124th Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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124th Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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ANNUAL REPORT
To the Stockholders;The President and Dirac·tors of the pennsylvania
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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 Dpcember 31, 1928. · These tickets will
admit "'t he stoclrJ1.olders to all entertainments and lectures
'give,n by the . Academy or under its auspices, whether admission
be charged to the public or not.
will be most gratified
by
The President and Directors
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 cOl1l.tinues
through Sunday, March 17, 1929.
This exhibition is made up
of examples of current American Art, in which the various phases
of painting is represented by distinguished examples.
Celeqrated
artists of the cOUIltry show their great interest in the exhibition
by being
repre~ented
through the best examples of their work,
and the exhibition has already taken its place as one of the most
iriteresting groups of p?:intings shown il} 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-
mand and three other Jurors together with the President, Ex-Officio,
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arra~ged
the groups for the eXhibition.
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The canvases were selected by the Painter's Jury of
Selection conSisting of:-
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Jonas
Lie, Chairman
Ross Moffett
S. Walter Narris
Malcolm Parcell
Paul Trebilcock
James Chapin
, Gertrude Fiske
John R. Frazier
El·izabeth Sparhawk Jomes
Leon Kroll
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The sculpture was selected by the Sculptor's Juryaf
Selection comsisting of:Charles Grafly
Samue lMur ray
Arthur Lee
A large portion of the pain;blngs in the exhibition
are for sale and are suitable for hamging in private houses.
The Exhibition of Sculpture contains much that is suitable far
the decorating of interiors as well as for gardel1l.s.
The l23rd A:nnual Exhibition opened accarding to schedule
on January 29th" 1928.
The awards of medals in this 6y..hibition
were made by the 1928 Jury of Selection and were as follows:The Temple Gold Medal was awarded to James Chapin
for the best paintini irrespective of subject for
his canvas entitled George Marvin and his Daughter
Edith. tt
The Jennie Sesnan Gold Medal for the best landscape
'in the exhibition was awarded t ,o Kenneth Bates for
his canvas entitled t'nays End, Years End. tr
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The Carol H. Beck Gold Meda:i.l for the best portrait
in the exhibition was awarded to William M. Paxton
for his canvas entitled "Mrs. Francis R. Strawbridge."
The Sculptors Jury of Selection awarded the George
D. Widener Memorial Gold Medal to Albert stewart for
his piece entitled uPolar Bear."
The James E. McClees prize was awarded to Albert
Laessle for his piece entitled "Duck and Turtle
Fowatain."
' The following prizes were awarded by the Committee 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
IfReverie. tf
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The Mary Smith Prize for the best work by a
Philadelphia Woman was awarded to Laura D. S.
, Ladd for her vanvas entitled "Still Life and
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The Edward T. Stotesbury Prize for the painting
or group of paintings giving the greatest
distinction to the ,e xhibitioE. was awarded to
Aldro T. Hibbard for "Golden Stream" and "Af'ter
Heavy Snows,tt
The exhi'b ition 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
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the Pe:rmanent Collection was put in place in the galleries and
on M~y 16th the galleries F, G, H, the Nerth Transept, the east
and west galleries and the potundawere eccupied by an exhibitlioE.
of w0l"k by our students ' in competition for the Emlen Cresson
Travelling Scholarships and minor school prizes.
This exhibition
opened to the public on May 24th when the students and their
friends were addressed by Mr. Samuel Price Wetherill.
Mr. John.
Frederick LeWiS, President of the Academy, announced the awards.
Twenty two groups of work recommended by the Faculty and ratified
by the Board of Directors were awarded Travelling Scholarships.
Those to whom the Scholarships .were awarded are as follows:-
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Morris A. Blackburn
Ge orge H" Bors t
Florence v. Cannon
Henry C00per
Carl Cozington
Henry E\vertz
Tully F ilmus
Eleanor Finnesy
Fred E. F Ian igan.
Robert C. Eddinger
, Margaret R. Gest
,Alice G. Harris
Lawrence B. Krit~her, Jr.
Orner T. Lassonde
James A. McLeam
Helen L .. Owen
Mary Imogene Robinhold
Charles H. Rudy
Benton M. Spruance
F~rre~t F. Stark
Dorothy L. Van Loan
Thelma Mae . Zohe
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and one half scholarship each to:Emidio Angelo and Paul Davis Webb.
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This exhibition was open to the public for ten days, after which
the galleries were again hung with the Permanent Collection for
Dur,ing 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. tI
Mr.
Henry R.. Poor!9" Instructor in Composition awarded the following
prizes:(
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1st prize of $20.00 to Marion Butler
2nd prize of $10.00 to William Myers
3rd pr ize of one of ,M:r . Poore I s books
to Walter I. An~ep.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
Eleanorl ~innesy
Frank W. Long
On october 20th the galleries were ,dismanteled 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:-
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Emil J. Bistran
Frances M. Lichten
Mildred B. Miller
Henry Pitz
Wilmer S. Richter
M. W. Zimmerman
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The exhibition was hung by Frances M.Lichten, Henry Pitz and
ex-efficie, the President of the Academy, and the President and
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the Secretary of the Philadelphia Water Color Club.
Theexhi-
bitlon contained 734 paintings and draWings, representing 262
Water Color Artists.
The Jury awarded the fellowing prizes:-
The Philadelp1}~a water Color Prize was awarded
to Howard Giles for his group of water Colors
as being th.estronge~t group.
The Dana Gold Medal was awarded to J. Frank
Copeland for his water': : c,olGI!.' entitled "Florence
Bridges."
.
The Eyre Gold Medal was awarded to Asa Cheffetz
for his etching entitled "Noonday Shadows; Wayside Inn Carriage House."
The Joseph Pennell Memorial 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 01':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 Evelyn
Purdie for her miniature entitled ttJacques."
This exhibition
contined 144 miniatures representing 73 artists.
In the Chester Springs Exhibition, the Committee qn
Instruction which is a -part of the Board of DirecDors of the
Academy awarded the following prlzes:Firat psinting prize of $100.00 was awarded to Paul Westcott
.f.o r his .group of paintings.
- 6 Second painting prize of $50,,00 was awarded to Reber S" Hartman
for his Decoration.
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Third painting prize of $25.00 was awarded to Lucy de G"
for her ttPol"t1"'ait of Ted."
Wooll~y
Honorable Mention carrying a prize of $20.00 was awarded to Helen
Van Valzah for her work entitled "Barn."
A special prize in sculpture V4jas awarded to Robert M. Cronbach
-for his piece of sculpture entitled "DoglI. This prizw 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
Yua.n-Hai Kuo
J. Kendall Masten
vesta D" Morehouse
Dorothy L. McEnt ee
N. B. Gregson
On November .1 9th 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 Fii1e Arts.
Second prize of $150,,00 to Nicholas Marsicano
of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Third prize of $100.00 to Marian Barclay of
the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial
Art.
At the close of these
e~~ibitions,
the galleries were
again hung with the Permanent Collection until January 12th, when
they were dismanteled- for the l24th Annual Exhibition.
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
Bo'J-
with a total registration of ~ students.
Instruction in the
schools is given by a Faculty of recogmized standing in the
Art Wor ld eons 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
Geor~e Harding
JohnF. Harbeson
Albert Laessle
The school is under the management of the Committee on Instruction
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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 0r at Chester Springs are finding favor
with . ~uries
of nation wide importance .and are being hung in such
exl1.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
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the accomplishment of that work • . The buildings on the old
property have been put in excellent condition and those on the
newly acquired tr-act were made SUitable, during the past
for rooming purposes.
s~ner,
The large barn is rapidly becoming a very
fine studio and the entire 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
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success to make it desirable to c0ntinue receiving students and
giving ll1struction during the winter months. The total enrollment
during the year of 1928 was 280. The highest number of students
i!as:iEietfttc:on anyone date during this year was July 17 and 18, 102.
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BY GIFT
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A se l f portrait of Emanuel Leutze was presented by
Mr. John Fre derick Lewis.
A painting entitled "Wartl by Hugh He Breckenrldge was
presented by Mrs. Breckenridge.
An illustrated catalogue entitled "The Art Collection
of the late Elbert H. Gary" together with two small catalogues
of the same collection including rugs, furniture,
b~onzes
and
sculpture, etc., were presented by Mr. Arthur H. IJea.
A self portrait of the late William A. Miller was
presented by
Mr.
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Henry Dubbs in accordance with
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Four catalogues of the engraved portraits of the
Hampton L. Carson Collection were
p~esented
by Mr. Edward Carey
Gardiner.
A small volume entitlee " Critical Description and
Analytical Review of Death on the Pale Horse by Benjamin West tf ,
written by William Carey, was presented by
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David Milne.
A statuette, in plaster, of the late Thomas Eakins by
Samuel Murray was presented by Mr. Malcolm Sausser.
The Temple Gold Medal awarded to Winslow Homer in 1902
was presented by
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C. Savage Homer.
A group in bronze entitled ttAeneas and Anchises" by
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The painting entitled tfThe 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 a.ct of the late Mrs.'" Greims.
BY- BEQUEST
The paintings entitled "Choephorae" by Bouguereau and
flChr'ist at Emmaus" by Karl Muller, wer-e bequesthed to the Academy
by the late Nina Lea.
The portrait of Emilie Page Von
Sehaumber~
Hughes-Hallett
by R. Bompiani was presented to the Academy by Mrs. Kate Ballard
Smith who had a life
in the painting under the will of the
int~erest
late Mrs. Hughes Hallett, who had bequeathed the picture to the
Academy subject to Mrs. Smith's life interest.
BY PURCHASE
"The Dead Chestnut
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by Ross E. Braught was purchased
from the Temple Fund for t .he Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
The Lambert Committee purchased for the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts from the l23rd Annual Exhibition, the
following:nAlong the Neshamiliytt by Elizabeth K. Coyne
"Peasant Kitchen" by Harold Weston
If Skating; Central Park" by Mildred Williams
tiThe Lunch Basket" by CarlF. Binder
"Boundaries" by Kenneth Bates
"Hilltop 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 la.te Craig
D. Ritchie, in the amount of $32862.97.
A Walter Lippincott Prize
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Fund was established in the amount
$5000.00.
BUIlDINGS
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The Academy's 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
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in the limited time '§::v.ai.iiable.
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 i1'1
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 summere
The Treasurer's report in deati1 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
criticis'ma of all the exhibitions we have had.
We also make grateful acknowledgement to the employees
of the Academy for the faithful
perfo~manee
of their duties .
Respectfully submitted.
Secretary.
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To the Stockholders;The President and Dirac·tors of the pennsylvania
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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 Dpcember 31, 1928. · These tickets will
admit "'t he stoclrJ1.olders to all entertainments and lectures
'give,n by the . Academy or under its auspices, whether admission
be charged to the public or not.
will be most gratified
by
The President and Directors
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 cOl1l.tinues
through Sunday, March 17, 1929.
This exhibition is made up
of examples of current American Art, in which the various phases
of painting is represented by distinguished examples.
Celeqrated
artists of the cOUIltry show their great interest in the exhibition
by being
repre~ented
through the best examples of their work,
and the exhibition has already taken its place as one of the most
iriteresting groups of p?:intings shown il} 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-
mand and three other Jurors together with the President, Ex-Officio,
(- I
arra~ged
the groups for the eXhibition.
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The canvases were selected by the Painter's Jury of
Selection conSisting of:-
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Jonas
Lie, Chairman
Ross Moffett
S. Walter Narris
Malcolm Parcell
Paul Trebilcock
James Chapin
, Gertrude Fiske
John R. Frazier
El·izabeth Sparhawk Jomes
Leon Kroll
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The sculpture was selected by the Sculptor's Juryaf
Selection comsisting of:Charles Grafly
Samue lMur ray
Arthur Lee
A large portion of the pain;blngs in the exhibition
are for sale and are suitable for hamging in private houses.
The Exhibition of Sculpture contains much that is suitable far
the decorating of interiors as well as for gardel1l.s.
The l23rd A:nnual Exhibition opened accarding to schedule
on January 29th" 1928.
The awards of medals in this 6y..hibition
were made by the 1928 Jury of Selection and were as follows:The Temple Gold Medal was awarded to James Chapin
for the best paintini irrespective of subject for
his canvas entitled George Marvin and his Daughter
Edith. tt
The Jennie Sesnan Gold Medal for the best landscape
'in the exhibition was awarded t ,o Kenneth Bates for
his canvas entitled t'nays End, Years End. tr
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The Carol H. Beck Gold Meda:i.l for the best portrait
in the exhibition was awarded to William M. Paxton
for his canvas entitled "Mrs. Francis R. Strawbridge."
The Sculptors Jury of Selection awarded the George
D. Widener Memorial Gold Medal to Albert stewart for
his piece entitled uPolar Bear."
The James E. McClees prize was awarded to Albert
Laessle for his piece entitled "Duck and Turtle
Fowatain."
' The following prizes were awarded by the Committee 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
IfReverie. tf
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The Mary Smith Prize for the best work by a
Philadelphia Woman was awarded to Laura D. S.
, Ladd for her vanvas entitled "Still Life and
, "':','D;a hlias • II'
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The Edward T. Stotesbury Prize for the painting
or group of paintings giving the greatest
distinction to the ,e xhibitioE. was awarded to
Aldro T. Hibbard for "Golden Stream" and "Af'ter
Heavy Snows,tt
The exhi'b ition 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 Pe:rmanent Collection was put in place in the galleries and
on M~y 16th the galleries F, G, H, the Nerth Transept, the east
and west galleries and the potundawere eccupied by an exhibitlioE.
of w0l"k by our students ' in competition for the Emlen Cresson
Travelling Scholarships and minor school prizes.
This exhibition
opened to the public on May 24th when the students and their
friends were addressed by Mr. Samuel Price Wetherill.
Mr. John.
Frederick LeWiS, President of the Academy, announced the awards.
Twenty two groups of work recommended by the Faculty and ratified
by the Board of Directors were awarded Travelling Scholarships.
Those to whom the Scholarships .were awarded are as follows:-
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Morris A. Blackburn
Ge orge H" Bors t
Florence v. Cannon
Henry C00per
Carl Cozington
Henry E\vertz
Tully F ilmus
Eleanor Finnesy
Fred E. F Ian igan.
Robert C. Eddinger
, Margaret R. Gest
,Alice G. Harris
Lawrence B. Krit~her, Jr.
Orner T. Lassonde
James A. McLeam
Helen L .. Owen
Mary Imogene Robinhold
Charles H. Rudy
Benton M. Spruance
F~rre~t F. Stark
Dorothy L. Van Loan
Thelma Mae . Zohe
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and one half scholarship each to:Emidio Angelo and Paul Davis Webb.
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This exhibition was open to the public for ten days, after which
the galleries were again hung with the Permanent Collection for
Dur,ing 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. tI
Mr.
Henry R.. Poor!9" Instructor in Composition awarded the following
prizes:(
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1st prize of $20.00 to Marion Butler
2nd prize of $10.00 to William Myers
3rd pr ize of one of ,M:r . Poore I s books
to Walter I. An~ep.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
Eleanorl ~innesy
Frank W. Long
On october 20th the galleries were ,dismanteled 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:-
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Emil J. Bistran
Frances M. Lichten
Mildred B. Miller
Henry Pitz
Wilmer S. Richter
M. W. Zimmerman
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The exhibition was hung by Frances M.Lichten, Henry Pitz and
ex-efficie, the President of the Academy, and the President and
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the Secretary of the Philadelphia Water Color Club.
Theexhi-
bitlon contained 734 paintings and draWings, representing 262
Water Color Artists.
The Jury awarded the fellowing prizes:-
The Philadelp1}~a water Color Prize was awarded
to Howard Giles for his group of water Colors
as being th.estronge~t group.
The Dana Gold Medal was awarded to J. Frank
Copeland for his water': : c,olGI!.' entitled "Florence
Bridges."
.
The Eyre Gold Medal was awarded to Asa Cheffetz
for his etching entitled "Noonday Shadows; Wayside Inn Carriage House."
The Joseph Pennell Memorial 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 01':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 Evelyn
Purdie for her miniature entitled ttJacques."
This exhibition
contined 144 miniatures representing 73 artists.
In the Chester Springs Exhibition, the Committee qn
Instruction which is a -part of the Board of DirecDors of the
Academy awarded the following prlzes:Firat psinting prize of $100.00 was awarded to Paul Westcott
.f.o r his .group of paintings.
- 6 Second painting prize of $50,,00 was awarded to Reber S" Hartman
for his Decoration.
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Third painting prize of $25.00 was awarded to Lucy de G"
for her ttPol"t1"'ait of Ted."
Wooll~y
Honorable Mention carrying a prize of $20.00 was awarded to Helen
Van Valzah for her work entitled "Barn."
A special prize in sculpture V4jas awarded to Robert M. Cronbach
-for his piece of sculpture entitled "DoglI. This prizw 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
Yua.n-Hai Kuo
J. Kendall Masten
vesta D" Morehouse
Dorothy L. McEnt ee
N. B. Gregson
On November .1 9th 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 Fii1e Arts.
Second prize of $150,,00 to Nicholas Marsicano
of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Third prize of $100.00 to Marian Barclay of
the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial
Art.
At the close of these
e~~ibitions,
the galleries were
again hung with the Permanent Collection until January 12th, when
they were dismanteled- for the l24th Annual Exhibition.
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 eons 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
Geor~e Harding
JohnF. Harbeson
Albert Laessle
The school is under the management of the Committee on Instruction
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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 0r at Chester Springs are finding favor
with . ~uries
of nation wide importance .and are being hung in such
exl1.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
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the accomplishment of that work • . The buildings on the old
property have been put in excellent condition and those on the
newly acquired tr-act were made SUitable, during the past
for rooming purposes.
s~ner,
The large barn is rapidly becoming a very
fine studio and the entire 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
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success to make it desirable to c0ntinue receiving students and
giving ll1struction during the winter months. The total enrollment
during the year of 1928 was 280. The highest number of students
i!as:iEietfttc:on anyone date during this year was July 17 and 18, 102.
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BY GIFT
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A se l f portrait of Emanuel Leutze was presented by
Mr. John Fre derick Lewis.
A painting entitled "Wartl by Hugh He Breckenrldge was
presented by Mrs. Breckenridge.
An illustrated catalogue entitled "The Art Collection
of the late Elbert H. Gary" together with two small catalogues
of the same collection including rugs, furniture,
b~onzes
and
sculpture, etc., were presented by Mr. Arthur H. IJea.
A self portrait of the late William A. Miller was
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Four catalogues of the engraved portraits of the
Hampton L. Carson Collection were
p~esented
by Mr. Edward Carey
Gardiner.
A small volume entitlee " Critical Description and
Analytical Review of Death on the Pale Horse by Benjamin West tf ,
written by William Carey, was presented by
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David Milne.
A statuette, in plaster, of the late Thomas Eakins by
Samuel Murray was presented by Mr. Malcolm Sausser.
The Temple Gold Medal awarded to Winslow Homer in 1902
was presented by
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C. Savage Homer.
A group in bronze entitled ttAeneas and Anchises" by
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The painting entitled tfThe Cid" by Joseph Ribera, deposited
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one of the Executors of the Estate of the late Mary Hern Greims as
the a.ct of the late Mrs.'" Greims.
BY- BEQUEST
The paintings entitled "Choephorae" by Bouguereau and
flChr'ist at Emmaus" by Karl Muller, wer-e bequesthed to the Academy
by the late Nina Lea.
The portrait of Emilie Page Von
Sehaumber~
Hughes-Hallett
by R. Bompiani was presented to the Academy by Mrs. Kate Ballard
Smith who had a life
in the painting under the will of the
int~erest
late Mrs. Hughes Hallett, who had bequeathed the picture to the
Academy subject to Mrs. Smith's life interest.
BY PURCHASE
"The Dead Chestnut
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by Ross E. Braught was purchased
from the Temple Fund for t .he Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
The Lambert Committee purchased for the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts from the l23rd Annual Exhibition, the
following:nAlong the Neshamiliytt by Elizabeth K. Coyne
"Peasant Kitchen" by Harold Weston
If Skating; Central Park" by Mildred Williams
tiThe Lunch Basket" by CarlF. Binder
"Boundaries" by Kenneth Bates
"Hilltop 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 la.te Craig
D. Ritchie, in the amount of $32862.97.
A Walter Lippincott Prize
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Fund was established in the amount
$5000.00.
BUIlDINGS
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The Academy's 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
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in the limited time '§::v.ai.iiable.
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 i1'1
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 summere
The Treasurer's report in deati1 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
criticis'ma of all the exhibitions we have had.
We also make grateful acknowledgement to the employees
of the Academy for the faithful
perfo~manee
of their duties .
Respectfully submitted.
Secretary.
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