130th Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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February 4th, 1935.
THE ANNUAL REPORT TO THE STOCKHOLDERS
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- THE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTORS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE
ARTS have the honor to present their 129th Annual Report. stockholders'
tickets for 1935 were issued on December 13, 1934. These tickets will
admit the Stockholders to all lectures and entertainments given by the Academy, or under the auspices of the Academy, whether an admission is charged
to the public or not. The President and Direo~ors will be greatly gratified
by the frequent use of these tickets.
At the last Annual Meeting of the Stockholders, Mr. Alfred G. B. Steel
Was elected President of the Academy to serve for three years, and the four
following named Directors were reeelected to serve for three years:Mr. Arthur H. Lea
Mr. Henry C. Gib son
Mr. John Frederick Lewis, Jr.
Mr. Geoffrey S. Smith
EXHIBITIONS
The 130th Annual Exhibition in Oil and Sculpture was opened to the
public on january 2,." 1935, preceded hy a Private View on Saturday evening, .January 26th; 1935. The Exhibition continues through Sunday, March
3rd, 1935. The motive dominating the gathering together of this Exhibition has been strictly educational. To obtain this result, the Management
of the Academy selected Chairmen and .Juries who were known to be sufficiently broad-minded to appreciate the excellence and sincerity of the
work presented for their judgment; ,~egardless of the type under which the
work might be classified. The resul-t~_ is that an unusually comprehensive
idea of work being done at this time bY --Amer-ican artists is shown. Art
critics have very favorably written about the Exhibition that the attendance so far has been good. The .Juries of Selection consisted of eight
painters and three sculptors. The Hanging Committee consisted of the
- Chairman of the Painters! .Jury and the Chairman of .the Sculptors' jury and
Messrs. Earle Horter and the PreSident, Ex-officio.
The canvases were selected by the Painters' Jury of Selection consisting
of:DANIEL GARBER, Chairman
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ERCOLE CART OTTO
.JAMES CHAPIN
EARLE HORTER
LEON KROLL
LUIGI LUCIONI
ROSS MOFFETT
LEOPOLD SEYFFEBT
The sculpture was selected by the Sculptors' Jury of Selection consisting
of:ALBERT LAESSLE, Chairman
PAUL MANSHIP
ADOLPH A. ~mI~~N
PAGE NUMBER TWO (2)
February 4th, 1935.
THE ANNUAL REPORT TO THE STOCKHOLDERS
Most of the paintings in the Exhibition are for sale and there are
many that are suitable for hanging in private houses or ap-artments. The
Sculpture Exhibition contains much _that can be used for the decorating
of interiors as well as placing in the open.
The 129th Annual Exhibition in Oil and Sculpture opened according
to schedule on .January 28, 1934. The Awards of the. medals were as follows:The Temple Medal awarded to YASUO KUNIYOSHI for the best Painting regardless of subject, for his canvas entitled "FRUIT ON TABLE".
The .Tennie Sesnan Medal ror the best landscape awarded to HARRY GOTTLIEB
for his canvas entitled ~WINTER SNOW."
The Carol H. Beck Medal for the best portrai t in the Exhi bi tion was awarded to RAPHAEL SOYER for his canvas entitled -f~GITTEV'.
The Sculptorst Jury of Selection-awarded the George D. Widener Medal
to CONCETTA SCARAVAGLIONE for her piece entitled "-MOTHER AND CHILD.tf
The .Tames E.. McClees' Prize was awarded to HILD.A LASCARI for her piece
entitled PUEBLO INDIAN MOTHER AND CHILD.tI
The following prizes were awarded by the Committee on Exhibition,
siating of members of the Board of Directors:
con~
The Walter Lippincott Prize awarded to JOSEPH HIRSCH for the best figure
piece in oil entitledttNlASSEUR TOMtt.
The Mary Smith Prize for the best work by a Philadelphia woman awarded
to ELIZABEr:I'H F. WASHINGTON for her canvas entitled ttTHE BEND IN THE CREEK!!
The Exhibition consisted Of 455 Paintings and 100 exhibits of Sculpture,
and 452 artists are represented. The total attendance at this Exhibition
was 13,1'5. Immediately after the close, the Permanent Collection was restored to place in the Galleries.
On Wednesday, March 14th, an Exhibition of Paintings by Hugh H. Breckenridge was opened to the public, preceded by a Preview on Tuesday, March
13th, in the afternoon from three until six o'clock. This Exhibition was
continued through April 5th. It occupied Galleries C., D., E., and F.
The Exhibition of the .Tohn Frederick Lewis Memorial Collection of
217 Portraits was opened to the public on Sunday, April 15, preceded by
a 1Tivate View on Saturday Evening, April 14. This Exhibition was CQntinued through May 6th, and occupied Galleries A,B,C,D,E;F, and the Rotunda.
On May 15th, the Galleries CjD,E,F, the East and West Central Galleries, and the Totunda were occupied by an Exhibition of work by our students
in oompetition for the William Emlen Cresson Memorial Travelling Scholarships and m.inor school prizes. This ExhiYiition we s opened to the public
PAGE NUMBER THREE
February 4th,1935.
THE ANNUAL REPORT TO THE STOCKHOLDERS
en May 23rd, when the students and their friends were addressed by Miss
Edi th Emerscm, prominent artist. Mr. Steel announced the awards given
on recommendation of the Faculty and approved by the Bpard of Directors.
Travelling Scholarships were awarded to the following seventeen students:HARRY BRADLEY
BOYD CRUISE
ARTHUR ELLI O'l'~r
W. KING INGERSOLL
DOROTHY I~WERN]ZZI
J.!NE DJJC SPAETER
GARDNER rrYRRELL
INEZ R ~~NN INGER
NORlVIAN CARTON
SUSAN CROOK
WALTER STUEMPFIG, JR.
CHARLES WEST
RANDOLPH ARNOLD
SARAH m~ BLAKESLEE
FREDERICK HOLSCHUH
KA 1'HERINE MILHOUS
FORTUNATO AMATO
During the period of the School Exhibition, an Exhibition of the
first and second prize freehand drawings sent in from various high schools
and private schools in Philadelphia and vicinity was held in the Print Room.
These prizes were awarded by the Academy to the wrok as mominated by the
art instructor in e.ach school r epre,gen ted. The drawings after being put
on Exhibition were awarded First, Second, and Third prizes by the Academy's
Faculty, as follows:~
FIRST PRIZE
SECOND PRIZE
THIRD PRIZE
MARIAN BERNICE FEAGLEY
(Miss Saywardfs School)
. JOHN J. GARRY 'j' Jr.
( Spring Garden Institute)
.JOSIAH SCHWARTZ
(Overbrook High School)
$25.00
15.00
10.00
The School Exhibition, usually taken down at the end of ten days, was
can tinued. through Sunday; June 10tll. The Galleries were then hung wi th the
Permanent Collection and were opened to the public on .Tune. 15th.
On Monday, October
at the Swnmer School at
ies G... and the west end
ber 22nd. It was again
until January 1st.
15th, an Exhibition of selected work of students
C.hester 8prings was opened to the public ibn Gallerof the west Corridor, and was continued until Octohung in this Gallery on December 15th and continued
On November 4th the 32nd ~Jater Color and 33rd Exhibition of Miniatures
was opened to the public ror the duration of five weeks each. These two
Exhibi tions were preceded by a Private Vie vving on Saturday evening, November 3rd, 1934.
The Jury of Se.lec:tion for the Water Color Exhi bi tion consis ted of:CHARLES DEMUTH
EARLE HORTER
RALPH MCLELLAN
VIOLE'll OAKLEY
CATHERINE MORRIS WRIGHT
February 4th, 1935.
PAGE NUMBER FOUR
THE ANNUAL REPORT
rro THE STOCKHOLDERS
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The Jury of Selection for the Black and Whi te, by the Point and Colored
Prints consisted of:
JOHN TAYLOR ARMS
RICKARD BISH0P
EDWARD V1AHWICK
The Hanging Gommittee consisted of:!tALPH MCLELLAN, EDWARD WARWICK, and ExSoffieio, the President of the
Academy and the President and Secretary of the Philadelphia Water Color
Club.
'rhe Exhibition consisted of 1221 Exhibits representing 479 artists.
The Jury awarded the following prizes~PHILADELPHIA ;NATER COLOR CLUB PRIZE:M~RY
LA BOITEAUX for her group of water colors as being the strongest in the Exhibition.
THE DANA WATEH COLOR lVIEDAL:.JOHN .J. DULL for his group fer simplicity and frankness
of' his work
THE EYRE MEDAL:STEVAN DOHANOS for his print, the best in the Exhibition
THE .JOSEPH PENNELL MEMORIAL MEDAL:ROBERT RIGGS for his group, and for aeheivement in the
Graphic Art s.
The .Jury of Selection and Award for the 33rd Annual Minia ture Exhi bi tion
consisted of:-
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ELLEN WE.THERALD AHRENS
!v'iARY HITCHNER DE MOLL
HARRY LE. .JO}n~S ON
ElliULY DRAYTON 'I'l\. YLOR
ADRIANNA TUTTLE
The Hanging Committee consisted of:l1J\ RY M. BONSALL
willRY HITCHtillR DE MOLL
REBECCA B. PEALE PATTERSON
VIOLET THOMPSON SMITH
ELIZABETH F. WASHINGTON
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The Jury ~rwarded t'he Bronze Medal of Honor to BERTA CAREW for her
Miniature entitled ftMRS. PHILLIP BARTON WARREN". The Miniature Jury also awarded the D,. J .. McCarthy :Prize to WILLIAM: J. WIUr-CTEMORE for his Miniat ure ent i tl ed ttMARI ON" •
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This Exhibition consisted of 124 Miniatures representing 69 artists.
In the Chester Springs Exhibition; the Committee on Instruction. which
is part of the Board of Directors of the Academy, awarded the following
prizes: FIRST PRIZE of $100..00 was a warded to
in Oil enti tIed ttLandscape.P
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R. Carrington f'or his painting
SECOND PRIZE of $50.00 was awarded to William J. Harrison for his painting in Oil enti tIed "BOy in Blue"
THIRD PRIZE of $25.00 was a warded to Miriam Buckholz for her paint ing in
oil en ti tled itA Nude " _
THREE JULIAN B. SLEVIN PH IZES : FIRST PRIZE of $50.00 to Miriam Buckholz
SECOND PRIZE of $25.00 to Paul Laessle
THIRD PRIZE of $25.00 to Janet Brown
The Paid Attendance at the 32nd Water Color Exhibition was:- 1177
The Total Attendance at the 32nd Water Color Exhibi tionwas: 9355
The TOTAL ATTENDANCE IN THE GALLERIES FOR THE YEAR 1934 was:54, 084
SCHOOLS
The Schools of' the Academy had a successful year, 1934....35, with a
total registration of 388. Instruction in the School is given by a Faculty
of the following eminent artists.
February 4th,1935.
PAGE NUMBER SIXTH
THE ANNTJAL
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REPOR~'
T0
~'HE
STOCKHOLDERS
HUGH Hit BRECKENRIDGE
DANIEL GARBER
WALKE R HANC OCK
GEORGE HARDING
.TOHN F. HARBESON
ALBERT LAESSLE
HENRY MCCARTER
ROY C. NUSE
.TOSEPH T. PEARSON
HENRY R. POORE
.TUSTIN A. PARDI
FRANCIS SPEIGHT
The School is under the Management of the Committee on Instruction, consisting of members of the Academ.yfs Board of Directors. The School is
under the Direct Management of the Curator, Eleanor A. Fraser. School
enrollment for the Spring season 1935-36 is now going on. Our students
are bringing great credit to their instructors and to the Academy through
acceptance of their work su. bmi tted for the most important general Exhibiyions in the Country. In the l30th Annual Exhibition there are 93 former and.. present students of the Academy re presented.
The country School at Chester Springs has had a successfully artistic
season during 1934';'.. Mr • .Joseph T. Fraser, .Tr. is now Curator of the
School, and has acc.omplis:hed much in the way of popularizing the School
among students and in bringing new interest to Chester Springs. Instruction is given by a regular Faculty as follows:ALBERT LAESSLE
GEORGE HARDING
ROY C. NUSE
.TOSEPH T. PEARSON
FRANCIS SPEIGHT
DANIEL GARBER
FLOR ENCE CANNON
The TOTAL ENROLLMENT for the season of May l4th to September 29th
was:- 66
ACQUISITIONS
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BY PURCHASE:-
From the 129th Annual Exhibition:n GREAT WHITE HERONSH
by Frs. nk W.. Benson
" OLD GRIND STONE 11
by Henry McCarter
U FRENCH ISLAND; OLD TOWN
by Carrol S. Tyson, .Tr.
PAGE NUMBER SEVEN
February 4th , 1935.
THE ANNUAL REPORT TO 'IUE STOCKHOLDERS
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From the 129th Annual Exhibition, recommended f'or purchase by the Lambert
COmIlli ttee and approved by the Board of Directors, the following list:ARTIST
TITLE
HENRY COOPER
ELLEN SINCLAIR
WALTER STUEMPFI<1', .TR.
WARD LOCKWOOD
DOROTHY VAN LOAN
MAURICE FREEDllfJ.AN
ALBERT SERWAZI
PRISCILLA S. BARRELL
K. IJANGHORNE ADAMS
CHRISITNE CHAbIBERS
ROLLING CHAIR
LAKE /
THE STABLE
TAOS PLAZA IN SNOW
vm~THESIS
LONGITUDE 72; LATITUDE 42
POND FISH
THREE OLD TREES
MAN JiliD BEEST
FLOWER STUDY
By Gift
Two volumes of theURoyal Collection of Paintings" and the book on engraVings
on wood by Loaffan, the gift of 1~. GeQrge W. McGee.
The canvas by Hugh H. Breckenridge enti tIed ttThe Tree of Life", presented to
the Academy by the Fell~wship
The portrait of Mrs. Scott by William M. Chase, presented by the Misses Scott.
By Contribu tion
$100.00 contributed by the Philadelphia Water Color Club.
$3000.00 contributed by Mrs" John Frederick Lewis toward the support of the
Chester Springs School, and check for $1265.04 to reimbUrse the Academy for
expenditures inc,urred f0r the .Tohn Frederiok Lewis Memorial Exhibition of Portraits.
$19000 contributed by
l~a.
John Frederiok Lewis to be kept as a serparte fund
and known as the .Tohn Frederick Lewis Memorial Fund, the income of which is to
be used ti0r the care cf' the paintings in the Academy· s Permanent Collection.
By Bequest
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$1856.21, being the 1"inal distribution of the Academy t s share in the Estate
of the late Henry G. Bryant, deceased.
The following list of works of' art bequeathed to
the J:-a te Ida Budd:1) Henry C. Budd "by Thomas Sully
2) utda Budd tt by Thom s Sully ,
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~ne
Academy under the will of
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February 4th, 1935.
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3) "A Corner of Ravello n
4) A Carved Relief in Wood
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by Arrah Lee Gaul
5)A Table formerly belonging to Thomas Sully
BY LOAN
Two portrait busts by William Rush of Rush's daughters, Elizabeth and Mary.
Portrai t of Mary R. Fox by Cec ilia Beaux, -the indefinite loan of William
Logan Fox and his :raur sister.s; namely, Mrs. W. B. Devereux, Mrs. Edward M.
Cheston, and Mrs. B. C. Tilghman.
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BUILDING
During the summer the fol10wing reconditioning was done in the Academy
building.-
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The Secretary's 0fflce; the ceiling, walls, vvoodwork and f'loors
were painted. In the larger office the walls were painted, !;ilso
~he floors.
In the Entrance Lobby the walls were painted as were
th0se of the Board Room. The office of the C:urator of the School
was enlarged by m0ving the glass and wood partition to about the
middle of the Print, Room. The walls were painted. The men's and
women's public toilets were painted. The door into the school corridor
was completely renewed. The stairwas lobby was painted. mhe lecture room ceiling and side walls were painted and throughout the school
the walls were white washed. The window in the head modelling classroom was increased to double its original size and the windows in the
life painting class room were also increased to about double their
original size. The cement floors of the school studios were panted,
as well as the corridor floors. The three rooms comprising the engineerfs living quarters were absorbed into the school rooms, since
that dwelling is no longer used for a residence. These rooms were
all put in good sanitary condition. In the basement considerable
white-washing was done. The water pipes were all renewed. The steam
heating plant was thoroughly gone over, and put in order and an electric
motor was installed by which the elevator is served ': by electricity
instead of steam a:s in former years, thereby elimina ting the high
pressure of steam. Elecyric motors have been placed in the stack
to increase the force of draft.
In the basement of the former residence the room was converted into
a store-room for the supplies of the School, which frees the large
room on the Broad street front, which will be utilized for filing
storage.
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February 4th,1935.
PAGE NUMBER
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The watchman service, installed in the early part 0f the summer, has proven
itself to be of considerable v alue. The Academy's annex at 1834 Arch street,
was put in thorough sanitary condition. All of this work was done by our
own men, excepting the installation of the new windows.
The
TREASURER t S
.REPORT in detail is .respectfully submi tted.
The thanks of the Management of the Academy a re extended to the Mayor of
Philadelphia, the Directors, an<;l Council for their support in the past, and
the President and members of the Board of Education for sending promising
students to our schools. Acknowledgments are due to the newspapers of Philadelphia for their intelligent criticisms. iNe also make acknowledgment to .
the emp:iboyees of the Academy for faithful performance of their dutieso
ATTEST:
PRESIDENT.
THE ANNUAL REPORT TO THE STOCKHOLDERS
(
'-
- THE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTORS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE
ARTS have the honor to present their 129th Annual Report. stockholders'
tickets for 1935 were issued on December 13, 1934. These tickets will
admit the Stockholders to all lectures and entertainments given by the Academy, or under the auspices of the Academy, whether an admission is charged
to the public or not. The President and Direo~ors will be greatly gratified
by the frequent use of these tickets.
At the last Annual Meeting of the Stockholders, Mr. Alfred G. B. Steel
Was elected President of the Academy to serve for three years, and the four
following named Directors were reeelected to serve for three years:Mr. Arthur H. Lea
Mr. Henry C. Gib son
Mr. John Frederick Lewis, Jr.
Mr. Geoffrey S. Smith
EXHIBITIONS
The 130th Annual Exhibition in Oil and Sculpture was opened to the
public on january 2,." 1935, preceded hy a Private View on Saturday evening, .January 26th; 1935. The Exhibition continues through Sunday, March
3rd, 1935. The motive dominating the gathering together of this Exhibition has been strictly educational. To obtain this result, the Management
of the Academy selected Chairmen and .Juries who were known to be sufficiently broad-minded to appreciate the excellence and sincerity of the
work presented for their judgment; ,~egardless of the type under which the
work might be classified. The resul-t~_ is that an unusually comprehensive
idea of work being done at this time bY --Amer-ican artists is shown. Art
critics have very favorably written about the Exhibition that the attendance so far has been good. The .Juries of Selection consisted of eight
painters and three sculptors. The Hanging Committee consisted of the
- Chairman of the Painters! .Jury and the Chairman of .the Sculptors' jury and
Messrs. Earle Horter and the PreSident, Ex-officio.
The canvases were selected by the Painters' Jury of Selection consisting
of:DANIEL GARBER, Chairman
(
\
ERCOLE CART OTTO
.JAMES CHAPIN
EARLE HORTER
LEON KROLL
LUIGI LUCIONI
ROSS MOFFETT
LEOPOLD SEYFFEBT
The sculpture was selected by the Sculptors' Jury of Selection consisting
of:ALBERT LAESSLE, Chairman
PAUL MANSHIP
ADOLPH A. ~mI~~N
PAGE NUMBER TWO (2)
February 4th, 1935.
THE ANNUAL REPORT TO THE STOCKHOLDERS
Most of the paintings in the Exhibition are for sale and there are
many that are suitable for hanging in private houses or ap-artments. The
Sculpture Exhibition contains much _that can be used for the decorating
of interiors as well as placing in the open.
The 129th Annual Exhibition in Oil and Sculpture opened according
to schedule on .January 28, 1934. The Awards of the. medals were as follows:The Temple Medal awarded to YASUO KUNIYOSHI for the best Painting regardless of subject, for his canvas entitled "FRUIT ON TABLE".
The .Tennie Sesnan Medal ror the best landscape awarded to HARRY GOTTLIEB
for his canvas entitled ~WINTER SNOW."
The Carol H. Beck Medal for the best portrai t in the Exhi bi tion was awarded to RAPHAEL SOYER for his canvas entitled -f~GITTEV'.
The Sculptorst Jury of Selection-awarded the George D. Widener Medal
to CONCETTA SCARAVAGLIONE for her piece entitled "-MOTHER AND CHILD.tf
The .Tames E.. McClees' Prize was awarded to HILD.A LASCARI for her piece
entitled PUEBLO INDIAN MOTHER AND CHILD.tI
The following prizes were awarded by the Committee on Exhibition,
siating of members of the Board of Directors:
con~
The Walter Lippincott Prize awarded to JOSEPH HIRSCH for the best figure
piece in oil entitledttNlASSEUR TOMtt.
The Mary Smith Prize for the best work by a Philadelphia woman awarded
to ELIZABEr:I'H F. WASHINGTON for her canvas entitled ttTHE BEND IN THE CREEK!!
The Exhibition consisted Of 455 Paintings and 100 exhibits of Sculpture,
and 452 artists are represented. The total attendance at this Exhibition
was 13,1'5. Immediately after the close, the Permanent Collection was restored to place in the Galleries.
On Wednesday, March 14th, an Exhibition of Paintings by Hugh H. Breckenridge was opened to the public, preceded by a Preview on Tuesday, March
13th, in the afternoon from three until six o'clock. This Exhibition was
continued through April 5th. It occupied Galleries C., D., E., and F.
The Exhibition of the .Tohn Frederick Lewis Memorial Collection of
217 Portraits was opened to the public on Sunday, April 15, preceded by
a 1Tivate View on Saturday Evening, April 14. This Exhibition was CQntinued through May 6th, and occupied Galleries A,B,C,D,E;F, and the Rotunda.
On May 15th, the Galleries CjD,E,F, the East and West Central Galleries, and the Totunda were occupied by an Exhibition of work by our students
in oompetition for the William Emlen Cresson Memorial Travelling Scholarships and m.inor school prizes. This ExhiYiition we s opened to the public
PAGE NUMBER THREE
February 4th,1935.
THE ANNUAL REPORT TO THE STOCKHOLDERS
en May 23rd, when the students and their friends were addressed by Miss
Edi th Emerscm, prominent artist. Mr. Steel announced the awards given
on recommendation of the Faculty and approved by the Bpard of Directors.
Travelling Scholarships were awarded to the following seventeen students:HARRY BRADLEY
BOYD CRUISE
ARTHUR ELLI O'l'~r
W. KING INGERSOLL
DOROTHY I~WERN]ZZI
J.!NE DJJC SPAETER
GARDNER rrYRRELL
INEZ R ~~NN INGER
NORlVIAN CARTON
SUSAN CROOK
WALTER STUEMPFIG, JR.
CHARLES WEST
RANDOLPH ARNOLD
SARAH m~ BLAKESLEE
FREDERICK HOLSCHUH
KA 1'HERINE MILHOUS
FORTUNATO AMATO
During the period of the School Exhibition, an Exhibition of the
first and second prize freehand drawings sent in from various high schools
and private schools in Philadelphia and vicinity was held in the Print Room.
These prizes were awarded by the Academy to the wrok as mominated by the
art instructor in e.ach school r epre,gen ted. The drawings after being put
on Exhibition were awarded First, Second, and Third prizes by the Academy's
Faculty, as follows:~
FIRST PRIZE
SECOND PRIZE
THIRD PRIZE
MARIAN BERNICE FEAGLEY
(Miss Saywardfs School)
. JOHN J. GARRY 'j' Jr.
( Spring Garden Institute)
.JOSIAH SCHWARTZ
(Overbrook High School)
$25.00
15.00
10.00
The School Exhibition, usually taken down at the end of ten days, was
can tinued. through Sunday; June 10tll. The Galleries were then hung wi th the
Permanent Collection and were opened to the public on .Tune. 15th.
On Monday, October
at the Swnmer School at
ies G... and the west end
ber 22nd. It was again
until January 1st.
15th, an Exhibition of selected work of students
C.hester 8prings was opened to the public ibn Gallerof the west Corridor, and was continued until Octohung in this Gallery on December 15th and continued
On November 4th the 32nd ~Jater Color and 33rd Exhibition of Miniatures
was opened to the public ror the duration of five weeks each. These two
Exhibi tions were preceded by a Private Vie vving on Saturday evening, November 3rd, 1934.
The Jury of Se.lec:tion for the Water Color Exhi bi tion consis ted of:CHARLES DEMUTH
EARLE HORTER
RALPH MCLELLAN
VIOLE'll OAKLEY
CATHERINE MORRIS WRIGHT
February 4th, 1935.
PAGE NUMBER FOUR
THE ANNUAL REPORT
rro THE STOCKHOLDERS
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The Jury of Selection for the Black and Whi te, by the Point and Colored
Prints consisted of:
JOHN TAYLOR ARMS
RICKARD BISH0P
EDWARD V1AHWICK
The Hanging Gommittee consisted of:!tALPH MCLELLAN, EDWARD WARWICK, and ExSoffieio, the President of the
Academy and the President and Secretary of the Philadelphia Water Color
Club.
'rhe Exhibition consisted of 1221 Exhibits representing 479 artists.
The Jury awarded the following prizes~PHILADELPHIA ;NATER COLOR CLUB PRIZE:M~RY
LA BOITEAUX for her group of water colors as being the strongest in the Exhibition.
THE DANA WATEH COLOR lVIEDAL:.JOHN .J. DULL for his group fer simplicity and frankness
of' his work
THE EYRE MEDAL:STEVAN DOHANOS for his print, the best in the Exhibition
THE .JOSEPH PENNELL MEMORIAL MEDAL:ROBERT RIGGS for his group, and for aeheivement in the
Graphic Art s.
The .Jury of Selection and Award for the 33rd Annual Minia ture Exhi bi tion
consisted of:-
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ELLEN WE.THERALD AHRENS
!v'iARY HITCHNER DE MOLL
HARRY LE. .JO}n~S ON
ElliULY DRAYTON 'I'l\. YLOR
ADRIANNA TUTTLE
The Hanging Committee consisted of:l1J\ RY M. BONSALL
willRY HITCHtillR DE MOLL
REBECCA B. PEALE PATTERSON
VIOLET THOMPSON SMITH
ELIZABETH F. WASHINGTON
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The Jury ~rwarded t'he Bronze Medal of Honor to BERTA CAREW for her
Miniature entitled ftMRS. PHILLIP BARTON WARREN". The Miniature Jury also awarded the D,. J .. McCarthy :Prize to WILLIAM: J. WIUr-CTEMORE for his Miniat ure ent i tl ed ttMARI ON" •
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This Exhibition consisted of 124 Miniatures representing 69 artists.
In the Chester Springs Exhibition; the Committee on Instruction. which
is part of the Board of Directors of the Academy, awarded the following
prizes: FIRST PRIZE of $100..00 was a warded to
in Oil enti tIed ttLandscape.P
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R. Carrington f'or his painting
SECOND PRIZE of $50.00 was awarded to William J. Harrison for his painting in Oil enti tIed "BOy in Blue"
THIRD PRIZE of $25.00 was a warded to Miriam Buckholz for her paint ing in
oil en ti tled itA Nude " _
THREE JULIAN B. SLEVIN PH IZES : FIRST PRIZE of $50.00 to Miriam Buckholz
SECOND PRIZE of $25.00 to Paul Laessle
THIRD PRIZE of $25.00 to Janet Brown
The Paid Attendance at the 32nd Water Color Exhibition was:- 1177
The Total Attendance at the 32nd Water Color Exhibi tionwas: 9355
The TOTAL ATTENDANCE IN THE GALLERIES FOR THE YEAR 1934 was:54, 084
SCHOOLS
The Schools of' the Academy had a successful year, 1934....35, with a
total registration of 388. Instruction in the School is given by a Faculty
of the following eminent artists.
February 4th,1935.
PAGE NUMBER SIXTH
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REPOR~'
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STOCKHOLDERS
HUGH Hit BRECKENRIDGE
DANIEL GARBER
WALKE R HANC OCK
GEORGE HARDING
.TOHN F. HARBESON
ALBERT LAESSLE
HENRY MCCARTER
ROY C. NUSE
.TOSEPH T. PEARSON
HENRY R. POORE
.TUSTIN A. PARDI
FRANCIS SPEIGHT
The School is under the Management of the Committee on Instruction, consisting of members of the Academ.yfs Board of Directors. The School is
under the Direct Management of the Curator, Eleanor A. Fraser. School
enrollment for the Spring season 1935-36 is now going on. Our students
are bringing great credit to their instructors and to the Academy through
acceptance of their work su. bmi tted for the most important general Exhibiyions in the Country. In the l30th Annual Exhibition there are 93 former and.. present students of the Academy re presented.
The country School at Chester Springs has had a successfully artistic
season during 1934';'.. Mr • .Joseph T. Fraser, .Tr. is now Curator of the
School, and has acc.omplis:hed much in the way of popularizing the School
among students and in bringing new interest to Chester Springs. Instruction is given by a regular Faculty as follows:ALBERT LAESSLE
GEORGE HARDING
ROY C. NUSE
.TOSEPH T. PEARSON
FRANCIS SPEIGHT
DANIEL GARBER
FLOR ENCE CANNON
The TOTAL ENROLLMENT for the season of May l4th to September 29th
was:- 66
ACQUISITIONS
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BY PURCHASE:-
From the 129th Annual Exhibition:n GREAT WHITE HERONSH
by Frs. nk W.. Benson
" OLD GRIND STONE 11
by Henry McCarter
U FRENCH ISLAND; OLD TOWN
by Carrol S. Tyson, .Tr.
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February 4th , 1935.
THE ANNUAL REPORT TO 'IUE STOCKHOLDERS
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From the 129th Annual Exhibition, recommended f'or purchase by the Lambert
COmIlli ttee and approved by the Board of Directors, the following list:ARTIST
TITLE
HENRY COOPER
ELLEN SINCLAIR
WALTER STUEMPFI<1', .TR.
WARD LOCKWOOD
DOROTHY VAN LOAN
MAURICE FREEDllfJ.AN
ALBERT SERWAZI
PRISCILLA S. BARRELL
K. IJANGHORNE ADAMS
CHRISITNE CHAbIBERS
ROLLING CHAIR
LAKE /
THE STABLE
TAOS PLAZA IN SNOW
vm~THESIS
LONGITUDE 72; LATITUDE 42
POND FISH
THREE OLD TREES
MAN JiliD BEEST
FLOWER STUDY
By Gift
Two volumes of theURoyal Collection of Paintings" and the book on engraVings
on wood by Loaffan, the gift of 1~. GeQrge W. McGee.
The canvas by Hugh H. Breckenridge enti tIed ttThe Tree of Life", presented to
the Academy by the Fell~wship
The portrait of Mrs. Scott by William M. Chase, presented by the Misses Scott.
By Contribu tion
$100.00 contributed by the Philadelphia Water Color Club.
$3000.00 contributed by Mrs" John Frederick Lewis toward the support of the
Chester Springs School, and check for $1265.04 to reimbUrse the Academy for
expenditures inc,urred f0r the .Tohn Frederiok Lewis Memorial Exhibition of Portraits.
$19000 contributed by
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John Frederiok Lewis to be kept as a serparte fund
and known as the .Tohn Frederick Lewis Memorial Fund, the income of which is to
be used ti0r the care cf' the paintings in the Academy· s Permanent Collection.
By Bequest
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$1856.21, being the 1"inal distribution of the Academy t s share in the Estate
of the late Henry G. Bryant, deceased.
The following list of works of' art bequeathed to
the J:-a te Ida Budd:1) Henry C. Budd "by Thomas Sully
2) utda Budd tt by Thom s Sully ,
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3) "A Corner of Ravello n
4) A Carved Relief in Wood
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by Arrah Lee Gaul
5)A Table formerly belonging to Thomas Sully
BY LOAN
Two portrait busts by William Rush of Rush's daughters, Elizabeth and Mary.
Portrai t of Mary R. Fox by Cec ilia Beaux, -the indefinite loan of William
Logan Fox and his :raur sister.s; namely, Mrs. W. B. Devereux, Mrs. Edward M.
Cheston, and Mrs. B. C. Tilghman.
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BUILDING
During the summer the fol10wing reconditioning was done in the Academy
building.-
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The Secretary's 0fflce; the ceiling, walls, vvoodwork and f'loors
were painted. In the larger office the walls were painted, !;ilso
~he floors.
In the Entrance Lobby the walls were painted as were
th0se of the Board Room. The office of the C:urator of the School
was enlarged by m0ving the glass and wood partition to about the
middle of the Print, Room. The walls were painted. The men's and
women's public toilets were painted. The door into the school corridor
was completely renewed. The stairwas lobby was painted. mhe lecture room ceiling and side walls were painted and throughout the school
the walls were white washed. The window in the head modelling classroom was increased to double its original size and the windows in the
life painting class room were also increased to about double their
original size. The cement floors of the school studios were panted,
as well as the corridor floors. The three rooms comprising the engineerfs living quarters were absorbed into the school rooms, since
that dwelling is no longer used for a residence. These rooms were
all put in good sanitary condition. In the basement considerable
white-washing was done. The water pipes were all renewed. The steam
heating plant was thoroughly gone over, and put in order and an electric
motor was installed by which the elevator is served ': by electricity
instead of steam a:s in former years, thereby elimina ting the high
pressure of steam. Elecyric motors have been placed in the stack
to increase the force of draft.
In the basement of the former residence the room was converted into
a store-room for the supplies of the School, which frees the large
room on the Broad street front, which will be utilized for filing
storage.
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The watchman service, installed in the early part 0f the summer, has proven
itself to be of considerable v alue. The Academy's annex at 1834 Arch street,
was put in thorough sanitary condition. All of this work was done by our
own men, excepting the installation of the new windows.
The
TREASURER t S
.REPORT in detail is .respectfully submi tted.
The thanks of the Management of the Academy a re extended to the Mayor of
Philadelphia, the Directors, an<;l Council for their support in the past, and
the President and members of the Board of Education for sending promising
students to our schools. Acknowledgments are due to the newspapers of Philadelphia for their intelligent criticisms. iNe also make acknowledgment to .
the emp:iboyees of the Academy for faithful performance of their dutieso
ATTEST:
PRESIDENT.