123rd Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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123rd Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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1928
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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 l23rd . Annual Report.
Your Stockholders Tickets for the calendar year 1929
were mailed to you on December 31, 1928. , These t:tckets will
admit the stocldlolders to all enter.t ainments and lectures
'give,n 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 ..
EXHIBITIONS
The l24th Annual Exhibition in Oil and Sculpture
opened to the public on Sunday, January 27, 1929 and continues
throu~h
Sunday, March 17, 1929.
This exhibitiQn is made up
of examples of current American Art, in which the various phases
of painting is represented by distinguished examples.
Celebrated
artists of the cOLUltry show their great interest in the exhibition
by being represented through the best examples of their work,
and the exhibition has already taken its place as one of the most
interestLDg groups of
The
p~intings
exl~ibit1on
shown
i~
an Annual Exhibition.
is in the hands of the
JUl~y
of Selec-
tion of eleven painters and three sculptors who judged all the
work ·s ubmitted.
The Hanging Committee, consisting of the Chair-
mand and three other Jurors together with the President, Ex-Officio,
arra:9-ged the groups for the exh'i bition ..
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The canvases were selected by the Painter's Jury of
Selection consisting of:-
(
Jonas
Lie, Chairman
Ross Moffett
S. Walter Norris
Malcolm Parcell
Paul Trebilcock
James Ch~pin
. Gertrude Fiske
John R. Frazier
El·i zabeth Sparhawk Jones
. Leon Kroll
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The sculpture was selected by the Sculptor's Jury of
Selection consisting of:Charles Grafly
Arthur Lee
Samuel Murray
A large portion of the painpings in the exhibition
are for sale and are suitable for hanging in private houses.
The Exhibition of Sculpture contains much that is suitable for
the decorating of interiors as well as for gardens.
The l23rd Annual Exhibition opened according to schedule
on January 29th, . 1928.
The awards of m.edals in this exhibition
were made by the 1928 Jury of Selection and were as follows:The Temple Gold . Medal was awarded to James Chapin
for the best paintiu irrespective of subject for
his canvas e.ntitled wGeorge Marvin and his Daughter
Edith. tt
.
The Jem.aie Sesnan Gold Medal for the best landscape
. i:a the exhibition was awarded t .o Kenneth Bates for
his ca:nva~ entitled "Days End, Years End."
The Carol H. Beck Gold Med~~ for the best portrait
in the exhibition was awarded to William M. Paxton
for . his canvas entitled "Mrs. Fraracis R. Strawbridge. tI
I'
p
.
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The Sculpt0rs Jury ~f Selection awarded the Ge0rge
D. Widener Memorial Gold Medal to Albert Stewart for
his piece entitled uPolar Beap.1t
The James E. McClees prize was awarded to Albert
Laessle for his piece entitled "Duck and Turtle
F ou.n tain '~ If
The following prizes were awarded by the COIlll.l1ittee on
Exhibition consisting of members of the Board of Directors:-
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The Walter Lippincott Prize was awarded to
Feodor Zakharov for his canvas entitled
"Reverie."
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The Mary Smith Prize for the best wark by a
Philadelphia Woman was awarded ta Laura D. S.
, Ladd for her vanvas entitled "Still Life and
:;:';:Dahlias ." ,
.;.
I"
The Edward T. Stotesbury Prize for the painting
or group of paintings giving the greatest
distinction to the exhibition. was awarded to
Aldro T., Hibbard
fOl? "Golden stream" and "After
11
'Heavy S'nows,
The exhibition consisted of 346 paintings and 136
works of sculpture; 347 artists were represented.
The total
attendance for this exhibition was 26,,449.
Immediately after the close of the l23rd Annual Exhibition
'i: "\, ~ ~.
,
the Petr riianent Collection was put in place in the galleries and
on M~Y 16th the galleries F, G, H, the North Transept, the east
and west galleries and the potundawere occupied by an exhibi'Gli-on.
of work' by our students -in competition for the Emlen Cresson
,
Travelling Schelarships and minor school prizes.
ThiB exhibitien
opened to the public on May 24th when the students and their
friends were addres ,s ed by Mr. Samuel Price Wetherill.
Mr. John
Frederick LeWiS, ,President of the Academy, announced the awards.
Twenty two groups of wOl?k recommended by the Faculty and ratified
by the Board of Directors were awarded Travelling Scholarships.
Tbose to whom the Scholarships were awarded are as follows:-
(
'",
Morris A. Blackburn
George H. Borst
Florence v. Cannon
Henry Cooper
Carl Cozington
Henry IDvertz
Tully Filmus
Eleanor Finnesy
Fred E. Flanigan
Robert C. Eddinger
Margaret R. Gest
G. Harris
Lawrence B. Krit~her, ~r.
Omer T. Lassonde
James A. McLeam
He len L. Owen
Mary Imogene Robinheld
Charles H. Rudy
Benton M. Spruance
F~rre~t F. Stark
Dorothy L. Van Loan
Thelma Mae Zolle
r Al~ce
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and one half scholarship each to:Emidio Angelo and Paul Davis Webb.
(
This exhibition was open to the public for ten days, after which
the galleries were again hung with the Permanent Collection for
the summer .,l'l1onths.
t'·'·'
During one week of the month of May, the Composition
Class held an<\ exhibition. of their work in the Lecture Room of
the Academy.
Their subject was "The Outlawry of War."
Mr.
Henry R. Poor(9" Instructor in Composition awarded the following
prizes,:(
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.I
.
1st prize of $20.00 to Marion Butler
2nd prize of $10.00 tQ William Myers
3rd prize of one of Mr . Poore1s books
to Walter I. And~~son.
Mr. John Frederick LeWis, the President of the Academy, made the
following awards of $5.00 each:Cora P. Gibson
Omer T. Lassonde
Dorothy L. Van Loan
Leon F. Derbyshire
Eleanor, Finnesy
Frank W. LORg
On October 20th the galleries were ·disman.teled for the
hanging of the 26th Annual water Color Exhibition, the 27th
Annual Miniature Exhibition and the 12th Exhibition of work done
at the Academy's School at Chester Springs.
These exhibitions
were open , to the public from November 4, 1928 until December 9,
1928 • . The Jury of Selection for the water Color Exhibition
consisted of:-
(
Emil J. Bis tra.'1
Frances M. Lichten
Mildred B. Miller
Henry Pitz
Wilmer S. Richter
M. W. Zinnnerman
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The exhibition was hung by Frances M. Lichten, Henry Pitz and
ex-officio, the President of the Academy, and the President and
(
the Secretary of the Philadelphia water Color Club.
The exhi-
bition contained 734 paintings and drawings, representing 262
' Water Color Artists.
The Jury awarded the following prizes:-
The PhiladelpI!5,.a water Color Prize was awarded
to Howard Giles for his group of water Colors
as being th.estrongest group.
The Dana Gold Medal was awarded to J. Frank
Copeland for his water:; cJil)l er ' a Rti tIed "Florence
Bridges."
.
.
The Eyre Gold Medal was awarded to Asa Cheffetz
for his etching e.ntitled "Noomday Shadows; Wayside Inn Carriage House."
The Joseph Pennell Memo:rial Medal was awarded for
the first time to Frank W. Benson for his group
of etchings.
The Jury of Selection for the 26th Annual Miniature
Exhibition consisted of:Mary W. Bonsall
Dr. Arthur E. Bye
Margaret Foote Hawley
Elizabeth White McCarthy
Elizabeth F. Washingtmn
The exhibition was hung by:Ellen W. Ahrens
Johanna M. Boericke
Mary W. Bonsall
Rebecca B. Peale Patterson
Violet Thompson Smith
The Jury awarded the Bronze Medal of Honor to Evelym
Purdie for her miniature entitled "Jacques."
This exhibition
c ontined 144 miniatures representing 73 artists.
In the Chester Springs Exhibition, the Committee o.n
Instruction which is a part of the Board of DirecDors of the
Academy awarded the following prizes:Firat psinting prize of $100.00 was awarded to Paul Westcott
.for his .group of pa.intings.
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Second painting prize
for his Decoration.
o~
$50000 was awarded to Reber S. Hartman
Third painting prize of $25.00 was awarded to Lucy de G. Woolrey
for her ttPortr'ait of Ted,,"
Honorable Mention carrying a prize of $20.00 was awarded to Helen
Van Valzah for her work entitled "Barn. 1t
A special prize in sculpture ~as awarded to Robert M. Cronbach
·for his piece of sculpture entitled "Dog". This priz-e was $25.00.
In the group of water colors included ll1 this exhibition, six
prizes of $10.00 each were awarded to the following:Jean Nevitt Flanagan
Yuan-Hlii Kuo
J. Kendall Masten
vesta Do Morehouse
Dorothy L. McEntee
N. B. Gregson
On November 19th a group of 108 drawings from eleven
different art schools of the country were shown in the Print Room
of the Academy.
These drawings were in competition for the
Charles M. Lea Prizes, and the awards were made by the Water Color
Jury of Selection as follows:First prize of $200.00 to Robert Volz of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Second prize of $150.00 to Nicholas Mars icano
of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Third prize of $100.00 to Marian Barclay Gf
the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial
Art.
At the close of these exl1ibitions, the galleries were
again hung with the Permanent Collection until January 12th, when
they were dismanteled· for the 124th Annual Ex..h.ibition.
The total nmaber of visitors to the Academy during the
year of 1928 was 66,513.
SCHOOLS
The schools of the Academy had a . very successful year
8o~
with a total registration of ~ students.
Instruction in the
schools is given by a Faculty of recogmized standing in the
Art Wor ld cons is ting of.- .: -
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Henry McCarter
Roy C. Nuse
Joseph T. Pearson, Jr.
Henry R. Poore
Francis Speight.
Hugh H. Breckenridge
Daniel Garber
Charles Grafly
Geore!:e Harding
John F. Harbeson
Albert Laessle
The school is under the management of the Committee on Instruction
which consists of members of the Board of Directors.
The Chairman
of the Committee is Arthur H. Lea, who is also Chairman, ex-officio,
of the Faculty.
The school is under the direct management of the
Curator, Eleanor A. Fraser.
School enrollment is now going on for
the second term of the 1928-29 season.
It is very gratifying to note that many of our students
at work in our city school or at Chester Springs are finding favor
with . Juries .of nation wide importance .and are being hung in such
e.xl1.ibitions.
The Chester Springs School is developing rapidly in
importance and standing from the view point of work accomplished
,.,and
also from the better facilities installed at the school for
the accomplishment of that work • . The buildings on the old
property have been put in excellent condition and those on the
newly
ac~tired
tpact were made suitable, during the past
for rooming punposes.
s~mner,
1,;
The large barn is rapidly becoming a very
fine studio and the en.tire property is shaping into a plant of
outstanding value and importance in the instruction of art. ·
The experiment tried during the winter of 1927-28, of
. keeping the school open for the winter season was of sufficient
success to make it desirable to continue receiving students and
giving ll1struction during the winter months. The total enrollment
during the year of 1928 was 280. The highest number of students
Jre.s:ideiflt '.mn anyone date during this year was July 17 and 18, 102.
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ACQ,UISI'J.1IONS
BY GIFT
A self portrait of Emanuel Leutze was presented by
Mr. John Frederick Lewis.
A painting entitled "War" by Hugh H. Breckenrldge was
presented by Mrs. Breckenridge.
An illustrated catalogue entitled liThe Art Collection
of the late Elbert H. Gary" together with two small catalogues
of the same collection including rugs, furniture, bronzes and
sculpture, etc., were presented by Mr. Arthur H. tea.
A self portrait of the late William A. Miller was
presented by Mr. Henry Dubbs in accordance with
wishes.
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Four catalogues of the engraved portraits of the
Hampton L. Carson Collection were
by Mr. Edward Carey
p ~ esented
Gardiner.
A small volume entitlee "Critical Description and
Analytical Review of Death on the Pale Horse by Benjamin West",
written by William Carey, was presented by
~~.
David Milne.
A statuette, ln plaster, of the lat.e Thomas Eakins by
Samuel Murray was presented by Mr. Malcolm Sausser.
The Temple Gold Medal awarded to Winslow Homer in 1902
was presented by
C. Savage Homer.
A group in bronze entitled "Aeneas and Anchises" by
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Charles tirafly was presented by the Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy ,cif the Fine Arts.
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The painting entitled liThe Cid" by Joseph Ribera, deposited
[~y
4, 1897 by Mary Hern Greims, was presented by Mr. R. C. Page,
one of the Executors of the Estate of the late Mary Hern Greims as
the ac t of the late Mrs." Gre ims •
BY- BEQUEST
The paintings entitled IlChoephorae" by Bouguereau and
UChrist at Emmaus" by Karl Muller, were bequesthed to the Academy
by the late Nina Lea.
The portrait of Emilie Page Von
Schaumber~
Hughes-Hallett
by R. Bompiani was presented to the Academy by Mrs. Kate Ballard
Smith who had a life interest in the painting wlder the will of the
late Mrs. Hughes Hallett, who had bequeathed the picture to the
Academy subject to lVIrs. Smith's life interest.
BY PURCHASE
"The Dead Chestnut
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by Ross E. Braught was purchased
from the Temple Fund for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
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The Lambert Committee purchased for the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts from the l23rd Annual Exhibition, the
following:"Along the Neshaminy" by Elizabeth K. Coyne
"Peasant Kitchen" by Harold Weston
"Skating; Central Park" by Mildred Williams
ttThe Lunch Basket" by CarlF. Binder
"Boundaries" by Kenneth Bates
ttHilltop at High Noon" by Charles Burchfield
During the year the Academy has been benefited through
the will of the late Elizabeth Norris Brooke Rawle in the amount
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of $335613.23, also through the will of the late Florence E. Coates
in the amount of $5000.00 and through the will of the late Craig
D. Ritchie, in the amount of $32862.97.
A Walter Lippincott Prize
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Fund was established in the amount of $5000.00.
c.
BUIlDINGS.
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The Academyts building in the city has received repairs to
the roof where necessary and the galleries have been repainted
so far as it was possible to do so in the limited time
~y.a±dable.
The schools have been cleaned, calcimined, painted and put in
good condition for the work carried on there.
The offices and
the entrance lobby have been repainted and the stone fr'i eze im
the lobby sand blasted.
The basement has been white washed and a large new storage
fire proof vault built.
The steam heating plant was put in
. good condition for the winter and the fire extinguishers emptied
and refilled during the summer",
The Treasurer's report in deatil is submitted.
The thanks 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 the,ir continued sympathy and their .
s~pport,
and to the President and members of the Board of Education
in sending to our school, students who wish to study art.
We also acknowledge our debt to the Press of Philadelphia
which has given to the Academy and to the causes of Art, intelligent
cri-ticis'ma of all the exhibitions we have had.
We also make grateful acknowledgement to the employees
of the Academy for the faithful performance of their duties.
Respectfully submitted.
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To the Stockholders;The President and Directors of the pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts have the honor to
present their l23rd . Annual Report.
Your Stockholders Tickets for the calendar year 1929
were mailed to you on December 31, 1928. , These t:tckets will
admit the stocldlolders to all enter.t ainments and lectures
'give,n 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 ..
EXHIBITIONS
The l24th Annual Exhibition in Oil and Sculpture
opened to the public on Sunday, January 27, 1929 and continues
throu~h
Sunday, March 17, 1929.
This exhibitiQn is made up
of examples of current American Art, in which the various phases
of painting is represented by distinguished examples.
Celebrated
artists of the cOLUltry show their great interest in the exhibition
by being represented through the best examples of their work,
and the exhibition has already taken its place as one of the most
interestLDg groups of
The
p~intings
exl~ibit1on
shown
i~
an Annual Exhibition.
is in the hands of the
JUl~y
of Selec-
tion of eleven painters and three sculptors who judged all the
work ·s ubmitted.
The Hanging Committee, consisting of the Chair-
mand and three other Jurors together with the President, Ex-Officio,
arra:9-ged the groups for the exh'i bition ..
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The canvases were selected by the Painter's Jury of
Selection consisting of:-
(
Jonas
Lie, Chairman
Ross Moffett
S. Walter Norris
Malcolm Parcell
Paul Trebilcock
James Ch~pin
. Gertrude Fiske
John R. Frazier
El·i zabeth Sparhawk Jones
. Leon Kroll
,
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.74,... ~
l ~~ )
The sculpture was selected by the Sculptor's Jury of
Selection consisting of:Charles Grafly
Arthur Lee
Samuel Murray
A large portion of the painpings in the exhibition
are for sale and are suitable for hanging in private houses.
The Exhibition of Sculpture contains much that is suitable for
the decorating of interiors as well as for gardens.
The l23rd Annual Exhibition opened according to schedule
on January 29th, . 1928.
The awards of m.edals in this exhibition
were made by the 1928 Jury of Selection and were as follows:The Temple Gold . Medal was awarded to James Chapin
for the best paintiu irrespective of subject for
his canvas e.ntitled wGeorge Marvin and his Daughter
Edith. tt
.
The Jem.aie Sesnan Gold Medal for the best landscape
. i:a the exhibition was awarded t .o Kenneth Bates for
his ca:nva~ entitled "Days End, Years End."
The Carol H. Beck Gold Med~~ for the best portrait
in the exhibition was awarded to William M. Paxton
for . his canvas entitled "Mrs. Fraracis R. Strawbridge. tI
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The Sculpt0rs Jury ~f Selection awarded the Ge0rge
D. Widener Memorial Gold Medal to Albert Stewart for
his piece entitled uPolar Beap.1t
The James E. McClees prize was awarded to Albert
Laessle for his piece entitled "Duck and Turtle
F ou.n tain '~ If
The following prizes were awarded by the COIlll.l1ittee on
Exhibition consisting of members of the Board of Directors:-
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aD
The Walter Lippincott Prize was awarded to
Feodor Zakharov for his canvas entitled
"Reverie."
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The Mary Smith Prize for the best wark by a
Philadelphia Woman was awarded ta Laura D. S.
, Ladd for her vanvas entitled "Still Life and
:;:';:Dahlias ." ,
.;.
I"
The Edward T. Stotesbury Prize for the painting
or group of paintings giving the greatest
distinction to the exhibition. was awarded to
Aldro T., Hibbard
fOl? "Golden stream" and "After
11
'Heavy S'nows,
The exhibition consisted of 346 paintings and 136
works of sculpture; 347 artists were represented.
The total
attendance for this exhibition was 26,,449.
Immediately after the close of the l23rd Annual Exhibition
'i: "\, ~ ~.
,
the Petr riianent Collection was put in place in the galleries and
on M~Y 16th the galleries F, G, H, the North Transept, the east
and west galleries and the potundawere occupied by an exhibi'Gli-on.
of work' by our students -in competition for the Emlen Cresson
,
Travelling Schelarships and minor school prizes.
ThiB exhibitien
opened to the public on May 24th when the students and their
friends were addres ,s ed by Mr. Samuel Price Wetherill.
Mr. John
Frederick LeWiS, ,President of the Academy, announced the awards.
Twenty two groups of wOl?k recommended by the Faculty and ratified
by the Board of Directors were awarded Travelling Scholarships.
Tbose to whom the Scholarships were awarded are as follows:-
(
'",
Morris A. Blackburn
George H. Borst
Florence v. Cannon
Henry Cooper
Carl Cozington
Henry IDvertz
Tully Filmus
Eleanor Finnesy
Fred E. Flanigan
Robert C. Eddinger
Margaret R. Gest
G. Harris
Lawrence B. Krit~her, ~r.
Omer T. Lassonde
James A. McLeam
He len L. Owen
Mary Imogene Robinheld
Charles H. Rudy
Benton M. Spruance
F~rre~t F. Stark
Dorothy L. Van Loan
Thelma Mae Zolle
r Al~ce
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and one half scholarship each to:Emidio Angelo and Paul Davis Webb.
(
This exhibition was open to the public for ten days, after which
the galleries were again hung with the Permanent Collection for
the summer .,l'l1onths.
t'·'·'
During one week of the month of May, the Composition
Class held an<\ exhibition. of their work in the Lecture Room of
the Academy.
Their subject was "The Outlawry of War."
Mr.
Henry R. Poor(9" Instructor in Composition awarded the following
prizes,:(
I
.I
.
1st prize of $20.00 to Marion Butler
2nd prize of $10.00 tQ William Myers
3rd prize of one of Mr . Poore1s books
to Walter I. And~~son.
Mr. John Frederick LeWis, the President of the Academy, made the
following awards of $5.00 each:Cora P. Gibson
Omer T. Lassonde
Dorothy L. Van Loan
Leon F. Derbyshire
Eleanor, Finnesy
Frank W. LORg
On October 20th the galleries were ·disman.teled for the
hanging of the 26th Annual water Color Exhibition, the 27th
Annual Miniature Exhibition and the 12th Exhibition of work done
at the Academy's School at Chester Springs.
These exhibitions
were open , to the public from November 4, 1928 until December 9,
1928 • . The Jury of Selection for the water Color Exhibition
consisted of:-
(
Emil J. Bis tra.'1
Frances M. Lichten
Mildred B. Miller
Henry Pitz
Wilmer S. Richter
M. W. Zinnnerman
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The exhibition was hung by Frances M. Lichten, Henry Pitz and
ex-officio, the President of the Academy, and the President and
(
the Secretary of the Philadelphia water Color Club.
The exhi-
bition contained 734 paintings and drawings, representing 262
' Water Color Artists.
The Jury awarded the following prizes:-
The PhiladelpI!5,.a water Color Prize was awarded
to Howard Giles for his group of water Colors
as being th.estrongest group.
The Dana Gold Medal was awarded to J. Frank
Copeland for his water:; cJil)l er ' a Rti tIed "Florence
Bridges."
.
.
The Eyre Gold Medal was awarded to Asa Cheffetz
for his etching e.ntitled "Noomday Shadows; Wayside Inn Carriage House."
The Joseph Pennell Memo:rial Medal was awarded for
the first time to Frank W. Benson for his group
of etchings.
The Jury of Selection for the 26th Annual Miniature
Exhibition consisted of:Mary W. Bonsall
Dr. Arthur E. Bye
Margaret Foote Hawley
Elizabeth White McCarthy
Elizabeth F. Washingtmn
The exhibition was hung by:Ellen W. Ahrens
Johanna M. Boericke
Mary W. Bonsall
Rebecca B. Peale Patterson
Violet Thompson Smith
The Jury awarded the Bronze Medal of Honor to Evelym
Purdie for her miniature entitled "Jacques."
This exhibition
c ontined 144 miniatures representing 73 artists.
In the Chester Springs Exhibition, the Committee o.n
Instruction which is a part of the Board of DirecDors of the
Academy awarded the following prizes:Firat psinting prize of $100.00 was awarded to Paul Westcott
.for his .group of pa.intings.
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Second painting prize
for his Decoration.
o~
$50000 was awarded to Reber S. Hartman
Third painting prize of $25.00 was awarded to Lucy de G. Woolrey
for her ttPortr'ait of Ted,,"
Honorable Mention carrying a prize of $20.00 was awarded to Helen
Van Valzah for her work entitled "Barn. 1t
A special prize in sculpture ~as awarded to Robert M. Cronbach
·for his piece of sculpture entitled "Dog". This priz-e was $25.00.
In the group of water colors included ll1 this exhibition, six
prizes of $10.00 each were awarded to the following:Jean Nevitt Flanagan
Yuan-Hlii Kuo
J. Kendall Masten
vesta Do Morehouse
Dorothy L. McEntee
N. B. Gregson
On November 19th a group of 108 drawings from eleven
different art schools of the country were shown in the Print Room
of the Academy.
These drawings were in competition for the
Charles M. Lea Prizes, and the awards were made by the Water Color
Jury of Selection as follows:First prize of $200.00 to Robert Volz of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Second prize of $150.00 to Nicholas Mars icano
of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Third prize of $100.00 to Marian Barclay Gf
the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial
Art.
At the close of these exl1ibitions, the galleries were
again hung with the Permanent Collection until January 12th, when
they were dismanteled· for the 124th Annual Ex..h.ibition.
The total nmaber of visitors to the Academy during the
year of 1928 was 66,513.
SCHOOLS
The schools of the Academy had a . very successful year
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with a total registration of ~ students.
Instruction in the
schools is given by a Faculty of recogmized standing in the
Art Wor ld cons is ting of.- .: -
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Henry McCarter
Roy C. Nuse
Joseph T. Pearson, Jr.
Henry R. Poore
Francis Speight.
Hugh H. Breckenridge
Daniel Garber
Charles Grafly
Geore!:e Harding
John F. Harbeson
Albert Laessle
The school is under the management of the Committee on Instruction
which consists of members of the Board of Directors.
The Chairman
of the Committee is Arthur H. Lea, who is also Chairman, ex-officio,
of the Faculty.
The school is under the direct management of the
Curator, Eleanor A. Fraser.
School enrollment is now going on for
the second term of the 1928-29 season.
It is very gratifying to note that many of our students
at work in our city school or at Chester Springs are finding favor
with . Juries .of nation wide importance .and are being hung in such
e.xl1.ibitions.
The Chester Springs School is developing rapidly in
importance and standing from the view point of work accomplished
,.,and
also from the better facilities installed at the school for
the accomplishment of that work • . The buildings on the old
property have been put in excellent condition and those on the
newly
ac~tired
tpact were made suitable, during the past
for rooming punposes.
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The large barn is rapidly becoming a very
fine studio and the en.tire property is shaping into a plant of
outstanding value and importance in the instruction of art. ·
The experiment tried during the winter of 1927-28, of
. keeping the school open for the winter season was of sufficient
success to make it desirable to continue receiving students and
giving ll1struction during the winter months. The total enrollment
during the year of 1928 was 280. The highest number of students
Jre.s:ideiflt '.mn anyone date during this year was July 17 and 18, 102.
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ACQ,UISI'J.1IONS
BY GIFT
A self portrait of Emanuel Leutze was presented by
Mr. John Frederick Lewis.
A painting entitled "War" by Hugh H. Breckenrldge was
presented by Mrs. Breckenridge.
An illustrated catalogue entitled liThe Art Collection
of the late Elbert H. Gary" together with two small catalogues
of the same collection including rugs, furniture, bronzes and
sculpture, etc., were presented by Mr. Arthur H. tea.
A self portrait of the late William A. Miller was
presented by Mr. Henry Dubbs in accordance with
wishes.
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Four catalogues of the engraved portraits of the
Hampton L. Carson Collection were
by Mr. Edward Carey
p ~ esented
Gardiner.
A small volume entitlee "Critical Description and
Analytical Review of Death on the Pale Horse by Benjamin West",
written by William Carey, was presented by
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David Milne.
A statuette, ln plaster, of the lat.e Thomas Eakins by
Samuel Murray was presented by Mr. Malcolm Sausser.
The Temple Gold Medal awarded to Winslow Homer in 1902
was presented by
C. Savage Homer.
A group in bronze entitled "Aeneas and Anchises" by
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Charles tirafly was presented by the Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy ,cif the Fine Arts.
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The painting entitled liThe Cid" by Joseph Ribera, deposited
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4, 1897 by Mary Hern Greims, was presented by Mr. R. C. Page,
one of the Executors of the Estate of the late Mary Hern Greims as
the ac t of the late Mrs." Gre ims •
BY- BEQUEST
The paintings entitled IlChoephorae" by Bouguereau and
UChrist at Emmaus" by Karl Muller, were bequesthed to the Academy
by the late Nina Lea.
The portrait of Emilie Page Von
Schaumber~
Hughes-Hallett
by R. Bompiani was presented to the Academy by Mrs. Kate Ballard
Smith who had a life interest in the painting wlder the will of the
late Mrs. Hughes Hallett, who had bequeathed the picture to the
Academy subject to lVIrs. Smith's life interest.
BY PURCHASE
"The Dead Chestnut
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by Ross E. Braught was purchased
from the Temple Fund for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
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The Lambert Committee purchased for the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts from the l23rd Annual Exhibition, the
following:"Along the Neshaminy" by Elizabeth K. Coyne
"Peasant Kitchen" by Harold Weston
"Skating; Central Park" by Mildred Williams
ttThe Lunch Basket" by CarlF. Binder
"Boundaries" by Kenneth Bates
ttHilltop at High Noon" by Charles Burchfield
During the year the Academy has been benefited through
the will of the late Elizabeth Norris Brooke Rawle in the amount
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of $335613.23, also through the will of the late Florence E. Coates
in the amount of $5000.00 and through the will of the late Craig
D. Ritchie, in the amount of $32862.97.
A Walter Lippincott Prize
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Fund was established in the amount of $5000.00.
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BUIlDINGS.
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The Academyts building in the city has received repairs to
the roof where necessary and the galleries have been repainted
so far as it was possible to do so in the limited time
~y.a±dable.
The schools have been cleaned, calcimined, painted and put in
good condition for the work carried on there.
The offices and
the entrance lobby have been repainted and the stone fr'i eze im
the lobby sand blasted.
The basement has been white washed and a large new storage
fire proof vault built.
The steam heating plant was put in
. good condition for the winter and the fire extinguishers emptied
and refilled during the summer",
The Treasurer's report in deatil is submitted.
The thanks 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 the,ir continued sympathy and their .
s~pport,
and to the President and members of the Board of Education
in sending to our school, students who wish to study art.
We also acknowledge our debt to the Press of Philadelphia
which has given to the Academy and to the causes of Art, intelligent
cri-ticis'ma of all the exhibitions we have had.
We also make grateful acknowledgement to the employees
of the Academy for the faithful performance of their duties.
Respectfully submitted.
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