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Circular
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Committee on Instruction
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SCHOOLS
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THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY
OF THE FINE ARTS
BROAD
STREET
ABOVE
PHILADELPHIA
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FOUNDED 1806
SEASON OF
1895-1896
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Circular
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Committee on Instruction
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SCHOOLS
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THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY
OF THE FINE ARTS
BROAD
STREET
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PHILADELPHIA
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FOUNDED 1806
SEASON OF
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1895-1896
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MANAGEMENT OF THE SCHOOLS.
FA CULTY.
SCHOOLS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA
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IOHN H. PACKARD, M.D., Chairman .
ACADEMY OF THE FIN E ARTS.
THOMAS P. ANSHUTZ .
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JOSEPH DE CAMP.
CECI LIA BEAUX.
HENRY THOURON.
The ninetieth year of these schools will begi n
on Monday, October 7, 1895, and will continue
until Saturday, May 30, 1896. The school year
is divided into two terms of seventeen weeks
each, the first term beginning Monday, October
7,1895, and closing Saturday, February I, 1896;
the second term beginning Monday, February
3, 1896, and closing Saturday, May 30, 1896.
WILL S. ROBINSON.
JOHN
J.
BOYLE .
GEORGE McC LELLAN, M.D.
EDWARD H. COATES, President.
HARRISON S. MORRIS, Managing Director.
HUGH H. BRECKENRIDGE,
Secretary of the F~culty.
COMMITTEE
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The schools are closed on Sundays, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas, New Year's Day, and
Washington's Birthday.
JOHN H. PA CKARD , M.D., Chairman.
CHARLES HENRY HART.
INSTRUC-
TI ON.
CHARLES HARE HUTCHINSON.
HENRY WHELEN, JR.
FRANCIS W. LEWIS, M.D.
EDWARD H. COATES, ex-officio.
JOHN D. PIERCE,
Secretary of the Committee.
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THE
SCHOOL
YEAR.
HOLIDAYS.
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.
HOURS.
The courses of the schools are as follows :
COURSES .
MENT.
4
5
CLASSES.
DAY
LIFE AND
HEAD
COUR SE.
Drawing and Painting
from Figure.
Drawing and Painting
from Head.
Modelli ng from Figure
and Head .
Corn position.
Joseph De Camp.
Cecilia Beaux.
John J. Boyle.
II enry Thouron.
CL ASSES.
DAY
INSTRUCTORS.
Drawing from Cast.
Thomas P. Anshutz.
Still-life Painting.
Hugh H. Breckenridge.
Joseph De Camp.
Modelling from Cast.
Practical Perspective.
John J. Boyle.
Will S. Robinson.
ANTIQYE
COURSE.
Lectures in Anatomy. George McClellan,M.D.
CLASSES.
NIGHT LIFE
Drawing from Figure.
COURSE.
INSTRUCTORS.
Joseph De Camp.
Thomas p, Anshutz.
Modelling from Figure. John J. Boyle.
Composition.
Henry Thouron.
CLASSES.
NIGHT
INSTRUCTORS.
Drawing from Cast.
Thomas P. Anshutz.
COU RSE .
Modelling from Cast.
John
ELECTIVE
Composition, Anatomy, and Perspective may
be elected by any of the students of the
ANTlQYE
CLASSES.
schools, but are required in th ose courses under
which they are mentioned above.
INSTRUCTORS.
J.
Boyle.
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ELECTIVE
CLASSES .
A detailed schedule of classes will be found
on page 10.
Applications for admission will be acted upon
by the Faculty, with the concurrence of the
Committee on Instru ction , at the regular meetings held on the Thursday before the last Wed nesday of each month, excepting the month s
of June, July , and August.
All appli cati ons must be on file on the day
before the meeti ng of the Faculty.
Those desiring to enter the Antique Courses
must present sig ned speci men s of their work
drawn from the so lid object and executed expressly for the purpose by the applicant.
Students will be admitted to the Life and
I1ead Course only by the action of the Faculty
after an examination of their work in Drawing,
Painting, Modelling, Perspective, and Anatomy.
New students admitted directly to the Lire
and Head Course, a nd th ose who ha ve entered
the Schools too late in the previous year to take
the entire course in Mode lling, Still-Life, Perspective, and Anatomy, ha ve one year in whi ch
to co mplete these branches, and may be admitted to the Life and Head Course on thi s
condition.
Day Life and I lead Course students are privi -
ADMISSIONS .
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CHAR LI:S
T OPPAN
PR IZES .
PRIZES.
EX HIBITIONS.
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The subjects chosen for the year I ~95-1)6 are
Prosperity and Adversity. C~mpelltors. may
adopt either or combine both J11 one picture.
The size of canvases mu st be not less than
twelve in ches nor more than thirty·six inches.
pictures receiving the awards may become the
property of the Academy at its option.
No work will be accepted Without the approval
of the Committee on Instructio n, and there is
no obliO'ation to award a prize if in the opinion
of the Committee no work submitted is of sufficie nt merit.
F or these prizes partici pation in the COllcours
is not required.
Prizes and Academy Scholarships are awarded
to the students in the various classes having the
highest sta nding in monthly work and in the
COJlcours.
All prizes will be awarded a t the opening of
the Spring Exhibition of the Students.
Exhibitions of the students' work are held
each year in the Spring and Fall.
FEES FOR REGULAR COURSE S .
FEES.
Life and Head Course
Antique Course
$30.00
15. 00
per term.
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FEES FOR NIGHT COURSE S.
Li fe Course .
Antique Course
$15.00
15. 00
per term.
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FEES FOR SPECIAL CLASSES.
Painting from lIead
25.00 per term.
Drawing from Figure.
20.00
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Drawing from Antique
15. 00
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Modelling from Life, Day, 20.00
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"Night, 15.00
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"Antique. 15 .00
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Still-Life Painting
10.00"
Composition
10.00
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Perspective
10.00
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Anatomy .
5.00 per course.
All new students entering the Academy will
be required to pay a matriculation fee of , 5.00.
No reduction from these rates will be made
on account of absence.
A payment of one dollar is required for the
use of lockers. Materials for study must be
provided by the students. All articles required
in the classes are for sale in the schools at
lowest prices.
Payments mu st be made, strictly in advance,
to John D. Pierce, Curator.
A student's ticket entitles the holder to the
use of the Ga ll eries, the Libra ry, the Print Collection, and the valuab le courses of Lectures
given under the auspices of the Academy.
Blank forms of application, and any furth er
information, may be obtained by addressing
HUGH H. BRECKENRIDGE,
Secretary of th e Faculty.
BROAD STREET, AB O VE ARCH,
PHILADELPllIA.
FEES.
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SCHEDULE OF CLASSES,
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\VEDNESDAY.
TUESDAY.
FRIDAY.
THURSDAY.
SATURDAY.
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Men's Life
Class.
\Vomeo's Modelling Class.
Drawing from
Men's Life
Class_
Men's Life
Class.
Women's Modelling Class.
Drawing from
Cast.
* Head Class.
Drawing from
Cast.
Cast.
12 M .-I P.M.
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Men's Life
Class.
* Head Class.
Perspec tive
Theory,
10.30 -'12.
Men's Life
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Class.
Women'~ Modelling Class.
Drawing from
Cast.
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Head Class.
Drawing from
Cast.
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PEN AND PENCIL SKETCH CLASS.
t Women's Life
WClmen's Life
W o men's Life
Women's Life
tWomen's Life
Class.
Class.
Class.
Class.
Class.
Men's Modelling Men's Modelling Men's Modelling Men'!, Modelling Men's Modelling
Class.
Class.
Class.
Class.
Class.
Perspective
Modelling
Drawing from
Practice,
from Cast.
Cast.
Still-Life Painting.
1.30-3.3°,
Still-Life Painting.
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1---=--=---'----1-- - - - - - - W o men's Life
Women's Modd.
ling Class.
Class.
'Vomen's Life
W omen's M odel·
Women's Model~
Wom en's Life
Anatomy
LecClass.
ling Class.
ling Class.
Class.
l Composition.
ture,
4-5 P.M .
Women's Life
Class.
Men's Modelling
Class.
Modelling
from Cast.
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Men's Life
Class.
Men's Modelling
Class.
Men's Life
Class.
Men's IvJodelling
Class.
Men's Life
Class.
Drawing from
Cast.
Drawing from
Cast.
Drawing from
Cas t.
Modelling
from Cast.
Drawing from
Cast.
* Held in alternate weeks from
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to 4
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Men's M odelling
Class.
Moddling
from Cast.
Sketch Class.
P.M.
He~d Class.
Held on the second Tuesday of each month at 4
P.M .,
and on th e last Tuesday of ea~h month
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SCHOOLS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA
ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
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THE INFORMATION HERE GIVEN IS EXPLANATORY OF AND IN
ADDITION TO THAT CONTAINED IN THE REGULAR SCHOOL
CIRCULAR, TO WHICH FURTHER REFERENCE SHOULD BE MADE
For admission to the Life and Head Course, apLIFE AND
plicants must present to the Faculty signed speciHEAD COURSE
mens of their work in Drawing from the Cast.
ADMISSIONS.
If the applicant has attended the schools for one
season, the following work must also have been completed:
PAINTING FROM STILL LIFE.-Satisfactory to the Faculty.
MODELLING FROM THE CAST .-Satisfactory to the Faculty.
PERSPECTlVE.-Drawings of the nine subjects given on the
last page of this circular to be made in a manner satisfactory to the Faculty.
ANATOMY.-A note-book to be made and submitted for examination, showing a fair knowledge of the points referred to in the Anatomy Lectures.
New students, admitted on their drawings alone directly to
the Life and Head Course, are not permitted to work in the
Life ModeIIing or the Portrait Painting Classes until they have
shown to the Faculty satisfactory evidence of ability in Modelling from the Cast and StilI Life Painting.
New students, entering the schools prior to the beginning of
the second term, and desiring to enter the Life and Head Course
in the foIIowing October, are expected to complete the required
work in the Antique Course by that time; students, entering
the schools after the beginning of the second term, have one
year from the foIIowing October to complete the Antique Course
requirements, and may be admitted to the Life and Head
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condi tio'!, if the work in Drawing from the
Cast is satisfactory.
Promotion from the first to the second section of
ANTIQYE
COURSE
PROMOTioNS.
the Class in Drawing from the Cast, and from
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the first to the second section of the StilI Life
Painting Class, will be made only upon applica-
tion to the Faculty at its re$ular meetings.
The monitor of each class shall have charge of
MONITORS.
the models and of the class-room during the
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It shall be the duty of the monitor to maintain order
seSSIOn.
and, if necessary, to report to the Curator any interference
with the work of the class.
No one will be permitted to remain in any of the class-rooms
during study hours except the regular members of the class who
are doing the special work of that class.
Students are expected to submit, before or during
MONTHLY
the last week of each calendar month, the work
REVIEW OF
WORK.
done
in all classes during the month.
The
studies thus collected will be classified and put
up for exhibition on the last monthly criticism day of each
class, the exact hour being posted in advance on the bulletin
boards.
There will be at the same time a general review of
the work of each class by the respective instructors.
A record
of the work so exhibited will be kept for use in det~rmining
the standing of students at the end of the season, and for
awarding prizes or scholarships.
Studies cannot be recorded
or accepted for exhibition unless presented at the Curator's desk
at least a half day before the hour set for the review.
Students
failing to exhibit their work without presenting a reasonable
excuse will not be eligible for any prizes or honors.
Drawings
will not be accepted when rolled or when not carefully" fixed,"
'p aintings must be thoroughly dry, and all work must be signed
with the student's full name and the name of the class.
The
studies marked by the instructor are reserved by the Academy;
the others should be reclaimed at the close of the criticism to
prevent loss.
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the same time a general criticism of the work of each cl ass by
the respective instructors. A record of the work so exhibited will
be kept for use in awarding class prizes and scholarships.
Stu-
dents failing to exhibit their work without presenting a reasonable excuse will not be eligible for any class prizes or honors.
During the continuance of the concours, there
CONCOURS.
will be no criticisms in the classes; but a general
criticism of the concours work will be held after its com pletion.
All work submitted to the Faculty for examinaCARE OF
DRAWINGS.
tion must be signed with the student's full name,
the class, and the date.
Concours studies must
have this information placed on the back.
promptly reclaimed after examination.
Work must be
If not called for in one
month, it may be destroyed.
A prize will be awarded at the end of the school
PRIZES.
year in each of the following classes, provided
there are eligible competitors:
Women's Day Life Drawing.
Men's Day Life Drawing.
Women's Day Life Modeling.
Men's Day Life Modeling.
Women's Night Life Drawing.
Men's Night Life Drawing.
Women's Night Life Modeling.
Men's Night Life Modeling.
Head.
Composition.
Drawing from Cast, First Section.
Drawing from Cast, Second Section.
Students may sketch from the pictures in the
SKETCHING IN
GALLERIES.
Permanent Collection of the Academy, but copies
must not be made without special permission
from the Committee on Instruction.
Students may have free use of the contents of
LIBRARY.
t he Library on application to the Librarian.
The
books are not intended for outside use, and must not be taken
from t he room.
Visitors are not perm itted in t he school-rooms
V ISITORS.
d uring study hours without special permission
from an official of the Academy.
Owing to danger of breakage, stud ents must not
M OVIN G OF
CASTS.
move the casts.
Any change desired in their
positions mLlst be authorized by the Instructor or
Curator, and carried out under his direction.
PLASTER
CASTING.
Casting in plaster will not be permitted in any
of the school-rooms without special permission
given in each instance.
A lunch-room is provided for students at the
LUNCH-ROOM.
south-east corner of the basement.
not be eaten in the school-rooms.
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