120th Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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120th Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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ANNUAL REPORT
To the Stockholders:The
-•
P~esident
.I,
and Directors of the , Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts have the honor to
present their 120th Annu&l Report.
Your Stockho,l ders T:i,ckets for the calendar year 1926.
were
maiH~d ·~ to
you on Decemher 31. 1925.
These tickets will
admit the stockholders to all entertainments and lectures
given by the Academy or under its auspices, whether admission
be chargecl to the puBlic or not.
The President and Directors
will be most gratified by .the frequent use of these tickets .
~--
EXHIBITIONS
The 121st Annual Exhibition in Oil and Sculpture
opened to
th~
public on Sunday. January 31st and continues
through Slimday. March
cal ~""1926.
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
celebrated artists of the country show their great interest in
the exhibition by being represented through the best examples of
their work, and the exhibition will no doubt take its place as
one of the superlatively interesting groups of paintings shown
in the Ac,;ademy.
The exhibition is in the hands of the Jury of Selection 'o f elev-en painters and thre,e
~ork
(
submitted.
~culptors
who judged all the
The Hanging Committee consisting of the Chair-
man and three other Jurors together with the President , exofficio,
..
\'
arra~ge
,-
the groups for · the
exhibition ~
- 2 ...
The canvases were selected by the Painters Jury of
(,
Selection consisting of:-
w.
Yarnall Abbott
Gifford Beal
John Carroll
John C. Johansen
Daniel Garber
Elmer Schofield, Chairman
Howard Giles
"!l. Martin Hennings
Rockwell Kent
Roy C, Nuse
Morris Hall Pancoas~
The Sculpture was selected by the Sculptors ! Jury of
/"
SeleQtion consisting of :Charles Grafly
John Gregory
Edward McCartan
A large portion of the paintings in the exhibition
are for sale and are suitable fmr hanging in private houses.
The Exhibition of Sculpture contains much that is suitable for
the decorating of interiors as well as for gardens.
The l20th Annual Exhibition opened according to schedule
on
~ebruary
8, 1925.
The awards of meaals in this exhibition
were made by 'the Jury of Selection and were as follows:The Temple Gold Medal was awarded to Cli fford Addams for
the best painting irrespective for his canvas entitled
. nWashington Square; New York. n
The Jennie Sesnan Gold Medal for the best landscape in
the .exhibition was awarded to Walter Emerson B~um for
his canvas entitled "Sunlight and Shadow lf •
The Carol H. Beck Gold Medal ~or the best portrait in
the eihibit.ion was awarded to William James for his
canvas entitled "Portrai t".
The Sculptors Jury of selection awarded the George
D. Widener :Memorial Gold Medal to Walker Hancock
for his portrait ' bust entitled "T.o ivo". \
The Following prizes were awarded by the Committee on
Exhibition consisting of members of the Board of Directors:The Walter Lippincott. Prize was awarded to E. Martin
Hennings for his canvas entitled llAnnouncements."
The Mary Smith Prize for the best work of a Philade'lphia
woman was awarded to Mary Butler for her canvas entitled
)
- 3 -
"Flood Tide."
Phe Edward T. Stotesbury Prize for the painting or group
of paintings. giving the greatest distinction to the exhibi <tion was awarded to Charles Morris Young for his
group ,
The Philadelphia Prize awarded by popular vote during a
designated week in march, was awarded to Lydia Field
Emmett fo,r her canvas enti tIed IT'J ack and Leonard. IT
.
,
"
The Locust Club Medal carrying with it the purchase of
the --s-e-leet-efr ~-work was awarded for the third time by the
Art Committee of the Locust Club. The work selected
was the canvas by Frederick A. Bosley entitled
"Elizabeth and Emily."
The Fairmount Park Art Association Prize was awarded to
Aq,bin Polasek for his pieoe of sculpture entitled
''Unfettered. IT
The exh.ibition consisted of 408 paintings and 169 works
of Sculpture; 412 artists were represented.
The total attend-
ance for this exhibition was ,140,894.
I
'
I'm mediately after the close of the 120th Annual Exhihi~ion.
the . galleries were prepaired for the exhibition of
~
--~--
" ~cle , ])u,ring the oJ,.ast , wll!e~ of this exhibition, CarH~ature,s
byt students
1n
of ,work
';n th';s
' e".:;"'hob
' 0to
were pi
0
0 1:;he School,
0'
.
.shc)'''n
V\~
"' ,
:.c.. 1 ' 1 lon
, . on vJ.ew ln the Pru~t Room and prizes contributed 15
the PresJ.dent of the Academy were awarded as follows:- , y
-L.
. First PrizeSe~ond 'P rize
Thir.d Prize
Fourth Prize
lHfth .Pr ize
Sixth Prize
,Sev~ri t11 Prize
.
"
$50 . 00
35 . 00
Guy B:e.o,wn Wis er
Marina Timoshenko
25 ~ 00 Paul D. Webb
20 . 00 Calvin Gilbert
+5.00 Frank H. ,Miller
10.00 ' J ames House, ' Jr.
,5.ob Edw~rd L. Fischer
HONORABLE MENTION
~dward
.L. Fischer
,
Emidio Angelo
Exhibition, the Permanent Collection was put; J.n
g~11eries
&
)!
p.l.ace
.l.Ll
vllv
and on May 18th the galleriesF. G. H. the north
- 4 -
transept, the east and west galleries and the rotunda were
occupied by an exhibition of work by our students in
~ I~)
competition for the Emlen Cresson TraveJ,.in,g Scholarships and
\
minor school prizes,
This exhibition was open to the public
on May 27th when the students and their friends were addressed
~y
Fullerton Waldo.
At the conclusion of 1rr. Waldo's address,
the announcement was made by the
~:l
' ?7 ,~ t;;:
Pre~ident
of the Academy.
groups recommended by the ' Faculty and ratified by
/l?he Board of Directors were awarded Traveling Scholarships.
Those to whom the Scholarships were awarded are as
Frank Bai-sden
Joseph Brzenk
Maria...T.lD. H~rris
Elise Hoelzel
Leem Kelley
Alice V. ~ewis
Ma'r gueri,t e Lipp
Katherine Merritt
Faye Ruth Swengle
Ethelwyn A. Wood
WenonahD~ Bell
Harry J. Oshiver
William SchUlhoff
Francis Speight
~ollows:-
Catherine Stewart Williams
Charles Barney Moore
Priscilla E. Parsons
All~n J!'. Thomas
Isabelle Vaughan
Marjorie Collison
Reber S. Hartman
Page Trotter
E. Bruce Moore
Lippa Rosenzweig
Cornelia. Tu,.cker
Hallie Davis
Mari on P. Kil'lg
During ,the s'Q,mmer the ;L?ermanent Collection was hung
~ntil
October 20th, when all
~he
galleries excepting B, C, D
and E were dismanteled for the 23rd
.
~T.lnual
Water Color Exhibition,
and ' the 24th Annual Exhibition under the auspices of the Pennsylvania Society of Miniature Painters, and the 9th Exhibition of
paintings done at the Academy's School at Chester Springs.
exhibitions were open to the public from November 8th until
December 13th.
The Jury of Selection for the Water Color
Exhibition consisted of:-
These
Anna Wh~lan Betts
J.ohn J ·.null
Paul L .• Gill
The exhibition
A.l fr ed Hayward
H. Devitt Welsh
M. W. Zimmerman
cont~::ii.ned t ? ~ paintingS
ing ~/t/ artists.
and drawings; represent-
T4e Jury awarded the following prizes:
The Philadelphia Water Color Prize to Florence Estel
::for hex group of w~ter Colors as being the strongest
group showri.
_ C;p'1fJ¥'"
~'Lr.eJ;;~. .~lJIr~
. ~. 'L-ll(
. ryvJl
Th~ D~na Gold Medal was awarded to William Starkweather
~~l.~- Wa.ty Color for simplici ty and frankness,
----.-The Eyre Gold Medal was awarded to Herbert Pullinger
for his black and white en ti tIed "The North Country."
The Jury also awarded the John:;~'iF;r,-'e,
det:t~lt Lewis Caricature Prizes.
,.;.:
...
The first prize was award'ed. to! J'ames House, Jr., second
priz,e t@ Ruth Gruenberg.
'~'::I-:\'\:
,.j
,
,
:
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The Jury of Selectiop. for the 24th Annual Miniature
Exhibition consisting of:l
(
Edna F, Huestis Simpson
Emily Drayton Taylor
M. W. Zimmerman
Mary W. Bonsall
Margaret Lesley Bush- Brown
Harry L. Johnson
awarded the Bronze Medal of Honor to An..na Hurlburt Jackson.
A special award was made by the Jury of Selection to A.
Margaretta Archambauit for her miniature entitled "Calvin
coolid~ge~l . Thisexhibi,t ion contain~d
01
/Jt/ pictures
representing
artists.
In the Chester Springs Exhibition the Oommi ttee on
Instruction which is a part of the Board of Directors of ' the
Academy awarded ,t he following prizes:First 'prize to Andrew Dor-agh, second 'p rize to Benjamin Bittenbender
and third prize to John De · Martelly.
Sp,ecial prizes were awarded to Oharles Rudy for his "Goat and
TOln d", to Ha,r ry Rosin for his portrai t of IIDe Martelly" and to
Ralph ' H~ Humef;3for his "Bantams".
,""-
a group of 1,8 drawing from /I~ different
On
.
'
art schools of the pountry were shown in the . Print Room of the
Academy until
~. ~
" '.';' It1/... "'
These draw i ngs were in c ompeti t ion
~~ 't ~ -"
for rhe Charles M. Lea Prizes t and thw awards were made by the
Jury o'f Selection as follows:-
!
First prize t~ Mildred Smith, second prize to Edward
Biberman and third prize to Robert Orowther,
all of whom ar students in the Pennsylvania Academy of .the
(
Fif1~
Art1?
At the, clos e of these exhi bi tions
the galleries were
again hung with the Permanent Collection until they were
dism~nteled
for t4,e
12~st
Annual Exhibition.
.'
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SOHOOLS
The schools of the Academy had ari unusually successful
(
year with a total registration of
,-~J
~
.
students.
Instruction in
the .schools is given by a faculty of recognized standing in the
-Art World consisting of:Alfred Hayward
Albert Laessle
HE;lnry McOarte;r:Roy C. Nuse
Joseph T. Pearson, Jr.
Henry R. Poore
Hugh H. Breckenridge
Daniel Ga;rber
Oharles Grafly
Philip L. Hale
Ge'o rge Harding
John F. Harbeson
The School is under the management of the Committee on Instruction which consists of members of the Board of Directors.
The Chairman of fhe Oommittee is Arthur H. Lea, who is also
Ohairman, eX-Gfficio, of the facu.lty .
The school is under the
direct management of the Curator, Barbara Bell.
School enroll-
ment is now going on for this term.
The Academy ' s Summer School at
Mr. D. Roy
M~lle:r
Che~ ster
Springs of which
is Resident Manager, was open from April to
qotober and qrit,icisms were gdlven by the following ' artists: 'Daniel Garber
George Harding
Joseph T. Pearson, Jr.
Robert S.p encer
·T:p.e total number of students enrolled this season was 206.
FREE CONCERTS
Free
S~nd ~y
Concerts under the
m~nagement
committee of whi.c h Mrs. Herbert L. Clarke is
(
of a special
mam~g~r,
were given
I
' in the
Ac~demy
dur,ing
APt~a ;;' :':Nov:ember
and December of 1925, and
, ..
al-s0 in January
of l-~-~
1926.
The se
co~certs
continue to be
of great interest to the Academy in 'bringing peG)ple ·to the
Academy and , of
parti ~ ular
interest to the people to whom the
combination of music and pictures is o;f particular value .
The
- 8I -
.t o.t al number of visitors to the Academy during the year of
1925 was 82,
028~
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ACQUISITIONS
By Beque.st
~he
I
portrait of Major Thomas Biddle by Thomas Sully
by the late Anne E.Biddle of Chestnut Hill.
beque~thed
A canvas entitled nSheep" by otto Grebler, UConv.ent
\
I,on the Rhine", by
,P~u), " W~pe:+,
',T ~I!,l.te:):. iOj:- ;' of
Haddon Hall ff by
Bash, . "Forest of Fontainbleau ll by' Diaz and uLi ttle Boy Fishing"
the ,i 1.rtist -unknown were all bequet1\.thed by Mrs. Edi th Van
Rensselaer,
By Gift
Threa Pen Drawings by Joseph
Pe~nell
were Presented
,by Mr. John F. Braun.
The ]>ortrai t ofT! John Swift ': Mayor of Philadelphia from
1837 to 1841 and again from 1845 to 1849, painted by Thomas
Sully, Jr., was p;r.esented by John B. Swift.
4 canvas entitled "Renaud and Armide" by Auguste Leloir,
a canvas by George F. Bensell were presented by Mr. William
~nd
H. Hu,ghes and Mr. R. J. Hughes of Philadelphia.
A miniature of the late Mrs. John L. Le Conte' was
presented . by Mrs.
R~bert
L. LeConte.
The John F. Mo.r ris cpllection of Prints was presented
through Miss Lydia T. MorriS,
The portrait of Samuel M. Vauclain painted by Adolphe
Borie and the portrait of Franklin Peale by Rembrandt Peale were
both . presented by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Phi+ade1l:phia,
A series of Plates of Fishes from .Agasis' work was
presented by Mr. Francis Ralston Welsh.,
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,h.."" )1-~t"'l r~ n,.1ft1 ~ ..wf
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A portrait 0f Benjamin Cr·oss attributed to Thomas Sully
was pr"e sented by Augustus F. Cross.
(
A portrait of Mrs. Celeste 1). Heckscher by Bernard .
Uhl.e was presehtedby Mrs • .Heckscher.
An old document dated 1794 which is a copy of the
original, showing the formation of "An Association of Artists
for the Protection and Encouragement of the Fine Artstl was
by MIss Jane E. Kinmont.
prese~ted
By Purchase
"The Village stream" by Hugh H. Breckenridge and
"Announcements II by E. M""artin Hennings were purchased from the
Temple Fund for the Pennsylvanma Academy of the Fine Arts.
.
'
The Lambert Committee purchased for the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts from the120th Annual Exhibition, the
following:
"Spring" by C. A. Mack
"Apartment Houses" by E. Hopper
"Still Life" by Preston Diakinson
"Still Life" by H. E. Schnackenberg
'~Hots ep II by C~meron Booth
"Flood T:i,de,1I by MalrY Butler
BUILDINGS
No new work has been necessary.
Repairs, however,
have been made where necessary, both on the roof and throughout the building.
This also
inc~udes ,
the building at 1834
Ar¢h Stree t .
The Treasuwer ' s report in detail is submitted.
The t hanks of the Management of the Academy is extended to the Honorable, the Mayor of Philadelphia, to the
Mayor's Cabinet and to the Council for their continued
sympathy and their support, and to the President and members
of the Boa:rd of Education in send ing to our school, studen t .s
10
who wish
~o
study art.
We also acknowledge our q.ebt to the Press of
Phil~
delphia whtch has given to ,t he 4cademy a.nd to the cause ·of Art,
intelligent
crit~ei~mB ~ of a~l
the exhibitions we have had.
We also make gratefal acknowledgement to the
employ~es
of the Aqademy for the faithful performa.nceof their duties.
Respectfully submittede
.,'
.. J. ...secretary
,.. ~~ ,." • ..
.,'
(,
pmiNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
TREASUR.ER It S ANNUAL REPORT
JANUiffiY
1st,
1925 TO DECEMBER
31st. 1925
(
)
REOEIPTS
Ba,la.noeDecember 31. 1924
Instruction
Supplies
.'
C1 ty of Phil~h Mayor t s Apprq ~
Annual Memberships
Life Memberships
WQ L~ Elk,ins. Soho1a;r~hips
Geo. DIj Widener soholarship
Interest '
,E xhibitions &
Sales
a~talOguEn3
Investments Paid Off
I1~gacieli=l &Sp~eial Oontribution,s
Sale,s of Reproductions
Exhibition Prizes
Cresson Bequest Soholarships
Inoome from Investments
Federal Bo,ara. for VOC. Education
Total Receipts
66 865 75
51
4
20
21
616 01
876 37
000 00
055 00
50000
1 000 00
1 000 00
942 40
6 708 06
l ie 244 50
1 601 08
355 00
113 30
1 750 00
23 Q30 50
.36 ,9 22 \ 10
100 \ 1,0
183 214 42
250 080 17
DISBURSEMENTS
General Expense
Instl"uetion
Supplies
28 265 64
73 079 41
Legacies & Special cpntributions
Life &, .Annual M:embership COmilll>
10 00
1 317 13
18 280 50
15b 92
21$ 249 15
13 304 75
3335 87
stamps
Orosson Bequest Soholarships
CreSson Bequest , Expense
EKhibitiofls & Catalogues
Sales
Prize$ ~fled&ls & Pictures
Investments
Tot~lDisbuT$ements
3 277 61
2 353 49
40 754 50
208 384 97
)
Balance December 31, 1925
General Fun,d.
Sundry l,LIrtts ts
Income
Life Member ship
Topp~n
Templ~
Inc@me
Petty Cash
19 ,514 20
16 214 74
1 037 63
2 325 44
2 541 49
61 70
41 695 20
250 080 17
To the Stockholders:The
-•
P~esident
.I,
and Directors of the , Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts have the honor to
present their 120th Annu&l Report.
Your Stockho,l ders T:i,ckets for the calendar year 1926.
were
maiH~d ·~ to
you on Decemher 31. 1925.
These tickets will
admit the stockholders to all entertainments and lectures
given by the Academy or under its auspices, whether admission
be chargecl to the puBlic or not.
The President and Directors
will be most gratified by .the frequent use of these tickets .
~--
EXHIBITIONS
The 121st Annual Exhibition in Oil and Sculpture
opened to
th~
public on Sunday. January 31st and continues
through Slimday. March
cal ~""1926.
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
celebrated artists of the country show their great interest in
the exhibition by being represented through the best examples of
their work, and the exhibition will no doubt take its place as
one of the superlatively interesting groups of paintings shown
in the Ac,;ademy.
The exhibition is in the hands of the Jury of Selection 'o f elev-en painters and thre,e
~ork
(
submitted.
~culptors
who judged all the
The Hanging Committee consisting of the Chair-
man and three other Jurors together with the President , exofficio,
..
\'
arra~ge
,-
the groups for · the
exhibition ~
- 2 ...
The canvases were selected by the Painters Jury of
(,
Selection consisting of:-
w.
Yarnall Abbott
Gifford Beal
John Carroll
John C. Johansen
Daniel Garber
Elmer Schofield, Chairman
Howard Giles
"!l. Martin Hennings
Rockwell Kent
Roy C, Nuse
Morris Hall Pancoas~
The Sculpture was selected by the Sculptors ! Jury of
/"
SeleQtion consisting of :Charles Grafly
John Gregory
Edward McCartan
A large portion of the paintings in the exhibition
are for sale and are suitable fmr hanging in private houses.
The Exhibition of Sculpture contains much that is suitable for
the decorating of interiors as well as for gardens.
The l20th Annual Exhibition opened according to schedule
on
~ebruary
8, 1925.
The awards of meaals in this exhibition
were made by 'the Jury of Selection and were as follows:The Temple Gold Medal was awarded to Cli fford Addams for
the best painting irrespective for his canvas entitled
. nWashington Square; New York. n
The Jennie Sesnan Gold Medal for the best landscape in
the .exhibition was awarded to Walter Emerson B~um for
his canvas entitled "Sunlight and Shadow lf •
The Carol H. Beck Gold Medal ~or the best portrait in
the eihibit.ion was awarded to William James for his
canvas entitled "Portrai t".
The Sculptors Jury of selection awarded the George
D. Widener :Memorial Gold Medal to Walker Hancock
for his portrait ' bust entitled "T.o ivo". \
The Following prizes were awarded by the Committee on
Exhibition consisting of members of the Board of Directors:The Walter Lippincott. Prize was awarded to E. Martin
Hennings for his canvas entitled llAnnouncements."
The Mary Smith Prize for the best work of a Philade'lphia
woman was awarded to Mary Butler for her canvas entitled
)
- 3 -
"Flood Tide."
Phe Edward T. Stotesbury Prize for the painting or group
of paintings. giving the greatest distinction to the exhibi <tion was awarded to Charles Morris Young for his
group ,
The Philadelphia Prize awarded by popular vote during a
designated week in march, was awarded to Lydia Field
Emmett fo,r her canvas enti tIed IT'J ack and Leonard. IT
.
,
"
The Locust Club Medal carrying with it the purchase of
the --s-e-leet-efr ~-work was awarded for the third time by the
Art Committee of the Locust Club. The work selected
was the canvas by Frederick A. Bosley entitled
"Elizabeth and Emily."
The Fairmount Park Art Association Prize was awarded to
Aq,bin Polasek for his pieoe of sculpture entitled
''Unfettered. IT
The exh.ibition consisted of 408 paintings and 169 works
of Sculpture; 412 artists were represented.
The total attend-
ance for this exhibition was ,140,894.
I
'
I'm mediately after the close of the 120th Annual Exhihi~ion.
the . galleries were prepaired for the exhibition of
~
--~--
" ~cle , ])u,ring the oJ,.ast , wll!e~ of this exhibition, CarH~ature,s
byt students
1n
of ,work
';n th';s
' e".:;"'hob
' 0to
were pi
0
0 1:;he School,
0'
.
.shc)'''n
V\~
"' ,
:.c.. 1 ' 1 lon
, . on vJ.ew ln the Pru~t Room and prizes contributed 15
the PresJ.dent of the Academy were awarded as follows:- , y
-L.
. First PrizeSe~ond 'P rize
Thir.d Prize
Fourth Prize
lHfth .Pr ize
Sixth Prize
,Sev~ri t11 Prize
.
"
$50 . 00
35 . 00
Guy B:e.o,wn Wis er
Marina Timoshenko
25 ~ 00 Paul D. Webb
20 . 00 Calvin Gilbert
+5.00 Frank H. ,Miller
10.00 ' J ames House, ' Jr.
,5.ob Edw~rd L. Fischer
HONORABLE MENTION
~dward
.L. Fischer
,
Emidio Angelo
Exhibition, the Permanent Collection was put; J.n
g~11eries
&
)!
p.l.ace
.l.Ll
vllv
and on May 18th the galleriesF. G. H. the north
- 4 -
transept, the east and west galleries and the rotunda were
occupied by an exhibition of work by our students in
~ I~)
competition for the Emlen Cresson TraveJ,.in,g Scholarships and
\
minor school prizes,
This exhibition was open to the public
on May 27th when the students and their friends were addressed
~y
Fullerton Waldo.
At the conclusion of 1rr. Waldo's address,
the announcement was made by the
~:l
' ?7 ,~ t;;:
Pre~ident
of the Academy.
groups recommended by the ' Faculty and ratified by
/l?he Board of Directors were awarded Traveling Scholarships.
Those to whom the Scholarships were awarded are as
Frank Bai-sden
Joseph Brzenk
Maria...T.lD. H~rris
Elise Hoelzel
Leem Kelley
Alice V. ~ewis
Ma'r gueri,t e Lipp
Katherine Merritt
Faye Ruth Swengle
Ethelwyn A. Wood
WenonahD~ Bell
Harry J. Oshiver
William SchUlhoff
Francis Speight
~ollows:-
Catherine Stewart Williams
Charles Barney Moore
Priscilla E. Parsons
All~n J!'. Thomas
Isabelle Vaughan
Marjorie Collison
Reber S. Hartman
Page Trotter
E. Bruce Moore
Lippa Rosenzweig
Cornelia. Tu,.cker
Hallie Davis
Mari on P. Kil'lg
During ,the s'Q,mmer the ;L?ermanent Collection was hung
~ntil
October 20th, when all
~he
galleries excepting B, C, D
and E were dismanteled for the 23rd
.
~T.lnual
Water Color Exhibition,
and ' the 24th Annual Exhibition under the auspices of the Pennsylvania Society of Miniature Painters, and the 9th Exhibition of
paintings done at the Academy's School at Chester Springs.
exhibitions were open to the public from November 8th until
December 13th.
The Jury of Selection for the Water Color
Exhibition consisted of:-
These
Anna Wh~lan Betts
J.ohn J ·.null
Paul L .• Gill
The exhibition
A.l fr ed Hayward
H. Devitt Welsh
M. W. Zimmerman
cont~::ii.ned t ? ~ paintingS
ing ~/t/ artists.
and drawings; represent-
T4e Jury awarded the following prizes:
The Philadelphia Water Color Prize to Florence Estel
::for hex group of w~ter Colors as being the strongest
group showri.
_ C;p'1fJ¥'"
~'Lr.eJ;;~. .~lJIr~
. ~. 'L-ll(
. ryvJl
Th~ D~na Gold Medal was awarded to William Starkweather
~~l.~- Wa.ty Color for simplici ty and frankness,
----.-The Eyre Gold Medal was awarded to Herbert Pullinger
for his black and white en ti tIed "The North Country."
The Jury also awarded the John:;~'iF;r,-'e,
det:t~lt Lewis Caricature Prizes.
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The first prize was award'ed. to! J'ames House, Jr., second
priz,e t@ Ruth Gruenberg.
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The Jury of Selectiop. for the 24th Annual Miniature
Exhibition consisting of:l
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Edna F, Huestis Simpson
Emily Drayton Taylor
M. W. Zimmerman
Mary W. Bonsall
Margaret Lesley Bush- Brown
Harry L. Johnson
awarded the Bronze Medal of Honor to An..na Hurlburt Jackson.
A special award was made by the Jury of Selection to A.
Margaretta Archambauit for her miniature entitled "Calvin
coolid~ge~l . Thisexhibi,t ion contain~d
01
/Jt/ pictures
representing
artists.
In the Chester Springs Exhibition the Oommi ttee on
Instruction which is a part of the Board of Directors of ' the
Academy awarded ,t he following prizes:First 'prize to Andrew Dor-agh, second 'p rize to Benjamin Bittenbender
and third prize to John De · Martelly.
Sp,ecial prizes were awarded to Oharles Rudy for his "Goat and
TOln d", to Ha,r ry Rosin for his portrai t of IIDe Martelly" and to
Ralph ' H~ Humef;3for his "Bantams".
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a group of 1,8 drawing from /I~ different
On
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art schools of the pountry were shown in the . Print Room of the
Academy until
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These draw i ngs were in c ompeti t ion
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for rhe Charles M. Lea Prizes t and thw awards were made by the
Jury o'f Selection as follows:-
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First prize t~ Mildred Smith, second prize to Edward
Biberman and third prize to Robert Orowther,
all of whom ar students in the Pennsylvania Academy of .the
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Fif1~
Art1?
At the, clos e of these exhi bi tions
the galleries were
again hung with the Permanent Collection until they were
dism~nteled
for t4,e
12~st
Annual Exhibition.
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SOHOOLS
The schools of the Academy had ari unusually successful
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year with a total registration of
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.
students.
Instruction in
the .schools is given by a faculty of recognized standing in the
-Art World consisting of:Alfred Hayward
Albert Laessle
HE;lnry McOarte;r:Roy C. Nuse
Joseph T. Pearson, Jr.
Henry R. Poore
Hugh H. Breckenridge
Daniel Ga;rber
Oharles Grafly
Philip L. Hale
Ge'o rge Harding
John F. Harbeson
The School is under the management of the Committee on Instruction which consists of members of the Board of Directors.
The Chairman of fhe Oommittee is Arthur H. Lea, who is also
Ohairman, eX-Gfficio, of the facu.lty .
The school is under the
direct management of the Curator, Barbara Bell.
School enroll-
ment is now going on for this term.
The Academy ' s Summer School at
Mr. D. Roy
M~lle:r
Che~ ster
Springs of which
is Resident Manager, was open from April to
qotober and qrit,icisms were gdlven by the following ' artists: 'Daniel Garber
George Harding
Joseph T. Pearson, Jr.
Robert S.p encer
·T:p.e total number of students enrolled this season was 206.
FREE CONCERTS
Free
S~nd ~y
Concerts under the
m~nagement
committee of whi.c h Mrs. Herbert L. Clarke is
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of a special
mam~g~r,
were given
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' in the
Ac~demy
dur,ing
APt~a ;;' :':Nov:ember
and December of 1925, and
, ..
al-s0 in January
of l-~-~
1926.
The se
co~certs
continue to be
of great interest to the Academy in 'bringing peG)ple ·to the
Academy and , of
parti ~ ular
interest to the people to whom the
combination of music and pictures is o;f particular value .
The
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.t o.t al number of visitors to the Academy during the year of
1925 was 82,
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ACQUISITIONS
By Beque.st
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portrait of Major Thomas Biddle by Thomas Sully
by the late Anne E.Biddle of Chestnut Hill.
beque~thed
A canvas entitled nSheep" by otto Grebler, UConv.ent
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I,on the Rhine", by
,P~u), " W~pe:+,
',T ~I!,l.te:):. iOj:- ;' of
Haddon Hall ff by
Bash, . "Forest of Fontainbleau ll by' Diaz and uLi ttle Boy Fishing"
the ,i 1.rtist -unknown were all bequet1\.thed by Mrs. Edi th Van
Rensselaer,
By Gift
Threa Pen Drawings by Joseph
Pe~nell
were Presented
,by Mr. John F. Braun.
The ]>ortrai t ofT! John Swift ': Mayor of Philadelphia from
1837 to 1841 and again from 1845 to 1849, painted by Thomas
Sully, Jr., was p;r.esented by John B. Swift.
4 canvas entitled "Renaud and Armide" by Auguste Leloir,
a canvas by George F. Bensell were presented by Mr. William
~nd
H. Hu,ghes and Mr. R. J. Hughes of Philadelphia.
A miniature of the late Mrs. John L. Le Conte' was
presented . by Mrs.
R~bert
L. LeConte.
The John F. Mo.r ris cpllection of Prints was presented
through Miss Lydia T. MorriS,
The portrait of Samuel M. Vauclain painted by Adolphe
Borie and the portrait of Franklin Peale by Rembrandt Peale were
both . presented by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Phi+ade1l:phia,
A series of Plates of Fishes from .Agasis' work was
presented by Mr. Francis Ralston Welsh.,
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A portrait 0f Benjamin Cr·oss attributed to Thomas Sully
was pr"e sented by Augustus F. Cross.
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A portrait of Mrs. Celeste 1). Heckscher by Bernard .
Uhl.e was presehtedby Mrs • .Heckscher.
An old document dated 1794 which is a copy of the
original, showing the formation of "An Association of Artists
for the Protection and Encouragement of the Fine Artstl was
by MIss Jane E. Kinmont.
prese~ted
By Purchase
"The Village stream" by Hugh H. Breckenridge and
"Announcements II by E. M""artin Hennings were purchased from the
Temple Fund for the Pennsylvanma Academy of the Fine Arts.
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The Lambert Committee purchased for the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts from the120th Annual Exhibition, the
following:
"Spring" by C. A. Mack
"Apartment Houses" by E. Hopper
"Still Life" by Preston Diakinson
"Still Life" by H. E. Schnackenberg
'~Hots ep II by C~meron Booth
"Flood T:i,de,1I by MalrY Butler
BUILDINGS
No new work has been necessary.
Repairs, however,
have been made where necessary, both on the roof and throughout the building.
This also
inc~udes ,
the building at 1834
Ar¢h Stree t .
The Treasuwer ' s report in detail is submitted.
The t hanks of the Management of the Academy is extended to the Honorable, the Mayor of Philadelphia, to the
Mayor's Cabinet and to the Council for their continued
sympathy and their support, and to the President and members
of the Boa:rd of Education in send ing to our school, studen t .s
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who wish
~o
study art.
We also acknowledge our q.ebt to the Press of
Phil~
delphia whtch has given to ,t he 4cademy a.nd to the cause ·of Art,
intelligent
crit~ei~mB ~ of a~l
the exhibitions we have had.
We also make gratefal acknowledgement to the
employ~es
of the Aqademy for the faithful performa.nceof their duties.
Respectfully submittede
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pmiNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
TREASUR.ER It S ANNUAL REPORT
JANUiffiY
1st,
1925 TO DECEMBER
31st. 1925
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REOEIPTS
Ba,la.noeDecember 31. 1924
Instruction
Supplies
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C1 ty of Phil~h Mayor t s Apprq ~
Annual Memberships
Life Memberships
WQ L~ Elk,ins. Soho1a;r~hips
Geo. DIj Widener soholarship
Interest '
,E xhibitions &
Sales
a~talOguEn3
Investments Paid Off
I1~gacieli=l &Sp~eial Oontribution,s
Sale,s of Reproductions
Exhibition Prizes
Cresson Bequest Soholarships
Inoome from Investments
Federal Bo,ara. for VOC. Education
Total Receipts
66 865 75
51
4
20
21
616 01
876 37
000 00
055 00
50000
1 000 00
1 000 00
942 40
6 708 06
l ie 244 50
1 601 08
355 00
113 30
1 750 00
23 Q30 50
.36 ,9 22 \ 10
100 \ 1,0
183 214 42
250 080 17
DISBURSEMENTS
General Expense
Instl"uetion
Supplies
28 265 64
73 079 41
Legacies & Special cpntributions
Life &, .Annual M:embership COmilll>
10 00
1 317 13
18 280 50
15b 92
21$ 249 15
13 304 75
3335 87
stamps
Orosson Bequest Soholarships
CreSson Bequest , Expense
EKhibitiofls & Catalogues
Sales
Prize$ ~fled&ls & Pictures
Investments
Tot~lDisbuT$ements
3 277 61
2 353 49
40 754 50
208 384 97
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Balance December 31, 1925
General Fun,d.
Sundry l,LIrtts ts
Income
Life Member ship
Topp~n
Templ~
Inc@me
Petty Cash
19 ,514 20
16 214 74
1 037 63
2 325 44
2 541 49
61 70
41 695 20
250 080 17