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SCHOOLS OF THE
PENNSYLVANIA
ACADEMY OF THE
FINE ARTS
PHILADELPHIA
1921
- 1928
SCHOOLS OF THE
PENNSYLVANIA
ACADEMY OF THE
FINE ARTS
This Circular contains information which will be
appreciated by many an art student. When
you have finished with it, will you kindly hand
it to some one who may be interested,
and oblige
TIlE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY
OF THE FINE ARTS
BROAD STREET ABOVE ARCH
PHILADELPHIA
O NE H UNDRED AND
TWENTY-SECOND YEAR
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SUM M ER SCHOOL
CHESTER SPRINGS. CHESTER COUNTY. PENNA .
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1927-1928
"No sudden inspiration
can replace the long toil
which is indispensable to give
the eyes a true knowledge of
form and of proportion and
to render the hand obedient
to the commands of feeling."
AUGUSTE RODI:-I
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COMPOSITION
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Charles H. Rudy
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EDWARD T. STOTESBURY
ALFRED C. HARRI SON
ARTHUR H. LEA
JOSEPH E. WIDENER
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HENRY S. DRINKER. JR.
THOMAS S. GATES
HENRY C. GIBSON
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COMl\UTTEE ON INSTRUCTION
THEOPHILUS P. CHANDLER
ARTHUR H. LEA
HENRY C. GIBSON
ELI KI RK PRICE
THOMAS S. GATES
THE FOU TDATIO
OF THE ACADEMY
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. is th.e oldest art
. . . . the United States and actually dates Its eXIstence from
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arles Willson Peale commenced hIs efforts to orgamze
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in Philadelphia a school for the fine arts. ,It was formally found:d
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ld chartered in 1806. Mr. Peale s first efforts resulted In
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th f rmation in 1794 of the Columblanum, and In 1795 under the
au:pi~es of that Association there was held in Pennsylvania's old
State House, now known as Independence Hall, the first exhibition
of paintings in Philadelphia. The Columblanum was ultimately
succeeded by the present Academy.
In 180 5, in Independence Hall, where twenty-nine years earlier
the forefathers had signed the Declaration of Independence, seventyone public spirited citizens, of whom forty-one were lawyers, met
for formal organization. They prepared a Petition for the incorporation of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. The gathering
was a distinguished one, and included George Clymer, a signer of
the Declaration of Independence; Joseph Hopkinson, the author of
"Hail Columbia"; William Tilghman, President of the Court of
Common Pleas, and afterwards, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania;
Charles Willson Peale, William Rush and Rembrandt Peale, artists;
Alexander J. Dallas, District Attorney of the United States; Joseph
B. McKean, Attorney General of the Commonwealth; William
Lewis, William Meredith, William Rawle, Horace Binney, Simon
Gratz, John Reynell Coates, Richard Rush, Charles Biddle, John
Redman Coxe and Edward Penington. The object of the association,
quaintly and vigorously expressed in the language of the day, was:
HERE FOLLOW EXAMPLES OF THE
WORK OF SOME OF THE
ACADEMY'S ST DE TS:
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"To promote the cultivation of the Fine Arts, in the United
States of America, by introd ucing correct and elegant
copies from works of the first Masters in Sculpture and
Pamtmg, and by thus facilitating the access to such Standards, and also by occasionally conferring moderate but
honourable premiums, and otherwise assisting the Studies
and exciting the efforts of the Artists gradually to unfold
enhghten, and invigorate the talents of our Countrymen. ,;
Robert A. D. Miller
DECORATIVE PAINTI NG, 1927
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William H. Ferguson
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MANAGEMENT OF THE ACADEMY
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FACULTY . . . . . . . . . .
GENERAL ANNOUNCEM~~; . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . • . . . . . " •. . . . . . . . .
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RULES OF THE SCHOOLS. .... . . . . . . .. . . .. . . .. . . . ... . .. . . . ..
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SCHEDULE OF CLASSES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • . . . . . ..
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AR TIlUR II. LEA.
Chairman, ex-officio. as Chairman of the Committee on I nstruction of
the Board of Directors.
CHARLES GRAFLY.
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Born in Philadelphia, Dccember 3, 1862. Studied in the Spring Garden
Institute, Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and in
Paris. Pupil of L' Ecole des Beaux Arts, and of Chapu, Dampt, Bouguereau
and Fleury. Member Society of American Artists. Honorable Mention.
Paris Salon, 1891; Medal, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893; Medal ,
Atlanta Exposition, 1895 ; The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Gold Medal of Honor, 1899; Gold Medal, Exposition-Universelle, Paris,
1900; Gold Medal, Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo; Gold Medal , Charl eston Exposition, 1902; Member of the International Jury of Awards, W orld's
Fair, St. Louis, 1904 ; Grand Prize, Buenos Aires Exposition, 1910; George
D. Widener Memorial Gold Medal, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
191 3; The Charles M. Lea First Prize, The Pennsylvania Academy of the
F ine Arts, 191 6; The Watrous Gold Medal, National Academy of Design,
19 19; The Potter Palmer Prize and Gold Medal, Chicago Art I nstitute
19 2 1; Prize, Concord Art Association, 1922; Gold Medal of H onor, Concord Art Association, 1923; The Spaulding Prize, the Chicago Art Institute,
1924; Member of the National Academy of Design, the Architectural
League of New York, the National Institute of Arts and Letters; Mem ber
the National Sculpture Society; Member Municipal Art Jury of Philadelphia; Member of I nternational Jury of Award, Panama-Pacific Exhibition, 1915. Instructor in Sculpture.
HUGH H. BRECKENRIDGE.
Born in Leesburg, Virginia, October 6, 1870. Studied in the Schools of
the Pennsylvania Academy and with Bouguereau, Ferrier and Doucet in
Paris. Awarded European Scholarship, Pennsylvania AcademYi. ~irst Class
Tappan Prize. Pennsylvania Academy; Medal, Atlanta ExposltlOn. 1895;
Honora ble Mention, Exposi tion- U niverselle, Paris,1900; Med~l, Pan-A~er
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E~ XpOSl't'lon, B U ffalo " 1901' Corcoran Prize'
Society
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1903; Gold Medal, Art Club of Philadelphia, 1907; Flfst Pnze, Washmgton
Water Color Club, 1908; Silver Medal, International ExpOSItion, Buenos
Gold Medal Panama-Pacific InternatIOnal ExpoSItion,
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Art, Washington, D.C., 1916; Edward T. Stotesbury Pnze, Pennsylvama
Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. 1917; The Academy Go~d ;ledal
of Honor, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
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Municipal Art Jury of Philadel phia; Member of the Advlsory Commlttee
for Pennsylvania and the Southern States: and of the Jury of SelectIon,
Department of Art, Panama- Pacific InternatIOnal ExposItIOn, San FrancIsco
1915. Repre,ented in the collections of the Delgado Museum of Art , New
Orleans; San Francisco Art Association, San FrancIsco; Dayton Museum
ton Ohio' Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts ; Los Angeles Museum,
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of Philadelphia; University of Pennsylvania; Memorial Hall, Hartford,
Conn.; University Club of Indianapolis; Jefferson Medical College, Colle~e
of Physicians, College of Pharmacy, Historical Society, Pennsylvama
Hospital Philosophical Society and in the City Hall , Philadelphia; Court
IIouse R eading. Pa.; State Capitol, Harri sburg, Pa.; State Normal School
'Vest Chester, Pa .. and in collections in New York, Chicago, Pittsburgh,
Cleveland, etc. Instructor i n Drawing and Painting.
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HENR Y McCARTER.
Born Norristown. Pa .. July 5. 1866. Studied in the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts. Philadelphia; Pupil of Puvis de Chavannes,
Bonnat and Alexander Harrison, Toulouse Lautrec, :M. Roll, M. Rixens.
in Paris. Member Fellowship Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
Awards; Bronze 11edal Pan-American Exhibition, Buffalo, 1901; Silver
Medal St. Louis Exhibition, 1904; Beck Prize, Philadelphia Water Color
Exhibition, 1906; Gold Medal for Illustrati ons, Second Gold Medal for
decoration and color, Panama-Pacific Exhibition , San Francisco, 1915 .
Instructor in Decorative Painting.
DANIEL GARBER.
Born in North Manchester. Indiana, April II. 1880. Studied in the Art
Academy of Cincinnati, and in The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Awarded First T oppan Prize. Pennsylvania Academy, 1904, and Cresson
Travelling Scholarship. 1905-1907; First Hallgarten Prize, National Academy of Design, 1909; Honorable Mention, The Art Club of Philadelphia.
1910 ; Honorable Mention. Carnegie Institute. Pittsburgh, 1910; Bronze
Medal, Buenos Aires Exposition , 1910; Fourth Clark Prize and Honorable
Mention, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1910; WalterLippincott
PrJze, The Pennsylvarua Academy of the F i ne Arts, 1911; Potter Palmer
Gold Medal, Art Institute of Chicago, 1911; Second W. A. Clark Prize and
S,lver Medal. Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1912; Gold Medal, Panama-Pacific
Int~rnational Exposition, 1915j Second Altman Prize, National Academy of
DesIgn, 1915; Shaw Purchase Prize, Salmagundi Club 1916' Ed
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Gold Medal, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1919; First
A~tman Prize for Figure, National Academy of Design, New Y ork, 1919;
FIrst W. A. C:lark Prize and Gold Medal, Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, 1921; First Altman Prize, National Academy of Design, New York,
1922; The Locust Club Gold Medal, 1923; Carnegie Prize. National Academy
of DeSIgn, New York, 1923; Gold Medal, Art Club of Philadelphia. 1923;
M edat of Third Class. International Exhibition, Carnegie Institute of
Art. Pittsburgh, 1924. Member of the National Academy of Design. Member of the National Arts and Salmagundi Clubs, New York. Instruct or in
Drawing and Painting.
JOSEPH T. PEARSON, Jr.
Born in Germantown. Philadelphia. February 6, 1876. Studied in The
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and under J. Alden Weir. Fellowship Prize. The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1910; Bronze
Medal. Buenos Aires Exposition. 1910; lennie Sesnan Gold Medal. The
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1911; Second Hallgarten Pri ze,
National Academy of Desig n, New York, 1911 ; Honorable Mention,
Carnegie Institute. Pittsburgh, 1911; Innes Gold Medal. National Acade my
of Design, New York. 1915; Gold Medal. Panama-Pacific Internati onal
Exposition. San Francisco, 191 5; Norman Wait Harris. Silver Medal. Art
Institute of Chicago. 1915; Temple Gold Medal. The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. 1916; The Edward T. Stotesbury Prize, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1916; The Carol H. Beck Gold Medal. The
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1917; The Potter Palmer Gold
Medal. Chicago Art I nstitute, Chicago, 1918; Member of the National
Academy of Design. Instructor in Drawing and Painting.
GEORGE HARDING.
Born in Philadelphia, October 2. 1882. Studied in the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, and with Howard Pyle. and independently abroad.
Has travelled extensively in foreign countries and is the author of travel
articles and the illustrator of fictional and descriptive work in Harper's and
other magazines. Assigned by the United States War Department to duty
as artist with the American Expeditionar y Forces in 191 8 and 1919. Has
executed Mural Decorations in Banks. Hotels and Theatres. Fellow of the
Royal Geographic Society; 11ember of National Society of Mural Paint~rs;
Architectural League of New York; The Society of Illustrators; The Phlladelphia Water Color Club, Philadelphia. and of the. Salmagundi Club
New York. Instructor in Illustration and Mural DecoratIOn.
HENRY R. POORE.
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B orn In
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadel.phia; ~8tional Ac~demy
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S I d · Clubciate National Academy of Design, New York, 1888 ; So magun 1
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Lotus Club' Union International des Beaux Arts et des Lettres; Fellowshlp
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1916. MacDowell Club, New York;
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National Arts Club, New or I f American Artists Awards: First Prize,
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1915' Work: Night of the Nativity."
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PHILIP L. HALE.
Born in Bost.on, l\.lay 21, 1 86~. Pupil of J. Alden Weir, the Julian
Academy and L'Ecole des B£'nux Arts, Pari~. Member of Art StUdents.
League. :--lew York; St. Botolph Club. Bos ton; The :\'ational Arts Club
New York; The Art. Club, Philadelphin.i The Art Club, San Francisco:
Honorable Mention, Pan-American Exposition , Buffalo, 1901; Bronze
Medal, St. Louis Exposit.ion, 1904i Gold Medal , International Exposition,
Buenos Aires. 1910; Norman Wait Harris Silver Medal, Chicago Art Institut.e. 1916 i Proctor Portrait Prize, National Arademy of Design, New
York, 1916; The Charles M. Lea Second Prize, The Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts. 1916i The Philadelphia Prize. The Pennsylvania. Academy
of the Fine Arts, 1919. Associate r.,:fem ber of the ~ational Academy of
Design; Member of the Internati onal Jury of Awards, Panama-PacifiC'
Exhibition. 1915. Special Lecturer.
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ROY C. i'\USE.
Born in Springfield. Ohio. February 23. 1885. Pupil of Duveneck.
Cincinnati Art Academy. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Award s :
Cresson European Scholarship. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
1917; Second Cre5son, First Toppan and First Thouron Prizes. Pennsylvan ia Academy of the Fine Arts. 1918; Medal. Philadelphia Sketch Club.
1921. Instructor in Drawing and Painting.
JOHN F. HARBESON, B.S., M.S.A., R.A.
Born in Philadelphia. July 30. 1888. Attended the University of Pennsylvania. Received B.S .• 1910 and Arthur Spayd Brooke Gold Medal in
Design. 1910; M.S.A .. 1911; Cope Prize (Philadelphia Chapter A.LA. and
T Square Club) 1913. Architect. Associate of Paul P. Cret .. Member American Institute of Architects, Assistant Professor In ArchItectural Deslgn,
School of Fine Arts. University of Pennsylvania; Author of" The Study of
Architectural Design," Pencil Point Press. N. Y., 1926; Instructor in Perspective and Architectural Advisor in the Sculpture Class in Composition.
FRANCIS SPEIGHT.
Born in Windsor, Korth Carol in a, 1896. Studied in the Corcoran
School of Art. Washington. D. C. and the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts. Awarded Foreign Travelling Scholarship. The Pennsylvania
Academy, 19 23. Awarded a Second Foreign Travelling- Scholarship, The
Pennsr1vania Academr, 1925. Assistant Instructor in Drawing.
ALBERT LAESSLE.
Born in PlUladelphia. March 28. 1877. Studied in the Spring Garden
Institute. Drexel Institute. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and with
Charles Grafly. Member: )/ational Sculpture Society. Fellowship of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; PhiladelplUa Art Alliance; SociHe les
Amis de la Medaille d' Art. Brussels. Belgium; the Society of Painters and
Sculptors of Animal Life. ~ew York; The New Society of Artists. New
York. Awards: Stewardson Prize and Cresson Travelling Scholarship.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. 1904; Bronze Medal, Buenos Aires,
1910; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Fellowship Prize. 1915; Gold
Medal, Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, 1915; First Sculpture
Prize. Americanization Through Art. Philadelphia. 1916; The George D.
Widener Memorial Gold Medal. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
1918 ; Honorable Mention for Sculpture. Art Institute of Chicago. 1920; The
Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Gold Medal. 1923;
Gold Medal. The Sesqui-Centennial International ExlUbition. Philadelphia.
1926. Represented in the collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts Philadelphia. Philadelphia Art Club. Carnegie Institute. Pittsburgh. Peabody Institute. Baltimore. Metropolitan Museum. New York.
Concord Art Association, Concord, Massachusetts. Instructor in Sculpture
(Summer School) and Construction.
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The Pennsylvania Academy conducts the oldest schools in
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Pennsylvania, what is believed to be the best equipped Open-air
Summer School in this country, For details see page 89.
During th e one hundred and twenty-two years of the Academy's
existence it has aided in the training of many men and women whose
names are 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 . Its history is in no small measure the history of American
Art itself.
The schools are under the immediate care of a Curator and
Committee on Instruction appointed by the Presid ent and Board
of Directors, together with a Faculty composed of representative
artists of the day, who are experienced teachers and eminently qualified to discover and develop every talent whieh students may possess.
The Academy is equipped in every way to teach the technique
of Painting and Sculpture, and engages its students at once and
exclusively in the study of the Fine Arts. Its aim is tu equip them
with a thorough knowledge of Drawing, Color, Composition, Modelling, Construction and Perspective.
Lectures of general and special interest are given during the
year, and visits are made to private collections, museums, etc.,
which students may attend without extra charge. During the past
year Philip L. H ale delivered a series of Lectures on "Difficult
Moments in Painting"; "Beginning Life as an Artist"; "The
Graphic Arts "; and "The Lost Arts".
The Academy's Permanent Collection of paintings and sculpture
affords an opportunity for the study of examples of famous masters
and includes the Gallery of National Portraiture by Early Amencan
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Painters; :he Temple Collection of Modern American Paintings;
a.nd the GIbson Collection, largely composed of works of the Contmental schools.
Copying in the galleries is permitted to students under reasonable regulations.
The Annual Exhibitions held by the Academy bring together
th~ best examples of current American painting and sculpture,
ana enable students to follow intelligently the various movements
of modern art, and to study the technical methods by which the
art of today is achieving its results. These exhibitions have been
recognized for many years as being the foremost in America. During
the past year they included:
An Exhibition of Water Colors composed of 954 examples,
representing 244 different artists;
An Exhibition of Modern l\liniatures composed of 14+ examples, representing 72 different artists;
An Exhibition of Work done by students at the Chester Springs
School, consisting of 79 paintings, 9 etchings and 48 sculptures,
representing 54 different artists;
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The Academv's I22nd Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and
Sculpture, composed of 396 paintings and 120 sculptures, representing a total of 355 artists. This Exhibition was opened to public
view for seven weeks and was visited by 30,954 people.
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Special Exhibition: November 7, I926 to December 12, 1926.
r\ Loan Exhibition of Old l\Iiniatures composed of 283 Examples.
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SOl\LE ADVANTAGES OF LOCATION
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The Academy building is located in the heart of Philadelphia,
within one square of City Hall and within two or three blocks of the
central city railroad stations. The new Parkway brings it within
easy reach· of Fairmount Park and 3000 acres of beautiful scenery.
Wl;ile it is convenient to the business portion of the city, it is also
readily accessible to the residential districts. Philadelphi.a is often
called" The City of Homes," and of all the greater AmerIcan cities
it is prubahly the most worthy of the name. Apartments and studIOS
can be obtained by the year or by the month for reasonable rates.
The co~t of living is comparati\·ely low.
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The beautiful Central Library on the Parkway is within walking
distance of the Academy and affords the students excellent opportunities for general reading and for research in art.
The city contains, in addition to the Academy's own gallery, a
number of notable collections of paintings, which are accessible to
students. Among the more important may be mentioned: The
Wilstach Collection in Fairmount Park; The Lankenau Collection
at thc Drexel Institute; The John G. Johnson Collection; the important paintings at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and at
Independence Hall. The Private Collection of Joseph E. Widener
(admission by appointment only).
To students attending the Academy, the Reference Library and
the Galleries are free during the time of their attendance .
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George H. Borst
COMPOSITION (SCU LPTURE) 1927
Harry N. Grunsten
DRAWING (PAINTER'S CLASS) 1927
PHILADELPHIA CALENDAR
The One Hundred a nd Twenty-second Year Begins
October 3, 1927.
The school year is divided into two terms of 17 weeks ea h
The first term begins Mond~y, October 3, 1927, and closes Janu~r;
28,19 28 ; the second term begms Monday, January 30,1928 and closes
Saturday, May 26, 1928.
The schools are open from 9 o'clock a.m. until 10 o'clock p.m.
daily except Sunday. Saturdays, 9 o'clock a.m. until 6 o'clock p.m.
Evening classes are open (rom 7 o'clock Imtil 10 o'clock.
Visitors are admitted to the school on week·days from
+to 5 p.m.
The schools are closed on Sund ays, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year' s Day, Washi ngton 's Birthday and Good Friday.
During the Christmas holidays the schools are open, but from
six o'clock p.m. December 23rd to nine o'clock a.m . January 3rd
no models are engaged to pose and no criticisms are given. On the
Saturday preceding Easter and on Easter Monday no models are
engageLi to pose and no criticisms are given . No models are engaged
to pose for the last week of the second term.
Cl-IESTER SPRINGS CALENDAR
The Chester Springs Summer School is open (rom April 1st to
October 1st. Criticisms arc given between April 15th and October 1St.
During t he Autumn and Winter months, special arrangements may
be made with the R esident Manager for working at the school.
APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO THE
PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL
Application blanks are sent on request and mus t b e fill ed m
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en. registers.
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Students may register for the first term of th eseasono f 1927- 1928
27. Classcsmeet M on day, 0 ctob cr 3rtl 1927
a ft er Sep. 1t em b er 15th, 19
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S tuuents may register for the second te rm aft er J anuary' 15th .
1928 . Cl asses meet Monday, January 30th, 1928.
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term has begun.
Students must register in person.
REQUIREMENTS FOR AD~IISSION
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No student is eligible for admission unless possessed of a good
common-school education such as is reached by the highest grade
of the grammar schools. A high school education is recommended.
Satisfactory references as to personal character are required and,
in addition, each student is desired to furni sh a doctor's certificate
of health. This measure safeguards every student accepted by the
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modelling classes, must work on trial in the classes in Antique Drawing, Composition, Construction, Saturday Sketch and Still Life. With
the approval of the instructor in each of these classes, application for
promotion may be made to the Faculty at anyone of the Stated
Monthly Meetings. Work submitted with the application, must
include at least one example from each class.
For admission to the Life Modelling Classes, photographs of
work or specimens of modelling of sufficient merit are required.
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no responsibility for Students is assumed by the Academy beyond
the limits of the School buildings. However, assistance In secunng
board or rooms is given upon request. The cost of living in. Philadelphia is not high, and accommodations within reasonable distance
of the Academy are available for both men and women.
SCHEDULE OF FEES
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Thc school scason consists of two terms of sevcnteen weeks each.
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All new students must pay a matriculation fee of five dollars.
The payment of $87·50 a term fo r tuition, $[ a term for locker
rent, and the matriculation fec of $5 covers all fces, hut d'les not cover
the cost of materials.
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during the season, 1925- 1926 and continuously since then, the
tuition fee will remain as heretofore. For students registered in the
Academy's Chester Springs School for four months during the
summer of 1926 and registered in the Academy's Philadelphia School
for both terms of the season of 1926- [927 and continuously since
then in the Philadelphia school, the t uition fee will remain as heretofore.
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1\0 reduction is made to students registering after a term has
beg-un.
No reduction is made to students who desire to take special
criticisms, to work in the night classes only, or to work under one
instructor only.
The payment of the tuition fees entit.les the student to work in
the Day Classes, the Night Classes or in both and to attend lectures
on Perspective and Mr. Hale's lectures.
TUITION FEES ARE NOT REFUNDED FOR ANY
CA USE WHATEVER
The Academy accepts checks in payment of fees but stu?ents are
advised that all checks which they wish to have cashed In PIll ladelphia should be in the form of drafts on a Philadelphia bank.
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INSTRUCfIO
Instruction in the Academy at Philadelphia is given in Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Illustration and Mural Decoration. These
departments are closely allied and students in the Painting and
Illustration classes are privileged to work in clay, and sculptors are
pri vileged to work in the Painting classes.
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The general method of instruction is hy individual criticism of
class work. The individuality of the student is not repressed by
Ii xed methods.
DRAWl G AND PAINTING
Instruction is given in Drawing from Casts (head and full figure),
Construction (from model). Composition (black and white or in
color), Still Life (painting), Saturday Sketch (painting or drawing),
Decorative painting and Perspective. Students may attend Mr.
Hal e's special lectures, without extra charge.
For fees, see Schedule, page 29.
SCHED ULE OF CLASSES
Drawing from Cast; Every morning and afternoon, every
night, excepting Saturday.
INSTRUCTORS
D aniel Garber
Decorative Painting; Friday morn- Henry l\IcCarter
ings and afternoons.
Composition; Wednesday afternoons .
Nathan Filmus
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Still-Life Drawing and Painting;
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings and afternoons.
H enry R. Poore
Hugh H. Breckenridge
Perspective; Monday afternoons. J ohn F. H arbeson
Construction; Tuesday afternoons. Albert Laessle
Saturday IVlorning Costume Sketch Roy C.
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THE LIFE AND HEAD CLASSES
The purpose of these classes is to give the stud ent thorough
instruction in the technique of painting.
The day Life Classes are under the supervision of Mr. Pearson.
The night Life Classes are under the supervision of Mr. Garber.
SCHEDULE OF CLASSES
I NSTRUCTORS
Drawing and painting from Life; For
women: three hours daily excepting Saturdays.
J oseph T. Pearson, Jr.
For men: three hours daily excepting Saturdays
Joseph T. Pearson, Jr.
For women: weekday evenings excepting Saturdays.
Daniel Garber
For men: weekday evemngs excepting Saturdays.
Daniel Garber
Drawing and painting from the
Head; Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday mornings and afternoons.
Hugh H. Breckenridge
Roy C. Nuse
Drawing and painting from Still Life; Hugh H. Breckenridge
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
mornings and afternoons.
Fred Flanigan
LIFE STUDY (PAINTING) 1927
Decorative Painting; Friday mornings and afternoons.
Henry McCarter
Composition; Wednesday afternoons. H enry R. Poore
Perspective; Monday afternoons.
J ohn F. Harbeson
Construction; Tuesday afternoons.
Albert Laessle
Saturday Morning Costume Sketch
Class.
Roy C. Nuse
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REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION
A stud ent may apply for promotion to the Life and H ear!
classes by sUbmitting to the Facu lty at a stated monthly meeting, a
group of drawings and paintings, each one of which has received tilE'
approval of the Instructor o[ the class in which the work was made.
The group must consist of at least; one drawing from the full
figure Antique, one painting from the Still Life Class, one painting
[rom the Satu rday Morning Sketch Class, one drawing from the
Construction Class and one Composition in black and white or in
color. If the Faculty finds the group of insuffici ent merit to warrant
promotion, the student may prepare another group for submission
LO the Faculty at any subsequent meeting.
PRIVILEGES
Students in these classes are entitled to work in the Antique
Drawing, Still Life, ~ight Life, Decorative Painting, Composition,
Construction, Saturday Sketch, Perspective antI Sculpture Classes
and to attend 1\11'. Hale's Lect ures. All students in drawing and
painting are recommended to do a certain amount of modelling.
This entails no additional fee.
For Schedule of fees, see page 29.
Marina Timoshenko
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SPECIAL CLASSES
OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE
Mr. McCarter's Class in Decorative Painting
The Class in Decorative Painting meets once a week for criticism of work submi tted. The object of the class is to study Decorative Design and Color, and to encourage the student to express
forcefully his own impressions and conceptions.
Mr. Poore's Class in Composition
The Class in Composition meets twice every month for criticism of Individual work and consideration of the principles of
Composition. Work in composition is compulsory.
Mr. Harding's Class in Mural Decoration
Mr. Harding will conduct a class in Mural Decoration from
November to April, both inclusive. Students competing for
Cresson Travelling Scholarships are eligible to submit work for entrance to this class.
Mr. Laessle's Clas s in Construction
This class receives instruction through lectures given hy Mr.
Laessle and through criticisms of individual work made, from t he
living model, in whatever medium the instructor may select. In this
class, special attention is paid to the proper placing of masses controlling movement and line. Work in construction is compulsory.
Mr. Harbeson's Class in Perspective
William H. Ferguson
PORTRAIT STUDY (PAINTING) 1927
The course consists of instruction in the elements of linear
perspective, shadows projected by artificial and natural lights and
reflections illustrated by drawings made before the class. Problems in drawing and painting from the solid object and from nature
are given to the class at stated intervals. The principles of perspective as used by artists of various schools are demonstrated by
lantern projections of their works.
Work in perspectIve IS
compulsory.
Mr. Hale's Lectures
During the season Mr. Hale will deliver lectures on Japanese
Art, Dutch Art, French 18th Century Art and the Pre-Raphaelites.
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Thl' Costume Sketch Class is conducted throughout both term s
and m cets Saturday mornings (rom nine o'clock uncil nQon. Skctches
(rom the living model are made in black and white, or in color.
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A Sketch Class meets also on Tuesday evenings, from seven
until nine o'clock, to work, without criticism, from a living model.
The ch ief object of the Sketch Classes is to teach students to
grasp and record quickly the spirit and character of the subject
presented.
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Edwnrd O. Kraske
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Virgil McCoy Reader
PORTRAIT STUDY (PAINTING) 1927
Marina Timoshenko
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SCULPTURE
The Classes in Sculpture are under the direction of 1 Ir. Grally,
and are scheduled as follows: For men: Life Class, every morning,
Saturdays excepted, and lIonday, Wednesday and Friday nighls.
Portrait Class, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturd ay afternoons. For
women: Life Class every afternoon, Saturdays excepted, and Mon.
day, vVed nesday anti Friday nights. Portrait Class, Tuesday,
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The work of the Classes in Sculpture consists of modelling,
generally in the round, from the head and from the full· length fig ure.
Criticisms arc given once a week in ea ch class.
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Henry Ewertz
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COMPOSITIO:-l (SCULPTURE) 1927
Henry Ewertz
COMPOSITION (SCULPTURE) 1927
Henry Ewertz
PORTRAIT STUDY (SCULPTURE) 1927
REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSIO~
Photographs of work or specimens of modelling of sufficient
merit are rcquired for admission to the life modelling classes.
Students not sufficiently advanced for admission to the Life Class
are required to model from casts. When they have acquired sufficient
proficiency, they are admitted to the Life Class without the payment
of an additional fee.
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Both Painters and Illustrators would manifestly profit by the
added appreciation of form and proportion gained by working in the
Sculpture Classes .
Students in Sculpture are permitted to work in the Drawing and
Painting Classes which include Composition, Construction, Decorative Painting, Perspective, Saturday Sketch, and Still Life, and are
recommended to work therein (without extra charge), but admission
to the Life and Head and Illustration Classes is, for sculptors, subject to the same requirements as for painters and illustrators. The
students may also attend Mr. Hale's Lectures.
The Night Life Class meets from 7 to 10 p.m. three evenings per
week. Criticisms are given once a week as in the Day Life Class.
Students are required to furnish their own clay, life modelling
stand and bucket for clay. The Academy furnishes one head stand
for each student.
For fees see Schedule on page 29.
Maysie Stone
COMPOSITION (SCULPTURE) 1927
Evaline C. Sellors
PORTRAIT STUDY (SCULPTURE) 1927
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Its purpose is to provide the student with such practical instruction
in Drawing, Composition and Interpretation as will enable him to
enter the professional field of magazine and book illustrating.
The Class in Illustration will meet daily throughout the school
year.
Life models are engaged for the morning classes under Mr. Pearson. Costume models are engaged for the afternoon classes under
Mr. Harding and individual criticism is given once a week.
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A student may apply for promotion to the Illustration Class
by submi1.ttng to the Faculty at a stated monthly meeting, a group
of drawings and j:aintings, each one of which has received the
approval of the Instructor of the class in which the work was made.
The group must consist of at least; one drawing from the full
figure Antique, one pa:nting from the Still Life Class, one j:ainting
from the SatUlday l\Iorning Sketch Class, one draw:ng from the
Construction Class and one Composition in black and white or in
color. If the Faculty finds the group of insufficient merit to warrant promotion the student may prepare another group for submission to the Faculty at any subsequent meeting.
Illustrators are entitled to work in the Night Life, Still-Life,
Decorative Painting, Composition, Sketch Classes, Perspective, and
Construction Classes and to attend 111'. Hale's lectures, without extra
el1arge.
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SCHOLARSHIPS A D PRIZES
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the holders thereof to free tuition. Ten of t hem are m m emory 0
William L. Elkins, and ten in memory of George D. WId ener.
immediately preceding the application for'a Free Scholarship and
who have fulfilled all class requirements during that year or, those
students who have been registereu at the Academy's Summer School
for the two consecutive seasons of four months each immediatelv preceding the a pplication, and have there fulfilled certain require~ents.
These Scholarships are awarded by the Board of Directors upon
the recommendation of the Committee on Instruction and the
Faculty of the Schools.
Florence McCurdy
COSTUMED MODEL PAINTING (ILLUSTRATION) 1927
Under the will of Mary R. Burton, deceased, a free scholarship is provided, and through t he generosity of Mrs. George lK.
Johnson, the Sarah Kaighn Cooper Free Scholarship has been established. A Scholarship has also been established in memory of Elizabeth II. Thomas.
The above Free Scholarships are available this year for returning student s only, and are awarded solely for the purpose of financially assisting those who would otherwise be unable to pursue the
study of art.
Returning students are those who have been registered in the
Academy's Philadelphia schools for both terms of the school year
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T~\ VELLI ~G SCHOLARSHIPS
Dorothy L. Van Loan
GROUP IN COMPETITION FOR F I RST CRESSON AWARD
(PAINTING) 1927
By the liberal provisions of the wills of Emlen Cresson and
Priscilla P ., his wife, 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 awarded eighteen Cresson
Scholarships. Included in this number were ten painters, three
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sculptors ~d five illustrators. These a wards were made by the
Board of Directors upon the recommendation of the Faculty.
Th e awards are divided among the Painting, Ill ustration and
Sculpture Classes, and are based upon the standard of the work ,
as one factor , and the number of contestants from eaeh Class as
another factor.
The award of a scholarship provides each student with one
tho usand dollars to expend in act ual t ravel and travelling expenses.
Th e remaining one hundred and fifty dollars of the award covers
t ui t ion for the ensuing school season.
It is the intention of the Cresson Scholarships to give to the
st udents of t he Academy the advantage of seeing some of the important Galleries and Art Schools abroad. The trip abroad is limited
to the summer vacation, a period of four months, from June to
October, so that students can return to the Academy for study during the ensuing school year. The Board of Directors, upon the
recommendation of the Committee on Instruction, may, in case of
('xceptional merit, permit a student to receive a second Cresson
Scholarship. Unless some satisfactory excuse be accepted by the
Com mittee on I nstruction, a second scholarship must be competed
[or durinR t he year succeeding the first award.
T he award of a T ravelling Scholarship is not to be regarded as a
cer tificate of proficiency. Students receiving an award for the first
t ime are req uired to return to the Academy for further study after
having t ravelled abroad in accordance with the terms of the award.
Students receiv ing a second award are expected to return to the
Academy for further study during the school year next succeeding
t he award.
New st udents registering during the season of 1921-1922 and
t hereaft er will not become eligible to compete for a Cresson Travelling
Scholarship until they have completed twenty-four months, or six
terms , (not necessarily consec utive) of study in the Academy's Schools.
Students who have been registered previous to the school year of
1921- 1922 will be eligible to compete for a Cresson Travelling Scholarship after sixteen mont hs of study in the Academy's Schools.
In estima ting the t otal number of months necessary to qualify
competitors, time registered in the Chester Springs Summer School
is counted provided certain requirements have been fulfilled equivalent to a similar length of time in the Philadelphia Schools.
All students in competition for Cresson Travelling Scholarships
must be r egistered in the Philadelphia School for both terms of
their Competition Year. During Competition year no change in
registration is permitted.
Every student swarded a Cresson Travelling Scholarship must
sail for Europe before June 15th of the year of Award. Otherwise
the scholarship is revoked .
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REQUIREMENTS GOVERNING THE CRESSON
COMPETITION
All students entering the Competition are required to sign at
the Curator's office as Competitors before the October review,
1927.
Students who intend to compete are recommended to study
at the Chester Springs School, in order to receive instruction in
painting sunlight in the open.
Work must be submitted each month by Competitors in the
Painting, Sculpture and illustration Classes for review. Competitors
failing to submit work as required will be ineligible for receiving
an award.
Drawings and paintings must not exceed thirty-six inches
either dimension.
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Reviews take place the third week of each month bcginning
with October.
(Second week of December and May). To receive
credit for their work, students must register it during review week
before 5 o'clock of the following days:
Tuesday, Life.
Wednesday, Illustration and Illustration Head.
(Review the following day).
ConstlUction.
Wednesday (before IO A .M. ) Composition; on any date scheduled
that month for Mr. Poore's criticism.
Friday, Portrait. (Review the following day.)
Friday, Still Life. (Review the following day.)
Painters are required to register each month beginning with the
Octobe!: Reviews, work from the Figure in drawing or painting,
from the Head in drawing or painting, one composition, one Saturday
morning sketch, and, each term, one painting from Still Life.
William H. Ferguson
LIFE STUDY (PAI NTI NG) 1927
Illustrators are required to register each month beginning with
the October Reviews, one head made from the model in the Illustration class, one drawing or painting from the model in the Life
Class, and, each term, one illustration.
Sculptors are required to register each month a composition
(subject assigned) a study from the Figure and, each term, one study
from the model in the Head Class.
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'ork can not be registered more than once.
The same"
not exceed the space allotted to them, but each painter's group must
mclude a land~cape . No work will be considered eligible which has
not heen made during the current school season and registered in
the Curator's office for one of the specified reviews.
Competitors in the Life and Head Painting classes must attend
the Class . in Composition, and must do the work required in the
C:0nstructlOn and the Perspective Classes. Competitors in Illustration and Sculpture must do the work required in the Construction
and Pcrspective Classes.
THE CHARLES TOPPAN PRIZES
The Charles Toppan prizes for 1928 arc: first prizc, $300, sccoU(\
prize, $200, and t\\"o honorable mentinns of SI 00 each.
These prizes wcre established in J881 by the gift of ]\[r);. Charles
Toppan, 1\1 iss Harriette R. Tappan, and 1\1r. Robcrt 1'\. Tappan.
The prizes are awarded only to students who have previously
received and used a Cresson Scholarship. Competitors who fulfill all
of the rcquirements for a second Cresson Travelling Scholarship will,
at the same time be considercd eligible to compete for a Toppan
Prize. Competitors who are not in Competition for a Second Cresson
Travcll ing Scholarship are required to submit each month during the
year of competition two lifc drawings from models posing in the
Academy, or two full-figure Antique drawings made in the Academy.
Any studcnt having received one Toppan prize is debarred from
receiving another Toppan prize of the samc or lower value.
Thc \\'ork submitted in competition must be an original painting,
in oil, or water color, the unaided work of the student without criticism. All work in competition must be submitted without signature
or mark of identification and must bc presented on or before Saturday, May 12, 1')28.
Corn P. Gibson
PORTRAIT STUDY (PAINTING) 1927
Students failing to su b't
.
work for review place
ml t h e reqUIred
th emse1ves out of co
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of the Faculty.
mpe I Ion and can be reinstated only by action
All competitors are
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Groups, provided they do
The subject assigned for 1\1ay, 1928 is : "An Interior with one
or more fi gures in which mere Portraiture is not the leading motive."
No st.udent may submit more than onc canvas. Canvases submitted must not measure less than twelvc inches nor more than
thirty-six inches in either dimension, and must not be framed or
presented und er glass.
Canvases are numbered by thc Curator, and a memorandum
of the numbers and competitors' names arc kept in a sealed envelope
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. . g canvases have been selected
. .
ened after the prize-wmnm
which IS op . ee on Instruction.
by the Commltt
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ositively expressed terms of the gift, the
Accordmg to t e b~itted will receive first consideration.
. of the work su
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awards is not oblige to awar pnzes or
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sufficient ment 0 JUs
Schools; and one of $50 and one of 1$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,
both to be decided by the instructor of the class.
A competitor is not eligible a second time for the same prize,
and cannot receive more than one award the same season.
Walter I. Anderson
COMPOSITION (PAINTI NG) 1927
THE THOURON PRIZE
The following awards, founded by the late Henry]. Thouron,
a former Instructor in Composition, are made as follows:
A prize of $so for a group of not less than three compositions
upon subjects given to the class during the current season, and a
pnze 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
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Marina Timoshenko
PORTRAIT STUDY (PAINTING) 1927
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 S-~o. This sum will be awarded by the Faculty to the student
sub'~itting the best work in Composition upon a gIVen subject.
The intention of t he award is to gIVe the successful student a
three-months' summer trip abroad, for the purpose of specIal
study of Composition in specified places and gallenes.
THE STEWARDSON PRIZE
The Edmund Stewardson Prize of One Hun<lred Dollars, in the
Department of Sculpture, will be awarded for the twenty-eighth
time at the close of the school year.
This is an annual prize, competed for by present students of the
Academy with such pupils of other art schools as may b(' approved
by the Committee on Instru ction. Having once received this a\\ard
a student becomes ineligible for further competition.
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The subject for the competition is a full-length figure from Life
in the round.
Studies must not be less than two feet six inches in height, and
not more than three feet in height, and must be made within eighteen
hours, during three consecutive days, in six sessions of three hours
each.
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None except the competitors are admittcd to the competition
room at any time during the days of the compet it ion, and none cxccpt
the members of the Jury are prcsent during the judging of the studies.
Each competitor draws a number by lot. This numLer determines the competitor's position in the competition room and a
corresponding number is placed upon an envelope which contains
the competitor's name and is deposited sealed, with the Secretary
of the Academy. Upon completion of the work the competitor
places a corresponding number upon the stuuy to be submitted to
the Jury of Award.
The Jury of Award consists of three professional sculptors,
having no official connection with the Academy, or any other schools
whose pupils may bave taken part in the competition . When the
successful number has bcen announced by the chairman of the] ury,
the Secretary, in the presence of one or more of the officials of the
Academy, opens the envelope bearing that number and announces
the name of the successfu l competitor. ][ no study be satisfactory to
the Jury, the prize may, in their discretion, be withheld. ,r hen no
award is made, the amount of the prize may, in the discretion of the
Board of Directors of the Academy, be addcd to the principal of
the prize fund, or distributed with future prizes.
The clay mod els offered in competition must be kept standing in
good condition until otherwise ordered and figures cast by the
Academy become its property.
George H. Borst
The compctition for the year 1928 takes place on i\Jarch 5,
STEWARDSON PRIZE (SCU LPTURE) 1927
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In memory of Emma Burnham Stimson, a fund has been created
for the award each year of a prize in sculpture of $(00.00 for the
best work done by the sturlents in the regular course oj the class.
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The contest is open to students who have been registered for three
terms and who are members of the Life Modelling Classes, but is not
open to former students who work in the c1(!ss by special permission.
Time spent at work in the Sculpture Classes at the Chester Springs
Summer School, not exceeding four months, will be counted .
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m the round, not less than 2 feet 6 inches in height and must be
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by the Committee on Instruction of the Board of Directors. The
jury must not include any instructor in the School.
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The contest for the year 1928 takes place during the month of
J an uary from the 3rd to 27th inclusive.
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THE PACKARD PRIZES
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cmer T. Lassonde
From the income of the John H. Packard Fund, established by
the children of the late John H. Packard, l\I.D., for many years
chairman of the Academy's Committee on Instruction, annual prizes
of $30 and $20 are awarded for the best and second best groups
of original studics made from living animals. These prizes are open
to all students of the Academy who have registered for both terms
of the school year. A student having once received a prize becomcs
in eligible to receive the same prize a second time.
THE RAMBORGER PRIZE (DRAWING) 1927
Done by a student who has not been under instruction over two years
THE RAl\IBORGER PRIZE
From the income of a fund established by the late William K.
Ramborger, Esq., as a memorial to his sister, Aspasla Eckert Ram;
borger, who for some years was a student of the Academy, an annua
prize of $25 is awarded for the best line draw!l1g !l1 black and whtte
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of a head from life by a pupil of the Academy who has not been under
instruction Q\'er two years, out who has been registered in the
Academy for both terms of the current, school y,ear. Each competitor may submit one unmounted drawmg. Havmg once received
an award, a student become' thereafter ineligible to compete again.
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THE CHARLES M. LEA PRIZES
The Pennsylvania Academy of tbe Fine Arts holds a Special
Exhibition of Drawings by Students of American Art Schools in
November, 1927.
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A first prize of two hundred dollars, a second prize of one
hundred and fifty dollars and a third prize of one hundred dollars
are awarded respectively to the best, the second best and the third
best drawings.
Allan A. F, Thomas
Any student having received one Lea prize is debarred from
receiving another Lea prize of the same or lower value.
Haral Arensbach
FIRST LEA PRIZE, 1927
SECOND LEA PRIZE, 192 7
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF TilE FINE ARTS
Drawings eligible for competition must be executed by students
regularly enrolled before November 1st, 1927 in any American School
of Art which has a faculty of at least two instructors,
A competitor may not submit more than two drawings.
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. Th.e subject must deal with the human figure, (not the head only)
either smgly or m composition, and be executed in black and white by
pen, pencil, or hard crayon, but not in chalk or charcoal. The awards
are based u~~n the precision, accuracy of delineation, proportions,
detail, slrnphClty, and picture quality of the drawings submitted,
Ruth H. Reeves
THIRD LEA PRIZE, 1927
THE PENNSYLVANIA MUSKUM AND SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ART
Mehmbers of the Jury of the Academy's Water Color Exhibition
k e t e awards Th
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JU grnent the drawmgs are not of sufficient merit.
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t 1,ave the following information legibly written
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address
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THE -\CADEJ\1Y'S FREE-HAND DRAWING PRIZES FOR
THE IIIGHER SCHOOLS OF PHILADELPHIA AND VICINITY
The Directors of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
have established a system of prize awards for ongmal Free-ha~d
Drawing by students of the higher schools of the cIty of Phlladelpll1a
and immediate vicinity. The purpose of makmg these awards IS to
stimulate interest in Free-hanrl Drawing, to discover those who possess marked talent, and to offer t hem the advantages of study at the
Acacl emy.
A first prize of SIO and a second prize of $5 are awarded by
the .\cademy upon the recommendation of the instructor of the school
where made, for the best and second best drawings by regularly
enrolled students of each school.
The drawings must be made free-hand from a cast or other object
assigned by the instructor and must be the unaided work oC the
student, without criticism.
The drawings must be made with lead pencil, charcoal or crayon
on white paper 19 inches by 25 inches in size and unmounted.
The drawings may be made at any time during the months of
1\Iareh and April, but must be submitted to th e instruct or of the
school where made, and the prizes announced before the thirti eth
of April, 1928.
The two prize drawings from each school must be sent to the
Secretary of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Broad
and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia, not later t han May 16th, 1928.
The Faculty of the Academy will then judge the drawings submitted,
and award the fina l prizes as follows .
$2S for the best drawing; $ IS for the second; and $10 for the
third.
All entries must have the following information legibly written
on the back: name of the competitor; name of the school in whch
the student is working, and the signature of the Principal of the
school. Drawlllgs will be return ed to the schools from which received .
I t is hoped that these awards, and the stimulus they afford, will
~ead to a closer sympathy between the art instruction in the city's
Igher schools and the work of the Academy itself.
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THE ACADEMY'S FREE-TIAND DRAWING PRIZES FOR
THE HIGHER SCHOOLS OF PIULADELPHIA AND VICI NITY
T op line from left to ri gh t:
Gerson Keyser, Central High School ; First Pri ze.
Acrman Renger, La France Art Institute; Honorable Mention.
Frederick Arnato, Frankford High School for Boys; Second Prize.
Ravm ond S. Rei nha rt. South Philadelphia High School fo r Boys; Third Prize.
Ida Litwhiler, Beechwood School; Honorable Mention.
Martha Duprey, Beechwood School ; Honorable Mention.
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RULES Of THE SCHOOLS
HOURS
open from 9 o'clock a.m. until 10 o'clock pm
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the
closmg
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6
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9 a.m. to 12 no ,
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b ' at 9 a m promptly, and students are urged to
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utilize
the
best
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start work ear y
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Regular attendance by students IS not compu sory, ut no reduc. f
t't 'on rates is made on account of
t~on rom u~ ~
. absence.
.
At 5.3 0 p.m. the Cherry Street entrance WIll be opened for
members of the night classes.
MATERIALS
Materials for study must be provided by the student. All
articles required in the classes are for sale in the school store at
lowest prices. All sales are for cash only.
DEPORTMENT
Students are expected to be self-governing, and to know and obey
the rules of Ihe Academy from principles of honor.
Violat1:on of Ihe rules will result in suspension or dismissal from
the A cadem y.
Any conduct unbecoming a student is a violation of the rules.
The property of other students must not be used without the
owner's knowledge and consent.
MONITORS
It shall be the duty of the monitors to maintain order and , if
necessary, to report to the Curator any interference with the work
of the class.
Monitors shall see that the class-rooms are kept properly lighted
and ventilated.
The monitor of each class shall have charge of the model and
of the class-room during working hours.
LIFE CLASSES
Only members of th Lif CI
Class-rooms d .
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asses are permitted in the Life
urmg workmg ho
d h
.
the model posing.
urs an t en only when workmg from
Members of the Life Cl
to models who ar
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asses must under no circumstances speak
e posmg.
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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.
Students absent from three meetings of the class will forfeit
their positions unless arrangements were made previously with the
monitor of the class.
Students absent from two meetings of the Costumed Model
Class in Illustration will forfeit their positions unless arrangements
were made previously with the monitor of the class.
MONTHLY REVIEW OF WORK
A general review of the work of each class is held once a month.
A record of the work submitted is kept for use in determining the
standing of students at the end of the season and their eligibility for
entering the Cresson Competition.
Students in the class drawing from head casts will register one
drawing from the cast, one drawing from the Construction Class, and
one Saturday Sketch (drawing or painting) each month.
Students in the class drawing from the full-figure cast will
register one drawing from that class, one Saturday Sketch (drawing
or painting) one drawing from the Construction Class, and one
Composition each month, and one Still Life each term.
Students in the Life and Head, Illustration and Sculpture classes
will register the same work required of the Cresson Competitors
(see page 67).
Reviews take place the third week of each month beginning with
October (second week of December and May). To receive credit
for their work, students must register it during review week before
5 o'clock of the following days.
Tuesday, Life.
Wednesday, Illustration and lllustration Head. Construction
(Review Lhc following day).
Wednesday, (before 10 o'clock) Composition, on any date
scheduled for Mr. Poore's criticisms.
Friday, Portrait. (Review the following day.)
Friday, Still Life. (Review the following day.)
.
The date for each review will be posted on the school Bulletm
Board at the beginning of every month. Drawings are not accepted
when rolled or when not carefully "fixed." Paintings must be
thoroughly dry, and all work must be signed with the student's f:'U
name and the name of the class in which the work was done. Studies
marked by the instructor are reserved by the Academy for an
indefinite period. In order to prevent loss, unmarked studIes should
be reclaimed at the close of each review.
AP
PLICATION FOR PROl\IOTION
ply for promotion at the regular Faculty meetSllIdents maYdaPna so they must obtain the approval of the
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but befare 01 '"
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d whom they are workmg.
instructors un er
ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN TICKETS
Annual tickets for the Zoological Gardens may be obtained at
a small charge, from the Superintendent of the Gardens on presentation of a letter from the Curator.
l\IOVING OF CASTS
t 1'01 move the cas/so Any •
change•
desired in the posi51 II del.'
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. f t
ol'wr ob'l'ects must. be au/honzed
by an znstrltclor or the
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PRIVILEGES FOR STUDEl\iTS
A student's ticket entitles the holder during attendance at the
Academy to free admission to the Galleries, Special Exhibit ions and
Lectures, and to the use of the Library and Print Collection.
PLASTER CASTING
Casting in plaster will not be permitted in any of the schoolrooms. A special room is provided for this work.
LUNCH-ROOl\IS
Luncheon must not be eaten in the school-rooms. Lunch-rooms
are provided in the basement.
CARE OF PERSOl\AL PROPERTY
All personal property should be markcd with the owner's name.
Students are cautioned not to leave personal property of any
kind about the school-rooms as the Academy will in no case be
responsible for the loss of articles from the rooms or lockers.
Large steel lockers, fitted with combination locks are provided
for each student, and are expected to be kept locked.
Any damage done to a locker will be charged to the student
occupying it.
VISITORS
The school-rooms are open for the inspection of visitors on
week-day afternoons from four until fivc a-clock.
Students are not to be called from the class-room unless in
the judgment of the Curator the matter is of urgent importance.
No one is permitted to remain in any of the class rooms during
working hours except the regular members of the class who are
doing the special work of that class.
Telephone calls are not reported to students. Messages are
placed in students' mail boxes.
Application forms and any further information regarding the
Schools may be obtained by addressing.
ELEANOR A. FRASER.
BROAD STREET, ABOVE ARCH,
Curator
PHILADELPHIA
Students are not permitted to leave canvases, and drawingboar~s about the school-rooms, but must place them, when not in
use, ll1 the racks especially provided for the purpose.
Canvases and ;\1aterials left at the Academy and not called
for by the beginning of the fall term wiil be disposed of.
SKETCHING IN GALLERIES
. Students may sketch from the works in the Permanent Collec.
tton of the Academ b t
. .
y, u COpies must not be made without special
permission from the management.
LIBRARY
Students may ha ' f
.
the L'b'
ve ree use of the Library, upon application to
I ranan between the h
f
be taken f
' th
ours 0 3 and 5 p .m. Books must not
rom e room.
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Virginia Heist
COMPOSrTlON ( P.\ INTING) 1927
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SCHEDULE OF CLASSES
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WEDNESDAY.
THURSDAY.
FRIDAY.
Antique Class.
Men 's Life Class.
Women's Life Class .
Head Class.
Illustration Class.
AntiqucClass .
Men '5 Life Class.
Women' s Life Class.
Antique Class.
Men's Life Class.
Women's Life Class.
Head Class.
Illustration Class.
Antique Class.
Men's Life Class.
Women' s Life Class.
Antique Class.
Men's Life Class.
Women's Life Class.
Head Class .
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Men's Life
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Still Life.
Men's Life
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Still Life.
Antique Class.
Women's Life Class.
Men's Life Class.
Still Life
I!1ustration Class.
Women's Life
M odellin~Class.
Men's ead
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Antique Class.
Women's Life Class.
Men's Life Class.
Still Life.
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Women 's Life
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Men's ead
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Construction Class.
Antique Class.
Women's Life Class.
Men 's Life Class.
Head Class.
Illustration Class.
Women's Life
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Antique Class.
Men's Life Class.
Women's Life Class.
Costume Sketch
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Antique Class.
Antique Class.
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Men's Life Class.
Women's Life Class. Women's Life Class.
Life M odelli ng Class.
Composition Class.
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Still Life.
Antique Class.
Antique Class.
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THE ACADEMY'S SUMMER SCHOOL
AT CHESTER SPRINGS
The P ennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts owns a tract of
:'-0 acres at Chest er Springs, Chestcr County, Pennsylvania, where
It conducts an open air school for instruction in the Fine Arts.
Chester Springs is seven and one-half m iles northwest of Phccnixville on th e Pickering Valley Railroad , and about forty miles northwest of Philad elphia and is reached in ·about one hour and thirty
minutes by t rain service from the Reading T erm inal in Philadelphia .
It is a beautiful li ttle village, with postoffice, schools, stores and
churches. Th e population is purely native American.
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the village, surrounded by typical Pennsylvania farm land, the
scenery of which is enriched by gently rolling hills and by Pickering
Creek with its meadows and valleys. It is at the foot of a hill rising
to the north over SOO feet, and includes a number of buildings upon
the hillsid e, affording ample studio room, and separate dormitories
for men and women. Electric light is suppli ed from Phmnixville.
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THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
The men's building, known as the Washington Building, is a large
three-story stone structure, 146 fcet long, with airy dormitories on the
second and third fl oors, private rooms for those who want them, and
contains on the first floor, the main kitchen and general dining-room.
Th e women's building, known as the Lincoln Building, is also
three stories in height, is 83 feet long, with similar airy dormitories
on the second and t hird floors, also with private rooms. It contains on the first floor a library and reading room used by all of the
students. I t is about 60 feet to the eastward of the Washington
Building. Both are near the public road.
Across t he road from the Lincoln Building, and slightl!" to the
east of it , stands t he New Studio, a substantial stone. building,
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the dim ensions of which are 42 by 37 feei. One large studiO occupies
the whole upper floor. It is lighted by a north sky-light, and contains a large stone fire-place for use on cool or rainy days 111 sprIng
or fall. A balcony opening on the south side affords an extended
view of the meadow through which runs the Pickering Creek.
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I.n the basement of this building is another room, which also
con tams a large stone fire-place.
In the meadow below the New Studio Building are tennis courts
and near these are the croquet grounds.
~bout 130 feet back of these two dormitory buildings, and up
the SIde of the h111, :s the main Studio Building, 78 by 49 feet, which
has upon the first floor a theatre or lecture room with dressing rooms
for men and women, and upon the second floor one large studio
used by the students in common, and several srhaller ones affording together ample space for all the students to work indoors in
wet weather.
The old Kimberton Road, upon which the dormitories face
joins in front of the property. with the White Horse Road leading
down to the village. From the dormitory buildings there is a long
covered walk up the hillside to the Studio, so that students are protected during wet weather. Further west on the Kimberton Road,
about 160 feet, is the Bungalow, affording additional dormitory
accommodations.
On the opposite side of the Kimberton Road, at its junction with
the White Horse Road, is the Faculty Building, a double stone residence, used to accommodate resident teachers, and conveniently
near the main dormitories. Directly across the Kimberton Road,
is a large and quaint one-story frame building called the Art Gallery,
used by the students to exhibit their work and in which are accommodations for the washing of palettes and brushes, for the making of
frames, and like purposes.
In the meadow below the Faculty Building is the ew Bath
House and Swimming Pool. It is of concrete construction and
enclosed by a wall eight feet high. The dimensions of the building
are 125 feet by 30.u feet. At the west end there are dressing rooms
for the men; while at the east end there are dressing rooms for the
women. All the dressing rooms are provided with clothes hooks,
benches, mirrors, and shelves to hold the toilet articles.
The Pool itself is 87 feet long by 21 feet wide. At its deepest
end under the diving board, it is 7 feet deep; while at the shallow
end it is 4 feet, 3 inches deep for the use of those who do not swim.
The Pool is fed by the waters of the Pickering Creek, the level of
which has been raised above the pool by a dam. The sheet of water
formed by the dam is a picturesque addition to the landscape. The
out-of-door portrait class sometimes poses a model 111 a boat on the
dam. The dam is 125 feet wide and about 400 feet long, and over
the breast the water of the creek falls upon a series of steps.
In the centre of the meadow below the Washington Building,
is the famous Yellow Spring. Its waters are so heavily charged with
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iron that they color the stones of the run leading from the spring.
It ga",e the ~ocahty th~ ancient name of the" Yellow Springs."
1 he d:lnkl1~g. water for all of the buildings descends by gravity
from a spnng nstng near the top of the hill, the waler being cond ucted by a plpmg system into concrcte reservoirs, which can be
augmented by an auxiliary system, permitting water to be pumped
to the reservOIrs from another spring, known as the Diamond Spring,
situated In the meadow far from the buildings, and the water of
which is of singular dearness and purity.
The co untryside is remarkably paintable, with many attractive
old dwellings, quaint barns and spring houses, with old trees, abundant woodland, creeks and ponds, and with beautiful views near at
hand. Directly in front of the Washington Building is a grove of
sycamores of great age, and back of it is one of the largest sycamores
in Pennsylvania, possessing a mighty spread of limb and containing
in one of its large arms the iron prongs, now almost covered with
bark, which were used in the olden days to support the bell which
called the guests to dinner, when the Washington Building was
anmn.
The chief object of the Academy in establishing a school in the
country is to supplement the work done during the Winter in its
Philadelphia schools by instruction in painting and sculpture in
the open air, and to afford an opportunity for the study of art to
school t.eachers and to others who cannot spare time for study except
during the vacation months.
The methods of instruction are substantially the same as those
used at the Academy in Philadelphia, special attention, however,
being paid to landsc?pe drawing and painting, to figure painting
in the open air, and to the study of sunlight and shade. Studcnts
are taught to make" studies" of nature rathcr than ,. sketches" and
are also taught to carryon their work as far as their abilities permil,
The general method of instruction is by individual criticism of
work submitted . The instructors will, from time to time, work \\"Ith
the students for the purpose of assisting them in the selection and
interpretation of their subjects.
CRESSO
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TRAVELLING SCHOLA RSHIPS
To compete for Cresson Travelling Scholarships students must
be registered for six terms in the Academy's Schools . . In
estimating this perioo, time registered m the Chesler Spnngs. Summer School is counted equivalent to a similar length of lime m the
Philadelphia Schools, but no student will be eligIble to compete who
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PRIZES
A Prize of $IO? is awarded for the best drawing or painting done
at the Chester Spnngs School by a regularly enrolled student of the
Academy, or by a student of the Chester Springs School who shall
have studied there for not less than one month; a second prize of
$50 for the second best, and a third prize of $25 for the third best.
Th~se prizes are awarded about December 6th. Work done by arrived
artists, who may be working at the School, is not eligible.
CRITICISMS
Criticisms in the Drawing and Painting classes are given from
time to time by different members of the Faculty: by Joseph T.
Pearson, J r., in April, May, June, July, August and September; by
Daniel Garber in June, July, August and September; and in Illustration, by George Barding in June, July, August and September.
Mr. Garber conducts a class in etching.
Criticisms in the Sculpture classes are given by Albert Laessle
in J une, J uly, August and September.
SPECIAL LECTURES
During the summer of 1927 Special Lectures will be given by
persons eminent in art.
E'ROLLME T
During the Summer of the School's tenth year, which began in
April, 1926, there was a total enrollment of 196 students. 79 had
never studied at the Academy in Philadelphia, and 13 of them afterward became students in the City.
The students came not only fr0111 Pennsylvania, but also from
distant points: Arkansas, two; California, one; Canada, one; Colorado, one; District of Columbia, eight; Georgia, two; Illinois, three;
Indiana, two; Iowa, one; Idaho, one; Massachusetts, three; i\linnesota, one; Misso uri, four; Maryland, five; i\Iichigan, one; New
York, twenty-eight; New Jersey, eight; North Carolina, three; Ohio,
ten; Oklahoma, two; South Carolina, two; South Dakota, one;
Texas, six; Virginia, eight; West Virginia, one; Wisconsin, three;
China, one; Russia, two.
RATES
The intention of the Academy is to accept serious students only.
The rates are as low as possible, since they include both board
and tuition. But these rates do not include the expense of clothinglaundry, and materials for drawing, painting, and sculpture. The
latter may be purchased at the school store.
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The rates, payable one week in advance, for board and lodging
including tuition, vary from $20.00 a week, for students living in
the dormitories, to $22.00 or $25.00 a week for private rooms.
During the winter months, special rates will be given to those
students who are registered at the Academy in Philadelphia.
Rooms may be reserved at any time, but such reservations must
be confirmed by letter which will reach the school two weeks before
the date arranged for occupancy. Otherwise the management will
be at liberty to dispose of the room.
EQUIPMENT
The equipment of the school affords ample studio room, and
includes separate dormitory buildings for men and women, an
Exhibition Hall and a Swimming Pool.
The buildings are supplied with hot and cold running water and
with electric light.
The Reading Rooms are supplied with current magazines and a
library of several hundred volumes. The Recreation Hall is provided with a stage, footlights and dressing rooms.
REQUIREylE~TS
AND RULES
Satisfacto ry r efer ences are required from all applicants, and,
in add ition, a doctor's certificate of health is desired. This measure
safeguards every student accepted by the School. As the students live
in the buildings, conformity with reasonablc regulations is necessary
to secure proper chaperonage. Students are expected to know how to
conduct themselve.'; from principles of honor without specific rules.
Students are not permitted to smoke inside the buildings. This
is an absolute rule and is necessary to guard against fire and insure
cleanliness.
No student will be received at the School unless all arrangements for accommodations have been previously made with the
management. Students must not come to the School until their
applications have been accepted and their accommodations provided.
No student is admitted for a shorte r stay than t,,·o \yeeks except
by the special consent of the Manager.
No student under 16 ycars of age is eligible for admission.
For further particulars, address
D. Roy MILLER, R esid ent Manager,
Chester Springs, Chester County, Pennsyh-ania.
Bell Tdephone: Chester Springs, JO .
El-EAKOR A. FRASER, Curator of Schools.
Pennsylvania Aca4emy of the Fine Arts,
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia.
Bell Telephone: Rittenhouse, 18 77.
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Philadelphia and Reading Railway Tim e Tab le
The time shown in this table is in Eastern Standard Time.
TRAINS FRO:\1 THE READIXG TERMIXAL, PHILADELPHIA
WEEK DAYS: Leave
SUNDAY:
Arrive Chester Springs
8.36 a.m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ...... . ........... 10.00 a. m.
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5.22 p. 111.
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Arrive Chester Springs
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6.10a.nl.
8.36 a . m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.47 a. n1.
4 .05 p. m... . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .
5.22 p. 111.
TRAINS FROM CHESTER SPRIXGS
WEEK DAYS: Leave
Arrive Philadelphia
SU)/DAY:
6.05 a. m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . _.... .. .. ...
1 2. 14p.m.. . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.25 a. m .
6 . 57 a. m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ... .... . . . . . ..
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10 . 41 a . m.. . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . .... .. . . . .. . . ..
6.13 p. m . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .... '
9.30 a. m.
12.08 p. m.
7.32 p. m.
1.53p. m.
Lea~~3 p. m . ...................... .. ... Ar~i';~ Phrl;Jefp~i~
SATURDAY OXLY
Arrive Chester Springs 2.42 p. m.
Leave Philadelphia 1.25 p. m.
Arrive Philadelphia 4.40 p. m .
Leave Chester Springs 3.20 p. m.
All passengers must change trains at Phcenixville.
Trains leave Phcenixville for Chester Syrings. 5.00, 9.23 a. m. and 4.55 p. m.
Saturday only. leave Phcenixville for Chester Springs at 2.15 p. m.
Sunday only. leave Phcenixville for Chester Springs at 5.50, 9.23 a. m. and
4 . 55 p. m.
NOTE
Chester Springs can be reached by AUTO~!oBILE in several different
ways from Philadelphia.
ROLTE 1. Out the Lancaster Pike to ~[alvern; then under the main
line of the Pennsylvania Railroad down into the Chester Valley, and
still along the Lancaster Pike to a school-house on the right· hand
side, where the old Conestoga Road unites with the Lancaster Pike;
then a long the Conestoga Road to Anselma, and then along the banks
of the Pickering Creek to Chester Springs.
ROUTE :2 . F r om Philadelphia to Devon Garage by way of Lancaster
Pike; thence to Valley Forge; thence to Phcenixville, and from
Phcenixville along the Kimberton Road to Kimberton, and from
Kimberton to Chester Springs.
ROuTE 3. From Philadelphia to ~orristown, from ;-.JorristOlVn to
Phcenixville or Valley Forge and from thence to Chester Springs.
Time required : about an hour and a half.
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Day visitors will be welcomed at any time, and upon notice to the
resident manager, lunch or lea may be obtained.
Bell Telephone-Chester Springs, ro.
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THE ACADE:\lY'S
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MEDALS AND PRIZES AWARDED 1. THE i\CADE:VIY'S
A~NUAL EXHIBITIONS
ACADEMY GOLD MEDAL OF HONOR
1893 D. Ridgway Knight
1906 HoratioWalker
1894 Alexander Harrison
1907 Edward W. Redfield
1895 William M . Chase
1908 Edmund C. Tarbell
1896 Winslow Homer
1909 Thomas P. Anshutz
1898 Edwin A. Abbey
191 I Willard L. l\letcalf
1898 Cecilia Beaux
1914 Mary Cassatt
1899 Charles Grafly
1915 Edward H. Coates
{A wa.rded fo r emine nt sen'io..: e s to the AC.l( le m)'j
1901 Henry J. Thouron
1902 JamesA. MacNeil Whistler
1916 J. Alden Weir
1918 John McLure Hamilton
1903 John S. Sargent
1919 Hugh H. Breckenridge
1904 J ohn W. Alexander
1920 Childe Hassam
1905 William T. Richards
1926 FrankW. Benson
1905 Violet Oakley
TEMPLE GOLD l\IEDAL
1884 George W. Maynard
1885 Charles Sprague Pearce
1887 Clifford Prevost Grayson
1888 Charles Stanley Reinhart
1889 Anna Elizabeth Klumpke
1890 William Henry H owe
1891 Abbott H. Thayer
1892 Henry S. Bisbing
1894 James A. MacN eil Whistler
1894 J ohn S. Sargent
1895 Edmund C. Tarbell
1895 John H . Twatchtman
1896 Gari Me1chers
1896 J . Humphreys J ohnston
18 97 George DeForest Brush
1897 John W. Alexander
1898 Wilton Lockwood
1898 Edward F. Rook
1899 J oseph DeCamp
1899 Childe H assam
1900 Cecilia Beaux
1901 William M. Chase
1902 Winslow Homer
190 3 Edward W. Redfield
18 8 3
1884
1885
1887
1888
1904 Thomas Eakins
1905 J. Alden Weir
1906 Eugene Paul Ullman
1907 Willard L. Metcalf
1908 FrankW.Benson
1909 Frederick P. Vinton
1910 Howard Gardiner Cushing
19 I I Richard E. :'liller
'912 Emil Carlsen
1913 Frederick Frieseke
19'4 W. Elmer Schofield
1915 CharlesW. Hawthorne
1916 Joseph T. Pearson, Jr.
1917 George Bellows
1918 George Luks
'919 Daniel Garber
1920 Earnest Lawson
192 I Leopold Seyffert
1922 William L. Lathrop
1923 Walter Ufer
1924 William Glackens
1925 Clifford Addams
1926 Haley Lever
1927 Leon Kroll
TEl\lPLE SILVER
1889
William Thomas Trego
1890
Thomas Hill
189 1
William T. Richards
1892
Alexander Harrison
Howard Russell Butler
lEDAL
Arthur Parton
Ed ward L. Simmons
Kenyon Cox
George Inness
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WALTER LIPPll':COTT PRIZE
1894 William Sergeant Kendall
1911 Daniel Garber
1895 Edmund C. Tarbell
1912 Edward W. Redfield
1896 William L. Picknell
1913 Emil Carlsen
1897 Albert Herter
19q M. Jean McLane
18 9 8 James J ebusa Shannon
1915 William M. Paxton
1899 John W. Alexander
191 6 Karl Anderson
1900 Henry O. Tanner
1917 Arthur B. Carles
190 I Charles H . Davis
1918 DeWittM. Lockman
1902 Walter MacEwen
19 19 ColinCampbellCooper
1903 Frank W. Benson
1920 Joseph DeCamp
1904 Mary Cassatt
192 I Irving Couse
1905 Alexander Stirling Calder
1922 Irving R. Wiles
1905 T. W. Dewing
1923 Charles W. Hawthorne
1906 Childe H assam
192+ Edward Dufner
1907 Marion Powers
1925 E. l\lartin Hennings
1908 James R. Hopkins
1926 Robert \' onnoh
1909 Thomas P. Anshutz
1927 Guy Brown Wiser
1910 ]. Alden Weir
l\IARY S:-IITH PRIZE
1879 Susan H. McDowell
1880 Catherine A. Janvier
188 1 Emily Sartain
1882 Mary K. Trotter
1883 Emily Sartain
188+ Lucy D. Holme
1885 CecJia Beaux
1887 Cecilia Beaux
1888 Elizabeth F. Bonsall
1889 Elizabeth VI!. Roberts
1890 Alice Barber Stephens
189 I Cecilia Beaux
1892 Cecilia Beaux
189+ Maria L. Kirk
1895 GabrielleD. Clements
1896 ElizabethH. Watson
1897 Elizabeth F . Bonsall
1898 Caroline Peart
1899 Carol H. Beck
1900 Mary F. R. Clay
1901 JanetWheeler
1902 Elinor Earle
1903 J essie Willcox Smith
19 0 + Lillian M. Genth
1905 Elizabeth Shippen Green
1906 Alice :'Iumford
1907 l\lary Smythe Perkins
1908 Elizabeth Sparhawk Jones
1909 Martha Walter
1910 Alice l\lumford Roberts
1911 Alice Kent Stoddard
1912 Elizabeth Sparhawk Jones
1913 Alice Kent Stoddard
1914 NinaB. Ward
1915 GertrudeA. Lambert
1916 Nancy l\1. Ferguson
1917 Elizabeth F. Washington
191 8 Helen K. ~IcCarthy
1919 Juliet \VhiteGross
1920 Mildred B. Miller
1921 KatherinePatton
1922 l\Iary Townsend Mason
192 3 Isabel Branson Cartright
1924 Lillian B.l\leeser
1925 Mary Butler
19 26 Wenonah Bell
192 7 Pearl Aiman Van Sciver
JEN~'nE SESl\A~ GOLD i\1EDAL
190 3
19 0 4
190 5
1906
190 7
1908
W. Elmer Schofield
Colin Campbell Cooper
EdwardW.Redfield
Albert L. Groll
ErnestLawson
Everett L. Warner
1909
1910
1911
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19 13
19 q
Theodore Wendel
Childe Hassam
JosephT.Pearson,Jr.
William L. l\1 etcalf
GeorgeBellows
Robert Spencer
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19 16
19 17
19 18
19 19
1920
19 21
JENNIE SESNAN GOLD MEDAL (Continued)
Carol S. Tyson, Jr.
1922 George OberteufIer
Emil Carlsen
192 3 Aldro T. Hibbard
HaleyLever
192 4 Walter Griffin
J.AldenWeir
192 5 Walter Emerson Baum
Charles H. Davis
192 6 Charles Rosen
Hugh H. Breckenridge
192 7 John R. Grabach
Charles Morris Young
1909
1910
1911
1912
19 1 3
1914
1915
19 I 6
19 1 7
191 8
CAROL H. BECK
JohnS. Sargent
AdolpheBorie
Edmund C. Tarbell
Joseph DeCamp
J. Alden Weir
Robert Henri
Charles Hopkinson
Douglas V olk
Joseph T. Pearson, Jr.
Leopold Seyffert
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
THE PHILADELPHIA PRIZE
LydiaFieldEmmet
192 I William M. Paxton
Marie Danforth Page
1922 Violet Oakley
Ernest Major
1923 Sidney E. Dickenson
Paul King
1924 William M. Paxton
Philip L. Hale
1925 Lydia Field Emmet
Alfred R. Mitchell
1926 Richard S. Merryman
GOLD MEDAL
19 19
192 0
192 1
19 22
192 3
1924
19 2 5
1926
19 2 7
Leslie P. Thompson
Eugene Speicher
George Bellows
Ellen Emmet Rand
Lilian Walcott Hale
Sidney E. Dickenson
William James
Alice Kent Stoddard
John C. Johansen
THE EDWARD T . STOTESBURY PRIZE
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
Joseph T. Pearson, Jr.
Hugh H. Breckenridge
Daniel Garber
Arthur B. Carles
Edward W. Redfield
1921
1924
1925
1926
1927
William M. Paxton
Joseph Capolino
Charles Morris Young
Leopold Seyffert
Leslie P. Thompson
THE LOCUST CLUB GOLD MEDAL
1926 Hugh H. Breckenridge
1924 Richard E. Miller
1927 GeorgeLuks
1925 Frederick A. Bosley
GEORGE D. WIDENER MEMORIAL GOLD MEDAL
1921 Evelyn Beatrice Longman
191 3 Charles Grafty
1922 Beatrice Fenton
1914 Paul Manship
1923 Brenda Putnam
1915 Albin Polasek
1924 Arthur Lee
1916 Edward ~cCartan
1925 W alker Hanc~ck
1917 Atillio PICCirilli
1926
Adolph A. Wemman
1918 Albert Lressle
192 7 Katherine W. Lane
1919 Jess M. Lawson
1920 Malvina Hoffman
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THE FAIRMOU:\T ART ASSOCIATION PRIZE
Albin Polasek
19 26 C. P. J ennewein
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THE JAMES E. l\IcCLEES PRIZE
19 27 J essLawsonPeacey
CHARLES W. BECK, Jr ., PR IZE (Water Color Exhibition)
19 0 5 Joseph Lindon Smith
1916 BlancheGreer
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Henry McCarter
1917 H.Giles
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19 7 Elizabeth Shippen Green
1918 C. B. Falls
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1919 Henry Reuterdahl
19 8 Maxfield Parrish
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19 9 Ernest L. Blumenschein
1920 F. Walter Taylor
19 10 N. C. Wyeth
1921 George Wright
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19 1 .Tessie Willcox Smith
1922 Ethel Betts Bains
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W.J.Aylward
1923 Nat. Little
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19 3 .lulesGuerin
1925 Edward H. Suvdam
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19 4 Thornton Oakley
1926 Frederic A. Anderson
TEX:\IS COURTS
191 8
1919
1920
1921
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
THE DANA GOLD :'1EDAL ("\Vatcr Color Exhibition)
Francis McComas
1922 Wilmot E. H eitland
Alfred Hayward
1923 Charles H. Woodbury
1\1. W. Zimmerman
192+ FrankW.Benson
J ohn R. Frazier
1925 William Starkweather
192 6 Charles H. B. Demuth
THE PHILADELPHIA WATER COLOR PRIZE
(Wat er Color Exhibition )
Alice Schille
1921 Francis I\IcComas
Dodge I\lcKnight
1922 Birger Sandzen
Gifford Beal
1923 Frank \\". Benson
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Hayley Lever
1924 ,Yo Emerton Heitland
ChildeHassam
1925 Florence Este
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J ohn R. Frazier
1926 Emil j. Bistran
THE JOHN FREDERICK LE\VrS PRIZES
(Water Color Exhibition)
1st Prize
1924 D. R. Fitzpatrick
1925 JamesHouse,jr.
1926 William Cotton
THE ALICE
LA:\DSCAPE CLASS
2nd Prize
Titus (William Auerbach-Le\'Y)
Ruth Gruenberg
\Y yncie King
IcFADDEX EYRE GOLD l\IEDAL
(Water Color Exhibition)
1925 Herbert Pullinger
1924 George Bellows
19 26 Edward Howard Suydam
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MINIATURE PAINTERS' MEDAL OF HONOR
(Miniature Exhibition)
19 16
19 17
19 18
19 1 9
19 20
1921
Laura Coombs Hills
Lucy May Stanton
Margaret Foote Hawley
Emily Drayton Taylor
Mabel R. Welch
Maria]. Strean
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
A. MagarettaArchambau't
Rosina C. Boardman
Harry L. Johnson
Anna Hurlburt Jackson
Clara Shepard Shisler
THE CHARLES M. LEA PRIZES
19 16 1St Prize, Charles Grafly
1916 2nd Prize, Philip L. Hale
THE CHARLES 11. LEA STUDENT PRIZES
1917 1St Prize: Edith Sturtevant 2nd Prize : R owley W. l\lurphy
1919 1st Prize: John H. Crosman 2nd Prize: Susan A. Jones
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1St Prize
Ruth H. Deal
Edward Shenton
Sarah Langly
Luigi Spizzirri
Glenna LatImer
Mildred Smith
AllenA. F. Thomas
2nd Prize
Semour Bigelow
Sarah Langly
Glenna Latimer
Edwin B. Rosskam
Paul D. Webb
Edward Biberman
Haral Arensbach
3rd Prize
R alph Smith
Beatrice M. Dwan
Luigi Spizzirri
Eleanor Beckman
Betty Welsh Paul
Robert Crowther
Ruth H. Reeves
THE KIMBERTON ROAD PAST THE SCHOOL
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HO OR ROLL OF THE ACADE~IY'S SCHOOLS
1926- 1927
AWARDS MADE MAY, 1927
CRESSON TRA VELLI);G SCHOLARSHIPS
$1000 awarded to each of the following
PAINTERS
SCULPTORS
w ALTER 1. ANDERSO~
SYLVIA BORST
HARRY COOPER
HENRY EWERTZ
·W ILLl AM
H.
FERGUSO~
CIIARLES H . RL"OY
FRED FLANIGAN
ILLUSTRATORS
~lARGARET GEST
·LUCIUS KUTCIIIK
El\trolO AN G ELO
·MARINA T IMOSHE:-"' KO
JA'IES HOl'S E, JR.
V,RG I L MCCOY READER
DOROTHY
EDITH
L.
ELEAXOR
VAN LOAN
LONGSTRETII
S.
PEROT
THELMA l\IAE ZOI-J E
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*ALAN A. F. THOMA S
THE THOUROi\ PRIZES
FRED FLANIGA~
O~lER T. LASSO XD E
FLORENCE M. FOOTE
VIRG IL f\l c C OY R EA DER
THE STEWARDSON PRIZE
GEORGE H. BORST
THE STIlIISON PRIZE
GEORGE H. BORST
THE PACKARD PRIZES
ALEXANDER LEVIN ( 1st PRIZE)
H.
DEVERE .\ U BUTCH E R ( 2 n d PR IZE
THE TEXXIS COURT MEADOW
THE RAlIIBORGER PRIZE
OMER T. LASSO:'\DE
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" 'He is great who is what he is from
nature and who never reminds us of
others.' The secret of the highest
power is simply the uniting of the
outer agencies of Expression with the
Power that works from within. Are
• a painter? Then in the degree
you
that you open yourself to the power
of the forces within, will you become
great instead of mediocre. You can
never put into permanent form inspirations higher than those that
come through your own soul."
- Ralph Waldo Trine
"As when a painter, poring on a face
Divinely, thro all hindrance, finds the
man
Behind it, and so paints him that his
face,
The shape and color of a mind and
life
Lives for his children, ever at its
best."
- Tennyson
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