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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
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The Academy fulfills in ideal completeness the whole necessity of the
as one of the greatest Am'
fine arts . . Its .function
.
erlcan ga II'
erles presents
~he public with Its opportunity for heightened appreciation and enloyment and, on the other hand , its students with an easy and intimate contact with the best of past and contemporary art. Its maintenance
of one of the most eminently renowned schools, winter and summer,
fulfills its original pledge in providing students with their technical
foundation and esthetic background. This circular contains detailed information relative to the Winter School in Philadel phia, 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
: MURAL DECORATION
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WINTER SCHOOL CIRCULAR
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1941-1942
HISTORY
OFFICERS
Vice-President
President
ALFRED G. B. STEEL
HENRY S. DRINKER, Jr.
Treasurer
Secretary
JOSEPH T. FRASER, Jr.
HENRY C. GIBSON
Directors
JOSEPH E. WIDENER
Sol icitor
MAURICE B. SAUL
HENRY S. DRINKER, Jr.
HENRY C. GIBSON
Curator 01 Schools
MARSHALL S. MORGAN
HENRY HOTZ, Jr.
JOHN F. LEWIS, Jr.
SYDN EY E. MARTIN
EDWIN O. LEWIS
WILLI AM CLA RKE MASON
JOH N B. THAYER
WILLIAM VAN ALEN
SYDNEY l. WRIGHT
Committee on Instruction
The Pennsylvania Academy of th F'
A
.
.
e Ine rts IS the oldest art institution in
t he United States and actuall d
.
.
yates Its eXistence from 1791
h
Charles Willson Peale comm
d'
' w en
ence his efforts to organize in Philadel h'
P
a school for the fine arts. It was formally founded in 1805
d h t Ida
. 180
,an c ar ere
In
6. Mr. Peale's first efforts resulted in the formation in 1794 f
the Columbianum, and in 1795 unde r teh
0
ausp'ices of that Association
there was held in Pennsylvania's old State House, now known as
Independence Hall, the first exhibition of paintings in Phi ladelphia.
The Columbianum was ultimately succeeded by the present Academ y.
HENRY C. GIBSON, Chairman
In 1805, in Independence Hall , where twenty-nine years earlier the fore-
JOHN F. LEWIS, Jr.
fa thers had sig ned the Declaration of Independence, seventy-one public
EDWIN O. LEWIS
spirited citizens , of whom forty-one were la wyers , met for formal organlza
. t'Ion .
JOHN B. THAYER
SIDNEY L. WRIGHT
They prepared a petition for the incorporation of the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts. The gathering was a distinguished one, and included George
Cl ymer, a signer of the Declaration of Independence ; Joseph Hopkinson,
the author of "Hail Columbia" ; William Ti lghman, President of the Court of
Common Pleas, and afterwards Chief J ustice of Pen nsylvania; Charles Willson
Peale, William Rush and Rembrandt Peale, artists; Alexander J. Dallas, District
Attorney of the United States; Joseph B. McKean, Attorney Genera l of the
Commonwealth; William
Lewis, William
M. Meredith, William Ra wle,
Horace Binney, Simon Gra tz, John Reynell Coates, Richard Rush, Charles
Biddle, J ohn Redman Coxe and Edward Peni ngton. The object of the
association , quaintly and vigorously expressed in the language of the day, was:
MANAGEMENT
The schools are under the immediate care of the Curator and C ommittee on
Instruction appointed by the President and Board of Directors , together with a
Faculty composed ofce
ib
e ra t e d Arti.sts, who are experienced Teachers an d emi-.
nently qualified to d'Iscover an d d eve Iop every talent which students may possess.
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"To promote the cultivation of the Fine Arts, in the Un ite d States of America, by introducing
correct and elegant copies From works of the First Masters in Sculpture and Pointing, 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 invigorote the talents of our Countrymen ."
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FACULTY
HENRY McCARTER
"
t h P nnsylvani a Ac ad emy of the Fi ne Arts, Philadelphia'
8bb Studied In
e e L
M . R0,
II M . R'Ixens In
,'
P
' n N 'stown, aJuly
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d A lexan d er Harri son , Toulouse autree,
,
Born .
de Chavannes, Bon nat. an
em of t he Fine Arts, Fo r m er Instructor Arts Students League
Pupi l of P UVIS F II ws hip Pennsylva nia A cad
y.
Exhi b i ti on Buffalo, 1901; Si lver Medal, St. Louis
'
M
ber e 0
d I Pan_A meric an
PM IS.
em
Y k Awards .' Bronze .Me a h' Wate r C 0 lo r Exh 'l b it io n 1906: Gold Medal for Illustrations
of .New
or.
la lor Panam d- Pac'l fic Exh ibition , Sa n Francisco, 1915; Philadelphia
. '
19(}4 ' Bec k prize ' Phdadelp
de
Exhibition , M'd I for Decora t ion an
0,
h P nnell G ol d Meda l, 1930; Gold Medal, Art C lub
d Gold e a
k 1925' Josep
e ,
,
rd Philadelphia Art We e I
939 Fe ll owship Penn sylvan ia
of t he Fin e Arts Go ld
F"st Awa I 'h'
193b; Templ e Medal, , I
'f A t and of M odern Pain t in g,
of Ph dade pia,
. U ndersta nd in g 0
r
orr~
I
I
s~con
Meda~, 1941.
I
I
~ca de my
In structor
In
DANIEL GARBER
Born in North Manchester , Indiana, in 1880. Studied in th e A rt Academy of C incinn a ti , a nd in The Penn sylvania Academy o f th e Fi n~ Arts: Awa rd e d: First Hall g a rten Prize , Na t ion a l Academy of Desig n, 1909 ;
Honorable Mention, Carne gIe Institut e, 1910; 4t h W. A. C lar ke Prize and H ono rab le M ention , Co rcoran
Gallery of Art, Washingto n, D, C, ' 1910; H onorab le Me ntion, A rt Club of Philo delphia, 1910; Bro nze Medol,
International Exposition, Bue no s A ires, 1910; W alte r Lip pincott Prize, The Penn sy lvania Academy of the Fin e
Arts 1911; Potter Pa lmer G o ld Medal , Art Institute of Chicago, 191 1: 2nd W . A . Clarke Prize and Silver
Medal Corcoran Gall e ry o f Art, Washi ng to n, D. C., 1912 ; 2nd A ltman Pri ze for Fig ure Pai nt ing, Nat io na l
Acade~y of De sign, New Yo rk C it y, 1915 ; Gold Meda l, Panama-Pacific Internationa l Expositio n, San
Francisco 1915.; Shaw Prize, Sa lma g undi C lub, Ne w Yo rK C ity, 19 16; Harrison S. Mo rr is Pri ze , Newport,
Rhode Isiand 1916; 1st Altman Prize fo r Figur e Pai nt ing, Nation a l Academy of Design, New YorK C ity ,
1917; Edward'T, Stotesbury Prize, The Penn sy lvania A cademy of the Fine A rts, 1918 ; Temp le Gold Medo l,
The Pennsy lvania Academy of the Fine Ar!s, 1919; First .W . A. C larke Prize a n? Gol d Medal, Corc~ ran
Gallery of Art Washington D. C. 1921· First Alt ma n PrIZ e fo r La nd scape, Na tional Academy of Des,g n
New York City' 1922' Gold 'Medal' Art Cl ub of Phi ladelph ia , 1923 ; Carn eg ie Prize, Notional Acad emy 0
Design, New Y~rk ci'ty , 1923; Third ' Prize, Carn~g ie Instit ute, I ntern ati o~a l). 1925; The Academy Go ld Medall
of Honor, The Pennsylvania Ac ademy of t he Fine Arts l 1929; The Jenn ie :;,esn.an Gold Meda l, .The Pe n.nsyl .
vania Academy of the Fi ne Arts, 1937. Member: Na tiona l Ac:ademy of Des l ~ n . New.York City; N.at! on al
A rts
, New York . C .ity; Sa lmagundi C lub, New Yo rk C it y. In structo r In Drawing a nd Pre llmm a ry
Club
ond Adva nced Ufe PamtJng.
LON E SYCAMORE
EVENING; PIGEON HILLS FARM
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GEORG
.
E HARDING
. .
~IY
e~zines.
~s
Ph'ladelphia ; studied
;~r
dem of the Fine Arts, with Howard Pyle and
.
The Pennsylvania Aca tiv/ articles and fictional work in Harpers and
N o~
and author of
dehcrAustraJia
New Guinea and
A~ja.
Commissioned
Born In d
abroad. IIldstratensi ....ely in the,
' A erican 'Expeditionary Forces In 1918-1919. Mural
indepen g
Travel le e.' ed as artist woth t e mHouse Port of Philadelphia, North Philadelphia
other .ma f Engin eers and
itals U. S. Customs
C Federal Bui lding World's Fair, Edward T.
ra t ,
Cap
taln
in
ban
ks
.
Weshi.ngfAon
Nationa l A cademy of Design. Instructor
,
Deco '?
U S. Pos t
,Ice
d
of the FIne rt s.
Post Office, ,_ . Pe'ln syl vanl a Ac~ emy
Stotesbury. Prl Le, d Mura I DecoratIon.
in Illustrahon an
PHILADELPHIA
F MUNICIPAL COURT ;
PANEL O
aSSl~ns
hOoteffl~1 Bu~lding.
DMe~ber:
ROY C. NUSE
Ac~demy
Born in Springfie ld, Ohio, February 23).. IB85. Pupil of Duve neck Cincinnati Art A cademy. Pennsylvania
Acad emy of the Fine Arts. Awards: ..... resson European Scholarship Pen nsylvania
of th e Fin e
Arts 1917; Second Cresson, First Tappan and First Th ou ro n Prizes ,
A cademy of the Fine Arts
Pe~nsYlvania
1918: Med al, Philadelphia Sketch Club, 1921. Past Pres iden t of the Fellowship of Pennsy lvania Academy
of the Fine Arts. Instructor in Drawing and Prelim in ary Portrait Pointing and Head of the Coordinated
Course of the Academy of the Fine Arts with the University of Pennsylvania.
MAN OF THE VALLEY
FRAN CIS SPEIGHT
.
IR96
. .
Siudled In
.
Ih
Corcoran School 01 Arl, Washlnglon, D. C ., and
e
.
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I h'
Th P I '
WALKER HANCOCK
The Pennsylvani~ Academy of the
W,"ds~~ A~ademy 01 Ihe Fine A rlsve' lin w~:h~'larships, 1923 and 1925, The Pennsylvania Academy
The Penr.sylva
F e Arts 1923; Cresson T,ra S ~ I
hip The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
Ac"demy. of the .'~econd' Traveling Fo~elgn c 0 ars f the Fi ne Arts ' Gold Medal, 1926; First Prize in
O
Born in St. Lo ui s, 1901. Studied in the St. Louis School of Fine Arts and
Fine Arts. Awards: Sec ond Prize, St. Louis Art League Competit ion, 1916; Edmund Stewardson Pr ize,
Pennsylva nia Academy of the Fi ne Arts, 1921; Emlen Cresson Foreign Traveling Scholarship, 1922 and 1923;
Widen'er M emorial Gold M edal, Pennsy lvania Acad emy of the Fi ne Arts , 1925; Fellowship Prize, 1932;
He len Foster Barnett Prize, National Academy of Design, 1935. Awarded Fellowship in the American
1925;
. I I Washinglon .ArllSNfonalAcaemy
s,
'
d
01 Desig n " 1930' M. V. Kohnslamm
Pme, The Art
d eeSocleyo
.
Lan scap
P . 193 0 F'ITS I Hallgarlen P-lZe, P a. I Connec I'leu I Academy 01 Fine Arts, 1932; Third W. •A. Clarke
Arls me, Chicago, 1930; Landscape me,
Arl Washinglon, D. C., 1937; Gold Medal, Phdadelphi.
1"lrlule
Gallery
Fine Arts,
1940;
P
i!!IndolB ronze Medal 'C"rcoran
.
Go ld 01Me d'i
a, Th e Pe nn sy lvania Academy of the '
.
flze
b
1938The
Je nnie Sesnan
.
I
Academy
of
Design,
New
York
City.
Instructor
In
Skelch Clu,
'
. P'
1940 Member: Nat lona
Fellowship
rlze,
.
The Aca d emy
Aca demy in Rome, 1925. M embe r: Architect ural League of New York. The Fe llowship of The Pennsylvania
A cademy of the Fine Arts; Nat ion al Sculpture Society; N ational Acad emy of Design; N ational Institute of
Arts and Leiters. Instructor in SCU lpture.
.
N rth Carolina.·
A d ' Fore ign Traveling
cho ars 'p,
e
ennsy vania
Bern in
cf
the Fine AI rts'h'P
Aca dem y F II wship of The Pennsy lvania Academy of the Fin e
Th Felo ws I of the Pennsylvania
. I 1929' T
.
h ee 0
D'l!wi"g ard Paintinq.
1941 MEDAL FOR THE SOCIETY OF MEDALlISiS
GRADING PLAYGROUND
8
JA MES CHAPIN
Un',
l on New York , Art Sludenls League, New York ,
d' d at C ooper
e New Jersey. BStu
. West O rang,
I . lem Awar d s.' First prize for drawing, A ntwe rp Royal Academy,
80rn R
In
d
my
of
Ant
werp,
e
glu.
1927', Temp le Gold Medal, The
Pennsy lvdnic1
I Aca e
Ch'
go Ar I I nsI'lule
I
,
• .
and oya
.
for portraiture,
Ica
. Ad
d Portrait a nd Advanced Composition.
1912; LogM pme.
At 1928. Instructor In
vance
Academy of the FI ne r s,
GEORGE E. C. WIGGINS
Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, May 15 , 1907. Illustrator and lithographer. Studied in t he Corcoran
Art School in Washington, D. C. , and at The Pennsylvania Academ y of the Fine Arts. Awarded the
William Ernlen Cresson Foreign Traveling Scholarships in 1931 Md 1932. Contributor through N. W.
Ayer & Son, Lord & Thomas, Young & Rub ica m to Delinea t or, Pictorial Review, McCalls, Life, and
New Yorker.
Assistant to Mr. Hardi ng in Illustr"tion .
WOMAN IN YELLOW WAIST
TH E CON FERENCE
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ROSWELL WEIDNER
'd at Th e Pennsylvania A cademy of the Fill. Arts and The Barnes
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d'
Pd, 1911, Stud Ie
I
Cresson Foreign Tlave llng Scholarship, 1935 ; First Charle,
80rn
in
Rea
lng,
d
d'
The
William
Em
en
.
Ph'll.delphia Sketch C lu b, 1936. Instructor 'In St'll'
.
Awar
e
ble
Mention
Foundation.
.
1936' Honora
Topp~n
Memorial Prrze,
.
Life PtJinting.
•
Pennsylvanj~
HARRY ROSIN
Born in Philade lphia, December 21 , 1897 . Studied in The
Academy of the Fine Arts and in
Par is. Awarded : Stewardson Prize for SCUlpture; Cresson Trave lling Scholarship, 1926; Widener Gold
Medal, 1939; P. A. Fellowship Prize, 1941. Represented: by work for the French Government on the island
of Guada loupe, French W est Indies; a buildi ng in Papeete, Tahiti, South Seas; The Samuels Memorial,
Schuylkill Rive r, Philad elp hia; Pr ivate and Public Collections in London, Paris, Tahiti, New York and
Philadelph ia . Instructor in Construction.
HINA RAPA
STILL LIFE
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AUGMENTING THE
FACULTY
HENRY C. GIBSON
, ' as Chairman of the Committee on
Ch"irman ex-o If ICIO,
Instruction of the Board of Directors.
JOHN F. HARBESON, B.S., M.S.A., . R.A.
..
.
30 1888 Studied in the UniverSity of Pennsylvan.a. Received B.S. 1910. and
80rn in Phil.delph", July M 'd I" Des'lgn 1910' M 5 A 1911; Cope Prize (Philadelphia Chapter A I A
d B oke Gold e a In
,
,""
. . ' .
.
Arthur Spay
ro
h't t Associate of Paul P. Cret. Member American Insfttute of Architects
CI b) 1913. Arc. ec .
. '
.
.
.
and T Square
u '.
h't t
I Design School of Fine Arts, UniversIty of Pennsylvania; Author of
.
P f sor In Arc I ec ura
ASSIstant ro e s .
I D' n "Pencil Points Press, N. Y., 1926; Instructor In Perspective and Archi.
I
'
.
.
"The Study of Archltectu ra
eSlg ,
. .
·
. th Sculpture Class In Composdlon.
tectural A d vl ser In
e
.
'1 I 1896
Pupil 01 Charles Grafly and Antoi ne Bourdel le. Member: Boston Sculpture
In Greece Apr!,
.
. D
.
. h 5
or
,
. t'
D' cto r De me tr ios School, Boston. Instructor In rawlng In t e culpture Class.
Independent Assocla Ion.
Ire
,
WILLIAM M. CAMPBELL, B.S., R.A.
. German t own, Philadelph ia " 1887' studied.
in the
University 01 Pennsylvania.
,
.
Born In
B.S.
in Arts; R.A. Instrudor in Elements of Architecture
T
HE Faculty constitutes the greatest single asset of the Academy's Schools.
Many other factors, however, contribute to the strength of th
t
. t't t'
It
.
.
e presen
inS I U Ion.
s strategic location " Galleries L'b
. t C 0 II ectlOn
. , t he
I rary an d P[In
.
Coordlnat~d Course with the University of Pennsylvania, the American
Academ: In Rom.e Collaborative problem and the many scholarship advan.
tages will be briefly outlined below. (See "Scholarships and Prizes" for
details under that head.)
L?~ATION. The Ac~demy building is located in the heart of Philadelphia
GEORGE DEMETRIOS
B n
GENERAL AND SPECIFIC ADVANTAGES
In
B.S. in Arts, 1912.
the School of Fine Arts, University of Penn·
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, 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 inspiration for art and living.
sylvania. Assistant Instructor in Perspective.
PHILIP ALIANO
Born in Corleto Perticara, Italy.
modeling at Drexel Inst itute.
Studied drawing and modeling at The Spring Garden Institute and
Received Honorable Mentions.
Foreman in charge of stone, marb le and granite for different studios; also stone yard. Chai.man of tre
Architectural Sculptors and Carvers Associati on of Philadelphia and Vicinity. Instructor in Stone Cutting.
EDMOND J. FARRIS, B.A., Ph.D.
Born in Buffalo, New York:.
Associ ate in Anatomy, In Charge of Operations of The Wistar Institute ot
Anatomy and Biology. Auth or. " Art Students' Anatomy" (Lippincott), "Anatomy and Physiology. Labora·
tory Guide" (Lippincott).
Instructor in Anatomy.
GEORGE SIMPSON KOYl, M.S. in Arch.
De"n of the School of Fi ne Arts of the University of Pennsylvania representing the University In the
Coordinated Course.
SPECIAL lECTURES
A special group of leclures will be arranged throughout the entire winter sesSion covering
topics of broad interest.
The leclurers are ea ch specialists upon their separate topics and the following is a partial list
of the subjects as planned: the craftsmanship and technique and the chemistry and physics
of fine arts painting; slow motion piclures of the life figure in action; exhibition of contemporary ~llustrations and talks by outside artists; a short history of architecture with slides;
cartooning art. Additional topics may be duly announced.
This se ries of lectures will endeavor to introduce the student to a few of the many avenues
of activity with which h
t
h
h
.
.
emus cope w en t e period of hIS school study is past.
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ACADEMY GALLERIES. The Academy's Permanent Collection of Paintings and Sculpture affords an opportunity for the study of examples of famous
masters, and includes the Gallery of National Portraiture by Early American
Painters; the Temple Collection of Modern American Paintings; The Gibson
Collection, largely composed of works of the Continental 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 Th irty-~eventh, bring together the best examples of
current American painting and sculpture, and enable students to fo llow 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 .F~II of each year.
The exhibition of work of students submitted in competition for Cresson
European Travelling Scholarships and other prizes is held at the end of M~y.
Other special exhibitions continually change the aspect of the Galleries
throughout the Winter season.
A student ticket entitles the holder, during attendance at the Academy, to
· , t the Galleries , Special Exhibitions, Lectures, and to the use
f ree a d mission 0
of the Librory and Print Collection,
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INSTRUCTION
available to all registered
II en t re ference library is .
y
An
exce
, .
R
LIBRA.
'f' d t' s A valuable extension of this library exists in a
t t spec I Ie Ime .
studen sa
.
f b ks easy of access to the students, which may be
lIedion
0
00,
'd
sp Ien d I co
for intimate study in connection with the class room
taken to the class rooms
work.
ECTION The Academy is the owner of one of the largest
PRINT COLLI bl
.. t collections in the United States, with a total aggre.
and most va ua e prln
.
te in all collections of 61,81 I prints.
~aOORDINATED COURSE. The University of Pennsyl~a~ia offers its degrees
ter of Fine Arts to students of Pa inting, Sculpture , Mural
of Bac he Ior an d Mas
f
d .
who
have
completed
a
course
0
aca
emlc study in
·
Illustration
Decora t lon, or
'
.
. h
h I f Th
.
·
·t
d
prescribed
technical
work
In t e Sc 00 s 0
e
Pennsylvania
t he Unlversl y an
Academy of the Fine Arts.
The minimum time spent in the C oo rdinated Cou.rse by .any ~tude.nt, n~t counting those with advance credit, is five years, . during whlc~ time fifty-eight (5~)
semester credits must be completed in required academic courses at the University and technical wo rk throughout that complete period at the Academy.
CREDITS TOWARD BACHELOR DEGREE
Semester
Credits
I. Prescribed Work, 51 Semester
Credits
12
(a) History of Art
12
(b) English . . .
6
Ic) Modern Language
6
Id) General History
6
Ie) A Science .
(f) Psychology .
6
Ig) Aesthetics .
3
II. Elective Subjects .
7
Total Semesler Credils
CREDITS TOWARD MASTER DEGREE
Semester
Credits
Aca demy (Technical)
36
University: Hi story of Painting
4
El ectives .
8
Total Semester Credits
48
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. )n the academic
courses the standing is reported each term by the University.
The students in these courses share al) privileges extended to the student-body
of each institution and are also subject to the regulations imposed.
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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The general method Qf instruction is by individual criticism of class work
without the repressing effect of fixed methods. The purpose of this trainin~
is to deve~op the stu~ents' natural abilities, to enable them to acquire technique.
and to stimulate their sense of beauty. The various classifications of st udy are
closely allied and students in one department are privileged to work in the other
departments by arrangement with the Curator. This entai ls no additional fee
ATTENDANCE. There is no compulsory attendance in any class or classes
of the Academy school, but every day student is afforded the fullest possible
opportunity to actively participate in a schedule which can completely fil l
six or seven day hours six days of every school week plus three additiona l
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 Casl
Head or Antique Cast Figure drawing classes. Students who present evidence
of work accomplished in accredited art schools may, upon consultation with
the curatOl", be admitted into more advanced classes immediately.
DRAWING. These classes are maintained primari ly to provide a ground
work in drawing wh ich ma y be developed later in the Pa inting 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 Cl4sses ,
Antique Cast IHead)
Construction (Life Model Proportions)
Sketch (Costumed Mode l)
Second Antique Classes,
Antique cast (Figure)
Cons tructi on
Sketch (C ostumed Mode l)
Understanding of Art
Still Lif.
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honci. Spe'ghr
Roy C. Nuse
Harry Rosin
Roy C. Nuse
Doniel Garbe,
Franci. Speight
Roy C. Nu.e
Harry Rosin
Roy C. Nuse
Henry McCarter
Roswell Weidne,
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PAINTING. The paintMURAL DECORATION. The
ing 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 sound
technical facility.
Prelimi na ry C lasses,
Dani el G a rb e r
Roy C. Nu se
Ro swe ll Weidner
Jam e s Chapin
RoyC. Nu se
·
, Harr y Ros in
Henry McCarter
· J o hn Harbeso n
Dr. Edmo nd J. Farri s
life.
Portrait
Stil l life
Composition . '
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Costumed Sketch and Croquis
Construction . . .
Understanding of Art .
Perspective
Anatomy
Advanced Classes,
Advanced Life
Advanced Portrait
.
Advanced C om positio n . .
Costumed Sketch and Croquis
Construction . . . . .
Understanding of Art.
Landscape. . . .
Daniel Garber
James Chapin
James Cha p in
Roy C. Nu se
. Harr y Rosin
Henry Mc C a rter
· Fra nc is Spe ig ht
ILLUSTRATIO.N. The purpose of the Illustration classes is to provide
the student With such pra ctical instructio n in Drawing Composition and
I
t ta t'Ion as WI'1 1 e na ble him to enter the professional
"
~ erpre
fie ld of magazine and book ill ustrat ing.
Preli minary Classes,
Illustration Composition
Life. .
Costumed Model' . . .
Costumed Sketch ;nd Croqui;
C o nstruction
Understanding 'of Art'
Perspective
Anatomy
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Georg e Hard ing
Fra nc is Spe ight and Dani el Garber
Geo rg e E. C . Wi gg ins
Roy C. Nu se
. Harry Ros in
Henry McCarte r
· John Harbeson
Dr. Edmond J. Farris
Advanced Classes ,
Ad vanced C ompos ition and Professional Proctice
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George Harding
chief pu rpose of
this class is to train
adva nced students
in solving t he architectural problems of decoration
based upon a
sound compos itional knowledge.
and appreciation
of scale. The actual mechanics which this branch of the Fine Arts involves
~re th o ro ugh ly st ud ied so that the va rio us painting techniques employed
In the mural ex pression may be underst ood and acquired.
M ura I C o mpositio n a nd Tech nical Resea rch
Life.
C ostum e d Sketc h and Croquis
C o nstructio n .
Underst a ndin g o f Art
,
George Harding
Daniel Garber
Roy C. Nuse
. Harry Ros in
Henry McCarter
SCULPTURE. This d epartment introduces its students to and trains
technically in modell ing and its application. Special emphasis is placed
upon Scu lpture as al lied to its sister arts , Pain t ing and Architecture.
Life.
Head
C o mpo si t io n
•
St one Cutti ng
Perspecti ve
Croqu is (Sketching f rom Life. Action Poses)
C o nstruct io n .
Anato my
Ca sting and Technical Mechanics
Walker Hancock
Walker Hancock
Walker Hancock
Phil ip Al iano
. John Ha rbeson
George Demetrios
. Harry Rosin
Dr. Edmond J . Farris
. Peter Suffre din i
EVENING CLASSES. Th e evening classes are planned for those students
whose activities o r livel ihood do not permit them to attend the da y
session. Students ad mitted under t his head are not eligible to compete
for prizes or scholarshi ps . The fe es are set at a reaso nable figu re so that
many may enjoy the privilege of Drawing, Painting, or Modell ing in the
life classes. See "Fees " for deta ils. All day students are entit led to work
in the evening classes wit hout extra fee.
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O,"wing ond Etching
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pointing,
Life
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Costumed Sketch .
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Daniel Gal be'
Daniel Garber
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The life model poses five evenings every week and the Costumed Sketch
model every Wednesday evening.
Sculpture,
Life .
Head
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Walker Hancock
Walker Hancock
Life models pose on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Head models pose
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings. The Life and Head model s
alternate on a two-week schedule .
PART TIME CLASSES. A courtesy part time regis~ra ~ion without prize
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 concrete ly express the genuine interest the Academy has in all
Ihose 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 Preliminary Painting registers one Life,
Head, Construction, Costumed Sketch,
Composition 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 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.
Attendance upon the classes on Understanding of Art and Composition is not
compulsory but students are particularly
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urged to attend all through iheir A d '
and finished work will be registe d ca emd~ experience. Compositio n studies
re accor Ing to posted regulations.
Perspective drawing is a two-term (one-win
. t er) Course ad'
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factory completion before any st d t
n IS compu sory of satisu en may compete for a C T
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c
h
0
I
arship,
or
receive
the
award
of
C
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resson
rave
ing
S
a 0 a oratlve Scholarsh'
d I
a II stu d ents taking the Coordinated C
'th h U'
. IP, an a so upon
ourse WI t e nlverslty of Pennsylvania.
Every student is urged to get credit for this course in his first or second ear.
Anatomy lectures are not compulsory but every student is advised to a~end
rcg ula rly for at least two terms (one winter).
PR~MOTIO N . Application. for promotion from the First Antique Cast Drawing
se~tl~n to the Second Antique Cast Drawing section and subsequently into
Painting or Illustration may be made at any stated meeting of the F
It A
f D
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acu y.
group 0
ra:,,,ngs o~ Paintings, one each from all branches of classes attended,
IS placed for ludgment with the application. Each Vlork submitted must have the
approval of th.e Ins~r~ctor of :he class in which it is made. If the Faculty finds
the group of InsuffiCient merit to warrant promotion the student may submit
another group to the Facu lty at any subsequent meetin g. Admission to the Ad vanced 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 Mural Decoration is arranged by confel'ence 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 department is arranged by
conference with Mr. Walker Hancock
and the Curator.
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1940
HONOR ROLL
1941
Awards of May, 1941
CRESSON TRAVELING SCHOLARSHIPS
r
PAINTERS
WA LTON F. BATTERSHALL, Rockville Cente r, N. Y. CHARLES K REDFERN T
R. MORRIS HERVEY, Wheeling, West Vi'g inia JAMES M WALDRON N' oronto, Canada
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, orthdmpton, Ma ss.
JOHN H. WRIGHT, Phi ladelphia, Pa.
ILLUSTRATORS
RIC HA RD BA LDWIN, Springfield, Pa.
RICHARD LESSERAUX Ph'lI adeIph'ia, Pd.
J HN M. KUN IK, Erie, Pa.
JAMES C. McKELL, JR., Pe nfield, Pa.
HARRIET ROSE, Wad esboro, N. C.
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MURAL DECORATORS
JEAN CRAIG, Phi ladelphia, Pa.
SCULPTORS
RO BERT C. SPU RGEON, Wildwood, N. J.
WILLIAM M. TALBOT, Creve Coeur, Mo.
THE CHARLES TOPPAN PRIZES
I st Prize
2nd Prize
HELEN S. SMITH , Philadelphia, Pa.
JO H N L. KOOMAR, Nesquehoning, Pa.
HONORABLE MENTION
ALICE UHLMANN , Philadelphia, Pa.
MICHAEL FIORILLO, Philadelphia, Pa.
THE THOU RON PRIZES
FRAN K K. WALLACE, Greensboro, Vermont
OLIVER GRIML EY, Norristown, Pa.
PAU L LORE, Erie, Pd.
MADELEiNE ROBERTSON , Philadelphia, Pa.
THE STEWARDSON PRIZE
ALICE C. FRAYER, Ann Arbor, Mi ch.
THE STIMSON PRIZE
ROB ERT C. SPURGEON , Wildwood, N. J.
THE PACKARD PRIZES
THERESA 01 MARCO, Philadelphia, Pd.
CHARLES B. SEMSER, Philadelphia, Pd.
JOHN KOOMAR
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CRESSON SCH OLA R IN I LLUST RATION 1940
HONORA BLE M ENTIO N C RESSO N CO M PETI TIO N 194 1
FI RST TOPPAN PRIZ E 1941
THE RAM BORGER PRIZE
LEONARD KOCH, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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SIDNEY SIMON
AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME SCULPTURE PRIZE 1941
The
Academ yin
. Rome since
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1894 have offered each year Fellowships
t AAmerican
.
o d mencan
Architects
Pa' t ers, S
id
'd
.
,In
cu ptors,
an Musicians for travel in Europe,
an resl ence
In Rome
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announ
d
ff'
. Due t 0 war con d'Itlons,
the Competition this year was
. .In eac h 0 f t hese divisions and with
no sf ce
If as 0 enng a $100000
' cas h pme
IpU a Ion as to the manner of its use .
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The winner of this ear in S I
student in the A
cu pture, whose work is here represented, is a
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ca emy s Sculpture Department, William H. M. Talbot .
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EDWIN AUSTIN ABBEY SCHOLAR IN MURAL DECORATION 1940
The Edwin Austin Abbey Memorial Scholarships for Mural Painting were
founded in 1926 by Mrs. Gertrude Abbey in memory of her illustrious husband .
The Directors of the Association established to carry out the specific intentions
of this Foundation consisting of Barry Faulkner, Gifford Beal , Arthur Covery.
Harvey Wiley Corbett and Leon Kroll announced in the fall of 1940
the First Competition for this Abbey Prize for Mural Painting to be awarded
November 15, 1940. The Prize consists of a stipend of $1000.00 a year. The
Scholarship is for a period of from one to three years at the discretion of the
Directo rs of the Association and the studies will be carried on in this country
a nd also abroad if conditions permit. If at the end of the second year the
Cou ncil continues to be satisfied with the progress of the student, it may in
its discretion extend the Scholarship for a third and final year. The sum of
$1500.00 will be set aside for expenses during the third year, and a part of this
year, if conditions permit, will be occupied in study abroad, particularly
in Italy.
The winner of this first Abbey competition, whose work is here represented. is
a student in the Academy's Mural Department, Sidney Simon.
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COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM. It is the aim of the Academy's Schools to
approach the fine arts in the broadest ~ense: 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 wi~h the Association of the Alur:nni of. the American Academy
in Rome in their Collaborative Problem. Th iS prolect engages students in
architecture, landscape architecture, mural decoration and scu lpture. Team s
of four are formed, the latter tV/O members from the Academy, in the study of
these, the four great ~~t departments, toward a perfect whole. Th e Academy
deems the opportunities thus afforded so valuable that it offers tuition
sc holarship prizes t.o 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."
FIRST PRIZE COLLABORATIVE TEAM /940-4/ COMPETITION
SYLVIA BERNSTEIN , MURAL DECORATOR
ALEXANDER KRI CHEFF, SCULPTO R
RHODA BARNEY, ARCHITECT
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HONORABLE MENTI O N STI MSON COMPE"ITIO N 1939
RO BERT SPU RG EO N
C IIARUS K. REDF ERN
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C RESSON SCHOLAR I N PA INTIN G 1941
HONORABLE MENTI O N STE WA RDSON COMFETITION 1940
CRESSON SCHOLARSHIP IN SCULPTURE 1941
THE ST IM SO N PRI ZE 1940
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JEAN CRA IG
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C RE SSO N SCHO LAR I N M U RAL DECORATION I?~I
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN ILLUST RA TIO N 1941
JAMES C. M c KE LL, JR .
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CRESSON S::;HOLAR IN FAINTING 1941
ALI CE C. FRAYER
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THE STEWARDSON PRIZE 1941
JOHN HERITAGE WR IGHT
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WILLIAM H, M, TALBOT
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HONORABLE MENTION STEWARDSON COMPETITION 1936
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN SCULPTUR E 1>41
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN ILLU STRA TION 1941
HARRI ET ROSE
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RICHARD LESSERAUX
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CRESSON SCHOLAR IN PAINTING 1941
CRESSON SC H OLAR IN ILLUSTRATI O N 1941
WALTON 8ATIERSHALL
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JOHN M. KUNIK
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN ILLUSTRATION 1941
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RICHARD BALDW IN
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CRESSON SCHOLAR IN ILLUSTRATION 1941
ROBERT SPU RGEON
THE STIMSON PRIZE 1940
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ROBERT MORR IS HERVEY
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CRESSON SCHOLAR IN PAINTING 1141
CRESSO N SCHOLAR IN PAINTING 1941
JAMES M. WALDRON
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SCHOL ARSHIPS AND
PRIZE~
N SCHOLARSHIPS. Free t~ition scholarships ar~ available to
FREE ,TUITIOdents whose financial obligations have been met In fU,II, for at
returning st~ms These scholarships are solely for the purpos,e of financially
lea~t ,two hte ' h ould otherwise be unable to pursue their study of art,
aSSISting t fose
II f wow
tuition scholarships an d t h'Irt ee n ha 1ft UITIon sc h0 Iars h'IpS were
Sevendtede~ u ree 1941 for the Winter School year 1941-42,
awa r e In May,
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A maio r number of these are given each y~ar by George 0, Widener in n;emor of his father and mother, George D, Widener and Mrs, f:lexan~er Hamilton
Ri~e, Others are made available thr?ugh, bequests of .varlous ! rlends of the
aid: The LOUise Hamson Memorial
Aca dem Y to be used for schola rship
.
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Scholarships given by Thomas S, ~arrlSon In memory 0,f h'IS WI'fe; Th,e Mary R.
Burton Scholarship; The Sarah Kalghn Coope r Memorial ?cholarshlp through
the generosity of Mrs, G eorge K, J ohnson; and the Elizabeth H, Thomas
Memorial Scholarship,
Application may be made in the Spring of each year. 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 prepared form
and submit it together with not more than fou r examples of their work to the
Curator before the stated meeting of the Faculty for May, 1942, These
applications must be accompan ied by a letter addressed to the Committee on
Instruction stating the necessity for requesting free tuition,
The awards are made by the Board of Directors th
h 't C
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th
d '
roug I s ommlttee 0
,
Instruction, upon e recommen aflon of the Faculty Th· t
n
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S
h
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If een students wer
awarded C resson Trave I'"9 C olarships in 1941 Th t d '
e
'I
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d f
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.
e s u ent Ill ustrations
in thiS cata ogue are se ecte
rom the work of t h '
'h
,,
e Winners In t e 1941
competition.
In the case of exceptional merit and when a very decid d '
,
e Improvement IS
evident a student
thea rd a secon d
. , may, through the same authority ' receive
aW
time , Competition
' for a second scholarship must be entered d'
unng th e year
succeeding the f Irst award, unless otherwise ruled or a satisfactory exc use be
accepted by the Committee on Instruction.
RULES GOVERNING THE ~RE~S.O N COMPETITION. Every student thirtyfive years of age or younger IS eligible for competition for a Cresson Traveling
Scholarship when they each have an aggregate of 96 Academy school weeks to
their credit, wh ich must have been accumulated with in fi ve (5) years of the date
of compet ition, The final 32 weeks (two terms) must be spent in the Winter
School of the Academy and must be within the school year of competition,
Time spent in the Summer School of the Academy is counted (provided certain
requirements have been fulfi lled) in the aggregate of the first 64 weeks ,
At the discretion of the management, and at times when there is a particular
demand for such help, ce rtain of these schol arships may be granted as half
scholarships,
Every student must have a complete and unbroken registration record over
the time included in comput ing eligibility (see "Registration of Work"), They
must also have completed satisfactorily their work in Perspective (two terms),
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,
THE WILLIAM EM LEN CRESSON MEM O RIAL
TRAVELING SCHOLARSHIPS
By t he liberal provisions of the wills of Emlen Cresson and Priscil la p" his wife, a Fund has
b een created as a memonal to th
I
C resson Aca demici-n
e lr d ecea se d son, W"II I'la m Emen
th e 'Income 0 f wh' h ' t b
I'
d b
h
' u ,
d'
'I f IC ,IS 0 e app Ie
y T e Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in
sen Ing pUpl s 0 ment to Eu rope.
r~~ 0~~~~d$9~fO ~O CFesh~nh :-raveling
Scholarship credits each student with
, , d h' 0 W, ' ~ IS to be used for a Summer of travel and traveling
expenses, an t e remaining $20000
f t 't' ' h
'
immediat I f II'
I
,pa ys or UI Ion In t e ensuing two terms
e y 0 oWing at i 1e Academy.
An award is not to be rega d d
tT
should conside r rath th t ~h e, ,ad a cer I Icate of proficiency, The winners
I,n ust~y and promise have won for them the
opportunity to intro~I' ~ t
broadening incident uE:clh' ~ ~e.lr penod of. schooling this inspirational and
for further study and th f eCipljnt IS requlre~ to return to the Academy
program .
e lnanCla arrangement IS thus planned to insure this
er
The awards are divided amon g II d
standard of work as 0 f t a epartments of study and are allotted as to
'
II y
f rom each departmentneas ac
th or 'thand f the num b er 0 f contestants proportlona
e 0 er actor.
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All students entering the competition are required to sign at the Curator's
office in order to signify their intention before the first da y of December in
the school year of competition,
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 Facu lty, It must also be work ~ompl~ted with in
the last 32 weeks of the W inter School or~the 14 weeks Jmr:;edlately pre-ce d'Ing ,In the Summer Sc h00,i E'It her th e st amp f ro m monthly registration ork
one by special arrangement at t he C ura t or 'sf0f jIce must be upon each wor
exhibited.
t and variety of work they
All competitors are unrestricted as to th e amoun
'd d they do not exceed the space
submit in the competition groups, provi e
allotted to them, but each Painter's group must include a landscape,
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. s nd Il lustrations exhibited in the Painting or Illustration
Paintings, Drawtlng , ad 36 inches in either dimension, and must be exhibited
d"
htl
d
f
s must no excee
grou P d d
I zed If tape is use to trim unslg y e ges 0 canvases it
unframe an ung a .
h
h
d
t
t
an
en
ance
an
mus
no
encroach upon
've
order
rather
t
may be use d t 0 gl
the face of the ca nvas.
has been granted for the duraf rom th e European travel stipulation
A. change
f
h
0
t d ate d A pril 26th
f th war by a special decree 0 t e rp hans C our,
~I~~OO W~nners in the competition of May, 1942, will be required to use th~
traveiing money for travel or study in the Western Hem isphe:e on ~chedules
d itineraries checked and approved by the Academy, unless In the ludgment
~f the Academy traveling conditions i.n Europe ar~ de:irable and safe. Each
student awarded a First Cresson Traveling Scholarship will present a plan which
covers a specified period of days and a complete financial and itinerary report
as carried out will be filed in the 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 and itinerary report as approved by the Academy
and as carried out, must be filed in the Curator's office within six weeks of the
completion of the travel period.
In the event !hat in the judgment of the Academy conditions for European
travel ar~ desirable and safe, each stude nt awarded a First Cresson Traveling
Schola~shlp must leave ~or .Europe on or befo re June 15th of the year of award;
otherWise the scholarshl~ IS rev?ked. A period of at least 90 days in Europe
f"us:l'be ~cchunte.d for In the financial and itinerary report which is required
r
th ling tEe o:lce of the Curator before the first day of November following
r:n~war. a~ . student awarded a Second Cresson Traveling Scholarship is
{wed the ~fvdege of uSing the credit for travel ($90000) any time within
tui~i~~ah~::ve;ur m~n~hs ofdthe. rhe.ceipt of the award. Th'e $200.00 credit for
cial an'd 't'
,mus e use Wit In the year fo llowing the award. The finanI Inerary report covering th
. d f
I
also obligatory upon th
d
ebPe~lo 0 at east 90 days in Europe is
weeks of their return teAm an. must e fded at the Curator's office within six
o merlca.
d
THE LEWIS S. WARE MEMORIAL
Memorial Scholarship in
d
~CHOLARSHIP. The Lewis S. Ware
European Traveling S~hol aCh~r .ance with the will of the Testator, provides a
s
Cresson Schola rships of thart Ip In amount and regulations similar to those of
a yea r.
This scholarship will be
'1 bl
.
and 'IS t 0 be awarded whe
ava l a e'1 at
h
bl Interval
b
s 0 f POSSI'bl Y tree
or f our years
Faculty to a student of n ~~a l ~. e y the President with the advice of the
Scholarship that year. Thi~S:h ai In~ merit who is not receiving a Cresson
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oarshlp was last awarded in May, 1938.
COLLABORATIVE SCHOLARSHIPS. Realizing the g
. . t
.
the demand for well-trained Mural Decorators and Scul~tng In er~st In a~d
the problems of their co-artists the architects this scholarsoh!'s ~cqua.lntedd with
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Ip IS deslgne particular Iy to. encour~ge t a Ien t e d st ud ents toward competent and thorou h
g
knowledge In these fields.
Two terms of free tuition in the Winter School are therefore to b
d d
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d
to each painter or pain ers an scu ptor or sculptors whose team
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ssoclatlon
of
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Alumni
of
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mencan
Academ~ In
ome IU gme.n; P!'OVI. e , ~ at in the acceptance of such
scholars~lp, the students will malor In the!r r~spective departments (Mural
Decoration and Sculpture), and shall use this tUit ion credit in the school year
directly following after that of the award.
THE CHARLES TOPPAN PRIZES. The Charles Toppan Prizes for 1942 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 students who have previously received and
used a C resson Scholarship. C ompetitors who fulfill all of the 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 Traveli ng Scholarship are required to
register certain work each month, and will arrange individually with the Curator
for the requirements in the respective departments of Painting, Illustration,
Sculpture and Mural Decoration.
Any student having received one Toppa n prize is debarred from receiving
another Toppan prize of the same or lower value.
The work submitted in competition must be an orig!~a! painting, in ?il or water
color the unaided work of th e student without criticism. The sublect for the
paint'ings to be submitted will be announced Friday, .November 14, 1941.
All work in competition must be submitted without .slgnature by Monday,
May 1 1 1942 12 o'clock noon. No student may submit more than one example . W~rk submitted must not measure less than twelve inches nor more thadn
. .Inc hes .In elt
. her d'ImenSlo
. n, an d mu st not be framed or presente
t h·Irty-Slx
under glass, though painting s upon paper may be matted.
d
emorandum of the numbers
Canvases are numbered by t he C ura t or, an a m
h' h' pened after
l
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,
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k
t'
sealed
enve
ope
w
Ie IS 0
an d competitors names IS ep In a
b h C
'+tee on Instruethe prize-winning canvases have been selected y t tth on:fil the drawing of
tion . According to the positively express.ed te~ms 0
e gl ,
the work submitted will receive first consideratIOn.
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'tt
n awards is not obliged to award prizes or honorable menComml ee 0
The
. to 'Iustify
'I f
" tISO p'ln'lon , the work su b'
mltte d'IS no t 0 f su ffi'
IClen t merit
.
t,ons
, In
making the awards.
THE THOU RON PRIZES. These awar?~ were founded by the late Henry J.
Thouron, a former Instructor in Composition.
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 the Instructor of the class.
A competitor is not eligible a second time for the same prize, and cannot
receive more than one award the same season.
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.
no awa rd is made, the amount of the prize may at th d'
.
of Di rectors, be added to the principal of the' prize
'dcreh~t o! the Board
future prizes.
un or Istnbuted with
f
The clay models offered in competition must be kept t d' .
dition until otherwise ordered and figures cast by th sAan ding In bgood co.ne ca emy ecome Its
propert y.
d t
The Jury of Award judging the competition held during th
.
d
f
e
secon
erm of
the schoo I year 1940 -41 conslste 0 C. Paul Jennewein ' He'lnz W arne ke an d
Gaetano C ecere.
THE STIMSON PRIZE. This prize was established in memory of E
B
mma urn.
d
d f
h
ham Stimson an was create or t e 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 EDMUND STEWARDSON PRIZE. The Edmund Stewardson Prize of One
Hundred Dollars in the Department of Sculpture will be awarded for the 42nd
time at the close of the school year.
The contest is open to students who have been registered for three terms and
who are members of the Life Modeling 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 three terms.
This is an annual rrize, competed for by present students of the Academy
with such ~upils 0 other art schools as may be approved by the Committee
on Instruction.
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 ~ubject for the competition is a full-length figure from Life in the round.
Studies mu~t not. be less than two feet six inches in height, and not more than
three fe~t In helg.ht, and must be made within eighteen hours, during three
consecutive days, In six sessions of three hours each.
The work must be submitted 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.
~o Ol~t ~xcep: t~e
competitors are admitted to the competition room at any
thmeJ unng teays of .the competition, and no one except the members of
e ury are present dunng the ludging of the studies.
Each competitor draws a nu b b i t Th'
b
m e:. yo.
IS num er determines the competitor's position in the
placed upon an en I comp~tJtlon roc: m and a corresponding number is
e
deposited sealed wi:h ~~e Swhlc~ con~allhs the competitor's name and is
the work the com'petitor
ecre ary 0 t e Academy. Upon completion of
submitted to the Jury of PAacesda corresponding number upon the study to be
war.
I
The Jury of Award consists of thr
f'
'
..
connechon with the A d
ee pro esslonal sculptors, haVing no official
ny other schools whose pupils may have
taken part in the comC;et~;:':~.
nounced by the chairman f th J en the successful number has been anor more of the officials of th eA ur~, the Secretary, in the presence of one
e ca emy, opens the envelope bearing that
number and announces th
satisfactory to the Jury, the na~e of the succ~ssf~1 competitor. If no study be
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prIZe may, at their discretion, be withheld. When
°Wh
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 Jury of Award judging the competition he ld during the first term. of the
school year 1940-41 consisted of Dorothea Greenbaum , Carl Schmitz and
Joseph Renier.
THE PACKARD PRIZES. From the income of the John H. Packard Fund,
established by the children of the late John H. Pa~kard, M.D ·, for maf~jg~~
chairman of the Academy's Committee on Instrudlon, annua Ir,~e~ 0 I t d'·
and $20.00 are awarded for the best and second best groups o. onglna s u '~~
· .
. I' h Z I . I G den These prIZes are open
ma d e f rom IIVlng anima s In t e 00 oglca. ar f' both terms of the school
all students of the Academy who have registered or
. I' 'bl to receive
.
.
d
.
becomes
Ine Igl e
year. A student haVing once receive a prIZe
the same prize the second time.
.
bl" d t ward prizes or honorable menThe Committee on awards IS not 0 I.ge d .0 a t f fficient me rit to justify
tions if, in its opinion, the work submltte IS no 0 su I
making the awards.
ORGER PRIZE From the income of a fund established by the
THE R~I~! K Ramborge;, Esq., as a memorial to his sister, Aspasia Eckert
late W
h f some years was a student of the Academy, an annual
Ra.mborfge$2r,swOOo. or arded for the best line drawing in black and white of
.
Prize d0 f
I'f ISb aw pupil of the Aca d emy wh0 has no t b een und
er 'Instruca. hea rotm I e arYs abut who has been registered in the Academy for both
tlon over wo ye ,
.
b 't
terms of the current school year. Each hompetl:or ml~t s.u ml one un ~ oudted
drawing on white paper 19 by 25 inc. es. I~blslze.
aVlng once. receive an
award, a student becomes thereafter Ine lIgl e to compete again.
The Committee on awards is not obli.ged t? award prizes. or hon~rable. m~n
tions if, in its opinion, the work submitted IS not of sufficient merit to lustlfy
making the awards.
FREE TUITION SCHOLARSHI P and PR IZES 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 in the Winter
Session directly following the Award. A seco nd and third prize of $25.00 and
$15.00 respectively shall also be awarded.
The Art Instructor in each school ha s the privilege of nominating two students
and the manne~ o~ ~he choosing of these two nominees is left entirely in the
hands of each Individual school. Three examples of work completed during
the normal course of study in the senior year from each of the two nominees
must be sent to the Secretary of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
Broa.d ~n.d Cherry Str,eets, not later than May I I, 1942. It is preferable i·hat
t~e Individual student s wo rk represent three different mediums and individua l
pieces ~f work must not exceed 19 x 25 inches in size, including mats if used.
All entries must have the following information legibly written on the back:
full name a~d hom.e address of the competitor, name of the school in which
the .student IS wo rking, and the signature of the Principal of the school . CompeMors. must be. r~gularly enrolled students of the schools f rom which they are
competing. Exhibits may be called for at the Academy two weeks after the
announcement of the awards.
~~d Fparfz~~:
of the Academy will act as a Jury in awarding the Scholarship
The purpose of making thes e
d' t
. I
.
the fine arts
II t d· awar s IS 0 stlmu ate Interest in drawing and
offer them th~en,ra~, 0 Ifcover those who possess marked talents. and i'o
awards and the ~ti~aulu~~h~ 0 study ~t the Academy. It is hoped that these
art instruction in the c't ' \-a~ordhwdll lead to a closer sympathy between the
I y s Ig SC 00 s and the work of the Academy itself.
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ADMISSION . A pplication blank, sent upon request mus t b fll
.
returned to the Curator with letters of character refere
e ed I,n and
tificate of health, a full-length snapshot, and, on request n~h' a I~tor s cersubmit examples of work in which the Faculty can find 'a e app Icant bn:~st
. an d an eVI'd en t sincerity
'
. 0 f purpose beforen thapparent
and promise
t d a illty
.
AdmiSSion
'"
, .
et sFu ent
register.
IS con t'Ingent upon complete satisfaction
It may
. Iar as ~sted above 0 d'
acu yI and
Ma nagemen t .In eac h an d every partlCu
. ht f d' . I
an IS a ways
subjec: to t he unreserve d rig 0
Isml ssa. No student is eligible un less at
least sixteen years of age and possessed of a completed high school d t·
. Ie nt . The C omml'tt ee on Instru.c:ion reserves the righte to
ucalimit
Ion
or its eq ulva
the numbe r 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
d
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 fee s are entitled to all the privileges of the
Even ing 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. s:u.dents),
Tuition Fee per term (3 full day prlvdeges 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 Schoo l catalogue.
PAYMENT REGULATIONS. All fee s are payable in advance and no ddedr.
.IS made for late registration
.
. or f or a bsence and no refund IS ma e or
tlOn
any reason whatsoever.
t th
der of The PennPayment shall be made in cash or by check drawn 0 ted or
un
sylvania Academy of the Fine Arts for .the ixac~ amth firs~epayment shall be
Tuition fees are payable in two equ~ 1 Ins~a men the esecond payment on or
made on or before the date of registration an d f
will not be granted
before February Ist. Official credit or recommte a tl~ho has not completely
by the Academy either to a student or a former u /:ncial obligations to the
satisfied, in t he opi nion of the management, IS In
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Academy.
d'
h' d
fees according to the announced dates, as stated above
on-paymen t 0 f
d
f
tt d
.
II I
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N
shall prohibit such delinquent stu ents rom a en ance In a c asses, lectures, etc.
d
h b .,
f
ht
New registration cards shall be issue at t e eglnnmg 0 eac erm to students
at the time of the payment of fees.
DORMITORIES. The Academy mai~t~i.ns in Philadelphia Day and .Evening
schools only, and assumes no responsibility for stud~nts ~eyond the limits of
the school buildings. However, women studen!s registering at the Academy
are granted the privilege <;>f living in the dormitory syste':1 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 accommodations. For rates, etc., write to Miss Jul ia Owing at 1922 Race Street, Philadelphia .
CALENDAR. School year 1941-1942:
Registration . . . . . . . .
(on or after) September 15th.
..
September 29th.
First Term begins . . . .
First day of Pose for Stimson Competition in Sculpture . . October 27th.
Private View of the Thirty-ni nth Annual Water Color Exhibition and
the Fortieth Annual Exhibition of Miniatures and the Student
. ~x.hibition from the Summer Schooi at Chester Springs . November Ist.
Ex.hlblhon <;>pe~ to the Publ ic . .
November 2nd to December 7th.
Stimson PrIZe ludgment and award
November 21 t
Tha~ksgiving ~ay holiday. . . . . . .
. . November 27:h:
Chrl.stma~ hol iday . . . .
Dece mber 21 st to Januar 5th
R~glstrat~on for Second Term . . . . . . (on or after) January Y20th:
Private view of The·
One Hundred and Thirty-seventh A nnua I 0'1I an d
'b't'
Scu Ipure
t
ExhI I Ion. . . . . .
J uary 24th
Exhibition open to the Public . "
. Ja~ua; 25th t' F
h'
Second Term begins . . . . .
y
0
e ruary 28t .
Washington's Birthday holiday
.
/ebbruar y 2nd.
Stewardson competition . . .
. .
e ruary 23rd.
Stewardson Prize judgment and a~ard .
March 23rd, 24th and 25th.
. March 25th.
Easter holiday . . . . . '
Placement of Cresson Competition' ex'hi b'its
April lOth and I Itho
Judgment for Toppan Prizes . . . . .
May I Ith to 15th.
Judgment for Cresson Scholarships Th
. . P . k . d' . . . May I Itho
prizes
. ....
,ouron , ac ar , Ramborger
May 19th.
Exercises in Gallery F for the ~w~rd' f' . ... .
Exhibition of Competitor's work
0 year prizes.
. . . . May 20th.
Last day of Winter School
'..
May 21 st to June 7th.
No models are engaged to po;e ~ . 't: . .
. . . . . May 23rd.
SSecond Term except by special arra~gC;~ICI~m given for the last week of the
ummer School Chester S .
en .
detai ls). '. . . . ~rl~gs,. Penna. (see Summer School catalogue for
Day classes are held from nine to tw'l . 'd June 8th to September 12th.
days per week. Evening classes a
v~ an from one to four o'clock six
Monday to Friday, inclusive. All ex~: ti~n from seve~ to ten o'clock from
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p
S are noted In the Calendar above.
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h
GENERAL DATA
Students are expected to know how to conduct themselves Upon p. . I
nnClp es
of honor without specific rules.
The management of the school reserves the right at
t'
. .
'
any Ime and without
advance notice, to reject or dismiSS
. any student without recourse, for any
reaSOn which may seem sufficient In the opinion of the management , an d
without assigning any reason.
Students will not be called from the classrooms to answer personal or telePhone calls except when, in the opinion of the Curator , there'IS an ex t reme
emergency. Messages will be recorded and placed in the student's mail boxes.
The Academy assumes no responsi bility concern ing 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 the paying of extra fees.
Art supplies must be provided by the studen ts. These supplies may be purchased at the school store at reasonable 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 Academy Buildings.
Visitors are admitted to the school between the hours of 4:00 and 5:00 P. M.
The Academy claims the right to re produce and 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 further information desired c(lncerning the schools
may be obtained by addressing Henry Hotz, Jr. , Curator, Broad and Cherry
Streets, Philadelphia , W inter School; Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, Summer
School.
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ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP IN
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
Annual members are sue h
of the Academy.
persons as con t ribute $10 annually for the maintenance
LI FE MEMBERSHIP
th
who contribute the sum of $100. Annual and life memlife membr'-t~rd t o os~ the public exhibitions and lectures at the Academy, have
bers are a ml.te I'b a y sub'led to the reg ulatio ns of the institution, and receive
'ght to use I s I ra r ,
. '1
f t kh Id
h
a rt d . ' f 'c k t They have all the prtVI eges a s oc a ers except t e right
an vote.
a mlSsC,ohnec ks may
e. be sent to Henry C. Gibson, Treasurer, at the Academy.
to
FORM OF BEQUEST
d ' and bequeath to "The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts"
I ·
give, eVlSe
............ , . Dollars, in trust to invest and keep invested
~~i~~pi; th~'i'n~~;';~ 'only to the maintenance of the said Academy.
T HE FELLOWSHIP OF
THE PENNSYL VANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
The Object of the Fellowship is to foster a spirit of fraternity among the former
and present students of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fi.ne Arts in th.e interests
of Art. In addition to its many other activities the Fellowship also functions somewhat as an Alumni, through its members establ ishing a continuing link with the
Academy when they no longer study there . •
To Becom.. a Member of the Fellows hip it i.i..Lle&.Eilla.rV only to fi ll in the aHached
Applicat.t.,.,.-Bta-nlr"a-nd' mal, 0 send, it to tbe Fellowship.
Dues for Resident Members are Four Dollars a year, and for Non-Resident Members (living more than fifty miles from Philade lph ia) Two Dollars a year. Life
Membership, Fifty Dollars. Bills for dues will be rendered by mail when due.
The Activities of the Fellowship include an Annual Exhibition of the works 'of
members, a series of Even ing Talks in the Ac ademy Lecture Room on subjects of
interest to Art Workers, and a variety of G et-Acquainted Gatherings, Dances,
Group Outings, etc., to which admittance is free and of which advance notices
are sent by mail to all members.
If you have been, or are, a stude nt at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
A!ts .yo.u ar~ c.ordially invited t o becom e a me mber of the Fellowship and to join
With It In bu.,ldtn 9 up and prese rvi ng a unite d spirit of true fellowship in the interest
of Art and In association with your old Acad emy.
·-----I-- --------------------- ~ --APP LI CATION FOR MEMBERSHIP IN
The Fellowship of
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Year of Studlntship
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