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Circular
OF
Committee on Instruction
SCHOOLS
OF
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY
OF THE FINE ARTS
BROAD
STREET
ABOVE
ARCH
PHILADELPHIA
FOUNDED 1806
SEASON · OF
18 94- 18 95
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Circular
Committee on Instruction
SCHOOLS
OF
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY
OF THE FINE ARTS
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BROAD
STREET
ABOVE
PHILADELPHIA
FOUNDED 1806
SEASON OF
18 94- 18 95
ARCH
MANAGEMENT OF THE SCHOOLS.
SCHOOLS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA
FACULTY.
JOHN H. PACKARD, M.D. , Chairman.
ROBERT W. YONNOH.
ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS.
CARL NEWMAN.
THOMAS P. ANSHUTZ.
HENRY THOURON.
CHARLES GRAFL Y.
WILL S. ROBINSON.
GEORGE McCLEL LAN, M.D.
EDWARD H. COATES, President.
HARRISON S. MORRIS , Managing Director.
HUGH H. BRECKENRIDGE,
Secreta ry of the Faculty.
COMMI TTEE
ON
INSTRUCTION.
JOHN H. PACKARD, M.D., Chairman.
The eighty-ninth year of these schools will
begin on Monday, October I, 1894, and will
continue until Saturday, May 25, 1895. The
school year is divided into two terms of seventeen weeks each, the first term beginning Monday, October I, 1894, and closing Saturday,
January 26, 1895; the second term beginnin g
Monday, January 28, 1895, and closing Saturday, May 25, 1895.
The schools are closed on Sundays, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas, New Year's Day, and
\Vashington's Birthday.
THE
SCHOOL
YEAR.
HOLIDA YS.
CHARLES HENRY HART.
CHARLES HARE HUTCHINSON.
HENRY WHELEN, JR.
The schools are under the immediate direction of the Faculty, with the supervision of the
Committee on Instruction.
MANAGE-
The schools are open from 9 o'clock, A.M.,
until 5 o'clock, P.M., daily, except Sunday.
Evening classes are open from 4.30 o'clock,
P.M., until 10 o'clock, P.M.
CLASSES .
MENT.
FRANCIS W. LEWIS, M.D.
EDWARD H. COA TES, ex-officio.
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CLASSES.
The schools are composed of the Life and
Head Classes, the Antique Classes, and the
"Vater Color Class, each including instruction
in collateral branches, as shown in the following schedule:
SUBJECTS.
\
Drawing from Cast.
Carl Newman.
Modelling from Cast.
Charles Grally.
SUBJECTS.
SUBJECTS.
DAY
LIFE AND
HEAD
CLASS.
DAY
Robert \V. \'onnoh.
Composition.
Henry Thouron.
Carl Newman.
Modelling from Cast.
Practical Perspective.
Charles Graft y.
SUBJECTS.
Will S. Robinson.
George McClellan,
M.D.
INSTRUCTORS.
Robert "V. Vonnoh.
Thomas P. Anshutz.
Modelling from Figure. Charles Grafty.
Henry ThoUl·on.
Composition.
Drawing from Figure.
Painting in Water Color.
Will S. Robinson.
Composition, Anatomy, and Perspective may
be elected by any of the students of the
schools, but are required in those classes under
which they are mentioned above.
NIGHT
ANTIQUE
CLASS.
WATER
COLOR
CLASS.
ELECTIVE
CLASSES.
A detailecl scheclule of classes will be found
on page 10.
INSTRUCTORS.
Pai nting and Color
(Still-life).
Lectures in Anatomy.
CLASS.
Charles Graft\'.
,
Drawing from Cast.
CLASS.
NIGHT LIFE
Carl Newman.
Robert "V. Vonnoh.
Thomas P. Anshutz.
Hugh H. Breckenridge.
ANTIQUE
INSTRUCTORS.
INSTRUCTORS.
Drawing and Painting
from Head.
Dra,,·ing and Painting
from Figure.
Modelling from Figure
and Head.
SUBJECTS.
INSTRUCTORS.
Applications for admission will be acted upon
by the Faculty, with the concurrence of the
Committee on Instruction, at the re"ular meetings held on the Tuesday before the" last \-Vednesday of each month, excepting the months
of June, July, and August.
All applications must be on file on the day
before the meeting of the Faculty.
Those desiring to enter the Antique Classes
must present signed specimens of their work
drawn from the solid object and executed ex·
pressly for the purpose by the applicant.
Students will be transferred from the Antique
Classes to the Life and Head Classes only by
the action of the Faculty after an examination
ADMISSIONS.
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AOMIS~IONS.
PARTIAL
COUR SE S.
CONCOUR S .
of their work in Drawing, Painting, Modelling,
Perspective, and Anatomy.
All others desiri ng to enter the Life and
Head Classes must pass examinations in Dra\\,ing from Antique Cast; in Color from Still-life;
in Modelling from Cast; in Perspective; and
in Anatomy.
Students desiring partial courses including
one or more of the above subjects, will be required to make a special application to the
Faculty, but in such cases they will not be entitled to the privileges accorded to those taking
the full curriculum.
Three COl1COltJ'S are held during the year.
\Vithout taking part in these, no student can
compete for Honors, Class Prizes, or Scholarshi ps.
These COJlCOlirs will occur at the end of each
eleven weeks,-namely, the weeks ending December IS, 1894, March 2, 1895, and May 18,
I895,-and are as follows:
Day Life and Head Class: Drawing from
Figure, Painting from Head, Modelling, and
Composi tion.
Day Antique Class: Painting from Still-life,
Perspective, Anatomy, Drawing and Modelling
from Cast.
Night Life Class: Drawing and Modelling
from Figure, and Composition.
Night Antique Class: Drawing and ModelIi ng from Cast.
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Traveling Scholarship:
branches.
all of the above
Through the liberality of a member of the
Board of Directors, a Traveling Scholarship
of $800.00, providing' one year's study abroad,
has for the last four years been offered to
students of the Academy.
The Committee on Instruction announ ces
that a similar scholarship for the year 1895-96
has been extended to the schools by the same
member of the Board .
In order to compete for this scholar,hip, students of the Academy mu st enter the th ree
annual cO" ('O l/rs of both the Antique and the
Life and Head Classes.
The Charles Toppan pri zes of $200.00 a nd
~ I 00.00 respecti veIl', were established in 188 1
by the gift of Mrs. Charles Toppan, i\liss lJ arrielte R. Toppan, and Mr. Robert N. Toppan.
According to the positively expressed term "
of the gift, the drawing of the pictures will
receive the first attention of the judges.
The prizes will be awarded only to student"
\\'ho have worked regularly in the Academy
Schools for at least t\\'o years, one of which
must be the year of the competition.
The works submitted must be original pai ntings deali ng with subjects named by the Committee on Instruction, and all works in compe-
CONCOURS.
T RAVELING
SCHOLARSH IP.
CHARLES
TOPI'AN
PRIZES.
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C HARLES
T OrPAN
PRIZES.
AC ADE MY
SC HOLARSHIPS ETC .
titian must be presen ted on or before vVednesday of the week preceding the Students' Annual
Exh ibiti on, which occu rs at the close of the
fi nal school term.
For these prizes participation in the COll COltrS
is not required.
The awa rds \I-ill be a nnoun ced on Thursday
in the week of the exhi bition.
Ko work will be accepted without the approval of the Faculty a nd of the Committee on
Instruction, and there is no obligation to award
a prize to any work wh ic h is not, in their opinion, of sufficient merit.
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Payments mu st be made strictly in advance,
to John D. Pierce, Curator.
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A payment of one dollar is required for the
li se of lockers. Modelli ng stands , clay, and
other material will be furnished at the charge
of the students.
A student's ticket entitles the holder to the
use of the Galleries, the Library, and the Print
Collection.
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. B1ankforms of application, and any further
Information, may be obtained by addressing
HUGH H. BRECKENRIDGE,
Secretary of th e Faculty .
Class Pri zes and Academy Scholarships are
awarded to the successful competitors in the
cOllcours of the various cl~sses .
BROAD STREET, ABOVE AR C H ,
PHILA DELPJlIA.
FEES.
REGU LAR
COURSES.
NIGHT
CL ASS ES .
SP"CIAL
COUR SE S .
Life a nd Head Classes
Antique Classes
$24.00
Life Classes .
Antique Classes
$ 12.00
Head Class
\Vater-color
Life Class .
Drawing from Antique
Painting and Color
Perspecti ve
Anatomy.
~30.00
12.00
12.00
per term.
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per tel m.
per tenn.
24. 00
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20.00
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12.00
8.00
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SCHEDULE OF CLASSES.
TUESDAY.
MONDAY.
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Men' s Li fe
Class.
\Vomen' s :M odelling Class.
Antique Class.
Water Color
Class.
Women's Life
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Men's Modelling
Class.
Perspective,
3.15-5.15 P.M.
t l\len's
Life
Class.
* Head Class.
Antique Class.
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Women's Life
Class.
Men's Modelling
Class.
Persp ective,
:2-4 P.M.
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ll, \Vomen's Model·
ling Class .
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\Vornen's Life
Class.
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l\Ten's Life
Class.
\Vamen's :Mode1lin~ Class.
Antique Class.
\Vat er Color
Class.
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Men's Life
Class.
Antique Class.
Men's Ivl odelling
Cbss.
Antique Class.
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Men's Life
Class.
* Head Class.
Antique Class.
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W o men' s Modelling Class .
Anatomy Lecture,
4-5 P.M.
\Vomen's Life
Cl;-ass.
Men's Life
Class.
Antique Class.
Men's Modelling
Class .
Preparatory
Model. Class.
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* Held in alternate weeks from I
FRIDAY .
.i\l en's Life
Class.
\Vomen 's 1\IodeIling Class.
Antique Class.
\Vater Color
SATUHDAY.
t Men's Life
Class.
* Heau Class.
Antique Class.
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Class.
Women's Life
t Wom en's Life
Class.
Class.
Men' s Modelling M en's Modelling
Class.
Class.
Painting & Color
Preparatory
(still.life ).
Modelling.
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THUI~SDAY.
WED NESDAY.
t'Vomen's Life
\Vf1men's Life
Class.
Class.
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Men' s Modelling Men's Modelling , ,;
Cla~s.
Class.
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Preparatory
Painting &. Color
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(still-life),
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\Vomen's Model.
ling Class.
eComposition,
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'Vomen's Life
Class.
to 4 P.M.
t Not held on the day assigned to the Head Class.
? Held only on the last Friday of each month during the term.
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8-10 P . M.
Men's Life
Class.
Antique Class.
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Men's l\Iodelling
Class.
Prepara tory
Model. Class.
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