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1891-1892 School Circular
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1891
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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PENNSYLVANlA ACADEMY OF THE F INE ARTS
PHILADELPHIA.
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Committee on Instruction,
IN CHARGE OF THE SCHOOLS OF THE ACADEMY.
JOHN H. PACKARD, M.D., Chairman,
CHARLES HENRY HART,
CHARLES HARE HUTCHINSON,
HENRY WHELEN, JR.,
FRANCIS W, LEWIS, M.D.
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The hours being arranged so as not to interfere with each.
other, ev~ry s~udent in the Life Classes h as an opportun ity
of modelmg m clay, as well as of painting from the nude.
This combination is an essential feature of the course.
CIRCULAR
Admission of Students.
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON INSTRUCTION.
THE special and primary object of the Schools of the Academy is to afford facilities and instruction of the highest order
to persons-men or women-who intend to make painting
or sculpture their profession.
Secondarily: To extend, as far as possible, the same
benefits, as a foundation, to engravers, die-sinkers, illustrators, decorators, wood-carvers, stone-cutters, lithographers,
photographers, etc., who have always been largely represented in the schools. No advantages but those of pure art
education are offered to them, they learning outside, with
masters, in the workshop or in technical schools, the mechanical parts of their art or trade.
Lastly: To let amateurs profit by the same facilities.
When the classes are crowded, preference in admission will
be given to applicants in the order above indicated.
A course of anatomical lectures is given, and also a series
of lessons in Perspective and Composition. Lectures by wellknown artists and others on general subjects will be arranged
by the Committee during the year.
The Committee will act upon applications for admission on
the last Wednesday in every month, excepting May, June,
July and August. All applications should be on file the day
before the meeting.
Each applicant for admission to the Antique Classes must
submit a specimen of his or her work, sig ned with full name
and address. Drawings must repres~nt the whole or part of
the human figure, and must be made from t he solid object.
They must be executed expressly for the purpose.
Students may be transferred from the Antique to the Life
Classes upon recommendation of the I nstructors, and upon
the approval by the Committee of a drawing or drawings
executed by them in the Academy , and representing the
entire human figure. Such drawi ngs must be upon paper
measuring at least IS x 24 inches, and sig-ned with full name.
The Life Classes cannot be entered in any other way, except
i?{Jhe case of those who have previously belonged to them; or
bY",t hose who can give satisfactory proof that t hey have been
members of Life Classes in other recognized Art Schools, and
who at the same time submit a specimen of previous work.
Life Class students only will be admitted to the dissectingroom; and the same restriction applies to the modeling room
at the hours assigned for modeling from the living fig ure.
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Calendar.
Tile Sellool Year will begin on Monday, September 28, I89I,
and end on Saturday, May 29, r892.
The lectures on Art Anatomy will begin on the 9th of
.November, and continue about four months.
The lessons on Perspective will begin on February r3, I89r.
The Composition Class will meet on Friday, the 27th of
November, and on the last Friday of each succeeding month.
Holida)ls.-The schools will be closed on Sundays, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas and New Year's Days, and Washington's Birthday.
ible for money, watches, jewelry or 01her valuables which may
be lost from the closets or boxes.
At the expiration of the time for which his ticket was
issued, the student must, unless it be renewed, remove all his
personal property from the Academy, and give up the keys
which he has received from the Academy .
A student's ticket entitles the holder to visit the galleries.
Sketching, drawing or painting in the galleries is allowed
only when special permission has first been obtained.
Any student well advanced in painting who desires to make
a study copy of a picture or piece of statuary belonging to
the Academy, may receive from the .President permission to
do so, on presenting a written application approved by the
Committee on Instruction, and specifying the work to be
·copied.
Charges.
For the season of eight months, including all privi.
leges, except Portrait Class .. . . . . . .
For one month, same privileges . . . . . . .
For one month, Antique Class, day and night . .
For one month, Night Life Class . . . . . . . .
For the season of eight months in the Antique Class,
day or night, or in the Night Life Class. . . . .
Eor the Portrait Class, each month:
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To students in the Academy . . . .
To former students of the Academy
All payments to be made in advance.
$48.00
8.00
:Students are provided with closets or boxes, drawing-boards
and modeling stands.
Each student, on taking out his ticket, will be required to
deposit one dollar, which will be paid back to him when he
gives up his keys and returns the property of the Academy
which he has been using. The Academy will not be res pons-
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Lectures.
The Composition Class will meet on the last Friday of each
month, when drawings illustrative of the subject previously
announced will be submitted, and a lecture or informal criticism will be given.
A course of eight or more lessons in Perspective will be
commenced in February.
Dr. George McClellan will begin his course of lectures on
Art Anatomy on Monday, November 9th, at 4lf o'clock.
These lectures will be given regularly every Mondayafternoon at 4lf o'clock throughout the winter. They will
be illustrated by diagrams, preparations, models, photographs and extempore drawings on the blackboard. Dissections of the mu·s cles will be shown to the class, and
such demonstrations on the cadaver will be made as are
valuable and important to art students. Special attention
will be given to the mechanism of the joints, to their
action, and to the natural postures of the body in repose;
also to the prominences of the skeleton as affecting the outline, to the inter-action of the muscles, on which in life depends the contour of the body, and the fine surface-marking
due to the disposition of fatty tissue and the relative elasticity of the skin, a study so essential to the artist in order to
faithfully represent the human form in drawing, painting or
sculpture.
The anatomy of expression will receive careful consideration, and the actions of the muscles will be frequently illustrated upon the living model.
Reference will also be made to the suggestions of comparative anatomy from this point of view.
The above subjects will be treated regionally, as far as such
treatment may be practicable, the system of teaching em-
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braced by Regional Anatomy being believed by the lecturer
to be the best for conveying practical information and awakening the interest of the student in the relation of facts to
theories.
In addition to the lectures, demonstrations to advanced
students will be given on the living model in the Life Classes
by Dr. McClellan.
For students and others, not members of the classes of the
Academy, the fee will be Ten Dollars.
Other lectures will be given by well-known artists and
competent teachers, as may be arranged by the Committee
during the year.
The lectures on Art Anatomy, Perspective, and Composition, and such others as may be arranged by the Committee,
are open to all students in the several classes, and a general
attendance is expected.
The Charles Toppan Prizes.
These prizes, established in 1881, by the gift of Mrs. Charles
Toppan, Miss Harriette R. Toppan and Mr. Robert N .. ~o?pan ,
were awarded, for the first time, at the autumn exhibition of
the Academy, in October, 1882. The conditions are as follows:
At each Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts, two prizes, one of Two Hundred Dollars
and one of One Hundred Dollars, shall be awarded by the
Committee on Instruction, for the best two pictures or drawings by students of the Academy who have worked re~ularly
in its schools for at least two years, one of them be111?" t~e
school year preceding the exhibition at which the pnz.e is
awarded; provided, however, that there shall .be no o~h?a
tion to award a prize to any work which is not, 111 the op1111On
of the Committee, of sufficient merit.
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The works submitted shall deal with a subject or subjects
previously designated by the Committee. No work will be
received nnless approved by one or more of the instructors.
According to the positively expressed terms of the gift, the
drawing of the pictures will receive the first attention of the
examiners; the work showing the most accurate drawing
receiving the preference.
Instructions for students intending to exhibit will be furnished in a circular to be hereafter issued.
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Traveling Scholarship for 1892-93.
By the liberality of a member of the Board of Directors
a Scholarship of $800 for a year's study abroad was offered
to be competed for by the pupils of the male classes of the
season of 1890-91. It has been awarded to Mr. J. B. Connor.
The Committee are much gratified to be able to announce
that the same gentleman makes a like offer for 1892-93, open
to all the students of the Academy. The award ~f the
Scholarship will be made in the same manner as before. On
the last Wednesday in March, 1892, the instructors will send
in to the Committee the names of such pupils as they may
consider eligible, judged by their whole work for the term,
specimens of which shall be also submitted. From among
those so nominated, one will be chosen by the Committee.
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SCHOLARSHIP FOR 1891-92.
Notice is hereby given to the students of the
Academy that by the liberality of a member of the
Board of Directors, provision has been made for a
travelling scholarship for 1891-2.
thus enabled to ' offer the sum of
The Academy is
$800.00,
in quar,
terly instalments, to defray the expenses of a year's
study in Paris for a student chosen from one of the
Inenjs ciasses of this school.
It is proposed that the scholarship be awarded
as follows: That on the last Wednesday in February, 1891, the instructors shall send in to the Committee on Instruction the names of such eligible
persons as may seem-judged by their whole work
for the term-deserving of the privilege offered, and
that from among those so nominated one shall be
chosen by the Committee.
For further particulars, application may be
made to
JOHN H. PACKARD, M.D.,
Chairman of tIle C011lmittee on I nstruction.
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