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THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY
OF THE FINE ARTS
BROAD AND CHERRY STREETS, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
THE OLDEST FINE ARTS SCHOOL IN AMERICA· 1806
The A cademy fulfills
fine arts.
the
In
ideal comp leteness the whole necessity of the
It s function as one of the greatest Ameri can galleries presents
public
with
ioyme nt and,
its
opportunity
for
heightened
appreciation and
en-
on the other hand , its students with an easy and inti-
mate contact with the best of past and contemporary art. Its maintenance
of o ne of the
fulfills
it s
most eminently
o riginal
p ledge
in
renowned schools,
providing
foundati on and esthetic background.
form ation
relative
to
t he
Winter
winter and summer ,
with their technical
students
This circular contains detailed in-
School
in
Philadelphia , Pennsylvania.
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY
OF THE FINE ARTS
BROAD AND CHERRY STREETS, PHILADELPH IA, PA.
THE OLDEST FINE ARTS SCHOOL IN AMERICA : 1806
DRAWING
: PAINTING
: SCULPTURE
:
ILLUSTRATION
WINTER SCHOOL CIRCULAR
:
MURAL DECORATION
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1939-1940
OFFICERS
President
A LFRED G. B. STEEL
Treasurer
HENRY C. GIBSON
Directors
JOSEPH E. WIDENER
Vice· President
HENRY S. DRINKER, Jr.
Secretary
JOSEPH T. FRASER , Jr .
Solicitor
MAURICE B. SAUL
HENRY S. DRINKER, Jr.
THOMAS S. GATES
HENRY C. GIBSON
MARSHALL S. MORGAN
JOHN F. LEWIS, Jr.
SYDNEY E. MARTIN
EDWIN O. LEWIS
,
Committee on Instruct ion
HENRY C. GIBSON, Chairman
THOMAS S. GATES
JOHN F. LEWIS, Jr.
EDWIN O. LEWIS
JOHN B. THAYER
WILLIAM CLARKE tvlASON
Curator of Schools
JOHN B. THAYER
HENRY HOTZ, JR.
'NILLIAM VAN ALEN
SYDNEY L. WRIGHT
MANAG EMENT
The schools are under the immediate care of the Curator and Committee on
Instruction appointed by the Presiden t and Board of Directors, together with a
ALLAN D. JON ES. JR.
FIRST TOPPAN PRIZE 1939
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HONORAB LE MENTION CRESSON CO M PETITION 1936
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IN MURAL DECORATION 1938
IN M URAL DECORATION 1939
Faculty composed of celebrated Artists, who are experienced Teachers and emi·
nently qualified to discover and develop every talent which students may possess.
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FACULTY
HENRY McCARTER
HISTORY
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is the oldest art institution in
the United States and actually dates its existence from
1791, when
80rn in Norristown, Pa ., July 5, 1866. Studied in the Pennsylvtlnjo Academy of the Fine Arts, Ph ilad elph ia;
Pupil of Puvis de Chavannes, Bonnat and A lexander Harrison , Toulouse Lautrec, M. Roll, M. Rixens . in
Paris. Member Fellowsh ip Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine A rts, Former Instructor Arts Students League
of New York. Awa rds : Bronze Medal, Pan-American Exh ibition, Buffalo, 1901; Si lver Medal, St. louis
Exh ibition, 1904; Beck Prize, Philadelphia Water Color Exhibi tion, 1906; Go ld Medal for Illustra -
Charles Willson Peale commenced his efforts to organize in Philadelphia
tions , Second Gold Meda l for Decoration and Color, Panama·Pacific Exhib ition, San Francisco,
a school for the fine arts. It was formally founded in 1805, and chartered
Philadelphia First Award. Philadelphia Art Week. I92S; Joseph Penne ll Go ld Med.l . 1930; Gold
Medal. Art Club of Philadelphia. 1936. Temple Medal . 1939 . Instructor in Understanding of Art and of
1915;
Modern Painting.
in 1806.
Mr. Peale's first efforts resulted in the formation in 1794 of
the Columbianum, and in 1795 under the auspices of that Association
there
was
held
Independence
in
Hall,
Pennsylvania's old
the first
exhibition
State
of
House,
paintings
now
in
known
as
Philadelphia.
The Columbianum was ultimately succeeded by the present Academy.
In 1805, in Independence Hall , where twenty-nine years earlier the fore-
PINNACLE
fathers had signed the Declaration of Independence, seventy-one public
spirited citizens, of whom forty-one were lawye rs, met for formal organization.
They prepared a petition for the incorporation of the Pennsylvania Academy
of the F;ne Arts. The gathering was a disti nguished 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 M. Meredith,
William
Rawle,
Horace Binney, Simon Gratz, John Reynell Coates, Richard Rush, Charles
Biddle, John Redman Coxe and Edward Penington. The obiect of the
association, quaintly and vigorously expressed in the language of the day, was:
"To promote the cultivotion of the Fine Arts, in the United Stotes of America, by introducing
correct ond elegont copies from works of the first Masters in Sculpture and Painting, and
by thus facilitating the access to such Standards, and also b y occasionall y conferring moderate but honourable premiums, and otherwise assisting the Studies and exciting the efforts
of the Artists gradually to unfold, enligh ten , and invig orate the talents of our Countrymen."
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DANIEL GARBER
Born in North Ma nchester, Indiana, In IBBO. STudied in the Art Academy of Cincinnati, ond in The Pennsy va 10 Academy 01 The Fine ArtS. Awarded: First Ha llgarte n Pme, National Academy of De"gn, 1909;
Ho orao e Moe.toOn, Corneg,e InstdUle, 1910; 4th W. A. Clarke Prize and Honorable Mention, Corcoran
Go ,.,y of ArT, WashingTon. D. Co,. 1910; Honorable Mention, Art Club of Philadelphia, 1910; Bronze Meda l.
,-erna"o,"' Exoosition Bu",os AITes . 1910: WolTer LIpp incott Pme, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
ArTS 1911' potrer Palmer Gold Meda l, Art Institute of Chicago, 1911; 2nd W. A. Clarke Prize and Silver
Med'al.
of A rt, Washington, D. C., 1912: 2nd A ltman ,P,rize for Fig,ure Painting!
Academy of Des gn, New York City, 1915; Go ld Medal , Pa nam a-Pac ific InternatIona l Expo"tlon, San
FranciscO, 1915; Shtlw Prize, Salmagundi C lub, New York City, 19 16; Harrison S. MOrriS Prize. Newport,
C~rcoran G~llery
~ational
Rhode Is ard, 1916; 1st A ltman Prize for Figure Painting, Nati on al Academy of Design, New York City ,
1917: Edward T. Stotesbury Prize, The Pennsylvania A cademy of the Fine Arts , 1918; Temple Gold Medal,
Tne Pel'1nsy vania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1919 ; First W. A . C larke Prize a nd Gold Meda l, Corcoran
Ga:!ery of Art Washington, D. C . , 1921; First Altman Prize for Landscape, Nationa l Academy of DeSign
N •• Yor, City. 1922; Gold Meda" Art Club of Philadelphia, 1923; Carnegie Prize , National Academy of
Design, New York City, 1923; Th i rd Prize, Carnegie Institute, Internation"I, 1925; The Academy Gold Medal
of Honor, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1929; The Jennie Sesnan Gold Medal, The Pennsyl.
vania Ac"demy of the Fine Arts . 1937. M ember : National Academy of Design, New York City; National
Club, New York City; Salmagundi Club, New York City . Instructor in Drawi ng and Pre .iminary
Ar~S
o d Adva1ced life Pairting.
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ALBERT LAESSLE
h'
orn In P dadelphia, March 28, 1877. Studied in the S rin G d
.
of the Fine Arts, Awards: Stewardson Prize a nd Cress~n ~
ar e~ Institute , Th~ Pe nn sylvani" Acade my
Arts, 1904.1907: Bronze Meda l Bue nos Aires
1910' G Fholarshlp, Pennsy lva nl o Academy of the Fine
Academy of the Fine
Exposit.ion, . 1915;
Fe llowship Prize. of The
Throu9 Art, Philadelphia, 1916; The George D. Widener Me
I G \rJ McudPlture Prize,
h Arts; 1918 ; Honorable Mention for Scul ture Art 1m. riO
the Fine
. e a, Pennsylvania Academy of
f0
Pen!"sy l.vania
of the Fine Arts Gold
i923'
1
IJ20; The F,ellowship of the
Exh ibition, Philadelphia, 1926 ' The James E McC lee' P i ' ThO P nnsy
e
t. e esqul-Centennlal International
M ember: National Sculpture' Society'
of Trh ze,p e
dAcademy of the Fine Arts 1928'
des Amis de la Medaille d'Art, Brussels, Belgium;
emy of the Fi ne 932
Arts;
1932.
in permanent collections f I
e 0
rts a1d Lett er s, .1
. Na tional
at Philadel phia and In Sculpture at Chester Springs.
0
ea Ing museums. I nstructor In Construction
pennsYlv~n ia
~cadem~
Acad ~mlc,an , .
~epresented
Me~al
Fell~wship
~~s ~9~~~~' ~aSala~Pacifi<:~.
Gstdtu~e 3 C~ICsgo.
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NatTon:lnl~~tifnt'a fC~
d~
A~erJcanlzation
S~ciet~
OBVERSE OF MEDAL OF HONOR-CO NCORD ART ASSOCIATION
GEORGE HARDING
Born in Philade lphia ; studied in The
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
with Howard Pyle ~nd independently
abroad. Illustrator and author of descriptive articles and fic~jonBI work in
Harpers and other magazines. Travelled
extensi ve ly in the North, Australia,
New Guinea and Asia. Comm iss ioned
Captain of Engineers and assigned as
ariist with the American Expedit ioniHY
Forces in 1918-1919. Mural Decorations
ROY C. NUSE
Born in Springfield, Ohio, February 23 , 188S. Pupil of Duveneck , C incinnati Art Academy , Pennsy lvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Awa rds: Cresson European Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fi ne Arts, 1917; Second Cresson, First Tappan and First Thouron Prizes , Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts , 1918; Medal, Philadelphia Sketch Club, 1921. President of the FellowshiD of Pennsylvania
A cademy of th e Fin e Arts. Instructor in Drawing and Preliminary Portrait Pa inting and Head of the
Coordinated Course of the Acad emy of the Fine Arts with ttte University of Pe nnsy vania.
NEI GH BO R BLEV INS
in banks, hotels , hospitals, U. S. Customs House Port of Philade lp hia, North
Philadelphia Post Office, U. S. Post
Office
Bui lding,
Washington,
D.
C.
Federal Buildi ng World's Fair, Edward
T. Stotesbury Prize, PennsYlvania Academy of the Pine Arts.
Instructor In
I l!u ~trat jon and Mural Decoration .
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FEDERAL BU ILDING, NEW YORK WORLD'S FA"
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FRANCIS SPEIGHT
WALKER HANCOCK
Born in W in ds o r, No rth Carol inll , 1896. Studied in the Corcoran School of Art, Washington, D, C., and
the Pennsy: va nia Acade my of the Fine "rts. Awards: Foreign Travelling Scholarship, The Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fin e Arts, 1923; Second Travelling Foreign Scholarship, The Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts, 1925; The Fe llowship 01 the Pennsy lvania Academy 01 the Fine Arts' Gold Medal, 1926;
First Prize in Lan dscape Society of Washington Artists, 1929; The Fellowship of the Pennsylvania
Academy of th e Fi ne Arts Prize, 1930; First Ha llgarten Prize, Notional Academy 01 Design, 1930; M. V.
Kohnstamm Prize, The Art Institute of Chicago , 1930: Landscape Prize, Connecticut Academy of Fine
Arts, 1932; Thi rd W. A . C larke Prize and Bronze Medal, Corcoran Gallery 01 Art, Washington, D. C., 1937.
Gold Medal, Ph i ladelphia Sketch Club, 1938. Associate Member: National Academy 01 Design, New
York City. Instructor in Drawin g and Painting.
Born in St. Louis, 1901. Studied in the St. Louis School f F'
A
the Fine Arts . Awards: Second Prize St Louis A! L
0 C Ine
~~ a nd The PennsydlvMia
Ac"demy of
.
,.
r eaoue ompetltlon 1916' Ed
St
C ~
F'
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,
mun
ewardson Pr ize ,
Pennsylvant" Academy of the Fine Arls 1921' Em l
Widener Memorial Gold Med"l, Pen~sYlva~ia :,n d resson ~~elg~ Traveling SCho larShip, 1922 and 1923;
y f
Helen Foster Barnett Prize, National Academy o~a Dern. 0 193~ Ftne Arts, 1925; Fe llowship Prize, 1932 ;
Academy in Rome, 1925. Member' Architectural Lea estg~, N ~y Awarded Fe ll owship in the American
Academy of the Fine Arts; Nationa'l Sculpture Soci t ~~ ~
~w ork. The Fell~wship of the Pennsy lvania
e Y, a lona Academy of DeSign. Instructor in Scu lpture.
GROUPS FOR MEMORIAL BUILD ING, ST. LOU IS. MO.
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GEORGE E. C. WIGGINS
JAMES CHAPIN
Born In West O r. nge, New Jersey. Studied .t Cooper Union, New York, Art Students
League, New Yo rk, and Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium. Awards: First prize for draw.
ing, Antwerp Royal Academy. 1912; Logan prize for portraiture, Chicago Art Institute, In7;
Temple Gold Medal, The Pennsyl va ni a Academy of the Fine Arts, InB. Instructor in Advanced Portrait
and Advanced Composition .
Born in. Little Rock, Arkansas, May 15, 1907. Illustrator and litho r
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School In Washington D. C. and at lhe Pen I . A
g apher. Studied In the Corcora n Art
nsy vania
cademy of th F'
A
Emlen Cresson Foreign Traveling Scholarships in 1931 and 1932 C e Ine rts. Awarded the Will iam
Lord & Thomas, Young & Rubicam to Delineato P' t . I'R ontnbutor through N. W. Ayer & Son
.
.
r,
Ie aria
eV lew McCa ll
L'f
d
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I e, a n
New Yo rke r.
ASSIS ant to Mr. Harding In Illustration.
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RAILROAD WO RKERS
BIBLE·BELT STATESMAN
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1911. Studied at The Pennsylvania Academy of Fire .Arts and The Barnes
BForn dint' ea AI:ga'rde~" The W illiam Ernlen Cresson Foreign Traveling ScholarshiP. 1935; First Charles
oun a Ion.
.
I h' Sk h CI b 1936 Instructor in Sti II
Lae Painting.
FACULTY
on
Board
HENRY C. GIBSON
ROSWELL WEIDNER
Tappan Memorial Prize, 1936; Honorable Mention
AUGMENTING THE
Ph dade p
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etc
u,
.
Chairman
ex-officio,
as
Chairman
of
the
Committee
Instruction
of
the
of
Directors.
JOHN F. HARBESON, B. S., M. S. A., R. A.
Born
in
Philadelphia, July 30,
1888.
Studied
in
the
UniverSIty of
Pennsylvani a.
Received
B.
S.
1910, and Arthur Spayd Brooke Gold Meda l ir Design, 1910; M. S. A., 1911; Cope Prize
(Philadelphia Chapter A. I. A. and T Square Club), 1913. Architect, Associate of Paul P. Cret.
Member American Institu te of Architects, AssistMt Professor in Architectural Desig n, School of Fine
Arts, University of Pennsylvania; Author of "The Study of Architectura l Design," Pencil Points Press ,
N . Y., 1926; Instructor in Perspective and Architectural Adviser in the Scu lpture Class in Composition.
GEORGE DEMETRIOS
Bor n in Greece, April I , 1896. Pupil of Charles Grafly and Anto ine 80urdelle. Membel: Boston Sculpture
Independent Association. Director, Demetr ios Schoo l, Boston. Instrudor in Drawing in the Sculpture Closs.
WILLIAM M. CAMPBELL, B.S., R.A.
Born in Germantown, Philadelphia , 1887; studied in the University of Pe nnsylvania. B.S. in Arts, 1912.
B.~. in Arts; R.A. Instructor in elements of Architecture in the School of Fi ne Arts, University of Pennsylvania,
Assista nt Instructor in Perspective.
STILL LIFE
PHILIP ALIANO
Born in Corleto Perticara, Italy . Studied drawing and modeling at The Spri ng Garden Institute and
mOdeling at Drexel Institute. Received Honorable Mentions .
Foreman in charge of stone, marble and granite for different studios; a lso stone yard. Chairman of
the Architectura l Sculptors and Carvers Association of Phi ladelphia and Vicinity. Instructo r in Stone
Cutting.
EDMOND J. FARRIS, B.A., Ph.D.
Born in Buffa lo, New York. Associate in A natomy, In Charge of Operations of The Wistar Institute of
Anatom y and Biology . Author, "Art Students' Anatomy" (Lippincott), " Anatomy a:.d PhYSIology. Labora -
tory Guide" (Lippincott).
GEORGE SIMPSON KOn, M. S. in Arc:h.
Bean of the School of Fi ne Arts of the University of Pennsylva nia representing the Univelsity
Coordinated Course .
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SPECIAL LECTURES
A special group of lectures wi ll be arranged throug hout the entire winter sesSion covellng
topi cs of broad interest.
The lecturers are each specialists upon their separate topics and the following is a partial list
of the subjeels as planned: the craftsmanship and technique and the chemistry and physics
of fine arts painting; slow motion pielures of the life figure in action ; the artists' business of
exhibiting; a short history of architecture with slides; cartooning art. Additional topics may
be du ly announced.
This series of lectures will endeavor to introduce the student to a few of the many avenues
of a ctivity with which he must cope whe n the period of his school study is past.
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GENERAL AND SPECIFIC ADVANTAGES
T
HE Faculty constitutes the greatest single asset of the Academy's Schools.
Many other factors, however, contribute to the strength of the present
institution. Its strategic location, Galleries, Library and Print Collection, the
Coordinated Course with the University of Pennsylvania, the American
Academy in Rome Collaborative problem and the many scholarship advantages will be briefly outlined below. (See "Scholarships and Prizes" for
details under that head.)
LOCATION. The Academy building is located in the heart of Philadelphia
within one block of City Hall and within two or three blocks of the central
city railroad stations. It is within walking distance of practically every gallery, muse um , library, theatre and music hall of importance in the city. Considering Philadelphia's wealth in these cultural attributes, the student in the
Academy has immeasurable opportunities of augmenting his or her school
work in every possible field of inspiration for art and living.
ACADEMY GALLERIES. The Academy's Permanent Collection of Paintings ana Sculpture affords an opportunity for the study of examples of famous
masters, and includes the Gallery of National Portraiture by Early American
Painters; the Temple Collection of Modern American Paintings ; The Gibson
Collection, largely composed of works of the Continenta l schools; and the
Lambert Collection of Contemporary Art.
The Annual Exhibitions held by the Academy, of which this year's will be
the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth, bring together the best examples of
current American painting and sculpture, and enable students to follow intelligently the various movements of contemporary 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 .
The Water Color Exhibition, the Exhibition of Modern Miniatures, and the
Chester Springs Summer School Exhibition are held in the Fall of each year.
The exhibition of work of students submitted in competition for Cresson
European Traveling Scholarships and other prizes is held at the end of May.
Other special exhibitions continually change the aspect of the Galleries
throughout the Winter season.
SYLVIA BERNSTEIN
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN ILLUSTRATION 1937
HONORABLE MENTION CRESSON COMPETITION IN ILLUSTRATION 1938
THE STEWARDSON PRIZE 1939
FIRST HONORA BLE MENTION IN STIMSON COMPETITIO N 1938
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A student ticket entitles the holder, during attendance at the Academy, to
free admission to the Galleries, Special Exhibitions, Lectures, and to the use
of the Library and Print Collection.
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LIBRARY.
An excellent reference library is available to all registered
students at specified times. A va luable extension of this library exists in a
splendid collection of books, easy of access to the students, which may be
ti'lken to the class rooms for intimate study in connection with the class room
work.
PRINT COLLECTION.
The Academy is the owner of one of the largest
and most valuable print col lections in the United States, with a total aggregate in all collections of 61,811 prints.
COORDINATED COURSE. The University of Pennsylvania offers its degree
of Bachelor of Fine Arts to students of Painting , Sculpture, Mural Decoration,
or Illustration, who have completed a course of academic study in the University and prescribed technical work in the Schools of the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts.
The minimum time spent in the Coordinated Course by any student, not counting those with advance credit, is five years, during which time fifty-eight (58)
semester credits must be completed in required academ ic courses at the University and technical work throughout that complete period at the Academy.
I. Pre sc ribed Work. 5 I Semeste r Credits
Ia I
Ib)
Ic)
Id)
Ie)
If)
I g)
History of Art .
Engl ish
Modern Language
General H isto ry
A Sc ience .
Psychology .
Aesthetics
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Semester
Credits
12
12
6
6
6
6
3
51
7
II. Elective Subjects
Tota I Semester Credits
.
58
Advanced standing for academic work up to 22 semester credits may be
allowed by the University. For previous technical study of the Fine Arts the
Academy may allow credit up to two full years. (This does not apply to the
terms of the Cresson Competition.)
The technical work of the student is judged each term by the Committee on
the Coordinated Courses. Reports are rendered each term. In the academic
courses the standing is reported each term by the University.
The students in these courses share all privileges extended to the student-body
of each institution and are also subject to the regulations imposed.
JAMES BONELLI, JR.
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CRESSON SCHOLAR IN MURAL DECORATION 1939
Candidates for admission to the Coordinated Courses must meet the requirements of each institution. Application blanks will be sent upon request.
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COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM. It is the aim of the Academy's Schools to
approach the fine arts in the broadest sense. Toward that end and because
of the ideal coordination with the University of Pennsylvania, through its
School of Fine Arts, one of the most valuable features is the participation
through and with the Association of the Alumni of the American Academy
in Rome in their Collaborative Problem. This project engages students in
arch itecture, landscape architecture, mural decoration and sculpture. Tearns
of four are formed, the latter two members from the Academ y, in the study of
these, the four great art departments, toward a perfect whole. The Academy
deems the opportunities thus afforded so valuable that it offers tuition
scholarship prizes to those students whose teams place in the prize winning
groups in the Rome Academy's judgment. For particulars see Collaborative
Prizes under "Prizes and Scholarships."
MEDAL TEAM 1938-39 COMPETITION
SYLVIA BERNSTEIN . MURAL DECORATOR
ALEXANDER KRICHEFF. SCULPTOR
JAMES WALTER FITZGIBBON . ARCHITECT
JACK GILCHRIST. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
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ALEXAN DER KRICHEFF
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GROUP FOR COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM 1938·39
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INSTRUCTION
The general method of instruction is by individual criticism of class work,
without the repressing effect of fixed methods. The purpose of this training
is to develop the students' natural abilities, to enable them to acquire
technique, and to stimulate their sense of beauty. The various classifications
of study are closely allied and students in one department are privileged to
work in the other departments by arrangement with the Curator. Th is entails
no additional fee.
ATTENDANCE. There is no compulsory attendance in any class or classes
of the Academy schools but every day student is afforded the fullest possible
opportunity to actively participate in a schedule which can completely fi ll
six or seven day hours six days of every school week plus three additional
evening hours on five of those days.
SCHEDULE OF CLASSES. All new students , except those who enter the
Sculpture Classes, are required to work on trial in either the Antique Ca st
Head or Antiq ue Cast Figure drawing classes regardless of previous training .
Students whose credentials satisfy the management may be admi tted into the
second section immediately.
DRAWING. These classes are maintained primarily to provide a ground
work in drawing which may be developed later in the Painting and
Illustration Classes. Working in monochrome (generally black and white)
from the plaster cast, both head and figure with unchanging light, provides the beginner that opportunity to grasp the problems of light and
shade toward the expression of form more easily than by work from
living models.
First Antique C lasses,
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Second Antique C lasses,
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Antique cast (Figure)
;
FRANCES COWAN
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CRESSON SCHOLAR IN PAINTING 1939
Antique Cast (Head)
Construction (Life Model Proportions)
Sketch (Costumed Model)
Constructi on
Sketch (Costumed Model)
Understand ing of Art
Still Life
Francis Speight
Albert Laessle
Roy C. Nuse
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Daniel Garber
Francis Speight
. Albert Lae ssle
Roy C. Nuse
Henry McCa rter
Roswell Weidner
PAINTING. The painting classes are planned to assist each student,
upon a so und knowledge of d.rawing as a base, to a personal expression
th ro ugh color; the whole built upon compositional understanding and
so und technical facility.
Preliminory CI.sses,
Life.
Po rtr. it
Still Life
Composition . . . .
Costumed Sketch and Croqui
Understanding of Art
Construction
Perspective
Anatomy
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Adv.nced CI.sse s,
Advanced Life
Advanced Portrai t
Advanced Composition .
So,tumed Sketch and Croqui
Understanding o f Art
Construction
Landscape .
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GIL BERT H. SWITZER
TH E STEWARDSON PRIZE 1938
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THE STIMSON PRIZE 1937
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN SCULPTURE 1937
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN SCULPTURE 1938
Daniel Garber
James Chopin
James Chopin
. Roy C. Nuse
Henry McCarter
Albert L.essle
. Francis Speight
ILLUSTRATION. The purpose of the Illustration classes is to provide
the stude nt with such practical instruction in Drawing, Composition, and
Interp retation as will enable him to enter the professiona l field of magazine and book ill ustrating.
Prelimin.ry CI.sses,
Illustration Composilion
Life. .
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Costumed Model. . .
Costumed Sketch and Croqui
Understanding of Art
Construction
Perspective
Anatomy
Adv.nced CI.sses,
Advanced Composition and Professional Practice
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· Daniel Garber
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Roy C. Nuse
Roswell Weidner
· James Chapin
Roy C. Nuse
Henry McCarte r
· Albert Laessle
· John Harbeson
Dr. Edmond J. Farris
. . .
George Harding
Francis Speight and Daniel Garber
George E. C. Wiggins
Roy C. Nuse
Henry McCarter
· Albert Laessl.
. . John Harbeson
Dr. Edmond J. Farris
George Harding
MURAL DECORATION . The chief purpose of this class is to train
adva nced students in solving the architectural problems of decoration
based upon a sound compositional knowledge, and appreciation of scale.
The actual mechanics which this branch of the Fine Arts involves are
thoroughly studied so that the various painting techniques employed
in the mural expression may be understood and acquired.
Mural Composition and Technical Research
Life. . . . . . .
Costumed Sketch and Croqui
Understanding of Art
Construction
George Hording
. D.niel G.rber
. Roy C. N use
Henry McCarter
A lbert L.essle
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SCULPTURE. This department introduces its students to and trains
technically in modelli.ng an~ its. application. Special emphasis is placed
upon Sculpture as allied to Its sister arts, Painting and Architecture.
life.
Head .
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Composition
Stone Cutting
Construction
Perspective.
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Croqui (Sketching from Life, Action Poses)
Anatomy . . . . . . . .
CasTing and Technical Mechanics .
Walker Hancock
Walker Hancock
Walker Hancock
Philip Aliano
. Albert Lae ssle
. John Harbeson
. George Demetrios
Dr. Edmond J. Farris
Gu est Instrudor
EVENING CLASSES. The evening classes are planned for those students
whose activities or livelihood do not permit them to attend the day
session. Students admitted under this head are not eligible to compete
for prizes or scholarships. The fees are set at a reasonable figure so that
many may enjoy the privilege of Drawing, Painting, or Modelling in the
life classes. See "Fees" for details. All day students are entitled to work
in the evening classes without extra fee.
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Drawing and Etch in g
Da niel G a rber
Painting
Life.
Cos'umed Sketch
Daniel G a rber
Francis Spei ght
The life model poses five evenings every week and the Costumed Sketch
model every Wednesday evening.
Sculpture,
Life.
Head . .
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Wa lker Hancock
Walker Hancock
Models pose on Tuesday and Thursday evenings of each week. The
Life and Head models alternate on a two·week schedule.
PART TIME CLASSES. A courtesy part time registration without prize
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or scholarship eligibility is offered to former students at greatly reduced
rates to aid them with instruction, the invaluable continued use of
models and to concretely express the genuine interest the Academy has
in all those who have studied here. (See Rates.)
REGISTRATION OF WORK. Each student is required to register one ex·
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ample of work, once each month, representing effort in each of the classes
listed under the department in which he or she is enrolled. For example: the
student in Preliminary Painting registers one Life, Head, Construction, Cos·
tumed Sketch, and Still Life per month. The exceptions and special classes
are listed below. The same work cannot be registered more than once. An
unbroken record of registration is necessary for eligibility fOf competitions,
and is required of all students in the Coordinated Course. Written requests
for excuse upon legitimate grounds (illness, unavoidable absence, etc.) must
be addressed to the Curator for approval.
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Attendance upon the classes on Understanding of Art and Composition is
not compulsory but students are particularly urged to attend all through
their Academy experience. Composition studies and finished work will be
registered according to posted regulations.
Perspective drawing is a two-term (one-winter) course and is compulsory of
satisfactory completion before any student may compete for a Cresson Traveling Scholarship, or receive the award of a Collaborative Scholarship, and also
upon all students taking the Coordinated Course with the University of Pennsylvania. Every student is urged to get credit for this course in his first or
second year.
Anatomy lectures are not compulsory but every student is advised to attend
regularly for at least two terms (one winter).
PROMOTION.
Application for promotion from the First Antique Cast
Drawing section to the Second Antique Cast Drawing section and subsequently into Painting or Illustration may be made at any stated monthly
meeting of the Faculty. A group of Drawings or Paintings, one each from all
branches of classes attended, is placed for judgment with the application.
Each work submitted must have the approval of the Instructor of the class in
which it was made.
If the Faculty finds the group of insufficient merit to
warrant promotion the student may submit another group to the Faculty at
any subsequent meeting. Admission to the Advanced Head and Advanced
Life Painting classes is also by action of the Faculty upon the submission of
one head or life painting (respectively) accompanied by a line drawing made
from the life model as posed in the class. The work submitted needs no
approval.
Admission to Mural Decoration is arranged by conference with Mr. George
Harding and the Curator.
ROBERT C. TURNER
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All students in the Sculpture classes begin, upon entrance and regardless of
what previous experience they have had, in the regular head and life classes.
Their entrance into the broader activities of the Sculpture department is
arranged by conference with Mr. Walker Hancock and the Curator.
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1938
HONOR ROLL
1939
Awards of May, 1939
CRESSON TRAVELING SCHOLARSHIPS
PAINTERS
FRANCES COWAN, Phi la delphia, Pa.
JANET SYMMES , Wilmington, Del.
G. PILLOW LEWIS, Memphis, Tenn.
ROBERT C. TURNER , Wallingford, Po.
LEONARD M . NELSON , Merchantville , N. J.
ALICE UHLMANN, Grand Rapids., Mich.
KAT H ERIN E STUBBINS WIGGINS, Philadelphia, Pa.
ILLUSTRATORS
FRANKLIN BOGGS, Goshen, Ind.
WILLIAM EISENHARDT, Philade lphia, Pa.
J;)HN W . GRIGG Petersburg , Va .
EDWARD T. HOLDER, Trenton, N. J.
M. MILTON HULL, Richmond, Va.
WAYNE DEWITT LARABEE , Haddam, Kansas
MURAL DECORATORS
JAMES BONELLI, JR" Philadelphia, Pa.
"ALLAN D. JON ES , JR., Hampton, Va.
SCULPTORS
ELMORE CAVE, St. Louis, M o.
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COLLABORATIVE SCHOLARSHIPS
ALEXANDER KRICHEFF , Philadelphia, Pa .
SYLVIA BERNSTEIN , Philadelphia, Pa.
THE CHARLES TOPPAN PRIZES
I st Prize
ALLAN D. JONES, JR., Hampton, Va.
2nd Prize
OLIVER W. NUSE, Rushland, Pa.
HONORABLE MENTION
BARBARA N. DOAN, Blue Bell. Pa.
RICHARD C. HICKSON, Lynchburg , Va .
THE THOU RON PRIZES
ELIZABETH LANGSDORF, Philadelphia, Po.
SALOME R. TOME, Wilmington, Del.
ROBERT MORRIS HERVEY, Wheeling, W. Va.
JOHN H. WRIGHT, Bordentown, N . J.
THE STEWARDSON PRIZE
SYLVIA BERNSTEIN, Phi ladel phia , Po.
THE STIMSON PRIZE
GILB ERT H. SWITZER, Knoxville , Tenn.
THE PACKARD PRIZES
FREDA LEIBOVITZ, Ph iladelphia, Pa.
RICHARD LESS ERAUX, Philade lphia, Pa .
ELMORE CAVE
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN SCUL
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THE RAM BORGER PRIZE
J EAN CRAIG, Phi la delph ia, Po.
HO
NORABLE MENTION BY THE STEWARDSON COMPETITION 1939
PTURE 1939
TH E STIMSON PRIZE 193B
• Second A ward
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SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES
FREE TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS. Free tuition scholarships are avai lable to
returning students whose financial obligations have been met in full, for at
lea:t .two terms. These scholarships are solely for the purpose of financially
assisting those who would otherwls~ be unable to pursue their study of art.
Eighteen full free tUition scholarships and 15 half tuition scholarships were
awarded in May , 1939, for the Winter School year 1939-40.
A major number of these are given each year by George D. Widener in memory of his father and mother, George D. Widener and Mrs. Alexander Ham ilton
. Rice . Others are made available through bequests of various friends of the
Academy to be used for scholarship aid: The Louise Harrison Memorial
Scholarships given by Thomas S. Harrison in memory of his wife; The Mary R.
Burton Scholarship ; The Sarah Kaighn Cooper Memorial Scholarship through
the generosity of Mrs. George K. Johnson; and the Elizabeth H. Thomas
Memorial Scholarship.
Application may be made in the Spring of each year and again in January,
should any of the previously awarded scholarships become available. These
scholarships are awarded by the Board of Directors upon the recommendation
of the Committee on Instruction and the Faculty. Applicants must fill in a
j.-.-epared form and submit it together with not more than four examples of
their work to the Curator before the stated meeting of the Faculty for May,
1939. These applicatio ns must be accompanied by a letter addressed to the
CommiHee on Instructio n stating the necessity for requesting free tuition.
At the discretion of the ma nageme nt, and at times when there is a particular
demand for such help, certain of these scholarships may be granted as half
schola rsh ips.
THE WILLIAM EM LEN CRESSON MEMORIAL
TPAVELING SCHOLARSHIPS
By the liberal provisions of the wi lls of Emlen Cresson and Prisci lla P., his wife , a Fu nd has
been created as a memorial to their deceased son, Wil liam Emlen C resson , Ac adem ici an,
the in come of which is to be app lied by The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Art s in
sending pupils of merit to Europe.
ALLAN D. JONES. JR.
HONORAB LE MENTION CRESSON COMPETITION 1936
CRESSON S
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN MURAL DECORATION 1938
CHOL A R IN MURAL DECO RAT IO N 193 9
FIRST TOPPAN PRIZE 1939
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The award of a Cresson Traveling Scholarship credits each student with
$1 100.00 ; $900.00 of which is to be used for a Summer of foreign travel and
traveling expenses, and the remaining $200 .00 pays for tuition in the ensuing
two terms immediately following at the Academy.
An award is not to be regarded as a certificate of proficiency. The winners
should consider rather, that their industry and promise have won for them the
opportunity to introduce into their period of schooling this inspirational and
broadening incident. Each recipient is required to return to the Academy
for further study and the financial arrangement is th us planned to insure th is
program .
The awards are divided among all departments of study and are allotted as to
standard of work as one factor, and the number of contestants proportionally
from each depa rtment as the other factor.
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The awards are made
Instruction, upon the
were awarded Cresson
in this catalogue are
competition.
by the Board of Directors through its Committee on
recommendation of the Faculty. Seventeen students
Traveling Scholarships in 1939. The student illustrations
selected from the work of the winners in the 1938
In the case of exceptional merit and when a very decided improvement is
evident a student may, through the same authority, receive the award a second
time. Competition for a second scholarship must be entered during the year
succeeding the first award, unless otherwise ruled or a satisfactory excuse be
accepted by the Committee on Instruction.
RULES GOVERNING THE CRESSON COMPETITION. Students are eligible
for competition for a Cresson Traveling Scholarship when they each have
Jr, aggregate of 96 Academy school weeks to their credit, which must have
been accumulated within five (5) years of the date of competition. The final
32 weeks (two term s) must be spent in the Winter School of the Academ y
and must be within the school year of competition. Time spent in the Summer
School of the Academ y is counted (provided certain requirements have bee n
fulfilled) in the aggregate of the first 64 weeks.
Every student must have a complete and unbroken registration record over
the time included in computing eligibility (see "Registration of Work"). The y
must also have completed satisfactorily their work in Perspective (two term s).
Delinquencies due to absence for illness or other causes must be satisfactorily
explained in writing to the Curator for excuse and all financial obligations
must be fully paid.
All students entering the competition are required to sign at the Curator's
office in order to signify their intention before the first day of December in
the school year of competition.
A LICE UH LM A NN
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN PAINTING 1939
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All work submitted in competition must be that which has been done in the
Academy classes or for Academy registration and has received criticism from
a member or members of the Faculty. It must also be work completed within
the last 32 weeks of the Winter School or the 16 weeks immediately preceding in the Summer School. Either the stamp from monthly registration or
one by special arrangement at the Curator's office must be upon each work
exhibited.
All competitors are unrestricted as to the amount and variety of work they
submit in the competition groups, provided they do not exceed the space
allotted to them, but each Painter's group must include a landscape.
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Paintings, Drawings, and Illustrations exhibited in the Painting or Illustration
groups must not exceed 36 inches in either dimension, and must be exhibited
unframed and unglazed. If tape is used to trim unsightly edges of canvases it
may be used to give order rather than enhance and must not encroach upon
the face of the canvas.
Every student awarded a First Cresson Traveling Scholarship must leave for
Europe on or before June 15th of the year of award; otherwise the scholarship is revoked. A period of at least 90 days in Europe must be accounted
for in the financial and itinerary report which is required for filing in the office
of the Curator before the first day of December following the award.
In the case of a second Cresson Traveling Scholarship, the student is granted
the privilege of using the credit for travel ($900.00) any time within two
y"ars and four months of the receipt of the award. The $200.00 credit for
t'lition, however, must be used within the year following the award. The
financial and itinerary report covering the period of at least 90 days in
Europe is also obligatory upon them and mu st be filed at the Cura tor's office
within six weeks of their return to America.
THE LEWIS S. WARE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP. The Lewis S. Ware
Memorial Scholarship, in accordance with the will of the Testator, provides a
European Traveling Scholarship in amount and regulations similar to those of
Cresson Scholarships of that year.
This scholarship will be available at intervals of possibly three or four years
and is to be awarded when available by the President with the advice of the
Faculty to a student of outstanding merit who is not rece iving a Cresson
Scholarship that year. This Scholarship was last awarded in May, 1938.
M. MILTON HULL
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CR ESSO N SCHOLAR IN ILLUSTRATION 193'
COLLABORATIVE SCHOLARSHIPS. Realizing the growing interest in and
the demand for well-trained Mural Decorators and Sculptors acqua inted with
the problems of their co-artists the architects, this scholarship is designed particularly to encourage talented students toward competent and thorough
knowledge in these fields.
Two terms of free tuition in the Winter School are , therefore, to be awarded
to each painter or painters and sculptor or sculptors whose team or team s
place first , second or third in the Assoc iation of the Alumn i of the American
Academy in Rome iudgment; provided , that in the acce ptance of such
scholarship, the students will maior in their respective departments (Mural
Decoration and Sculpture), and shall use this tuition credit in the school year
directly following after that of the award.
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THE CHARLES TaPPAN PRIZES. The Charles Toppan Prizes for 1939 are:
First Prize, $300.00, Second Prize, $200.00, and two honorable mentions of
$100.00 each .
These prizes were established in 1881 by the gift of Mrs. Charles Toppan.
Miss Harriette R. Toppan, and Mr. Robert N. Toppan.
The prizes are awarded o nl y to students who have previously received and
used a Cresson Scholarship. Competitors who fulfill all of the requirements
for a Second Cresson Traveling Scholarship will, at the same time, be considered el igible to compete for a Toppan Prize. Competitors who are not in
Competition for a Second Cresson Traveling Scholarship are required to
register certain work each month, and will arrange individually with the
Curator for the requirements in the respective departments of Painti ng, Illustration, Sculpture and Mural Decoration.
Any student having received one Toppan prize is debarred from receiving
another Toppan prize of the same or lower value.
The work submitted in competition must be an original painting , in oil or
water color, the unaided work of the student without criticism. The subject for
the paintings to be submitted will be announced Friday, November 10, 1939.
All work in competition must be submitted without signature by Monday,
May 13, 1940, 12 o'clock noon. No student may submit more than one canvas.
Canvases submitted must not measure less than twelve inches nor more than
thirty-six inches in either dimension, and must not be framed or presented
under glass.
Canvases are numbered by the Curator, and a memorandum of the numbers
and competitors' names is kept in a sealed envelope which is opened after
the prize-winning canvases have been selected by the Committee on Instruction. According to the positively expressed terms of the gift, the drawing of
the work submitted will receive first consideration.
The Committee on awards is not obliged to award prizes or honorable mentions if, in its opinion, the work submitted is not of sufficient merit to justify
making the awards.
THE THOU RON PRIZES. These awards were founded by the late Henry J.
Thouron, a former Instructor in Composition.
JAN ET SYMMES
CRESSO N SCHOLAR IN PAINTING 1939
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A prize of $50.00 and a prize of $25.00 for compositions completed during the
current season are offered, the first to be decided by the Faculty, the second
by a vote of the students; and a prize of $50.00 and a prize of $25.00 both
to be awarded by t he Instructor of the class.
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A competitor is not eligible a second time for the same prIZe, and cannot
receive more than one award the same season.
The Committee on awards is not obliged to award prizes or honorable mentions if, in its opinion, the work submitted is not of sufficient merit to justify
making the awards.
THE STEWARDSON PRIZE. The Edmund Stewardson Prize of One Hundred
Dollars in the Department of Sculpture will be awarded for the 40th 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 be approved by the Committee
on Instruction. Having once received this award, a student is ineligible to
compete for this prize a second time.
The subject for the competition is a full -length figure from Life in the round.
Stud;es must not be less than two feet six inches in height, and not more than
tl,,'ee feet in height, and must be made within eighteen hours, during three
consecutive days, in six sessions of three hours each.
EDWARD T. HOLDER
CR ESS ON SCHOLAR IN ILLUSTRATION 1939
No one except the competitors are admitted to the competition room at any
t'me during the days of the competition, and no one except the members of
the Jury are present during the judging of the studies.
Each competitor draws a number by lot. This number determ ines 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 study 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 have
taken part in the competition. When the successful number has been announced by the chairman of the Jury, 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 successful competitor. If no study be
satisfactory to the Jury, the prize may, at their discretion, be withheld. When
no award is made, the amount of the prize may, at the discretion of the Board
of Directors, be added to the principal of the prize fund or distributed with
futu re prizes.
WAYNE DeWITT LARABEE
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CRESSON SCHOLAR IN ILLUSTRATION 1939
The clay models offered in competition must be kept standing in good condition until otherwise ordered and figures cast by the Academ y become its
property.
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THE STIMSON PRIZE. This prize was established in memory of Emma Burnham Stimson a nd was c reated for the award each year of a prize in sculpture
of $100.00 for the best work done by the students in regular course of the
class .
The contest is open to students who have been registered for three terms and
who are members cf th e Life Modelling Classes, but is not open to former
students who work in the class by special permission. Time spent at work in
the Sculpture Classes at the Chester Springs Country School will be counted
up to two of the th ree terms.
The subject for competition is a full-length figure from life, in the round, not
less than two feet six inches in height, and must be made during class hours
as a part of the regular work in the class.
The work must be subm itted anonymously to a jury appointed by the Committee on Instruction of the Board of Directors. The Jury must not include any
instructor in the School.
The Committee on awards is not obliged to award prizes or honorable mentions if, in its opinion, the work submitted is not of sufficient merit to justify
making the awards.
THE PACKARD PRIZES. From the income of the John H. Packard Fund ,
established by the children of the late John H. Packard, M.D. , for many ye ars
chairman of the Academy's Committee on Instruction, annual prizes of $30.00
and $20.00 are awarded for the best and second best groups of original
studies made from living animals in the Zoological Garden. 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 becomes ineligible
to receive the same prize the second time.
The Committee on awards is not obliged to award prizes or honorable mentions if, in its opinion, the work submitted is not of sufficient merit to justify
making the awards.
THE RAMBORGER PRIZE. From the income of a fund established by the
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late William K. Ramborger, Esq., as a memorial to his sister, Aspasia Eckert
Ramborger, who for some years was a student of the Academy, an annual
prize of $25 .00 is awarded for the best line drawing in black and white of
a head from life by a pupil of the Academy who has not been under instruction over two years, but who has been registered in the Academy for both
terms of the current school year. Each competitor may submit one unmounted
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drawing on white paper 19 by 25 inches in size and unmounted. Having once
received an award, a student becomes thereafter ineligible to compete again.
The Committee on awards is not obliged to award prizes or honorable mentions if, in its opinion, the work submitted is not of sufficient merit to justify
making the awards.
FREE TUITION SCHOLARSHIP and PRIZES for the HIGHER SCHOOLS
OF PHILADELPHIA AND VICINITY. The Directors of The Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts have established a Free Tuition Scholarship Competition among the Senior students of the Higher Schools of Philadelphia
and vicinity.
The First Prize will consist of a Free Tuition Scholarship in the Academy's
Winter School for two terms. A second and third prize of $25.00 and $15.00
respectively shall also be awarded.
The work of two students, judged best and second best by the instructor of
the individual schools, must be sent to the Secretary of The Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, Broad and Cherry Streets, not later than Ma y
13th, 1940. The Facu lty of the Academy will then judge the drawings submitted and the p rizes will be awarded.
The drawings must be free-hand from a cast or other object ass igned by the
instructor, and must be the unaided work of 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. All entries must have
the following information legibly written on the back; name of the competitor,
name of the school in which the student is working, and the signature of the
Principal of the school. Competitors must be regularly enrolled students of
the schools from which they are competing. Drawings may be called for at
the Academy two weeks after the announcement of the awards.
The purpose of making these awards is to stimulate interest in drawing and
the fine arts generally, to discover those who possess marked talents, and to
offer them the advantages of study at the Academy. It is hoped that these
awards, and the stimulus they afford will lead to a closer sympathy between
the art instruction in the city's higher schools and the work of the Academy
KATH ER INE STUBBINS WIGGIN S
C RESSO N SCHOLAR IN PA I NTING 1939
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HONORABLE MENTION CRESSON
COMPETITION IN PAINTING 1938
itself.
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ADMISSION. Application blank, sent upon request, must be filled in and
returned to the Curator with letters of character reterence, a doctor's certificate of health, a full-length snapshot, and, on request, the applicant must
submit examples of work in which the Faculty can find an apparent ability
and promise and an evident sincerity of purpose, before the student may
register. Admission is contingent upon complete satisfaction to Faculty and
Management in each and every particular as listed above and is always
subject to the reserved right of dismissal. No student is eligible unless at
least sixteen years of age and possessed of a completed high school education
or its equivalent. The Committee on Instruction reserves the right to limii
the number of students under any or all classifications.
FEES. Day School,
Tuition Fee per term . . . . .
$100.00
Matriculation Fee (paid only on entrance)
10.00
Locker Fee per term
1.00
$111.00
Total, First Term
Tuition Fee, All Subsequent Terms
100.00
Locker Fee per term
1.00
$212.00
Total Fees, First Year.
Students paying the Day School fees are entitled to all the privi leges of the
Evelling School classes.
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Evening School,
Tuition Fee for Single Term
.
Matriculation Fee (paid only on entrance)
Locker Fee per one term .
Total per Single Term, Evening School
$25.00
5.00
.75
$30.75
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Part Time (for former P. A. F. A. students),
Tuition Fee per term (3 full day privileges per week)
Locker Fee for term
. . . . . . . . .
Total Fee per term
These fees do not include the cost of any materials.
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$50.00
1.00
$51.00
Summer School, See Summer School catalogue.
FRANKLIN BOGGS
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CRESSON SCHOLAR IN ILLUSTRATION
PAYMENT REGULATIONS. All fees are payable in advance and no deduction is made for late registration or for absence and no refund is made for
any reason whatsoever.
Payment shall be made in cash or by check drawn to the order of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts for the exact amount due.
Tuition fees are payable in two equal instalments. The first payment shall be
made on or before the date of registration and the second payment on or
before February Is t . .
.
Students shall be considered In attendance until formal notice of withdrawal.
in writing, is received by the Curator.
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LENARD M. NELSON
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Non-payment of fees ?ccording to the announced dates, as stated above
shall prohibit such delinquent students from attendance in all classes, lec.
tures, etc.
New registration cards shall be issued at the beginning of each term to
students at the time of the payment of fees.
DORMITORIES. The Academy maintains in Philadelphia Day and Evening
schools only, ~n~ assumes no responsibility for students beyond the limits of
the school buildings . However, women students registering at the Academy
are grante~ the privilege C?f living in the dormitory system conducted by the
Moore Institute of Art, SCience, and Industry and the Philadelphia School of
Design for Women. The Academy can highly recommend these accommodations. For rates, etc ., write to Miss Julia Owing at 1922 Race Street, Philadelphia.
CALENDAR_ School year 1939-40.
Registration.
(on or after) September 18th.
F,(st Term begins. . . .
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October 2nd.
Private View of the Thirty-seventh Annual Water Color Exhibition and
the Thirty-eighth Annual Exhibition of Miniatures and the Student
Exhibition from the Summer School at Chester Springs . October 2 Ist.
Exhibition open to the Public .
October 22nd to November 26th.
First day of Pose for Stimson Competition in Sculpture
October 30th.
Stimson Prize iudgment and award
November 24th.
November 30th.
Thanksgiving Day holiday
Christmas holiday
December 18th to January 2nd.
Registration for Second Term
(on or after) January 22nd.
Private view of The One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Annual Oil and
Sculpture Exhibition
. . . . . January 27th.
Exhibition open to the Public
January 28th to March 3rd.
Second Term begins .
February 5th.
. _ . . February 22nd.
Washington's Birthday holiday.
March 18th, 19th and 20th.
Stewardson competition. .
Stewardson Prize judgment and award
. . . March 20th.
Easter holiday . . . . .
March 22nd and 23rd.
May 13th to 17th.
Placement of Cresson Competition exh ibits
Judgment for Toppan Prizes . . . . . . . .
. . . May 13th.
Judgment for Cresson Scholarships, Thouron , Packard , Ramborger
Prizes
....
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May 21 st.
Exercises in Gallery F for the award of year prizes . . . . . May 22nd.
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May 23rd to June 9th.
Exhibition of Competitors' work
. . May 25th.
Last day of Winter School . . . . . . . . . .
No models are engaqed to pose or criticism given for the last week of the
Second Term except by special arrangement.
Summer School, Chester Springs, Penna. (see Summer School catalogue for
details) . . . . . . . . . . . June 3rd to Septem~er ~ Is.t.
Day classes are held from nine to twp.lve and from one to four, 0 cloc SIX
days per week. Evenina classes are held from seve~ to ten 0 clock from
Monday to Friday, inclusive. All exceptions are noted In the Calendar abov:<i
GENERAL DATA
Students are expected to know how to conduct themselves upon principles
of honor without specific rules.
The management of the school reserves the right, at any time and without
advance notice, to reject or dismiss any student without recourse, for any
reason which may seem sufficient in the opinion of the managem ent , an d
wi thout assigning any reason.
Students wi ll not be called from the classrooms to answer personal or telephone calls except when, in the opinion of the Cura to r, there is an extreme
emergency. Messages will be recorded and placed in the student's mail boxes.
The Academy assumes no responsibility concerning the property of students
whether by loss or damage. A large steel locker, fitted with a combination
lock, is provided for each student. Additional locker space may be arranged
by Ihe payi ng of extra fees.
Art supplies must be provided by the students. These supplies may be purchased at the school store at reasonable prices.
A lunch room and kitchen are provided for the use of those stude nts who
prefer to prepare their lunches and suppers at the school. No food is on
sale in the Academy Buildings.
Visitors are adm itted to the school between the hours of 4:00 and 5.00 P. M.
The Academy c laims t he right to retain , temporarily, examples of students'
work for use in exhibition held both in the Academy and for rotary or special
exhibitions for which the school may arrange.
Application forms and any f urther information desired concerning the schools
may be obtained by addressing Henry Hotz, Jr. , Curator, Broad and Cherry
Streets, Phi ladelphia, Winter School; Chester Springs, Pennsylvania , Summer
JOHN W. GRIGG
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CRESSON SCHOLAR IN I LLUSTRATIO N 1939
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ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP IN
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
Annual members a re su ch persons as co ntrib ute $1 0 annually for the ma intenance
of the Academy.
LIFE MEMBERSHIP
life membels ore those who cont ribute t he sum of $1 00. Ann ual and life memo
bers are admilted to all the p ublic exhi b it io ns and lect ures .. t .th e . Acade my, h~ve
a right to use ils library, sub ject to t he reg ulations o f t he Ins htutl on, a nd rec?,ve
an admission ticket. They have all the p rivi le ges o f stockho lders exce pt th e fight
to vote. Checks may be sent to Henry C. G ibso n, Treas ure r, a t t he A ca demy.
FO RM OF BEQUEST
I give de vise and bequeath to "The Pennsylva nia Academy o f t he Fine A rts"
. .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . .............. Dollars, in trust to invest and ke ep in ves te d
oor! 'prly the income only to the maintenance o f the said A cadem y.
THE FELLOWSHIP OF
THE PENNSYLV ANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
The Object of the Fellowship is to fos te r a spirit o f fraten ity a mong t he former
an d present students of The Pennsylva nia Academy o f the Fine Arts in the intere sts
of Art. In addition to its many othe r a ct ivities the Fe ll owship also functi o ns some ·
wha l as an Alumni, through its mem bers est ablishing a co nt inui ng link with th e
Acad e my when they no longer study t he re.
To Beco me a Me mber of th e Fellowsh ip it is necessa ry only to fill in the a tta c hed
Appl ication Blank and mail, or send , it to the Fellowshi p .
Dues for Resident Members are Four Dollars a year, and for Non - Resid e nt Mem.
bers (living more than fiftY.miles from Phila delphia) Two Dollars a ye ar. Life
Membership Fifty Dollars. Bdls fo r d ue s wdl be rendere d b y ma il when due.
Th . Activities of th e Fellowship incl ud e an Annual Exhi bi tio n o f the works of
~ e mbers, a series of Evening Talks in the A cadem y Lectu re Room o n sll bj e cts of
.nlerest to .Ar! Workers, and a varie ty of Ge t-Acq uainted G a th e rings, Da nces,
Group O utings, etc., to which adm ittance is free and o f which adva nce no tices
ere sent by mail to all members.
if you have been, or are, a student at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fin.
A~t. yo.u are. c?rdially invi ted to become a member of the Fellowship and to join
with ~ In bUlldl~g up a ~d .prese~ving a un ited spirit of true fellowship in the int.r• •t 0 Alt and In associat ion wit h yo ur old Academy.
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