141st Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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141st Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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ANNUAL, REPORT }I'O . THE STOCKHOLDERS
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADE1>i!Y OF THE. FIN,E ARTS
FEBRUARY
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THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADE'.v1Y OF 'llHE FINE ARTS - ANNUAL REPORT TO STDCKHOLDERS
February 4. 1946 .
The President and Directors of The Pennsy~vania Academy of the Fine
hav'e the honor to present their l39th Annual Report. This,
Report is accompanied' by an addenda , containing specific stat,i stics,
lists of Jury men, Prize Awards ,. ACQuisitions and Purchases as
supplementary data .
~rts
THE
TREASURE~:§
REPORT in detail is respectfully submitted herewith.
1)
CON T' R I BUT ION S
Alfred G.B. Steel '
Mrs. ' George S~ Koyl
William Clarke Mason
C. Alison Scully
Anna R. Gates
F~llowship P.A.F.A.
Phila. Water Color Club
Penna. Society of Minia ture ~ Painters
$1 600 00 ./
10 00
360 00 /
50 00 v
10 00
350 00 ,'
200 00
20 00
$2 6JO 00
E X H I BIT I -0 N S
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The l40th Annual Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture wa$ held in the
Galleries from January 20th ,through February 25th, 1945, with a ,
Private View on Friday afternoon, January 19th from 3:30 to 6:30 P.M.
The Fellowship Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture, Water
Colors, Pastels and Prints was held in Galleries A, B, C, ' L and N from
March 10th . to March 25th, 1945, opening with a tea on March 9th from
3 to 5:30 P.M.
'
A juried show of student 'work , sponsored by the Fellowship, was also
held ' from March 10th to March 25th.
A Retrospective Exhibition of the Paintings, Drawings and Etchings by
Daniel Garber was held in Galleries C, D, E and Ffrom April 3rd to
April 29th with a private View -on April 2nd from 4 to 6 P.M.
During these Exhibitions the Permanent Collection was on view in the
remaining Galleries.
The Student Exhibition held in conjunction with the Competition for
the William Emlen Cresson Traveling Scholarships was on view in Gallery
F from May ' 24th through Jun e 3rd , 1945, openin g with excercises for the
students and their friends on the afternoon of May 23rd at 4· P.M.
During the summer months all of the ' galleries were hung ' with selections
from the Permanent Collection and were desmantled on October 9th to
prepare for the hanging of the 43rd Annual Water Color and Print
Exhibition , and the 44th Annual Exhibition of Miniatures.
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.ANNUAL REPORT ...L._1946
The 43rdAnnual Water Color and Print Exhibition and the 44th Annual
~xhibltion of Miniatures were hung in all of the Galleries with the
exception of Gall ,e rie's G, H, I, and K, end a group of cartoons was
inc-luded in the exhi bi tion in Gallery D from Oc_tober 20th through
November 25th, 1945, opening with a Private View on Friday afte'rnoon,
October 9th, from 4 to 6: 30 P.Me '
1m Exhi bi ti on 'o f Portraits of Children and other Recent Sculpture by
Harry. Rosin was held ~n the '!Rotunda from December 8th through January
7th, 1946, opening /w~th a Private View on December 7th from 4 to 6 P.M"
EXHIBITIONS HELD IN THE PRINT ROOM ON I\tiAIN FLOOR
Exhibition or- sketches by John Hanlen, Septembe;r 27th tl;t.rough October
19th, 1945.
Exhibition of Caricatures by Diana Denny, October 20th to November
26th, 1945.
Exhibition of sketches by Michael Fioriglio, November 27th
3)
S C H 0 0 L S
' The Winter School session not being co-incident in dates with this
Annual Report, a general statement is made relJOrting successfully
active departments with good physical conditions.
The Chester Springs Summer School was not opened in the season of
1945, due to war conditions, but a 6.- week Summer School was held at
Broad and Cherry Streets from June 1.8th to July 2,8th, 1945.
BUILDING
!Lain _Building. Broad and Cherry Streets
and
Annex. 1834 Arch S. .:treet
No 'major renovations were necessary at Broad and Cherry Streets and .
only general maintenance and normal repairs were accomplished', However,
the studios of the school were painted by Henry S. Rau Company in the
winter of 1945.
No major renovations were necessary at 1834 Arch Street and only general
maintenance and normal repairs were accomplishede
Chester Springs. PennsylvaniQ
No major renovations were necessary' at Chester Springs and only general
maintenan'c e and normal repairs were accomplished.
5)
GENERAL
A special note is in'cluded that the publicity has been retained in the
hands of the Canipbell-Wirtz Associates of 329 Walnut Street, Philadelphia,
which firm has been handling it since January 28, 1942.
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LIBRARY
The work of the Library is ' handicap,e d without a librarian. . There has
been no one in this position throughout this current yeare Miss
Martha Schick has her desk in the library and has endeavored, in conjunction with her work for membership, to record lending and a general
check on' all books.
'
The clipping file on artists has been continued in a small way through
the year, 1945, as has also the reference file of photographs of animals
and miscellaneous su1D)j ects ,supplemented by newspaper and magazine
clippings.
P R I N T
COL L E C T ION
There has been no Curator of Prints throughout this current year and
" thi,s department has been almost inactive. HO\~ever, excellent groups
jave been on view in the galleries at times through the year when out
Permanent Collection was shown.
The thanks of the Management of the Academy are extended to the
President and members of the Board of Education for sending promising
students to our Schools, and. to. the newspapBrs for their intelligent
criticisms and general inclusion of items of news relative to the
Academy.
Acknowledgement is also made to all the, employees of the Academy _for
the faithful performance of their duties.
SUPPLNVl:E1\j'I' TO THE ANNUAL
REPORT fro THE S'l'OCKHOLDERS
FEBRUARY 4. 1946
.1L , No additional comment.
, ACQUISITION§.
PAINTINGS AND
SCU~ETURE
By Purchas.§,: ,1;ly . the Academy for the Temple Collection from the l4·0th
Annual Exhibition, 1945:
,
"Clown with Folded Arms" by Walt Kuhn
"Western Mountain, Mt. Desert" by Carroll S. Tyson (On
exchange for "French Island, Old Town")
by the Academy f6r the Gilpin Collection from the l40th
Annu'al Exhi bi tion, 1945:
"Upper House" by William Gropper
"Silvery Lights, Monhegan" by Andrew Wint er
by the ~Academy for the Lambert Collection from the l4,Oth
Annual Exhibition, 1945:
"Invasion Day" by Janet Sobol
"Spring in the Coal Regions" by Hubert Davis
"Landscape" by Edward Loper
"A Perry County Landscape" by Edna ~istline
"From the Wheatfield" by Raphael Gleitsmann
"Slaughter House" by Marion Greenwood
"Fourth of July" by Constance Ce Richardson
"Man in Blue" by Paul Froelich (exchanged for "Composition
Fi gure" with payment of ' $lOO.)
J?y Gift:
.
Painting enti.t led "Fruit Piece" by Rev. Mr. Barnetts from
Mrs . Martha Orlady Wood.
Oil Painting entitled "Sun in Summer" by Daniel Garber from
Daniel Garber.
Four Portraits, three by and one attributed to John Neagle
from Miss A. Adele Leach: Captain Wilmon Whilldin, Sr.,
Mary Galloway Whilld'in, John Galloway Whilldin (two
portraits)
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Two paintings entitled "John Swaine" by Charles R. Leslie,
R. A. and "Ilh.rs. John Sa'rtain" by Thomas Sully, beQueathed '
to the Academy under th e' will of the late Dr. Pau~ Sartain.
Painting entitled "The Aged Sycamore" by Daniel Garber from
Mr. Arthur Bloch.
PRINTS.! ETC.
By Gift: Sketch of· Edward H. May by Armund Dumaresq fr~m Mr.
Milliken for the drawing file~
H. D.
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PRINTS, . ETC. BY GIFT (co~tinuedl
, TwoJetter$, one from Charles VVillson Peale, dated July 8,
1805, to Nicholas Biddle in Paris and the reply from
Nicholas Biddle concerning the purchase of the original casts
from the antiQue which YTere to _gecome almost the /irst posseSsions of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts .from Mr~.
Albert M. Greenfield.
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An American Flag from Mr. Joseph Schindler as a · grateful act
of appreeiation upon the receipt of his citizenship papers.
Three original drawings from 1v(r. Daniel Garber:
"En Voyage"
(charcoal drawing), "Three Students (charcoal drawing) and
"The Quarry" (charcoal drawing).
John Lambert's easel and paint table from Mrs. Adolph Borie.
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Six prints from Mr. A. G. B. Steel: "Old Boulatour Mansion 1' ,
"Up the Valley" , _ "Home FroJ;l,t" , "General, Store" and "D?-lliel
Webster College" by Alice Standish Buell, "The Bust" by Anders
Zorn, and "Between Rounds" by George Bellows.
Collection of w,a ter colors and drawings by
Daniel Smith" froYll Mr. Wells M. Sawyer.
W~
fl.. Crane .and
O~e print entitled "Hamilton Street~1 Philadelphia" by John
Hanlen and one water color 'Emtl tled "Street Scene" by -Janet
Benton from Mrs. A. G~ ' B. Steel.
'fwo ' Woodcuts by E. H. Snydam, "Coal Break~r" and "CoJ,.umbus
Circle", and seven etchings Oy Blanche Dillaye - "An Upland '
Way", "Sunrise", "Narrow Way", ."Houses -Hoiland", "Mist on
a Cornish Coast", "The Winding Stream" and "The Last Cargo",
from Miss Mary Butler.
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Portfolio of engravings from Mr. Henry S. Drinker-: "Paysag e ",
"LV Arri vee on Champ", "Peche au Vif", "'Le Matin", "Le J{epas",
"Vache,s Hollandiases ", "Premiere Leqon d' ,EQuitation", L~
Petites Vacheres", ,Un Coin de Cour", "Coq et Poules", ~LtHiver",
"Ter a las ~ecasse", Le Chemin de Halage", "L'Abreuvoir", "Le
Petit Procher" by Charles Jacque; "The Sea Serpent " Oy El ihu
Vedder; one wi.th no title by'S. Parrish; and six unidentified"
Prints from Mr. A., G. B. Steel purchased from the 43rd Annual
Water Co10r Exhi bi tion: "Shadows in M,exico" - John Taylor
Arms, "Mirrored Music" - Jack Boo~binder, "Country Bath" Stephen Cs:oka, "The Siding" - Armin Landeck, "N ew York Nocturne" :'Stow Wengenroth, "Penn"s Valley From Mt. Nittany" - Warren
Mack, "£read Woman" - Leon Karp, ",Entang}ed Tractor" - Grac e A.
Albee, "After the Storm" - Henry C. Pitz, "Robert Eo Lee and
the Natchez" - John McCrady, "Lanes Fami'" :.. Al~m Crane, "S. S., S.
Columbia" - John Taylor Arms • .
Engravings from M,r.
&,
Mrs.
Wallace~
E. Belcher.
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P~NUP~
REPORT FEBRUARY 4. 1946
. BOOKS FOR LIBRARY
By Gift
Book entitled "New England Artists" '.. from Mr.
Wallace E. Be'lcher • .
&,
Mrs.
17 numbers of the G~zette Beaux-Arts from Mrs. J.
Howard ' Pew.
Six books from Mr. and Mrs. A. G. B. Steel: "Americans
1942" by Dorothy C. Miller, "New Frontiers in American
Painting" by Samuel M. Kootz, "The Art Digest - 194243", "The Art Digest - ' 1943-44, "20th century Portraits"
by Monroe Wheeler, and "Art in Progress".
Three books from Miss Elsie Whitaker: ~' "Florence" by
Charles Yriarte, "The Art of the Vatican" by Mary Knight
Potter, and "The Art of the Pi ti Palace" by Julia deWolf
Addison.
Encyclopedia Brittanica from Mr. Addison Freeman.
Book entitled fTContemporary American Painting" by Grace
p'agno frpm Mr. John F • . Lewis, Jr.
Three books from Mr. A. G. B. Steel: "Let There Be
Sculpture" by Jacob Epstein, "The Life gf a Painter" by
Sir John Lavery, R. A., and "Adolph Borie" by George
Biddle.
Book entitled "Drawings of Fragonard for Ariosto with
Essays" by llJiongan, Hoffer, and Segnec and a portfolio "Femmes Parisiennes" - Guys from Mr. A. G. B. Steel.
EXHIBITIONS
l40th ANNUAL EXH~BITION IN PAINTING
PAINTERS' JURY OF AWARD:
Franklin .' Q. Wl;it~i:rfS. , Chairman
Russell Cowles .
Morris Kantor
Hermon More
Charles Sheeler '
' SCULPTORS' JURY OF AWARD
Charles Rudy, Ch~irman
Henry Krei s ,
Adolphe Weinman
h~ D
SCULPTURE
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SUPPLEMN~TTO ill~NUAL
PRIZES AND AWARDS;
REPORT FEBRUARY 41 1946
Painters' Jury awarded the foJ-lowing:
TElVlPEL MEDAL - Abraham Rattner for his
painting regardless of subject.
"~Josk"-
as being the best
SESNAN MEDAL - Henry M?-ttson for his "1942" as being the
best landsca15e in the exhi b1 tion,.
JE.~NIE
CiI..ROL H. BECK MEDAL - Sigmund Menkes for his "Tola" as being the
best ~ortrait in oil.
'l'HE J. HENRY SCHEID'l' MEM.ORIAL PRIZE - Stuart Davis for his "Ul traMarine" as being of special importance in the-Exhibition.
Sculptors' J-urv awarded the following:
GEORGE D. lNIDBNER ;MEMORIAL MEDAL - JOSE De Creeft for his "Rachmaninoff" as being the most meritorious'work in sculpture&
Committee on Exhibition awarded the following:
WALTER LIPPINCOTT ~RIZE -Eugene Speicher , for his "Refl Moore', Hunter"
as being the best figure piece in oil.
NlARY SMITH PRIZE - Catharine Grant for her "Captain Charlie and the
Hawk's Nest" as being the best work by a Philadelphia woman.
The Exhibition consisted ' of 246 paintings and 59 exhibits of sculpture
and 304 artists were represented.
The Academy purchased 12 oils and 1 .oils and 1 sculpture was sold
to the public, making a-total of lb items sold from the Exhibition.
PAID AT'rEL'JDANCE: '.- 1513
TOTAL ATTENDANCE: , 7366
FELLOWSHIP ANNUAL EXHIBI'rION- OF OIL PAINTINGS Al'JD SCULPTURE, WATER
COLORS, PASTELS Al~D PRINTS
Gold Medal Award - Posthumously, to Private Flc Harrison Gibbs for:
"Riveters"
"Bow Bender"
"Aspiration"
"Victory"
"St. Martin and the Beggar"
HONORABLE MENTION - Ethel Ashton for "Mummers"
NiAY AUDUBON POST PRIZ:E; - Ramon Bermudez for "Meditation U
HONORABLE MElVITION - Paul Wescott for "Old Proprietor Reef"
THE HARRISON S. MORRIS PRIZE - ( divided into 4 eClual Awards of $;25 each)
,
Eli~abeth Coyne for "Nightfall"
June Groff -f ·or "In the Country"
Dorothy Van Loan for "The Last Chukker"
,Ada Williamson for "Chopin Prelude"
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FELLOWSHIB EXHIBITION (continued)
TOTAL
ATTEND.Ai.~CE:
2326,
STUDENT EXHLBITION IN 'COlV1PETI'rION FOE,
.QRESSON~CHOLARSHIJ?S:
'.An address, was made, i:q. GallE;lry F by, M.r s • Juliana Force before the
awaJ;'ding , 9f ,the Cresson Scholars.hip and other prizes:
WILLIAM
PRIZES
EMtN~
CRESSON TRAVELING SCHOLARSHIPS
Steph?TIiz Borys, Filomena Dellaripa, Diana DennY, Marie7Ce:ieste
Fadden, Richard Frazier, Ellen Gold.in, Marsha Picker, Field Wehle$
RAlIJIBORGER PRIZE IN DRAWING
Do:rothy Imhoff :~ 25. 00
TOPP.Ai.~
PRIZE
No award given
YACKARD PRIZE
Mildred' Schuster .- 1st prize $30.00
M~ry Hanson - 2nd Prize $20.00
THOURON PRIZE
Ellen A. King (Faculty;- $ 50.00)
Patricia Burkin (Student - $ 25.00)
Edna Bistline (Mr. Chapin's Award $50.00)
Filomena Dellaripa (Mr. Chapin's Award $ 25.00)
SPECIAL PRIZE IN
Harbeson:
AWARDED BY INSTRUCTOR, Mr. J9hn F.
PF~SPECTIVE CLAS~
Naomi Nissley
.
Mary Hanson
)Ilary Wittman
Hon. Mention:
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS DEGREE FROM UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA:
in ~ain~~ng: Field Wehle
~ajoring
I\Il.ASTER
Thesis
Thesis
Thesis
43rd
OF FINE ARTS DEGREE FROM IJNIVERSI 'rY OF PENN SYLVANIA:
in Illu~tration - Diana Denny
,
in Lapdscape Painting
Jeanne H. McLavy
in Figure Oomposition - Elizabeth McNett
M~NUAL
EXPJBITION OF WATER COLORS AND PRINTS
JURY ) OF KWARD
Charles Burchfield
Asa ' Cheffetz
J. Frank Copeland
~
Wi l me r S. Richter
Saul Schary
Edward Warwick
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SUPPLEMENT TO AJ.'JNUAL REPORT FEBRUARY
rd ANNUAL EXHIBITION continued
PRIZES AJ.\JD AWARDS:
PHILA~
WATER COLOR PRIZE ,-: .£?enry Gasser for his "Gloucester Street"
as being the st,ron.gest in the Exhibition executed in water color.
DANA WA'rER COLOR MEDAL - Peter Hurd for his "Evening Star" for
!3implicity and f~ankness of work.
EYRlLMEDAL, - Stephen Csoka for his "Country Bath" as being the best
print in black and "vhi tee
JOSEPH PENNELL M.El.VlORIAL MEDAL - Andree Ruellan for his "Figure Study"
for achievement in the ,G raphic Arts.
DAWSONMEiVIORIAL MEDAL - Robert Rushton for his "Sunflowers" for
distinction . in painting or drawing of flowers or of gardens.
WHEELWRIGHT PRIZE - Dan Lutz for his "Bridle Path" as being the best
work in tempera or gouache. '
The Exhibition consisted of 4.07 .exhibits and 194. artists were represented.
11 water ~olors and 20 prints were sold to the public.
4.4.th
M~NUAL
EXHIBITION OF MINIATURES
JURY OF SELECTION:
.(and ;Jury Of Award for Society's Meda,l of Honor)
Elizabeth Stone Barrett
Elizabeth White McCarthy
JURY OF AWARD FOR ThE
D~
Harry Leith-Ross
Betsy Flagg Melcher
J. -McCARTHY PRIZE
Elizabeth Stone Barrett
Harry Lei t 'l l-Ross
'
Elizabeth White McCarthy
PRIZES
AJ.~D
AWARDS:
Society's Medal of Honor - Jessie Burns Parke for ~'Enid"
.
D. J'. McCarthy Prize - Betsy Flagg Melcher for "Mrs. Carroll R. Wetzel"
Exhibition consisted of 107 Exhibits and 57 artists were represented.
10 miniatures were sold tothe pUbl.ic.
PAID
ATTEJ.\ID.Al~ CE
- 4.3rd ANNUAL WATER COLOR .AND PRINT EXHIBITION)
4.4.th .Al\INUAL EXH.IBITION OF IvIINIA'I1URES
) 1,010
TOTAL ATTENDANCE
6,100
TOTAL ATTENDANCE IN THE GALLERIES FOR THE
YEAR , 19~
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. SUPPLEMEN'1' TO ANNUJAL REPORT . FEBRUARY 4 t- 1946
SCHOOLS
- 1st term Winter School Enrollment
~
October 1944 through February 1945
/-
.2nd term Winter School En,rollmen·t - February 1945 through May 1945
1st term Winter School En rollment
~
October 1945 to January 1, 1946
SUMMER SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
June 18th to July 28th, 1945 - 81
PRI ZES
.Cresson awards and others as ·announced at the time of the Cresson
Exhibition have been men tioned above. Other School Awards are listed
below:
STIMSON PRIZE- Helen
Am~nda
Hawkins
s'rEWARDSON PRIZE" ~ Stephania Borys
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ACADEMY IN ROME .- , Co.;Llaborative Pro bl em - P.A.F.A. and Univ. of Pa.
The following teams received the three prizes gr anted:
Fi.rst Prize:
Mary T. Wilcox - Architect
Helen Omansky Gross - Painter
Richard Frazier - Sculptor
Second Prize:
John Pile - Architect
Marie-Celeste Fadden - Painter
~da Kassel - ' Sculptor
.
,
Third Prize:
Ednardo Nejia - Architect
Francis Bolton Morris - Painter
Helen Amanda Hawkins - Sculptor
J:'ACULTY
'hINTER SCHOOL, :, "... "F~bruary 1945 through May 1945, and October ]:-945 to
January 1, 1946&
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REPORT FEBRUARY
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1946
-FACULTY
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. .
,...
Franklin C. Watkins
John F. Harbeson
William M. CfullP bell
Pbilip Aliano Edmond J. Farris
Roswell Weidner
Dani eL'Garber
Roy C. Nuse
Francis Sp~-i,ght
Harry 'Rosin
Edward Shenton
Paul M.anship
SUWWER SCHOOL / FACULTY (6-week session at Broad & Cherry Streets
June 18th to July 28th, 1945)
Roy C. Nuse
Francis Speight
Harry Rosin
Charles West
Edward Shenton
GENERAL
Annual Membership 115 new members;
Life Membership
19k5 TOTALS:
15 New Members;
Z2
2
deceased 20 resigned 8 delinquent
deceased
613 Annual Members (as of December 31, 1945)
222 Life Members
Contributions made, 1945 '
Contribution for 1946 toward support of Union
Library catalogue.
$25.00
School District of West Pikeland Township
450.00
ANNUAL, REPORT }I'O . THE STOCKHOLDERS
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADE1>i!Y OF THE. FIN,E ARTS
FEBRUARY
I
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&•
.1 "jJ~ 4
6.
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADE'.v1Y OF 'llHE FINE ARTS - ANNUAL REPORT TO STDCKHOLDERS
February 4. 1946 .
The President and Directors of The Pennsy~vania Academy of the Fine
hav'e the honor to present their l39th Annual Report. This,
Report is accompanied' by an addenda , containing specific stat,i stics,
lists of Jury men, Prize Awards ,. ACQuisitions and Purchases as
supplementary data .
~rts
THE
TREASURE~:§
REPORT in detail is respectfully submitted herewith.
1)
CON T' R I BUT ION S
Alfred G.B. Steel '
Mrs. ' George S~ Koyl
William Clarke Mason
C. Alison Scully
Anna R. Gates
F~llowship P.A.F.A.
Phila. Water Color Club
Penna. Society of Minia ture ~ Painters
$1 600 00 ./
10 00
360 00 /
50 00 v
10 00
350 00 ,'
200 00
20 00
$2 6JO 00
E X H I BIT I -0 N S
2)
,
"
The l40th Annual Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture wa$ held in the
Galleries from January 20th ,through February 25th, 1945, with a ,
Private View on Friday afternoon, January 19th from 3:30 to 6:30 P.M.
The Fellowship Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture, Water
Colors, Pastels and Prints was held in Galleries A, B, C, ' L and N from
March 10th . to March 25th, 1945, opening with a tea on March 9th from
3 to 5:30 P.M.
'
A juried show of student 'work , sponsored by the Fellowship, was also
held ' from March 10th to March 25th.
A Retrospective Exhibition of the Paintings, Drawings and Etchings by
Daniel Garber was held in Galleries C, D, E and Ffrom April 3rd to
April 29th with a private View -on April 2nd from 4 to 6 P.M.
During these Exhibitions the Permanent Collection was on view in the
remaining Galleries.
The Student Exhibition held in conjunction with the Competition for
the William Emlen Cresson Traveling Scholarships was on view in Gallery
F from May ' 24th through Jun e 3rd , 1945, openin g with excercises for the
students and their friends on the afternoon of May 23rd at 4· P.M.
During the summer months all of the ' galleries were hung ' with selections
from the Permanent Collection and were desmantled on October 9th to
prepare for the hanging of the 43rd Annual Water Color and Print
Exhibition , and the 44th Annual Exhibition of Miniatures.
'
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.ANNUAL REPORT ...L._1946
The 43rdAnnual Water Color and Print Exhibition and the 44th Annual
~xhibltion of Miniatures were hung in all of the Galleries with the
exception of Gall ,e rie's G, H, I, and K, end a group of cartoons was
inc-luded in the exhi bi tion in Gallery D from Oc_tober 20th through
November 25th, 1945, opening with a Private View on Friday afte'rnoon,
October 9th, from 4 to 6: 30 P.Me '
1m Exhi bi ti on 'o f Portraits of Children and other Recent Sculpture by
Harry. Rosin was held ~n the '!Rotunda from December 8th through January
7th, 1946, opening /w~th a Private View on December 7th from 4 to 6 P.M"
EXHIBITIONS HELD IN THE PRINT ROOM ON I\tiAIN FLOOR
Exhibition or- sketches by John Hanlen, Septembe;r 27th tl;t.rough October
19th, 1945.
Exhibition of Caricatures by Diana Denny, October 20th to November
26th, 1945.
Exhibition of sketches by Michael Fioriglio, November 27th
3)
S C H 0 0 L S
' The Winter School session not being co-incident in dates with this
Annual Report, a general statement is made relJOrting successfully
active departments with good physical conditions.
The Chester Springs Summer School was not opened in the season of
1945, due to war conditions, but a 6.- week Summer School was held at
Broad and Cherry Streets from June 1.8th to July 2,8th, 1945.
BUILDING
!Lain _Building. Broad and Cherry Streets
and
Annex. 1834 Arch S. .:treet
No 'major renovations were necessary at Broad and Cherry Streets and .
only general maintenance and normal repairs were accomplished', However,
the studios of the school were painted by Henry S. Rau Company in the
winter of 1945.
No major renovations were necessary at 1834 Arch Street and only general
maintenance and normal repairs were accomplishede
Chester Springs. PennsylvaniQ
No major renovations were necessary' at Chester Springs and only general
maintenan'c e and normal repairs were accomplished.
5)
GENERAL
A special note is in'cluded that the publicity has been retained in the
hands of the Canipbell-Wirtz Associates of 329 Walnut Street, Philadelphia,
which firm has been handling it since January 28, 1942.
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LIBRARY
The work of the Library is ' handicap,e d without a librarian. . There has
been no one in this position throughout this current yeare Miss
Martha Schick has her desk in the library and has endeavored, in conjunction with her work for membership, to record lending and a general
check on' all books.
'
The clipping file on artists has been continued in a small way through
the year, 1945, as has also the reference file of photographs of animals
and miscellaneous su1D)j ects ,supplemented by newspaper and magazine
clippings.
P R I N T
COL L E C T ION
There has been no Curator of Prints throughout this current year and
" thi,s department has been almost inactive. HO\~ever, excellent groups
jave been on view in the galleries at times through the year when out
Permanent Collection was shown.
The thanks of the Management of the Academy are extended to the
President and members of the Board of Education for sending promising
students to our Schools, and. to. the newspapBrs for their intelligent
criticisms and general inclusion of items of news relative to the
Academy.
Acknowledgement is also made to all the, employees of the Academy _for
the faithful performance of their duties.
SUPPLNVl:E1\j'I' TO THE ANNUAL
REPORT fro THE S'l'OCKHOLDERS
FEBRUARY 4. 1946
.1L , No additional comment.
, ACQUISITION§.
PAINTINGS AND
SCU~ETURE
By Purchas.§,: ,1;ly . the Academy for the Temple Collection from the l4·0th
Annual Exhibition, 1945:
,
"Clown with Folded Arms" by Walt Kuhn
"Western Mountain, Mt. Desert" by Carroll S. Tyson (On
exchange for "French Island, Old Town")
by the Academy f6r the Gilpin Collection from the l40th
Annu'al Exhi bi tion, 1945:
"Upper House" by William Gropper
"Silvery Lights, Monhegan" by Andrew Wint er
by the ~Academy for the Lambert Collection from the l4,Oth
Annual Exhibition, 1945:
"Invasion Day" by Janet Sobol
"Spring in the Coal Regions" by Hubert Davis
"Landscape" by Edward Loper
"A Perry County Landscape" by Edna ~istline
"From the Wheatfield" by Raphael Gleitsmann
"Slaughter House" by Marion Greenwood
"Fourth of July" by Constance Ce Richardson
"Man in Blue" by Paul Froelich (exchanged for "Composition
Fi gure" with payment of ' $lOO.)
J?y Gift:
.
Painting enti.t led "Fruit Piece" by Rev. Mr. Barnetts from
Mrs . Martha Orlady Wood.
Oil Painting entitled "Sun in Summer" by Daniel Garber from
Daniel Garber.
Four Portraits, three by and one attributed to John Neagle
from Miss A. Adele Leach: Captain Wilmon Whilldin, Sr.,
Mary Galloway Whilld'in, John Galloway Whilldin (two
portraits)
0
Two paintings entitled "John Swaine" by Charles R. Leslie,
R. A. and "Ilh.rs. John Sa'rtain" by Thomas Sully, beQueathed '
to the Academy under th e' will of the late Dr. Pau~ Sartain.
Painting entitled "The Aged Sycamore" by Daniel Garber from
Mr. Arthur Bloch.
PRINTS.! ETC.
By Gift: Sketch of· Edward H. May by Armund Dumaresq fr~m Mr.
Milliken for the drawing file~
H. D.
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PRINTS, . ETC. BY GIFT (co~tinuedl
, TwoJetter$, one from Charles VVillson Peale, dated July 8,
1805, to Nicholas Biddle in Paris and the reply from
Nicholas Biddle concerning the purchase of the original casts
from the antiQue which YTere to _gecome almost the /irst posseSsions of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts .from Mr~.
Albert M. Greenfield.
<
An American Flag from Mr. Joseph Schindler as a · grateful act
of appreeiation upon the receipt of his citizenship papers.
Three original drawings from 1v(r. Daniel Garber:
"En Voyage"
(charcoal drawing), "Three Students (charcoal drawing) and
"The Quarry" (charcoal drawing).
John Lambert's easel and paint table from Mrs. Adolph Borie.
\
Six prints from Mr. A. G. B. Steel: "Old Boulatour Mansion 1' ,
"Up the Valley" , _ "Home FroJ;l,t" , "General, Store" and "D?-lliel
Webster College" by Alice Standish Buell, "The Bust" by Anders
Zorn, and "Between Rounds" by George Bellows.
Collection of w,a ter colors and drawings by
Daniel Smith" froYll Mr. Wells M. Sawyer.
W~
fl.. Crane .and
O~e print entitled "Hamilton Street~1 Philadelphia" by John
Hanlen and one water color 'Emtl tled "Street Scene" by -Janet
Benton from Mrs. A. G~ ' B. Steel.
'fwo ' Woodcuts by E. H. Snydam, "Coal Break~r" and "CoJ,.umbus
Circle", and seven etchings Oy Blanche Dillaye - "An Upland '
Way", "Sunrise", "Narrow Way", ."Houses -Hoiland", "Mist on
a Cornish Coast", "The Winding Stream" and "The Last Cargo",
from Miss Mary Butler.
.
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Portfolio of engravings from Mr. Henry S. Drinker-: "Paysag e ",
"LV Arri vee on Champ", "Peche au Vif", "'Le Matin", "Le J{epas",
"Vache,s Hollandiases ", "Premiere Leqon d' ,EQuitation", L~
Petites Vacheres", ,Un Coin de Cour", "Coq et Poules", ~LtHiver",
"Ter a las ~ecasse", Le Chemin de Halage", "L'Abreuvoir", "Le
Petit Procher" by Charles Jacque; "The Sea Serpent " Oy El ihu
Vedder; one wi.th no title by'S. Parrish; and six unidentified"
Prints from Mr. A., G. B. Steel purchased from the 43rd Annual
Water Co10r Exhi bi tion: "Shadows in M,exico" - John Taylor
Arms, "Mirrored Music" - Jack Boo~binder, "Country Bath" Stephen Cs:oka, "The Siding" - Armin Landeck, "N ew York Nocturne" :'Stow Wengenroth, "Penn"s Valley From Mt. Nittany" - Warren
Mack, "£read Woman" - Leon Karp, ",Entang}ed Tractor" - Grac e A.
Albee, "After the Storm" - Henry C. Pitz, "Robert Eo Lee and
the Natchez" - John McCrady, "Lanes Fami'" :.. Al~m Crane, "S. S., S.
Columbia" - John Taylor Arms • .
Engravings from M,r.
&,
Mrs.
Wallace~
E. Belcher.
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. BOOKS FOR LIBRARY
By Gift
Book entitled "New England Artists" '.. from Mr.
Wallace E. Be'lcher • .
&,
Mrs.
17 numbers of the G~zette Beaux-Arts from Mrs. J.
Howard ' Pew.
Six books from Mr. and Mrs. A. G. B. Steel: "Americans
1942" by Dorothy C. Miller, "New Frontiers in American
Painting" by Samuel M. Kootz, "The Art Digest - 194243", "The Art Digest - ' 1943-44, "20th century Portraits"
by Monroe Wheeler, and "Art in Progress".
Three books from Miss Elsie Whitaker: ~' "Florence" by
Charles Yriarte, "The Art of the Vatican" by Mary Knight
Potter, and "The Art of the Pi ti Palace" by Julia deWolf
Addison.
Encyclopedia Brittanica from Mr. Addison Freeman.
Book entitled fTContemporary American Painting" by Grace
p'agno frpm Mr. John F • . Lewis, Jr.
Three books from Mr. A. G. B. Steel: "Let There Be
Sculpture" by Jacob Epstein, "The Life gf a Painter" by
Sir John Lavery, R. A., and "Adolph Borie" by George
Biddle.
Book entitled "Drawings of Fragonard for Ariosto with
Essays" by llJiongan, Hoffer, and Segnec and a portfolio "Femmes Parisiennes" - Guys from Mr. A. G. B. Steel.
EXHIBITIONS
l40th ANNUAL EXH~BITION IN PAINTING
PAINTERS' JURY OF AWARD:
Franklin .' Q. Wl;it~i:rfS. , Chairman
Russell Cowles .
Morris Kantor
Hermon More
Charles Sheeler '
' SCULPTORS' JURY OF AWARD
Charles Rudy, Ch~irman
Henry Krei s ,
Adolphe Weinman
h~ D
SCULPTURE
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PRIZES AND AWARDS;
REPORT FEBRUARY 41 1946
Painters' Jury awarded the foJ-lowing:
TElVlPEL MEDAL - Abraham Rattner for his
painting regardless of subject.
"~Josk"-
as being the best
SESNAN MEDAL - Henry M?-ttson for his "1942" as being the
best landsca15e in the exhi b1 tion,.
JE.~NIE
CiI..ROL H. BECK MEDAL - Sigmund Menkes for his "Tola" as being the
best ~ortrait in oil.
'l'HE J. HENRY SCHEID'l' MEM.ORIAL PRIZE - Stuart Davis for his "Ul traMarine" as being of special importance in the-Exhibition.
Sculptors' J-urv awarded the following:
GEORGE D. lNIDBNER ;MEMORIAL MEDAL - JOSE De Creeft for his "Rachmaninoff" as being the most meritorious'work in sculpture&
Committee on Exhibition awarded the following:
WALTER LIPPINCOTT ~RIZE -Eugene Speicher , for his "Refl Moore', Hunter"
as being the best figure piece in oil.
NlARY SMITH PRIZE - Catharine Grant for her "Captain Charlie and the
Hawk's Nest" as being the best work by a Philadelphia woman.
The Exhibition consisted ' of 246 paintings and 59 exhibits of sculpture
and 304 artists were represented.
The Academy purchased 12 oils and 1 .oils and 1 sculpture was sold
to the public, making a-total of lb items sold from the Exhibition.
PAID AT'rEL'JDANCE: '.- 1513
TOTAL ATTENDANCE: , 7366
FELLOWSHIP ANNUAL EXHIBI'rION- OF OIL PAINTINGS Al'JD SCULPTURE, WATER
COLORS, PASTELS Al~D PRINTS
Gold Medal Award - Posthumously, to Private Flc Harrison Gibbs for:
"Riveters"
"Bow Bender"
"Aspiration"
"Victory"
"St. Martin and the Beggar"
HONORABLE MENTION - Ethel Ashton for "Mummers"
NiAY AUDUBON POST PRIZ:E; - Ramon Bermudez for "Meditation U
HONORABLE MElVITION - Paul Wescott for "Old Proprietor Reef"
THE HARRISON S. MORRIS PRIZE - ( divided into 4 eClual Awards of $;25 each)
,
Eli~abeth Coyne for "Nightfall"
June Groff -f ·or "In the Country"
Dorothy Van Loan for "The Last Chukker"
,Ada Williamson for "Chopin Prelude"
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FELLOWSHIB EXHIBITION (continued)
TOTAL
ATTEND.Ai.~CE:
2326,
STUDENT EXHLBITION IN 'COlV1PETI'rION FOE,
.QRESSON~CHOLARSHIJ?S:
'.An address, was made, i:q. GallE;lry F by, M.r s • Juliana Force before the
awaJ;'ding , 9f ,the Cresson Scholars.hip and other prizes:
WILLIAM
PRIZES
EMtN~
CRESSON TRAVELING SCHOLARSHIPS
Steph?TIiz Borys, Filomena Dellaripa, Diana DennY, Marie7Ce:ieste
Fadden, Richard Frazier, Ellen Gold.in, Marsha Picker, Field Wehle$
RAlIJIBORGER PRIZE IN DRAWING
Do:rothy Imhoff :~ 25. 00
TOPP.Ai.~
PRIZE
No award given
YACKARD PRIZE
Mildred' Schuster .- 1st prize $30.00
M~ry Hanson - 2nd Prize $20.00
THOURON PRIZE
Ellen A. King (Faculty;- $ 50.00)
Patricia Burkin (Student - $ 25.00)
Edna Bistline (Mr. Chapin's Award $50.00)
Filomena Dellaripa (Mr. Chapin's Award $ 25.00)
SPECIAL PRIZE IN
Harbeson:
AWARDED BY INSTRUCTOR, Mr. J9hn F.
PF~SPECTIVE CLAS~
Naomi Nissley
.
Mary Hanson
)Ilary Wittman
Hon. Mention:
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS DEGREE FROM UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA:
in ~ain~~ng: Field Wehle
~ajoring
I\Il.ASTER
Thesis
Thesis
Thesis
43rd
OF FINE ARTS DEGREE FROM IJNIVERSI 'rY OF PENN SYLVANIA:
in Illu~tration - Diana Denny
,
in Lapdscape Painting
Jeanne H. McLavy
in Figure Oomposition - Elizabeth McNett
M~NUAL
EXPJBITION OF WATER COLORS AND PRINTS
JURY ) OF KWARD
Charles Burchfield
Asa ' Cheffetz
J. Frank Copeland
~
Wi l me r S. Richter
Saul Schary
Edward Warwick
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rd ANNUAL EXHIBITION continued
PRIZES AJ.\JD AWARDS:
PHILA~
WATER COLOR PRIZE ,-: .£?enry Gasser for his "Gloucester Street"
as being the st,ron.gest in the Exhibition executed in water color.
DANA WA'rER COLOR MEDAL - Peter Hurd for his "Evening Star" for
!3implicity and f~ankness of work.
EYRlLMEDAL, - Stephen Csoka for his "Country Bath" as being the best
print in black and "vhi tee
JOSEPH PENNELL M.El.VlORIAL MEDAL - Andree Ruellan for his "Figure Study"
for achievement in the ,G raphic Arts.
DAWSONMEiVIORIAL MEDAL - Robert Rushton for his "Sunflowers" for
distinction . in painting or drawing of flowers or of gardens.
WHEELWRIGHT PRIZE - Dan Lutz for his "Bridle Path" as being the best
work in tempera or gouache. '
The Exhibition consisted of 4.07 .exhibits and 194. artists were represented.
11 water ~olors and 20 prints were sold to the public.
4.4.th
M~NUAL
EXHIBITION OF MINIATURES
JURY OF SELECTION:
.(and ;Jury Of Award for Society's Meda,l of Honor)
Elizabeth Stone Barrett
Elizabeth White McCarthy
JURY OF AWARD FOR ThE
D~
Harry Leith-Ross
Betsy Flagg Melcher
J. -McCARTHY PRIZE
Elizabeth Stone Barrett
Harry Lei t 'l l-Ross
'
Elizabeth White McCarthy
PRIZES
AJ.~D
AWARDS:
Society's Medal of Honor - Jessie Burns Parke for ~'Enid"
.
D. J'. McCarthy Prize - Betsy Flagg Melcher for "Mrs. Carroll R. Wetzel"
Exhibition consisted of 107 Exhibits and 57 artists were represented.
10 miniatures were sold tothe pUbl.ic.
PAID
ATTEJ.\ID.Al~ CE
- 4.3rd ANNUAL WATER COLOR .AND PRINT EXHIBITION)
4.4.th .Al\INUAL EXH.IBITION OF IvIINIA'I1URES
) 1,010
TOTAL ATTENDANCE
6,100
TOTAL ATTENDANCE IN THE GALLERIES FOR THE
YEAR , 19~
I
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SCHOOLS
- 1st term Winter School Enrollment
~
October 1944 through February 1945
/-
.2nd term Winter School En,rollmen·t - February 1945 through May 1945
1st term Winter School En rollment
~
October 1945 to January 1, 1946
SUMMER SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
June 18th to July 28th, 1945 - 81
PRI ZES
.Cresson awards and others as ·announced at the time of the Cresson
Exhibition have been men tioned above. Other School Awards are listed
below:
STIMSON PRIZE- Helen
Am~nda
Hawkins
s'rEWARDSON PRIZE" ~ Stephania Borys
",
ACADEMY IN ROME .- , Co.;Llaborative Pro bl em - P.A.F.A. and Univ. of Pa.
The following teams received the three prizes gr anted:
Fi.rst Prize:
Mary T. Wilcox - Architect
Helen Omansky Gross - Painter
Richard Frazier - Sculptor
Second Prize:
John Pile - Architect
Marie-Celeste Fadden - Painter
~da Kassel - ' Sculptor
.
,
Third Prize:
Ednardo Nejia - Architect
Francis Bolton Morris - Painter
Helen Amanda Hawkins - Sculptor
J:'ACULTY
'hINTER SCHOOL, :, "... "F~bruary 1945 through May 1945, and October ]:-945 to
January 1, 1946&
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-FACULTY
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. .
,...
Franklin C. Watkins
John F. Harbeson
William M. CfullP bell
Pbilip Aliano Edmond J. Farris
Roswell Weidner
Dani eL'Garber
Roy C. Nuse
Francis Sp~-i,ght
Harry 'Rosin
Edward Shenton
Paul M.anship
SUWWER SCHOOL / FACULTY (6-week session at Broad & Cherry Streets
June 18th to July 28th, 1945)
Roy C. Nuse
Francis Speight
Harry Rosin
Charles West
Edward Shenton
GENERAL
Annual Membership 115 new members;
Life Membership
19k5 TOTALS:
15 New Members;
Z2
2
deceased 20 resigned 8 delinquent
deceased
613 Annual Members (as of December 31, 1945)
222 Life Members
Contributions made, 1945 '
Contribution for 1946 toward support of Union
Library catalogue.
$25.00
School District of West Pikeland Township
450.00