119th Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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119th Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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1924
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Alf NUAIJ REP ORT
To the stockhchlders:The President and Directors of the Pennsylvania
Academy of the };'ine Arts have the homor to
present their 119th Annual Report.
Your stockholders Tickets for the calena.ar year 1925,
were mailed to you on December 31, 1924.
These tickets will
admit the stockholders to all entertainments and lectures
given by the Academy or lLnder its auspices, whether admiss ion
be charged to the public or not.
-The President and Direc tOTS
will be most gra.tifiecl. by the fre quent use of these tickets.
Exhibitions
~he
120th Annual F...xhibi ti on in Oil and Sculpture
,op-ens to the public on Sunday, February 8th al'1d continues
through Sund a,y, March 29, 1925.
This exhibition is made up of
examples of .current American Art, in which the various phases
of painting is represented by distinguished examples ~
The most
c,e leb:rated artists of the country show their great interest in
the exhibition by being represented throQ,gh the best examples of
their work, a..1'1d the exhibition will no d oubt take its place as
one of the superlatively interesting groups of paintings shown
in the Academy.
The exhibition is in the hands of the Jury of SelecI
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t ion of eleven painters a nd three sCD_lpt ors who judged all the
work submitted..
The Hanging Committee consisting of the Chair-
man and three other Jurors together with the President, exofficio, arrange the groups for the
eY~ibiti~~.
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The canvases were selected by the Painters' Jury of
Selection consisting of :-
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Charles H. Woodbury, Chafurman
A. Margaretta Archambault
Victor Higgins
Louis Betts
Joseph T. Pearson, Jr.
Sidney E, Dickinson
Henry B. Snell
Robert Spe:ncer
Paul Dougherty
George Gibbs
Lillian B. Meeser
The Sculpture vvas sele c te¢t by the Sculptors' Jury of
Sele,c tion consisting of: i'o '
Charles Grafly
Arthur ' Lee
J. Maxvve II Miller,
A large portion of the paintings in the exhibition
are for sale and are suitable for hanging in private houses.
The Exhibi;tion of Sculpture Gontaift;sl ffl.ite-i,. that is sui table for
the decorating of interiors as well as for gardens.
Immediately following the 120th AnJ1Ual Exhi bi tion,
the Academy _will put on
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special exhibition of portraits by
John Neagle, one of the American Artists whose work, although
of great importance, ' has never been collected ana. presented, as
a tribute to an early American Artist of great power.
The 119th Annual
on February 3, 1924.
Exhibition opened according to sched111e
The awards of medals in this exhibition
were made by the Jury of Selection and were as follows:The Temple Gold Medal was ~warded to Wm ~ Glackens for
the bes't painting irrespective for bis ,' canvas ~ntitled
"Nude. 1I '
The Jenny Sesngn Gold Medal for the best lal1(lscape in
ghe exhibition vms awardeo. to Walter Griffin for his
canvas entitled. "Stroud water Mill DaM. 11
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The Carol II Beck Gold Medal for the; best portrait in
the exhibi tion was awaro.ed to Sidney E. Dickinson for
his canvas anti tIed flEc1win Dickinson.
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The following prizes were awardeo. by the Committee on
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Exhibiti on consistingAof the Boaro. CDf Directors:The W,a,l ter IJippinco tt Prize was awa,rc1ed. , to Edw,a!,"d
DD.fner for his CMvt"l,S entitl'eo. tiThe Morning stroll. TT
th~ : best1P'hjl~~elPhi~ w~m~n'l,1
T}p.e Mary ., $.'l1li th pr;'ze for
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to ' Mrs. Lillian
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canvas entitled liThe Green Bottle. IT
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The Edwa;rcl .T. Stoteshury Prize for the 'p ainting or group
of Paintings giving the greatest distinction to t;he' exhi biti on Wt;Ls aweu'decl t 0 ~To,sephCapolino for his group
of fou.r , paint ings mati tIed "History of the United. Ststes
Mat:;tne Corps.lI
No. 1 - Hevollltionary War
No. 2
Tr ip oli
No.3
War of 1812
N·o. 4
Sum~tra
The Philaelelphia Prize awaro.ed by popular vot.e during a
desi'g natec1 week in March; VV4S awa-rded t 0 W ill-iam~ M.
Pax·ton for his BartiVaS erltitle(l nphryne. TT .
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'T4e .Lo.cust Club Medal carrying wi th tt. the selectvt
Wio rk o;f J:rt was awaro.eel fO'r the ,se·cortd. time by the Art
Cdmmittee of' the IlocuSt Club. The work se iectee'L 1tvas the
canvas by Itichard l~. Mi ller enti tIed frSunbath. fJ
The exhibitio,n consisted of 479 paint ings and 163 wOrks
of Sculpture; 425 artists w~fe represented.
The total attend- .
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3~525.
ImmediateJ,.y aft.er the close of the l19th Annual Exhibition, the Permanent Colle'ctian we,s put in
em May 17th the galleries F.
gallertes
~l;nd.
tr1:.~sept,
the east
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in the
H. the north
west galleries and. the . rotunda
by an 82,hibi tion of wOTk by. our
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pl~.ce
stude;n~s
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Gccupied
in cOf:lpetition for , the
Emlen Cresson Traveling Scholarship and minor school prizes.
':Phis exhi,b i ti on
Wt;.U3
open t (') 'the }public on May 22nd when the st u~e
dents and their friends were addressed by Theodor e N, Di 1 1 a'ilVay ,
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of the Art Department of the Public Schools of
Philadelphia~
At the conclusion of Mr. Dillaway's address, the announcement
of ·the awards was made by the presiclent of the Academy.
Thirty
groups recornmencled by the facult)V and ratified by the Board of
Directors were awarded
Tr~veling
Scholarships.
Those to whdlm
the Scholarships were awarded. are as follows:Glenna IvI. L·a.t imer
Helen M. Rolls
Barba.r c~ We bs ter
Hallie Davis
Victor V. Slocum
Wilmer Hoffman
Victor Ks,hill
Evelyn Peabody
Marjory Collison
Helen B. Davies
Reber S. Hartman
C'onrad K. Roland
Page ~~rotter
Francis X. Boyle
William li. Bracken
Bernard Badura
Wenonah D. Bell
George D. Eddinge~
Furman J ,. Finc k
Walter ' Gardner
Robert M. Metcalf
Marjorie A. Nickles
Harry J. Oshiver
William Schulhoff
Louise C. Shenton
Louise Z. Welsh
Cathe rihe C. Williams
John P. Barnes
Margaret Brisbine
Grace T. Gemberling
During the summer the PermEt-l1ent Collection was hung
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until Oct oher 20th, when all the galleries except ing B, C and.
D, and the south transept wer'e d.ismanteled for the 22nd Annual
Water Color Exhibition,
~nd
the 23rd Annual Exhibition under
the auspices of the Pennsylvania
Societ~T
of Miniature Painters,
and the 8th exhibit:j.on of paintings done at the Acac1er.:lY's
School tl.t Chester Springs.
These exhibi tions were open to the
public from November 9th until December 14th.
The Jury of
Selection for the Water Color Exhibitio? 90nsisted of; !
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The pdore N. Dillaway
Jphn McLure Hrnnilton
Felicie WaldO Howell
The exhibition
cont~lined,
ing 102 artists.
Joseph Penllell
Albert sterner
Carroll S. Tyson, Jr.
496 paintLngs and drawings; represent-
The. Jury awarded, .the following prizes:-
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5 The PhiladeLphia Water Col6rPrize fa' W. Emerton
HeitltJ.nd,for his entire ' group of water Colors as
being the strongest group shown •
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The Dana Gold Medal was · ~warded to Fn1..nk W. Bens em
for . his en tire group of Water Colors for simplici ty
and franlr~ness.
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The Brinton Gold Medal establishecl by Mrs. Alice Mac
F. Brinton ' for the best work in black an d white Wt'1. S
Ej,wa.rded to George W. ]Bellows for his lithograph eJiltitled TTAuntie Ma son an d her Husband.!l
The Jury .awa rded the n ohn Frederick Lewis first prize
in Caricatllre to D. R. Fitzpatrick for his Caric~tllre
enti tIed Babe Hllth, and the' second prize was aW8,rcLed
to Titus (Allerbach-Levy) for his Caricature entitle d
TTCharles Hawthorne. fI
The . . Caricature Prizes were awarded for the first time ancl are
the evidence of the desire of the
~resid~nt
of the Academy to
encour a ge g ood dr awing a nd refinement of presentation and
appreciation of satire among stua ents of and arrived artists ,
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in Caricatllre .
The President raised the standard of Caricatllre
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/Iln~the 1~9 '~h Annual Exhibition) by giving a nllt1ber of importan t
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mone y prizes to the stlldents of the. Academy' s schools in com-
petition. c~~~
with
'~ucess
a ncl led to the establish-
merit of prizes in Caricature in the Annml.l Water Color Exhibition.
The Jury of Selection for the 23rd Annllal :Miniature
Exhib'i tion consistreng ' of:Johanna M. Boericke
Eliz a beth Shippen Green Elliot
Marg aret IJesle y Bush-Br own
Alice Kent Stoddart
Elizabeth F . Washing ton
awar dect the Bronze Med a l of Honor to Ilarry L. Johnson.
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A special
award wa s made b y t he Jury of Selection to Emily Drayton Taylor
for her Miniature entitlee !lRis F."m inence ~ p'ardinal MerCier,
Archbishop of
M~l,. line.lT
This exhib ition containect 144 pictures
representing 69 artists.
In the Ohester Springs Exhibition the Committee on
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Instruction which is apart of the
of Directors of the
Academy awarded the following prizes:Fi rst pri z,e to Margaret Dobs·on for her group of paintings.
Second prize to Robert Atwoocl for his group of paintmngs, and
third prize was award.ed to Garnet W. Jex for his group.
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Special prizes were a.warded to Frank Stamato for hls~study"of
a wounded dog, to Frank H. Miller for his group of drawings in
Black and White, and to Oscar Molle,r for his Landscape number
fifty-seven" in the Chester Springs Exhibition.
On November 26th a . group of 74 dr aw ings from . 13
different art schools
og
the country were shown in the Print
Room of the AQademy unt'i l December 20th.
in competition for the Charles M.
Le~
These drawings were
Prizes, and the . awards
were made by the Jury of Selection as fcilllows:First Prize to Glenna M. Latimer, second prize to
P. Webb, and third prize to Betty Welsh Paul,
all of whom are students in the Pennsylvania Academy of the
' Fine Arts.
At the close of these three exhibitions the galleries
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were again hung with the Permanent Collection until they were
disma:htelecL for the 120th Annual Exhibition.
SCHOOLS
tlThe schoo.;Ls of the Academy have had an u.nLJ.sually
sucessful year with a total registration of $tJ3 stucientswhich
is the largest attenciance ever recorded.
Instruction in the
schools is given by a faculty ·of recognized standing in the
Art World consisting
of:~
Hagh H. Breckenridge
Arthur B. Carles
Daniel Garber
Charles Grafly
Philip Hale '
John F. Harbeson
Georg~ Harding
Alfred Hayward
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, Henry' McC$.r~er ", .
Ricnard S ~'- 'MerYIrk-';n
Gebrge ' Ober ~teufIer
30seph
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Pearson, Jr.
'The school is under the management of the Committee on Instruction which consists of members of the Board , of Direct ors.
The Chairman tilf the Committee is Arthur H. Lea, who is also
Chairman, ex-officio, of the faculty.
The school is uJld,er the
direct management of the Curator, Barbara Bell.
School enroll-
ment is now going on for this term.
The school rooms have prdlved inadequate for
~ ccomodating
all of the classes, and our annex at 1834 Ar ch street whi ch has
been accommodating both Still Life classes is now occupieO. by
both the Still IJife and the Portrai tclasses who make use of
this ruLnex to its full c apacit y, and a llows of a new dis~
tribntion of the classes in the tcademy~to the better advantagement OX the students at work.
Following the President's initiative in drawing attention to Oaricattrre, a short course of lectures on the subject
is s cheduled for this Winter to be given by Alfred Hayward.
A short series of lectures on the history of Technique by
Philip
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Hale has als 0 been ad,ded to the roster.
The Academy's Surmner School at Chester Springs of whi ch
Mr. D. H.oy Miller is Resident Manager, enjoyed the most sucessful season of it e,:ilJght years of enrolling students. ' Instruction
waS open from April to October and criticisms were given by
the following artists:Daniel Garber
Albert Laessle
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George Oberteuffer
Joseph P. Pearson, Jr.
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The total number of students enrolled this , season
w~s J~a
J!"RE E CONCERTS
])'ree
Stmd~1.y
Concerts under the management of a
special committee of which Mrs -. Herbert L. Clarke is manager,
were given in the Academy during April, May, June, November
and December of 1924. and also in Jan uary of 1924 and 1925.
These concerts continued to be of great interest to the
Academy in bringing people to the Academy and .of particular
interest to the people to whom the combination of music 8ncl
pictures is of partrucular value.
The total number of visitors
to the Acaclemy during the year of 1924 was 114fo69.
ACQUIS I TIONS
By Bequest
The portrait of Mrs. Greenleaf by Gilbert stuart
be g uea thed by the late Mar y W. F. Howe.
By Gift
"The Dance of the Nymphs fT
by J. B. C. Cotot
"Garden Part yll b y Monticelli
"The Beggars" b;y Gu~t~ve Dore
lTWoman with Gu.i tar Tr (s a ieL t (Y' be
by William HU-o'1 t)
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and certain lar ge Vellum folios llThe Art of .the Vatican" etc.,
presentecl by the four dau,ghters of the late Mary W. F. Howe,
namely Mrs. Freder~ck Jordan, Mrs ." WilJ. i ~ .G:~: Low; Jr, Mrs.
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Halsey l)e Wolf, anct . Mrs. Alfrect G. B. Steel.
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]}leven mountec1 and framed illustrations in color
. from an old Prayer Book of about A. D. 1600 presented by the
PreSident; Mr. John Frederic k Lewis.
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S. Maria AVXIIj
Passori: Mirac : Clara
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Christ Vvi th Cross; ; 1wo C-n:uTch
Digni taries in back gr·ound.
(Jean V;an Sant )
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Mother .and, Chilo:'; ForrJ1al Dress;
Church in back ground..
(J. V. Stmde)
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Fi~uresln
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Ass~nption
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clo ud.s playing ]}Iu.s ic a l
central figure;
figures in ,flames be low. (No Artist name )
lril3trtiments" ~1.round,
of the Virgin
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Viela )
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(Io a~es de Wa ell
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Mother and Chila~ in formal dress; Ghurches
in ba ck grouna,.
(~T. Schoaclrick)
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Mother and Child; .lLngels heads on c lou.ds
at feet.
( F. Hub)
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Mo ther and Chilo. standing on ll!orld; An g el
Heads at feet.
(Isbella Herbens)
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Christ and Woman of SamOMia
(~e~rus
Van Lanckuelt)
(No Artist name)
S. Bernaro.
Bronze statuette entitled "Seaweed lT by Walter
Hancock presented by the . Fellowship of the Pennsyl vania
Academy
of the Fine Arts.
Eight
engr~vings
presented b y Mrs. Evan Rand olph of
Chestnut Hill.
The portrait of William~vvett and also the portrait
of
Alext:mder~Ewett
,Miss
Margt~ret
(arti st a s yet uXlcl etermined) . presented by
Thompson R.ichs..rds of Plainfield, New Jer s ev.
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The pCDrtrait , of Henry Howard Houston Woodvvaxd by
Violet Oakley presented by Dr. and Mrs. George Woodwt:;u'd •
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. The portrai t of A Man "' by Bernharcl Uhle prese'n ted by
Dr. Henry Leffman .
The Dancing Doll v\'t th hands a nd fa c e painted by
Thomas Sully presented by Mrs.
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purchased for the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Ar ts from the 119th Annual Exhibition, the
following:
IlThe Widower ll bi Victor Hi gg ins
"Agat an by ..Tohn Carrol
liThe Thames Bridge ll by Earl Horter
!lIn Whitell by Sara Carles
Scholarship Fo unded
The est ab lishment of .the Elizabeth
H~
Thompson
Memorial Scholarship in memory of Elizabeth H. Thompson, a
forme.r student in the schools of the Penl1syl vania Academ;)Tof
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the Fine Arts, founded by Miss Isabella G. Dod.
one share of the Academy Stock for the benefit of a
s tlldent of the Academy donated by Mary S. Drigh t.
Purchase of Re al Estate
Purchml e of the . George Klllp property 66 by 320 feet
ad,j oining the Chester Springs SCh'aol property.
With the exception of a models' dressing room built
into the Illustration Room, no new work has been done during
the year.
Necessary repairs have been done t o the roof and
th~Oll ghout
the building.
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Tpis includes also the bllilding at
Arch street.
At the June meeting of the BOaTct of Directors, the
resignati9,n of George H. McFadden as Treasurer, of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts was accepte(1, with regret on
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the part of the Boa,rd.
Mr . McFadden !tas served the Academy
as Treasurer for ei ghteen years and his management of this
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office has been of great benefit to the Academy through his
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sympathy and their support, and to the President and members
o£ the Board o£ Education in sending to our school, students
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who wish to study art.
We also acknowledge our debt to theP'ress o£ Philadelphia which has given to the Academt and to the causes o£ Art,
intelligent criticisms o£ all the exhibitions we have had.
We also make
g~ate£ul
acknowledgement to the employees
of the Academy £or the £aith£ul performance o£ their duties.
Respectfully submitted.
secretary.
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To the stockhchlders:The President and Directors of the Pennsylvania
Academy of the };'ine Arts have the homor to
present their 119th Annual Report.
Your stockholders Tickets for the calena.ar year 1925,
were mailed to you on December 31, 1924.
These tickets will
admit the stockholders to all entertainments and lectures
given by the Academy or lLnder its auspices, whether admiss ion
be charged to the public or not.
-The President and Direc tOTS
will be most gra.tifiecl. by the fre quent use of these tickets.
Exhibitions
~he
120th Annual F...xhibi ti on in Oil and Sculpture
,op-ens to the public on Sunday, February 8th al'1d continues
through Sund a,y, March 29, 1925.
This exhibition is made up of
examples of .current American Art, in which the various phases
of painting is represented by distinguished examples ~
The most
c,e leb:rated artists of the country show their great interest in
the exhibition by being represented throQ,gh the best examples of
their work, a..1'1d the exhibition will no d oubt take its place as
one of the superlatively interesting groups of paintings shown
in the Academy.
The exhibition is in the hands of the Jury of SelecI
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t ion of eleven painters a nd three sCD_lpt ors who judged all the
work submitted..
The Hanging Committee consisting of the Chair-
man and three other Jurors together with the President, exofficio, arrange the groups for the
eY~ibiti~~.
- 2 :".
The canvases were selected by the Painters' Jury of
Selection consisting of :-
r
Charles H. Woodbury, Chafurman
A. Margaretta Archambault
Victor Higgins
Louis Betts
Joseph T. Pearson, Jr.
Sidney E, Dickinson
Henry B. Snell
Robert Spe:ncer
Paul Dougherty
George Gibbs
Lillian B. Meeser
The Sculpture vvas sele c te¢t by the Sculptors' Jury of
Sele,c tion consisting of: i'o '
Charles Grafly
Arthur ' Lee
J. Maxvve II Miller,
A large portion of the paintings in the exhibition
are for sale and are suitable for hanging in private houses.
The Exhibi;tion of Sculpture Gontaift;sl ffl.ite-i,. that is sui table for
the decorating of interiors as well as for gardens.
Immediately following the 120th AnJ1Ual Exhi bi tion,
the Academy _will put on
~
special exhibition of portraits by
John Neagle, one of the American Artists whose work, although
of great importance, ' has never been collected ana. presented, as
a tribute to an early American Artist of great power.
The 119th Annual
on February 3, 1924.
Exhibition opened according to sched111e
The awards of medals in this exhibition
were made by the Jury of Selection and were as follows:The Temple Gold Medal was ~warded to Wm ~ Glackens for
the bes't painting irrespective for bis ,' canvas ~ntitled
"Nude. 1I '
The Jenny Sesngn Gold Medal for the best lal1(lscape in
ghe exhibition vms awardeo. to Walter Griffin for his
canvas entitled. "Stroud water Mill DaM. 11
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The Carol II Beck Gold Medal for the; best portrait in
the exhibi tion was awaro.ed to Sidney E. Dickinson for
his canvas anti tIed flEc1win Dickinson.
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T.11e SCulp'tllre Jb.ry . of . ~:relec :tion ' awa'i~ded" the" George "
D. ' 'Wicl'ener Memorial Gold: ' Med~l,l to Arthur Lee for his
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The following prizes were awardeo. by the Committee on
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Exhibiti on consistingAof the Boaro. CDf Directors:The W,a,l ter IJippinco tt Prize was awa,rc1ed. , to Edw,a!,"d
DD.fner for his CMvt"l,S entitl'eo. tiThe Morning stroll. TT
th~ : best1P'hjl~~elPhi~ w~m~n'l,1
T}p.e Mary ., $.'l1li th pr;'ze for
ar'tist
to ' Mrs. Lillian
B. Meeser for her
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canvas entitled liThe Green Bottle. IT
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The Edwa;rcl .T. Stoteshury Prize for the 'p ainting or group
of Paintings giving the greatest distinction to t;he' exhi biti on Wt;Ls aweu'decl t 0 ~To,sephCapolino for his group
of fou.r , paint ings mati tIed "History of the United. Ststes
Mat:;tne Corps.lI
No. 1 - Hevollltionary War
No. 2
Tr ip oli
No.3
War of 1812
N·o. 4
Sum~tra
The Philaelelphia Prize awaro.ed by popular vot.e during a
desi'g natec1 week in March; VV4S awa-rded t 0 W ill-iam~ M.
Pax·ton for his BartiVaS erltitle(l nphryne. TT .
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'T4e .Lo.cust Club Medal carrying wi th tt. the selectvt
Wio rk o;f J:rt was awaro.eel fO'r the ,se·cortd. time by the Art
Cdmmittee of' the IlocuSt Club. The work se iectee'L 1tvas the
canvas by Itichard l~. Mi ller enti tIed frSunbath. fJ
The exhibitio,n consisted of 479 paint ings and 163 wOrks
of Sculpture; 425 artists w~fe represented.
The total attend- .
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3~525.
ImmediateJ,.y aft.er the close of the l19th Annual Exhibition, the Permanent Colle'ctian we,s put in
em May 17th the galleries F.
gallertes
~l;nd.
tr1:.~sept,
the east
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in the
H. the north
west galleries and. the . rotunda
by an 82,hibi tion of wOTk by. our
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pl~.ce
stude;n~s
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in cOf:lpetition for , the
Emlen Cresson Traveling Scholarship and minor school prizes.
':Phis exhi,b i ti on
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open t (') 'the }public on May 22nd when the st u~e
dents and their friends were addressed by Theodor e N, Di 1 1 a'ilVay ,
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of the Art Department of the Public Schools of
Philadelphia~
At the conclusion of Mr. Dillaway's address, the announcement
of ·the awards was made by the presiclent of the Academy.
Thirty
groups recornmencled by the facult)V and ratified by the Board of
Directors were awarded
Tr~veling
Scholarships.
Those to whdlm
the Scholarships were awarded. are as follows:Glenna IvI. L·a.t imer
Helen M. Rolls
Barba.r c~ We bs ter
Hallie Davis
Victor V. Slocum
Wilmer Hoffman
Victor Ks,hill
Evelyn Peabody
Marjory Collison
Helen B. Davies
Reber S. Hartman
C'onrad K. Roland
Page ~~rotter
Francis X. Boyle
William li. Bracken
Bernard Badura
Wenonah D. Bell
George D. Eddinge~
Furman J ,. Finc k
Walter ' Gardner
Robert M. Metcalf
Marjorie A. Nickles
Harry J. Oshiver
William Schulhoff
Louise C. Shenton
Louise Z. Welsh
Cathe rihe C. Williams
John P. Barnes
Margaret Brisbine
Grace T. Gemberling
During the summer the PermEt-l1ent Collection was hung
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until Oct oher 20th, when all the galleries except ing B, C and.
D, and the south transept wer'e d.ismanteled for the 22nd Annual
Water Color Exhibition,
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the 23rd Annual Exhibition under
the auspices of the Pennsylvania
Societ~T
of Miniature Painters,
and the 8th exhibit:j.on of paintings done at the Acac1er.:lY's
School tl.t Chester Springs.
These exhibi tions were open to the
public from November 9th until December 14th.
The Jury of
Selection for the Water Color Exhibitio? 90nsisted of; !
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The pdore N. Dillaway
Jphn McLure Hrnnilton
Felicie WaldO Howell
The exhibition
cont~lined,
ing 102 artists.
Joseph Penllell
Albert sterner
Carroll S. Tyson, Jr.
496 paintLngs and drawings; represent-
The. Jury awarded, .the following prizes:-
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5 The PhiladeLphia Water Col6rPrize fa' W. Emerton
HeitltJ.nd,for his entire ' group of water Colors as
being the strongest group shown •
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The Dana Gold Medal was · ~warded to Fn1..nk W. Bens em
for . his en tire group of Water Colors for simplici ty
and franlr~ness.
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The Brinton Gold Medal establishecl by Mrs. Alice Mac
F. Brinton ' for the best work in black an d white Wt'1. S
Ej,wa.rded to George W. ]Bellows for his lithograph eJiltitled TTAuntie Ma son an d her Husband.!l
The Jury .awa rded the n ohn Frederick Lewis first prize
in Caricatllre to D. R. Fitzpatrick for his Caric~tllre
enti tIed Babe Hllth, and the' second prize was aW8,rcLed
to Titus (Allerbach-Levy) for his Caricature entitle d
TTCharles Hawthorne. fI
The . . Caricature Prizes were awarded for the first time ancl are
the evidence of the desire of the
~resid~nt
of the Academy to
encour a ge g ood dr awing a nd refinement of presentation and
appreciation of satire among stua ents of and arrived artists ,
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in Caricatllre .
The President raised the standard of Caricatllre
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/Iln~the 1~9 '~h Annual Exhibition) by giving a nllt1ber of importan t
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mone y prizes to the stlldents of the. Academy' s schools in com-
petition. c~~~
with
'~ucess
a ncl led to the establish-
merit of prizes in Caricature in the Annml.l Water Color Exhibition.
The Jury of Selection for the 23rd Annllal :Miniature
Exhib'i tion consistreng ' of:Johanna M. Boericke
Eliz a beth Shippen Green Elliot
Marg aret IJesle y Bush-Br own
Alice Kent Stoddart
Elizabeth F . Washing ton
awar dect the Bronze Med a l of Honor to Ilarry L. Johnson.
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A special
award wa s made b y t he Jury of Selection to Emily Drayton Taylor
for her Miniature entitlee !lRis F."m inence ~ p'ardinal MerCier,
Archbishop of
M~l,. line.lT
This exhib ition containect 144 pictures
representing 69 artists.
In the Ohester Springs Exhibition the Committee on
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Instruction which is apart of the
of Directors of the
Academy awarded the following prizes:Fi rst pri z,e to Margaret Dobs·on for her group of paintings.
Second prize to Robert Atwoocl for his group of paintmngs, and
third prize was award.ed to Garnet W. Jex for his group.
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Special prizes were a.warded to Frank Stamato for hls~study"of
a wounded dog, to Frank H. Miller for his group of drawings in
Black and White, and to Oscar Molle,r for his Landscape number
fifty-seven" in the Chester Springs Exhibition.
On November 26th a . group of 74 dr aw ings from . 13
different art schools
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the country were shown in the Print
Room of the AQademy unt'i l December 20th.
in competition for the Charles M.
Le~
These drawings were
Prizes, and the . awards
were made by the Jury of Selection as fcilllows:First Prize to Glenna M. Latimer, second prize to
P. Webb, and third prize to Betty Welsh Paul,
all of whom are students in the Pennsylvania Academy of the
' Fine Arts.
At the close of these three exhibitions the galleries
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were again hung with the Permanent Collection until they were
disma:htelecL for the 120th Annual Exhibition.
SCHOOLS
tlThe schoo.;Ls of the Academy have had an u.nLJ.sually
sucessful year with a total registration of $tJ3 stucientswhich
is the largest attenciance ever recorded.
Instruction in the
schools is given by a faculty ·of recognized standing in the
Art World consisting
of:~
Hagh H. Breckenridge
Arthur B. Carles
Daniel Garber
Charles Grafly
Philip Hale '
John F. Harbeson
Georg~ Harding
Alfred Hayward
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Ricnard S ~'- 'MerYIrk-';n
Gebrge ' Ober ~teufIer
30seph
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Pearson, Jr.
'The school is under the management of the Committee on Instruction which consists of members of the Board , of Direct ors.
The Chairman tilf the Committee is Arthur H. Lea, who is also
Chairman, ex-officio, of the faculty.
The school is uJld,er the
direct management of the Curator, Barbara Bell.
School enroll-
ment is now going on for this term.
The school rooms have prdlved inadequate for
~ ccomodating
all of the classes, and our annex at 1834 Ar ch street whi ch has
been accommodating both Still Life classes is now occupieO. by
both the Still IJife and the Portrai tclasses who make use of
this ruLnex to its full c apacit y, and a llows of a new dis~
tribntion of the classes in the tcademy~to the better advantagement OX the students at work.
Following the President's initiative in drawing attention to Oaricattrre, a short course of lectures on the subject
is s cheduled for this Winter to be given by Alfred Hayward.
A short series of lectures on the history of Technique by
Philip
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Hale has als 0 been ad,ded to the roster.
The Academy's Surmner School at Chester Springs of whi ch
Mr. D. H.oy Miller is Resident Manager, enjoyed the most sucessful season of it e,:ilJght years of enrolling students. ' Instruction
waS open from April to October and criticisms were given by
the following artists:Daniel Garber
Albert Laessle
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George Oberteuffer
Joseph P. Pearson, Jr.
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The total number of students enrolled this , season
w~s J~a
J!"RE E CONCERTS
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Stmd~1.y
Concerts under the management of a
special committee of which Mrs -. Herbert L. Clarke is manager,
were given in the Academy during April, May, June, November
and December of 1924. and also in Jan uary of 1924 and 1925.
These concerts continued to be of great interest to the
Academy in bringing people to the Academy and .of particular
interest to the people to whom the combination of music 8ncl
pictures is of partrucular value.
The total number of visitors
to the Acaclemy during the year of 1924 was 114fo69.
ACQUIS I TIONS
By Bequest
The portrait of Mrs. Greenleaf by Gilbert stuart
be g uea thed by the late Mar y W. F. Howe.
By Gift
"The Dance of the Nymphs fT
by J. B. C. Cotot
"Garden Part yll b y Monticelli
"The Beggars" b;y Gu~t~ve Dore
lTWoman with Gu.i tar Tr (s a ieL t (Y' be
by William HU-o'1 t)
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and certain lar ge Vellum folios llThe Art of .the Vatican" etc.,
presentecl by the four dau,ghters of the late Mary W. F. Howe,
namely Mrs. Freder~ck Jordan, Mrs ." WilJ. i ~ .G:~: Low; Jr, Mrs.
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Halsey l)e Wolf, anct . Mrs. Alfrect G. B. Steel.
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]}leven mountec1 and framed illustrations in color
. from an old Prayer Book of about A. D. 1600 presented by the
PreSident; Mr. John Frederic k Lewis.
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S. Maria AVXIIj
Passori: Mirac : Clara
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Christ Vvi th Cross; ; 1wo C-n:uTch
Digni taries in back gr·ound.
(Jean V;an Sant )
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Mother .and, Chilo:'; ForrJ1al Dress;
Church in back ground..
(J. V. Stmde)
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Fi~uresln
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clo ud.s playing ]}Iu.s ic a l
central figure;
figures in ,flames be low. (No Artist name )
lril3trtiments" ~1.round,
of the Virgin
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(Io a~es de Wa ell
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Mother and Chila~ in formal dress; Ghurches
in ba ck grouna,.
(~T. Schoaclrick)
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Mother and Child; .lLngels heads on c lou.ds
at feet.
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Mo ther and Chilo. standing on ll!orld; An g el
Heads at feet.
(Isbella Herbens)
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Christ and Woman of SamOMia
(~e~rus
Van Lanckuelt)
(No Artist name)
S. Bernaro.
Bronze statuette entitled "Seaweed lT by Walter
Hancock presented by the . Fellowship of the Pennsyl vania
Academy
of the Fine Arts.
Eight
engr~vings
presented b y Mrs. Evan Rand olph of
Chestnut Hill.
The portrait of William~vvett and also the portrait
of
Alext:mder~Ewett
,Miss
Margt~ret
(arti st a s yet uXlcl etermined) . presented by
Thompson R.ichs..rds of Plainfield, New Jer s ev.
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Violet Oakley presented by Dr. and Mrs. George Woodwt:;u'd •
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Dr. Henry Leffman .
The Dancing Doll v\'t th hands a nd fa c e painted by
Thomas Sully presented by Mrs.
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purchased for the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Ar ts from the 119th Annual Exhibition, the
following:
IlThe Widower ll bi Victor Hi gg ins
"Agat an by ..Tohn Carrol
liThe Thames Bridge ll by Earl Horter
!lIn Whitell by Sara Carles
Scholarship Fo unded
The est ab lishment of .the Elizabeth
H~
Thompson
Memorial Scholarship in memory of Elizabeth H. Thompson, a
forme.r student in the schools of the Penl1syl vania Academ;)Tof
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the Fine Arts, founded by Miss Isabella G. Dod.
one share of the Academy Stock for the benefit of a
s tlldent of the Academy donated by Mary S. Drigh t.
Purchase of Re al Estate
Purchml e of the . George Klllp property 66 by 320 feet
ad,j oining the Chester Springs SCh'aol property.
With the exception of a models' dressing room built
into the Illustration Room, no new work has been done during
the year.
Necessary repairs have been done t o the roof and
th~Oll ghout
the building.
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Arch street.
At the June meeting of the BOaTct of Directors, the
resignati9,n of George H. McFadden as Treasurer, of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts was accepte(1, with regret on
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Mr . McFadden !tas served the Academy
as Treasurer for ei ghteen years and his management of this
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sympathy and their support, and to the President and members
o£ the Board o£ Education in sending to our school, students
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who wish to study art.
We also acknowledge our debt to theP'ress o£ Philadelphia which has given to the Academt and to the causes o£ Art,
intelligent criticisms o£ all the exhibitions we have had.
We also make
g~ate£ul
acknowledgement to the employees
of the Academy £or the £aith£ul performance o£ their duties.
Respectfully submitted.
secretary.
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