131st Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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131st Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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February 3rd, 1936.
THE
C
A~TUAL
REPORT TO THE STOCKHOLDERS
The President and Directors of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts have the honor to present their l30th Annual
Report. Stockholders' tickets for 1936 were issued on December 31st, 1935.
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 riot. The President and Directors will
be greatly gratified by the frequent use of these tickets.
At the last Annual Meeting of the Stockholders, the four following named Directors were re-elected to serve for three
years:
Marshall S. Morgan
Mr. Thomas Gates
fu~ . Edward Robinette
Mr. Joseph E . -Nidener
NJ!'.
EXHI BI1'IONS
Tho l3lst Annual Exhibition in Oil and
Sculpture was opened to the public on January 26th, 1936, preceded by a Private View on Saturday evening, January 25th, 1936. The Exhibition continues
through Sunday, :March 1st, 1936. 1'he motive dominating the gathering together
of this Exhibition has been strictly educational. To obtain this result, the
~mnagement 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, regardless of the type under which the
work might be classified. The result is that an unusually comprehensive idea
of work being done at · this time by American artists is whown. Art critics
have very favorable written about the Exhibition that the attendance so far
has been good. The Juries of Selection consisted of seven painters and three
sculptors. The Han g ing Committee consisted of the Chairman of the Painters'
Jury and the Chairman of the Sculptors' Jury and Mr. Carroll S . Tyson and the
President, Ex-officio.
The canvases were selected by the Painters' Jury of Selection consisting of:-
JERR1
FARN§W6R ~H
C. JOHANSJ£N
S. WALTER NORRIS
JOHN
HUGH H. BRECKENRIDGE, Chairman
ALDRO Tl. HIBBARD
HENRY LEE MCFEE
CARROLL TYSON
The Sculpture vvas selected by the Sculptors ' Jury of selection consisting of:
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C. P. JENNEWEIN
WALKER HANCOCK, Chairman
ARTHUR LEE
Most of the paintings in the Exhibition are
for sale and there are many that are suitable for hanging in private houses or
apar'tments. 1'he Sculpture Exhi bi ti on contains much tha t can be used for the
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February 3rd, 1936.
decorating of interiors as well as placing in the open.
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The l30th Annual Exhi bi ti on in Oil and SctJ.lpture opened
ac cording to schedule on January 27" 1935. The Awards of the medals were
as follow.s :
The Temple Medal was awarded to EDWARD .HOPPER for the best Painting regardless of subject, for his canvas entitled "Mrs. Scott's House".
The Jennie SeEman Medal for the best landscape awarded to JONAS LI E for his
canvas entitled "Snow."
The Carol H. Beck Medal for the best portrait in the Exhibition was awa raed
to JOHN W. BEAUCHAM.P for his canvas entitled '!Duck Hunter."
The Sculptors' Jury of Selection awarded the George D. Widener Medal to
HEINZ WARNEKE for his piece enti tIed t! Wifd Boars " .
The folJ,.owing prizes wre're awarded by the COIUmi ttee on Exhibi tion, cons isting
of members of the Board of Directors.
The Walter Lippincott Prize awarded to HARRY W. WATROUS for the best figure
piece in oil entitled "Celebration of the Mass."
The Mary Smith Prize for the best work by a Philadelphia woman awarded to
MARGARETTA S. HI NCHl\.1iili for her canvas entitled ,tPortrai t."
The Exhibition consisted of 335 Paintin gs and 104 Exhibits of Sculpture, and
357 artists were represented. 'l'he total attendance at this Exhibition was
15,635.
Galleries H,I,J,K,L, and M, were rehung and opened to the public on Thursday ,
the 7th of March, with the Permanent Collection. Galleries A,B,C,D,E,F, and
the Roturida, and the East Central Galleries were op~ned on Saturday, the 9th,
at noon and the remaining Galleries on Monday, the 11th, at noon. The paintings and sculpture remained on view as arranged until the opening of the
School Exh ibition in May.
On February 18th and 25th two small teas were given in Gallery F by two g roups
of ladies in the hope that the custom of giving teas in the Galleries during
the special Exhibitions will be followed in succeeding years.
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From May 9th to 18th, inclusive, the Academy sponsored an Exhibition of Oil
Paintings by Philadelphia Artists at Convention Hall during the nine days
of the Exhibition of' "Philadelphia on Parade n • The Exhibition was well accepted by the visitors to this Exhibition and the insurance premium cove ring
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ANNUAL REPORT
February 3rd, 1936.
the paintings exhibited; was paid for by · the t' Philadelphia on Parade tl Committee
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On May ,1 3, the Galleries C,D,E,F, and the East and West Central Galleries, and
the RE!>tunda were occupied by an Exhibition of , work by our students in competition for the Wi lliam Emlen Cresson' Memorial Travelling Scholarships and
rninE!>r s cho01 prizes. rrhis Exhi bi tion was 0pened to the publi c on May 22nd,
when the students and their friends were addressed by Mr. Harvey Watts, prominent art j, critic. :Mr. Steel announced the awards given on recommendation of
the Faculty and approved by the Board of Directers. 'l'ravelling Scholarships
were awarded to the following fou,rteen students:
A BOYD CRUISE
ANNE iN. CHURCHMAN
RICHARD DURME
JUNE GROFF
GEORGE FREDRICK HOLSCRDH
FRED HOGG
ESTHER KEE
MARY I.J. LA WSER
PAUL LAESSLE
MARY ANN Iv1ULLER
JACK OVCR4.ROV
BERNARD B. SMITH
WILLIAIvT Go rrEMPLE
ROSWELL vVEIDNER
During the period of the School Exhibition, an Exhibition of the first and
secQnd prize freehand drawings sen t 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 \vork as mominated by the art instructor in
each school represented. 'The drawings after being put ,on Exhibition were
awarded ]'irst, Second, and Third prizes by the Academyf s Faculty, as follows:
FIRST PRIZE
SECOND PRIZE
THIRD PRIZE
BENJA11IN H. LE BOUTILLIER, JR.
(Montgomery School)
.AN~~HONY FISCARELLI
S~ Phila. High School - Boys)
DOROTHY PATTERSON
(Germantown High School)
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$ 25.00
15.00
10.00
.
After the close of the School Exhibition on J"t:lne 5'tn, the Galleries were
hung with the Permanent Collection and were ' opened to the public on June 8th.
On November 3rd"r,~.. the 33rd Annual Water C010r and 34th Annual Exhi b i ti on of
Miniatures were opened to the public for . the duration of five weeks waclr.
These two Exhibition were preceded by a Private Viewing on Saturday evening,
November 2nd, 1935.
The Jury of Selection for the Water Color Exhibition consisted 01':~.
FRANK COPELAND, JOHN J. DULL, W. E1illR TON HEITLAND;
ELIOT Gf HAM
The Jury of Selection for the Black and White, by the Point and Colored
Prints consisted @f:
ASA CHEFFETZ
EARLE HORTER
ROBERT RIGGS
The Hanging Committee consisted of:-
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February 3rd, 1936.
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3. FRA~ COPELAND, JOHN J. DULL, and ex-officio, the ~resident 0f the Academy
and the President and the Secretary of the Philadelphia Water Col@r Club.
TheExhi bi tion consisted. , Gf 855 exh:i, bi 1;s, representing 438 arti sts.
awarded the following prizes:-
~rhe
Jury
PHILADELPHIA WATER COLOR CLUB PRIZE:Thornton Oakley for his group of wa ter colors as being the strongest
in the Exhibition.
DANA WATER COLOR
THE
MEDAL;~
Hilda Belcher for her group f0r simplicity and frankness of work
THE EYRE MEDAL:J"ehn ,T aylor Arms for his print "Valley of the Savery; Wyoming lt
THE
~OSEPH
PENNELL MEMORIAL MEDAL;
Paul Froelich for his lithograph "In the Paddock tf and for achievement in the Graphic Arts.
The Jury of Selection and Award for the
consisted of:-
3~th
Annual Miniature Exhibition
JOHANNA M. BOERICKE
HENRI UrARCEAU
NIARY PAGE BROW.NELIZABETH S. GRAHA]
(ElLIZABETH 1ffiITE MCCARTHY
l\iIARGARET Vi. STEDMAN
The Hanging Committee consisted of:.TOHANNA M. BOERICKE
REEECCA B. PEALE PATTERSON
IvT..ARY BONSALl,
VIOLET THOMPSON SMITH
ELIZABETH F. WASHINGTON
The .Jury awarded the Bronze Medal of Honor to Elsie Dodge Pattee for her
Miniature entitled n.Toanie".; The Miniature Jury also awarded the D. J ~ Mc' Carthy Prize to Magda Heuermann for her Minaiture entitled "My Father.ft
This, Exhibi tioR consisted of 120 Exhibits, represented 71 artists.
Eurin'g the Water Col@r and Miniature Exhib:i, tions, the Exhibi tion 0f Selected
Work of students at the Summer School at Chester Springs was op~ew in Gal~
( ,lery G and the West Central Gallery and continued until the cl@se of the
former Exhibitions on December 8th. In this Exhibition, the Committee on Instruction, which is pert 0f the Board @f Directors of the Academy, awera.ed the
foll@wing prizes:
,·,·r
FIRST PRIZE of $160.00 was awarded to Oscar Heidner
30.00 was awarded to Edward Gillespie
SECOND PRIZE
':;,.1;
THIRD PRIZE
20.00
Claude Herndon
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February 3rd, 1936.
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FIRST PRIZE of- $50.00
SEDOND PRIZE
25.00
THIRD PRIZE
15.00
FOURTH PRIZE
10.00
B. SLEVIN PRIZES:
to Virginia Kennady
Mil ton S. Osborne
Leah Perkins
Virginia Burr
SPECIAL PRIZES FOR CROQUI SKETCHES:
Molly Marsh
$ 5.00
Edna pavis Wright $5.00
Leah ~erkins $5.00
William H. Harrison $5.00
The Paid Attendance at the 33rd Annual Water Coler Exhibition was:-
1038
The Total Attendance at the 33rd Annual Water Color Exhibition was:
8360
The Total Attendance in the Galleries for the Year 1935 was:53, 367
After the close of the 33rd Annual Water Color Exhibition on Sunday, December 8th,the Galleries on the North Side of the BUilding, the Rotunda, West
Central Gallery and Gallery N. were dismantled and hung wi th the 780 examples
of the John Frederick Lewis Memorial Collection of Prints. The entire Collection of 1061 was reduced by reason of duplication and because a few examples of the modern processes in color did not seem of special interest to
a non-professional audience. This elimination was done under the direct
advice of Mrs. Andrew Wright Crawford of the Print Club with the Assistance
of I~. Singer. of the Academy. The hanging of the Exhibition was entirely in
the hands of Mr. ~oseph T. Fraser, J-r., Curator of the Schools, and the various examples were hung not in chronological order but following the scheme
.of making all of the Galleries - interesting by the playing the Black and Whi tes
against the color furnished by the chiaroscures; by which happy resul ts were
obtained.
The Exhibition was opened with a f;rivate View on Friday afternoon, December
13th at which the usual refreshments were served in Gallery F. The expenses
of this Tea were entirely defrayed through the generous kindness of Mrs. ~ohn
Frederick Lewis. The Exhibition closed officially on Sunday, ~anuary 1, but
a portion of it occupying five Galleries remains on the walls and was 1 1h"Em removed Gn Monday, J"anuary 13th to make way for the hanging of the lSlst Annual
Exhibit ion.
SCHOOLS
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February 3rd, 1936.
SCHOOLS
The Schools of the Academy had a successful year, 1935-36, wi th total registration of: 386~ Instruction in the School is given by a Faculty of
the following eminent artists:
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HUGH H. BRECKENRIDGE
DANIEL GARBER
WALKER HAJ.\fC OCK
GEORGE HARDING
JOHN F. HARBESON
ALBERT LAESSLE
HENRY MCCARTER
ROY C. tJuSE
JOSEPH '].1. PEARSON
HENRY R. POORE
JUSTIN A. PARDI
FRANCIS SPEIGHT
The Soh001 is under the Management of the Committee on Instruction, consisting of members ef the Academyfs Board of Directors.. The School is under the Direct Management af the Curator; Joseph T. Fraser, Jr." who is
now Curator for b0th the Winter and Summer Sch001s. Schoel enrollment
for the Spring season 1936~~ 7 is now going on. Our students are bringing
great credit to their instructors and to the Academy through the acceptance
'of their work submitted for the most important general Exhibition in the
Country. In the 131st Annual Exhibition there arel07former and present
studen ts of the Academy represented.
The Country Schoel at Chester Springs has had a successfull: " artistic season
during 1935. Mr. Joseph T. Fraser, dr., is the Curator and instruction is
given by a regUlar Faculty as follows:ALBERT LAESSLE
GEORGE HARDING
ROY C. NUSE
FRANCIS SPEIGHT
DANIEL GARBER
JOSEPH T. PEARSON
FLORENCE CANNON
'fhe Total Enrollment for the season of May to September was:-
126
ACQUISITIONS
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By Purchase:-
From the 130th Annual Exhibition:
With the consent of the President and members of the Committee on Exhibition, the following purchases were made =
FOR THE TElVPLE COLLECTION:
npeggy's Cov.e n by Ernest Lawson and HRose
Hobart" by Luigi Lucioni
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Fe bruary 3rd, 1936.
FOR THE CAREY COLL ECTION
~he
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portr a it bust of Albin Polasek by Albin
ist.
~ olasek
for $300. net to the art-
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FOR THE LAMBERT
COLL EC~ION
"Autumn in Rockport" by Helen Hort er
"Whi te Flowers" by Florence Standish 'Iilhi ting
"Still Life with Corn" by Fred V. Fredericksen
"Circus Horses " by Esthe r Willi ams
tlPortrai t of Diana I I by Polly Thayer
THE LANlBERT COMMITTEE EXCHANGED:
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The Anna Ingersoll painting ~~he Wissa hickon " for
Black Afternoon " , plus an ' a dditional $50.00, less
15% commission.
.
The Walter Stu empfig, Jr. pa inting " The St a ble tt for
"Return at Six", plus an a ddi tional ~~ 25.00, less
15% commission.
.
.
BY GIFT:Portrait of Mr. John Fr ederick Lewis, pres e nt e d to the Ac a demy by
Fr e derick Lewis.
NIT S .
John
Two miniatures, "John R. and Eliza be th Bric kt! pr e s ent ed by Sarah Fitzwat er
of California.
The thr ee
e t~hin g s
by Wilson Silsby pr es ent e d by Miss Gene yieve Chilver
itA Florida Scen e" by Walk e r and "A Scene on the J ersey Coast t! by Wrehn, pr es ent e d to the Aca demy through Mr. Ta lb e rt N. Richar dson on th e condition tha t
t hey woul d be l abell ed " Given in Memory of Thoma s de Q,uart el Ri ch ard son an d
Agn es A.. Richardson by the ir Chil dr en. tI
An etching by Arthur Willi am Heintz e lma n an d a number of photogr aphs f or us e
in th e Schools, pres ent e d by Mr. Arthur H. Lea.
A past e l dr awin g by John McLur e Hamilton pre s e nt e d by Mrs. Jos eph Pe nnell of
New York City.
A volume en titl ed tl Wal t er Gri f fin " pr e s ent e d t o the Aca demy by IvIr s. Cha rl e s
Proctor o f New York Ci t y.
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A brass e asel con t aining portra i ts of Jam'e s L. and Mrs. Clagh orn as th e gift
of IVlr. Wal t e r Williamson of Lisbon, North Dakota.
BY CONTRIBUTION:;~ 665.00
from Mr. Alfred G. B. Ste el and [01700.00 from Mrs. Al f r e d G. B. Ste e l
a s a contribution towards the e xp enses of the Academy.
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by:
Messrs.
Alfred G. B. Steel,
Henry S. Drinker, Jr.
Edward B. Robinette
Contribution of $115.38 toward the expenses for refreshments of the Private
View for the l30th Annual EJf...hibi tion given by Mr. Arthur H~ Lea.
Contribution of $3000.00 given by Mrs. John Frederick Lewi s towards the support of the School at Chester Springs.
BY BEQ,UEST:The "Portrait of a Chil d" by Thomas Sully and I1Portra it of a Lady" by Peter
Rothermel, th~ bequest of Josephine Na tt; De ceased.
BY LOAN:The Portrait of Mrs. James Lloyd, nee Hannah Breck, sister of Samuel Breck,
who founded Swarthmore, was accepted as a loan for an indefinite period from
Dr. Mi tchell.
Loan of the water color sketch of Dr. Benjamin Rush by Thomas Sully, deposited
by Lynford Biddle under the usual loaning conditions.
Through the generosity of Miss MarU: K. Gibson the Gibson Collection of Paintings ,are in the process of being r e conditioned.
BUILDING
.
During the summer the following recondition was done in the Academy Building:
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An entirely new gutter was placed over the south side of Gallery K. On the North Side some necessary repairs were made
to the gutter and the drain pipe. Nothing was done in the
Galleries. On the street floor, the Se cretary's off ice and
larger office were repainted; also the men's public toilet.
In the School, the necessary calcimining on the wal ls and
painting of the floors were attended to and in the basement
the entire syst em of the heating plant has bee n changed from
what was practically a hot water system to the Va cu-Draft System.
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February 3, 1936.
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necessitated the replacing of several radiators, and the eliminating of several, and new ones were placed at points in the
Building which should give us better results over the former
system.
.
Th.e so,..called boys' den was eliminated and a new den ' arranged
in the south side of the Building in the old canvas room, thereby giving us an extra amount of storage space in the receiving
and shipping department. The old storage vaults for the pic~
tures w@~re-arranged and in Vault A pictures are constantly
hanging on .racks instead of being stacked on the flmor. In
other vaults the larger pictures are placed in individual stalls
instead of the old-fashioned way of stacking~ This will not
only better protect the frames and canvases, but the system inaugurated gives each picture an individual space according to
size. Each pi cture is catalogued wi th a number, ti tle9 and artist.
The .Annex at Arch Street was thoroughly cleaned and put in prop- c
er conditiono
The TREASURER'S REPORT in detail is respectfully submitted.
The thanks of the Management of the Academy are extended to the
of Philadelphia, the Directors, and 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 Phi}adelphia for their
intelligent. criticisms. We also make acknowled~aent to the employees of the Academy for faithful performance of their duties.
Ivr~yo;r
ATTEST:
PRESIDENT.
TREASURER'S
REPORT
For the Year - 1935
!3howing Operating j[ncome and Disbursements
GENERAL
FUN D
RECEIPTS:Income from Investments
School Receipt s '
Exhibitions, inc. sales
Annual Memberships
Misc. Receipts, inc. gifts
52 · 318 11
45 335 48
11 597 22
: 6 659 .· 00
6 171'82
122 072 63
DISBURSEMENTS:47 664 25
School Expenses
General Expenses (inc. Gal.Op46 118 98
eration)
Exhibiti ons (Inc. Payments for
Pictures Sold) 17 454 82
336 .00
Medals, Prizes, etc.
8 354 49
Expenses on R. E. Investments
4 750 00
Interest
124 638 54
OPERATING LOSS
2 565 91
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THE
C
A~TUAL
REPORT TO THE STOCKHOLDERS
The President and Directors of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts have the honor to present their l30th Annual
Report. Stockholders' tickets for 1936 were issued on December 31st, 1935.
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 riot. The President and Directors will
be greatly gratified by the frequent use of these tickets.
At the last Annual Meeting of the Stockholders, the four following named Directors were re-elected to serve for three
years:
Marshall S. Morgan
Mr. Thomas Gates
fu~ . Edward Robinette
Mr. Joseph E . -Nidener
NJ!'.
EXHI BI1'IONS
Tho l3lst Annual Exhibition in Oil and
Sculpture was opened to the public on January 26th, 1936, preceded by a Private View on Saturday evening, January 25th, 1936. The Exhibition continues
through Sunday, :March 1st, 1936. 1'he motive dominating the gathering together
of this Exhibition has been strictly educational. To obtain this result, the
~mnagement 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, regardless of the type under which the
work might be classified. The result is that an unusually comprehensive idea
of work being done at · this time by American artists is whown. Art critics
have very favorable written about the Exhibition that the attendance so far
has been good. The Juries of Selection consisted of seven painters and three
sculptors. The Han g ing Committee consisted of the Chairman of the Painters'
Jury and the Chairman of the Sculptors' Jury and Mr. Carroll S . Tyson and the
President, Ex-officio.
The canvases were selected by the Painters' Jury of Selection consisting of:-
JERR1
FARN§W6R ~H
C. JOHANSJ£N
S. WALTER NORRIS
JOHN
HUGH H. BRECKENRIDGE, Chairman
ALDRO Tl. HIBBARD
HENRY LEE MCFEE
CARROLL TYSON
The Sculpture vvas selected by the Sculptors ' Jury of selection consisting of:
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C. P. JENNEWEIN
WALKER HANCOCK, Chairman
ARTHUR LEE
Most of the paintings in the Exhibition are
for sale and there are many that are suitable for hanging in private houses or
apar'tments. 1'he Sculpture Exhi bi ti on contains much tha t can be used for the
- page 2 AJ\TNUAL R'!EETING
February 3rd, 1936.
decorating of interiors as well as placing in the open.
(
The l30th Annual Exhi bi ti on in Oil and SctJ.lpture opened
ac cording to schedule on January 27" 1935. The Awards of the medals were
as follow.s :
The Temple Medal was awarded to EDWARD .HOPPER for the best Painting regardless of subject, for his canvas entitled "Mrs. Scott's House".
The Jennie SeEman Medal for the best landscape awarded to JONAS LI E for his
canvas entitled "Snow."
The Carol H. Beck Medal for the best portrait in the Exhibition was awa raed
to JOHN W. BEAUCHAM.P for his canvas entitled '!Duck Hunter."
The Sculptors' Jury of Selection awarded the George D. Widener Medal to
HEINZ WARNEKE for his piece enti tIed t! Wifd Boars " .
The folJ,.owing prizes wre're awarded by the COIUmi ttee on Exhibi tion, cons isting
of members of the Board of Directors.
The Walter Lippincott Prize awarded to HARRY W. WATROUS for the best figure
piece in oil entitled "Celebration of the Mass."
The Mary Smith Prize for the best work by a Philadelphia woman awarded to
MARGARETTA S. HI NCHl\.1iili for her canvas entitled ,tPortrai t."
The Exhibition consisted of 335 Paintin gs and 104 Exhibits of Sculpture, and
357 artists were represented. 'l'he total attendance at this Exhibition was
15,635.
Galleries H,I,J,K,L, and M, were rehung and opened to the public on Thursday ,
the 7th of March, with the Permanent Collection. Galleries A,B,C,D,E,F, and
the Roturida, and the East Central Galleries were op~ned on Saturday, the 9th,
at noon and the remaining Galleries on Monday, the 11th, at noon. The paintings and sculpture remained on view as arranged until the opening of the
School Exh ibition in May.
On February 18th and 25th two small teas were given in Gallery F by two g roups
of ladies in the hope that the custom of giving teas in the Galleries during
the special Exhibitions will be followed in succeeding years.
(
From May 9th to 18th, inclusive, the Academy sponsored an Exhibition of Oil
Paintings by Philadelphia Artists at Convention Hall during the nine days
of the Exhibition of' "Philadelphia on Parade n • The Exhibition was well accepted by the visitors to this Exhibition and the insurance premium cove ring
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ANNUAL REPORT
February 3rd, 1936.
the paintings exhibited; was paid for by · the t' Philadelphia on Parade tl Committee
(
On May ,1 3, the Galleries C,D,E,F, and the East and West Central Galleries, and
the RE!>tunda were occupied by an Exhibition of , work by our students in competition for the Wi lliam Emlen Cresson' Memorial Travelling Scholarships and
rninE!>r s cho01 prizes. rrhis Exhi bi tion was 0pened to the publi c on May 22nd,
when the students and their friends were addressed by Mr. Harvey Watts, prominent art j, critic. :Mr. Steel announced the awards given on recommendation of
the Faculty and approved by the Board of Directers. 'l'ravelling Scholarships
were awarded to the following fou,rteen students:
A BOYD CRUISE
ANNE iN. CHURCHMAN
RICHARD DURME
JUNE GROFF
GEORGE FREDRICK HOLSCRDH
FRED HOGG
ESTHER KEE
MARY I.J. LA WSER
PAUL LAESSLE
MARY ANN Iv1ULLER
JACK OVCR4.ROV
BERNARD B. SMITH
WILLIAIvT Go rrEMPLE
ROSWELL vVEIDNER
During the period of the School Exhibition, an Exhibition of the first and
secQnd prize freehand drawings sen t 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 \vork as mominated by the art instructor in
each school represented. 'The drawings after being put ,on Exhibition were
awarded ]'irst, Second, and Third prizes by the Academyf s Faculty, as follows:
FIRST PRIZE
SECOND PRIZE
THIRD PRIZE
BENJA11IN H. LE BOUTILLIER, JR.
(Montgomery School)
.AN~~HONY FISCARELLI
S~ Phila. High School - Boys)
DOROTHY PATTERSON
(Germantown High School)
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$ 25.00
15.00
10.00
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After the close of the School Exhibition on J"t:lne 5'tn, the Galleries were
hung with the Permanent Collection and were ' opened to the public on June 8th.
On November 3rd"r,~.. the 33rd Annual Water C010r and 34th Annual Exhi b i ti on of
Miniatures were opened to the public for . the duration of five weeks waclr.
These two Exhibition were preceded by a Private Viewing on Saturday evening,
November 2nd, 1935.
The Jury of Selection for the Water Color Exhibition consisted 01':~.
FRANK COPELAND, JOHN J. DULL, W. E1illR TON HEITLAND;
ELIOT Gf HAM
The Jury of Selection for the Black and White, by the Point and Colored
Prints consisted @f:
ASA CHEFFETZ
EARLE HORTER
ROBERT RIGGS
The Hanging Committee consisted of:-
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3. FRA~ COPELAND, JOHN J. DULL, and ex-officio, the ~resident 0f the Academy
and the President and the Secretary of the Philadelphia Water Col@r Club.
TheExhi bi tion consisted. , Gf 855 exh:i, bi 1;s, representing 438 arti sts.
awarded the following prizes:-
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Jury
PHILADELPHIA WATER COLOR CLUB PRIZE:Thornton Oakley for his group of wa ter colors as being the strongest
in the Exhibition.
DANA WATER COLOR
THE
MEDAL;~
Hilda Belcher for her group f0r simplicity and frankness of work
THE EYRE MEDAL:J"ehn ,T aylor Arms for his print "Valley of the Savery; Wyoming lt
THE
~OSEPH
PENNELL MEMORIAL MEDAL;
Paul Froelich for his lithograph "In the Paddock tf and for achievement in the Graphic Arts.
The Jury of Selection and Award for the
consisted of:-
3~th
Annual Miniature Exhibition
JOHANNA M. BOERICKE
HENRI UrARCEAU
NIARY PAGE BROW.NELIZABETH S. GRAHA]
(ElLIZABETH 1ffiITE MCCARTHY
l\iIARGARET Vi. STEDMAN
The Hanging Committee consisted of:.TOHANNA M. BOERICKE
REEECCA B. PEALE PATTERSON
IvT..ARY BONSALl,
VIOLET THOMPSON SMITH
ELIZABETH F. WASHINGTON
The .Jury awarded the Bronze Medal of Honor to Elsie Dodge Pattee for her
Miniature entitled n.Toanie".; The Miniature Jury also awarded the D. J ~ Mc' Carthy Prize to Magda Heuermann for her Minaiture entitled "My Father.ft
This, Exhibi tioR consisted of 120 Exhibits, represented 71 artists.
Eurin'g the Water Col@r and Miniature Exhib:i, tions, the Exhibi tion 0f Selected
Work of students at the Summer School at Chester Springs was op~ew in Gal~
( ,lery G and the West Central Gallery and continued until the cl@se of the
former Exhibitions on December 8th. In this Exhibition, the Committee on Instruction, which is pert 0f the Board @f Directors of the Academy, awera.ed the
foll@wing prizes:
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FIRST PRIZE of $160.00 was awarded to Oscar Heidner
30.00 was awarded to Edward Gillespie
SECOND PRIZE
':;,.1;
THIRD PRIZE
20.00
Claude Herndon
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February 3rd, 1936.
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FIRST PRIZE of- $50.00
SEDOND PRIZE
25.00
THIRD PRIZE
15.00
FOURTH PRIZE
10.00
B. SLEVIN PRIZES:
to Virginia Kennady
Mil ton S. Osborne
Leah Perkins
Virginia Burr
SPECIAL PRIZES FOR CROQUI SKETCHES:
Molly Marsh
$ 5.00
Edna pavis Wright $5.00
Leah ~erkins $5.00
William H. Harrison $5.00
The Paid Attendance at the 33rd Annual Water Coler Exhibition was:-
1038
The Total Attendance at the 33rd Annual Water Color Exhibition was:
8360
The Total Attendance in the Galleries for the Year 1935 was:53, 367
After the close of the 33rd Annual Water Color Exhibition on Sunday, December 8th,the Galleries on the North Side of the BUilding, the Rotunda, West
Central Gallery and Gallery N. were dismantled and hung wi th the 780 examples
of the John Frederick Lewis Memorial Collection of Prints. The entire Collection of 1061 was reduced by reason of duplication and because a few examples of the modern processes in color did not seem of special interest to
a non-professional audience. This elimination was done under the direct
advice of Mrs. Andrew Wright Crawford of the Print Club with the Assistance
of I~. Singer. of the Academy. The hanging of the Exhibition was entirely in
the hands of Mr. ~oseph T. Fraser, J-r., Curator of the Schools, and the various examples were hung not in chronological order but following the scheme
.of making all of the Galleries - interesting by the playing the Black and Whi tes
against the color furnished by the chiaroscures; by which happy resul ts were
obtained.
The Exhibition was opened with a f;rivate View on Friday afternoon, December
13th at which the usual refreshments were served in Gallery F. The expenses
of this Tea were entirely defrayed through the generous kindness of Mrs. ~ohn
Frederick Lewis. The Exhibition closed officially on Sunday, ~anuary 1, but
a portion of it occupying five Galleries remains on the walls and was 1 1h"Em removed Gn Monday, J"anuary 13th to make way for the hanging of the lSlst Annual
Exhibit ion.
SCHOOLS
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SCHOOLS
The Schools of the Academy had a successful year, 1935-36, wi th total registration of: 386~ Instruction in the School is given by a Faculty of
the following eminent artists:
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HUGH H. BRECKENRIDGE
DANIEL GARBER
WALKER HAJ.\fC OCK
GEORGE HARDING
JOHN F. HARBESON
ALBERT LAESSLE
HENRY MCCARTER
ROY C. tJuSE
JOSEPH '].1. PEARSON
HENRY R. POORE
JUSTIN A. PARDI
FRANCIS SPEIGHT
The Soh001 is under the Management of the Committee on Instruction, consisting of members ef the Academyfs Board of Directors.. The School is under the Direct Management af the Curator; Joseph T. Fraser, Jr." who is
now Curator for b0th the Winter and Summer Sch001s. Schoel enrollment
for the Spring season 1936~~ 7 is now going on. Our students are bringing
great credit to their instructors and to the Academy through the acceptance
'of their work submitted for the most important general Exhibition in the
Country. In the 131st Annual Exhibition there arel07former and present
studen ts of the Academy represented.
The Country Schoel at Chester Springs has had a successfull: " artistic season
during 1935. Mr. Joseph T. Fraser, dr., is the Curator and instruction is
given by a regUlar Faculty as follows:ALBERT LAESSLE
GEORGE HARDING
ROY C. NUSE
FRANCIS SPEIGHT
DANIEL GARBER
JOSEPH T. PEARSON
FLORENCE CANNON
'fhe Total Enrollment for the season of May to September was:-
126
ACQUISITIONS
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By Purchase:-
From the 130th Annual Exhibition:
With the consent of the President and members of the Committee on Exhibition, the following purchases were made =
FOR THE TElVPLE COLLECTION:
npeggy's Cov.e n by Ernest Lawson and HRose
Hobart" by Luigi Lucioni
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FOR THE CAREY COLL ECTION
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portr a it bust of Albin Polasek by Albin
ist.
~ olasek
for $300. net to the art-
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FOR THE LAMBERT
COLL EC~ION
"Autumn in Rockport" by Helen Hort er
"Whi te Flowers" by Florence Standish 'Iilhi ting
"Still Life with Corn" by Fred V. Fredericksen
"Circus Horses " by Esthe r Willi ams
tlPortrai t of Diana I I by Polly Thayer
THE LANlBERT COMMITTEE EXCHANGED:
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The Anna Ingersoll painting ~~he Wissa hickon " for
Black Afternoon " , plus an ' a dditional $50.00, less
15% commission.
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The Walter Stu empfig, Jr. pa inting " The St a ble tt for
"Return at Six", plus an a ddi tional ~~ 25.00, less
15% commission.
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BY GIFT:Portrait of Mr. John Fr ederick Lewis, pres e nt e d to the Ac a demy by
Fr e derick Lewis.
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Two miniatures, "John R. and Eliza be th Bric kt! pr e s ent ed by Sarah Fitzwat er
of California.
The thr ee
e t~hin g s
by Wilson Silsby pr es ent e d by Miss Gene yieve Chilver
itA Florida Scen e" by Walk e r and "A Scene on the J ersey Coast t! by Wrehn, pr es ent e d to the Aca demy through Mr. Ta lb e rt N. Richar dson on th e condition tha t
t hey woul d be l abell ed " Given in Memory of Thoma s de Q,uart el Ri ch ard son an d
Agn es A.. Richardson by the ir Chil dr en. tI
An etching by Arthur Willi am Heintz e lma n an d a number of photogr aphs f or us e
in th e Schools, pres ent e d by Mr. Arthur H. Lea.
A past e l dr awin g by John McLur e Hamilton pre s e nt e d by Mrs. Jos eph Pe nnell of
New York City.
A volume en titl ed tl Wal t er Gri f fin " pr e s ent e d t o the Aca demy by IvIr s. Cha rl e s
Proctor o f New York Ci t y.
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A brass e asel con t aining portra i ts of Jam'e s L. and Mrs. Clagh orn as th e gift
of IVlr. Wal t e r Williamson of Lisbon, North Dakota.
BY CONTRIBUTION:;~ 665.00
from Mr. Alfred G. B. Ste el and [01700.00 from Mrs. Al f r e d G. B. Ste e l
a s a contribution towards the e xp enses of the Academy.
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by:
Messrs.
Alfred G. B. Steel,
Henry S. Drinker, Jr.
Edward B. Robinette
Contribution of $115.38 toward the expenses for refreshments of the Private
View for the l30th Annual EJf...hibi tion given by Mr. Arthur H~ Lea.
Contribution of $3000.00 given by Mrs. John Frederick Lewi s towards the support of the School at Chester Springs.
BY BEQ,UEST:The "Portrait of a Chil d" by Thomas Sully and I1Portra it of a Lady" by Peter
Rothermel, th~ bequest of Josephine Na tt; De ceased.
BY LOAN:The Portrait of Mrs. James Lloyd, nee Hannah Breck, sister of Samuel Breck,
who founded Swarthmore, was accepted as a loan for an indefinite period from
Dr. Mi tchell.
Loan of the water color sketch of Dr. Benjamin Rush by Thomas Sully, deposited
by Lynford Biddle under the usual loaning conditions.
Through the generosity of Miss MarU: K. Gibson the Gibson Collection of Paintings ,are in the process of being r e conditioned.
BUILDING
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During the summer the following recondition was done in the Academy Building:
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An entirely new gutter was placed over the south side of Gallery K. On the North Side some necessary repairs were made
to the gutter and the drain pipe. Nothing was done in the
Galleries. On the street floor, the Se cretary's off ice and
larger office were repainted; also the men's public toilet.
In the School, the necessary calcimining on the wal ls and
painting of the floors were attended to and in the basement
the entire syst em of the heating plant has bee n changed from
what was practically a hot water system to the Va cu-Draft System.
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necessitated the replacing of several radiators, and the eliminating of several, and new ones were placed at points in the
Building which should give us better results over the former
system.
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Th.e so,..called boys' den was eliminated and a new den ' arranged
in the south side of the Building in the old canvas room, thereby giving us an extra amount of storage space in the receiving
and shipping department. The old storage vaults for the pic~
tures w@~re-arranged and in Vault A pictures are constantly
hanging on .racks instead of being stacked on the flmor. In
other vaults the larger pictures are placed in individual stalls
instead of the old-fashioned way of stacking~ This will not
only better protect the frames and canvases, but the system inaugurated gives each picture an individual space according to
size. Each pi cture is catalogued wi th a number, ti tle9 and artist.
The .Annex at Arch Street was thoroughly cleaned and put in prop- c
er conditiono
The TREASURER'S REPORT in detail is respectfully submitted.
The thanks of the Management of the Academy are extended to the
of Philadelphia, the Directors, and 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 Phi}adelphia for their
intelligent. criticisms. We also make acknowled~aent to the employees of the Academy for faithful performance of their duties.
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ATTEST:
PRESIDENT.
TREASURER'S
REPORT
For the Year - 1935
!3howing Operating j[ncome and Disbursements
GENERAL
FUN D
RECEIPTS:Income from Investments
School Receipt s '
Exhibitions, inc. sales
Annual Memberships
Misc. Receipts, inc. gifts
52 · 318 11
45 335 48
11 597 22
: 6 659 .· 00
6 171'82
122 072 63
DISBURSEMENTS:47 664 25
School Expenses
General Expenses (inc. Gal.Op46 118 98
eration)
Exhibiti ons (Inc. Payments for
Pictures Sold) 17 454 82
336 .00
Medals, Prizes, etc.
8 354 49
Expenses on R. E. Investments
4 750 00
Interest
124 638 54
OPERATING LOSS
2 565 91
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