117th Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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117th Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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ANN(JALREPORT
TO THE STOCKHOLDERS:
The President and Directors of the Pennsylvania
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Academy of the Fine Arts have the honor to
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present their 118th Annual Report.
Ybur 3tockholders' Ticlcets for the calendar year 1924
were , ·mailed
to you on December 91st, 1923.
···r·
These tickets will
admit the Stockholder to all lectures and entertainments given
by the Academy or under its auspices, whether admission be
charged to the public or not.
The President and Diredtors would
be most .gratified by the frequent use of these tickets.
EXHIBITIONS
The 119th Annual Exhibition of Work in Oil and Sculpture
op ened to the public on Sunday, February 3rd, and continues
through Sunday, March 23rd, 1924.
This exhibition is of equal
importance wi th its predecessors, and in many special items I
surpasses them.
It is made up of current Anjer:ican Art which
represents all the various phases of art as produced throughout
this broad country.
Among the many examples exhibited are the
works of the foremost l='ainters and sculptors in America.
The Exh.i bition is in the hands of the Jury of Selection
consisting of twelve pain te.rs and three sculptors who judged all
the work SUbmitted.
man and three other
The Ranging Committee composed of the ChairJurors~
together with the President, Ex-
Officio, arranged the galleries for the
E ~libition.
The . canvases
were selected by the Painters. Jury consisting of
Hugh H. Bre.c kenridge, Chairman
Charles W. Hawthorne
Gertrude Fiske
Ernest Lawson
Mary Townsend Mason
Richard E. Jlhller
Carl J. Nordell
S. Walter Norris
:B~ugene SlJe i cher
FredericJ:e J. 'Vaugh
Charles II. Woodbury
Charles Morris . Young
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.The s'culpture was chosen by the Sculptors' Jury of
Selection consisting of
Charles ~ Grafly
(.
Carl Paul Jennewein
Edward l [cCartan
A
18~rge proportion of the wor};:s presented in the Exhibi-
. tion are for sale, and a large number of small canvases and small
i
pieces of sculpture are shown wh icha,re suitable for hanging in
private houses and are, therefore, of special interest.
From the 118th .Annual Exhj~b it ion I 1923; the following
canvases , were purchased for trie i'_ cademy by the John Lambert
COlmn,i t tee:
"Compos'ition: Figurer! by Paul Froelich
uHead of a Girl il by Carolyn Haywood
flDesqending liIT ght n by Mi ldred B. l Uller
"TxH3 Inner Harbor il by Susett e S . Keast
!lOld Garden tl by Cha rles Skinner Garner
"In the Valley" by Ross E. :Braught
The awards of medals in the 118th Annual Exhibiti on made ·
by the Jury
of S election were as follows:
The Temple Gold Nl:edal - for the best pai nting irrespective of subject - to 1Nalter Ufer for his canvas
entitled "Sleep"
The Jennie Sesnan Gold 1\lIe dal- for the best landscap e in
the E xhibition - to Aldro T. Hibbard for his canvas
entitled "Down Stream"
The Ca rol H. BecJr Gold Medal - f or the best por trait
in the E YJ1Xbi tion - to Lilian \iVestcott Ha le for her
canva s entitled "IiJ'[ iss jjil:argaret i,jff illiams"
The Sc ulptors' Jury of Selection awarded to Brenda
:Putnam fo r he1' work entitled "Sun-Dial l1 the George D. Vhdener
Memorial Gold Medal.
The following award of prizes was made by the Committee
on Exh ibition consisting of member s of the Board of
Directo~s:
The \Val ter ]~ippincott Pr ize to Charles W. Hawthorne
for his canvas e nti tled "American Motherho od"
The Mary Smith Prize for the best canvas by a Philadelphia woman artist ' to Isa1JelBranson Cartw,r ight . fo r
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her canvas entitled "Portrait: H.B.S."
The ]jlhiladelphia P rize awarded by popular vote during
the designated weel<: in March was awarded to Sydney rt .
Dickinson for his canvas entitled liThe P rint"
'rhe Locust Cl\lb Gold Medal carrying vvit,h it the purchase
(
I,
of the '!?electeg. work of art was awarded for the first time.
l'
.1·
The award was made by the art committee of the Locust Club and
went to Daniel Garber for his canvas entitled tlLowryts Hill".
The Exhibition consisted of 446 painti.ngs and 119
pieces of sculpture; 379 artists were represented.
The tQtal
attendance for the 118th Annual Exh,ibition was 40,012.
Immediately after the 118th Annual Exhibition closed
the galleries on the north side of the building, the Rotunda,
and the central galleries were hung with an Exhibition of
portraits by Caarles Vl illson Peale, James Peale and Rembrandt
I
P eale.
This exhibition consisted of' 317 examples of the work
of these artists.
miniatures.
from
the ~
Of' these 277 were portraits and 40 were
This Exhibition was of extraordinary importance
t'
"
fact that it was the first time an extensive
collection of these three artists was made and ·b ecause of the
data concerning each portrait which was obtained and published
in the catalggue of the
J~xhibi tion
of great value for all time.
which will be a document
This ];xhi'bi tion was borrowed
from private individualsand from public institutions and to
their cooperation we owe the success of the Exhibition.
The
Exh'ibition was iopen from April 11 to May 9th, both inclusive.
Coincident with this Exhibition and occupying
Galleri.es K. ,11 and South Corridor was held an exhibi ton of 82
paintings by modern Japanese artists loaned by Mr. Yonezo
Okamoto of Hew York.
'1'his ExhH)ition was of unusual value in
showing the work of modern Japanese artists.
At the same time in Gallery B. was shown a
c.o'llection
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of Comtemporary European Paintings and Sculpture loaned by Dr.
Albert Barnes of Philadelphia.
'1'his exhi-bi t ion illust rated
one of the most modern phases of painting and sculpture.
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At the close of these three exhibitions the north
galleries and rotunda were occupied with an exhibition of work
by the students in competition for the Emlen Cresson Foreign
Traveling Scholarships and minor school
priz~s.
The school
ex.l'1,ibi tion was open to the public on Thursday:, May 24th, when
the students and their friends were addressed by Dr. R. Tait_}
Mackenzie in
gall~ry
F., and the announcements of the awards
were made by the Pres:Ldent of the Academy.
Twenty-seven groups
recQmmended by the faculty and ratified by the Board of
Directors were awarded foneigri traveling scholarships.
Those
. to whom the scholarships were awarded were as follows:
John P. Barnes
Margaret Brisbine
John N. Fassler
Grace Gemberling
Harry Kidd
Glenna M. Latimer
Meyer H. Rs,di tz
Helen M. Rolls
Francis Speight
Barbara Webster
DorotlllY Cox
Mary Carroll Curtis
Barse Miller
Irma V. Howard
.
~Vatson Neyla.nd
.
Benjamin J. Bittenbepder
]'rancis X. Boyle
William A. Bracken
W. Howard McAllister
George P. Tucker
Paul I ... Gill
Roderick McRea
Edward .Shenton
Victor lCahill
J:JIarlon P. King
Evelyn Peabody
Walker Hancock
During the summer the eritire permanent collection
was hung v.nt il October 20th
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when all the gall'eries except ing
B.;C., and D. were dismantled for the 21st Annual water Color
J!:: xhibition and the 22nd Annual Exhibi tion under the auspices of
the Pennsylvania Society of Miniature Painters and the 7th '
Annual Exhibition of selected work done by students of the .,.
Academy's Summer School at Chester Springs.
These exhibitions
were opened to the public November 4th and continued through
December 9th.
1'he Jury Of Selection for the Water Color
Exhi b ition consisted of
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Hilda Be lcher
J. ]'rank Co pe land
Joh n R . Fra z ier
Wilm6t E . Hietlartd
W. A~ Hof stetter ,
II,[ . W. Zi mme r man
The Exhibition contain e d 693 examples re presenting
241 a,rt ists.
The 'Jury a warded t he f ollowing p ri ze s:
The Ph iladel ph ia Water Color Prize to F rank W. Benson
for his entire g r oup of water colors as ' being t h e
stronge st g rou p shown.
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The Dana Gold Me dal to Charles H . Woodbury for his
entire g-roupof 'wa t e r colo rs for bol dn ess, simplicity
and frankness.
'J'he Char les Be ck "Jr., J?rize for "vorlc which had been
relJroduced in color wa s a warde d t o Na t lii ttle fo r h is
paint i ug ent i tl ed I1 Along th e QJuayll.
The J u ry of S el e ction for the 22nd Hi n i a ture
Exhibition consisting of
E llen Viet he rald Ahrens
Ha rry L,. Jolms'on
He len V. Le'wis
Emi ly Drayton Taylor
I:G l izabe th I? Washington
awarded the Bron z e Medal of Ho nor to Rosi na Boa rdma n for he r
ma:niature e nt itled liThe Burnoose l1
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In the Chester Springs Exhi b i t ion t he Cormnittee on
Instructi on awarded the landscap e p rizes as foll,ows:
1st - Her-bert Hicks - A Cloudy Af t ernoon
2nd - ]IIa r gare t Dobson - Shadows
31'0. - E dw in B. Fuller - Early Morning Cherry Blos s om Farm
a nd the prizes in scul p ture a s follo ws:
1st - Victor V. Sloc1..tm - Portrait: Fr ank If . Miller
2nd - - . Hall i e Davis - Comp osition N6. 110
31'0. - Wi lme r Hoffman .... Composition No . 92
Spe cia l P or t r a it P rize - Marjori e Nick les - S ewing
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.
'lD tc h ing P rize - li'r ank H . Miller - A J?a r myard
A s e l ec t e d , g ro up f rom t he Ches t er Spri ng s Ex h i b i t ion
ha s b ee n sent
th ~Dugh
the country on a circui t unde r the
aus p ices of the American F edera tiori of Ar ts.
On Novembe r 24th a g roup of 97 .drawings fr01n 10 dif fe rent art s chools of the country were s h own in the p rint room of the
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ACG,clemy until Decembe r 30th.
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for the Charles
these drawings were incomp eti ti on
Le a P rizes, and ' the ,Jury of S election for the
'water Color :Exl1ibi ti on a wa rded the p rizes as , follows:
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1st P rize - Luigi Sp i z zirri
2nd P rize
:E dwin B.Rosskam
3rd I 'rize - E leanor Beckham'
'the fi:B'st two of whom are ' stv.clents in t h e S chools of t h e J?ennsylvania Academy of the F ine Arts.
F rom December 17th until January 10tl1 the north
occu ~ ied
galleries were
by a collection of 603 paintings and
drawings of }Jersi a and India including illuminated manuscri p ts
from the collection of the P resident of the Academy,
gredericl( Lewis.
M r~
John
This KX:hibi tion was of su:p rerne imp ortance from
thG p oint of excel l ence of ejr..hibits as well as the comprehensiveness of the collection.
It wa s of inestiy.aable value to the
students of the Academy and of other art schools in this, oi t;)("and
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,
t o the arrived artists.
, It was also
int~nsely
appreciated by the
laymen who visited the galleries.
SCHOOLS
The Schoo,ls of the Academy have had a successful year
V'r ith a total registra tion of 280 which is t h e largest attendance
ever recorded.
Instructioniri the scho ols is give n by a faculty
of recogni z ed $tandihg in the art world consi~ting of
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Charles Grafly ,
Hugh H. Breckenridge
Henry McCarter
Daniel Garber
Arthur B. Carles
Richard S. 'J;JIeryman
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,G e o r ge uHa ralng
John :B'. Harbeson
· Georg~ Oberteuffer
Albert ' I,aessle
, Carl l,awless,
The S chool " is under the management of the COYrlIuit tee on Instruc- ,
tion which consists of members of the Board of Directors,.
Chairman of the Committee is Mr. Arthur H. Lea, .whbis also
'1'he.
- 7 Chairman, IGx-Off icio; of the Faculty.
The S ch ool is under the
direct mana.gement of the Curator, Roger M. Ri tt ase.
The enrollment is ' now going on for the second term of
t h e current school year.
The .Academy's summer school at Chester ,spr ings, of
which D. Roy JHller is t he resident manager, ha.s enj oyed the
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most successful season of the seven yea.rs during which it has
been open to receive students.
Instruction was give n from April
to October and consisted of criticisms by the following
artist~:
Daniel Garber
George Hard ing
Georg'e Oberteuffer
AHwrt JJaessle
Carl Lawless
1'b.e total nWilber of students enrolled during the season
Cn
A}?ri17th~
was 228.
' 1923, the Academy purchased from Eva L •. ·
Schmel l a p ro perty consisting of a dwelltngand over a half
acre of ground adjo ining t he Chester Springs S chool properti~
}j'RP1E CONCERTS
Free Sunday concerts under the managemen t · of a s pecial,·
coromi t tee of which 1\[rs. Herbert IJ. Clark is Chairman
vJer~.
given
in the Academy during April, May, June, November and December
of 1923 and also January 1924.
'These concerts are very largely
attended and a re ii>lstrumental in increa sing the JP.rt education of
the visitors who come to t h e Acaclemy to hear the music .
The total numbe r of visitors to t he Academy's galleries
'.
. during the yea.r 1923 was 127,408.
BY GI FT
' The eagle carved in wood by William Rush pr esented by
Mr. Wilson Mitchel.
,
I1 Faradise Loat n illustrated by Gusta.\,( Dore presen ted by
Miss
Lin~a
Pan coast.
- 8 !.!Gems of :Eur opean Art", Vo l.I . a nd Vol.II,
tlPlaying
Ca r d s of Various Ages and Countries II, Vol. I, II, a nd III,
ItliIa ster p ieces of Industrial Art a nd S cul:Dt ure - International
Exh ibiti on 1862 11 selected a nd described by J. B . Vla ring, Vol.
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I, II, an d III, and tiLes Chefs D'Oeuvre de la P ei ntur e Italienne "
by 'Paul' Man tz , p resented by Mr. John Fredericl{ Lewis.
The fo l lowing list , ofportraits p resented unconditionally
by Mr. John Frederick Lewis:
P ortr~ it
l)ortrai t
P ortrait
P ortrai t
r ortrai t
P ortrai t
P ortra it
P ortra it
P ortrait
P ortl'ai t
P ortrait
P or t rait
P ortrai t
. P oi'tra i t
Portrait
P ortrait
P ortrait
P ortrait
:Portrai t
P ortrai t
of S te ph e n Collins F oster
of }[rs. Stephen Collins Foster
o f~ Lady by Frederick R . S p encer
of Ma rtha i.,,!a shington by Joh n Woollasion, Jr.
of a GentlellJan by William Dunlap
of ·Dolly She-pherd
of John G. Ste~l by Robert S treet
of lirs. John G. Steel by Robert street
of the Children of Henry Robinson by ·James P eale
of TN . Crook RucLman by J' ohn Neagle
of El iz abe th Pe el by Benjamin 'H est
of Lydia P eel by Benjamin West
of Gen. George Cadwalader by O. S. }i'raz ier
'o! WiLl .i am Gilmore by Gilbert s tua rt
of. Charles H. Groesbec k .by Johh. . .Yanderlyn
of a La.dy by }~ zra iunes
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of Joh n Manigault by Thom8,s Sul-ly
by Gilbert S tuart Newton
of a n Old IVIa.n by John P a r ad ise
of John Hil·son as "'l'ylce" by John Neagle ·
Th e landsca pe ,entitled "The Bull H by R . C. Bispham
p resent e d
un co~ ditio nally
by Mr. 'F rank I leas a n t on.
Twci pain ting s by Heinrich Han sen each entitled HAn Interior",
p r~sented
'by Miss R. G. S cot t for the pe r mane nt coll e ct ion.
P ortrait of General P ers h ing by
]~aszlo,
p resented by
Mr. George McFa dden.
A large selection of
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ph otog ra phs of p ictures exhibited at
the Fre nch Salon for t he pa s t t h irty years, presented by Mr.
Fran~~s
Ralston Welsh.
Th ~
book entitle "Artists' P igme nts" by F . Weber.
'The p ortrait of Joseph
~Jh i tfield
attributed to Rembrandt
P eale p resented by Mr. J. E . Har p er.
The br on z e by Albert Laessle entitled IIChant icleer",
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p resented by the J?ell olNship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts.
A collection of period furniture for the Washington bed-
(j
room in Summer S chool a t Chester Springs, presented by Mr. Charles
IJ. Hamilton.
T.i.le IJ ortrai t of lVlargaret My ers nee Dover said to be by
Hewitt, presented by 1!Irs. Agnes T. Myers.
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The IC dvrard H. Coates Memor ial Collect"ion presented by
Mrs. Coates as follows:
Robert Vonnoh - Nude
'.' !fp.ornas Ill oran - Venice
Lo renzo Valles - The Surprise
G. Simoni - The Quarrel
li' rancisco Virgil:i.o Diaz de la :E'ena - The Coming ~")torm
P ierre Billet - Return at E vening
Leon Richet - Retro~p e ction
Thomas Ho~enden - The r Falcon
Char:i.es li'ranQois Daub igny - On the Seine
I.Jaurenz Al ma Tadema .;. The Three F riends
Violet Oakley - Tr ag ic Muse
Charles . }!'ran~ois Daubigny - Twilight
Chaf les Dat~r Weldon - To k ens
Jules Dupr6 - Landscape
j~an Ferdinand Chaigneau - Guarding the Flock
E. Miel - The Last Drop
J"ohh IT. Twachtm.a.n - Still Life
Pierre ~Louis Joseph de Coninck - La Charrneuse
Carlton Wiggins - Early Morn
William T. Richards - February
FrariciscoVirgili.o Diaz de la Pe ~a - F ontainbleau
Robert Vonnoh - P ortra it: Mr. Coates
Charles J~cque - The A nge~us
William T. Richards - The Old Ocean's Gray and IUela.ncholy
WEste
Thomas Ravenden - :Peonies
J"ean Bapt iste- Camille. Corot - Landscape
Jehan "Georges Vibert - Matadora
A. Mercie - David
Bessie Po tter Vonnoh - M:otherhood
Charles Gra fly - P ortrai t Bust·:· E dward. H. Coates
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The portrait of Eleanor I;ambdin by JaYnes Reid Larrlbdin,
bequeathed by Jj[iss Emlna Lambdin.
The p ortrait of Mrs. l£lizabeth Wurts Ba der and her cl1ildren by Jacob E icholtz -bequea thed to the Academy by Blanche E lder
(Larzelere) ~owell.
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P urchased by~t the Lambe rt Fund Commi ttee for the
P en nsylvan i a Acactemy of the Fine Arts:
Composition: Figure - Pau l Froelich
Head of a Girl - Carolyn Haywood
Des cending Night - Mildred B. Miller
The Inner Harbor . - Suset t e S. Keast
Old Garden - Charles Skinner G&rner
In the Val l ey - Ross E. Braught
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No new
the
exc~~tion
constr~ction
h as been done du ring the year with
of a shower b a th in the men's dressing room in
the school. Necessary repairs h a ve been done to the
~oof
and
through out the building.
The Treasurer's re p ort in detail is submitte d .
The thanl(s of the Ma nag ement of' the Academy is extended
to the Honorable, the Ma yor of Philade11Jhia, to the Mayor.ls
cabinet a nd to the Council for t hei r continue d sympathy a nd t he ir
SU1J port a.nd to t h e P resident a nd l\{embers of t he Board of Education
in sending to our S choo ls students desiring to study art.
We also acknowledge our clebt to the' }?ress of Ph ila del ph ia
which has given to the Academy a n ~ to t he c a use ' of art, intelligent criticisms of all the Exh ibition(s wh ich we have had.
We a lso make g rate f ul acknowleclgement to the emp loyees
of tlie Acadetny f or their faithful pe r f orma nce of their duty .
Respectfully submitt~~,
Secretary'.
TO THE STOCKHOLDERS:
The President and Directors of the Pennsylvania
(
.,
Academy of the Fine Arts have the honor to
\
present their 118th Annual Report.
Ybur 3tockholders' Ticlcets for the calendar year 1924
were , ·mailed
to you on December 91st, 1923.
···r·
These tickets will
admit the Stockholder to all lectures and entertainments given
by the Academy or under its auspices, whether admission be
charged to the public or not.
The President and Diredtors would
be most .gratified by the frequent use of these tickets.
EXHIBITIONS
The 119th Annual Exhibition of Work in Oil and Sculpture
op ened to the public on Sunday, February 3rd, and continues
through Sunday, March 23rd, 1924.
This exhibition is of equal
importance wi th its predecessors, and in many special items I
surpasses them.
It is made up of current Anjer:ican Art which
represents all the various phases of art as produced throughout
this broad country.
Among the many examples exhibited are the
works of the foremost l='ainters and sculptors in America.
The Exh.i bition is in the hands of the Jury of Selection
consisting of twelve pain te.rs and three sculptors who judged all
the work SUbmitted.
man and three other
The Ranging Committee composed of the ChairJurors~
together with the President, Ex-
Officio, arranged the galleries for the
E ~libition.
The . canvases
were selected by the Painters. Jury consisting of
Hugh H. Bre.c kenridge, Chairman
Charles W. Hawthorne
Gertrude Fiske
Ernest Lawson
Mary Townsend Mason
Richard E. Jlhller
Carl J. Nordell
S. Walter Norris
:B~ugene SlJe i cher
FredericJ:e J. 'Vaugh
Charles II. Woodbury
Charles Morris . Young
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.The s'culpture was chosen by the Sculptors' Jury of
Selection consisting of
Charles ~ Grafly
(.
Carl Paul Jennewein
Edward l [cCartan
A
18~rge proportion of the wor};:s presented in the Exhibi-
. tion are for sale, and a large number of small canvases and small
i
pieces of sculpture are shown wh icha,re suitable for hanging in
private houses and are, therefore, of special interest.
From the 118th .Annual Exhj~b it ion I 1923; the following
canvases , were purchased for trie i'_ cademy by the John Lambert
COlmn,i t tee:
"Compos'ition: Figurer! by Paul Froelich
uHead of a Girl il by Carolyn Haywood
flDesqending liIT ght n by Mi ldred B. l Uller
"TxH3 Inner Harbor il by Susett e S . Keast
!lOld Garden tl by Cha rles Skinner Garner
"In the Valley" by Ross E. :Braught
The awards of medals in the 118th Annual Exhibiti on made ·
by the Jury
of S election were as follows:
The Temple Gold Nl:edal - for the best pai nting irrespective of subject - to 1Nalter Ufer for his canvas
entitled "Sleep"
The Jennie Sesnan Gold 1\lIe dal- for the best landscap e in
the E xhibition - to Aldro T. Hibbard for his canvas
entitled "Down Stream"
The Ca rol H. BecJr Gold Medal - f or the best por trait
in the E YJ1Xbi tion - to Lilian \iVestcott Ha le for her
canva s entitled "IiJ'[ iss jjil:argaret i,jff illiams"
The Sc ulptors' Jury of Selection awarded to Brenda
:Putnam fo r he1' work entitled "Sun-Dial l1 the George D. Vhdener
Memorial Gold Medal.
The following award of prizes was made by the Committee
on Exh ibition consisting of member s of the Board of
Directo~s:
The \Val ter ]~ippincott Pr ize to Charles W. Hawthorne
for his canvas e nti tled "American Motherho od"
The Mary Smith Prize for the best canvas by a Philadelphia woman artist ' to Isa1JelBranson Cartw,r ight . fo r
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her canvas entitled "Portrait: H.B.S."
The ]jlhiladelphia P rize awarded by popular vote during
the designated weel<: in March was awarded to Sydney rt .
Dickinson for his canvas entitled liThe P rint"
'rhe Locust Cl\lb Gold Medal carrying vvit,h it the purchase
(
I,
of the '!?electeg. work of art was awarded for the first time.
l'
.1·
The award was made by the art committee of the Locust Club and
went to Daniel Garber for his canvas entitled tlLowryts Hill".
The Exhibition consisted of 446 painti.ngs and 119
pieces of sculpture; 379 artists were represented.
The tQtal
attendance for the 118th Annual Exh,ibition was 40,012.
Immediately after the 118th Annual Exhibition closed
the galleries on the north side of the building, the Rotunda,
and the central galleries were hung with an Exhibition of
portraits by Caarles Vl illson Peale, James Peale and Rembrandt
I
P eale.
This exhibition consisted of' 317 examples of the work
of these artists.
miniatures.
from
the ~
Of' these 277 were portraits and 40 were
This Exhibition was of extraordinary importance
t'
"
fact that it was the first time an extensive
collection of these three artists was made and ·b ecause of the
data concerning each portrait which was obtained and published
in the catalggue of the
J~xhibi tion
of great value for all time.
which will be a document
This ];xhi'bi tion was borrowed
from private individualsand from public institutions and to
their cooperation we owe the success of the Exhibition.
The
Exh'ibition was iopen from April 11 to May 9th, both inclusive.
Coincident with this Exhibition and occupying
Galleri.es K. ,11 and South Corridor was held an exhibi ton of 82
paintings by modern Japanese artists loaned by Mr. Yonezo
Okamoto of Hew York.
'1'his ExhH)ition was of unusual value in
showing the work of modern Japanese artists.
At the same time in Gallery B. was shown a
c.o'llection
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of Comtemporary European Paintings and Sculpture loaned by Dr.
Albert Barnes of Philadelphia.
'1'his exhi-bi t ion illust rated
one of the most modern phases of painting and sculpture.
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At the close of these three exhibitions the north
galleries and rotunda were occupied with an exhibition of work
by the students in competition for the Emlen Cresson Foreign
Traveling Scholarships and minor school
priz~s.
The school
ex.l'1,ibi tion was open to the public on Thursday:, May 24th, when
the students and their friends were addressed by Dr. R. Tait_}
Mackenzie in
gall~ry
F., and the announcements of the awards
were made by the Pres:Ldent of the Academy.
Twenty-seven groups
recQmmended by the faculty and ratified by the Board of
Directors were awarded foneigri traveling scholarships.
Those
. to whom the scholarships were awarded were as follows:
John P. Barnes
Margaret Brisbine
John N. Fassler
Grace Gemberling
Harry Kidd
Glenna M. Latimer
Meyer H. Rs,di tz
Helen M. Rolls
Francis Speight
Barbara Webster
DorotlllY Cox
Mary Carroll Curtis
Barse Miller
Irma V. Howard
.
~Vatson Neyla.nd
.
Benjamin J. Bittenbepder
]'rancis X. Boyle
William A. Bracken
W. Howard McAllister
George P. Tucker
Paul I ... Gill
Roderick McRea
Edward .Shenton
Victor lCahill
J:JIarlon P. King
Evelyn Peabody
Walker Hancock
During the summer the eritire permanent collection
was hung v.nt il October 20th
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when all the gall'eries except ing
B.;C., and D. were dismantled for the 21st Annual water Color
J!:: xhibition and the 22nd Annual Exhibi tion under the auspices of
the Pennsylvania Society of Miniature Painters and the 7th '
Annual Exhibition of selected work done by students of the .,.
Academy's Summer School at Chester Springs.
These exhibitions
were opened to the public November 4th and continued through
December 9th.
1'he Jury Of Selection for the Water Color
Exhi b ition consisted of
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Hilda Be lcher
J. ]'rank Co pe land
Joh n R . Fra z ier
Wilm6t E . Hietlartd
W. A~ Hof stetter ,
II,[ . W. Zi mme r man
The Exhibition contain e d 693 examples re presenting
241 a,rt ists.
The 'Jury a warded t he f ollowing p ri ze s:
The Ph iladel ph ia Water Color Prize to F rank W. Benson
for his entire g r oup of water colors as ' being t h e
stronge st g rou p shown.
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The Dana Gold Me dal to Charles H . Woodbury for his
entire g-roupof 'wa t e r colo rs for bol dn ess, simplicity
and frankness.
'J'he Char les Be ck "Jr., J?rize for "vorlc which had been
relJroduced in color wa s a warde d t o Na t lii ttle fo r h is
paint i ug ent i tl ed I1 Along th e QJuayll.
The J u ry of S el e ction for the 22nd Hi n i a ture
Exhibition consisting of
E llen Viet he rald Ahrens
Ha rry L,. Jolms'on
He len V. Le'wis
Emi ly Drayton Taylor
I:G l izabe th I? Washington
awarded the Bron z e Medal of Ho nor to Rosi na Boa rdma n for he r
ma:niature e nt itled liThe Burnoose l1
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In the Chester Springs Exhi b i t ion t he Cormnittee on
Instructi on awarded the landscap e p rizes as foll,ows:
1st - Her-bert Hicks - A Cloudy Af t ernoon
2nd - ]IIa r gare t Dobson - Shadows
31'0. - E dw in B. Fuller - Early Morning Cherry Blos s om Farm
a nd the prizes in scul p ture a s follo ws:
1st - Victor V. Sloc1..tm - Portrait: Fr ank If . Miller
2nd - - . Hall i e Davis - Comp osition N6. 110
31'0. - Wi lme r Hoffman .... Composition No . 92
Spe cia l P or t r a it P rize - Marjori e Nick les - S ewing
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'lD tc h ing P rize - li'r ank H . Miller - A J?a r myard
A s e l ec t e d , g ro up f rom t he Ches t er Spri ng s Ex h i b i t ion
ha s b ee n sent
th ~Dugh
the country on a circui t unde r the
aus p ices of the American F edera tiori of Ar ts.
On Novembe r 24th a g roup of 97 .drawings fr01n 10 dif fe rent art s chools of the country were s h own in the p rint room of the
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ACG,clemy until Decembe r 30th.
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for the Charles
these drawings were incomp eti ti on
Le a P rizes, and ' the ,Jury of S election for the
'water Color :Exl1ibi ti on a wa rded the p rizes as , follows:
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1st P rize - Luigi Sp i z zirri
2nd P rize
:E dwin B.Rosskam
3rd I 'rize - E leanor Beckham'
'the fi:B'st two of whom are ' stv.clents in t h e S chools of t h e J?ennsylvania Academy of the F ine Arts.
F rom December 17th until January 10tl1 the north
occu ~ ied
galleries were
by a collection of 603 paintings and
drawings of }Jersi a and India including illuminated manuscri p ts
from the collection of the P resident of the Academy,
gredericl( Lewis.
M r~
John
This KX:hibi tion was of su:p rerne imp ortance from
thG p oint of excel l ence of ejr..hibits as well as the comprehensiveness of the collection.
It wa s of inestiy.aable value to the
students of the Academy and of other art schools in this, oi t;)("and
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t o the arrived artists.
, It was also
int~nsely
appreciated by the
laymen who visited the galleries.
SCHOOLS
The Schoo,ls of the Academy have had a successful year
V'r ith a total registra tion of 280 which is t h e largest attendance
ever recorded.
Instructioniri the scho ols is give n by a faculty
of recogni z ed $tandihg in the art world consi~ting of
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Charles Grafly ,
Hugh H. Breckenridge
Henry McCarter
Daniel Garber
Arthur B. Carles
Richard S. 'J;JIeryman
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,G e o r ge uHa ralng
John :B'. Harbeson
· Georg~ Oberteuffer
Albert ' I,aessle
, Carl l,awless,
The S chool " is under the management of the COYrlIuit tee on Instruc- ,
tion which consists of members of the Board of Directors,.
Chairman of the Committee is Mr. Arthur H. Lea, .whbis also
'1'he.
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The S ch ool is under the
direct mana.gement of the Curator, Roger M. Ri tt ase.
The enrollment is ' now going on for the second term of
t h e current school year.
The .Academy's summer school at Chester ,spr ings, of
which D. Roy JHller is t he resident manager, ha.s enj oyed the
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most successful season of the seven yea.rs during which it has
been open to receive students.
Instruction was give n from April
to October and consisted of criticisms by the following
artist~:
Daniel Garber
George Hard ing
Georg'e Oberteuffer
AHwrt JJaessle
Carl Lawless
1'b.e total nWilber of students enrolled during the season
Cn
A}?ri17th~
was 228.
' 1923, the Academy purchased from Eva L •. ·
Schmel l a p ro perty consisting of a dwelltngand over a half
acre of ground adjo ining t he Chester Springs S chool properti~
}j'RP1E CONCERTS
Free Sunday concerts under the managemen t · of a s pecial,·
coromi t tee of which 1\[rs. Herbert IJ. Clark is Chairman
vJer~.
given
in the Academy during April, May, June, November and December
of 1923 and also January 1924.
'These concerts are very largely
attended and a re ii>lstrumental in increa sing the JP.rt education of
the visitors who come to t h e Acaclemy to hear the music .
The total numbe r of visitors to t he Academy's galleries
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. during the yea.r 1923 was 127,408.
BY GI FT
' The eagle carved in wood by William Rush pr esented by
Mr. Wilson Mitchel.
,
I1 Faradise Loat n illustrated by Gusta.\,( Dore presen ted by
Miss
Lin~a
Pan coast.
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Ca r d s of Various Ages and Countries II, Vol. I, II, a nd III,
ItliIa ster p ieces of Industrial Art a nd S cul:Dt ure - International
Exh ibiti on 1862 11 selected a nd described by J. B . Vla ring, Vol.
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I, II, an d III, and tiLes Chefs D'Oeuvre de la P ei ntur e Italienne "
by 'Paul' Man tz , p resented by Mr. John Fredericl{ Lewis.
The fo l lowing list , ofportraits p resented unconditionally
by Mr. John Frederick Lewis:
P ortr~ it
l)ortrai t
P ortrait
P ortrai t
r ortrai t
P ortrai t
P ortra it
P ortra it
P ortrait
P ortl'ai t
P ortrait
P or t rait
P ortrai t
. P oi'tra i t
Portrait
P ortrait
P ortrait
P ortrait
:Portrai t
P ortrai t
of S te ph e n Collins F oster
of }[rs. Stephen Collins Foster
o f~ Lady by Frederick R . S p encer
of Ma rtha i.,,!a shington by Joh n Woollasion, Jr.
of a GentlellJan by William Dunlap
of ·Dolly She-pherd
of John G. Ste~l by Robert S treet
of lirs. John G. Steel by Robert street
of the Children of Henry Robinson by ·James P eale
of TN . Crook RucLman by J' ohn Neagle
of El iz abe th Pe el by Benjamin 'H est
of Lydia P eel by Benjamin West
of Gen. George Cadwalader by O. S. }i'raz ier
'o! WiLl .i am Gilmore by Gilbert s tua rt
of. Charles H. Groesbec k .by Johh. . .Yanderlyn
of a La.dy by }~ zra iunes
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of Joh n Manigault by Thom8,s Sul-ly
by Gilbert S tuart Newton
of a n Old IVIa.n by John P a r ad ise
of John Hil·son as "'l'ylce" by John Neagle ·
Th e landsca pe ,entitled "The Bull H by R . C. Bispham
p resent e d
un co~ ditio nally
by Mr. 'F rank I leas a n t on.
Twci pain ting s by Heinrich Han sen each entitled HAn Interior",
p r~sented
'by Miss R. G. S cot t for the pe r mane nt coll e ct ion.
P ortrait of General P ers h ing by
]~aszlo,
p resented by
Mr. George McFa dden.
A large selection of
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ph otog ra phs of p ictures exhibited at
the Fre nch Salon for t he pa s t t h irty years, presented by Mr.
Fran~~s
Ralston Welsh.
Th ~
book entitle "Artists' P igme nts" by F . Weber.
'The p ortrait of Joseph
~Jh i tfield
attributed to Rembrandt
P eale p resented by Mr. J. E . Har p er.
The br on z e by Albert Laessle entitled IIChant icleer",
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p resented by the J?ell olNship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts.
A collection of period furniture for the Washington bed-
(j
room in Summer S chool a t Chester Springs, presented by Mr. Charles
IJ. Hamilton.
T.i.le IJ ortrai t of lVlargaret My ers nee Dover said to be by
Hewitt, presented by 1!Irs. Agnes T. Myers.
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The IC dvrard H. Coates Memor ial Collect"ion presented by
Mrs. Coates as follows:
Robert Vonnoh - Nude
'.' !fp.ornas Ill oran - Venice
Lo renzo Valles - The Surprise
G. Simoni - The Quarrel
li' rancisco Virgil:i.o Diaz de la :E'ena - The Coming ~")torm
P ierre Billet - Return at E vening
Leon Richet - Retro~p e ction
Thomas Ho~enden - The r Falcon
Char:i.es li'ranQois Daub igny - On the Seine
I.Jaurenz Al ma Tadema .;. The Three F riends
Violet Oakley - Tr ag ic Muse
Charles . }!'ran~ois Daubigny - Twilight
Chaf les Dat~r Weldon - To k ens
Jules Dupr6 - Landscape
j~an Ferdinand Chaigneau - Guarding the Flock
E. Miel - The Last Drop
J"ohh IT. Twachtm.a.n - Still Life
Pierre ~Louis Joseph de Coninck - La Charrneuse
Carlton Wiggins - Early Morn
William T. Richards - February
FrariciscoVirgili.o Diaz de la Pe ~a - F ontainbleau
Robert Vonnoh - P ortra it: Mr. Coates
Charles J~cque - The A nge~us
William T. Richards - The Old Ocean's Gray and IUela.ncholy
WEste
Thomas Ravenden - :Peonies
J"ean Bapt iste- Camille. Corot - Landscape
Jehan "Georges Vibert - Matadora
A. Mercie - David
Bessie Po tter Vonnoh - M:otherhood
Charles Gra fly - P ortrai t Bust·:· E dward. H. Coates
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The portrait of Eleanor I;ambdin by JaYnes Reid Larrlbdin,
bequeathed by Jj[iss Emlna Lambdin.
The p ortrait of Mrs. l£lizabeth Wurts Ba der and her cl1ildren by Jacob E icholtz -bequea thed to the Academy by Blanche E lder
(Larzelere) ~owell.
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P urchased by~t the Lambe rt Fund Commi ttee for the
P en nsylvan i a Acactemy of the Fine Arts:
Composition: Figure - Pau l Froelich
Head of a Girl - Carolyn Haywood
Des cending Night - Mildred B. Miller
The Inner Harbor . - Suset t e S. Keast
Old Garden - Charles Skinner G&rner
In the Val l ey - Ross E. Braught
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No new
the
exc~~tion
constr~ction
h as been done du ring the year with
of a shower b a th in the men's dressing room in
the school. Necessary repairs h a ve been done to the
~oof
and
through out the building.
The Treasurer's re p ort in detail is submitte d .
The thanl(s of the Ma nag ement of' the Academy is extended
to the Honorable, the Ma yor of Philade11Jhia, to the Mayor.ls
cabinet a nd to the Council for t hei r continue d sympathy a nd t he ir
SU1J port a.nd to t h e P resident a nd l\{embers of t he Board of Education
in sending to our S choo ls students desiring to study art.
We also acknowledge our clebt to the' }?ress of Ph ila del ph ia
which has given to the Academy a n ~ to t he c a use ' of art, intelligent criticisms of all the Exh ibition(s wh ich we have had.
We a lso make g rate f ul acknowleclgement to the emp loyees
of tlie Acadetny f or their faithful pe r f orma nce of their duty .
Respectfully submitt~~,
Secretary'.