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The Academy fulfill s in ideal completeness the whole necessity of the
fine arts . Its function as one of the greatest American gal leries presents
the
public
with
its opportunity for
joyment and, on the other hand,
heightened
appreciati on
and en.
its students with an easy and inti .
mate contact with the best of pa st and contemporary art. Its maintenance
of one of the most eminently renowned
f ulfills
its
original
pledge
in
providing
foundat ion and esthetic background.
formation
sc hool s,
winter and summer,
students
with
the ir technical
This circular contains detailed in.
relative to the Winter School in
Phi la de lp hia , Pennsylvania.
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY
OF THE FINE ARTS
BROAD AND CHERRY STREETS, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
THE OLDEST FINE ARTS SCHOOL IN AMERICA: 1806
DRAWING
: PAINTING
: SCULPTURE
:
ILLUSTRATION
WINTER SCHOOL CIRCULAR
: MURAL DECORATION
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1940·1941
HISTORY
OffiCERS
President
ALFRED G. B. STEEL
Tree5urer
HENRY C. GIBSON
Directors
JOSEPH E. WIDENER
Vice· President
HENRY S. DRINKER, Jr.
Secretary
JOSEPH T. FRASER, Jr.
Solicitor
MAURI CE B. SAUL
The Pennsylvania Academ y of the Fine Arts is the oldest art institution in
the United States and actually dates its existence from
1791 , when
Charles Willson Peale commenced his efforts to organize in Philadelphi a
a school for the fine arts. It was formally founded in 1805, and chartered
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
HENRY S. DRINKER, Jr.
THOMAS S. GATES
Curator of Schools
there
HENRY C. GIBSON
HENRY HOTZ, Jr.
Ind ependence
MARSHALL S. MORGAN
JOHN F. LEWIS, Jr.
Committee on Instruction
SYDN EY E. MARTIN
HENRY C. GIBSON, Chairman
EDWIN O. LEWIS
WILLIAM CLARKE MASON
JOHN B. THAYER
WILLIAM VAN ALEN
SYDN EY l. WRIGHT
was
held
in
Hall,
Pennsylvania's
the first
old
exhibition
State
of
House,
paintings
now
in
known
as
Philadelphia.
The Columbianum was ultimately succeeded by the present Academ y.
In 1805, in Independence Hall, where twenty-nine years earlier the fore.
THOMAS S. GATES
fathers had signed the Declaration of Independence , seventy-one public
JOHN F. LEWIS, Jr.
spirited citizens, of whom forty·one were lawyers, met for formal organization.
EDWIN O. LEWIS
They prepared a petition for the incorporation of the Pennsylvania Academ y
JOHN B. THAY~R
of the Fine Arts. The gathering was a distinguished one, and incl uded 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.
Mered ith, William
Ra wle,
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:
MANAGEMENT
.. To promote the cultivation of the Fine Arts, in the United States of America, by introducing
The schools are under the immediate care of the Curator and Committee on
Instruction appointed by the President and Board of Directors, together with a
Faculty composed of celebrated Artists, who are experienced Teachers and eminently qualified to discover and develop every talent which students may possess.
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correcl and elegant copies from works of the First Masters in Sculpture and Painting, 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, enlighten, and invigorate the talents of our Countrymen ."
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FACULTY
HENRY McCARTER5
I
. A d
y of the Fine Arts Philadelphia;
Studied in the Pennsy vania Cd ern
R'
.
Born in Norristown, Pa., July.
.
d Alexander Harrison Toulouse Lautrec, M. Roll, M. Ixens, In
Pupil of Puvis de Chavannes, Bonn,,', anA d my of the Fine A'rts Former Instrudor Arts Students League
. p
ylvant" ca e
d I Sf L .
Paris. Member Fellowship enns edal Pan.Americ",n Exhibition, Buffalo, 1901; Silver Me a,
. , OUIS
1866
I
I
~ronze .~ del 'hia Water Color Exhibition, 1906; Gold Medal for III~straflon.s,
P~I a ~ Color Panama-Pacific Exhibition, San Francisco, 1915; Philadelphia
M~dar for ~ec;:;:t;::; 1925; joseph Pennell Gold Medal, 1930; Gold Medal , Art. ~Iub
of New York. Awards:
Exhibition, 1904; Beck Prrze,
Second Gold
First Award, Phdadelphla
M d I' 1939 Instrudor in Understanding of Art and of Modern Painting.
of Philadelphia, 1936; Temple
e a,
.
COAL
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DANIEL GARBER
Born i~ North Manchester, .Indiana, in 1880. Stu9ied in the Art A~ademy .of Cincinnati, and in The Penn.
syl .... anla Academ.y of the Fln~ Arts: Awarded: First Hallgarten PfI~e, National Academy of Design, 1909;
Honorable Mention Carnegie Institute 1910· 4th W. A . Clarke Pnze and Honorable Mention Corcoran
Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., 1910;' Hon~rable Mention, Art Club of Philadelphia, 1910; Bro~ze Medal
International Exposition, Buenos Aires, 1910; Walter Lippin~ott Prize, The Pennsyl ....ania Academy of the Fin~
Arts! 1911; Potter Palmer Gold Meda l Art Institute of Chicago, 1911; 2nd W. A. Clarke Prize and Sil ....er
Meaal, Corcoran .Gallery of Art, W.ashington, D, C., 1912; 2nd Altman ~r!ze for Fig~re Painting, National
Academy of DeSign, New York CIty 1915' Gold Medal, Panama· Pacific International Exposition San
Francisco, 1915; Shaw Prize, Salmagu~di CI~b New York City, 1916; Harrison S. Morris Prize, Ne"":port
Rhode Island, 1916; 1st Altm~n Prize for Figu~e Painting, Na tional '\cademy of Design, New York City',
1917; Edward T: Stotesbury Prize , The Pennsyl .... ania Academy of the F,ne ~rts, 1918; Temple Gold Medal,
The Pennsyl ....anla Academy of the Fine Arts 1919' First W, A, Clarke Prize and Gold Medal, Corcoran
Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., 1921; Fir~t Alt";'an Prize for Landscape, National Academy of Design/
New York City, 1922; Gold Medal , Art Club of Philadelphia, 1923; Carnegie Prize, National Academy 0
Design, New York City, 1~23; Third Prize, Carnegie Institute, Internatio.nai" 1925; The Academy Gold Medal
of Honor The Pennsyl .... anla Academy of the Fine Arts 1929; The Jennie ~esnan Gold Medal, The Pennsyl.
vania Academy of the Fi.ne Arts , 1937. Member: National Ac;ademy of Desi<;Jn, New.York City; N,et!onal
Arts Club New York Cdy; Salmagundi Club New York City. Instructor In DraWing and PrelimInary
and Adva~ced Life Painting.
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OUR COUNTRY NEIGHBORS
GEORGE HARDING
Born in
Philadelphia; studied, in The
Pel""lsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
with Howard Pyle and independently
Illustrator and author of k'
deb
d
area.
scriptive articles and fictional war In
Harpers and other magazines . Travell~d
extensively
in
the
North,
A~st.roha.
ROY C. NUSE
Born in Springfield, Ohio, February 23, 1885. Pupil of Duveneclc, Cincinnati Art Academy, Pennsylvanic)
Academy of the Fine Arts. Awards: Cresson European Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts, 1917; Second Cresson, First Tappan and First Thouron Prizes, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts ,
1918; Medal , Philadelphia Sketch Club, 1921. Past President of the Fellowsh ip of Pennsylvania Academy
of th e Fine Arts. Instructor in Orawinq and Preliminary Portrait Pa inting and Head of the Coordinat~d
Course of the Academy of the Fine Arts with the University of Pennsylvania.
New Guinea and Asia. Comr~1ISs,oned
Capta in of Engin f~ers and ass'~n?d as
artist with the American Expeddlo~ary
Forces in 1918-1119. Mural Decora:tlons
in banks, hotels, hospitJls, U. S. Customs House Port of Philadelphia, North
Philadelphia Post Office, U. S. Pos t
Office Buildil'lg, Washington, D. C.,
Federal Building World's Fair, Edward
T. States bury Prize, Pennsylvania Acad-
A REST AND CHAT
emy of the Fine Arts. Member: No
tiona I Academy of Design. Instruct or
in
Illustration and
Mur-:ll
Decoration
MAIL IN THE TROPICS
North Philadelphio Post Office
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WALKER HANCOCK
FRANCIS SPEIGHT
Born in Windsor, North Carolina, 1896 . Studied in the Corcoran School of Art, Washington, D. C., and
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Awards: Foreign Traveling Scholarship, The Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, 1923; Cresson Travel ing Scholarships, 1923 and 1925, The Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts; Second Traveling Foreign Scholarship, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
1925; The Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts' Gold Medal, 1926; First Prize in
landscape Society of Washington Artists, 1929; lhe Fellowship of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts Prize, 1930 First Hallgarten Prize, National Academy of Design, 1930; M. V. Kohnstamm Prize, The Art
Institute of Chicago, 1930; Landscape Prize, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, 1932; Third W. A. Clarke
Prize and Bronze Medal, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., 1937; Gold Medal, Philadelphia
Sketch Club, 1938; The Jennie Sesnan Gold Medal, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1940;
The Academy Fellowship Prize, 1940. Member: National Academy of Design, New York City. Instructor in
Drawing and Painting.
Born in. Sf. louis, 1901. Studied in the
St. lOUIS ~chool of Fine Arts and The
Pennsylvania Academy of th F
Awards: Second Prize St" Lln~ Arts.
l
'
. OUIS Art
eague Competition, 1916: Edmund
Stewardson Prize, Pennsy lvania Aeo d
emy of the
. Fine Arts ' 11'•"'21·, Em Ien C res·son Foreign Traveling Scho larship 1922
and 1923; Widener Memorial 'Gold
~eda l, Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts, 1925; Fellowship Prize 1932'
Helen Foster Barnett Prize, N~tionai
Academy of Design, !935. Awarded
~eJlowship in the American Academy
In Rome, 1925. Member: Architectura l
League of New York. The Fellowship of
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fi ne
~rts; National Sculpture Sc.ciety; Na·
!Ional Academy of Design. Instructor
In Sculpture.
STRAW FOR THE CITY HORSES
SPIRAL
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GEORGE E. C. WIGGINS
JAMES CHAPIN
Born in West Orange, New Jersey. Studied at Cooper Union, New York, Art Students League, N ew Yo r k,
and Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium. Awards:
First prize for drawing, Antwerp Roya l Ac",demy,
1912; Logan prize for portraiture, Chicago Art Institute, 1927; Temple Gold Medal, The Pennsyl . . . aniil
Academy of the Fine Arts, 1928. Instructor in Advanced Portrait and Advanced Composi t ion.
CAROL
Born in Little Rock
Ar'a
1907
.
II, nSlIs
Ma 15
.
Illustrator and !"th'
Y
Studied in the C
I ographer.
orCaran Art S h i '
Washington D C
d
M
atc
Th 00
p 10
sylvania Academy of the Fin: ennAwarded the Willia
Arts.
F .
m Emlen Cresson
o~elgn Traveling Scholarships in 1931
an
1932. Contributor through N W
Aye~ & Son, Lord & lhomas, You~g &
R.ublcam to Delineator, Pictorial Reo
vle"7" McCalls, Life, and New Yor~er
AssIstant to Mr. Harding in Illustration:
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ELOQUENCE
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AUGMENTING THE
ROSWELL WEIDNER
.
R d·
P
1911
Studied at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and The Barnes
Born In eo lng, a.,
.
. .
5 h I h'
1935' First Charles
d'
A d d Tn W illiam Ernlen Cresson Foreign Traveling c 0 ars Ip.
,
Foun atIOM"'
",!dlr pC,
~936' H ono rable Mention Philadelphia Sketch Club, 1936. Instructor in Still
r OPPO"
emorld
Life Paintin g.
flze,
,
FACULTY
HENRY C. GIBSON
Chairman ex-officio, as Chairman of the Committee on Instruction of the Board of Dir ectors.
JOHN F. HARBESON, B.S., M.S.A., R.A.
Born in Philadelphia, July 30, 188~. Stu,died in the University of Penn sylva nia . Received B.S. 1910, and
Arthur Spayd Brooke Gold Med~I'n DesIgn, 1910; M.S.A., 1911; Cope Prize (Phi ladelphia Chapter A . I. A .
and, T Square Club),. 1913. ~rch'tect, Associate of P"ul P. Cret. Member American Institute of Architects
Assistant Professor In Architectural Design, School of Fine Arts University of Pennsylvan ia ' A th
"The Study ~f Ar.chitectural Design," Pencil Points Press, N. Y., 1926: Instrud or in Persp ective' an~ :;ch~.
tectural AdViser In the Sculpture Class in Composition.
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GEORGE DEMETRIOS
Born in Greece, Apri l I, 1896. Pupil of Charles Grafly and Ant oine Bou rdell e. Member: Boston Sculpture
I r. dcpendent Ass ociation. Director, Demetrios School, Bost on . I nstrud or in Drawing in the Sculpture Class .
WILLIAM M. CAMPBELL, B.S., R.A.
COUNTY FAIR
Born in Germantown, Philadelphia, 1887; studied in the University of Pennsylvania. B.S. in Arts , 1912.
B.S. in Arts; R.A. Instructor in Elements of Archi tecture in the School of Fine A rts, Unive rsity of Pennsylvania. Assistant Instrudor in Perspect ive.
PHILIP ALIANO
Born in Corleto Perticara, Italy. Studied drawi ng and modeling at The Spring Garden Institute
modeling at Drexel Institute. Received Honorable Menti ons.
dnlJ
Foreman in charge of stone, marble and granite for different studios; also stone yard. Chairman of the
Architectural Sculptors and Carvers Association of Philad elph ia and Vicinity. Instructor in Stone Cutting.
EDMOND J. FARRIS, B.A., Ph.D.
Born in Buffalo. New York. Associ ate in Anatom y, In Charge of Operations of The Wistar I nstitute of
A natomy and Biology. Author , "Art Students' Anat omy" (Lippincott), " A natomy and Physiology, Laboratory Guide" (Lippincott), Instructor in A natomy.
GEORGE SIMPSON KOYL, M.S. in Arch.
Dean of the School of Fi ne Arts of the Universit y of Pennsylvania representing the University
In
the
Coordinated Course.
SPECIAL LECTURES
A special group of ledures will be arranged throughout the e ntire winter sessIon covering
topics of broad interest.
Tho ledurers are each specialists upon their separate top ics and the following is a pa rtia l list
of the subjeds as planned: the craftsmanship and techn ique and the chemistry and physics
of fine arts painting; slow motion pidures of the life figure in adion; exhibition of contemporary illustrations and talks by outside artists; a short history of architedure wi th slides;
cartooning art. Additional topics may be duly announced .
This series of lectures will endeavor to introduce the student to a few of the many avenues
of adivity with which he must cope when the period of his school study is past.
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GE NERAL AND SPECIFIC ADVANTAGES
HE Faculty constitute s the greatest si ng le asset of the Academy's Schools.
Many other factors , however, contribute t o the stren~th of the .present
institution . Its stra tegic location , Galleries, Library and Pnnt Collection, the
Coordinated Course with the University of Pennsylvania, the American
Academy in Rome C ollaborative problem and t he many scholarship advantages will be briefly outli ned below. (See "Scholarships and Prizes" for
st ud en t s
I d·d
sp en I
taken to
wor k.
details under that head.)
and most valuable print collections in the United States with a tot I
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a aggregate In a co ections of 61 ,81 I prints.
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LOCATION. The Academy building is located in the heart of Philadelph ia
withi n one block of City Hall and within two or three blocks of the central
city railroad statio ns. It is within walking distance of practically every gallery, museum, 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 inspi rati on for art and living.
ACADEMY GALLERIES. The Academy's Permanent Collection of Paintings and Sculpture affords an opport unity for the study of examples of famous
masters, and includes the Gallery of National Portraiture by Early American
Painters; the Tem ple Collection of Modern American Paintings; The Gibson
Collection, la rgely composed of wo rks of the Continental schools; and the
Lambert Collectio n of Contemporary Art.
The Annual Exhibitions held by th e Academy, of which thi s year's will be
the One Hundred and Th irty-sixt h, bring together the best examples of
current American painting and sc ulpture, 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 yea rs as being the foremost in America.
The Water Color Exhibit ion, the Exhibition of Modern Miniatures, and the
Chester Springs Summer School Exhibition are held in the Fall of each year.
The exhibitio n of work of studen ts submitted in competition for Cresson
European Travelling Scholarships and other prizes is held at the end of May.
Other special exhibitions continually change the aspect of the Galleries
throug hout the W inter seaso n.
A studen~ ~icket 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
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d
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reglstere
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a t speci Ie times. A valuable extension f thO I·b
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IS I rary eXists In a
co ect,on of books ' easy of access to th e st ud en t s, wh·IC h may be
the class room s for intimate study in connection w·th
I th e c Ia ss room
PRINT COLLECTION: The Aca demy is the owne r of one of the largest
COORDINATE~ COURSE. The University of Pennsylvania offe rs its degree
of Bachelo; of Fine Arts to students of Painting , Sculpture , Mural Decoration,
or illustration, who have completed a course of academic study in the University and presc ribed tech nica l work in the Schools of The Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts.
:he minimu~ time spent in the Coo rd inated 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 requ ired academic courses at the University and technical work throughout that complete period at the Academy.
Semester
I. Prescribed Work. 51 Semester Credits
(0 I Hi story of Art .
(b I En glish . . . .
(c) Modern Language .
(d) General History
(e) A Science
(f) Psychology .
(g) Aestheti cs .
Credits
12
12
6
6
6
6
3
51
7
II. Elective Subjects.
Total 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. (Th is does not apply to the
terms of t he Cresso n 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 stand ing is reported each term by the University.
The students in these cou rses share all privileges extended to the student-body
of each institution and are also subject to the regulations imposed.
Candidates for admission to th e Coordinated Courses must meet the requirements of each in stitution. Application blanks will be sent upon request.
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INSTRUCTION
CO LLABORATIVE PROBLEM. It is the aim of the Academy's Schools to
a roach the fine arts in the broadest sense: Toward that en~ and beca u.se
thro ug
ofppthe ·d
I ea I coor d·Ina t·Io n WI·th the University of Pennsylvania,
. .
. h . ItS
School of Fine Arts , one of the most valuable features IS th~ partic ipat ion
through and with the Association of the Alumni of the American Acade~y
.In Rome .In th·
elr C 0 II a b0 rat·lve Problem. This project engages st udents
T In
id
architecture
ure,
an s c a
p e , mural decoration and sculpture.
. h
deamsf
arc h·Itec t
d th e Ia tter t WO members from the Academy, In t e stu d y 0
of f our are forme,
tments
t depar
t hese t he four grea t a
r
, toward a perfect whole. The Aca .emy
.
it offers
t.Uitio
.
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d eems'th e oppor t unl·t·les thus afforded so valuable that
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t 0 those students whose teams place
In the prIZe winning
sc h0 Iars h·Ip prIZes
.
.
groups in the Rome Academy's j~d~~ent. For particulars see Collaborative
Prizes under "Prizes and Scholarships.
REPRESENTATIVE TEAM 1939-40 COMPETITION
SYLVIA BERNSTEIN. MURAL DECORATOR
ALEXANDER KRICHEFF. SCULPTOR
DANIEL McGOODWIN. ARCHITECT
HENRY REICHNER. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
The general method of instruction is by individual criticism of class wOr k,
witho ut 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 stimu late their sense of beauty. The various classifications of study are
closely allied and students in one department are privileged to work in the other
depa rtments by arrangement with the Curator. This entails no additional fee.
ATTENDANCE. There is no compulsory attendance in any class or classes
of t he Academy school, but every day student is afforded the fullest possible
opport unity to actively participate in a schedule which can completely fill
six o r 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
Sculptu re Classes, are required to work on trial in either the Antique Cast
Head o r Antique Cast Figure drawing classes regardless of previous training.
Stu dents whose credentials satisfy the management may be admitted into the
second section immediately.
DRAWING. These classes are maintained primarily to provide a groundwo rk in drawing which may be developed later in the Painting and Illustra tion 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 Classes,
Antique Ca st (Head)
Construction (Life Model Proportions)
Sketch (Costu med Model)
. Francis Speight
Roy C. Nuse
Roy C. Nuse
Second Antique Classe"
Antique cast (Figure)
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Construction
Sketch (Cost umed Model)
Understandinq of Art
Still Life
Daniel Garber
Francis Speight
Roy C. Nuse
Roy C. Nuse
Henry McCarter
Roswell Weidner
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PAINTING. The painting classes are planned
to assist each student,
upon a sound knowledge of drawing as a
base, to a personal expression through color;
the whole built upon
compositional understanding
and
so un d
technical facility.
Preliminary Classes ,
life
Porlrait
Still life
Composit ion
..
.
Costumed Sketch and Croqui
Understanding of Art.
Perspective
Anatomy
·
Daniel Garber
Roy C. Nuse
Roswe ll Weidner
· James Chapin
Roy C. Nuse
Henry McCa rter
· John Harbeson
Dr. Edmond J. Farris
MURAL DECO .
RATION. The
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chief purpose of
this class is to train
advanced students
in solving the architect ural prob.
lems of decoration
based upon a
so und compositional knowledge,
and appreciation
of scale. The actual mechanics which this branch of the Fine Arts involves
are thoroughly studied so that the vClrious painting techniques employed
in the mural expression may be understood and acquired.
Mural Compositio n and Technical Research
life.
Costumed Sketch and Croqui
Understanding of Art
George Hard ing
· Daniel Gar ber
Roy C . Nuse
Henry McCarter
Advanced Classes ,
Ad va nced life
Advanced Portrait
.
Advanced Composition . .
Costumed Sketch and Croqui
Understanding o f Art .
Construction .
Landscape
Daniel Garber
James Chapin
James Chapin
Roy C. Nuse
Henry McCarter
·
Roy C. Nuse
· Francis Speight
ILLUSTRATION. The purpose of the Illustration classes 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.
SCULPTURE. This department introduces its stude nts to and trains
technically in modelling and its application. Special emphasis is placed
upon Sculpture as allied to its sister arts , Painting and Arch itecture.
Life.
Head
Composition
Stone Cutting
Perspective
Croqui (Sketching from life, Action Poses)
Anatomy
Casting and Technical MechaniCs .
Walker Hancock
Walker Hancock
Walker H'l.ncock
Phi lip Aliano
· John Ha rbeson
George Demetrios
Dr. Edmond J. Farris
· Peter Suffredin i
Prelimi nary Classes,
Illustratio n Composition
life. . . . .
Costumed Model . . . .
Costumed Sketch and Croqui
Unders tanding of Art
Pe rspective
Anatomy
. . . .
George Harding
Froncis Speight and Daniel Garber
George E. C. Wiggins
Roy C. Nuse
Henry McCarter
· John Harbeson
Dr. Edmond J. Farris
Advanced Classes,
Advanced Composition and Professional Practice
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George Harding
EVENING CLASSES. The evening classes are planned for those students
whose activities or livelihood do not perm it them to attend the day
sess ion. Students admitted under this head are not eligible to compete
for prizes or scholarships. The fees are set at a reasonable figu~e s~ that
many may enjoy the privilege of Drawing, Pai nting, or Mo~elling In th e
life classes. See "Fees" for details. All da y stude nts are entitled to work
in the evening classes without extra fee.
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Models pose o n Tuesday and Thursday evenings of each week. The Life
and Head models a lte rnate on a two-week schedule.
PART TIME CLASSES. A co urtesy part time registration without prize
o r sc holarship eligibility is offered to former students at greatly redu ced
rates to aid them with instruction, the invaluable continued use of model s,
and to concretely express the genuine interest the Academy ha s in all
those who have studied here. (See Rates.)
REGISTRATION OF WORK. Each student is required to register one example
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 Prelimina ry Painting registers one Life ,
Head, Construction, Costumed Sketch,
Composition and Still Life per month.
Th e exceptions and special classes are
listed below. The same work ca nnot be
registered more than once. An unbroken
record of registration is necessary for
eligibility for 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.
Atten dance upon the classes on Understandi ng of Art and Composition is not
co mpulsory but students are particularly
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urged to attend all through 1heir Acad emy experience . Composition studies
and finished work will be registered according to posted regulati ons .
Perspective drawing is a two-term (one-winter) coursk and is compu lsory of satisfactory completion before any student may compete for a Cresson Tra veling
Scholarship, or receive the award of a Collaborative Scholarship, and also upon
all students taking the C oord inated C o urse with the University of Pennsylvania .
Every student is urged to get credit for this course in his first or seco nd yea r.
Anatomy lectures are not compulsory but every student is advised to attend
regularly for at least two terms (one winte r).
PROMOTION. Applicati on for promotion from t he First Antique Cast Drawing
section to the Second Antique Ca st Drawing section and subsequently into
Painting or Illustration may be made at any stated meeting of the Fac ulty. A
group of Drawings o r Paintings, one each from al l branches of classes attended,
is placed for judgment with the applicatio n. Ea ch work submitted must have the
approval of the Instructor of the class in which it is made. If the Faculty fi nds
the group of insufficient merit to warrant promotio n the student may submit
another group to the Faculty at any subsequent meeting. Admi ssion 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 (respectivel y) accompanied by a
line drawing made from the life model as
posed in the class. The work submitted
needs no approval.
Admission to Mura l Decoration is arranged by confe:'o nce with Mr. George
Harding and the Curator.
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 departm ent is arranged by
conference with Mr. Walker Han cock
and the Curator.
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1939
HONOR ROLL
1940
Awards of May, 1940
CRESSON TRAVELING SCHOLARSHIPS
PAINTERS
WALTER D. CONDIT, Norristown, Pa.
SALOME R. TOME, Wilmington, Del.
JEAN W. MORROW, Oceanport , N. J.
* ROBERT C. TURNER , Wallingford, Pa .
HELEN S. SMITH, Philadelphia, Pa.
* ALlCE UHLMANN, Grand Rapid s, Mi ch.
MARY JANE WALTERS, Swarthmore, Po.
ILLUSTRATORS
MICHAEL FIORILLO , Philadelphia , Pa.
JOHN KOOMAR , Nesquehoning, Pa.
JANE HAYWARD, Elkins Park, Pa.
PAUL LORE , Erie, Pa .
HAROLD S. SORKIN, Philadelphia , Pa.
MURAL DECORATORS
* FRANKLIN BOGGS , Goshen , Ind.
SIDNEY A. SIMON , Pittsburgh , Po.
* M. MILTON HULL, Richmond, Va. * KATHERINE VON VOIGTLANDER, Kansas City, Mo.
SCULPTORS
* ELMORE CAVE, St. Louis, Mo.
ZENA GO LDIN , Philadelphia , Pa.
ALEXAN DER KRICHEFF, Philadelphia , Pa.
DONALD LANCASTER , Kissimmee, Fl a.
THE CHARLES TOPPAN PRIZES
I st Prize
2nd Prite
FRANKLIN BOGGS , Goshen, Ind.
KATHERINE VOI~ VOIGTLAN DER, Kansas City, Mo.
HONORABLE MENTION
FRANCES COWAN , Philadelphia , Pa . KATHERINE STUBBINS W IGGINS , Philadelphia, Pa.
THE THOU RON PRIZES
WALTON F. BATTERSHALL, Rockville Center, N. Y.
HELEN V. STONE, Philadelphia, Pa.
JAMES M. WALDRON , Northampton, Mass.
MEYER TANNE NBAUM , Erie , Po .
THE STEWARDSON PRIZE
ELMORE CAVE, St. Louis, Mo.
THE STIMSON PRIZE
ALEXANDER KRICHEFF, Philad elph ia, Po .
THE PACKARD PRIZES
MICHAEL DUSICSKO, Erie, Pa.
FRAN Kli N BOGGS
FIRST TOPPAN PRIZE 1940
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CRESSON SCHOLAR IN ILLUSTRATION 1939
CRESSO N SCHOLAR IN MURAL DECORATION 1940
JOHN M. KUNIK, Erie, Po .
THE RAM BORGER PR IZE
RICHARD BALDWIN, Springfield , Pa.
* Second Aword
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ELMORE CAVE
HONORABLE MENTION STEWARDSON COMPETITION 1939
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN SCULPTU RE 1940
THE STIMSON PRIZE 1938
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN SCULPTURE 1939
THE STEWARDSON PRIZE 19~O
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HELEN SMITH
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN PAINTING 1940
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FRANKLIN BOGGS
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN ILLUSTRATION 1939
FI RST TOPPAN PRIZE 1940
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN MURAL DECORATION 1940
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CATHERIN E VON VOIGTLANDER
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN PAINTING 1938
SECOND TOPPAN PRIZE 1940
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN MU RAL
DECORATION 1940
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ALEXANDER KRICHEFF
MEMBER MEDAL TEAM ROME COLLABORATIVE 1939
CR ESSON SCHOLAR IN SCULPTURE 1940
STIMSON PRIZE 1939
HO NORABLE MENTION STIMSON COMP ETITION 193B
MILTON HULL
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN MURAL DECORATION 19~O
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CRESSON SCHOLAR IN ILLUSTRATION 19)9
SIDNEY SIMON
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN MURAL DECO RATION 1940
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SALOME R. TOME
ALEXANDER KRICHEFF
STIMSON PRIZE 1939
MEMBER MEDAL TEAM ROME COLLABORATIVE 1939
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN SCULPTURE 1910
HONORA BLE MENTI ON STI MSON COMPETITIO N 1938
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CRESSON SCHOLAR IN PAINTING 1940
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN ILLUST RATION 1910
HAROLD SORKIN
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JEAN MORROW
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CRESSO N SCHOLAR IN PAINTING 1940
MICHAEL FIORILLO
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN ILLUSTRATION 194C
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WALTER D. CONDIT
ALICE UHLMANN
CRESSO N SCHOLAR IN PAINTING 1940
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN PAINTING 1940
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN PAI NTING 1939
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN SCULPTURE 1940
DONALD LANCAST ER
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JANE HAYW AR D
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN ILLUSTRATION 1940
7ENA GOLD IN
IK NORA BI F MENTI ON 51 rWARDSON COM PfllllO N
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CRESSON SCIiOIAR IN SC ULPTURE 1940
1940
RO BERT TURNER
C RESSON SCHOI AR IN PAINllN G 1940
CRfSSON SCIiOlAR IN PAINlINr. 1919
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PAUL LORE
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CRESSON SCHOLAR IN ILLUSTRATION 1940
C RESSON SCHOLAR IN ILLUSTRATION 1940
JOHN KOOMAR
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MARY JANE WALTERS
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CRESSON SCHOLAR IN PAINTING 1940
ELMORE CAVE
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN SCULPTURE 1940
THE STEWARDSON PRIZE 1940
HONORABLE MENTION STEWARDSON COMPETITION 1939
THE STIMSON PRIZE 1938
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN SCULPTURE 1940
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SC HOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES
FREE TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS. Free tuit ion scholarships are available to
returning students whose financia l obligations have been met in full, for at
least two terms. These schola rships are solely for the purpose of financially
assisting those who would otherwise be unable to pursue their study of art.
Sixteen full free tuition schola rships and 14 half tuition scholarships were
awarded in May, 1940, fo r t he Win te r Sch oo l year 1940-41.
A major number of these are give n each year by George D. Widener in memory of his father and mother, .Geo rge D. Wid e ne r and Mrs. Alexander Hamilton
Rice. Others are made ava il ab le through bequests of various friend s of th e
Academy to be used fo r scholarship a id: The Louise Harrison Memorial
Scholarships give n by Tho mas S. Harriso n in memory of his wife; The Mary R.
Burton Scholarship; The Sa rah Kai ghn Coo pe r Memoria l Scholarship through
the generosity of Mrs . G eorge K. J ohnso n; and the Elizabeth H. Thoma s
Memorial Schola rship.
Application may be made in the Spring of each year. These scholarships are
awarded by the Boa rd of Directo rs upo n t he recommendation of the Co mmittee on.ln.struction and. the Faculty. Applicants must fill in a prepared form
and submit It togeth er with not mo re t ha n four examples of their wo rk to th e
Curator before the stated meetin g of the Facu !t y for May, 1941. These
applications must be accompan ied by a lette r addressed to the Committee on
Instruction stating t he necessity for requesting free tuition.
At the discretio n of the manage me nt, a nd at t imes whe n there is a particular
demand for such help, certai n of t hese sc holars hips may be gra nted as half
scholarships.
THE WI LLI AM EM LE N CRESSO N MEMORIAL
TRAVELIN G SCHOLARSHI PS
By the liberol provisions of the wills of Emlen Cresson and Priscil la P his wife a Fu nd h
~hen. created fa s a. memorial to their decea sed son, William Emle n Cresson, Academici.~~
e.d ,ncome .01 wfhlch IS to be applied by The Pennsylvania A cade my o f the Fine Arts in
sen Ing pUpl S 0 merit to Europe.
ihe award of a C resson Traveli ng Scholarship credits each student with
I 100.00; $900.00 of which is to be used for a Summer of travel and trave ling
~xpends~st' alnd tlhl e remai ning $200.00 pays for tu iti on in the ensuing two term s
Imme la e y f0 oWing at t he Acad e my.
An
h awa
Id rd is'd not toh be reg ar d e d as a cert'f'
I Icate 0 f pro f"IClency. The winners
s ou co.nsl er .rat er, th~t t heir industry a nd pro mise have won for them th e
b~~odrtu~lty
.'dtr~duEe 'h'tO t~e.ir pe.riod of schooling this inspirational and
f a enlng Inc i en. ac recIpie nt IS req uired to return t o th e Academ
th.Y
or further st ud y and the financial arra nge me nt is thus planned to ins
program.
ure IS
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The
awardsf a re divided
amon
standard
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g a II d epart ments 0 f stu d y and are allotted as to
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from each department as th e othe r fac~o~~m e r 0 con est a nts proportionally
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The awards are made by the Boa rd of Directo rs through its Committee on
Instruction, upon the recommendat io n of th e Faculty. Twenty st ud ent s were
awarded
Cresson Traveling Scholarships in 1940 . The student 'I11 us t ra t'Ions
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In t hiS .c~ talogue are selected fro m the wo rk of the winners in the 1940
competition.
In .the case of exceptional merit and whe n a ve ry decided improvement is
eVident a student may, through the same autho rity, receive the award a second
time. C.ompet iti~n fo r a second scholarship mu st be e nte red d uring the year
succeed ing the first award, un less otherwise ruled o r a sati sfactory excuse be
accepted by the Committee on Instruction.
~ULES GOVERNING THE CRESSON COMPETITION . Every student thirty-
five years of age or younger is eligible fo r co mpetit ion for a Cresson Traveling
Scholarship when th ey each have an aggregate of 96 Academy school weeks to
the ir cre~it, wh ich must have been accumu lated wi t hin five (5) years of the date
of competition. The final 32 weeks (two te rms) mu st be spent in the Winter
School of the Academy and mu st be with in t he sc hool year of competition.
Time spent in th e Summe r School of the Acade my is coun ted (provided certain
req uirement s have been ful fill ed) in the aggregate of the first 64 weeks.
Eve ry student must have a complete and unbroke n registration record over
the time incl uded in computing eligibility (see "Regi stration of Work"). They
must also have completed satisfacto rily th e ir wo rk in Pe rspective (two terms).
Delinquencies due to a bsence fo r illn ess or oth e r causes must be satisfactorily
explained in writing to t he Curator fo r exc use an d 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 t heir inte nt ion befo re t he first day of December in
the school year of compet ition.
All wo rk submitted in competition must be t hat wh ic h has been done in the
Academy classes or for Academy regi stra tion and has received criticism from
a member o r members of t he Faculty. It must also be work completed within
the last 32 weeks of the W inter School or the 16 weeks immedia tely preceding in the Summer School. Either the stamp from mont hly registration or
one by special arrange me nt at th e Curator's office must be upon each work
exhibited.
All competitors are unrestricted as t o th e a mount and variety of work they
submit in th e co mpetition groups, provid ed they do not exceed the space
allotted to them, but each Pa inter' s grou p must incl ude 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
t he face of the canvas.
COLLABORATIVE SCHOLARSHIPS. Realizing the growing interest in and
t he demand for well-trained Mural Decorators and Sculptors acquainted with
the problems of their co-artists the architects, this scholarship is designed particularly to encourage ta le nted students toward competent and thorough
knowledge in these fields.
A change from the European travel stipulation has been granted for the duration of the war by a special decree of the Orp han s Court, dated April 26th,
1940. Winners in the competition of May, 1941, will be required to use th e
tra veling money for travel or study in the Western Hemisp here on schedu les
and itineraries checked and approved by the Academy, unless in the judgment
of the Academy travel ing conditions in Europe are desirable and safe. Ea c h
student awarded a First Cresson Traveling Scholarship will present a plan which
covers a spec ified period of days and a complete financial and itinerary report
as ca rried o ut will be fi led in th e Office of the Curator before the first day of
November following the award. Each student awarded a Second Cresson
Traveling Scholarship is granted the privilege of using the credit for travel
($900.00) any time within two years and four months of the receipt of the award.
The $200.00 credit for tuition, however, must be used within the year following
the award .. The financial an? iti~erary report ~s a~proved by the Academy
and as carned out, must be fded In the Curator s office within six weeks of the
completion of the travel period .
Two terms of free tuition in the Winter School are, therefore, to be awarded
to each painter or painters and sc ulptor or sculptors whose team or teams
place first, second or third in the Association of the Alumni of the Ameri can
A cademy in Rome judgment; provided, that in the acceptance of such
scho larship , the students will ma jor 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.
In the event ~hat in the judgment of the Academy conditions for European
travel are deSIrable and safe, each student awarded a First Cresson Traveling
Scho la~ship must leave ~o r Europe on or before June 15th of the year of award;
otherW ise the scholarshl~ IS revoked. A period of at least 90 days in Europe
mu st .be ~ccounte.d for In the financial and itinerary report which is required
for fIlIng ,n the offIce of the Curator before the first day of November following
the award. Ea~h student awarded a Second Cresson Traveling Scholarship is
granted the prlvdege of uSing the credit for travel ($900.00) any time within
tw.o. years and four months of the receipt of the award . The $200.00 credit for
tU lhon, h?,:"ever, must be used within the year following the award. The financ;al ab~' Itine rary report covering the period of at least 90 days in Europe is
a sOko f,gtahtory upon them and must be filed at the Curator's office within six
wee s 0
el r return to America.
THE
L~WIS
S.
W~ R~
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP. The Lewis S. Ware
n IaCh~rd.ance with the will of the Testator, provides a
~~:po:lal ichol~rshl~'
ve
CressonanS hral Ihn.g cfothars Ip In amount and regulations similar to those of
c 0 ars IpS 0
at year.
h
!~~ i~c~~lbrship w~1 dbe avai labl~
at interva ls of possibly three or four years
Faculty to e awtadr e wfhen avada?le by the President with the advice of the
a s u en t 0 outstanding
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t
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Scholarship that year. This Sch I h' merl I w 0 IS dno .recelvlng a Cresson
oars Ip was ast awar ed In May, 1938.
THE CHARLES TOPPAN PRIZES. The Charles Toppan Prizes for 1941 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 only to stud~nts who hav~ previou sly recei~ed and
used a Cresson Scholarship. CompetJtors who fulfill all of th e requirements
for a Second Cresson Traveling Scholarship will, at the same time, be considered eligible to compete for a Toppan Prize. Competitors who are not in
Competition for a Second Cresson ~raveling S.ch~l~rship ar.e required to
register certain work each month, and wdl arrange indIvidually v:,th the Cur~tor
for the requirements in the respective departments of Pain ting , IIlustrahon,
Sculpture and Mural Decoration.
Any st udent having received one Toppan prize is debarred from receiving
another Toppan prize of the same or lower value.
Th
k submitted in competition must be an original painting, in oil o r water
wO;h unaided work of the student without criticism. The subject for the
co ?~'. e to be submitted will be announced Friday, November 15 , 1940.
~llln~:(ks in competition must be submitted without signature by Monday,
12 1941 12 o'clock noon. No student may submit more than one examM
I:.y W~rk submitted must not measure less than twelve inches nor mo re than
Ph' t . . h
. e'ther dimension and must not be framed or presented
t Ir y-slx Inc es In I ' d
under glass, though paintings upon paper may be matte .
I'
d b th C
t
and a memorandum of the numbers
Canvases ar~ nu~bere . y e i~ r: ~~~Ied envelope which is opened after
t
and competitors names IS kep b i t d b the Comm ittee on Instruc.
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vases have een se ec e
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f
t h e prize-winning can
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of the gift the drawing 0
tion. According to the posl:lve ~ express.e
e~m s
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th e wor k su bmitted will receive first conSideration.
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The Committee on awards is not obliged t? award priz~s. or hon~rable. m~n
tions if, in its opinion, the work submitted IS not of sufficient merit to lustlfy
making the awards.
THE THOU RON PRIZES. These awards were founded by the late Henry J.
Thouron, a former Instructor in Composition.
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.
The clay models offered in competition must be kept standing in good condition until otherwise ordered and figures cast by the Academy become its
property.
A prize of $50.00 and a prize of $25.00 for co~positions 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 the In structor of the class.
The Jury of Award judging the competition held during the second term of
the school year 1939-40 consisted of Brenda Putnam, Sidney Waugh and
Joseph Kiselewski.
A competitor is not eligible a second time for the same prize, and cannot
receive more than one award the same season.
ham Stimson and was created for the award each year of a prize in sc ulpture
of $ 100.00 for the best work done by the students in regular course of the
class .
The C ommittee on awards is not obliged to award prizes or honorable mentions if, in its opinion, the wo rk submitted is not of sufficient merit to justify
making the awards.
THE EDM UND STEWARDSON PRIZE. The Edmund Stewardson Prize of One
Hundred Dollars in the Departme nt of Sculpture will be awarded for the 4 1st
time at the close of the school year.
This is an annual rrize, competed for by present students of t he Academy
with such pup ils 0 oth er art schools as may be approved by the Committee
on Instruction.
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
co nsecutive days, in six sessions of three hours each.
No one except the competitors are admitted to the competition room at any
time 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 determines the competitor's position in the competition room and a corresponding number is
place~ upon an e~velope which contains the competitor's name and is
deposited sealed, wl!h the Secretary of the Academy. Upon completion of
the work the compehtor places a corresponding number upon the study to be
subm itted to the Jury of Award.
The Jury of ~ward consists of three professional sculptors, having no official
co nnechon with the Academy, or any other schools whose pupils may have
taken part in the competition. When the successful number has been anno unced by the ch~irman of the Jury, the Secretary, in the presence of one
or more of the offiCials of the Academy, opens the envelope bearing that
nu~ber and announces the na~e of the successful competitor. If no study be
satisfactory to the Jury, the prIZe may, at their discretion, be withheld. When
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THE STIMSON PRIZE. Thi s prize was established in memory of Emma Burn-
The contest is open io students who have been register~d for three terms and
who are members of the Life Modeling Classes , but IS not open to form er
students who work in the class by special permission. Time s p~nt at work in
ihe Sculpture Classes at the Chester Springs Country School will be counted
up to two of the three terms.
The subject for competiiion is a full-length figure from life , in !he round, not
less than two feet six inches in height, and must be made d Uring class hours
as a part of the regular work in the class.
The work must be submitted anonymously to a jury appointed bJ: the C ommittee on Instruction of the Board of Directors. The Jury must not Include any
instructor in the School.
The Committee on awards is not obliged t? award priz~s. or honorable. m~n
iions if, in its opinion, the work submitted IS not of suffiCient merit to lustlfy
making the awards.
Th Jur of Award judging the competition held during. the first. term of the
e I y
1939 40 consisted of Concetta Scaravagl,one, Ulr iC Ellerhusen
sc h 00 year
and Gleb W. Derujinsky.
THE PACKARD PRIZES. From the income of the John H. Packard Fund,
.
b the children of the late John H. Packard, M.D., f?r many years
established y
d' C
'ttee on In structio n annual
of $30.00
chairman of the Aca err s th~b::t and second best ~roups 0. original studies
and $20.00 a.r~ awarde ~r
0010 ical Garden. These prIZes are open to
made from living animal s In th Zh
g g'stered for both terms of the school
all students of the Academy w 0 avedre I . e becomes ineligible to receive
year. A student having on~e receive a pm
the same prize the second time.
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. not obli ed to award prizes or hon~rable. m~nThe Committee on awards IS k b '~t d' not of sufficient meri t to lustlfy
tions if, in its opinion, the wor su ml e IS
making the awards.
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THE RAMBORGER PRIZE. From the income of a fund established by the
late William K. Ramborger, Esq., as a memorial to his sister, Aspasia Eckert
Ramborger, who for some years was a st~dent of. the Academy, an a.nnual
prize of $25.00 is awarded for the best line drawing in black and v.:hlte 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
drawing on white paper /9 by 25 inches in size. 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. (Students graduated by High Schools
or Preparatory Schools are ineligible to compete for these awards.) 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. representing the $200.00 tuition for two terms. A second and
third prize of $25.00 and $/5.00 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 May 12th,
1941. The Faculty of the Academy will then judge the drawings submitted and
the prizes will be awarded.
Each student mu.st s~bmit. three examples of work completed during the normal
course of study In his senior year. It is preferable that the individual students'
work represent thr~e diff~ren~ mediums. Individual pieces of work must not
exceed I~ by 25 mches In SIZe and unmounted. All entries must have the
follOWing Informatlo~ leg~bly written on the back: name of the competitor,
na.me. of the school In whic h the student is working, and the signature of the
Principal of the sch.ool. Competitors must be regularly enrolled students of
the schools from whiCh they are competing. Exhibits may be called for at the
Academy two weeks after the announcement of the awards.
The ~urpose of making these awards is to stimulate interest in drawing and
th; flnh arts generally, to discover those who possess marked talents and to
o er dt emdt~h ad~an~ages of study at the Academy. It is hoped th'at these
awar s ?n
~ Stl~U us they afford will lead to a closer sympath between
:he art instruction In the city's higher schools and the work of th YA d
Itself.
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ADMISSION. Application blank, sent upon request, must be filled in and
returned to the Curator with letters of character reference
d t 's
of health,
a full-length
snapshot and on request,
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su b mit ex~mp es 0 wor~ in which the Faculty can find an apparent ability
and. promise a.n~ an. eVident sincerity of purpose, before the student may
register. Adm~sslon IS contingent upon complete satisfaction to Faculty and
Ma~agement In each and. every p~rti~ular as listed ab.ove and is always
sublect to the unreserved right of dismissal. No student IS eligible unless at
leas.t slxte~n years of age and possessed of a completed high school education
or ItS eqUivalent. The Committee on Instruction reserves the right to limit
the number of students under any or all classifications.
FEES. Day School ,
Tuition Fee per term . . . .
$100.00
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Matriculation Fee (paid only on entrance)
10.00
Locker Fee per term
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1.00
Total, First Term . . .
Tuition Fee , All Subsequent Terms
Locker Fee per term . . .
$111.00
100.00
1.00
Total Fees, First Year. . . . . . . .
. $212.00
Students paying the Day School fees are entitled to all the privileges of the
Evening School classes.
Evening School,
$25.00
Tuition Fee for Single Term .
5.00
Matriculation Fee (paid only on entrance)
.75
Locker Fee per one term
Total per Single Term, Evening School
Part Time (for former P. A. F. A. students),
Tuition Fee per term (3 full day privileges per week)
Locker Fee for term
$30.75
$50.00
1.00
$51.00
Total Fee per term . . . . .
These fees do not include the cost of any materials.
Summer School, See Summer School catalogue.
PAYMENT REGULAnONS. 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.
Pa ment shall be made in cash or by check drawn to the order of The Pennsyl~ania 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 Ist. Official credit or recommendation will not be granted
by the Academy either to a student or a former s:ud~nt w~o has.not.completely
. th e opinion
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of the management ' hiS finanCial obligations to the
sa t ·IS f'Ie d ,In
Academy.
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GENERAL DATA
Non-payment of fees according to the announced dates,. as stated above,
sha ll prohibit such delinquent students from attendance In all classes, lectures, 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 .Ev~ning
sc hools o nly, and assumes no responsibility for stud~nts ?eyond the limits of
the school buildings. However, women students reglstenng at the Academy
are granted the privilege ,?f living in the dormitory systet;J condu.cted by the
Moore Institute of Art, SCience. and Industry and the Philadelphia School of
Design for Women. The Academy can highly recommend these accommodatio ns. For rates, etc., write to Miss Julia Owing at 1922 Race Street, Philadelphia .
CALENDAR. School year 1940-1941 .
Registration .
(on or after) September 16th .
First Term begins . . . . . . . .
. . . . September 30th.
First day of Pose for Stimson Competition in Sculpture . . October 28th.
Private View of the Thirty-eighth Annual Water Color Exhibition and
the Thirty-ninth Annual Exhibition of Miniatures and the Student
Exhibition from the Summer School at Chester Springs . November 2nd.
Exhibition open to the Public . .
November 3rd to December 8th.
Stimson Prize judgment and award
November 22nd.
Thanksgiving Da y holiday
November 28th.
Christmas holiday ' "
December 19th to January 2nd.
Registration for Second Term
. . . (on or after) January 20th.
Private view of The One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Annual Oil and
Sc ulpture Exhibition. .
January 25th.
Exhibition open to the Pu blic
January 26th to March 1st.
Second Term begins . . . .
February 3rd.
Washington's Birthday hol iday .
. . February 22nd.
Stewardson competition . . . "
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March 24th, 25th and 26th.
Stewa rdson Prize judgment and award
March 26th.
Easter holiday . . . . . . . . .
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April 11th and 12th.
Placement of Cresson Competition exhibits
May 12th to 16th.
Judgment for Toppa n Prizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 12th.
Judgm~nt for Cresson Scholarships, Thouron , Packard, Ramborger
~me.s
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
May 20th.
ExerCISes In Gallery F for the award of yea r prizes.
. . . . May 21 st.
Exhibition of Competito rs' work
Ma y 22nd to June 8th.
Last day of Winter School . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 24th.
No models are engaged to pose or criticism given for the last week of the
Second Term except by special arrangement.
Summer School, Cheste r Springs, Penna . (see Summer School catalogue for
details). . . . . . . . . . . . June 2nd to September 20th
Day classes are held from nin e to twelve and from one to four o'clock si;
days per week. Evening classes are held from seven to ten o'clock from
Mo nday to Frida y, incl usive. All exceptions are noted in the Calendar above.
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Students are expected to know how to conduct themselves upon principles
of honor without specific rule s.
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 suffici ent in the opinion of the management, and
without assigning any reason.
Students will not be called from the classrooms to an swer personal or telephone calls except when, in the opinion of the Curator, there is an extreme
emergency. Messages will be recorded and placed in the student's mail boxes.
The Acade.my assumes no responsibility concerning the property of students
whethe r by loss or damage. A la rge steel locker, fitted with a combination
lock , is provided for each student. Additional locker space may be arranged
by the paying of extra fees.
Art supplies must be provided by the st udents. These supplies may be purchased at the school store at rea son able prices.
A lunch room and kitchen are provided for the use of those students who
prefer to prepare their lunches and suppers at the school. No food is on
sale in the Academ y Bu ildi ng s.
Visitors are admitted to the school between the hours of 4:00 and 5:00 P. M.
The Academy claims the ri9ht to reproduce and retain, temporaril y, examples
of students' work for use in exhibition held both in the Academy and for rotary
o r special exhibitions for which the school ma y arrange.
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A pp IIca Ion orms an
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may b e 0 bt alne
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Streets, Philadelph ia , W inter School; Ch ester Springs, Pe nnsylvania, ummer
School.
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ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP IN
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
Annual members are such persons as contribute $1 0 annually for the ma inte nance
01 the Academy.
LIFE MEMBERSHIP
Life members are those who contribute th,vsum of $ 100. A nnua l BOd li fe members are admitted to all the public exhibitions and lectures at the Academy, h~ve
a right to use its library, subject to the regulations of the inst itu tion, and rec~'ve
an admission ticket. They have all the privileges o f stock hol d e rs except t he fight
to vote . Checks may be sent to Henry C. Gibson, Treasu rer, at t he Academy.
FOR M OF BEOU EST
I give, devise and bequeath to "The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine A rts"
. Dollars, in trust to invest and keep invested
~~d'~~~i~ th~ i~co~e '~~Iy to the maintenance of the said A cademy.
THE FELLOWSHIP OF
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
The O b ject of the Fellowship is to loster a spirit of frate rnity amo ng the former
and present students 01 The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Ar ts in t he in terests
of Art. In addition to its many other activities the Fellowship also fu nct ions somewhat as an Alumni, through its members establishing a continu ing link with the
Academy when they no longer study the re.
To Be come a Member of the Fellowship it is necessary only to lill in the attached
Application Blank and mail, or send, it to the Fellowsh ip.
Dues for Resident Members are Four Dollars a year, an d for Non-Res ident Members (living more than fifty miles from Philadelphia) Two Dollars a year. Life
Membership, Fifty Dollars. Bills for dues will be rendered by mai l when du e,
The Activities of the Fellowship include an Annual Exh ibition o f t he wo rks o f
members, a series of Evening Talks in the Academy Lectu re Room o n sub jects of
inte rest to Art Workers, and a variety of Get- Acquainted Gathe ri ngs, Dances,
Group Outings, etc., to which admittance is Iree and of which advance notices
are sent by mail to all members,
If you have been: or ~re.' a student .t The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
A!ts ,yo,u ar~ c,ordlally invited to, become, a mem~er of the Fellowship and to join
Wi th It In budd ing up and preserving a united spirit of true fellowship in the interest
of Art and in association with your old Academy .
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The Fellowship of
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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