121st Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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121st Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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ANNUAL REPORT
To the stockholders:The President and Directors of the Pennsylvania '
Academy of the Fine Arts have the honor to
present their l2lst Annual Report.
Your stockholders Tickets for the calendar year 1927
were mailed to you on December 31, 1926.
These tickets will
admit the stockholders to all entertainments and lectures
given
by ~ )the
Academy or under its auspices, whether admission
be charged to the public or not.
The President and Directors
will be most gratified by the frequent use of these tickets.
EXHIBIT IONS
The l22nd Annual Exhibition in Oil and Sculpture
opened to the public on Sunday, January 30th and continues
through Sunday, March 20th, 1927.
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 has already truren its place
as one of the most interesting groups of paintings shown in an
Annual Exhibition.
The exhibition is in the hands of the Jury of Selection of eleven painters and three sculptors who judged all the
work submitted.
The Hanging Committee consisting of the Chair-
man and tM:o other Juror,$' together with the President, ex-officio,
arranged the groups for the exhibition
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The canvases were selected by the Painters' Jury of
Selection consisting of:R. Sloan Bredin
, John F. Carlson
Truman E. Fassett
'Charles : Hopkinson
Eric Hudson
'
Philip L. Hale, Chairman
Jonas Lie
Leopold Seyffert
Leslie P. Thompson
Carroll S. Tyson, Jr.
Robert V01IDOh
The Sculpture was selected by the Sculptors' JUFt of
Selection consisting of:Charles Grafly
Albel"'t Laessle
Adolph A. Weinman
A large portion of the paintings in- the exhibition
are for sale and are suitable fOl" hanging in private houses.
The EXhibition of Sculpture contains much that is suitable for
the decorating of interiors as well as for gardens.
The 12lst Annual EXhibition opened according to schedule
on Jruluary 31st, 1926.
The awards of medals in this exhibition
were made by the '1926, Jury of Selec,tion and were as follows:The Temple Gola Medal was awarded to Hayley Lever
for the best painting irrespective of subject for
his canvas entitled ffThe HarbOl". II
The Jennie Sesnan Gold Medal for the best landscape
in the exhibition was awarded to 'Charles Rosen for
his canvas entitled uAGroup of Houses."
The Carol H. Beck Gold Medal for the best portrait
in the exhibition was aWal"ded to Alice Kent Stoddard
for h$» canvas entitled "Miss S."
Th~
Sculptors Jury of Selection awarded the George
D. Widenel" M;emorial Gold Medal to Adolph A. Weinman
for his piece ent5. tIed "Narcissus. II
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The fol19wing prizes were awarded by the Committee on
Exhibition consisting of members of the Board of Directors:The Walter Lippincott Prize was awal"ded to Robert
Vonnoh for his canvas entitled ttLeah. lt
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The Mary Smith Prize for Dhe best p-ork ~ a Philadelphia
womru1' was awarded to Wenonah Bell for her canvas
entitled "Still Life."
The Edward T. Stotesbv~y Prize for the painting or
group of paintings giving the greatest distinction to
the exhibition was awarded to Leopold Seyffert for
his canvas entitled "Portrait of Wharton Sin}{ler"n
The Philadelphia Prize awarded by popular vt'ht.e during a
designated week in March, was uwul"ded to Richard S.
Meryman for his portrait of "Calvin Coolidge, Jr."
The
the
the
was
and
Locust Club Medal carrying with it the purchase of
s elected work was awarded for the fourth time by
Art Committee of the Locust Club. The work selected
the canvas by Hugh H. Breckenridge entitled 1tPottery
Fruit. tI
.
.
The Fairmount Park Art Association Prize was aV1rarded!i a
to C. P. Jemiewein for his piece of sculpture entitled 6",-""1
"Npph and Fawn."
The exhibition consisted of 300 paintings and 146 works
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of sculpture; 307 artists were represented.
The total attendance
for this exhibition was 29,839.
During the last week of this exhibition, Caricatures
made by students in the school, of work shown in this eY,-hibi tion
were put on view in Gallery K end prizes cont:r'ibuted by the
President of the Academy were awarded as follows:First Prize
Second Prize
Third Prize
Fourth Prize
Fifth Prize
$50.00
35.00
30.00
25.00
20.00
Cal vin Gi1bel"t
George M. Pay
Orner Lassonde
Nina M. Hepburn·
Leon Karp
Innnediately af'ter the close of' the l2lst Annual Ex...hibi tion
l.
the
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Perm~ne~t
Collection was put in place in the galleries and
on May 16th the galleries H, G, H, the North Transept, the east
and west galleries and the rotunda were occupied by an exhibition
of work by our students in competition for the Emlen Cresson
Traveling Scholarships and minor school prizes.
This exhibition
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opened to the public on May 2?thwhen the students and their
friends
(
wer~
addressed by the f'r esident of the Academy, Mr.
John Frederic.k Lewis who als 0 announced the awards.
Fif'teen
groups of' work reconunended 'by the Faculty and ratified by the
· Boar.d of' Directors were awarded Traveling Scholarships.
Those '
·to whom the Scholarships were awarded are as follows;Ethelwyn A. Wood
Haral Arensbach
Paul Davis Webb
Charles Barney Moore
Ruth Fingal Rosenquist
Harry Rosin
E. Bruce Moore
Dorcas Doolittle
William M. Ferguson
Leon Karp
Lucius Kutchin
Vernon K. Newswanger
Tulie Speight
Mru.. . ina Timoshe:nko
Katherine Merritt
Immediately after the close of' this exhibition in June
the galleries were prepared for an exhibition of' Historical
Scenes and Portraits.
This exhibition was put on in celebration
of the l50thAnniversary of' the Signing of' the Declaration of
Independence and was designed to show through portraiture and
subject pictures, the character of the men and women who were
of historical importance during this period as well as
"Wll :ir
17j;i,..
illustrations of' the scenes in which they played &
par~in
history of' the country since the Declaration was signed.
were 446 examples shown.
from
Jun~
the
There
The exhibition was open to the public
13, 1926 until October 10, 1926.
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On October 23rd the galleries were dismanteled f'0l'l
the hanging of the 24th Annual Water Color Exhibition, the
25th Annual Miniature Exhibition, the Special Exhibition of
Old Mlniatures in celebration of the 25th Amliversary of' the
foundation of the Pennsylvania SOCiety of' Miniature Painters,
and the 10th Exhibition of work done at the Academy's School
0
.
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at Chester Springs.
These exhibitions were open to the public
from November 7th until December 12th.
The JUl""y of Selection
for the Water Color Exhibition consisted 0.1':Hugh H. Breckenridge
Frank Copeland
Herbert Pullinger
Ernest D. 'Roth
William Starkvfeather
Chaterine Morris Wright
The eY.....11.ibition was hung by Frank Copeland, Catherine MOl"'ris
Wright, and ex-officio, the F.'r esident of the Academy, and the
President and the Secretary of the Fhiladelphia Water Color
Club.
rrhe exYiibition c.ontained 809 paintings and drawings,
representing 244 Water Color Artists.
The Jury awarded the
following prizes:The Philadelphia Water Color Prize was awarded to Emil
J. Bistr.an for his group of Water Colors as being the
strongest group.
The Dana Gold Medal was awarded to Charles Demuth for
his canvas entitled lIStill Life" for simplicity and
franlmess.
The Eyre Gold Medal was awarded t a Edward Howard Suyda.rn
for his billock pri:p.t entitled "Chinatown; New York. 1I
The Ch§rles W. Beck Prize for work wh~ had been
reproduced in color was awarded to Frederic k. Anderson
for his canvas entitled tI'rhe Parting. U
The Jury also awarded the John Frederick Lewis Caricature Prizes.
The first piJize was awarded to William H. Cotton for
his group of caricatures.
The second prize was awarded to Wyncie King for his
caricature of "James stevens."
The Exhibition of Old Miniatures contained 268 examples
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covering the art of Miniature Painting as far back and including
work by Hans Holbein, the younger.
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The Jury of Selection for the 25th Annual Miniature
Exhibition cons isted of:Rosina C. Boardman
George - Walter Dawson
,.
Mary
Rebecca B. Peale Patterson
Harriet Sartain
H~
Tannahil
The exhibition was hung by:"',
Rebecca B. Peale F'a.tterson
Elizabeth F. Washington
Johanna M. Boericke
Mary W. Bonsall
The Jury awarded the Bronze Medal of Honor to dThare
Shepard Shisler.
A SpeCial Award was made by the Jury of Selection
to Alyn Williams for his miniature entitled UBenito Mussolini.1f
This exhibition contained 144 pictUl'es representing 72 artists.
In the Chester Springs Exhibition the Conullittee on
Instruction which is a part of the Board of Directors of the
Academy awarded the following
~rizes:-
First painting prize of $100.00 was awarded to Benjamin Bittenbender
for his painting entitled uCloudbanlq Dawn. tt
Secpnd painting prize of $50.00 was awarded to Oscar MolleX' for
his painting entitled ILate Afternoon. 1f
Third painting prize of ~~25.00 was awarded to John Corbino for
his' painting entitled tiThe Bridge. tt
'
First sculpture prize of $50.00 was awarded to Ralph H. Hum.es
for his piece entitled uMacaw and Sunflower."
Second Sculpture Prize of $25.00 was 81varded to Forrest F. Stark
for' his piece •
. I'ifr. Arthur H. Lea awarded a spec ial prize of $25.00 to Sallie M.
Gillespie for her painting entitled "Still Life."
On November 22nd a group of
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147
drawings from 11 different ·
art schools ,of the country were shown in the Print Room of the
Academy until December 12th.
These
drawi~gs
were in competition
for the Charles M. Lea Prizes, and the awards were made by the ~~'~
JU1"y of Selection' as follows:First prize of w
&'200.,00 to Allan F. Thomas of the
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Pennsylvania Academy
o~
the Fine Arts.
Second prize of' $150.00 to Haral Arensbach
Pennsylvania Academy o~ the Fine Arts.
Third prize "0:5 $100.00 to Ruth H. Reeves
Pennsy1hvania School of' Industrial Art.
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At the close o~ these eY~ibitions the galleries ~~:~
' again hung with the Permanent Collection until~hey were
dismanteled
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the l22nd Annual Exhibition.
SCHOOLS
The schools of'the Academy had a very
with a total registration of' 26, students.
schools is given by a Faculty
o~
success~ul
year
Instruction in the
recognized standing in the
Art World consisting of:Alf'red Hayward
Albert Laessle
Henry McCarter
Roy C. Nuse
JC>.seph T. Pearson, Jr.
Henry R. Poore
Hugh H. Breckenridge
Daniel Garber
Charles Gra£ly
Philip L. Hale
George Harding
John F. Harbeson
The (School is under the management
struction which consists
o~
members
o~
o~
the Comm.ittee on Inthe Board of' Directors.
The Chairman of' the Committee is Arthur H. Lea, whd> is also
Chairman,
ex-o~f'icio,
of the Faculty.
The school is under
the direct management of the Curator, Eleanor A. Fraser.
enrollment is now going on
~or
School
this ternrf
The Academy's Summer School at Chester Springs of' which
Mr. D. Roy Miller is Resident Manager, was open f'rom April to
' October and criticisms were given by the f'ollowing artists:(
Daniel Garber
Joseph T. Pearson, Jr.
Albert Laessle
George Harding
Lectures and imormal 't alks were given by:John Frederick Lewis
Morris Hall Pancoast
Luuis H. Duhring, Jr.
Alice Kent Stoddard
John F. Harbeson
Edward Warwick
Albert Kelsey
}\I. C. Wyeth
Henry McCal"'ter
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- ·8 The total .number of students enrolled this season was 206.
Arrangements have been made so that
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studen~s
may
paint at Chester Springs during the winter months andcriticisms be received. I1Fom members of., the Faculty of the Phila, delphia
~chool.
FREE CONCERTS
Free Sunday Concerts under the management of a special
comrnittee of which Mrs. Herbert L. Clarke is manager, were
given in the Academy during Apr'i l, November and December of
1926 and ·also in January of 1927.
These concerts continue 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 nmsic and pictures is of particular value.
The
total number of visitors to the Academy during the year of 1926
was 80,080.
ACgUISITI01~
By Gift
Twenty nine volUl.l1es entitled llL'Art l1 presented by
Mr. James. Leichtemburg.
Two books; one of the
t~Life
and Work of John Singer
Sargent 1t by William H. Downes, and the other entitled "French
History of Etchings from the 16th Centul'W to the present Day"
by F. L. Beipnik were presented by the F'r esident of the Academy,
Mr. John
Fre~erick
Lewis.
A c'a talogue of the John Quinn Collection was presented
by Mr. Alfred G. B. Steelj
A painting entitled 111VIother and Child" by Emil Munier
was presented by Miss Mary Gibson.
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BY PURCHASE
"Sunday A:rternoonU ' by ·Gertrude Fiske was purchased
from the Temple Fund for the Pennsylvania Academy of the
(
Fine Arts.
The Lambert Committee purchased for the Pennsylvania
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Academy of the Fine Arts from the 12@th Annual Exhibition, the
following:"Some Fall upon Stony Places" by
Kenneth Bates
Urrwo" 1Qy Elizabeth Sparhawlt Jones
"Wind and Clouds" by Horace Brown
tlA Cox'ner in Brittanyll by Mildred Williams
BUILDING¥
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tAll of the exterior walls of the Academy have been
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repointed and the iron work I) scraped and repainted.
The roof,
gutters and water conductors from the roof have been overhauled
and
rene'::9~}vhere
necessary_
No new work has been necessary.
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The school studios and corridors have been reealcimined and
repainted and, in the .basement, tpe walls have been whitewashed.
For the protection of the building during the vx-
cavating for the subway under
under the
Acaden~
adjacent to
pinned by the Construction Company.
Owing to
~ossible
settling
some cracks have appeared but they are being carefully wanched
by the city and Construction Company engineers as well as by
the Academy Management.
The Treasurer's report in detail is submitted.
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The thanks of the Management of the Academy is extended to the Honorable, the Mayor of Philadelphia, to the
Mayor1s Cabinet and to the Council for their continued
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juctgqtent and A fidelity
to the work •
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I n the appointing of the
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new Treasurer, Mr. Henry C. Gibs on, the interes t of the Aca(1emy
will be most carefully taken care of.
The Treasurer's report in detail is sub mitted.
The thanks of the Management of the Academy is ex.tendecl to the Honorable, the Mayor of Philadelphia. to the
Mayor's Cabinet andtd> the Council for. th@ilt "ir continue d
pathy
~:md
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their support , and to the President and Members of
the Board of Education in sending to our school, students
who wish to study Art.
We also acknowle,cl ge Ollr a.ebt to the Press of' })hilad.el ....
phia which h as given to the Academy and to the cause of Ar t.
intelligent critisisms of all the exhibitions we ha ve had.
We also make greatful a cknow led gement to the emplo ye es
of the AC8.clemy for th.e f a i thful performanc e of their dut ies e
Re,s pec tfuly s ubrni tt eel.
secretary.
To the stockholders:The President and Directors of the Pennsylvania '
Academy of the Fine Arts have the honor to
present their l2lst Annual Report.
Your stockholders Tickets for the calendar year 1927
were mailed to you on December 31, 1926.
These tickets will
admit the stockholders to all entertainments and lectures
given
by ~ )the
Academy or under its auspices, whether admission
be charged to the public or not.
The President and Directors
will be most gratified by the frequent use of these tickets.
EXHIBIT IONS
The l22nd Annual Exhibition in Oil and Sculpture
opened to the public on Sunday, January 30th and continues
through Sunday, March 20th, 1927.
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 has already truren its place
as one of the most interesting groups of paintings shown in an
Annual Exhibition.
The exhibition is in the hands of the Jury of Selection of eleven painters and three sculptors who judged all the
work submitted.
The Hanging Committee consisting of the Chair-
man and tM:o other Juror,$' together with the President, ex-officio,
arranged the groups for the exhibition
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The canvases were selected by the Painters' Jury of
Selection consisting of:R. Sloan Bredin
, John F. Carlson
Truman E. Fassett
'Charles : Hopkinson
Eric Hudson
'
Philip L. Hale, Chairman
Jonas Lie
Leopold Seyffert
Leslie P. Thompson
Carroll S. Tyson, Jr.
Robert V01IDOh
The Sculpture was selected by the Sculptors' JUFt of
Selection consisting of:Charles Grafly
Albel"'t Laessle
Adolph A. Weinman
A large portion of the paintings in- the exhibition
are for sale and are suitable fOl" hanging in private houses.
The EXhibition of Sculpture contains much that is suitable for
the decorating of interiors as well as for gardens.
The 12lst Annual EXhibition opened according to schedule
on Jruluary 31st, 1926.
The awards of medals in this exhibition
were made by the '1926, Jury of Selec,tion and were as follows:The Temple Gola Medal was awarded to Hayley Lever
for the best painting irrespective of subject for
his canvas entitled ffThe HarbOl". II
The Jennie Sesnan Gold Medal for the best landscape
in the exhibition was awarded to 'Charles Rosen for
his canvas entitled uAGroup of Houses."
The Carol H. Beck Gold Medal for the best portrait
in the exhibition was aWal"ded to Alice Kent Stoddard
for h$» canvas entitled "Miss S."
Th~
Sculptors Jury of Selection awarded the George
D. Widenel" M;emorial Gold Medal to Adolph A. Weinman
for his piece ent5. tIed "Narcissus. II
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The fol19wing prizes were awarded by the Committee on
Exhibition consisting of members of the Board of Directors:The Walter Lippincott Prize was awal"ded to Robert
Vonnoh for his canvas entitled ttLeah. lt
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The Mary Smith Prize for Dhe best p-ork ~ a Philadelphia
womru1' was awarded to Wenonah Bell for her canvas
entitled "Still Life."
The Edward T. Stotesbv~y Prize for the painting or
group of paintings giving the greatest distinction to
the exhibition was awarded to Leopold Seyffert for
his canvas entitled "Portrait of Wharton Sin}{ler"n
The Philadelphia Prize awarded by popular vt'ht.e during a
designated week in March, was uwul"ded to Richard S.
Meryman for his portrait of "Calvin Coolidge, Jr."
The
the
the
was
and
Locust Club Medal carrying with it the purchase of
s elected work was awarded for the fourth time by
Art Committee of the Locust Club. The work selected
the canvas by Hugh H. Breckenridge entitled 1tPottery
Fruit. tI
.
.
The Fairmount Park Art Association Prize was aV1rarded!i a
to C. P. Jemiewein for his piece of sculpture entitled 6",-""1
"Npph and Fawn."
The exhibition consisted of 300 paintings and 146 works
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II
of sculpture; 307 artists were represented.
The total attendance
for this exhibition was 29,839.
During the last week of this exhibition, Caricatures
made by students in the school, of work shown in this eY,-hibi tion
were put on view in Gallery K end prizes cont:r'ibuted by the
President of the Academy were awarded as follows:First Prize
Second Prize
Third Prize
Fourth Prize
Fifth Prize
$50.00
35.00
30.00
25.00
20.00
Cal vin Gi1bel"t
George M. Pay
Orner Lassonde
Nina M. Hepburn·
Leon Karp
Innnediately af'ter the close of' the l2lst Annual Ex...hibi tion
l.
the
. ..0:\
Perm~ne~t
Collection was put in place in the galleries and
on May 16th the galleries H, G, H, the North Transept, the east
and west galleries and the rotunda were occupied by an exhibition
of work by our students in competition for the Emlen Cresson
Traveling Scholarships and minor school prizes.
This exhibition
- '-4 -
opened to the public on May 2?thwhen the students and their
friends
(
wer~
addressed by the f'r esident of the Academy, Mr.
John Frederic.k Lewis who als 0 announced the awards.
Fif'teen
groups of' work reconunended 'by the Faculty and ratified by the
· Boar.d of' Directors were awarded Traveling Scholarships.
Those '
·to whom the Scholarships were awarded are as follows;Ethelwyn A. Wood
Haral Arensbach
Paul Davis Webb
Charles Barney Moore
Ruth Fingal Rosenquist
Harry Rosin
E. Bruce Moore
Dorcas Doolittle
William M. Ferguson
Leon Karp
Lucius Kutchin
Vernon K. Newswanger
Tulie Speight
Mru.. . ina Timoshe:nko
Katherine Merritt
Immediately after the close of' this exhibition in June
the galleries were prepared for an exhibition of' Historical
Scenes and Portraits.
This exhibition was put on in celebration
of the l50thAnniversary of' the Signing of' the Declaration of
Independence and was designed to show through portraiture and
subject pictures, the character of the men and women who were
of historical importance during this period as well as
"Wll :ir
17j;i,..
illustrations of' the scenes in which they played &
par~in
history of' the country since the Declaration was signed.
were 446 examples shown.
from
Jun~
the
There
The exhibition was open to the public
13, 1926 until October 10, 1926.
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On October 23rd the galleries were dismanteled f'0l'l
the hanging of the 24th Annual Water Color Exhibition, the
25th Annual Miniature Exhibition, the Special Exhibition of
Old Mlniatures in celebration of the 25th Amliversary of' the
foundation of the Pennsylvania SOCiety of' Miniature Painters,
and the 10th Exhibition of work done at the Academy's School
0
.
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at Chester Springs.
These exhibitions were open to the public
from November 7th until December 12th.
The JUl""y of Selection
for the Water Color Exhibition consisted 0.1':Hugh H. Breckenridge
Frank Copeland
Herbert Pullinger
Ernest D. 'Roth
William Starkvfeather
Chaterine Morris Wright
The eY.....11.ibition was hung by Frank Copeland, Catherine MOl"'ris
Wright, and ex-officio, the F.'r esident of the Academy, and the
President and the Secretary of the Fhiladelphia Water Color
Club.
rrhe exYiibition c.ontained 809 paintings and drawings,
representing 244 Water Color Artists.
The Jury awarded the
following prizes:The Philadelphia Water Color Prize was awarded to Emil
J. Bistr.an for his group of Water Colors as being the
strongest group.
The Dana Gold Medal was awarded to Charles Demuth for
his canvas entitled lIStill Life" for simplicity and
franlmess.
The Eyre Gold Medal was awarded t a Edward Howard Suyda.rn
for his billock pri:p.t entitled "Chinatown; New York. 1I
The Ch§rles W. Beck Prize for work wh~ had been
reproduced in color was awarded to Frederic k. Anderson
for his canvas entitled tI'rhe Parting. U
The Jury also awarded the John Frederick Lewis Caricature Prizes.
The first piJize was awarded to William H. Cotton for
his group of caricatures.
The second prize was awarded to Wyncie King for his
caricature of "James stevens."
The Exhibition of Old Miniatures contained 268 examples
(
covering the art of Miniature Painting as far back and including
work by Hans Holbein, the younger.
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The Jury of Selection for the 25th Annual Miniature
Exhibition cons isted of:Rosina C. Boardman
George - Walter Dawson
,.
Mary
Rebecca B. Peale Patterson
Harriet Sartain
H~
Tannahil
The exhibition was hung by:"',
Rebecca B. Peale F'a.tterson
Elizabeth F. Washington
Johanna M. Boericke
Mary W. Bonsall
The Jury awarded the Bronze Medal of Honor to dThare
Shepard Shisler.
A SpeCial Award was made by the Jury of Selection
to Alyn Williams for his miniature entitled UBenito Mussolini.1f
This exhibition contained 144 pictUl'es representing 72 artists.
In the Chester Springs Exhibition the Conullittee on
Instruction which is a part of the Board of Directors of the
Academy awarded the following
~rizes:-
First painting prize of $100.00 was awarded to Benjamin Bittenbender
for his painting entitled uCloudbanlq Dawn. tt
Secpnd painting prize of $50.00 was awarded to Oscar MolleX' for
his painting entitled ILate Afternoon. 1f
Third painting prize of ~~25.00 was awarded to John Corbino for
his' painting entitled tiThe Bridge. tt
'
First sculpture prize of $50.00 was awarded to Ralph H. Hum.es
for his piece entitled uMacaw and Sunflower."
Second Sculpture Prize of $25.00 was 81varded to Forrest F. Stark
for' his piece •
. I'ifr. Arthur H. Lea awarded a spec ial prize of $25.00 to Sallie M.
Gillespie for her painting entitled "Still Life."
On November 22nd a group of
(
147
drawings from 11 different ·
art schools ,of the country were shown in the Print Room of the
Academy until December 12th.
These
drawi~gs
were in competition
for the Charles M. Lea Prizes, and the awards were made by the ~~'~
JU1"y of Selection' as follows:First prize of w
&'200.,00 to Allan F. Thomas of the
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Pennsylvania Academy
o~
the Fine Arts.
Second prize of' $150.00 to Haral Arensbach
Pennsylvania Academy o~ the Fine Arts.
Third prize "0:5 $100.00 to Ruth H. Reeves
Pennsy1hvania School of' Industrial Art.
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the
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At the close o~ these eY~ibitions the galleries ~~:~
' again hung with the Permanent Collection until~hey were
dismanteled
~or
tO~
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the l22nd Annual Exhibition.
SCHOOLS
The schools of'the Academy had a very
with a total registration of' 26, students.
schools is given by a Faculty
o~
success~ul
year
Instruction in the
recognized standing in the
Art World consisting of:Alf'red Hayward
Albert Laessle
Henry McCarter
Roy C. Nuse
JC>.seph T. Pearson, Jr.
Henry R. Poore
Hugh H. Breckenridge
Daniel Garber
Charles Gra£ly
Philip L. Hale
George Harding
John F. Harbeson
The (School is under the management
struction which consists
o~
members
o~
o~
the Comm.ittee on Inthe Board of' Directors.
The Chairman of' the Committee is Arthur H. Lea, whd> is also
Chairman,
ex-o~f'icio,
of the Faculty.
The school is under
the direct management of the Curator, Eleanor A. Fraser.
enrollment is now going on
~or
School
this ternrf
The Academy's Summer School at Chester Springs of' which
Mr. D. Roy Miller is Resident Manager, was open f'rom April to
' October and criticisms were given by the f'ollowing artists:(
Daniel Garber
Joseph T. Pearson, Jr.
Albert Laessle
George Harding
Lectures and imormal 't alks were given by:John Frederick Lewis
Morris Hall Pancoast
Luuis H. Duhring, Jr.
Alice Kent Stoddard
John F. Harbeson
Edward Warwick
Albert Kelsey
}\I. C. Wyeth
Henry McCal"'ter
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- ·8 The total .number of students enrolled this season was 206.
Arrangements have been made so that
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studen~s
may
paint at Chester Springs during the winter months andcriticisms be received. I1Fom members of., the Faculty of the Phila, delphia
~chool.
FREE CONCERTS
Free Sunday Concerts under the management of a special
comrnittee of which Mrs. Herbert L. Clarke is manager, were
given in the Academy during Apr'i l, November and December of
1926 and ·also in January of 1927.
These concerts continue 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 nmsic and pictures is of particular value.
The
total number of visitors to the Academy during the year of 1926
was 80,080.
ACgUISITI01~
By Gift
Twenty nine volUl.l1es entitled llL'Art l1 presented by
Mr. James. Leichtemburg.
Two books; one of the
t~Life
and Work of John Singer
Sargent 1t by William H. Downes, and the other entitled "French
History of Etchings from the 16th Centul'W to the present Day"
by F. L. Beipnik were presented by the F'r esident of the Academy,
Mr. John
Fre~erick
Lewis.
A c'a talogue of the John Quinn Collection was presented
by Mr. Alfred G. B. Steelj
A painting entitled 111VIother and Child" by Emil Munier
was presented by Miss Mary Gibson.
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BY PURCHASE
"Sunday A:rternoonU ' by ·Gertrude Fiske was purchased
from the Temple Fund for the Pennsylvania Academy of the
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Fine Arts.
The Lambert Committee purchased for the Pennsylvania
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Academy of the Fine Arts from the 12@th Annual Exhibition, the
following:"Some Fall upon Stony Places" by
Kenneth Bates
Urrwo" 1Qy Elizabeth Sparhawlt Jones
"Wind and Clouds" by Horace Brown
tlA Cox'ner in Brittanyll by Mildred Williams
BUILDING¥
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tAll of the exterior walls of the Academy have been
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repointed and the iron work I) scraped and repainted.
The roof,
gutters and water conductors from the roof have been overhauled
and
rene'::9~}vhere
necessary_
No new work has been necessary.
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The school studios and corridors have been reealcimined and
repainted and, in the .basement, tpe walls have been whitewashed.
For the protection of the building during the vx-
cavating for the subway under
under the
Acaden~
adjacent to
pinned by the Construction Company.
Owing to
~ossible
settling
some cracks have appeared but they are being carefully wanched
by the city and Construction Company engineers as well as by
the Academy Management.
The Treasurer's report in detail is submitted.
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The thanks of the Management of the Academy is extended to the Honorable, the Mayor of Philadelphia, to the
Mayor1s Cabinet and to the Council for their continued
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juctgqtent and A fidelity
to the work •
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I n the appointing of the
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new Treasurer, Mr. Henry C. Gibs on, the interes t of the Aca(1emy
will be most carefully taken care of.
The Treasurer's report in detail is sub mitted.
The thanks of the Management of the Academy is ex.tendecl to the Honorable, the Mayor of Philadelphia. to the
Mayor's Cabinet andtd> the Council for. th@ilt "ir continue d
pathy
~:md
SyI.Il-
their support , and to the President and Members of
the Board of Education in sending to our school, students
who wish to study Art.
We also acknowle,cl ge Ollr a.ebt to the Press of' })hilad.el ....
phia which h as given to the Academy and to the cause of Ar t.
intelligent critisisms of all the exhibitions we ha ve had.
We also make greatful a cknow led gement to the emplo ye es
of the AC8.clemy for th.e f a i thful performanc e of their dut ies e
Re,s pec tfuly s ubrni tt eel.
secretary.