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MANAGEME T:OF
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE
FINE ARTS
PRESIDENT
JOH ' FREDERICK LE\\"IS
VICE-PRESI DENT
CLE~IENT
" The vlilue of art 1m ill 1!tllking people
hIlPPY, first ill prllcticil1g the IIrt I11ld the1l
in pOfJessillg its product.
George SI111 tllYII 1111.
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HO:"'l ORA R Y VTCE-PRESI DENTS
JOHN H. CONVERSE
E. BURGESS WARREN
DIRECTORS
THEOPHILUS P. CHANDLER
ALFRED C. HARRISON
HERBERT M. HO"·E, l\l.D.
CLARE 'CE C. ZANTZINGER
GEORGE H.
GEORGE D. WIDENER
~lcFADDEN
CLEMENT B. NEWBOLD
T. DEWITT CUVLER
EDWARD T. STOTESBURY
C IIARLE)IA GNE TOWER
THEODORE N. ELY
ARTHUR H. LEA
FRANK H. CAVEN
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TREASURER
GEORGE H. Mc FADDEN
SECRETAR Y AND MANAGER
JOHN E. D. TRASK
CURATOR OF TilE SCHOOLS
CHARLES F. RAMSEY
Club of Philadelphia, 1<)07; First Corcoran Prize, Washington Water Color
C l u~, 1<)08. Member of the International Jury of Awards, World's Fa ir, St.
LOUIS, 1<)04. Instructor in Drawing and Painting.
CECIUA BEAUX, LL.D.
THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOLS
Born in Philadelphia, Pa. Studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts. Pupil of William Sartain, Philadelphia, and the Julia n and Lazar
Schools, Paris. Awarded Mary Smith Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fi ne Arts, ISS5, ISS7, 1891, and 1B92; Gold Medal, Art Club of Philadelphia ,
1893; Dodge Prize, National Academy of Design, New York , 1893; Bronze
Medal, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg, 18<)6; First Class Gold Meda l, Carnegie
Institute, 1<)00; Temple Gold Medal, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fin e
Arts, 1<)00: Gold Medal, Exposition-Universelle , Paris , 1<)00 ; Gold Med al,
Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901; First Corcoran Prize, Societ y of
Washington Artists, 1<)02; Gold Medal , Universal Exposition , SI. Louis , '9"4.
Member of t he National Academy, New York, and the Soci e u~ National e des
Beaux Arts, Paris; Fellow of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts ,
Philadelphia; Honorary Member of the Philadelphia Water Color Club , et c.
Honorary Degree, Docror of Laws, University of Pennsylvania , 1<)08.
i nstructor in Drawing and Painting.
HERBERT M. HOWE, M.D.
Chairman , ex officio, as Chairman of the Committee on Instruction of the
Board of Directors.
THOMAS P. ANSHUTZ.
Born in Newport, Kentucky, October 5, 1851. Studied at the Academy of
Desig n, New York, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and in Paris
under Doucet and Bouguereau. Instructor in the Schools since ISSI; Honorable
Mention Art Club of Philadelphia, 1<)01; Silver !edal, SI. Louis Exposition,
1<)04 ; \Vall er Lippincott Prize, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
'9"9; Gold Medal of Honor The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
1QO<) ; Member Philadelphia Water Color Club, and Academy Fellowship;
Instructor in Drawing and Painting.
GEORGE McCLELLAN, M.D.
FHANK MILES DAY.
Born in Philadelphia, April 5, 1861. B.S., niversity of Penns ylvania ,
1883, studying architecture there as well as for three years in Europe. Fellow and Past President of the American Institute of Archit ects; H on.
Memher Royal Institute of British Architects; Trustee, Ameri can Academ y
in Rome; Member American Philosophical Society and Nationa l Institute
of Arts and Letters. Instructor in Perspective.
Born in Philadelphia, October 29, 1849. Attended the University of Pen nsylvania , Jefferson Medical College, graduated M.D., 1870; Fellow of the
Coll ege of Physicians of Philadelphia; author of Regional Anatomy in ils
Relati on to Medi cine and Surgery, and of Anatomy in its Relation to Art·
Professor of Applied Anatomy in Jefferson Medical College; President of th~
Contemporary Club ; President of the Philadelphia Medical Club; Vice-president of the Philobibl on Club; Instructor in Anatomy.
HENRY McCARTER.
CHARLES GRAFLY.
~o rn in Philadel.phia, December 3, 1862. Studied in the Spring Garden
Inst~tute , ~llIladelphla , Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and in Paris.
Pupil of E cole des. Beaux-Arts, and of Chapu , Dampt, Bouguereau, and
Fl eury. Member Society of American Artists. Honorable mention Paris Salon
189 1 ; Me~al, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893; Medal, Atl~nta EXPosi~
lion , 1895, Pennsylvallla Academy of the Fine Arts Gold Medal of H
~B99 ; . GoldEMeda.I,. Exposition-Universelle, Paris, 1<)00; Gold Medal, O;:I:~
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xposillon, Buffalo; Gold Medal, Charleston Exposition 1<)02'
Member
of the International Jury of Awards I \I"orld'
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em er of the National Academy of Design, the Architectural Lea~ue of
New York , the National Institute of Arts and Letters' Member a d f
Vi ce-President the National Sculpture Society. Instruc'tor in Sculpt~re.ormer
HUGH H. BRECKENRIDGE.
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HENRY RANKIN POOR E.
Born in Newark, New Jersey, March 21,1 859. Studied at the University
of Pe nnsylvania, 1883; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; National
Academy of Design; and under Peter MOlan, Lumenais and Bouguereau.
Has prizes from National Academy and American Art Association; medals,
Pan - American Exposition, Buffalo, and SI. Louis Exposition. Member
Philadelphia Art Club;
Associate Memher National Academy and with
Chautauqua Art School. Instructor in Composition.
JOSEPH T. PEARSON, Jr.
Born in Leesburg Virginia 0 t b
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Member the Philadelphia Waterur~OI~~ C~n~~mencan Exposition, Buffalo;
Club; the Pennsylvania Academ F II
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Exposition '900 ' Medals Pa A y. e ows liP; Honorable Mention, Paris
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Born in Norristown , July 5, 1865. Studied ill the Pennsyl vania Academy
of the Fine Arts and under Puvis de Chavannes. Member Art Students'
League, New York. Illustrator on Scribner's, Century, and other maga zi nes.
Instructor in Illustration.
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Born in Germantown, Philadelphi a , February 6, 1876. Studied in th e
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and under J. Alden \Veir. A5' ista nt
Instructor in Drawing and Painting.
DANIEL GARBER.
Born in North Manchester, Indiana, April I', 1880 . Studied in th e Art
Academy of Cincinnati, and in the Pennsyh'ania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Awarded First Toppan Prize Pennsylvania Academy, 19"4, and Cresson
Travelling Scholarship, 1<)05-1<)07; First HaJlgarten Prize, Naliona l Academy
of Design, 1909. Assistant Instructor in Drawing and Paintillg.
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THE- PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY
OF THE FINE ARTS 1909-1910
The Pennsylvania Academy is the oldest school in America
devoted exclusively to the cultivation of the fine arts. During the
hundred and more years of its existence, it has aided in the training of many of the men and women whose names are the most
illustrious on the pages of American Art. Among its former students are eminent painters- figure, landscape and marine-mural
decorators, illustrators, and sculptors of national reputation. In
fact, its history is in no small measure the history of American
Art itself.
The School is under the immediate care of a Curator and
Committee on Instruction appointed by the President and Board
of Directors, together with a Faculty composed of representative
artists of the day, men of wide experience as teachers and eminently
qualified to discover and develop every latent talent which students
may possess.
The aim of the Academy is not only to supply the best facilities
for the study of the Fine Arts in general, but also by means of
regular courses of study to equip its students for any special line
of artistic work which they may desire to follow. It wastes no
time in preparing its students for admission to its courses of study,
but, presupposing that they have received primary instruction
already, engages them at once and exclusively in the study of the
Fine Arts and bends all its energies in this direction alone.
It especiall~ aims to instruct its students in correct drawing,
and some of Its largest prizes are based upon this fundamental
:equisite to graphic art. It aims, furthermore, to instruct its pupils
111 c%r, its harmony and contrast, and to create and develop in
~hem a correct color sense, also in composition, in perspective, and
111 every other essential to a comprehensive study of the fine arts.
Besides the Academy's prescribed course of study, various Art
Lectures of general and special interest are given during the year,
and the students are encollraged to use the Academy's large and
valuable library.
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Important adjuncts
to the regular Courses of stu dyare 0 ff ered
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by the Acade.my s Permanent Collection of paintings and SCUlpture, and by. Its Annual
. Exhibitions ' which for ma ny years have
been recogI11zed as bemg foremost among the exhibitions of the
country.
The Permanent Collection of paintings and SCUlpture inc! d
the Gallery o.f Natio.na~ Portraiture, the Temple Collectio~ ~~
Modern AmerIcan Pamtmgs, and the Gibson Collection, which is
largely composed of works of the Continental schools. Copying in
the galleries is permitted to students under reasonable regulations.
The Annual Exhibitions bring together the best examples of
American painting and sculpture, and enable the student to follow
intelligently the various movements of modern art, and study the
technical methods by which the art of the day is achieving its
results. During the past year these exhibitions included:
An Exhibition of Water Colors composed of 471 examples
representing 180 different artists;
An Exhibition of Miniatures composed of 122 examples representing 68 different artists, and including also examples of foreign
miniaturists;
An Exhibition of Architecture by the T-Square Club of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of
Architects, composed of 634 items, and representing 193 architects ; and finally,
The Academy's 104th Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and
Sculpture, composed of 447 paintings and ISo sculptures, and
representing a total of 357 artists. This Exhibition was opened to
public view for six weeks and visited by 59,852 people.
The Academy is fully equipped in every way to teach the
technique of Painting and Sculpture, and the instruction it affords
is fully equal from a technical standpoint to that obtainable in
Europe. Its Faculty, collections, galleries, class-rooms, and equipment of models and casts are admirably fitted for their purpose,
and as far as instruction is concerned there is no necessity whatever
for the student to leave America, nevertheless, by the liberal
provision of the wills of Emlen Cresson and Priscilla P., his wife,
a fund has been created, as a memorial to their deceased son,
\;\/illiam Emlen Cresson, Academician, the income of which is to
be applied by the Academy in sending its most meritorious students
to Europe. The income is divided into scholarships of $5 00 each,
awarded to the students impartially upon the merits of their work,
and DURING THE LAST YEAR TWENTY-TWO STUDENTS WERE SENT
for a period of four months, from June to September inclusive, thereby enabling them to return to the Academy during
the fall and continue their studies.
Besides the Cresson scholarships, other substantial prizes are
offered to students as hereafter stated, and every incentive held out
to them to develop their talents to the uttermost.
The Academy building is located in the heart of Philadelphia
within one square of the City Hall and within two or three blocks
of the central city railroad depots. While it is convenient to the
business portion of the city, it is also readily accessible to the
residential districts, and students can obtain good board at reasonable rates.
ABROAD
CALENDAR
One Hundred and Fourth Year Begins October 4, 1909
The school year is divided into two terms of 17 weeks each.
The first term will begin l\Ionday, October 4, I909, and close
January 29, I9 IO ; the second term will begin Monday, January 3 1,
19]0, and close Saturday, l\Iay 28, I9 IO .
The schools are open from 9 o'clock
daily except Sunday.
until 5 o'clock
P.M.
Afternoon and evening classes are open from 4.30 o'clock
until 10 o'clock P.)!.
P.M.
A.M.
Visitors are admitted to the school on Wednesdays and Fridays
from 4 to 5 P.M.
The schools are closed on Sundays, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Day, and \Vashington's Birthday.
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THE COURSES OF INSTRUCTION
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The Courses of Instruction are divided into Departments of
Drawing and Painting; of Sculpture; and of Illustration. In
each of these de partme nts th ere is certain prescribed work which
must be done, but the de partments are closely allied, the advanced
students in each being not only allowed but also recommended to
work in the others. The general method of instruction .is by criti-
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repressed by fixed methods. The aim is to help the student to
obse rve accurately and record truthfully what he sees.
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ANTIQUE COURSE
In order that students who ha ve had little or ~10 trail~l.l~ in
graphic art may pursue their studies under th e easiest con It~ons
and advance naturally to higher work, a preparatory An~lque
Course is conducted, which includes drawing from the cast, raw
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ing and painting from sti111ife, and lectures upon c?mposition, perspective, and a natomy. It comprises the followmg classes, a nd
o-ives the student a comprehensive range of study.
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The. Life and ~ e~d Course comprises all the advanced classes
111 drawmg a~d pall1tll1g, and. includes draw ing a nd painting from
the Human Figure, and drawll1g and painting from the Head
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from Still Life, and lectures upon Composition, Perspectiv~ :~d
Anatomy.
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INSTR UCTO RS
CLASSES
Drawing from Cast
Every morning and aftern oon,
every night
Composition
Still-life Drawing and Painting
Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons
Perspective Lectures
Anatomy Lectures
THE LIFE AND HEAD COURSE
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Hugh H. Breckenridge
Assisted by
Daniel Garber .
H e nry R. Poore
Hugh H. Brecke nridge
Assisted by
Joseph T. Pearson, Jr.
Frank Miles Day
George McClellan, M. D.
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IN STR UCTORS
CLASSES
Requirements for Admission
For admission to th e Antique Course drawings or sketches
from the solid object in any medium are required, and applicants
may prepare these in the school-rooms or forwa rd examples made
for the purpose.
The Fee for the Antique Course
The fee for the Antique Course is $30 per term, the payment of
which fee entitles the student to work in the morning afternoon or
night, or all three.
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Drawing and painting from the Figure.
For women, every morning, for men,
every afternoon, and for women,
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
evenings, and for men, Mo nday, ednesday, and Friday nights
Drawing and painting from th e H ead.
For men, Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday mornings; for women,
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
afternoons
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Thomas P. Anshutz
assisted by
Daniel Garber
Thomas P. Anshutz
assisted by
Joseph T. Pearson, Jr.
CLASSES
INSTRUCTORS
Drawing and painting from Still Life.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
afternoons
Drawing and painting from the H ead.
Criticism dates to be announced during the term
Hugh H. Breckenridge
assisted by
Joseph T. Pearson, ]r.
Composition
Perspective Lectures
Anatomy Lectures
SPECIAL CLASSES
Cecilia Beaux
Costume Sketch Class
Henry R. Poore
Frank Miles Day
George McClellan, M.D.
Requirements for Admission
Students will be admitted to the Life and Head classes unly by
the actio n of the Faculty aft er a n examination of their work in
drawing from the full-length figure, ei ther antique or life.
A Costun:e Sketch Class will be cond ucted th roughout both
t~rms. It will meet on each Saturday morning between nine
o clock and noon, and on each Tuesday night between seven and
ten o'clock. Sketches from th e living model are made in black
and white, or in color. Members of any other class in the school
may attend the Costume Sketch Class without further charge. At
the close of each session th e work of th e stud ents will be reviewed
by th e instructor, on Tuesdays by Mr. Anshutz and on Saturdays
by Mr. Pearson.
The Fee for the Life and Head Course
The fee for the Life and H ead Course is $50 per term, the
payment of which fee entitles the student to work in the Antique
Course, the Life Course, and the Classes in Sculpture, without
extra charge. Stud ents in drawing and painting are recommended
to do a certain amount of modelling.
The chief object of this class is to teach the student to draw
readily, and grasp quickly, th e whole composition shown him as
an illustration of characte r.
Miss Beaux's Class
Some time during th e school year, Miss Beaux will conduct a
Portrait Class for members of the Life and Head Course. No
extra charge is made for this class.
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Mr. Poore's Lectures on Composition
Supplementary to the semi-monthly criti cisms of compositions,
by Mr. Poore, there will be thro,ughout the year special talks on
construction and self-expression, with black-board and stereopticon
demonstrations, The principles of arrangement in decorative
and pictorial compositions wi ll be explained and discussed. No
extra charge is made for th ese lectures.
Dr. McClellan's Lectures on Anatomy
DEPARTMENT OF SCULPTURE
The Classes in sculpture will be under th d' t'
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The work of the Classes in sculpture consists of modelling from
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The Lectures on Anatomy begi n in the second week of November, and a re open to students of any course without extra charge.
They are illustrated with the stereopticon, with drawings made in
t~e ~r~sence of the class by the instructor, and also by means of
t e hVlng model. They fully cover the subject of a rtistic anatomy.
Mr. Day's Lectures on Perspective
D Th\ Lectures on Perspective begin about the first week in
Ofe~~: ~r, andTare illustrated by drawings made in the presence
c ass.
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extra charge.
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the living m odel, generally in the round, but occasionally in relief,
and from both the full-length figure and the head only.
In addition to the work from life, each student is required to
present two sketch-models of sculptural themes, when directed by
th e In stru ctor. On these the student will receive individual monthly criticism throughout th e balance of the school-year, in order to
develop the OJ i~inal themes to their fullest extent, as if the subjects
we re to be finally executed in full size,
Requirements for Admission
Specime ns of modelling of sufficient merit are required for admission to these classes.
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Students not sufficiently advanced for admis~ion to life classes
are offered faci lities for mode lling from th~ antique ca~t. and as
soon as they have acquired sufficient proficlen~y to admit them to
life classes, they are immed iately promoted Without the payment
of any further fee.
Some practical knowledge of the use of clay and a true cOl~cep
tion of form in the round is of manifest advantage to both pall1ter
and illustrator.
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Students in sculpture are permitted to work in the drawing and
painting classes and recommended to work therein.
The Night Class meets from 7 to 10 p.m. The work in this
class is identical with that done in the Day Classes except that the
working hours are less. Should the attendance fall below six
students this class will be discontinued.
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The fee for the Classes in Sculpture is $50 per term. Students
are allowed to work in the Day Classes or Night Classes or in both
without further charge.
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In addition to t?e regula.r ~Iass work Lectures are given during
the year by practical specialists upon the various processes of
reproduction for the purpose of printing, and students are instructed
to work with the particular process in view which is to be employed
to print their illustration.
DEPARTMENT OF ILLUSTRATION
The Class in Illustration will be under the direction of Mr. He~ry
McCarter. Its purpose is to provide for the stu.dent such practIcal
instruction as will enable him ~pon the completIOn o.f the course t~
immediately enter the professIOnal field of magazIne and book
Students in lllustration are permitted to compete for the Cresson
Travelling Scholarships, and from those who do compete a certain
amount of work in the Life Classes is required.
The successful result of the general art training given in the
Academy Schools, and the special trai nin g they give in illustration, are shown by the large number of Academy students who
have achieved distinguished success in the field of illustration.
The fee for the Classes in Illustration is $50 per term. Students
are admitted upon the exhibition of satisfactory work to the Faculty.
lllustrators will be required to present each month work done
in the Illustration Class and to participate in such Concoltys and
examinations as may be announced during the season. Under the
direction of their Instructor, they are also required to do life·class
work in drawing and are entitled to attend the Life Classes and the
Still-Life Classes without extra charge. They are likewise entitled
to attend the Lectures on Composition, Perspecti\'e, and Anatomy.
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illustrating, decorative and newspaper work. Instruction is given
in the technique of all medinms- pen, charcoal, black and white,
tempera and oil.
Students must have had some preparatory work in drawing to be
eligible for admission.
The Classes in Illustration will meet daily throughout the
school year. Special rooms are set aside for their use.
The classes draw from the living model. Individual criticism
is given with special regard to th e illustrator's requirements, and
completed illustrations are made to subjects assigned to the classes.
Upon the announcement of each of these subjects a general class
talk follows, and upon the completion of the work there is both
individual and general criticism.
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SUMMARY OF FEES
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Antique Course
Life and Head Painting Course
Illustration Course
l\lodelling Course.
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Fees for Special Courses
Painting from Head
Drawing from Figure
Still-life Painting .
Composition.
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NOTE-All new students mu st pay in a<initiun to the above fees a matriculation fee of five dollars.
GENERAL RULES OF THE SCHOOL
No student under sixteen years of age is eligible for admission.
Regular attendance by students of any course is not compulsory,
but no reduction from these rates will be made on account of
absence.
All new students upon entering th e Academy will be required,
in addition to the fees stated herein, to pay a Matriculation Fee of
five dollars.
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.
A detailed schedule of classes will be found on page 35·
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SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES
Travelling Scholarships
By the wills of Emlen Cresson and Priscilla P. Cresson, a Fund
has been created as a Memorial to their deceased son , William
Emlen Cresson, Academician, the income of which is to be applied
by The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in sending pupils
of merit to Europe.
During the past year the Academy sent abroad twenty-two pupils
and expects to send a larger number this year. The awards will
be divided among the various branches of instruction taught in the
Schools, based upon the 71umber of pupils in each Course as one
factor, and the standard of the work as another factor. The award
consists of $500 to each student, to be expended in foreign travel
and work, within the limits of the Scholarship.
It is the intention of the Cresson Scholarships to gi ve to the
students of the Academy 1he advantage of seeing some of the
important Galle ries and Art Schools abroad, and the Academy
desires to extend the benefit of the Scholarships to as many
students as possible, provided they possess the necessary merit.
The t ri p abroad is limited to the summer vacation, a period of four
months, from June to September inclusive, so that students can
return to the Academy for study during the ensuing school year.
T he Board of Directors, upon the recommendation of the Comm ittee on Instruction, may, in case of exceptional merit, permit
a student to compete for the Cresson Scholarship again, or
lengthen the term to be allowed in foreign travel.
No student will be awarded a Cresson Scholarship who has nOt
studied two or more years in the Academy.
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AWARDED FIRST PRIZE IN CHARLES TOPPAN PRIZE COMPETITION, MAY, 1909
of the Competitions
Tlte work required each month in the Ac~demy. Schools fro.1n
students in Painting, Sculpllwe, and lliitstratzon, wlll be the pr:rzcipal factor in determining tM award o! t!tes~ s,c!z.olarsltips.
Candidates failing to submit such work wzll be Ulehglb~e.
Painters will be required to present work ~ach n~onth 111. Com. . ,111 draw1l1g
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from the Figure , 111 drawmg or
pOSition,
or pall1tll1g
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painti.ng ~rom the Head, and to participate in such Concours and
exammatlOns as may be announced during the season.
Sculptors will be required to present each month work done
in the Life Modelling Class. They are required to participate in
such COllCOlirS and examinations as may be announced during the
season.
THE CHARLES TOPPAN PRIZES
AWARDED SECOND PRIZE IN CHARLES TOPPAN PRIZE COMPETI·
TION, MAY, '90Q
The Charles Toppan prizes for the year 1909-1910 will be,
respecti\'ely, $300 and $200, and two honorable mentions of $100
each.
These prizes were established in 188! by th e gift of Mrs. Charles
Toppan, Miss Harriette R. Toppan, and Mr. Robert N. Toppan.
The prizes will be awarded only to stude nts who have previously received a Cresson Scholarship and who have been ill
reg ular attendance during the year of competition.
An y student having received one Tappan prize is debarred
from afterwards receiving another Toppan prize of the same or
lowe r value.
The work submitted must be original paintings, the unaided
work of the student without critic ism, and all work in competition
must be presented on or before Saturday, April 30, 1910.
The subject selected for this year is "a scene or view in Philadelphia or vicinity including one or more figures." No student
may submit more than one picture and the size of the canvasses
submitted must not be less than twelve inches nor more than thirtysix inches in either dimension.
According to the positively expressed terms of the gift the
drawillg of the pictures will receive the first attention of the
Judges. Pictures receiving awards will become th e property of
th e Academy.
Pictures shall be numbered by the Curator. and a memorandum
of th e numbe r a nd artist's name kept in a sealed envelope (no list
of numbers being kept) which shall be opened after the prize ~in
ning pictures have been selected by the Committee on InstructIOn.
No signatures or ciphe rs shall be placed on canvass. or stretcher,
so that as far as possible the identity of the competitors shall be
kept secret while the competition is under way.
No work will be accepted without the approval of the CO~l1mittee on Instruction, and there is no obligation to award a ~nze
if, in the opinion of the Committee, none of the works submitted
is of sufficient merit.
THE THOURON PRIZES
The following awards founded by Henry J. Thouron, a former
Instructor in Composition in the Academy Schools, will be made
at the close of each school year, the terms of said awards being
as follows:
A prize of $50 for a group of not less than three compositions
upon subjects given to the class during the current season, and a
prize of $25 for a second similar group, the first to be decided by the
Faculty, the second by a vote of the students then working in the
schools; and one of $50 and one of $25, the first for general progress
in study, the second for the work showing, in its treatment of said
subjects, the most poetic, or abstract. or idealistic, point of view,
the same to be decided by the instructor of the class. The same
awards are not to be made twice to the same student.
In the event of not making the annual awards, or any portion of
them, the money is to accumulate until it shall amount to the sum
of $500, when it shall be awarded, by vote of the Faculty, as the
result of a competition in Composition upon a given subject, to the
successful student for a three months' summer trip abroad, to include certain specified places and galleries, and for the special
study of Composition.
comp~titor shall place a corresponding number upon the study
submitted
. h'Igh
..to the
. Jury of Award. When the sub)' ect'IS 111
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re 1Ie , pOSItion 111 the comp.etition room shall be determined by lot.
No one excep~ the co~petltors shall be admitted to the competition
room at any time dunng the days of the competition, nor shall any
person except the Judges be present during inspection of the studies.
The J.udges or Ju:y of Award shall be three professional sculptors, hav111g no offi~lal 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, ill 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 clay models offered ill competition must be kept standing in
good condition until otherwise ordered, and figures cast by the
Academy become its property.
The competition for the year 1910 will take place on March 21,
22, and 23.
THE EDMUND STEWARDSON PRIZE
ZOOLOGICAL PRIZES
The Edmund Steward:;on Prize of One Hundred Dollars , in the
Department of Sculpture, will be awarded for the tenth time at the
close of the school year.
This is an annual prize, to be competed for by present students of the Academy with such pupils of other art schools as may
be. appro~ed by the Committee on Instruction. Having once received thiS award, a student becomes ineligible.
The subjec.t for the competition shall be a full-length figure
fr?m 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 Competition.
Studies shall not be less than two feet six inches in height and
n?t more than three feet in height, and shall be made within
eighteen hours, during three consecutive days, in six sessions of
three hours each.
Each competitor shall privately draw by lot a number and shall
enclose the same with his or her name in a sealed envel~pe to the
Secretary of the Academy. Upon completion of the work the
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From the income of the John H. Packard Fund established by
the children of the late John H. Packard, M.D., for many years
chairman of the Academy's Committee on Instruction, annual
prizes of $30 and $20 will be awarded for the best and second groups
of original studies made fr0111 living animals. These prizes are
<'pen to all students of the Academy.
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The monitor of each class shall have charge of the model and
of the class-room during the session .
Life Classes
Regular members only of the Life Classes are permitted in the
Life Class rooms during the study hours.
Members of Life Classes must under no circumstances speak
to models who are posing.
CLASS-ROOM RULES
Hours
The Schools will be opened for clay classes at 9 o'clock a.m.,
and closed at 5 o'clock p.m., and for the Women's Evening
Life Class from 4.30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Exceptions to this rule will
be made on the dates of the sessions of the Composition Class.
At 6.45 o'clock p.m. the Cherry Street entrance will be opened
for the evening classes, which continue until 10 0' clock p. m.
Holidays
All classes will continue as usual through the Christmas holidays, except Perspective and Anatomy. The Schools are closed
on Sundays, Thanksgiving Day, Chri stmas Day, New Year's Day,
and Washington's Birthday.
Positions in the Class-rooms
Students who are not present at the hour when classes begin
must take their positions in order of arrival. No student will be
permitted to select and reserve a position for one who is absent.
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Visitors
The school-rooms are open for the inspection of vIsitors on
Wednesday and Friday afternoons, from four until five o'clock.
Students will not be called from the class-room unless in the
judgment of the Curator the matter is of urgent importance.
Students at work must not be disturbed.
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 mre expected to be seif-governing, and to know and
obey the rules of tile Scliool from principles of honor.
Violation of the rules will result in suspension or dismissal from
the School.
Any. conduct .unbecoming a student is a violation of the rules,
but subject to thiS general provision the students are allowed every
reasonable liberty.
The property of other students must not be used without the
owner's knowledge and consent.
Monitors
It shall be the duty of the monitor to maintain order and if
necessary, to report to the Curator any interference with ~he
work of the class.
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Monthly Review of Work
Students are expected to submit at monthly intervals the work
done t'n all classes during that month. The studies thus collected
will be classified and put up for exhibition in the class-rooms.
There will be at the same time a general review of the work of
each class by the respective instructor. A record of the work so
exhibited will be kept for use in determining the standing of
students at the end of the season, and for awarding pri zes or
scholarships. Studies can7lot be recorded or accepted for exhibition
unless presented at tlie Oerator's desk witilill th e following tilile
limits:
For a morning r eview , 2. 00 p. 111. of tlie pr evious day.
For an aj'terllOO1l 1review , 9.30 a. m. of the same day.
For an evening review, £2.00 noon, of the same day.
Students failing to exhibit their work without preseuting .a
reasonable excuse will be illeligible for tile Cr esson Scholarship
competition. Drawings will not be accepted when rolled or when
not carefull y "fixed." Paintings must be thoroughly dry, and all
work 1IIIIst be signed with tile student's fullnallle and t!Ie name of
tlie class in which the work was dOlle. The studies marked by th e
instructor a re reserved by the Academy; to prevent loss, th e others
sho uld be reclaimed at the close of the criticism.
Care of Drawings and Materials
Work reserved by the various instructors should b~ reclaimed at
the close of the Students' Spring Exhibition. Studies not called
for by the beginning of the fall term will be destroyed.
Occupants 0/ lockers 71Iill be field respollsible .for damage done
to same 71I!1ile in tlieir possession.
Students are cautioned not to leave personal property of any
description about the school-rooms, as the Academy will in no case
be responsible for the loss of articles from the rooms or lockers.
All personal property should be marked with the owner's name.
Students will not be permitted to leave canvasses, drawingboards, or other materials about the school-rooms, but must place
them, when not in use, in the racks especially provided for the
purpose.
Moving of Casts, etc.
Students must 1lOt move tile casts, except those in the Antique
J110delling Room. Any challge desired ill the position 0/ casts or
otlIer objects must be authorized by an illstructor or the Curator,
a1ld carried out ullder !lis directioll .
Tile monitor in charge shall sltjJerilltend and approve all
arrangements 0/ still-life objects, but students desi1'01ls o.f havi11g
allY partiCttlar subject arranged may do so by reporting to the
mOllitor, 011 1I1011day mornings only.
APPLICATIONS FOR ADMISSION TO
THE SCHOOL
All applications for admission and for promotion to higher
classes wII~ be acted upon by the Faculty, with the concurrence of
the CommIttee on Instruction, at the regular meetings held on the
Thursday before the first Monday of each month, excepting the
months of June, July, and August. Students may enter the schools
or be prorr~ot~d to higher classes at any time during the season,
but all.adml~slOns and promotions are on probation and subject to
reconsIderatIOn at the discretion of the Faculty. Before making
any application for transfer from one class to another, students
must have approval of such application from the instructor of the
class in which they are working.
All applications must be on file the day before the meeting of
the Faculty.
It is an imperative rule that all work submitted for examination
for any purpose must be signed, otherwise it will not be considered.
To avoid loss, studies must be reclaimed promptly after
examination.
Plaster Casting
Casting in plaster will not be permitted in any of the schoolro~ms. A special room will be assigned for this work upon applicatIon to the Curator.
Lunch. Rooms
Luncheon must not be eaten in the school-rooms.
rooms are provided in the basement.
Partial Course
Students desiring partial courses, including one or more of the
above classes, will be required to make a special application to
the Faculty and Committee on Instruction; but in this case they
will not be entitled to the privileges or rates oi tuition accorded
to those taking the full course.
All students in any course who have not previously been students of the Academy will be required to pay the Academy's
matriculation fee of $5.
A student's ticket entitles the holder during attendance at the
Schools to the use of the Galleries, Special Exhibitions, the
Library, the Print Collection, and the Lectures given from time
to time under the auspices of the Academy.
Lunch-
Sketching in Galleries
. Students may sketch from th e works in the Permanent CollectIon ~f t~e Academy, but copies must not be made without special
permIssIon from the management.
Library
S.tud~nts may have free use of th e contents of the Library on
a~phcatlon to the Librarian. The books are not intended for out-
SIde use, and must not be taken from the room
Zoological Garden Tickets
Annual tickets for the Zoological Gardens may be obtained at
a small charge on application to the Curator.
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Payments mnst he made, strictly in advance, to the Curator.
No allowance whatever will be made on account of absence.
Assistance in securin~ board or rooms will be given upon
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SCHEDULE OF CLASSES
TUESDAY,
MONDAY.
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Illustration Class.
Illustration Class.
Illustration Class.
Men's' Modelling
Class.
Men's Model1ing
Class.
Men's Model1ing
Class.
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Men's Model1ing
Men's Modelling
Class.
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12-I2.30 P.M . DAILY.
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FRIDAY.
Antique Class.
Men's Life Class.
Antique Class.
Men's Life Class.
Still Life Class.
Illustration 'Class.
Women's Modelling
Class.
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Illus tration Class .
Antique Class.
Men's Life Class.
Antique CIa",.
Men's Life Class.
Women's Headelass.
lllustration Class.
Illustration Class.
Women's Modelling Women's Modelling
Class.
Class.
Women'sHcad Class.
Illustration Class.
Women's Modelling
Class.
Women's Life Class .
Women's Life Class.
Women's Life Class.
NOTE:
Composition Class
Hours for Semi·
monthly criticism
announced fro m
month to month.
Antique Class.
Costume Sketch
Class.
Model1ing Class .
Antique Class.
Men's Life Class.
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Men's Life Class.
Antique Class.
Antique Class.
Men's Life Class.
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Perspective Lecture
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An tique Class.
Men's Life Class.
Still Life Class.
Wornen'sHead Class.
lJIustration Class.
Illustration Class.
Women's Modelling Women's Modelling
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Costume Sketch
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Men's Modelling
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An tiq ue Class.
Antique Class.
Antique Class.
Antique Class .
Antique Class.
Antiquq Cla:;s.
Women's
Life
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Women's Life Class . Women's Life Class
Women's
Life
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Women's Life Class. J Women 5 Llfe Class.
Men's Head Class.
Men's Head Class . .
Men's Head Class.
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THURSDAY.
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HONOR ROLL
1908-1909
AWARDS MADE MAY. 1909
CRESSON TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIPS
1ARY E. PARKER
SAMUEL PHI LLIPS
NATHANIEL
J.
POUSETTE
ALBIN POLASEK
MARY S. TOWNSEND
BEATRICE FENTON
RUTH E. ABBEY
RICHARD GAULKE
HELEN THURLOW
II.
CORNELIA B. BARNES
AIMEE ESCH:-.IER
TANCY M. FERGUSO:\
'WILLARD ORTLlP
FREDERICK BOWER
K.
ADAH JARRELL
ELIZABETH
DAVID E. KORNHAUSER
LYDIA FLORETH
MARJORIE D. MARTENET
ALlCE
FERN FORRESTER
CHARLES F. SCHAEF
V.
CROSBY
MACKEY
THE CHARLES TOPPAN PRIZES
LAZAR RADITZ (rst Prize)
EDWIN
C.
SLATER (2nd Prize)
FREDERICK N . DONALDSON (Honorable Mention)
JOHN J.
A.
DIXON ( Honorable Mention)
THE HENRY
J. THOU RON PRIZES
LEOPOLD G. SEYFFERT
HENRY L . WOLFE
MARJORIE D. MARTENET
ALBERT B. OLSON
THE EDMUND STEWARDSON PRIZE
CLYUJo; C . BATHURST
EMILY C . BISHOP (Honorable Mention)
THE JOHN H. PACKARD PRIZE
W. R.
STARK
(Tst
Prize)
FREDERICK BOWER (2d Prize)
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As a temporary home for the Art Student •
Philadelphia has unique advantages. Known as
the" City of Homes." it affords good living at a
lower cost than is possible in any other large city
in the East.
tJl In historical interest it is rich, and its suburbs,
easy of access, offer unusual chance for out-of-door
work.
O pportunities for general culture are
varied and the Academy is fortunately able to
secure special rates for its students to many of the
lectures and concerts given each season.
.. The Academy itself is centrally located and
within short walking distance from it are good
boarding-places. The two principal railroad
stations are each wiIhin five minutes' walk.
tJl R ecognizing that a comfortable living place i.
an aid to serious study the management invites
correspondence with students from a distance and
offers freely its information and aid.
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"'Tbe ideal flrtist, like the idefll philosopher, has fill time fllid fill existenct! for
lziJ '(}irltlfll thellle . Fed by the world he
cfln help to motdd it, f11lti his imight is a
kind of ZIJisdolll, prepflrillg him flS Jeienre
lIIig ht (or USillg the world well find lIIf1ki?lg
it more fruitfid. He CfIll thm be happy,
IIOt merely ill the Se7IJf of hflving IIOW f11ld
thm fill ecstfltic mOllle71t, but happy in
hfl'(}i7lg light find resource e7Iough with ill
hilll to cope fteadily with refll thiJlgs alld
to leflve Up OIl them the vestige of his mind."
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