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Circular
OF
Committee on Instruction
SCHOOLS
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OF
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY
OF THE FINE ARTS
BROAD
STREET
ABOVE
ARCH
PHILADELPHIA
,
FOUNDED 1806
SEASON OF
1899-1900
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Circular
OF
Committee on Instruction
SCHOOLS
OF
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY
OF THE FINE ARTS
BROAD
STREET
ABOVE
AR CH
PHILADELPHIA
FOUNDED 1806
SEASON OF
1899-1900
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MANAGEMENT OF THE SCHOOLS.
SCHOOLS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA
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FA CULTY.
ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS.
JOHN H. PACKARD, M.D., Chairman.
1899-1900.
WILLIAM M. CHASE.
CECILIA BEAUX.
THOMAS P. ANSHUTZ.
HENRY j. THOURON.
CHARLES GRAFL Y.
GEORGE McCLELLAN, M.D.
FRANK MILES DAY.
EDW ARD H. COATES, President.
HARRISON S. MORRIS, Managing Director.
HUGH H. BRECKENRIDGE,
Secretary of the Faculty.
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CO MMITTEE
ON
INSTRUCTION.
JOHN H. PACKARD, M.D., Chairman.
CHARLES HARE HUTCHINSON.
FRANCIS W. LEWIS, M.D.
THEOPHILUS P. CHANDLER.
CHARLES ROBERTS.
EDWARD H. COATES, ex-officio.
JOHN D. PIERCE,
Secretary of the Committee.
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The ~nety-fourth year of these schools will
begin on Monday, October 2, 1899, and will
continue until Saturday, May 26, 1900. The
school year is divided into two terms of seventeen weeks each, the first term beginning Monday, October 2, 1899, and closing Saturday,
January 27, 1900; the second term beginning
Monday, January 29, 1900, and closing Saturday, May 26, 1900.
THE
SCHOOL
YEAR.
The schools are open from 9 o'clock, A.M.,
until 5 o'clock, P.M., daily, except Sunday.
Afternoon and evening classes are open from
4.30 o'clock, P.M., until IO o'clock, P.M.
HOURS .
The schools are closed on Sundays, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas, New Year's Day, and
Washington's Birthday.
HOLIDA YS.
The schools are under the immediate direction of the Faculty, with the supervision of the
Committee on Instruction.
MANAGE-
The courses of the schools are as follows;
COURSES.
MENT.
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CLASSES.
DAY
INSTRUCTORS.
Drawing and Painting
from Figure.
\Villiam 1\1. Chase.
Drawing and Painting
from Head.
Hugh H. Breckenridge.
First Section .
Cecilia Beaux.
Second Section.
Modelling from Figure
and Head.
Charles Grafty.
Henry J. Thouron.
Composition.
LIFE AND
HEAD
COL'RSE.
DAY
CLASSES.
ANTI Q!J E
Drawing from Cast.
First Section.
Second Section .
Still-life Painting.
First Section.
Second Section.
Modelling from Cast.
Lectures on Perspective.
Lectures on Anatomy.
COURSE.
WOMEN'S
CI.ASSES .
LI FE
COUR SE.
CLASSES.
MEN' S
Hugh II. Breckenridge.
Thomas P. Anshutz.
Hugh H. Breckenridge.
William M. Chase.
Charles Grafty.
Fran k l\ riles Day.
George McCIellan,I\1.D.
INSTRUCTORS .
INSTRUCTORS.
Drawin bo- from Fio-ure
Thomas P. Anshutz.
b'
Modellin g from Fig ure. Charles Grafty.
Composition.
Henry J. Thouron.
NIGH T LIFE
COUR SE.
NIGHT
CLASSES.
ANTl Q!J E
Drawing from Cast.
Modelling from Cast.
COURSE.
In addition to the classes named in the
schedule, Mr. William M. Chase will agam
co~duct his class m Painting from Life, for
artists and advanced students only, to be held
three afternoons weekly.
The Costume Sketch Class, open free to all
the regul ar students of 'the schools, will also be
continued under the direction of Mr. Thomas
P. Anshutz.
ADDITIONAL
CLASSES.
INSTRUCTORS.
Drawin g from Figure. William 1\1. Chase.
Modelling from Figme. Charles Graft y.
Composition .
Henry J. Thouron.
AFTE RN OON
5
INSTRUCTORS.
Thomas P. Anshutz.
Charl es Graft y.
It is understood that the First Sections of the
Antique Drawing and Still Life Painting classes
are prepa ratory ones, intended as a suitable
introduction to the higher study of art in the
Academy's courses.
ELEMENTARY
ANTIQ!!E
COU RSE.
Composition, Anatomy, and Perspective may
be elected by any of the regular students of the
schools, but are required in tho se co urses under
which they are mentioned above.
ELECTIVE
CLASSES.
ANAT OMY
The Lectures on Anatomy a nd Perspective
begin in the second week of November.
AND PERSPECTIVE.
The talks to students given by Mr. Chase at
different periods during the past year have been
a most interesting feature of the co urse, and
will be continued for the coming season.
MR. CHASE ' S
TALKS .
Arrangements are in progress for the formation of a class in Practical Illustration , to give
technical direction to such students of the Composition Class as desire to take up Illustration.
A detailed schedule of classes will be found
on page 13.
ILLUSTRATION.
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ADMISSIONS .
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All applications for admission and for promotion to higher classes will be acted upon by
the Faculty, with the concurrence of the COMmittee on Instruction, at the regular meetings
held on the Thursday before the last Wednesday of each month, excepting the months of
June, July, and August. All admissions and
promotions are on probation and subject to
reconsideration at the discretion of the Faculty.
All applications must be on file the day before the meeting of the Faculty.
No specimens of work are required for admission to the First Section of the Day Antique
Course, or to the Night Antique Course.
Those desiring to enter the Second Section
of the Day Antique Course must present signed
specimens of their work drawn or painted from
the solid object.
Students will be admitted to the Life and
Head Course only by the action of the Faculty
after an examination of their work in Drawing
from the Figure, Painting, Modelling, Perspective, and Anatomy.
New students admitted directly to the Life and
Head Course, and those who have entered the
Schools too late in the previous year to take
the entire course in Modelling, Still-Life, Perspective, and Anatomy, have one year in which
to complete these branches, and may be admitted to the Life and Head Course on this
condition.
Day Life and Head Course students are privileged to work in all the classes of the schools,
including the evening classes.
Day Antique Course students may work in
the Night Antique classes without extra charge.
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The Night Life Modelling classes may be
discontinued at any time when the membership falls below six.
Studen'ts desiring partial courses, including
one or more of the above classes, will be required to make a special application to the
Faculty; but in this case they will not be entitled to the privileges or rates of tui tion accorded to those taking the full course.
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ADMISSIONS .
NIGHT LIFE
MODELLING.
PARTIAL
COUR SES.
Beginningon Monday, April 30, 1900, ageneral
Concours will be held in all the regular classes
of the school. During its continuance all other
work in the schools will be suspended a nd the
class criticisms will be omitted; but a general
review and criticism of the Concours work will
be given after its completion. All the students
of the school are expected to enter this competition.
CONCOURS.
Through the liberality of a member of the
Board of Directors, a Travelling Scholarship
of $800, providing for one year's study abroad,
has, for the last nine years, been offered to
students of the Academy.
TRAVELLING
SCHOLARSHIP.
TKAVELLING
SCHOLARSHIP.
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CHARLE S
T OPP AN
PRIZES.
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The Committee on I nstruction announces
that a similar scholarship for the year 1900-01
has been extended to the schools by the same
member of the Board.
The monthly work of candidates will be the
principal factor in determining the award of this
Scholarship. Participation in the annual C01lcO/Irs of both the Antique and the Life and Head
Courses will also be required, as follows:
Drawing from Figure, Painting from Head,
Modelling from Life, Composition, Drawing from
Cast, Painting from Still-life, Perspective, and
Anatomy.
Work or Play. The size of canvas must be not
The Charles Toppan prizes of $200 and $100
respectively, were established in 1881 by the
gift of Mrs. Charles Toppan, Miss Harriette R.
Toppan, and Mr. Robert N. Toppan.
The prizes will be awarded only to students
who have worked regularly in the Academy
Schools for at least two years, one of which
must be the year of the competition.
According to the positively expressed terms
of the gift, the drawing of the pictures will
receive the first attention of the judges.
The works submitted must be original paintings dealing with the subject or subjects named
by the Committee on Instruction, and all works
in competition must be presented on or before
Monday, May 7, 1900.
The subjects chosen for the year 1899-1900 are
CHARLES
less than twelve inches nor more than thirty-si x
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 COn;lmittee on Instruction, and there is
no obligation to award a prize if in the opinion
of the Committee none of the works submitted
is of sufficient merit.
For these prizes participation in the COllcours
is not re.quired.
TOPPAN
The Edmund Stewardson Prize of One Hundred Dollars, in the Department of Sculpture,
will be awarded for the first time at the close
of the school year.
This is an annual prize, to be competed for
by the students of the Academy with such
pupils of other art schools as are acceptable to
the Committee on Instruction.
The subject for the competition shall be a
full length figure from the Antique or Life,
either in the round or in relief, and will be
announced by the Committee on Instruction
on the first day of the com petition.
Studies shall not be less than two feet six
inches in height and not more than three feet
in height, and shall be made within eighteen
hours, during three consecutive days, in six
sessions of three hours each.
EDMUND
PRIZES.
STEWARDso~
PRIZE.
EDMUND
STEWARDSON PR IZE.
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Each competitor shall privately draw by lot a
number, and shall enclose the same with his or
her name in a sealed envelope to the Secretary
of the Academy. Upon completion of the
work the competitor shall place a corresponding number upon the study submitted to the
Jury of Award. When the subject is in high
relief, position in the competition room shall be
determined by lot. No one except the competitors shall be admitted to the competition
room at any time during the days of the competition, nor shall any person except the judges
be present during their inspection of the studies.
The Judges or Jury of Award shall be three
professional sculptors, having no official connection with the Academy, or school or schools
whose pupils may have taken part in the competition. When the successful number shall
have been announced by the Judges, the Secretary shall, in the presence of one or more of
the Directors of the Academy, open the sealed
envelopes, and declare the name of the successful competitor. If no study be satisfactory to the Judges, the prize may, in their
discretion, be withheld; and when no award is
made, the amount of the prize may, in the
discretion of the Board of Directors of the
Academy, be added to the principal of the
prize fund, or distributed with future prizes.
The competition for the year 1900 will take
place on May 2, 3, and 4.
For the two best series of studies from animals
in the Zoological Garden, made in any medium,
two members of the Board of Directors have
generously offered annual prizes.
Exhibitions of the students' work are held
each year in the Spring and Fall.
The Travelling Scholarship and other prizes
will be awarded at the opening of the Spring
Exhibition of the Students.
FEES FOR REGULAR COURSES.
FEES FOR SPECIAL CLASSES.
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$25.00
20.00
15.00
20.00
15.00
15. 00
10.00
10.00
10.00
15.00
5. 00
PRIZES .
EXHIBITIONS.
PRIZES.
FEES.
Day Life and Head Course . $30.00 per term.
Day Antique Course..
. 15.00
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Women's Afternoon Life Course, 15.00
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Men's Night Life Course
. 12.00
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Night Antique Course . . . 12.00
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Drawing from Figure. •
Drawing from Antique •
Modelling from Life, Day •
Night .
Antique .
Still-Life Painting •
Composition • • •
Perspective •
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Perspective
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Anatomy •
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ZOOLOGICAL
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SCHEDULE OF CLASSES.
TURSDAY.
MONDAY.
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\Vomen's Life
t \Vomcn's Life
Drawing.
Drawing.
Men's Life
t l\[cn's Life
Modelling.
Modelling.
Drawing from
Drawing from
Cast, 1St.
Cast, 1St.
Dra wing from
Drawing from
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12 M.
l\fen's Life
Drawing.
\Vomen's Life
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~!odellinj(.
Drawing from
Cast, ] st.
P.M.
l\Ien's Life
Urawing.
'Vomen's Life
l\foJelling.
Advanced Life
Painting.
Still-Life Painting,
Wom en's Life
Modelling.
'Vomen's Life
Drawing.
? Composition.
Perspective
Lecture.
'Vomen's L ife
M odelling.
Anatomy Lecture,
4-5 P.M.
Men's Life
Drawing.
l\(en's Life
Modellin g .
1\( en's Life
Drawing from
Modelling
from Cast.
Cast.
1St.
Drawing from
Cast,2d.
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PEN AND PENCIL SKETCH CLASS. "'--
Drawing from
Cast, 2d.
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TJlURS DAY.
SATURDAY .
t \Vo mcn 's Life
\Vomen' s Life
\Vo rnen's Life
t \V o me n's l.i fe
Drawing.
Drawing .
Drawing'.
Drawing.
t ~l e n ' s Life
rvren' s Life
~fen's Life
Modellin g .
~[ o dellin g .
Modelling.
t ~len's Life
Drawing from
Dra.wing fro m
DrawiHg from
lI!odelling.
C ~ISt. JSt.
Cast, 1 S t.
Cast, 1St.
Sti II -Life J)ainting. Drawing from IStill- Life Painting, I Costume Sketch
C lass.
Cast, 2d.
2d .
2d.
Advanced Life.
Painting.
Modelling
from Cast.
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* Head Class .
Drawing from
Cast, 1St.
Drawi ng from
Cast, 2d.
*' H ead
Class
Modelling
from Cast.
1 St.
Drawing from
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\V o men's Life
Drawing.
\Vomen's Life
Drawing.
l\len's Lire
Mod ellin g .
M en ·s Life
Drawing.
Drawing from
Cast.
Drawing from
Cast.
Drawing from
Cast.
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\Vomen'~
Life
Drawing.
~[odelling.
Men·s Life
M odelling.
Modelling
from Cast.
Sketch Class.
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Held in alLernate two weeks fro m 9 to 12 A.M., the Women's Life IV[odelJing and 1\1en's Lilt: Drawing being
substituted from 1 to 4 P .M.
t Not held on alternate two weeks when the H ead Class meets from 9 to 1 2 A.M.
P. Held on the second Tuesday of each month at 4 P.M., and on the last Tuesday of each month at 8 P.M .
Held on the first and third Tuec;:days of each m onth at 4 P.M:.
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