equeathed under the will of the late Julia Bailey, deceased 0
//'"
P ort 4-~ai ts
"Eleanor Bodldn J?ulford i ' , I'Mrs. Eli z abeth
Ga 1brai th Torrence!' t "Willi a m Lorman",' 1l 1\f u.ry Fulford
Lorman fl and lI]\lfrs.
-'l'homas l1 artists
unknovm
,
,
bequeathed under the will of the late E leanor
F.
T. Connor of
Ba1 tim~ re , Maryland. aml
Th e ccmvases:
tiThe Bles s ing of the Waters - :M:arcitlS Simons
liThe Antiquarian fl ... He nry Lesur
"Head of a Young Girl" - J. J. Henner
ItThe Grand Cana1 1l - F eliz Zieill
"F eedi ng Sheep" ~ Charles }!'. Qsramano
ll 'l'he 0avalier tl - F erdinand Roybet
bequeathed under t h e will of the late Bessie V. Waterhouse .
No new c onstruction has been d one duririg the year.
Necessary repairs have been -made to the roof a nd the 'i nterior of
the building has been l:ar:rge 1y
,~ t,~pa i nted.
l2@ paintings of the p ermanent collection have been
cleaned, relined vihere necessary and' glazed ..
The mural decorations in the Lecture Room have also
been clea ned 8,nd r 'e lined 'prhere necessary.
The school vva11s have
been c1e m1ed and reca lcimine:d and windows and fl,oors pEdnted l!
All
unnecessary woodwork in t h e Lecture Hoom has been removed and re-
.
-
9 -
placed by wtre lath and cement construction.
rr
The' basement has
been whitewashed and the stea:ll b.ea ting plant on the South side of
the bui,lding has been renewed in conformity IJvi th the system used
011
the North side of the building which pr()oved high satisfactory
during the past year.
'rhe building at 1834 Arch Street has been thoroughly
cleaned and repainted vmere necessary.
The Treasurer's rep ort in deta il was submitted.
The thanks of t h e Ma nagement of t h e Aca demy is extended
to the Honorable, the :Mayor of Phil a delphia, to the Mayor t s Cabinet
and to the Council f or th e ir c ontinued sympathy a n d t h eir support
and to the P res ident and Ivlembers of the Board of Educ a tion in s ending to our Schools stUdents desiring to study
art ~
We a lso ac l(nowledge our debt to the P ress of Philadel phia
whic h has given to the Academy a nd to t h e cause of art, intelligent
criticisms of
e~ ll
of the Exhibitions which we have held,.
We also mftke gra teful acl{no wledgement to the employees
of the Academy for their faithful performance of their
Respectfully submitted.
Secretary ..
duty~
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ANImAL .REPORT
..
TO THE STOClaIOLDERS:
'i
,
--
The President and Directors of the Pennsylvania
Academy of t he Fine Arts, have the honor to
present their 116th Annual Rep ort.
Your s tockholder's Tickets for the calendar year of 1922
were mailed to you on December 31st, 1921 •
adrfli t the stocl"Jl01der to all
.
lectures
These tickets will
and entertainments given by
the Academy or under its a uspicies 'J'lh ether admission be charged
to the public or not.
The President a nd Directors would be
most gratified by the frequent use of these tickets.
Thel17th Armual EyJlibition of work in Oil and Sculpture
opened to the public on Sunday, February 5th, and continues
t h rough Sunda y,
This Exh ibition is of special
, March 26th.
<imp ortance bec~use of the wide re'presenta tion of current American
'I§~
""1
.art which- includes representa tions from every part of the Country
a s well as examples of most of the important artists
ofAmerica ~
~
The Exhibition is in the ha nds of a Jury of Selection consisting of eleven painters and three sculptors who judged all
work submitted ..
. .(.
;-...,J
'1'he Hs,nging Commi ttee composed ot; a Chairman
of the Jury an d three 0 ther Jurors together with the President,
Ex-Officio, arranged the Galleries for the Exhibition,
ca nvases were selected by
th~
'1' he
Painter's Jury consisting of:
Colin Campbell Copper, Chairman
Mary Butler
Philip L. Hale
Frederick G. Hall
John C. Johansen
Jonas Y",ie
s . Walter Norris
Elizabeth O. Paxton
W. Elmer Schofield
Walter Ufer
Charles Morris Young
- 2 -
The Sculptor's Jury consisted of:
Charles Grafly,
Frederick G. R. Roth
]fuhonri M. Young
:.
.M ost of the works presented in the Exhibition are for sale and
. t·h ere is an unusual ' a.m ount of the sm.a11er canvases sui table for
hanging in private houses and
~ . therefore
~"tl'
.;;~~:~~
of special interest.
From the 116th Annual Exhibition" 1921, the following canvases
,
were purchased for the Acaclemyby the John Lambert Cormni ttee:
A Fishing Port by Frank H. Kidder
The Old Antique Sl~p by Richard M. Kimbel
The Circus by Edith McMurtrie
. The Easter Windov{ by Hilda Belcher
The Tahitians by
George Biddle
I
The awards of medals in the 116th ',Annual Exhibition made by
the Jury ,of Selection were as follows: - \
The Temple Gold ]Kedal ' - for the bes t painting irrespecti ye
of the subject - to Leopold Seyffert for his canvas entitled
IIA Model ll
The Jennie Sesnan Gold Medal to Clmr1es Morris Young for his
canvas entitled "Wind on the . Sound" for the best landsca pe
in the Exhibition. \
The Caro,l : ' H. Beck Gold !d[edal - for the best portrait to George Bellows fbr his canvas entitled "Eleanor, Joan '
and Anna'!
The Sculptor's Jury of Selection awarded to Evelyn Beatrice
Longman, the George 1). Widener Memorial Gold I\[edal for her""
work en,t i tled liThe Future";,
The Followipg award of prizes was made by the Committee on
E~libition
consisting of Members of the Board of Directors:
The Walter Lippincott prize to Irving Couse for his canvas
entitled "Chant to theRain Godll •
The Mary Smith prize for the best canvas by a Philadelphia
woman artist to Katherine Patton for her eanvas entitled
flDeep in the Woods II
The Edward If • Stotesbury prize to William l\K. Paxton for his
representation including the canvas entitled liThe Mackaw"
The Philadelphia Prize awarded by popular vote during the
designated \veekin lviarch was awarded to William Paxton fO'r
his canvas entitled "Nude, Girl Combing her Hair".
1:;;',:
- 3 -
.!flJV'
The Exhibi tion co ns isted of
.;H~
paintings and 159 exhibits of
j
~'"
sculpture.
,389 artists were represented.
The total attendance
for the 116th Annual Exhibition was 42,776~
Immediately after the 116th Annual
nBII
Ex.~ ibition
closed., GaJ,.lery
was l)repared for a special Exhibit ion of War Portrai ts IJainted
by eminent Arnerican artists.
This Exhibition consisted of nine-
teen paintings and was opened to the public on Thursday morning;
l~ rch 3~st
and continued through April 30th.
On April 9th, the
I
East and West Central Corridors, Rotunda and Gallery liE" were opened to the public for the Exhibition of a collection of Swiss
Pa intings sent to this Country under ' the aus p icies of a Committee
authorized
by the Swiss Government and on Saturday, April l6th l
v "an Ex.'1ibi tion of drawings and paintings showing the later tendencies
in art was opened to the public and c ontinued until May
This
l5th~
Exhibi t ion occup ied all of the North Gall aries of the building.
The t" Exh ibition wa,s gathered together and hung by a Committee consisting of:
Thomas Benton
Paul Burlin
ij.rthur B. Carles
Bernard Gussow ,
Joseph Stella
Alfred Stieglitz
Wi l liam Yarrow
Following these Exhibitions most of the Galleries were hung
with work done by the students of the schools and hung in groups
in competition for the William-Emlen Cresson Memorial Traveling
/'
(
SChOlars,hips and minor school prizes.
'1.'11i s Exhi bi t ion opened
to the public on Wednesday, IvIay 25th, whEn the students and
the:ir~
friends were addressed by Mr. George Walter Dawson in Gallery
IIFII
and the announcements of the awards were made by the President of
the Academy,
Twenty groups reconimended by the Faculty and
- 4 -
ratified by the Board of Directors were awarded foreign traveling
scholarships.
These scholarships were as follows:
Ross E. Braught '
Edward R. Burke
A. Charles Cook
Anne S. Garrett
Carl E. Lawless
Manning DeV# Lee
Arthur Meltzer
Joseph' Mielziner
Mary Virginia Parker
Horace A. Paul
Daniel W. 'Whit ney
E,d i th vV. Yaffee
C. Francis Yetter
Charles E. Clark
Yoshimatsu Onaga
Maurice Siegler
Dominic D'Imperio
Alvin Meyer
Mildred Sartelle
Aure~ius Renzetti
During the Surmn.er the entire permanent collection was hung
until October 24thwh-en. l:&11 the , Galleries excepting "B", "C" and
ItD" were dismantled for . the 19th Water Color Exl1.ibi tion and the
20th AnnuaJ Exhibition under the auspicies of the Pennsylvania
Society of Miniature Painters and a group of 105 miniatures by
members of the Royal Society
.
Miniature Painters and 1:.."I1e fifth
Annual Exhibition of selected work done by students ·of the Academy's
Summer School at Chester Springs.
These ExhibitfDns
were opened
----
to the public, November 6th and c ontinued through December 11th.
The Jury of Selection for the Water Color Exhibi tion consisted of
Ethel Betts Bains
George Harding
Alfred Hayward
Ea rl Horter
Elizabeth Howell Inghain '
Thornton Oakley '
.
The Exhibition conta ined 712 eX2.J.nples representing 143 artists :
The Jury awarded the Philadelphia Water Color P rize to Francis
McComas for his group of six water colors as being the strongest
group shovvn.
The Dana G'old
I~edal
awarded for boldness, simplicity and franlc-
ness of work was awarded to John R. Frazier for his group of four
wate r colQrs~
- 5 The Charles Becle .J r •• }' rize for work wh i ch had been reproduc-
e); ed
in color was awarded to George vVright for his pain ting entitled
liThe Vfidow".
The Jury of Selection f .o r the 20th Miniature Exhibition consisting of:
Huger ·E lliott
Ellen Wetherald Ahrens
Johanna M. Boericke
Berta Carew '
lJfary W. Bonsall
Colin Campbell Cooper
Sara Hazzard
Elizabeth F. Washington
s)Narded the bronze medal of honor to Nfa ria J .. Strean for her "P ortrai t
In the Chester Springs Exh1·bition the Committee on Instruction m<varo.ed the landscape prizes as f ol lows:
S . Gertrude S chell - '1<fhe Village"
Charles A. R. Dunn - "Golden GIOW II
Roger M. Ri tts,se
- "Deep in the Woods ll
On November 25th, a group of 87 drawings from fifteen
different art schools of the Country were shown in the J?rint Hoom
of the Academy until December 30th.
These c[rawings were in com-
petition for the Cha rles M. Lea Prizes and the Jury of Selection for
the Wa ter Color Exhib1 tion B\lI[a rded the first priz e to
,
Edvvard Shenton - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Sarah Langley - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Beatrice Dwan - JV
lassa chusetts Normal Art Scho ol.
From December 12th until January 23rd, the entire
Galleries were occupied by the pe rman ent collection.
SCHOOLS
The Schools of the Academy have b.ad a successful year
"\'~li th
a total registrati on of tll.e first term for the Season 1921-
1922 of 248 Students.
Excellence of the work accomplished is
evidenced by the acceptance in the special exhibitions thr oughout
- 6 -
the Country of work submitted by our students.
. 1
/' r
\
the schools
i~
The instruction in
given by a Faculty of great ability consisting 6f C
Charles Grafly
Hugh R. Breckenridge
Henry McCarter
Jose ph T. Pearson, Jr.
Ds,niel Garber
George B. Bridgman
George Harding
John F. Harbeson, Instructor in Perspective
Arthur B. Carles
Fred Wagner
Albert Laessle
The . School is under the Management of the Com.mi ttee on
I
Instruction which consists of Members of the Board of Directors G!!
The Chairman of the Committee is ])1r. Ar.thurH.
Lea who is a lso Chairman, Ex-Officio of the
~!?acul ty.
The School is
under the direct management of a Curator pro, tem., Roger M. Rittase.
The enrollment is now going . on for t h e second term of
the present school year.
The Academy's Sunrrner School at Chester Springs of vW1ich
D. Roy Miller is resident manager, has enjoyed the most successful
season of · the five years during which it has been open to receive
students.
Instruction was g iven from April to
Oc~ober
and includ-
ed criticisms for various periods by the following artists:
Fred Wagner
Henry McCa,rter
Daniel Garber
Albert Laessle
The tctal number of students enrolled during the s.eason
was
215~
During the past season an old barn has been transformed
into a splendid studio for the teac h ing of SCUlpture.
Farm animals
are posed and' instruction was given under the well known artist,
- 7 Albert · Laessle~
A dam has heen built which backs up the waters of
r-L~ P ickering Creek and thereby adds greatly to the paintable water .A swimming pool has also b een built vvhich will be ready
effects.
for use during the coming Season.
and almost entirely
open ~
The pool is 87feet x 21 feet
It is surrounded by a high concrete wall
and furnishes wi th dress ing rooms, ample accOl1lTtlodations for all of
.the
s~, tuden ts
enrolled in the School.
Through the~ generosity of
many friends of the Academy, contributions have been made
'~~ich
has
helped in pa rt to defray the expenses of building this. necessary
and very important addition to the equipment.
Free Sunday Concerts given under the management of a
special cOlYl.mi ttee of wh ich Mrs. Herbert Lo Clark is Chairman were
given in the Academy during Ap ril, Thfuy, June , November and
December of 1921 and also in January of 1922.
The sta ndard of the
music rendered reflects great credit up on the Committee, the
artists wh o are
engaged) ~
t~e
vi s itors attending the concerts
and the Management of the Academy in cooperating 'with the Committee
to give a great number of people an opp ortunity to enjoy free,
music -of the best type.
The total nuraber of visi tors to the Academy's Galleries
{
~h "'during t he y.,e a r192 l>\.n!a~ .. l ito , 1(52 .
By gift, copper pIa t~e engraved by Thomas Hovenden of liThe
I.ast Nfoments of John Brown ll presented by Mr. John F rederick Lewis.
By gift, portrait for the Academy's Artists
Galle~y
of
Il Gilbert Stuart If by James Farthin.Q'ham: 'Dresented bv J-ohn F. Lewis ..
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By gift, portraitofuMe.rgaret Sarah Pagel! by Thomas
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present ed by Mr. Thomas C. Potts.
- Two portfolios, the Internation Gallery, New Gallery of
British Art, collection of post cards and package of catalogues
func1u'd ing a - f)!:~w of ":Luxemburg Art Gallery " presented by G . A.
Bisler.
By bequest, panel enti tIed " 801i tary Sheep" by Voerbecl'Chaven 1)equeathed under the will of the late Julia Bailey, deceased 0
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P ort 4-~ai ts
"Eleanor Bodldn J?ulford i ' , I'Mrs. Eli z abeth
Ga 1brai th Torrence!' t "Willi a m Lorman",' 1l 1\f u.ry Fulford
Lorman fl and lI]\lfrs.
-'l'homas l1 artists
unknovm
,
,
bequeathed under the will of the late E leanor
F.
T. Connor of
Ba1 tim~ re , Maryland. aml
Th e ccmvases:
tiThe Bles s ing of the Waters - :M:arcitlS Simons
liThe Antiquarian fl ... He nry Lesur
"Head of a Young Girl" - J. J. Henner
ItThe Grand Cana1 1l - F eliz Zieill
"F eedi ng Sheep" ~ Charles }!'. Qsramano
ll 'l'he 0avalier tl - F erdinand Roybet
bequeathed under t h e will of the late Bessie V. Waterhouse .
No new c onstruction has been d one duririg the year.
Necessary repairs have been -made to the roof a nd the 'i nterior of
the building has been l:ar:rge 1y
,~ t,~pa i nted.
l2@ paintings of the p ermanent collection have been
cleaned, relined vihere necessary and' glazed ..
The mural decorations in the Lecture Room have also
been clea ned 8,nd r 'e lined 'prhere necessary.
The school vva11s have
been c1e m1ed and reca lcimine:d and windows and fl,oors pEdnted l!
All
unnecessary woodwork in t h e Lecture Hoom has been removed and re-
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placed by wtre lath and cement construction.
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The' basement has
been whitewashed and the stea:ll b.ea ting plant on the South side of
the bui,lding has been renewed in conformity IJvi th the system used
011
the North side of the building which pr()oved high satisfactory
during the past year.
'rhe building at 1834 Arch Street has been thoroughly
cleaned and repainted vmere necessary.
The Treasurer's rep ort in deta il was submitted.
The thanks of t h e Ma nagement of t h e Aca demy is extended
to the Honorable, the :Mayor of Phil a delphia, to the Mayor t s Cabinet
and to the Council f or th e ir c ontinued sympathy a n d t h eir support
and to the P res ident and Ivlembers of the Board of Educ a tion in s ending to our Schools stUdents desiring to study
art ~
We a lso ac l(nowledge our debt to the P ress of Philadel phia
whic h has given to the Academy a nd to t h e cause of art, intelligent
criticisms of
e~ ll
of the Exhibitions which we have held,.
We also mftke gra teful acl{no wledgement to the employees
of the Academy for their faithful performance of their
Respectfully submitted.
Secretary ..
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