138th Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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138th Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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1943
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THE 1 37TH
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REPORT TO THE STO CKHOLDERS
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THE PFJ.\iNSYLVAtUA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS - ANNUAL REPORT TO SrrOCYJiOLFER,S
The President and Directors of rrhe Pen:nsyl vania Academy of the Fine
Arts have the honor to present their l37th Annual Report. This report is accompanied by an addenda containing specific statistics,
lists of Jurymen, Prize Awards, Acquisitions and Purchases as supplementary data.
The TREASURER'S REPOR'l1 in detail is respectfully submi tt ed here'Ni tho
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CON T RIB UTI 0 N S
ALFRED G. B. STEEL
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PHILADELPHIA WA'rER COLOR CLUB
PENNA. SOCIETY OF MI NIATURE PAINTERS
J'OHN FREDERICK LJ:'~ WIS , J'R.
WILLI.AJ\.i CLARKE MASON
GEN Ev~ EVE A. SHRYOCK
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E X H I BIT I 0 N S
rrhe 137th Annual Exhi bi tion of Paintin g and Sculpture vms held in the
Galleries from January 25 through March 1,1942, 'with a Private View on
Saturday afternoon, Jenuary 2L~ from three to five-thirty. This change
in precedent from an evening preview to the afternoon, was necessi tat ed_
by "blackout" regulations issued .through the Office of Civilian Defense.
An Exhi bi tion of the Work of .Mary Butler Vias held in the Galleries from
March 7 through iliIarch 29,19L,2 (Gals. P.,. and B) with a Opening Tea on
March 7th from 3 to 5 P • .tIT.. Concurrent with this li~xhibition was an
Exhibition of recent acquisitions from the Academy's Print Collection
in Galleries Land M and exhibit cases containing material covering the
various processes in the making of etching s, v\loodcuts, and lithographs.
The FellovJship Annual Exhi bi tion of Wa ter Colors and Prints was held
in Galleri e s B,C, and D from March l~. to 29,1942, opening '<\lith a Tea on
March 14,th from 3 to 5 P. M.
The Fe::!..lowship Annual Exhibition of Oil Painting and Sculp ture was
held in Galleries A,B, C, and D from April 5 through 19,19L,2 opening
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wi th a Tea on April 5t,h from 3 to 5 P. M.
During both of these Exhi bi tions, the Permanent Collection vvas on vi ew
in the r emaining GallE)ri es.
An Exhibition of Prints by Students of the Academy was held in Gallery C
from May 14 through the 31st,19~, 2.
The Student Bxhi bi tion held in conjunction with the corrrpe ti tion for
the Cresson Traveling Scholarshi ps was on view in Galleries C,D,E,F,G,
the Rotunda B.nd West Central Galleries from May 20th through June 9,1942,
opening with exercises for the students and their friends on the afternoon
of May 20th at 4 ' ot c l oc l<: .
An Exhibition entitled "Soldiers of Production" procured throu gh the
Office of Emerg ency Management, Section of Fine Arts, Was hington, D. C.
was held in Gallery It from May 20th through June 21,1942. This Exhibi.tion
included the paintings and drawings by ei. ght American Artists appointed
by the O. E:.:M. to record acti vi ti es in specifi c defense areas; and the
artists repres ented were Howard Cook, David Fred enthal, George Har(Hng ,
Mitchell Jam.ieson, Richard Jansen, Carlos Lop ez, Reginald Marsh and
Ogden Pleissn er.
During the summer months a ll of the Gall eri es vvere hun g wi tb. selections
from the Permanent 'Collecti on and were dismantled on October 15,1942 to
prepare for the hanging of the L~O t h Annual Water Color and Print Exhi bi tion
and the 41st Annual Exhibition of Miniatures.
The 40th Annual Water Color and Print Exhibition, and the 41st Annual
Exhibition of Mi n iatures were hun g in all of the Galleries with the exCel)tion of Galleries G,H,I,K and the West Central Gall ery from October
25th through November 29th, 1942, opening with a Private View on Saturday
afternoon, October 24th, frOID. 3 to 5:30 P.M •
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Starting on Novemb er 30,1942, the Galleries have remained closed on
Mondays.
EXHIBITIONS HELD
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THE PRINT ROOM ON MAIN FL,20R
Exhibition of . Color etchings and wood engravings by George Roualt, loaned
by Wittenborn Company, of New York City from. January 18 - Februa ry 5,1942
Exhibition of Contemp orary
by Mr. Joshua Kligerman of
Ey.hi bi tion of et,cllings and
Arttsts from FebruEl.ry 28 -
Mexican Prints from Februa ry 6 - 27,--1942, lo aned
Atlantic City , N.J.
litho graphs lo aned by the As so ciated American
March 1 2 ,1942.
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Fellowship Exhibition of original: illustrations for maga zines and books
from March 16 - 28,1942.
Exhibition of photographs of work by James Chapin from Ap ril lLj'rMay 11,1942.
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Exhi bj.t ton.. of sevent~en (17) etchings presented by Daniel Garb er, t~e artist,
to Acad.emy's Coll ection, and of five (5) drawings loaned by the a rti s t, from
Octo ber 2 ..:. November 18,1942.
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ANNUAL REPORrr -
F~BRUARY
1, 1943
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Exhi bi tion of chi a rascuro s from th e Permanent Coll e ction from l'J ovemb er
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:B~xh i bi tion of the work of former Academy Students n ow in th e Armed
Forces, from November 20 - December 31,1 9 42. Students include d VlBr e :
Oliver Griml ey, Brockie Stevenson, Walton ba ttershall, Sidn ey Simon
and George Taylor.
]XHI BI'rIONS HELD I N LEC'l'URE: ROONI ON MAIN FLOOR
Exh i biti on of ma t erial to be found in Library and PrInt Coll e cti on,
openIng September 28 and on vi ew t hroughout School Year for t he benef It
of th e students.
Exh i bi tion of the worl\: of the recipi ents of Wi lliam l!"mlen Cr esson Memo ri a l 'l 'rav eling S chola.rships , who u s ed th e s e awa rds in the SUIllITl CT of 1 9 41
on view f or four we eks op enin g on Februa r y 2 ,1942.
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S C H 0 0 L S
Th e Wint er School se ssion not being rio-incident in dates with this
Annu a l Rep ort, a genera l s t a t ement is made r ep orting successfully
a ctive depa rtments wi th good physical condi tions.
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'rll e Chester Spring s Summer School wa s n ot open ed in th e season of 1 9 L~ 2 ,
due t o Wa r con diti on s, and wi ll proba bly ' r ema i n : cl o~e d ' i'O'r '.. t11e . dur a ti on.
B UILDI N G
Ma in Buildin &J Broad; and Ch erry St r eets
and A..'1nex.l 1.234 Arqh
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No ma jor ren ovat ions we r e necessary a t Broad and Ch erry Stre ets or at
1834 Ar ch Street, an d only g en eral maint enance an d nOlJllial rep a irs were
a ccomp lished.
Ch es t er Springs, Pennsylvan ia
Men from the ba sement crew a ccompli s h ed the pai nt ing of the outside
of th e t en ant hous e s and th e secon d f~oor int erior of the FaclJ.l ty
Buildin g in the spring of 1942 .
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ANNUAL RBPORT - FEBRUARY 1, 1943
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GJ£NERAL
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5) Due to Vvar con d itions and the p ossi bili ty of enemy a ttack, a g roup
of 54 o b j ects, L1,6 JJa inting s a::''1d (3 p i e ces of sculpture, deemed a s the
most p r e cious of the Ac ademy's p ossessi ons vvere moved from th e p r emi se s
a t Broad and Ch erry Sts. to the vaults of the Fi d elity-Phil Gdel p hi a
Trust Compani at Bro a d and Walnut Sts.
As additiona l protection to its p ictur e s remainin g in the basement
vaults at Broad a nd Ch e rry Sts., ins o f a r as their size woul d a llow,
the b'e s t 'l>!e re rearran ge d so that they woul d h an g inche uPl) e r row of
two rows nOVi employed in our s to r age v a ults. .fl.t th e time of making
this r earran gement, the entir e Perman en t Collection of pain tin g s vvere
recl a ssified ac cording t o coUt'1 try and artist and all of the v a ults
re-or ganized on this p ro g ram. 'rhis a djustment invo lved the COIDJ)l ete
examin a tion of a ll of our c a rd filin g system and disclosed many incomplet e record s. Wo rk has been b egun to brin g al l of these records
to date with a s a ccura t e lmowl e d g e as c an be p rocured. '1'11 is work is
not compl et ely finished at the time of th e making of this Report.
A s p ecial not e is includ ed that from January 28,1942 t o date the publicity has , been in the hands of Campbell-Wirtz Associates of 329
Walnut St.,Philadelphia.
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The Curator of Prints, Miss Bertha v on Mosc h zisker, resigned on
October 19,1942 , to en ter Defense Work!
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Mr. George Harding and Mr. Walker Hancock
the Service in the
summ.er of 1942
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The Curator of Schools, Mr. Henry Ho tz, Jr., entered the Navy in June,1942,
and Miss Dorottw A. Jones "Nas a pp oint e d Acting Cura tor.
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It is vITi th r egret t hat we note the death of Mr. Henry lV~cCart e :r, on
N"ovember 20, 19/+2. Mr. McCarter wa s an instructor for 40 years at the
Academy.
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LIBRARY
The Librarian reports the p urchase o f 14 volumes at a co s t of $ 39.65, a nd
the receipt of' 27 volume s through g ifts.
'T he clipp in g file on a rtists has been cont inu ed through the year,194,2,
as has also the r ef er ence file of :p ho to g r ap hs of an i mals a n d miscellaneous
sub j e cts, suppl emented by n ewspap er and maga zine cli pp ing s.
JUWUitL REPORT - F EBRUARY 1,1 9 43
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The Print Collection purcha s ed ..1h p rint s and 1. book, and was given
ILl orint s an d 2 books illustra t ed with woo dcuts.
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The t h ank s of t he lVian agement of th e Ac ad emy a r e exten d ed to t h e Pr '::; s ident
and memb ers of th e Boa r d of Educ a ti on f or sending p r omi sing s tud en t s
t o our Schools; and to th e n ewspape r s for t he i r in te l l i gent c r i t i sms and
genera l inclusi on of i terns of n evvs r el a tiv e t o the Ac ademy.
Acknowledg ement is a lso mad e t o a ll th e employee s of the Aca demy f or th e
f a ithful performance of th eir dutie s .
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Acq,uIsrnONS
BY PURCHASE: by the Academy for the Temple Coll ection fr om the 137th
Annual :Exhibition, 19.42
nHarvestingtf by Joe Jones
"Schuylkill Valley 'llOWD If by Fran cis Speight
'tStreet Scene" by Robert Gwatbmey
"'Pekin Drake H by Charles Rudy
by the Acadevly for the Gilpin Coll ecti on from th e l37th
Annual Exhibition, 19.42:
"End of the l.4th St. Crosstown Line'n by Reginald Marsh
"Bather" by Henry Kreis .
"Harvest" by Marian Sanford
lJ7th
~1nual
by the Academy for the Lambert Coll e ction from the
Exhibitioll,19.42:
!1The Ri ver'T! by James Lechay
"The China Cupit by Cora Gibson Purviance
,"N ews Boy:ff by Josef Foshko
"Little Landscap e!! by Herrmann Dy er
by the Academy for Permanent Coll e ctio~ for $800., $ 200.
of which was lIl.ade available by a generous anonymous gift:
":Emily" by Joseph
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P ears on, J-r . , from Gilpin Fund
by the Academy for $ 200. f or the Permanent Collection
from the G ilpi ~ FunG:
"The Pooll! by Willirul1 L. Lathrop
BY GIFT:
one rug and four side-cnairs from Mrs . Alfred G. B•.8teel
for use in Academy
Book tfTalcott Williams, Gentleman of the Fourth
by donor, Elisabeth Dunbar for the Library
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Book entitled "Art of Painting" by Dr. Albert Barnes
presented by author for Li brary.
Bequ est of Fredericka Mary Kerr of the following
articles, appraised by Samuel T. Freemen & COe a t $1,022.50
Portra it of h er grandmoth er, Mary McKean Hoff man by
'fhomas Sully'
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February 1,1943
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BY GIFT (continued)
from Fredericka Mary Kerr:
Thre e cameo portraits: portrait of her grandfathe r,
David Hoffman; Portrait of her grandmother, Mary
McKean Hoffman; and portrait of her mother, Anna
McKean Hoffman Kerr
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of Benevenuto Cellini from Mrs. John
-- Woodall, of 227 Washington Lane, Jenkin t own, Pa.
Bronze statuette of Mrs. rrhomas Eakins by Samuel
Murray from Mrs. Samuel Murray
Gift of Mi ss Joan Ludwi g of Wes t Hollywood,Calif.
of oyer three hundred photographs of do gs for the
Library's photo gr?phic files.
Gift of followin g prints from the donors listed
for inclusion in t .he. Print Coll ecti on:
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Benton Sprtl8nC e: "Pass to the Left!l; "The Lamentation U
IlGirl with Hands to Face n ; "Young Lincoln!!; "Brief
Balancef! and "A.11erican Pattern Barn".
Roswell Vleidner:
Doris Kunzie
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Peter Finge s ten
tiThe L eghorn Hat t "
"The End of Day!!
flStill Life!!; and "The Studio"
51 etchings, dryp oints, litho graphs by
his f a th er.
Etcll.ing by Anders Zorn presented by Mrs. CharI es Frederick Brice, and large group of etchings by Daniel
Garber, pr e,s ented by the artist for Print Collection.
Nine publications from Mr. John F. Lewis, Jr.,:
!tCorso" by lVI. Dudovich
ItL9th Century Arttl by D.S.MacColl
.f 'Earth" by Austin Spar e
ItSturm Bilderbucherl!
IT'l'he Symbolic Drawings of Hubert Davis for an 'An American
Tragedy' by Theo d or ~ Dreiser
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Two volumes - Normandie - L'Illustration
IVlarchen-Bied er und Gedichte by Wilhel m Schulz
Cartoons by Max Bierbohm
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Two frames from Mrs. Rhoda Howe Low of Chestnut Hill.
Four oak chairs from NIiss Mary K. Gibson of Wynnewood,Pa.
Loan by Miss Helen Hend EJ rSOn of "A Studio Study" by
'l'homB.s J\,llshutz for an indefinite period.,
SUPPLEf'.ITENT TO ANNUAL REPORT February 1, - 19"~, 3:
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BY GIFT:
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Three drawings of shells by Cecilia Beaux from Mr.
Henry S. Drinker, Jre
Two original drawings by George Demetrios and a book
"The Artist in Ame rica~fT by Carl Zi g rosser fr om Mr. A. G. B.
Steel
(NOTE: GIFTS TO LIBRARY AND PRINT COLLECTION FOR 1942
listed separately under these h eading s.)
EXHIBITIONS
2) 1~7th ANNuAL Ja:HI BITION IN PAIl\fTING Al~D SCULPfJ:'URE
!FAIN'r:Effisr&j"URY~
Dahre:e ffarb'e'r ,
:Edmund Archer
Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Frank IvTechau
Eugene Speich:er
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Wa lker Ha ncock ,Chai'"rnian
Gaetano Cecere
Jame s Earle Fraser
PRIZES AND AWARDS: Painters' Jur' awarded the follmAJin z :
TEMPLE J!lIEDAL - Ivan LeLbrrain-e 1 brl ght or lS
.Lat Nl1lch I Should
Have Done , I Did Not Do '" as being the best painting r egardless of
subject.
J l i1:ilNIE S.ESNAl~ MEDAL - Joe Jones for his "Harvesting '! as being the
best landscape in the Exhibition.
- CAROL H. BECK MEDAL
No award this year.
THE J. HENRY SCHEID'r MEMORIAL PRIZE - Eugene 'rrentham for his '! :tAugust
Landscape lt as bein g of s pe ci a l i m:p ortance in the Exhi bi tion
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GEORGE D. VVIDENIGR wTh-:J.'VIORIAL II[iliDAL - Jan e t de Coux for heruD e borah ' s Song "
as b e in g the FloSt meritori ous wo rk in sculpture
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Committee on Exhi bi tion awarded the follo wing:
Wl1.LTF.R LIPPINCOfJ:'T PRI ZE - Douglas Gorsline - for his" pai n'ting UMy Better
Half',' as being th e best fi gure p iece i n oil .
MARY SflII'l'H PRIZE - Faye SVJ"en g el for h e r "Bucks County Fa rmer
th e b e st work by a Philadelphia woman •
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speci a l Jury c ons isting of John F. Lewis, Jr., Harold _We s t , Libr.
of th e Mercanti le Li b rary and Mrs. Starr L. Cornelius, Mgr . of the
Centaur Book Shop awarded. th e followin g :
LAYIVITIN'S P HIZE FOR BEST COWJP OSITION ON THE EX:HIBrrION( $; 50. , giy~~ by
Mr. Levtii s) First Prize: Franc es Williams Browin f or h er cOmp OSlL,lOn
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on fJThat Wh;ich I Should Have Done, I Did Not Dot! by I,,ran LeL.Albright.
Honorable Mentions to Mr. Bruno Palmer-Poroner and Mrs~ John R. Stewart
on thesame subj ect, and special commendations .to Mr. Walter ]~. Waring
on this subject and Miss Audrey Raymond on frGod's Manit by Pan Theodore;
I-larry T. Thurschwell ontlBlack Tower" by Maurice Kish and Morris Ostroff
on "Harvesting'" by Joe Jon es.
The Exhibition consisted of 26 6 paintings andlli exhibits of
sculpture and J.2..2 artists were represented.
The Academy purchased 8 oils ancl l. pieces of sculpture and 1z. pieces
of sculpture were sold to the public ancl 1 oil, maldng a total of 1£
items sold from the Exhibition.
PAID ATTENDANCE: 1694
TOTAL AT'rENDANCE: 9013
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TOTAL ATTN\fD.Al'l'CE: 2796
FELLOWSHIP ANNUP:l.:L EXHIBITION OF WATER i COLORS
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HARRISON S. MORRIS PRIZE - Martha Walter for "'Concert"
Honorable :Mention to Eleanor Arnett for fJMarine Garden,#3"
CHARLES E. DANA PRIZE - Edith M. Bregy for "Now a Garrison Fort"
Honorable Mention to Elizabeth K. Coyn e for "Mountain Village"
TOTAL ATTEJ.\fDANCE:
1 810
FELLOWffiiliP Jll\INU]J,L EXHIBI'I'IOl\J OF ; OIL AND SCULP'r m1E
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TYIAYAUDUBON Posrr PRIZE - Faye Swengel for tlNew Hope, Pa. fI
Hon. Mentions: Cora Purviance r'! PicnicT! and Doris Kunzie for
l1The Porch!!
GOLD MEDAL AWARD - Harry Rosin for "Reclining Nude"
Hon. Mentions - Elizabeth Polloch for HGiraffes ,n and Bertha Kling
for "The Innocentll.
TOTAL ATTN'iJD.ANCE:2 011
An address was made in Gallery F by William George 'Con s table, Curator
of Paintings of th e Museum of Fin e Arts, Boston, Mass. before the
awarding of the Cresson Scholarships and other prizes:
PRIZES
Vv'I LLIAM EMLEl.'J CRESSON TRAVELING SCHOLP..RSHIPS
Geraldine Inez Funk,
Katherine Gallagher
Samuel C. Gholson
John Hanlen
J eanette Neuman Kohn
Niadeleine Robertson
No rman Bishusky
Richard Lesseraux
Phillip Stevens Merrill
Jan e Hayward
John Paul Hoppe
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lBORGER PRIZE IN DRAWING
Eleanor" 1J.r7 'l'ho rn
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$ 300. 1st Prize
John ' Heri tage Wri ght ;~ 200. 2nd Prize
. Walter Dodd Condit cln OO.}lst Hon. Mention
Robert Morris Herveyt lOO.)2nd Hon. Mention
PACKARD PRIZE
J ame s J • . Pont er , 1st Prize
Peter .Colaprete Second Prize
John W. Si~ns Honora ble Mention
THOURON. PRIZE
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John Han~en (Fa~ulty $50.)
Mari an Freeman Holl and (Students Vote - $2 5.)
Hugh Wi ley (1st Instructor Award - $ 50.)
Wi.nifred Haggart (2nd I nstructor Award - ~p2 5.)
SPECIt..L PRI ZE IN P1!'.RSPECrrIVE CLASS awarded by instructor, Mr. John F.
Harbes on:
Louis D. Day, Jr.,
Honorable Ment ion: Peter Colaprete and Marie Egner
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John W. Sinmls
Ma joring in Painting: Agnes Allen
Estelle I. Chapman
Louis D. DaY,Jr.
Mary Katherine De Mass
Geraldin e I. Funk
Robert Morris He rvey
Phillis Resnick
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. Mar y Monaghan Sosna for a rrhesis ln Portra iture
John Heritage Wri ght for a Thesis in Mural Painting.
PRIZES
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HIGH SCHOOLS OF PHILADELPHIA
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Marie-Celest e Fa dden - Ridley Park High School - Free Tuition Schola rs hi l)
Dorothy Thompson - ~#e st Chest er H.i gh School - $15.00
40TH ANNUAL WJ·{rER COLOH AND PRINT E"J.RIBI'rION
JURY OF SELECTION
Mary Butler, Federico Castellon, J. Frank Cop el and, Adolf Dehn,
Robert Gwathmey, and Do r othy P • .La throp
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PRIZES AND AWAHDS:
1:hi1a7" Wa ~eo.t'br Prize - Aaron Bohrod for his "Dark Sunday" as being
the strorigest'in-~EXnibition ex~cuted in water color.
Dana We- tel' Color Medal - Giovanni Martino for his "Shurs LaneTT for simpllci -cy-·ancf.···i' ranKn..e ss of work
:txre IVi.2da1 - Harry Gottlieb for his "Wint E:-} r on the Creek" as being the
- best print in black and white.
Joseph Peu..!.U:l~,,!~E.!jl~d~_l - Daniel Garber for his "Spring Valley Wi llows"
for achievement ln the Graphic Arts
Davvson Memorial Medal - Ben Solovvey for hts "Whi te Rose" for distinction
in painting or draviin g of flowers or of gardens.
The Exhibition consisted of 488
exhibits and 27.3. artists we re represented.
Lwatercolors and 10 prints were sold to the public
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts purchased
Collect i on
JURY OF SELECTION:
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Mary W. Bonsall
Violet Oakley
1 prints for its
( and Jury of Award for Society's Medal of Honor)
Sara Hazzard
Cornelia E. Hildebrandt
Edward War wick
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Violet Oakley
Edward War vdck
PRI Z:rr:S Ai':ifD AWAHDS
Society's Medal of Honor - Sara Eakin Cowan for her tlBeatrice" ·
D••T. McCarthy Prize - FrarlCes Campbell lLly for h e r "Mornings a t Seven!!
Ho"well Tracy Fi sher Priz e - Bet sy Flagg Melcher for "My Daught er Ursula It
Special Honorable Mention,1942 to Walter Emerson Baum for his miniature
landscape - ItRiver 'rown'!
Exhibition consisted of 25l exhibits and
miniatures were sold to the public
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artists were represented.
P.{iI,Q AT'I1}l1'JDANCE .- 40th Annual Water Color and Print Exhi bi tion ) 644
41st Annual Miniature Exhibition
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SCHOOLS
ya.:l~B. SCHOOL l i'l'JROLLlvfiT3\TT . - F e bruaJ7,1942 through May,1942 (second
term of season ,1911_1-42 V-iaS: 11.Q.
(Total enrollment Winter Season 1941-42; October to lViay:.l§1
October,1942 to Janua ry 1,1943 (first
term of seasion 19/,;-2-43) vms: 1.4-0
Cresson avvards a n d oth e rs as announced at the time of the Cresson Tf xhi bi tion have been mention ed a bove. Othe r School oAwards are listed below:
PRIZE - Amelie Maria Zell
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Honorabl e Mention to(Angelo ]'rudalds,
(Paul Greenwood
John Paul Hopp e;Honorable Mention (An g elo Frudalds
( J- ean Brehm
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~)100. Second Prize; and Honora bl e Mention ancl Free Tu ition for the
Wint er Session,1942-43:
John Heritag e Wri ght
Rob e rt Spurg eon
Je an Craig
Step hania Bory s
Eibmore Ca ve - ~pl, 000. 1st p rize;
Ang elo Frudakis - $100. 2nd prize
Reginnili.1Prizes: Phi la.: Angelo Frudalds $ 25.; St. 1.ouis: El nJ.ore Cave $ 25.)
PRIZES I N PRIN':P
EY..l-IIBITION OF STUDEL\jT
WORK
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prize: Paul Lore and Ray E. Burridge
FACULTY
F e brue. ry, 1 94 2 through May, 1 942:
Henry McCa rter
Daniel Garber
Georg e Harding
Roy C. Nuse
Rrancis Sp ei ght
Walke r Hancock
James Chap in
George E .C. Wi ggins
Rosv,rell Vveidner
Harry Ros i n
John F. Ha r beson
George Demetrios
William M. Campbell
Philip Aliano
Edmond J. Fa rris
,SUPPL EMENT' '1'0 Al\INOAL REPORT
F ebru ary 1, 19.43
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FACULrfY
", .i~Ir~.~:);
S,Qhqpl - October,1942 to Janua ry 1,194.3
Henry lVl.cCarter (deceased November 20,19/+2)
Dani el Garber
George Harding (entered U.S. lVIa riIle Corps sumr!H~ r,19.42 - advetised in
sch.ool circul a r as member of 19~.2-Lt-3 Faculty, but did
not reS"lLTne duti es at Ac a demy )
Roy C. Nuse
Francis Speight
Walker Hancock ( entered U. S. Arrny summer, 19/+2 - advertised in school
circula r as member of 19/+2-.43 Faculty, but did not
resume duties at. Academy)
James Chapin
l.i.arry Rosin
Edward :Shenton
Paul IVIan shin
Henry P i tz (Guest In structor for two weeks - Illustra tion)
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Paul Froelich It
John F. harbeson
jVilliam M. Campbell
-Philip Aliano Edmond J. Farris
As no ted in Annual Report , the Summe r S chool a t Cheste r Sprin g s, Pa.,
was authorized to be closed for th e duration of the present War .
BUILDI NG
No fI.dditional comment •
.iffi.n;u~.~
IViembershi2:
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n ew members ; 16 dec eased; 81 resigned; 11 delinquent
Life
Niembersh i p : 1 nf,;w member;
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1942 TOTALS:
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deceased
688 Annual iVlembers
205 Li f e Members
LI ST OF rr :EJvlS FROM .PEH1VIANENT COLLEC'I1ION SORED IN VAUL'I'S OF FIFlELI'l'YPHILJ.IJ).ELPHIA 11RDS'l' COiflPANY, PHILADEL1?RIA, FOH 'rilE DURATION OF 'l"BE PRESENT
WAR:
Placed in v a ults - 7/15/42
'l'I 'l'LE
New England Woman
·[ihe North £(i ver
The Wat erviorks; FairmouIl t Park
Ben j amin ]'ranklin
Anna Warner Baili e
Dance of the Fa iries
\ Land s cape
Gr eat vak of Ornans
The Cello Player
AHTI ST
Cecili a Beaux
George W. Bellows
Thomas Birch
Giuseppe Ceracchi
John Sing leton Copley
J'ean D.C.Corot
Jean B. C. Corot ·
Gust a v e Courbet
Thomas .-U'
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February 1, 1943
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List of items stored in v§::ults of Fidelity-Phila. rrrust Co. (can t. )
TI fl'LE
Wa l t W:tli tman
Fox Hunt
Jo el Barlow
Chief Justice John Ma rshal l
Col •. Cons ~ant Storrs
Mrs . Constant Storrs
Fourth of July in Centre Squ are
Ben j amin Fr anklin
Return of the Flo ck
Landscap e wi t h Figur es
Cl ayton Earl ·
Corn e lia Ea~l
Artist in His l'vluseum
Benjamin Frankl in
Georg e Wash ington
Self J?ortrait
Ma ry Claypoole Peale
J ames :t'eale and His Family
Apple andJ:i'ox Grc".L pes
Frox Grapes and P(:mch es
Self .~ortrait
Willi am ir il ghman
George Washington
Benj amin 'vVes t;
Mrs. :Ben jamin We s t
Marquis de Lafayette
Captain Samuel horris
Dr. Phil i p ~yn g Physi ck
Dr • . enj amin Hush
Dr. Casper Wi star
Joseph Wright ,
A l a Campagne \ In the CountFy)
Mrs . Sumu el blo dg ett
George Wa shington
George Wa shington (Lansdovme )
Rev. Wil l iam VYh i 'c e, D. D.
Ma jor Thcmas Biddl e
Mary IvlcKean Hoffman
Fanny Kemble ( . as Beatirce)
The Violinist
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Ariadne of ftaxos
Andrew Hamilton
Eliz ab eth J. Hamil ton
Self Portrait
El izab e·th .!,Jeel
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LIBR.ARY
BOOKS PURCHASED FOn 'l'iiJi: LIBRlrnfA
,QX %!.2
Toulouse-Lautr ec
The Unseen Rembrand-t,
Rembranti t: UXl"ora LJni v • .press
T9
AR'llI oT
'I1homas Ea k i ns
Winslow Homer
J eanne Anto i ne Ho ud en
Henry Inman
J. WIfJ. • .J ennys
J'. Wm. J ennys
J ehn Lewi s .K.ri rrllil.el
David Nia rt in
Jean Fran cois Millet
Will . Sidn ey Iv~o unt
J' ohn Neale
J'ohn Neagle
Chas. Willson Peal e
Chas . Willson Peale
Chas. Willson ~ e a l e
James Peale
J Elme s Peale
J ames P eale
Raphaell e Peale
Raphaell e Peale
Rembrandt l'eale
Rembrandt Peale
Rembrandt Peale
IVIa tth e1N Pratt
Iv'iatthew Fratt
Willi am Rush
Wi lli am Rush
'William Rush
'Nilli am Rush
Wil liam Rush
Wil liam Rush
Al fre d ~.L.V . Ste vens
Gi l bc-3 rt Stu art
Gilbert Stuart
Gilbert St uart
Gilbert Stuart
'rhomas Sul ly
Thomas Sully
Thomas Sully
BarLholomews Van del'
HeIst
John Van derlyn
Ado lph Ulric Wertmuller
Adolph Ulric vV ertmull er
Ado l ph Ulric Wertmuller
Ben j amin We s t
PRICE PAI D
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Gauguin: flyperion Press
Dega s Dr awin gs : Braun Press
Nlatisse Drawings:"
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Grunewald by Burelchard
, NIinnesing er Mills.
Gi otto
Apples and Ma donnas
Great lV[asters in Colour: Vermeer
Botticelli
Fra Angelico
Directory of Libraries and Informa tional Sources,
1942
price Da
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5 40
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85
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From Mr . A. G. B .. Steel:
Arueri can llcrt is t
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George Bellows
Winslow Homer
'J.1h 01na s Eak ins
VVhistl er
The Artist in Ame ric a - by Carl Zigrosser
Mu seum of Nlodern Art: Joan lvIiro
'Ehe Art Di g est, bound, 191+0-41
North AtlEtiltic Patrol by Lieut . Comm . Griffi th Baily Coale
'T he Enjoyment of Art in America
"oS-erie s
FroTn, Mi ss Bertha ,:on ])4o,s ch~i,sl):er
Vani ty Fa ir: :t?ortf olio of Modern Freneh }.l.rt
NIein 'I'agebuch by Delacroix
Talcott ViJi11i ams, Gentleman of the 4th Es tate by Elisabeth Dunba r
g iven by -authress
Art of Painting by Dr. Albert Barnes pr e sented by author
EJ;arp,M;:he .Iglip E,.,,~;ii~'b;r:r.,e,
Corso by M. Dudovich
19th Century Art by D.S.MacColl
Earth by Austin Spare
Sturm Bilderbuch ~;; r
Symbolic Drawings of Hubert Davis for an 'An l'."r.Qerican 'rragedy' by DreisEI
2, volumes - Normandie - L' Illustration
Marchen-Bieder und Gedi'c hte by Wilhelm Schulz
Cartoons by Max Bierbohm
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I,IBRARY (continued
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Gift s to
Libra:r.¥z19fr~ · t c ontinu ed)
300 photographs of do gs from Miss Joan Ludwig of Wes t
Hollywood, California
Art .Journal,1 875,18 76 ,18 77,18 78,18 79 from IvLrs. Frank J'vliles Day of Phil a .
1)i_s ~q,~ ¥~ra \iH:.1£.dU ~2.li
.A cti ve Membership Dues - Sp e cial Libraries Assoc.
Annua l Dues, 1942-43 - Phila. Metropolitan
Li brar y Council
Contribution towa rd supp ort of Union Libra ry Cat,
19/1-3
$ 5.00
1 50
25 00
$ 31 50
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Note: Miss Dorothy A. Jones app ointed Secret a r y of the U~liversity
and Coll ege Dep a rtmental Librarians Group of the Special Libra ri e s Council of Philadelphia and Vicinity.
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Si qui @I'os
Mend es
Rouailti t (
Zadkin
Mu ell er
Nolde
kunyoshi
Castellon
Say er
Lynd Viard
Lynd Wa rd
Riva Helford
Carl Pichardt
Stow Wen genroth
)icasso
Rouault
No l d e
Kand insky
Kaeth e Kollv,ri tz
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Mt. Pleas ant , S .C.
La Scar e du .Print em;)s
Bird of Freedom
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wood cut
VlJOod cut
woodcut
colo r etching
dry point
li t ho graph
vvoodcut
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"Lobsterman' Cove" by Kerr J:l.. by
Vaciation"by Alfred Bendin e r
"Sheep Yard If
nWj;nter Eveningll
"O]d Barn"
by Daniel Ga rb e r
One book entitled "Sing er - H_ W_ Hendlinch fur Kupfersticlip amml e r
GIF1'S
,_ }ro.;w.,,,<t.rtist~.i...
Peter Fing esten, 51 prints by his father.
Roswbll Weidn e r, litho g raph
Doris Weidner, lithog raph
Benton Spruance, 6 lithographs
Qssip Zadkin, 2 dry-points
Daniel Garber, 17 etching s, a nd 11- ori g inal drawing s of a nti que casts.
ilJierri t ~.i.auzey, lithog raph
39 :prin ts by the followin g arti sts: John Taylor Arms, Frank Benson,
Besnard, Brocl>::hurst, CharI es W. Cain, Florence Cannon, Adolf Dehn,
Paul Froelich, :&i.artin Hardie, 'r roy Kinney, Laura Kni ght, D_ MacLeod,
Matisse, ivi:artin 1. ewis, Mielatz, ?ennell, Pietschamrfl , Pullin g er,
Renoir, Soper, Sweet, vVarlow, Wengenroth, Whistler, Zorn, Ernest
Roth and Gene Kloss.
Other.. ~;Lf.t.s ,
And e rs Zorn, etching" present ed by Ml~ _ Bri ce
Karl Hofer, litho g raph pr e sented by Miss Bertha von Moschzisker
Ivlendez, 3 lithographs presented by Miss Bertha von lvloschsisker
J. ' J. Lankes, book of woodcuts
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During the winter the cases containing French, .i.talian and Ge rman
prints were rearranged in alphabetical ord er according to country,
merging the Morris, L~~\Mis anyd .Phillips bequests.
ill~NUAL
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'rJ;lE PEi.\INSYLVAl'UA ACADEMY OF THE FINE
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THE PFJ.\iNSYLVAtUA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS - ANNUAL REPORT TO SrrOCYJiOLFER,S
The President and Directors of rrhe Pen:nsyl vania Academy of the Fine
Arts have the honor to present their l37th Annual Report. This report is accompanied by an addenda containing specific statistics,
lists of Jurymen, Prize Awards, Acquisitions and Purchases as supplementary data.
The TREASURER'S REPOR'l1 in detail is respectfully submi tt ed here'Ni tho
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CON T RIB UTI 0 N S
ALFRED G. B. STEEL
1Ims. ALFRED G. B. ST EEL
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FELLOVVSHIP OF 'rHE P.A.F. A.
PHILADELPHIA WA'rER COLOR CLUB
PENNA. SOCIETY OF MI NIATURE PAINTERS
J'OHN FREDERICK LJ:'~ WIS , J'R.
WILLI.AJ\.i CLARKE MASON
GEN Ev~ EVE A. SHRYOCK
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350
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E X H I BIT I 0 N S
rrhe 137th Annual Exhi bi tion of Paintin g and Sculpture vms held in the
Galleries from January 25 through March 1,1942, 'with a Private View on
Saturday afternoon, Jenuary 2L~ from three to five-thirty. This change
in precedent from an evening preview to the afternoon, was necessi tat ed_
by "blackout" regulations issued .through the Office of Civilian Defense.
An Exhi bi tion of the Work of .Mary Butler Vias held in the Galleries from
March 7 through iliIarch 29,19L,2 (Gals. P.,. and B) with a Opening Tea on
March 7th from 3 to 5 P • .tIT.. Concurrent with this li~xhibition was an
Exhibition of recent acquisitions from the Academy's Print Collection
in Galleries Land M and exhibit cases containing material covering the
various processes in the making of etching s, v\loodcuts, and lithographs.
The FellovJship Annual Exhi bi tion of Wa ter Colors and Prints was held
in Galleri e s B,C, and D from March l~. to 29,1942, opening '<\lith a Tea on
March 14,th from 3 to 5 P. M.
The Fe::!..lowship Annual Exhibition of Oil Painting and Sculp ture was
held in Galleries A,B, C, and D from April 5 through 19,19L,2 opening
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wi th a Tea on April 5t,h from 3 to 5 P. M.
During both of these Exhi bi tions, the Permanent Collection vvas on vi ew
in the r emaining GallE)ri es.
An Exhibition of Prints by Students of the Academy was held in Gallery C
from May 14 through the 31st,19~, 2.
The Student Bxhi bi tion held in conjunction with the corrrpe ti tion for
the Cresson Traveling Scholarshi ps was on view in Galleries C,D,E,F,G,
the Rotunda B.nd West Central Galleries from May 20th through June 9,1942,
opening with exercises for the students and their friends on the afternoon
of May 20th at 4 ' ot c l oc l<: .
An Exhibition entitled "Soldiers of Production" procured throu gh the
Office of Emerg ency Management, Section of Fine Arts, Was hington, D. C.
was held in Gallery It from May 20th through June 21,1942. This Exhibi.tion
included the paintings and drawings by ei. ght American Artists appointed
by the O. E:.:M. to record acti vi ti es in specifi c defense areas; and the
artists repres ented were Howard Cook, David Fred enthal, George Har(Hng ,
Mitchell Jam.ieson, Richard Jansen, Carlos Lop ez, Reginald Marsh and
Ogden Pleissn er.
During the summer months a ll of the Gall eri es vvere hun g wi tb. selections
from the Permanent 'Collecti on and were dismantled on October 15,1942 to
prepare for the hanging of the L~O t h Annual Water Color and Print Exhi bi tion
and the 41st Annual Exhibition of Miniatures.
The 40th Annual Water Color and Print Exhibition, and the 41st Annual
Exhibition of Mi n iatures were hun g in all of the Galleries with the exCel)tion of Galleries G,H,I,K and the West Central Gall ery from October
25th through November 29th, 1942, opening with a Private View on Saturday
afternoon, October 24th, frOID. 3 to 5:30 P.M •
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Starting on Novemb er 30,1942, the Galleries have remained closed on
Mondays.
EXHIBITIONS HELD
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THE PRINT ROOM ON MAIN FL,20R
Exhibition of . Color etchings and wood engravings by George Roualt, loaned
by Wittenborn Company, of New York City from. January 18 - Februa ry 5,1942
Exhibition of Contemp orary
by Mr. Joshua Kligerman of
Ey.hi bi tion of et,cllings and
Arttsts from FebruEl.ry 28 -
Mexican Prints from Februa ry 6 - 27,--1942, lo aned
Atlantic City , N.J.
litho graphs lo aned by the As so ciated American
March 1 2 ,1942.
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Fellowship Exhibition of original: illustrations for maga zines and books
from March 16 - 28,1942.
Exhibition of photographs of work by James Chapin from Ap ril lLj'rMay 11,1942.
1.",,':"'·:·,';'11;;'; '
Exhi bj.t ton.. of sevent~en (17) etchings presented by Daniel Garb er, t~e artist,
to Acad.emy's Coll ection, and of five (5) drawings loaned by the a rti s t, from
Octo ber 2 ..:. November 18,1942.
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ANNUAL REPORrr -
F~BRUARY
1, 1943
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Exhi bi tion of chi a rascuro s from th e Permanent Coll e ction from l'J ovemb er
20-2 7, 1 9 4 2 .
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:B~xh i bi tion of the work of former Academy Students n ow in th e Armed
Forces, from November 20 - December 31,1 9 42. Students include d VlBr e :
Oliver Griml ey, Brockie Stevenson, Walton ba ttershall, Sidn ey Simon
and George Taylor.
]XHI BI'rIONS HELD I N LEC'l'URE: ROONI ON MAIN FLOOR
Exh i biti on of ma t erial to be found in Library and PrInt Coll e cti on,
openIng September 28 and on vi ew t hroughout School Year for t he benef It
of th e students.
Exh i bi tion of the worl\: of the recipi ents of Wi lliam l!"mlen Cr esson Memo ri a l 'l 'rav eling S chola.rships , who u s ed th e s e awa rds in the SUIllITl CT of 1 9 41
on view f or four we eks op enin g on Februa r y 2 ,1942.
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S C H 0 0 L S
Th e Wint er School se ssion not being rio-incident in dates with this
Annu a l Rep ort, a genera l s t a t ement is made r ep orting successfully
a ctive depa rtments wi th good physical condi tions.
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'rll e Chester Spring s Summer School wa s n ot open ed in th e season of 1 9 L~ 2 ,
due t o Wa r con diti on s, and wi ll proba bly ' r ema i n : cl o~e d ' i'O'r '.. t11e . dur a ti on.
B UILDI N G
Ma in Buildin &J Broad; and Ch erry St r eets
and A..'1nex.l 1.234 Arqh
St~
No ma jor ren ovat ions we r e necessary a t Broad and Ch erry Stre ets or at
1834 Ar ch Street, an d only g en eral maint enance an d nOlJllial rep a irs were
a ccomp lished.
Ch es t er Springs, Pennsylvan ia
Men from the ba sement crew a ccompli s h ed the pai nt ing of the outside
of th e t en ant hous e s and th e secon d f~oor int erior of the FaclJ.l ty
Buildin g in the spring of 1942 .
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GJ£NERAL
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5) Due to Vvar con d itions and the p ossi bili ty of enemy a ttack, a g roup
of 54 o b j ects, L1,6 JJa inting s a::''1d (3 p i e ces of sculpture, deemed a s the
most p r e cious of the Ac ademy's p ossessi ons vvere moved from th e p r emi se s
a t Broad and Ch erry Sts. to the vaults of the Fi d elity-Phil Gdel p hi a
Trust Compani at Bro a d and Walnut Sts.
As additiona l protection to its p ictur e s remainin g in the basement
vaults at Broad a nd Ch e rry Sts., ins o f a r as their size woul d a llow,
the b'e s t 'l>!e re rearran ge d so that they woul d h an g inche uPl) e r row of
two rows nOVi employed in our s to r age v a ults. .fl.t th e time of making
this r earran gement, the entir e Perman en t Collection of pain tin g s vvere
recl a ssified ac cording t o coUt'1 try and artist and all of the v a ults
re-or ganized on this p ro g ram. 'rhis a djustment invo lved the COIDJ)l ete
examin a tion of a ll of our c a rd filin g system and disclosed many incomplet e record s. Wo rk has been b egun to brin g al l of these records
to date with a s a ccura t e lmowl e d g e as c an be p rocured. '1'11 is work is
not compl et ely finished at the time of th e making of this Report.
A s p ecial not e is includ ed that from January 28,1942 t o date the publicity has , been in the hands of Campbell-Wirtz Associates of 329
Walnut St.,Philadelphia.
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October 19,1942 , to en ter Defense Work!
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Mr. George Harding and Mr. Walker Hancock
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summ.er of 1942
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The Curator of Schools, Mr. Henry Ho tz, Jr., entered the Navy in June,1942,
and Miss Dorottw A. Jones "Nas a pp oint e d Acting Cura tor.
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N"ovember 20, 19/+2. Mr. McCarter wa s an instructor for 40 years at the
Academy.
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LIBRARY
The Librarian reports the p urchase o f 14 volumes at a co s t of $ 39.65, a nd
the receipt of' 27 volume s through g ifts.
'T he clipp in g file on a rtists has been cont inu ed through the year,194,2,
as has also the r ef er ence file of :p ho to g r ap hs of an i mals a n d miscellaneous
sub j e cts, suppl emented by n ewspap er and maga zine cli pp ing s.
JUWUitL REPORT - F EBRUARY 1,1 9 43
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The Print Collection purcha s ed ..1h p rint s and 1. book, and was given
ILl orint s an d 2 books illustra t ed with woo dcuts.
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The t h ank s of t he lVian agement of th e Ac ad emy a r e exten d ed to t h e Pr '::; s ident
and memb ers of th e Boa r d of Educ a ti on f or sending p r omi sing s tud en t s
t o our Schools; and to th e n ewspape r s for t he i r in te l l i gent c r i t i sms and
genera l inclusi on of i terns of n evvs r el a tiv e t o the Ac ademy.
Acknowledg ement is a lso mad e t o a ll th e employee s of the Aca demy f or th e
f a ithful performance of th eir dutie s .
A'r 'I'EST :
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Acq,uIsrnONS
BY PURCHASE: by the Academy for the Temple Coll ection fr om the 137th
Annual :Exhibition, 19.42
nHarvestingtf by Joe Jones
"Schuylkill Valley 'llOWD If by Fran cis Speight
'tStreet Scene" by Robert Gwatbmey
"'Pekin Drake H by Charles Rudy
by the Acadevly for the Gilpin Coll ecti on from th e l37th
Annual Exhibition, 19.42:
"End of the l.4th St. Crosstown Line'n by Reginald Marsh
"Bather" by Henry Kreis .
"Harvest" by Marian Sanford
lJ7th
~1nual
by the Academy for the Lambert Coll e ction from the
Exhibitioll,19.42:
!1The Ri ver'T! by James Lechay
"The China Cupit by Cora Gibson Purviance
,"N ews Boy:ff by Josef Foshko
"Little Landscap e!! by Herrmann Dy er
by the Academy for Permanent Coll e ctio~ for $800., $ 200.
of which was lIl.ade available by a generous anonymous gift:
":Emily" by Joseph
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P ears on, J-r . , from Gilpin Fund
by the Academy for $ 200. f or the Permanent Collection
from the G ilpi ~ FunG:
"The Pooll! by Willirul1 L. Lathrop
BY GIFT:
one rug and four side-cnairs from Mrs . Alfred G. B•.8teel
for use in Academy
Book tfTalcott Williams, Gentleman of the Fourth
by donor, Elisabeth Dunbar for the Library
:r~~s tat e"J
Book entitled "Art of Painting" by Dr. Albert Barnes
presented by author for Li brary.
Bequ est of Fredericka Mary Kerr of the following
articles, appraised by Samuel T. Freemen & COe a t $1,022.50
Portra it of h er grandmoth er, Mary McKean Hoff man by
'fhomas Sully'
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February 1,1943
R~~ORT
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BY GIFT (continued)
from Fredericka Mary Kerr:
Thre e cameo portraits: portrait of her grandfathe r,
David Hoffman; Portrait of her grandmother, Mary
McKean Hoffman; and portrait of her mother, Anna
McKean Hoffman Kerr
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of Benevenuto Cellini from Mrs. John
-- Woodall, of 227 Washington Lane, Jenkin t own, Pa.
Bronze statuette of Mrs. rrhomas Eakins by Samuel
Murray from Mrs. Samuel Murray
Gift of Mi ss Joan Ludwi g of Wes t Hollywood,Calif.
of oyer three hundred photographs of do gs for the
Library's photo gr?phic files.
Gift of followin g prints from the donors listed
for inclusion in t .he. Print Coll ecti on:
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Benton Sprtl8nC e: "Pass to the Left!l; "The Lamentation U
IlGirl with Hands to Face n ; "Young Lincoln!!; "Brief
Balancef! and "A.11erican Pattern Barn".
Roswell Vleidner:
Doris Kunzie
oSS l..p Za dk_In
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Peter Finge s ten
tiThe L eghorn Hat t "
"The End of Day!!
flStill Life!!; and "The Studio"
51 etchings, dryp oints, litho graphs by
his f a th er.
Etcll.ing by Anders Zorn presented by Mrs. CharI es Frederick Brice, and large group of etchings by Daniel
Garber, pr e,s ented by the artist for Print Collection.
Nine publications from Mr. John F. Lewis, Jr.,:
!tCorso" by lVI. Dudovich
ItL9th Century Arttl by D.S.MacColl
.f 'Earth" by Austin Spar e
ItSturm Bilderbucherl!
IT'l'he Symbolic Drawings of Hubert Davis for an 'An American
Tragedy' by Theo d or ~ Dreiser
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Two volumes - Normandie - L'Illustration
IVlarchen-Bied er und Gedichte by Wilhel m Schulz
Cartoons by Max Bierbohm
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Two frames from Mrs. Rhoda Howe Low of Chestnut Hill.
Four oak chairs from NIiss Mary K. Gibson of Wynnewood,Pa.
Loan by Miss Helen Hend EJ rSOn of "A Studio Study" by
'l'homB.s J\,llshutz for an indefinite period.,
SUPPLEf'.ITENT TO ANNUAL REPORT February 1, - 19"~, 3:
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BY GIFT:
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Three drawings of shells by Cecilia Beaux from Mr.
Henry S. Drinker, Jre
Two original drawings by George Demetrios and a book
"The Artist in Ame rica~fT by Carl Zi g rosser fr om Mr. A. G. B.
Steel
(NOTE: GIFTS TO LIBRARY AND PRINT COLLECTION FOR 1942
listed separately under these h eading s.)
EXHIBITIONS
2) 1~7th ANNuAL Ja:HI BITION IN PAIl\fTING Al~D SCULPfJ:'URE
!FAIN'r:Effisr&j"URY~
Dahre:e ffarb'e'r ,
:Edmund Archer
Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Frank IvTechau
Eugene Speich:er
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Wa lker Ha ncock ,Chai'"rnian
Gaetano Cecere
Jame s Earle Fraser
PRIZES AND AWARDS: Painters' Jur' awarded the follmAJin z :
TEMPLE J!lIEDAL - Ivan LeLbrrain-e 1 brl ght or lS
.Lat Nl1lch I Should
Have Done , I Did Not Do '" as being the best painting r egardless of
subject.
J l i1:ilNIE S.ESNAl~ MEDAL - Joe Jones for his "Harvesting '! as being the
best landscape in the Exhibition.
- CAROL H. BECK MEDAL
No award this year.
THE J. HENRY SCHEID'r MEMORIAL PRIZE - Eugene 'rrentham for his '! :tAugust
Landscape lt as bein g of s pe ci a l i m:p ortance in the Exhi bi tion
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GEORGE D. VVIDENIGR wTh-:J.'VIORIAL II[iliDAL - Jan e t de Coux for heruD e borah ' s Song "
as b e in g the FloSt meritori ous wo rk in sculpture
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Committee on Exhi bi tion awarded the follo wing:
Wl1.LTF.R LIPPINCOfJ:'T PRI ZE - Douglas Gorsline - for his" pai n'ting UMy Better
Half',' as being th e best fi gure p iece i n oil .
MARY SflII'l'H PRIZE - Faye SVJ"en g el for h e r "Bucks County Fa rmer
th e b e st work by a Philadelphia woman •
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as being
speci a l Jury c ons isting of John F. Lewis, Jr., Harold _We s t , Libr.
of th e Mercanti le Li b rary and Mrs. Starr L. Cornelius, Mgr . of the
Centaur Book Shop awarded. th e followin g :
LAYIVITIN'S P HIZE FOR BEST COWJP OSITION ON THE EX:HIBrrION( $; 50. , giy~~ by
Mr. Levtii s) First Prize: Franc es Williams Browin f or h er cOmp OSlL,lOn
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SUPPL~IT
REPORT, 1943
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on fJThat Wh;ich I Should Have Done, I Did Not Dot! by I,,ran LeL.Albright.
Honorable Mentions to Mr. Bruno Palmer-Poroner and Mrs~ John R. Stewart
on thesame subj ect, and special commendations .to Mr. Walter ]~. Waring
on this subject and Miss Audrey Raymond on frGod's Manit by Pan Theodore;
I-larry T. Thurschwell ontlBlack Tower" by Maurice Kish and Morris Ostroff
on "Harvesting'" by Joe Jon es.
The Exhibition consisted of 26 6 paintings andlli exhibits of
sculpture and J.2..2 artists were represented.
The Academy purchased 8 oils ancl l. pieces of sculpture and 1z. pieces
of sculpture were sold to the public ancl 1 oil, maldng a total of 1£
items sold from the Exhibition.
PAID ATTENDANCE: 1694
TOTAL AT'rENDANCE: 9013
EXHIBITION OF THE WORK OF
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TOTAL ATTN\fD.Al'l'CE: 2796
FELLOWSHIP ANNUP:l.:L EXHIBITION OF WATER i COLORS
AND PRINTS
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HARRISON S. MORRIS PRIZE - Martha Walter for "'Concert"
Honorable :Mention to Eleanor Arnett for fJMarine Garden,#3"
CHARLES E. DANA PRIZE - Edith M. Bregy for "Now a Garrison Fort"
Honorable Mention to Elizabeth K. Coyn e for "Mountain Village"
TOTAL ATTEJ.\fDANCE:
1 810
FELLOWffiiliP Jll\INU]J,L EXHIBI'I'IOl\J OF ; OIL AND SCULP'r m1E
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TYIAYAUDUBON Posrr PRIZE - Faye Swengel for tlNew Hope, Pa. fI
Hon. Mentions: Cora Purviance r'! PicnicT! and Doris Kunzie for
l1The Porch!!
GOLD MEDAL AWARD - Harry Rosin for "Reclining Nude"
Hon. Mentions - Elizabeth Polloch for HGiraffes ,n and Bertha Kling
for "The Innocentll.
TOTAL ATTN'iJD.ANCE:2 011
An address was made in Gallery F by William George 'Con s table, Curator
of Paintings of th e Museum of Fin e Arts, Boston, Mass. before the
awarding of the Cresson Scholarships and other prizes:
PRIZES
Vv'I LLIAM EMLEl.'J CRESSON TRAVELING SCHOLP..RSHIPS
Geraldine Inez Funk,
Katherine Gallagher
Samuel C. Gholson
John Hanlen
J eanette Neuman Kohn
Niadeleine Robertson
No rman Bishusky
Richard Lesseraux
Phillip Stevens Merrill
Jan e Hayward
John Paul Hoppe
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lBORGER PRIZE IN DRAWING
Eleanor" 1J.r7 'l'ho rn
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':(lOBP Pl~ PRI ZE
CKa¥te3Flr;~ed fern
$ 300. 1st Prize
John ' Heri tage Wri ght ;~ 200. 2nd Prize
. Walter Dodd Condit cln OO.}lst Hon. Mention
Robert Morris Herveyt lOO.)2nd Hon. Mention
PACKARD PRIZE
J ame s J • . Pont er , 1st Prize
Peter .Colaprete Second Prize
John W. Si~ns Honora ble Mention
THOURON. PRIZE
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John Han~en (Fa~ulty $50.)
Mari an Freeman Holl and (Students Vote - $2 5.)
Hugh Wi ley (1st Instructor Award - $ 50.)
Wi.nifred Haggart (2nd I nstructor Award - ~p2 5.)
SPECIt..L PRI ZE IN P1!'.RSPECrrIVE CLASS awarded by instructor, Mr. John F.
Harbes on:
Louis D. Day, Jr.,
Honorable Ment ion: Peter Colaprete and Marie Egner
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John W. Sinmls
Ma joring in Painting: Agnes Allen
Estelle I. Chapman
Louis D. DaY,Jr.
Mary Katherine De Mass
Geraldin e I. Funk
Robert Morris He rvey
Phillis Resnick
~@1~R.. OF.:, FI.N]~ k,RTS ,DEGREE: .
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. Mar y Monaghan Sosna for a rrhesis ln Portra iture
John Heritage Wri ght for a Thesis in Mural Painting.
PRIZES
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HIGH SCHOOLS OF PHILADELPHIA
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Marie-Celest e Fa dden - Ridley Park High School - Free Tuition Schola rs hi l)
Dorothy Thompson - ~#e st Chest er H.i gh School - $15.00
40TH ANNUAL WJ·{rER COLOH AND PRINT E"J.RIBI'rION
JURY OF SELECTION
Mary Butler, Federico Castellon, J. Frank Cop el and, Adolf Dehn,
Robert Gwathmey, and Do r othy P • .La throp
SUPPLIMENT TO ANNUAL REPORT --6
40'J;'H Pl'lN]"AL .!\'FL~l1.P..2Lq,~
,"bEP...,r.~}1i!@~¥'3£g.B~T.~9,~
(continu ed)
PRIZES AND AWAHDS:
1:hi1a7" Wa ~eo.t'br Prize - Aaron Bohrod for his "Dark Sunday" as being
the strorigest'in-~EXnibition ex~cuted in water color.
Dana We- tel' Color Medal - Giovanni Martino for his "Shurs LaneTT for simpllci -cy-·ancf.···i' ranKn..e ss of work
:txre IVi.2da1 - Harry Gottlieb for his "Wint E:-} r on the Creek" as being the
- best print in black and white.
Joseph Peu..!.U:l~,,!~E.!jl~d~_l - Daniel Garber for his "Spring Valley Wi llows"
for achievement ln the Graphic Arts
Davvson Memorial Medal - Ben Solovvey for hts "Whi te Rose" for distinction
in painting or draviin g of flowers or of gardens.
The Exhibition consisted of 488
exhibits and 27.3. artists we re represented.
Lwatercolors and 10 prints were sold to the public
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts purchased
Collect i on
JURY OF SELECTION:
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Mary W. Bonsall
Violet Oakley
1 prints for its
( and Jury of Award for Society's Medal of Honor)
Sara Hazzard
Cornelia E. Hildebrandt
Edward War wick
JUHY
OF AWAHD FOR TH}:!} D.J • MCCi-illrrBY
PRIZE AND
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Violet Oakley
Edward War vdck
PRI Z:rr:S Ai':ifD AWAHDS
Society's Medal of Honor - Sara Eakin Cowan for her tlBeatrice" ·
D••T. McCarthy Prize - FrarlCes Campbell lLly for h e r "Mornings a t Seven!!
Ho"well Tracy Fi sher Priz e - Bet sy Flagg Melcher for "My Daught er Ursula It
Special Honorable Mention,1942 to Walter Emerson Baum for his miniature
landscape - ItRiver 'rown'!
Exhibition consisted of 25l exhibits and
miniatures were sold to the public
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artists were represented.
P.{iI,Q AT'I1}l1'JDANCE .- 40th Annual Water Color and Print Exhi bi tion ) 644
41st Annual Miniature Exhibition
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SCHOOLS
ya.:l~B. SCHOOL l i'l'JROLLlvfiT3\TT . - F e bruaJ7,1942 through May,1942 (second
term of season ,1911_1-42 V-iaS: 11.Q.
(Total enrollment Winter Season 1941-42; October to lViay:.l§1
October,1942 to Janua ry 1,1943 (first
term of seasion 19/,;-2-43) vms: 1.4-0
Cresson avvards a n d oth e rs as announced at the time of the Cresson Tf xhi bi tion have been mention ed a bove. Othe r School oAwards are listed below:
PRIZE - Amelie Maria Zell
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(Paul Greenwood
John Paul Hopp e;Honorable Mention (An g elo Frudalds
( J- ean Brehm
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Collabora tive Problem:
~)100. Second Prize; and Honora bl e Mention ancl Free Tu ition for the
Wint er Session,1942-43:
John Heritag e Wri ght
Rob e rt Spurg eon
Je an Craig
Step hania Bory s
Eibmore Ca ve - ~pl, 000. 1st p rize;
Ang elo Frudakis - $100. 2nd prize
Reginnili.1Prizes: Phi la.: Angelo Frudalds $ 25.; St. 1.ouis: El nJ.ore Cave $ 25.)
PRIZES I N PRIN':P
EY..l-IIBITION OF STUDEL\jT
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p rize: Josep h J. Stefanelli and Hoberolj Morris Hervey
prize: Paul Lore and Ray E. Burridge
FACULTY
F e brue. ry, 1 94 2 through May, 1 942:
Henry McCa rter
Daniel Garber
Georg e Harding
Roy C. Nuse
Rrancis Sp ei ght
Walke r Hancock
James Chap in
George E .C. Wi ggins
Rosv,rell Vveidner
Harry Ros i n
John F. Ha r beson
George Demetrios
William M. Campbell
Philip Aliano
Edmond J. Fa rris
,SUPPL EMENT' '1'0 Al\INOAL REPORT
F ebru ary 1, 19.43
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FACULrfY
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S,Qhqpl - October,1942 to Janua ry 1,194.3
Henry lVl.cCarter (deceased November 20,19/+2)
Dani el Garber
George Harding (entered U.S. lVIa riIle Corps sumr!H~ r,19.42 - advetised in
sch.ool circul a r as member of 19~.2-Lt-3 Faculty, but did
not reS"lLTne duti es at Ac a demy )
Roy C. Nuse
Francis Speight
Walker Hancock ( entered U. S. Arrny summer, 19/+2 - advertised in school
circula r as member of 19/+2-.43 Faculty, but did not
resume duties at. Academy)
James Chapin
l.i.arry Rosin
Edward :Shenton
Paul IVIan shin
Henry P i tz (Guest In structor for two weeks - Illustra tion)
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Paul Froelich It
John F. harbeson
jVilliam M. Campbell
-Philip Aliano Edmond J. Farris
As no ted in Annual Report , the Summe r S chool a t Cheste r Sprin g s, Pa.,
was authorized to be closed for th e duration of the present War .
BUILDI NG
No fI.dditional comment •
.iffi.n;u~.~
IViembershi2:
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n ew members ; 16 dec eased; 81 resigned; 11 delinquent
Life
Niembersh i p : 1 nf,;w member;
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1942 TOTALS:
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deceased
688 Annual iVlembers
205 Li f e Members
LI ST OF rr :EJvlS FROM .PEH1VIANENT COLLEC'I1ION SORED IN VAUL'I'S OF FIFlELI'l'YPHILJ.IJ).ELPHIA 11RDS'l' COiflPANY, PHILADEL1?RIA, FOH 'rilE DURATION OF 'l"BE PRESENT
WAR:
Placed in v a ults - 7/15/42
'l'I 'l'LE
New England Woman
·[ihe North £(i ver
The Wat erviorks; FairmouIl t Park
Ben j amin ]'ranklin
Anna Warner Baili e
Dance of the Fa iries
\ Land s cape
Gr eat vak of Ornans
The Cello Player
AHTI ST
Cecili a Beaux
George W. Bellows
Thomas Birch
Giuseppe Ceracchi
John Sing leton Copley
J'ean D.C.Corot
Jean B. C. Corot ·
Gust a v e Courbet
Thomas .-U'
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February 1, 1943
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List of items stored in v§::ults of Fidelity-Phila. rrrust Co. (can t. )
TI fl'LE
Wa l t W:tli tman
Fox Hunt
Jo el Barlow
Chief Justice John Ma rshal l
Col •. Cons ~ant Storrs
Mrs . Constant Storrs
Fourth of July in Centre Squ are
Ben j amin Fr anklin
Return of the Flo ck
Landscap e wi t h Figur es
Cl ayton Earl ·
Corn e lia Ea~l
Artist in His l'vluseum
Benjamin Frankl in
Georg e Wash ington
Self J?ortrait
Ma ry Claypoole Peale
J ames :t'eale and His Family
Apple andJ:i'ox Grc".L pes
Frox Grapes and P(:mch es
Self .~ortrait
Willi am ir il ghman
George Washington
Benj amin 'vVes t;
Mrs. :Ben jamin We s t
Marquis de Lafayette
Captain Samuel horris
Dr. Phil i p ~yn g Physi ck
Dr • . enj amin Hush
Dr. Casper Wi star
Joseph Wright ,
A l a Campagne \ In the CountFy)
Mrs . Sumu el blo dg ett
George Wa shington
George Wa shington (Lansdovme )
Rev. Wil l iam VYh i 'c e, D. D.
Ma jor Thcmas Biddl e
Mary IvlcKean Hoffman
Fanny Kemble ( . as Beatirce)
The Violinist
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Ariadne of ftaxos
Andrew Hamilton
Eliz ab eth J. Hamil ton
Self Portrait
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LIBR.ARY
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Toulouse-Lautr ec
The Unseen Rembrand-t,
Rembranti t: UXl"ora LJni v • .press
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AR'llI oT
'I1homas Ea k i ns
Winslow Homer
J eanne Anto i ne Ho ud en
Henry Inman
J. WIfJ. • .J ennys
J'. Wm. J ennys
J ehn Lewi s .K.ri rrllil.el
David Nia rt in
Jean Fran cois Millet
Will . Sidn ey Iv~o unt
J' ohn Neale
J'ohn Neagle
Chas. Willson Peal e
Chas . Willson Peale
Chas. Willson ~ e a l e
James Peale
J Elme s Peale
J ames P eale
Raphaell e Peale
Raphaell e Peale
Rembrandt l'eale
Rembrandt Peale
Rembrandt Peale
IVIa tth e1N Pratt
Iv'iatthew Fratt
Willi am Rush
Wi lli am Rush
'William Rush
'Nilli am Rush
Wil liam Rush
Wil liam Rush
Al fre d ~.L.V . Ste vens
Gi l bc-3 rt Stu art
Gilbert Stuart
Gilbert St uart
Gilbert Stuart
'rhomas Sul ly
Thomas Sully
Thomas Sully
BarLholomews Van del'
HeIst
John Van derlyn
Ado lph Ulric Wertmuller
Adolph Ulric vV ertmull er
Ado l ph Ulric Wertmuller
Ben j amin We s t
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Gauguin: flyperion Press
Dega s Dr awin gs : Braun Press
Nlatisse Drawings:"
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Grunewald by Burelchard
, NIinnesing er Mills.
Gi otto
Apples and Ma donnas
Great lV[asters in Colour: Vermeer
Botticelli
Fra Angelico
Directory of Libraries and Informa tional Sources,
1942
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From Mr . A. G. B .. Steel:
Arueri can llcrt is t
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George Bellows
Winslow Homer
'J.1h 01na s Eak ins
VVhistl er
The Artist in Ame ric a - by Carl Zigrosser
Mu seum of Nlodern Art: Joan lvIiro
'Ehe Art Di g est, bound, 191+0-41
North AtlEtiltic Patrol by Lieut . Comm . Griffi th Baily Coale
'T he Enjoyment of Art in America
"oS-erie s
FroTn, Mi ss Bertha ,:on ])4o,s ch~i,sl):er
Vani ty Fa ir: :t?ortf olio of Modern Freneh }.l.rt
NIein 'I'agebuch by Delacroix
Talcott ViJi11i ams, Gentleman of the 4th Es tate by Elisabeth Dunba r
g iven by -authress
Art of Painting by Dr. Albert Barnes pr e sented by author
EJ;arp,M;:he .Iglip E,.,,~;ii~'b;r:r.,e,
Corso by M. Dudovich
19th Century Art by D.S.MacColl
Earth by Austin Spare
Sturm Bilderbuch ~;; r
Symbolic Drawings of Hubert Davis for an 'An l'."r.Qerican 'rragedy' by DreisEI
2, volumes - Normandie - L' Illustration
Marchen-Bieder und Gedi'c hte by Wilhelm Schulz
Cartoons by Max Bierbohm
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Gift s to
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300 photographs of do gs from Miss Joan Ludwig of Wes t
Hollywood, California
Art .Journal,1 875,18 76 ,18 77,18 78,18 79 from IvLrs. Frank J'vliles Day of Phil a .
1)i_s ~q,~ ¥~ra \iH:.1£.dU ~2.li
.A cti ve Membership Dues - Sp e cial Libraries Assoc.
Annua l Dues, 1942-43 - Phila. Metropolitan
Li brar y Council
Contribution towa rd supp ort of Union Libra ry Cat,
19/1-3
$ 5.00
1 50
25 00
$ 31 50
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Note: Miss Dorothy A. Jones app ointed Secret a r y of the U~liversity
and Coll ege Dep a rtmental Librarians Group of the Special Libra ri e s Council of Philadelphia and Vicinity.
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Si qui @I'os
Mend es
Rouailti t (
Zadkin
Mu ell er
Nolde
kunyoshi
Castellon
Say er
Lynd Viard
Lynd Wa rd
Riva Helford
Carl Pichardt
Stow Wen genroth
)icasso
Rouault
No l d e
Kand insky
Kaeth e Kollv,ri tz
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Mt. Pleas ant , S .C.
La Scar e du .Print em;)s
Bird of Freedom
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"Lobsterman' Cove" by Kerr J:l.. by
Vaciation"by Alfred Bendin e r
"Sheep Yard If
nWj;nter Eveningll
"O]d Barn"
by Daniel Ga rb e r
One book entitled "Sing er - H_ W_ Hendlinch fur Kupfersticlip amml e r
GIF1'S
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Peter Fing esten, 51 prints by his father.
Roswbll Weidn e r, litho g raph
Doris Weidner, lithog raph
Benton Spruance, 6 lithographs
Qssip Zadkin, 2 dry-points
Daniel Garber, 17 etching s, a nd 11- ori g inal drawing s of a nti que casts.
ilJierri t ~.i.auzey, lithog raph
39 :prin ts by the followin g arti sts: John Taylor Arms, Frank Benson,
Besnard, Brocl>::hurst, CharI es W. Cain, Florence Cannon, Adolf Dehn,
Paul Froelich, :&i.artin Hardie, 'r roy Kinney, Laura Kni ght, D_ MacLeod,
Matisse, ivi:artin 1. ewis, Mielatz, ?ennell, Pietschamrfl , Pullin g er,
Renoir, Soper, Sweet, vVarlow, Wengenroth, Whistler, Zorn, Ernest
Roth and Gene Kloss.
Other.. ~;Lf.t.s ,
And e rs Zorn, etching" present ed by Ml~ _ Bri ce
Karl Hofer, litho g raph pr e sented by Miss Bertha von Moschzisker
Ivlendez, 3 lithographs presented by Miss Bertha von lvloschsisker
J. ' J. Lankes, book of woodcuts
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During the winter the cases containing French, .i.talian and Ge rman
prints were rearranged in alphabetical ord er according to country,
merging the Morris, L~~\Mis anyd .Phillips bequests.