136th Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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136th Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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1941
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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THE PN\fNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS - ANNUAL REPORT TO THE
STOCKHOLDERS
February 3 , 1941
The President and JB'ir e ctors of The Pennsylvania Academy of th e
Fine Arts h a ve the honor to pr esent their l35th Annual Report. '
This report is ac companied by an addenda containi n g s pe cific
statistics, l ists of Jurymen , Pri~e Awards, acqu isitions and
purcha ses as supplementary data.
The Tr ea surer's Report in detail is resp ec tfully submitted herewith .
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CONTRIBu'rIONS
CONTRIBU'r OIl
A. G.B.Steel
"Mrs. A. G. B. Steel
./ J ohn F. 1., ewi s, J r .
/ Thomas S. Gat es
/Willi am Cl a r ke Mason
/ Jo se)l1 E. Wi dener
Mr s . C. C. Wa l bridge
Livi ncston E. J ones
Mrs . Edga r ~llen Poe
Cla r ence C. Br inton
E. Walt er hel ms ,Jr .
./ Ivirs . Sy d n ey E. Mart in
Alic e rr . Roberts
Radcl i ffe Cheston , Jr.
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Mr s. L.B. Fi f i eld
Edvvar d Hopkinson, Jr .
W. L . Van Al en
Hazel Dol ph Cla r k
Mary Butl er
Margeret ta S . Hinchmc3U
Di r ected t hrou gh i nter es t
of ~rs . M. W.C lement
Ann i e W. Culver
li' ello1f';shi l) P . A. F. A.
Hen r y S . Drinker J r .
Marshall S. Morgan
E<lwin o. L 8\yi s
Phi l a. Wat er Color Club
Henry C. Gi bson
Will iam A. Obdyke
P ~nn a.S o c i ety Mi n i atu re
_Pa i n t ers
Sydney E . lVlart :tn
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}i,'XHIBITIONS
Th e 135th Annual Exhib iti on 9f Pa intin g and Sculpture was held in the
Galleries January 28th through March 31'0., 1940 , with a Private View
on Saturday ev ening, J anuary 27th . Co-incident -w ith this Exhi bi t i on
was a speci al Exhi bi t i on of mu ral designs execut :ed uncl-er the United
St at e s Treas ury Department, Section of Fin e Arts.
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A-n Exh i bi tion of Oil Paint ing and Sculpture by Artists of Philadelphia
and its en virons wa s held in all Galleri es exc epting H and I from
April 13 throu gh May 1 2, 1940, wi th a previ ew on Apr il 12 from 4 P. M.
to 7 P. M. The Gi bson Coll ect i on was on view ~n Galleri e s H and I .
The Student Exhib iti on hel d i n conjunction wi t h th e c omp etit ion fbI'
the Cr esson Eur~op e an Tr aveling Scholarsh:iJps was on vi ew in Galleries
C, D, E , F, G, the Rotunda and lNeg;t Centra l Gall e r i es from May 22nd
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through June 9, 1940. Co-incident wi th the Student Exhi bi tion v~as a
Showing of Freehand Drawings from the hi gh schools of Phil ad elphi a and
vicinity in competiti on for the adverti sed Acad emy awardse
All of the Galleries we re hung with selections fr om th e Perman ent
Coll e ction from June 9th un til July 6th,19~_ 0 .
During the summer months, due to the ext ens ive r enovations, the Galleries ~ere sp a rsely hung and s~parat~lt : op ened duri n g the week , clos ing on Saturdays a t 1 2 noon , and all day Sundays.
An Exhi bi tion of selected worl<:: from the exhi bi t s of th e comp eting s tu cents for European Tr aveling Sc hol ars hips wa s hun g in th e fron t t wo
stud ios of the School on th e first floor of the Academy from June
30th to tabor DaYe
Archit ectural Exhi bi tion in conn e ction with th e Bicentenn i al
Cel ebr a ti on. of the University of Pennsylv an ia was hun g from Septemb er
17 through Sept ember 29, 1940 in the Rotunda, East and West Central
Ga ll eries, E, and J., the remaining Galleries be i n g hung with sel ected
work from the Permanent Coll e cti on . A Buffet Supper i n connection
with the Architectural Exhibition wa s giv en i n the Gall er i es on September 17th at 7: 30 P. l\'le
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The 38th Annua l VVater Color and Print ' bxhi bi tion and th e 39 th
Annua l Exhi bi tion o.f ,1Vli n i atures we re hun g in a ll of the Gall er i e s
with the exc eption of the Galleries G, H, I, and K, which 'were hun g
with examples from th e Academy 's Permanent Coll e ction from November
3rd throu gh Decemb er 8, 19L,0 , with a Priva t e View on Saturday evening, November
2nd, a t 9 P. M.
From Decemb er 15 through Janua ry 5th, 1 94~, Galleries C and D were
hung with a One-Man Exhibition of the work of Arthur Carl es, and
Gallery A .INi th "Piran es i.' s Prisons tl , sel e ct ed pri nts from the
,Phililps' Coll'e ct ion: of the Academy, . toge ther with works from the
P ermanent Coll ecti on in the r ema in d~er of the Gall e ri es e A group
of t he above ment i oned prints were lexhi bited through the courtesy
of Lessing Rosenwa ld and Charl es Se ssl er.
SCHOOLS
Th e winter School se ssion not being co - inci d ent in dates wi th this
Annua l Report, a general s t atement is mad e reportin g successful ly
act i v e d epartments both Wint er and Smamer with few changes in curriculum, but i mpr oved management and physic a l conditions.
BUILDING
The most extensive renovations to the property a t Broad and Ch erry Sts. ,
'Nh ich have been accompli shed in many e ars v,Tere realized bet1Neen Jun e'
and Octob er , 1 940 . The t erse li st which follows covers the h i gh po int s
in t hose renov at i ons :
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Repairi ne r oo f~ r epa ir to g~tt e rs ~nd r ep~ ir an d ~epa intin~ of v~nti l ator
1 n t ern ; cl ean lng and ren ewlng rOO I sky-ll ght gl asses ; r e -lnforc lng ro of
c onst ructi on ; cl eaning ent ir e roof and c e iline; kY\ li ghts ; p ermanent ly
clo ,s ing of old v enti l c tor s i n Gall eri es F, G, I, and :Rotun da; c omlJ l ,... t ely
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-- Februa ry 3, 1941
redecorating by paint-in a foodvIOrl-:::, recovering 1Nalls and refinishing flo ors
of Gall e rie s A,B,C,D, E, F,G,H ,I , K,L, M, and Rotunda; cl eaninc of sta irwe ll
and Gall ery N; painting wa lls of entrance Lobby , Ma i n Of f i ce , Library,
School Of f ice and fir~ t floor Stai r Hall; thorough cl eaning an d ft e§h~iliing
by pai nt retouching in Schoo l and a l l f loors pai n t ed; th e b e~ inning of
constructi on of nev,r sculptur e ve L'..l t in b8sement and reccndi ti on i ng -and r ea rr ang ing of Lecture Hill and n ew s~ uden t Gal lery; the creat i on of new
ac comodat i ons f or I l lustration Department by c onst r uct i on of e i ghteen (18 )
ind i vidual study booths in ba ement; two dozen n ~ " chp irs for Student
D~ning-Room ; a ll floors ~a int e d, . wa l ls . cl~an ed ~nd r e ~ ouch e d an d sky- &"'~A/.
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ll ght s cl ea n ed a t Arch SlJ. ; r 01..1t ln e pal ntlne: B.nd. r epe lr vlo r k by .ba$em~t""lO'qn1
crew at Ches t er Springs Summer School.
GENERjI.~
A spec i a l note is included in t his record tha t for the p erio d of
J anua ry 1 , 1940 t o June 22nd, 1940, and from September 30, '1940 to
December 6, 1940 , an employee was included in th e payroll i nto
whose hands th e r espons ibility for a ll publicity was pl aced. The
r esult s of thi s oft:ice were gr a tify ing.
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Beginning with J anuary 1, 1940, the grac ious offe r of Miss Bertha
von Moschzisk er t o act as Cura tor of Prints and carryon the vital
re-s em:rch work in - th e re-catalo gu ing of this Coll e ction was gladly
a cc ep ted.
-- - --- ---- - -- - . - - - - ---------- - - -- - - Beginning May 20, 1940, an extensive Member shi p cam,Paign ha s been
carried forwar d under the dir e ction of an employee i n clud ed in the
p ayroll, and statistics for thi s Campaign a re repo rte d i n th e Supplement to this Report.
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The thanl<s of the Man agement of th e Acad emy a re extended to the Mayor
of Phi l ade l pht a, the Directors and Couneil for th eir coop er a tion and
th e Pr e si e: ent and w1embers of th e Boa rd of Educat i on for the sending
of promising students to our Schools, and to th e n ewspap ers f or their
i n t el li g ent criticisms and general inclusion of i tems of news r el a tiv e
to th e Ac a demy.
Acknowl edgment i s a l so made t o a l l the employees of
the Academy for the faithful p erformance of th~ ir duti es ..
SUPPLEMENT TO THE
Al\fNUAL REPORT TO
THE STOCKHOLDERS
THE PENNSYLVill\fIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS ,
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No addi ti onal comment.
ACQUISITIONS
BY PURCHASE: by the Academy for the rremple Colle<il"tion from 135th A-nnual
Exhibition, 19.40
"End of Day by Charl es Burchfiel d
fTSpiral fT by Walker H.ancock
By the Academy for the Gilpin Coll ect i on from 135th
Annual J~xhi bi tio~,-4. . .0_____
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"Li ghthouse" bv Morris Kantor
fTSuzanne" by S~l vatore Bilotti
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By the Academy for the Lambert Fund from 135th
Annual Exhibition, 1 940
fTCountry Fair" by Roswell Weidner
"Th e Riv er" by Doris Kunzie
"Three Flowe rs" by Caro lyn F. Armstrong
"Sail ors Take Warning" by Helen Sawyer
Exchange of "Doris ll by James Chapin plus $1,200.
for "George Marvin and His Daughter, Edith" by
James Chapin from American Assoc i a ted Artists,
New York City.
BY GIFT:
Collecti on of art books belonging to the late Catherine
Stewart Willis.ms, presented by h er husbs.nd, Dr. Philip
VJill i ams, of this city.
'I'hirty litho graphs and thirty etchings by Childe Hassam
presented to- the Academy's Print Collecti on by Mr s. Childe
Hassam of Ne'/l[ York City
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Painting "Tilly andKi t tens" by Faye Swengel and piece
of sculpture 1I.L'i,egres oo!! by Aurelius Renzetti presented
by Academy's Fellov,rs hipand purchased from Philadelphi a
Show,19LI'0 •
. Bequest ,of the lat e Albert Rosenthal:
SUPPLElIJIENT TO Ai\TNUAL REPORT ,1941
"Sel f Portrait"
"Portrait of Max Rosenthal "by Albert Rosenthal
Bronze -head of Albert Rosenthal by Salvatore Bilo tti
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'Through the beCluest of the late Josephine Bulkley Taylor,
a portrai t· of Mrs. ThoJTIas Buchanan Read attributed to
Thomas Bucha:p.an Read •. - -. '.
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EXHIBITIONS
135thAllnual Exhibition in Pa in t ing and Scul~tur~
Painters '. Jury of Selecti on
Waldo ' Peirce, Chairman
Francis Chap in
0tephen .t;tnier
George Harding
Hi chard Lahey
Sculptors' Jury of Selection
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Adolph A. Weinman , Chairman
H~rry J-1.qsin
Heinz Wa rneke
Prizes and Awards
Painters' Jury Awarded the following:
TEl!i[PLE MEDAL - Morris Kantor for his "Lighthouse lT as being
the best painting regardless of subject
JKIIJNIE SESNA1\f MEDP.L - Francis Speight for his "Straw for the
City's Horses", as being t he best landscape in the Exhibition
CAHOL H. BECK MEDJU.I - George Grosz for his ITS elf Portrait,
No. ll! as being the best portrait
THE J. HENHY SCHEIDT' MEMORIAL PRIZE - Marsden Hartley for
his fTElld of the Hurri cane; Lanes ..Ls l and; NIaine " as bei ng
of special i mportance in the Exhibition
SC\llptors' Jury awarded the following;
GEORGE D. ,WIDENER MEIlfiOHI.I:J.L MEDAL - Car l L. Schmitz for
his fI'I'rade fT as being the most meritorious work in sculpture
The Commi ttee on Exhibition awarded th e foliowing:
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WAL'I'ER LIPPINCOTT PRIZE - Violet Oakley for her !!Q,ui ta
Woodward !! as being the best f igur e piece in oil
WiAR~ SMI'I'H PRIZE - Franpes ,Cowan f.or h er "Wetzel 's Kitchen "
as being the best 'w ork by a Philadelphia woman.
The Exhibition cons i sted of 2 70 paintings andIl8 exhi bits
of sculpture, and §60 artists were repr esented. The Ac-
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ademy purchased seven oil paint ings and one piece of sculpture and two
( )il paintings - and one pieQe of sculpture were sold to the public , maki ng a total
of eleven it ems sold from the Exhibi tion.
Paid attendance: Z18 7
Total attendance: 13899
_!~h ~bition
of __ O,;l Pa intin Pi
and_~cul.ptur_~__
by _!-rtis..!-s or.
Philad~lphia
and
En&7["lrons
' 311 invit a tions i ssued resulting in 254 personal choices included in Exhibition
PAINTERS' JURY OF AJVARD:
Franklin Watkins, John Folinsbee, Hobson Pittman
C. Paul Jennewein, Brenda Putnam, Concetta Scaravaglione
PRIZES AND AWARDS:
ACADEMY-FELLOWSHIP PRIZE AWARD - Francis Speight "Tne Su burbs in
Sp rin g" ($200 . 00)
First Honorable Ment i on to Ca-rroll 'fy son fo r h i s "Ind i an Is l and;
Ol d Tovvn "
Second Honorable Ment ion to Glenn Pearce for his "Clouds Over
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FRIEl\fDS OF SCULPTORS PRIZE AW.ARD - Ramon .t3ermudez for hi s flMothe r
and Child" ($200.00 )
Honorable fuention: Harr y Rosin for his "Standing Nude"
GOLD
MEDAL OF AWARD - Roy
C'. Nuse for his "In a Quiet
Valley"
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M. AY AUDUBON pos'r PRIZE - Catherine Stewart Williams for her
T~oung Girl Posing" ($50.00)
The Fellowship purchased one oil painting and one p i ece of scul~ture
and one oil painting was sold to the , public~ Total attendance: 6..2a6..
Student
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for
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A..n address was made in Gallery F by Edvvard Alden J ewell before the awarding
of th e Cresson Scholarships. '
PRIZES
VHLLIAI\[[ E1V[LEN CRESSON rrRAVELING SCHOLARSHIPS:
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Franklin Boggs
Elmore Cave
Walter D. Condit
Michael Fiorillo
Zena Goldin
Jan e Hayward
Milton Hull
John Koomar
Harold S. Sorl-::in
Alexander Kricheff
Salome R. Tome
Donald Lancaster
Robert C. Turner
Paul Lore
Alic e Uhlmann
~ean W. Morrow
~ therine ~on Voight lander
uidney A. Simon
Mary Jane Walters
Helen Schuyler Smit h
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Honorable Men tion: John Hoppe
Robert Spurgeon
Stewardson P:i:-ize awar.Q.eo.--. to:
Elmore Cave
Honorable Mention: first:Zena Golden
second: Robert Spurgeon
Prizes awarded to Freehand Drawings submitted from the various higher
schools of Philadel phia apd__~ i cini ty_._____ ._ .._ _ .__..,_,__ '._ _._.____ ___ ._____
First Prize - Alma fueyer
Free Tuition Scholarship
(O gontz Schoo l )
Second Prize - Morris W. l ,omden
$2 5.00
(S. Phila. High School)
Total attendance:
John F. Lewi s, J'r •. MonthJy.~J;;.2ncours--:b-.:yya rds_._~ji Che..§j::..~I2:Pring;E SUfglT1cE;3r School
June:
1st Painting: Charles Hedfern
2nd Painting: Mary Ross
July: '
I~t ' Painting:
2nd Painting
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Richard Lesseraux
Walt~r BatteFs~all
1st Sculpture: Louise Mar tin
2nd Sculpture: Peggy Sage
Itugust; 1st Painting: Jack Wright
2nd Painting: Rlfuhar5 ~Ealdwin
1st Sculptur e : El~ora \ Cave
2nd Sculpture: Ruth Lomisch
1st Painting : Alice Uhlmann
2nd Paint ing: Herbert Wa rd
Archi tectural -Exhi bi tion held in conjunction with Uni ver s,i ty of Pennsylvania
;§i centenni;al Celebration
The Exhibition consisted of 106 examples from invited artists
Total attendance:
1256
38th Annual WaterColor and Print Exhibition
Oe E. Cesare
Carolyn A. John
Reginald Marsh
Eliot O'Hara
Hobson Pittman
StO\~r Wengenroth
Prizes and Awards;
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Phila. Water Color Prize -Ivan Le ,Lorraine Albright for his group as
being the strongest in the ];xhi bi tion executed
in water color
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Dana Water Color 1viedal
- Ed·ward Bur chfield for his group for simplicity
and frankn e ss of work.
- -F ederico Cast ellon for his "Of Land and Sea"
as being the best p rint in black and white
Joseph Pennell JVIem.Msdal -Roy M. Jvia son for his lIGoin' All T' Hell" for
Achievement in the Graphic Arts
Dawson Memorial fueda l :
Charle s E. He il for his group for distinction
in painting or drawing oi' f lowers or of ga rdens.
The Exhibition consist ed of 510 exhi bits, and
~6 artists
were repr esented.
5 water colors were sold to th e public and 10 black and whi tes.
39th
k~NUAL
EXHIBI TI ON OF MINIATURES
Jury of Selection
Johanna M. Boer ick e
Roy C. Nuse
Marguerite Cari ss
Ma ry McMillan
Edna iluestis Simpson
Prizes and Awards
Society's ~edal _ of Honor
D. J . McCarthy ~rize
Howell Tracy Fisher Mem~ Pri.
The
~xhibition
Mal the IVl& F1asselrii es for "St tldy in Ivory"
Harry L ~ ,Johnson for "Girl and Cha ir"
Margaretta Archambault for "Port. Chas .
M:orris Chen e ry, . EsQ.!!
cons isted of 131 exhibits and 66 a rtists we re repr esented.
2 Mini atur es were so l d to the public.
Exhibition of Selected Works by StUdents of Ches ter Springs Summer School
Jury of Award:
COIDIaittee on Chest er Springs
)John F. Lewis, Jr$
)Willi am Cl arke IV1a son
)William L. Van Alen
Awa rds:
1 s t Prize in Paint i ng
Richard Baldwin
3rd Pr i . in Painting : Mary E. Ros
Walt on battershall
2nd Pri ze in Painting
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Juli an B. °levin
Fir s t ~r i ze in Scul u ture Bertha Kl ing
Julian B. Sl evin
£Vir- s t. ' .c>riz e i n Wat~r Color Willi am Lilley, 3rd
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Julian B. Slevin
First Prize in Litho graphy
Cordeli a rQro'<')k
JUlian B. Slevin
Secon d Prize in Lith o~_r r8_ph
.2 -Ralph Dornsife
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Th e Exhi bition cons ist ed of 159 exhibits and 60 students were repr esent ed.
6 oil paint i ngs were sold to the pu blic.
Th e paid a tt endance a t th e 38th Annu al Water Color and Print Exhibition
and the 39th .Annual Exhibition o f lVii n iatur es and th e Exhi bition of
Sel e ct ed Wo rk from the Ch ester Springs Stunme r Schoo l was : 876.. ·
The total a ttendance wai:
EXHIBITION OF THE WORK OF ARTHUR CARLE,S AL'm EXHI BITI ON OF PRINTS "PIRPd\fESI f S
PRISONS" .
Number of paintings by Arthur Ca rl es i.nclude d: 34
Numbe r of selected prints: 30
Total attendance was:
2136
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THE 'TOTAL A'TTEIIJDAt'\JCE IN THE _GALL:E;~~~L1":.QR 'rHE
YF~AR
1940 WAS:
41,314
SCHO OLS
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Winter School enrollment - February, 1940 through May,. 1'940 ( second term
of season 1939-40) was: 200
(Total en rollment Wint er-season 1939-40 Octob er to May :-.L~1
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Enrollment a t Chest er Springs Summe r School - May throu 'h September,1940
was: f;;:g
Wi n ter School enrollment - October, 1940 to J anua r y 1 , 1941 (fir s t t er m
of seas on 1940-41) was: 206,
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FACUL'rY
Phil adelphia Scho,ol - Februa ry , 1940 through Iv1ay, 1940:
Henry l'LlcCarter
Daniel Garber
George Harding
Roy C. Nuse
}i'rancis Speight
Walke r Hancock
James Cha pin
George E. C. Wiggins
Ros'well IVeidn er
John F. Harbeson
George Demetri os
William IV~. Camp bell
Philip Aliano
Edmond J. Farris
Chest er Springs Sunwe r SchoOl - May, 1940 through September, 1940:
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Daniel -Garber
George Harding
Phil ad~l -o hia
Roy C. Nuse
Fra ncis Speight
Henry C. Pitz
Barse Mill er
Cha rles Ru dy
Walker Hancock
School - Octob er, 19.4.0 to Janua ry 1, 1941
Same Fa cu lty engaged as for period Februa ry,1940 through May, 1940
BUILDING
No add itiona l corillnent.
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GENERAL
Publicity Agents;
From January 1,1940 to June 22, 1940 - Miss May Schupack
From September 30 , 19L~O to December 6,19~. O - Miss Olive Cranston
From Janua ry 1 ,1940 Miss Bertha von Moschzisker has been pl a ced in
charge of the Print Col lec tion of the Academy
From May 20, 1940, Mrs. E. Clinton Rhoads has been in charge of a
Membership Campaign
Total Members h ips received since beginning of Campa i gn :
1 66 Annua l Members
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8 Life IJ.lembers
STOCKHOLDERS
February 3 , 1941
The President and JB'ir e ctors of The Pennsylvania Academy of th e
Fine Arts h a ve the honor to pr esent their l35th Annual Report. '
This report is ac companied by an addenda containi n g s pe cific
statistics, l ists of Jurymen , Pri~e Awards, acqu isitions and
purcha ses as supplementary data.
The Tr ea surer's Report in detail is resp ec tfully submitted herewith .
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CONTRIBu'rIONS
CONTRIBU'r OIl
A. G.B.Steel
"Mrs. A. G. B. Steel
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/ Thomas S. Gat es
/Willi am Cl a r ke Mason
/ Jo se)l1 E. Wi dener
Mr s . C. C. Wa l bridge
Livi ncston E. J ones
Mrs . Edga r ~llen Poe
Cla r ence C. Br inton
E. Walt er hel ms ,Jr .
./ Ivirs . Sy d n ey E. Mart in
Alic e rr . Roberts
Radcl i ffe Cheston , Jr.
../ George Woo dwarci: , Nl oD.
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Mr s. L.B. Fi f i eld
Edvvar d Hopkinson, Jr .
W. L . Van Al en
Hazel Dol ph Cla r k
Mary Butl er
Margeret ta S . Hinchmc3U
Di r ected t hrou gh i nter es t
of ~rs . M. W.C lement
Ann i e W. Culver
li' ello1f';shi l) P . A. F. A.
Hen r y S . Drinker J r .
Marshall S. Morgan
E<lwin o. L 8\yi s
Phi l a. Wat er Color Club
Henry C. Gi bson
Will iam A. Obdyke
P ~nn a.S o c i ety Mi n i atu re
_Pa i n t ers
Sydney E . lVlart :tn
6 855 00
00
00
00
00
00
00
500
5
250
50
50
50
200
100
10
00
00
00
00
00
00 v
00
00 ./
00
50 00
50 00
1 762 00
6 85 5 00
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25
200
200
10
10
8 617 00
}i,'XHIBITIONS
Th e 135th Annual Exhib iti on 9f Pa intin g and Sculpture was held in the
Galleries January 28th through March 31'0., 1940 , with a Private View
on Saturday ev ening, J anuary 27th . Co-incident -w ith this Exhi bi t i on
was a speci al Exhi bi t i on of mu ral designs execut :ed uncl-er the United
St at e s Treas ury Department, Section of Fin e Arts.
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A-n Exh i bi tion of Oil Paint ing and Sculpture by Artists of Philadelphia
and its en virons wa s held in all Galleri es exc epting H and I from
April 13 throu gh May 1 2, 1940, wi th a previ ew on Apr il 12 from 4 P. M.
to 7 P. M. The Gi bson Coll ect i on was on view ~n Galleri e s H and I .
The Student Exhib iti on hel d i n conjunction wi t h th e c omp etit ion fbI'
the Cr esson Eur~op e an Tr aveling Scholarsh:iJps was on vi ew in Galleries
C, D, E , F, G, the Rotunda and lNeg;t Centra l Gall e r i es from May 22nd
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through June 9, 1940. Co-incident wi th the Student Exhi bi tion v~as a
Showing of Freehand Drawings from the hi gh schools of Phil ad elphi a and
vicinity in competiti on for the adverti sed Acad emy awardse
All of the Galleries we re hung with selections fr om th e Perman ent
Coll e ction from June 9th un til July 6th,19~_ 0 .
During the summer months, due to the ext ens ive r enovations, the Galleries ~ere sp a rsely hung and s~parat~lt : op ened duri n g the week , clos ing on Saturdays a t 1 2 noon , and all day Sundays.
An Exhi bi tion of selected worl<:: from the exhi bi t s of th e comp eting s tu cents for European Tr aveling Sc hol ars hips wa s hun g in th e fron t t wo
stud ios of the School on th e first floor of the Academy from June
30th to tabor DaYe
Archit ectural Exhi bi tion in conn e ction with th e Bicentenn i al
Cel ebr a ti on. of the University of Pennsylv an ia was hun g from Septemb er
17 through Sept ember 29, 1940 in the Rotunda, East and West Central
Ga ll eries, E, and J., the remaining Galleries be i n g hung with sel ected
work from the Permanent Coll e cti on . A Buffet Supper i n connection
with the Architectural Exhibition wa s giv en i n the Gall er i es on September 17th at 7: 30 P. l\'le
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The 38th Annua l VVater Color and Print ' bxhi bi tion and th e 39 th
Annua l Exhi bi tion o.f ,1Vli n i atures we re hun g in a ll of the Gall er i e s
with the exc eption of the Galleries G, H, I, and K, which 'were hun g
with examples from th e Academy 's Permanent Coll e ction from November
3rd throu gh Decemb er 8, 19L,0 , with a Priva t e View on Saturday evening, November
2nd, a t 9 P. M.
From Decemb er 15 through Janua ry 5th, 1 94~, Galleries C and D were
hung with a One-Man Exhibition of the work of Arthur Carl es, and
Gallery A .INi th "Piran es i.' s Prisons tl , sel e ct ed pri nts from the
,Phililps' Coll'e ct ion: of the Academy, . toge ther with works from the
P ermanent Coll ecti on in the r ema in d~er of the Gall e ri es e A group
of t he above ment i oned prints were lexhi bited through the courtesy
of Lessing Rosenwa ld and Charl es Se ssl er.
SCHOOLS
Th e winter School se ssion not being co - inci d ent in dates wi th this
Annua l Report, a general s t atement is mad e reportin g successful ly
act i v e d epartments both Wint er and Smamer with few changes in curriculum, but i mpr oved management and physic a l conditions.
BUILDING
The most extensive renovations to the property a t Broad and Ch erry Sts. ,
'Nh ich have been accompli shed in many e ars v,Tere realized bet1Neen Jun e'
and Octob er , 1 940 . The t erse li st which follows covers the h i gh po int s
in t hose renov at i ons :
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Repairi ne r oo f~ r epa ir to g~tt e rs ~nd r ep~ ir an d ~epa intin~ of v~nti l ator
1 n t ern ; cl ean lng and ren ewlng rOO I sky-ll ght gl asses ; r e -lnforc lng ro of
c onst ructi on ; cl eaning ent ir e roof and c e iline; kY\ li ghts ; p ermanent ly
clo ,s ing of old v enti l c tor s i n Gall eri es F, G, I, and :Rotun da; c omlJ l ,... t ely
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redecorating by paint-in a foodvIOrl-:::, recovering 1Nalls and refinishing flo ors
of Gall e rie s A,B,C,D, E, F,G,H ,I , K,L, M, and Rotunda; cl eaninc of sta irwe ll
and Gall ery N; painting wa lls of entrance Lobby , Ma i n Of f i ce , Library,
School Of f ice and fir~ t floor Stai r Hall; thorough cl eaning an d ft e§h~iliing
by pai nt retouching in Schoo l and a l l f loors pai n t ed; th e b e~ inning of
constructi on of nev,r sculptur e ve L'..l t in b8sement and reccndi ti on i ng -and r ea rr ang ing of Lecture Hill and n ew s~ uden t Gal lery; the creat i on of new
ac comodat i ons f or I l lustration Department by c onst r uct i on of e i ghteen (18 )
ind i vidual study booths in ba ement; two dozen n ~ " chp irs for Student
D~ning-Room ; a ll floors ~a int e d, . wa l ls . cl~an ed ~nd r e ~ ouch e d an d sky- &"'~A/.
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ll ght s cl ea n ed a t Arch SlJ. ; r 01..1t ln e pal ntlne: B.nd. r epe lr vlo r k by .ba$em~t""lO'qn1
crew at Ches t er Springs Summer School.
GENERjI.~
A spec i a l note is included in t his record tha t for the p erio d of
J anua ry 1 , 1940 t o June 22nd, 1940, and from September 30, '1940 to
December 6, 1940 , an employee was included in th e payroll i nto
whose hands th e r espons ibility for a ll publicity was pl aced. The
r esult s of thi s oft:ice were gr a tify ing.
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Beginning with J anuary 1, 1940, the grac ious offe r of Miss Bertha
von Moschzisk er t o act as Cura tor of Prints and carryon the vital
re-s em:rch work in - th e re-catalo gu ing of this Coll e ction was gladly
a cc ep ted.
-- - --- ---- - -- - . - - - - ---------- - - -- - - Beginning May 20, 1940, an extensive Member shi p cam,Paign ha s been
carried forwar d under the dir e ction of an employee i n clud ed in the
p ayroll, and statistics for thi s Campaign a re repo rte d i n th e Supplement to this Report.
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The thanl<s of the Man agement of th e Acad emy a re extended to the Mayor
of Phi l ade l pht a, the Directors and Couneil for th eir coop er a tion and
th e Pr e si e: ent and w1embers of th e Boa rd of Educat i on for the sending
of promising students to our Schools, and to th e n ewspap ers f or their
i n t el li g ent criticisms and general inclusion of i tems of news r el a tiv e
to th e Ac a demy.
Acknowl edgment i s a l so made t o a l l the employees of
the Academy for the faithful p erformance of th~ ir duti es ..
SUPPLEMENT TO THE
Al\fNUAL REPORT TO
THE STOCKHOLDERS
THE PENNSYLVill\fIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS ,
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No addi ti onal comment.
ACQUISITIONS
BY PURCHASE: by the Academy for the rremple Colle<il"tion from 135th A-nnual
Exhibition, 19.40
"End of Day by Charl es Burchfiel d
fTSpiral fT by Walker H.ancock
By the Academy for the Gilpin Coll ect i on from 135th
Annual J~xhi bi tio~,-4. . .0_____
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"Li ghthouse" bv Morris Kantor
fTSuzanne" by S~l vatore Bilotti
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By the Academy for the Lambert Fund from 135th
Annual Exhibition, 1 940
fTCountry Fair" by Roswell Weidner
"Th e Riv er" by Doris Kunzie
"Three Flowe rs" by Caro lyn F. Armstrong
"Sail ors Take Warning" by Helen Sawyer
Exchange of "Doris ll by James Chapin plus $1,200.
for "George Marvin and His Daughter, Edith" by
James Chapin from American Assoc i a ted Artists,
New York City.
BY GIFT:
Collecti on of art books belonging to the late Catherine
Stewart Willis.ms, presented by h er husbs.nd, Dr. Philip
VJill i ams, of this city.
'I'hirty litho graphs and thirty etchings by Childe Hassam
presented to- the Academy's Print Collecti on by Mr s. Childe
Hassam of Ne'/l[ York City
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Painting "Tilly andKi t tens" by Faye Swengel and piece
of sculpture 1I.L'i,egres oo!! by Aurelius Renzetti presented
by Academy's Fellov,rs hipand purchased from Philadelphi a
Show,19LI'0 •
. Bequest ,of the lat e Albert Rosenthal:
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"Sel f Portrait"
"Portrait of Max Rosenthal "by Albert Rosenthal
Bronze -head of Albert Rosenthal by Salvatore Bilo tti
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'Through the beCluest of the late Josephine Bulkley Taylor,
a portrai t· of Mrs. ThoJTIas Buchanan Read attributed to
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EXHIBITIONS
135thAllnual Exhibition in Pa in t ing and Scul~tur~
Painters '. Jury of Selecti on
Waldo ' Peirce, Chairman
Francis Chap in
0tephen .t;tnier
George Harding
Hi chard Lahey
Sculptors' Jury of Selection
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Adolph A. Weinman , Chairman
H~rry J-1.qsin
Heinz Wa rneke
Prizes and Awards
Painters' Jury Awarded the following:
TEl!i[PLE MEDAL - Morris Kantor for his "Lighthouse lT as being
the best painting regardless of subject
JKIIJNIE SESNA1\f MEDP.L - Francis Speight for his "Straw for the
City's Horses", as being t he best landscape in the Exhibition
CAHOL H. BECK MEDJU.I - George Grosz for his ITS elf Portrait,
No. ll! as being the best portrait
THE J. HENHY SCHEIDT' MEMORIAL PRIZE - Marsden Hartley for
his fTElld of the Hurri cane; Lanes ..Ls l and; NIaine " as bei ng
of special i mportance in the Exhibition
SC\llptors' Jury awarded the following;
GEORGE D. ,WIDENER MEIlfiOHI.I:J.L MEDAL - Car l L. Schmitz for
his fI'I'rade fT as being the most meritorious work in sculpture
The Commi ttee on Exhibition awarded th e foliowing:
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WAL'I'ER LIPPINCOTT PRIZE - Violet Oakley for her !!Q,ui ta
Woodward !! as being the best f igur e piece in oil
WiAR~ SMI'I'H PRIZE - Franpes ,Cowan f.or h er "Wetzel 's Kitchen "
as being the best 'w ork by a Philadelphia woman.
The Exhibition cons i sted of 2 70 paintings andIl8 exhi bits
of sculpture, and §60 artists were repr esented. The Ac-
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ademy purchased seven oil paint ings and one piece of sculpture and two
( )il paintings - and one pieQe of sculpture were sold to the public , maki ng a total
of eleven it ems sold from the Exhibi tion.
Paid attendance: Z18 7
Total attendance: 13899
_!~h ~bition
of __ O,;l Pa intin Pi
and_~cul.ptur_~__
by _!-rtis..!-s or.
Philad~lphia
and
En&7["lrons
' 311 invit a tions i ssued resulting in 254 personal choices included in Exhibition
PAINTERS' JURY OF AJVARD:
Franklin Watkins, John Folinsbee, Hobson Pittman
C. Paul Jennewein, Brenda Putnam, Concetta Scaravaglione
PRIZES AND AWARDS:
ACADEMY-FELLOWSHIP PRIZE AWARD - Francis Speight "Tne Su burbs in
Sp rin g" ($200 . 00)
First Honorable Ment i on to Ca-rroll 'fy son fo r h i s "Ind i an Is l and;
Ol d Tovvn "
Second Honorable Ment ion to Glenn Pearce for his "Clouds Over
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FRIEl\fDS OF SCULPTORS PRIZE AW.ARD - Ramon .t3ermudez for hi s flMothe r
and Child" ($200.00 )
Honorable fuention: Harr y Rosin for his "Standing Nude"
GOLD
MEDAL OF AWARD - Roy
C'. Nuse for his "In a Quiet
Valley"
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M. AY AUDUBON pos'r PRIZE - Catherine Stewart Williams for her
T~oung Girl Posing" ($50.00)
The Fellowship purchased one oil painting and one p i ece of scul~ture
and one oil painting was sold to the , public~ Total attendance: 6..2a6..
Student
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for
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A..n address was made in Gallery F by Edvvard Alden J ewell before the awarding
of th e Cresson Scholarships. '
PRIZES
VHLLIAI\[[ E1V[LEN CRESSON rrRAVELING SCHOLARSHIPS:
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Franklin Boggs
Elmore Cave
Walter D. Condit
Michael Fiorillo
Zena Goldin
Jan e Hayward
Milton Hull
John Koomar
Harold S. Sorl-::in
Alexander Kricheff
Salome R. Tome
Donald Lancaster
Robert C. Turner
Paul Lore
Alic e Uhlmann
~ean W. Morrow
~ therine ~on Voight lander
uidney A. Simon
Mary Jane Walters
Helen Schuyler Smit h
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Honorable Men tion: John Hoppe
Robert Spurgeon
Stewardson P:i:-ize awar.Q.eo.--. to:
Elmore Cave
Honorable Mention: first:Zena Golden
second: Robert Spurgeon
Prizes awarded to Freehand Drawings submitted from the various higher
schools of Philadel phia apd__~ i cini ty_._____ ._ .._ _ .__..,_,__ '._ _._.____ ___ ._____
First Prize - Alma fueyer
Free Tuition Scholarship
(O gontz Schoo l )
Second Prize - Morris W. l ,omden
$2 5.00
(S. Phila. High School)
Total attendance:
John F. Lewi s, J'r •. MonthJy.~J;;.2ncours--:b-.:yya rds_._~ji Che..§j::..~I2:Pring;E SUfglT1cE;3r School
June:
1st Painting: Charles Hedfern
2nd Painting: Mary Ross
July: '
I~t ' Painting:
2nd Painting
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Richard Lesseraux
Walt~r BatteFs~all
1st Sculpture: Louise Mar tin
2nd Sculpture: Peggy Sage
Itugust; 1st Painting: Jack Wright
2nd Painting: Rlfuhar5 ~Ealdwin
1st Sculptur e : El~ora \ Cave
2nd Sculpture: Ruth Lomisch
1st Painting : Alice Uhlmann
2nd Paint ing: Herbert Wa rd
Archi tectural -Exhi bi tion held in conjunction with Uni ver s,i ty of Pennsylvania
;§i centenni;al Celebration
The Exhibition consisted of 106 examples from invited artists
Total attendance:
1256
38th Annual WaterColor and Print Exhibition
Oe E. Cesare
Carolyn A. John
Reginald Marsh
Eliot O'Hara
Hobson Pittman
StO\~r Wengenroth
Prizes and Awards;
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Phila. Water Color Prize -Ivan Le ,Lorraine Albright for his group as
being the strongest in the ];xhi bi tion executed
in water color
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Dana Water Color 1viedal
- Ed·ward Bur chfield for his group for simplicity
and frankn e ss of work.
- -F ederico Cast ellon for his "Of Land and Sea"
as being the best p rint in black and white
Joseph Pennell JVIem.Msdal -Roy M. Jvia son for his lIGoin' All T' Hell" for
Achievement in the Graphic Arts
Dawson Memorial fueda l :
Charle s E. He il for his group for distinction
in painting or drawing oi' f lowers or of ga rdens.
The Exhibition consist ed of 510 exhi bits, and
~6 artists
were repr esented.
5 water colors were sold to th e public and 10 black and whi tes.
39th
k~NUAL
EXHIBI TI ON OF MINIATURES
Jury of Selection
Johanna M. Boer ick e
Roy C. Nuse
Marguerite Cari ss
Ma ry McMillan
Edna iluestis Simpson
Prizes and Awards
Society's ~edal _ of Honor
D. J . McCarthy ~rize
Howell Tracy Fisher Mem~ Pri.
The
~xhibition
Mal the IVl& F1asselrii es for "St tldy in Ivory"
Harry L ~ ,Johnson for "Girl and Cha ir"
Margaretta Archambault for "Port. Chas .
M:orris Chen e ry, . EsQ.!!
cons isted of 131 exhibits and 66 a rtists we re repr esented.
2 Mini atur es were so l d to the public.
Exhibition of Selected Works by StUdents of Ches ter Springs Summer School
Jury of Award:
COIDIaittee on Chest er Springs
)John F. Lewis, Jr$
)Willi am Cl arke IV1a son
)William L. Van Alen
Awa rds:
1 s t Prize in Paint i ng
Richard Baldwin
3rd Pr i . in Painting : Mary E. Ros
Walt on battershall
2nd Pri ze in Painting
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Juli an B. °levin
Fir s t ~r i ze in Scul u ture Bertha Kl ing
Julian B. Sl evin
£Vir- s t. ' .c>riz e i n Wat~r Color Willi am Lilley, 3rd
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Julian B. Slevin
First Prize in Litho graphy
Cordeli a rQro'<')k
JUlian B. Slevin
Secon d Prize in Lith o~_r r8_ph
.2 -Ralph Dornsife
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Th e Exhi bition cons ist ed of 159 exhibits and 60 students were repr esent ed.
6 oil paint i ngs were sold to the pu blic.
Th e paid a tt endance a t th e 38th Annu al Water Color and Print Exhibition
and the 39th .Annual Exhibition o f lVii n iatur es and th e Exhi bition of
Sel e ct ed Wo rk from the Ch ester Springs Stunme r Schoo l was : 876.. ·
The total a ttendance wai:
EXHIBITION OF THE WORK OF ARTHUR CARLE,S AL'm EXHI BITI ON OF PRINTS "PIRPd\fESI f S
PRISONS" .
Number of paintings by Arthur Ca rl es i.nclude d: 34
Numbe r of selected prints: 30
Total attendance was:
2136
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THE 'TOTAL A'TTEIIJDAt'\JCE IN THE _GALL:E;~~~L1":.QR 'rHE
YF~AR
1940 WAS:
41,314
SCHO OLS
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Winter School enrollment - February, 1940 through May,. 1'940 ( second term
of season 1939-40) was: 200
(Total en rollment Wint er-season 1939-40 Octob er to May :-.L~1
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Enrollment a t Chest er Springs Summe r School - May throu 'h September,1940
was: f;;:g
Wi n ter School enrollment - October, 1940 to J anua r y 1 , 1941 (fir s t t er m
of seas on 1940-41) was: 206,
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FACUL'rY
Phil adelphia Scho,ol - Februa ry , 1940 through Iv1ay, 1940:
Henry l'LlcCarter
Daniel Garber
George Harding
Roy C. Nuse
}i'rancis Speight
Walke r Hancock
James Cha pin
George E. C. Wiggins
Ros'well IVeidn er
John F. Harbeson
George Demetri os
William IV~. Camp bell
Philip Aliano
Edmond J. Farris
Chest er Springs Sunwe r SchoOl - May, 1940 through September, 1940:
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Daniel -Garber
George Harding
Phil ad~l -o hia
Roy C. Nuse
Fra ncis Speight
Henry C. Pitz
Barse Mill er
Cha rles Ru dy
Walker Hancock
School - Octob er, 19.4.0 to Janua ry 1, 1941
Same Fa cu lty engaged as for period Februa ry,1940 through May, 1940
BUILDING
No add itiona l corillnent.
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GENERAL
Publicity Agents;
From January 1,1940 to June 22, 1940 - Miss May Schupack
From September 30 , 19L~O to December 6,19~. O - Miss Olive Cranston
From Janua ry 1 ,1940 Miss Bertha von Moschzisker has been pl a ced in
charge of the Print Col lec tion of the Academy
From May 20, 1940, Mrs. E. Clinton Rhoads has been in charge of a
Membership Campaign
Total Members h ips received since beginning of Campa i gn :
1 66 Annua l Members
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8 Life IJ.lembers