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The function of the Academ y as one of the greatest American galleries
pr~sents the 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 ma intenance
of one of the most eminently renowned schools, winter and summer,
fulfills
its
original
pledge
in
providing
foundation and esthetic background.
formation
students
with
their
technical
This circular contains detailed in-
relative to the Winter School in
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY
OF THE FINE ARTS
BROAD AND CHERRY STREETS , PHILADELPHIA , PA .
THE OLDEST FINE ARTS SCHOOL IN AMERICA : 1806
DRAWING
: PA INTING
WINTER
: SCULPTURE
SCHOOL
: ILLUSTRATION
CIRCULAR
: MURAL DECORATION
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1942-1943
OFFICERS
President
ALFRED G. B. STEEL
Treasurer
HENRY C. GIBSON
Directors
JOSEPH E. WIDENER
Vice- President
HENRY S. DRINKER, Jr.
Secreta ry
JOSEPH T. FRASER, Jr.
Solicitor
MAU RICE B. SAUL
HISTORY
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Ads 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 Philadelphia
a school for the fine arts. It was forma lly founded in 1805, and chartered
in 1806.
Mr. Peale's first efforts resulted in the formation in 1794 of
HENRY S. DRINKER, Jr.
Curator 01 Schools
the Columbianum, and in 1795 under the auspices of that Association
HENRY C. GIBSON
HENRY HOTZ, Jr.
there
MARSHALL S. MORGAN
JOHN F. LEWIS, Jr.
SYDNEY E. MARTIN
EDWIN O. LEWIS
WILLIAM CLARKE MASON
JOHN B. THAYER
SYDNEY L. WRIGHT
Committee on Instruction
HENRY C. GIBSON, Chairman
JOH N F. LEWIS, Jr.
EDWIN O. LEWIS
was
held
Independence
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 Academy.
In 1805, in Independence Hall, where twenty-n ine years earlier the fore-
JOHN B. THAHR
fathers had signed the Decla ration of Independence, seventy-one public
SYDNEY L. WRIGHT
spirited citizens, of whom forty-one were lawyers, met for formal organization.
They prepared a petition for the incorporation of the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts. The gathering was a distinguished one, and included George
Clymer, a signer of the Declaration of Independence; Joseph Hopkinson,
the author of "Hail Columbia"; William Tilghman , President of the Court of
Common Pleas, and afterwards Chief Justice of Pennsylvania; Charles Willson
Peale, William Rush and Rembrandt Peale, artists; Alexander J. Da llas, District
Attorney of the United States; Joseph B. McKean , Attorney General of the
Commonwea lth; William
Lewis,
William
M. Meredith , William
Rawle,
Horace Binney, Simon Gratz, John Reynell Coates, Richard Rush, Charles
Biddle, John Redman Coxe and Edward Penington. The 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
correct and elegant copies from works of the first Masters in Sculpture and Painting, and
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.
by thus facilitating the access to such Standards, and also by occasionally conferring mod-
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erate 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 McCARTER ,
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. M' d If 0 ecoration and Color Panama·Pacl Ie x I dlon, an ranclsco, 1915' Philade l h" a
Second Gold Ph~1 ad lorh'a Art Week 1925' joseph Pennell Gold Medal, 1930; Gold Medal Art CPI 'b
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First Award
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1936' Temple Medal 1939, Fell owship Pennsy vania A ca emy of the Fine Arts G Id
of Prll a e p la"
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Model, 19~1.
Insfructor in Understanding of Art and of Modern Painting.
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PINNACLE
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JERSEY SHORE
DANIEL GARBER
Born i~ North Manchester , .Indiana, in 1880. Stud ied in the Art Academ y of Cincinnati, and in The Penn sylvania Academ.v o f the Fln~ Arts: Awarded: First Hal lgarten Pr ize, Na tional Academy of Design, 1909;
Honorable Mentio n, .Carnegle In stitute, 1910; 4th W. A . C la rke Prize a nd Honorable Me ntion , Corcoran
Gallery of Art, Wash i ngton, D_ C" 1910; Honorable Mention, A rt Club of Philadelphia 1910; Bronze Medal
Int erna t ional Expos ition, Buenos Aires, 1910; Walter Lippincott Prize, The Pennsylvania 'Aco!Idemy of the Fi n ~
Arts 1911; Potter Palmer Gold Medal, Art Institute of Chicago, 1911; 2nd W, A, Clarke Prize and Silver
Medal , Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C ., 1912; 2nd Altman Prize for Figure Painting, Nation lll
Acade my of Design, New York City, 19 15; Gold Medal , Panama·Pacific International Exposition, San
Francisco, 1915; Shaw Prize, Sa lmag undi Club, New York City, 1916 ; Harrison S. Morris Prize, Newport,
Rhode Is lan d, 1916; 1st Altma n Prize for Figure Painting, Nati on al Academy of Design, New York City,
1917; Edward T. Stotesbury Prize, The Pennsy lvo!l nia Academy of the Fin e Arts , 1918; Temple Gold Medal,
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts , 1919; First W . A. Clarke Pri ze a nd Gold Medal, Corcoran
Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., 1921; First A ltman Prize for La ndscape, Na tional Academy of Design,
New York City, 1922; G old Meda l, A rt Club of Phi ladelphia, 1923; Carnegie Prize, National Academy of
Design, New York City, 1923; Th ird Prize, Carnegie Institu te, International, 1925; The Academy Gold Medal
of Honor Th e Pennsy lvania Acade my of the Fi ne Arts , 1929; The Jen nie Sesnan Gold Medal, The Pennsyl·
vania Aca demy of the Fine Arts , 1937. Member: Nationa l Ac:ademy of Des j~n, New.York City; N.at~onal
Arts Club, New York City; Salmagundi C lub. New York City. Instructor 10 DraWi ng and Prel iminary
Arts Club, New York City; Salmagundi Club, New York C ity,
Instructor in Drawing and Preliminary and Advanced Life Painting.
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ROY C. NUSE
Born in Springfield., Ohio, February 23)... 1885. Pupil of Duve neck , .Ci nc innat i A rt Academy, Pelln sylva!li ~
Academy of the Ftne Arts . (\wards: \.....resson ,European Sch~ l ars h t p , Penn sylvania Academy of the Fin e
Arts, 1917; Secon,d Cress,?n , Ftrst Toppan and First Thour? n Pri zes, Pe nn syl vania Academy of the Fi ne Art s.
1918 ; Medal, PhiladelphIa Sketch Club, lnt. Past PreS ide nt of th e Fe llow ship of i-'ellllsy lva lli a Acatlern~
of the Fine Arts.
Instruetor in Drawing an:l Preliminary Portrait Painting and He ad of the Coordinated Course of
the Aeademy of ihe Fine Arts with the University of PennSYlvania .
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AN TI AI RC RAFT GU NS
A QUIET VALLEY
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GEORGE HARDING} ~
Born in Philadelphia; st udi ed
In
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The Pe nnsy lva nia Academ
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with Howard Pyle and
independently ab road . Ill ustra to r an d auth o r of descriptive articles and fictio~al wo~k in Harp.er~ and
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other magaz ines. Travelled e xt en sive ly in the North , Austra lia, New Guinea and ASia. Commissioned
Capt ain of Eng ineers and a ss ig ned as art ist with t he Amer ican Expeditionary Forces in 1918.19)9. Mur~ 1
Deco rations in ban ks, hotels, hospi tals , U. S. Customs House Port of Philadelphia, North. Philadelphia
Post Office, U. S. Post Office Buil d ing , Was hingt o n, D. C ., Federal Bui lding W o rld's Fair, Edwar~ T.
Stotesbu ry Prize, 1938, Penn sylvania Aca dem y of t he Fin e Arts.
Me m ber: National Academy of Destgn.
,
Instructor in Illustration and tJlural Decoration .
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FRANCIS SPEIGHT
Born in Windsor, North Carol ine. IR9b. Studied in the Corcoran School of Art, Washington, O. C ., end
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Awards : Cresson Foreign Traveling Scholarships 1923
and 1925, The Pennsylvani<'J Academy of the Fine Arts; The Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts' Gold Medal, 1926; First Prize in Landscape Society of Wash ington Artists, 1929; The
Fellowship of The Pen nsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Prize, 1930 First Hallgarten Prize, National
Academy of Design, 1930; M. Y. Koh ns tamm Prize, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1930; Landscape Prize,
Connecricut Academy of Fine Arts, 1932: Third W. A. Clarke Prize and Bronze Medal, Corcoran Gallery
of Art, Washington, D. C., 1937; Gold Med.I, Philadelphi. Sketch Club, 193B; The Jennie Sesnan Gold
Medal, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fi ne Arts, 1940 ; The Academy Fellowship Prize, 1940.
Member: National A cademy of Design, New York City.
Instrudor in Drawing and Painting .
SCHUYLKILL VALLEY TOWN
GROUP FOR MEMOR IAL BUILDING, ST. LOUIS, MO .
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WALKER HANCOCK
Born in St. Louis, 1901. Stud ied in the St. Lou is School of Fi ne Arts and The Pennsy lvania Academy of the
Fine Arts . Awards: Second Pr iz e, St. Louis Art League Competition, 1916; Edmund Stewardson Prize,
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts , 1921; Em ~en Cresson Foreign Traveling Scholarship, 1922 and 1923;
Widener Memorial Gold Medal, Pennsylvania Acad emy of the Fine Arts , 1925; Fellowship Prize, 1932;
Helen Foster Barnett Prize, Nati ona l Academy of Des ign, 1935. Awarded Fellowship in the American
Academy in Rome, 1925. Member : Arch itec tural League of New York. The Fe llowship of The Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts; National Scu lpt ure Society; Nat ional Academy of Design; National Institute of
Arts and Letters .
Instructor in Sculpture.
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HARRY ROSIN
8 o r~ in Philadelphi a, December ,21 , 1897. Stud ied in The Pennsy l y~nia Academy of the Fi ne Arts and in
Paris. Awarded: Stewards~n Pr.-ze for Sculpture; Cresson Travelling Scholarship, 1926; Wide ner Gold
Medal, 1939; P. A. Fellowship Pnl~. 1941. ~el?rest:: nted: by work f?~ the French Governme nt on the island
of Gua?alo~pe, Fre,nch We~t Ind!es; a budd ln g ,ln Papeet.e. Ta,hth, South Seas; The Samuels Memor ial,
Schuylkill Ri ver, Philadelphia; Private and Public Collections
Philadelphi • .
In
Londo n, Paris, Ta hiti, New York and
Instructor in Construction.
BATHER
THE DOCTOR IN W AR
FROM THE CIBA COLLECTION
JAMES CHAPIN
Born in West Orange, New Jersey. Studied..,t Cooper U nion, New York, Art Students League, New York,
and Royal Academy of A nt werp, Belgium . Aw~rds: First prize for drawing, A ntwe rp Royol Academ.y.
1912: Logan prize for portraiture, Chicago A rt Institute, 1927; Temple Gold Meda l, The Pennsylvania
Ac aderny of the Fine Arts , 1928.
Instructor in Advanc.ed Portrait and Advanc.ed Composition.
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FACULTY
AUGMENTING THE
HENRY C. GIBSON
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Ch a"rman of the Committ•• on Instruction of the Board of Directors.
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JOHN F. HARBESON, B.S. and M.S. in Architectu.re
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30 1888. Studied in the University of Pennsyl va nia. Rece ived B.S. 1910, lind
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Born In Pholadelp I·· u M 'd I' Des'lgn 1910' M SA 1911' Cope Prize [Phil.delphi. Chapter A , I. A.
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1913 A t'd ct Associate of Paul P. eret. M embe r American Institute of Architects,
and T Square Club)., A'
t~~al' Design School of Fine Arts University of Pennsylvania ; Author of
Ass istant Professor " n t rc I' Dec.
"Pencil' Points Press N . Y. 1926; Instruct or in Perspective end ArchiI
.
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"The Study of Arch.tee ura
eSlgn,
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" Th e Study of Architectural Design," Pencil POints Press, N. Y., 1926.
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WILL IAM M. CAMPBELL, B.S. and M.S. in Architecture
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Ph'lladelphia 1887' studied in the University of Pe nnsyl va nia, B.S. in Arts, 1912.
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Born In erman own,
t or ',n Elements of Architectu re in the School of Fi ne Arts, U niversI ty a
ennB.S. ,In Arts; R.A . I
ns t
rue
sylvania .
Assistant Instru ctor in Perspective .
PH ILI P ALIANO
Born in Corleto Perticara, Ita/y.
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HE Faculty constitutes the greatest single asset of the Academy's Schools.
Many other factors, however, contribute to the strength of the present
institution. Its strategic location, Galleries, Library and Print Collection, the
Coordinated Course with the University of Pennsylvania, the Ameri can
Academy in Rome Collaborative problem and the many scholarship advantages will be briefly outlined below . (See "Scholarships and Prizes" for
details under that head.)
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Instructor .In Perspec t·Ive an d Architectural Adviser in the Sculpture Class In Composition.
Studied drawing and modeling at Th e Spring Garde n Inst itute and
modeling at Drexel Institute. Received Honorable Mentions.
Foreman in charge of stone, marble and granite for different studios; al so stone yard.
GENERAL AND SPECIFIC ADVANTAGES
Chairman of H:e
Architectural Sculptors and Carvers Association of Philadelphia and Vicinity.
Instructor in Sto ne Cutting _
EDMOND J. FARRIS, B.A., Ph.D.
Born in Buffalo, New York. Associate in Anatomy, In Charge of Operations of The W istar Institute ot
Anatomy and Biology. Author, "Art Students ' Anat omy " (Lippincott), "Anatomy and Physiology. Labora-
tory Guide" (Lippincott),
In st ruc tor in Anatom y.
GEORGE SIMPSON KOYL, M.S. in Arch.
Dean of t he School of Fine Arts of th e University of Pennsylvania representin9 the University in the
Coordinate d Course.
DOROTHY A. JONES, A.B.
Librarian
BERTHA von MOSCHZISKER
LOCATION. The Academy building is located in the heart of Philadelphia
within one block of City Hal l 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 ha ll of importance in the city. Considering Phi ladelphia'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 in spiration for art and living.
ACADEMY GALLERIES. The Academ y's Permanent Collection of t'aintings and Sculpture affords an opportunity for the study of examples of famous
masters, a nd incl udes the Gallery of National Portraiture by Early American
Pai nte rs; the Temple Collection of Modern American Paintings; The Gibson
Co llection, 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 Thirty-eighth , bring together the best examples of
current American painting and sculpture, and enable students to follow intelligently the various movements of contemporary art, and to study the technical
methods by which the art of today is achieving its results. These exhibitions
have been recognized for many years as being t he foremost in America.
Curato r of Pr ints
SPECIAL LECTURES
A speciol group o f lectures will be arranged throughou t the entire winter sesSion covering
topics of broad interest.
The lecturers are each spec ialists upon their separate topics and the fo ll ow ing is a partial list
of the subjects as planned : the craftsmansh ip and technique and the chemistry and physics
of fine arts painting; slow motion pictures of the life figure in a ction ; exhibi ti o n of contemporary illustrations and talks by outside artists; a short histo ry 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 o f the many avenues
of .ctivity with which he must cope when the period o f hi s school study is past.
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The Wate r Color Ex hibition and the Exhibiti on of Modern Miniatu res, are
held in the Fall of each year. The exhibition of work of students submitted
in competition for Cresson European Travel ling Scholarships and other prizes
is held at the end of May . Other special exhibitions continually change the
aspect of the Galleries throughout the Win ter season .
A student ticket entitles the holder, during attendance at the Academy, to
free admission to the Gal leries , Special Exhibi tions, Lectures, and to the use
of the Librory lind Print Collection.
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INSTRUCTION
LIBRARY. An excellent reference library is availabl~ ~o all re.gist:red
students at specified times. A valuable extension of this library. eXISts In a
splendid collection of books, easy of acces~ to the s~uden.ts, which may be
taken to the class rooms for intimate study In connection with the class room
work.
PRINT COLLECTION. The Academy is the owner of one of the largest
and most valuable print collections in the United States, with a total aggre·
gate in all collections of 67,000 prints .
COORDINATED COURSE. The Un iversiiy of Pennsylvania offers its degrees
of Bachelor and Master of Fine Arts to students of Pa inting , Sculpture, Mural
Decoration, or Illustration, who have completed a course of academic study in
the University and prescribed technica l work in the Schools of The Pen nsylvan ia
Academy of the Fine Arts.
The minimum time spent in the Coordinated C ourse by any student, not counting those with advC!nce credit, is five years, during which time fifty-eight (58)
semester credits must be completed in required academic courses at the University and technical work throughout that complete period at the Academy.
CREDITS TOWARD BACHELOR DEGREE
CREDITS TOWARD MASTER DEGREE
Semesler
Credils
I. Prescribed Work, 5 1 Semesler
Credits
(a I History of Art
(b) English
(cl Modern Language
(d) General History
(el A Science .
(I) Psychology .
(g I Aesthetics
.
II. Eleelive Subiects .
Total Semesler Credits
12
12
6
6
6
6
3
Academy (Technicall
Universily: History of Pain t ing
El ectives .
Total Semester Credits
Semester
Credits
36
4
8
48
7
58
Advanced standing for academic work up to 22 semeste r credits may be
allowed by the University. For previous technical study of the Fine Arts the
Academy may allow credit up to two full yea rs. (This does not apply to the
terms of the Cresson Competition.)
The technical work of the student is judged each term by the C ommittee on
the Coordinated Courses. Reports are rendered each term. In the academic
courses the sta nding is reported each term by the University.
The students in these courses share all privileges extended to the student-body
of each institution and are also subject to the regulations im posed.
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 of instruction is by individual criticism of class work .
~ithout the repressing effect of fixed methods. The purpose of this training
IS to develop the students' natural abilities, to enable them to acquire technique.
and to stimulate their sense of beauty. The various classifications of study are
closely all ied and students in one department are privileged to work in the other
departments by arrangement with the Curator. This entails no additional fee .
ATIENDANCE. 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 activel y participate in a schedule which can completely fill
six or seven day hours six days of every school week plus three additional
evening hours on five of those days_
SCHEDULE OF CLASSES. All new students, except those who enter the
Sculpture Classes, are requ ired to work on trial in either the Antique Cast
Head or Antique Cast Figure drawing classes. Students who present evidence
of work accomplished in accredited art schools may, upon consultation with
the curator, be admitted into more advanced classes immediately.
DRAWING. These classes are maintained primarily to provide a ground
work in drawing which ma y be developed later in the Painting and IIlustra·
tion C lasses . Working in monochrome (generally black and white) from the
plaster cast, both head and figure with unchanging light, provides the
beginner with 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,
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Francis SpeIght
Roy C. Nuse
Harry Rosin
Roy C. Nus.
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D.niel Garbe,
Fr.ncis Speight
Roy C. Nus.
H.rry Rosin
Roy C. Nuse
Henry McC.rter
Francis Speight
Antique Cast (Head)
Co nstruction (Life Model Proportions I
Sketch (C ostumed Mode l)
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Second Antique Classes,
Antique cast (Figu re)
C o nstruction
Sketch (Costumed Model)
Under;t.nding of Art
Still Life
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IllUSTRATIO.N. The purpose of the Illustration classes is to provide
the student with such practical instruction in Drawing C
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' ompoSI lon, an
Interpretation as will enable him to enter the profess'
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lona Ie 0 magazine and book illustrating.
PAINTI NG. 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 upoh compositional understanding and
sound technical facility.
Preliminary Classes.
Da niel Garber
Life
Pre liminary Classeo,
Roy C. Nuse
Portrait
Francis Speight
Still Life
James Chapin
Composition
Roy C. Nuse
Costumed Ske tch and C ro quis
· Harry Rosin
Construction
Henry McCorter
Understanding of Art .
. John Harbeson
Perspective
Dr. Edmond J. Farris
Anatomy
Illuslration Composition
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Life .
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Costumed
M odel
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Costumed Sketch and Croquis
Construction
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G eorge Ha rd ing
Francis Speight
George Harding
Roy C. Nuse
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. Harry Rosin
Understanding of Art
Henry McCarter
Perspective
. John Ha rbeson
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Anatomy
Dr. Edmond J. Farris
Advanced Classes.
Advanced Life
Daniel Garber
Advanced Portrai t
James Chapin
Advanced Composition
James Chapin
Costumed Sketch and Croquis
Construction
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Advance d Classe s,
Advan ced Composition and Professi on al Pra ctice
George Harding
Roy C. Nuse
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· Harry Rosin
Understanding of Art .
Henry McCarter
Landscape .
. Francis Speight
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MU RAl DECORATION. The chief purpose of this class is to train
advanced students in solving the architectural problems of decoration
SCULPTURE.
This department introduces its students to and trains
based upon a sound compositional knowledge, and apprecia tion of scale.
t ech nically in modelling and its application. Special emphasis is placed
The actual mechanics which this branch of the Fine Arts involves are
upon Sculpture as allied to its sister arts, Painting and Architecture.
thoroughly studied so that the various painting techniques employed in
Life.
Walker Hancock
Head
Walker Hancod
Composition
Walker Hancod
Stone Cutting
Philip Aliano
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Perspective
John Harbeso n
Croquis (Sketching from Life, Acti on Poses )
Construction
Anatomy
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the mural expression may be understood and acquired.
Dan iel Garber
Life.
Roy C. Nuse
Costumed Sketch and Croquis
· Harry Rosin
Construction
Dr. Edm ond J. Farris
George Hard ing
Mural Composition and Technical Resea rch
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. Harry Rosin
.
U ndersta ndi ng of Art
Roy C . Nuse
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Henry McCarter
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EVENING CLASSES. The evening classes are planned for those students
whose activities or livelihood do not permit them to attend the day
session. Students admitted under this head are not eligible to compete
for prizes or scholarships . The fees are set at a reasonable figure so that
many may enjoy the privilege of Drawing, Painting, or Modelling in the
life classes. See "Fees" for details. All day students are entitled to work
in the evening classes without ext ra fee. Schedule follows on p. 20.
Attendance upon the classes on Understanding of Art an d C omposl't"Ion IS
not compulsory but students are particularly urged to attend all through their
Acade~y experience. Composition studies and finished work will be registered
according to posted regulations.
Perspective drawing is a two-term (one-winter) course and is compulsory of satisfactory completion before any student may compete for a Cresson Traveling
Drawing .nd Etching
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Daniel Garber
all students taking the Coordinated Course with the University of Pennsy lvania.
Painting,
Life
Scholarship, or receive the award of a Collaborative Scholarship, and also upon
Daniel Garber
Francis Speight
Every student is urged to get credit for this course in his first or second year.
The life model poses five evenings every week and the Costumed Sketch
model every Tuesday evening.
Anatomy lectures are not compulsory but every student is advised to attend
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regularly for at least two terms (one winter).
PROMOTION. Application for promotion from the First Antique Cast Drawing
Walker Hancock
Walker Hancock
section to the Second Antique Cast Drawing section and subsequently into
Painting or Illustration may be made at any stated monthly meeting of the
Li fe models pose on Tuesday and Thursday evenings . Head models pose
Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings.
Faculty. A group of Drawi ngs or Paintings, one each from all branches of
classes attended, is placed for judgment with the application.
Each work
submitted must have the approval of the In structor of the class in which it is
PART TIME CLASSES. A courtesy part time registration 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 concretely express the genuine interest the Academy has in all
those who have studied here. (See Rates.)
made. If the Faculty finds the group of insufficient merit to warrant promotion the student may submit another group to the Faculty at any subsequent
meeting.
Admission to the Advanced Head and Advanced Life Pa inting
classes is also by action of the Faculty upon the submission of one head or
life painting (respectively) accompanied by a line drawing made from the
REGISTRA liON OF WORK. Each student is required to register one example
of work, once each month, repre se nting effort in each of the classes listed under
the department in which he or she is enrolled. For example: the st ude nt in
Preliminary Painting registers one Life, Head, Construction, Costumed Sketch,
~om:osition and Still Life per month. The exceptions and special classes are
Iisteo below. The same work cannot be registered more than once. An
unbroken r~cord of registration is necessa ry for eligibility for competitions,
and IS required of a!l.students in the Coordinated Course. Written requests
for excuse upon legitimate grounds (illness, unavoidable absence , etc.) must
be addressed to the Curator for approval.
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life model as posed in the class. Work submitted needs no Instructor approval.
Admission to the Mural Decoration Class is arranged by conference 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 departmen t is
arranged by conference with Mr. Wa lke r Hancock and and the Curator.
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The American Acad emy in Rom e since 1894 has offered each year Fellowships
and residence and study in Rome. Due to war conditions, the Competition
this year was announced as offering a $1000.00 cash prize in each of these
divisions and with no stipulation as to the manner of its use.
The winner of this year in Sculpture, Elmore Cave , an example of whose work
is here represented, studied in the Academy's schools and received a first
and second Cresson Award in Sculpture in May 1939 and May 1940.
ELMORE CAVE
AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME SCULPTURE PRIZE 1942
An extra-curricular activity of the Winter of 1941-1942 was the participation
by a group of studen ts in the solving of a problem in camouflage. The program was dictated by, and the final model exhibited in an exhibition of camouflage held in the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia.
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COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM. It is the aim of the Academy's Schools to
approach the fine arts in the broadest sense. Toward that end and because
of the ideal coordination with the University of Pennsylvania, through its
School of Fine Arts, one of the most valuable features is the participation
through and with the Association of the Alumni of the American Academy
in Rome in their Collaborative Problem . This project engages students in
architecture, landscape architecture, mural decoration and sculpture. Teams
of four are formed, the latter two members from the Academy, in the study of
these, the four great art departments, toward a perfect whole . The Academy
deems the opportunities thus afforded so valuable that it offers tuition
scholarship prizes to those students whose teams place in the prize winning
groups in the Rome Academy's judgment. For particulars see Collaborative
Prizes under" Prizes and Scholarships."
SECOND PRIZE COLLABORATIVE TEAM
JACK WRIGHT. MURAL DECORATOR
WILLIAM D. SHAY . ARCHITECT
1941.42 COMPETITION
ROBERT SPURGEON , SCULPTOR
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HONOR ROLL
1942
Awards of May, 1942
CRESSON TRAVELING SCHOLARSHIPS
PAINTERS
GERALDINE I. FUNK
KATHERINE GALLAGHER
SAM U EL C . GHOLSON
JOH N HAN LEN
J EANN ETTE NEU M AN KOHN
MADEL EIN E ROBERTSON
ILLUSTRATORS
NORMAN BISHUSKY
* RI C HA RD LESSERA UX, Philadelphia, Pa .
MURAL DECORATORS
*JA NE HAYWARD
PHILLI P S. M ERRILL, JR.
SCULPTORS
JOHN PAUL HOPPE
THE CHARLES TOPPAN PRIZES
1st Prize
CHARLES K. REDFERN
2nd Prize
JOHN H . WRIGHT
HONORABLE MENTION
WALTER DODD CONDIT
ROB ERT MORRIS HERVEY
JOHN HAN LEN
MARION FREEMAN HOLLAND
THE THOU RON PRIZES
HUGH WILEY
WINIFRED HAGGART
THE STEWARDSON PRIZE
JOHN PAUL H O PPE
THE STIMSON PRIZE
JOHN PAUL H OPPE
THE PACKARD PRIZES
JAMES J . PONTER
M ARION FREEMAN HOLLAND
THE RAMBORGER PRIZE
ELEANO R M. THORN
THE PERSPECTIVE PRIZE
LOU IS D. DAY , JR.
THE PRINT PRIZES
ROBERT MORRIS HERVEY
RA Y E. BURRIDGE
JOSEPH J. STEFANELLI
PAUL LORE
THE ANATOMY PRIZES
JAMES J. PONTER
PETER COLA PRETE
JOHN W. SIMMS
DEGREES AWARDED BY UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA TO STUDENTS IN THE
COORDINATED COURSES
B. F. A .
MA RY KATHE RIN E DE MASS
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GERA LDINE I. FUNK
PH YLIS RESNICK
ESTELLE J. CHAPMAN
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MORRIS HERVEY
LOUIS D. DAY, JR.
M . F. A .
JOHN HE RITAG E WRIG HT
MARY MONAGHAN SOSNA
CHARLES K. REDF ER N
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FI RST TOPPAN PRIZE 1942
C RE SSO N SCHOLAR IN PAINTING 1941
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JOHN HAN LEN
CRESSON SCHOLAR
IN PAINTING 1942
KATHERINE GALLAGHER
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN PAINTING 1942
HONORABLE MENTlON CRESSON COMPET ITI O N 1941
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CRESSON SCHOLAR IN MURAL DECORATION 1942
JOHN PAUL HOPPE
TH E ST EWA RDSON PRIZE 1942
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NORMAN BISHUSKY
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN ILLUSTRA110N 1942
MADELEINE ROBERTSON
CRESSON SCHOLAR
IN PAINTING 1942
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CRESSON SCHOLAR IN PAINTING 1942
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SAMUEL C. GHOL50N
CRESSON SCHOLAR
IN PAINTING 1942
JOHN PAUL HOPPE
THE STIMSON PRIZE 1941
CRESSO N SCHOLAR IN SCULPTURE 1942
THE ST EWAR DSON PRIZE 1942
JANE H AYWARD
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN IL LUSTRATIO N 1940
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CRESSON SCHOLAR IN MURAL PAINTING 1942
HONORABLE MENTION-C RESSON COMPETITION 1941
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CRESSON SCHOLAR IN ILLUSTRATION 1941
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN ILLUSTRATION 1942
CRESSON SCHOLAR IN PAINTING 1942
SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES
FREE TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS. Free tuition scholarships ar~ available to
. g students whose financial obligations have been met In full , for at
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least two terms. These scholarships are so Ie Iy f or t h e purpos.e 0 f f'lnanCla
. t'ng those who would otherwise be unable to pursue their study of art.
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Nineteen
full free tuition scholarships an d seven h a If tUI't'Ion sc h 0 Iars h'IpS were
awarded in May, 1942, for the Winter School year 1942-43.
A ma'or number of these are given each year by George D. Widener in memory o~ his father and mother, George D. Widener and Mrs. f>:lexan~er Hamilton
Rice. Others are made available throug h bequests of various friends of the
Academy to be used for scholarship a !d : The Lo ui s~ H ~rriso n Memorial
Scholarships given by Thomas S. ~arrlSon In memory o! hi s wife; Th.e Mary R.
Burton Scholarship; The Sarah Kalghn Cooper Memorial Scholarsh ip through
the generosity of Mrs. George K. Johnson; and the Ellzabelh H. Thomas
Memorial Scholarship.
Application may be made in the Spring of eac h year. Th ese scholarsh ips are
awarded by the Board of Directors upon the recommenda [ion of the Committee on Instruction and the Faculty. Applicants must fill in a prepared form
and submit it together with not more than four examples of their work to the
Curator before the stated meeting of the Fa culty for May, 1943 . These
applications must be accompanied by a letter addressed to the Committee on
Instruction stating the necessity for requesting free tuition.
At the discretion of the management, and at times when there is a particular
demand for such help, certain of these scho larsh ips may be granted as half
schola rsh ips.
THE WILLIAM EMLEN CRESSON MEMORIAL
TRAVELING SCHOLARSHIPS
By the liberal provisions of the wills of Emlen Cresson and Priscilla P., his wife, a Fund has
been created as a memo,ial to their deceased son, William Emlen C,esson, Academician,
the income of which is to be applied by The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in
sending pupils of merit to Europe. Thes e scholarships shall be awaraed under such rules
and regulations as shal! be adopted from time to time by The Board of Directors of The
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
The award of a Cresson Traveling Scholarship credits each st udent with
$1 100.00; $900.00 of w~i~h is to be used for a Summer of travel and traveling
~xpens~s, and the remaining $200.00 pays for tuition in the ens uing two terms
Immediately following at the Academy.
An award i~ not to be regarde.d .as a certificate of proficiency. The winners
should co.nslder .rather, tha.t their Industry and promise have won for them the
opportu~lty
.lntroduce Into their period of schoo ling this inspirational and
broadening Incident. Each. recipient is required to return to the Academy
for further study and the financial arrangement is thus planned to insure this
program.
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The awards are divided among all departments of study and are allotted a s to
sftandard of work as one factor, and the number of contesta nts proportionally
rom each department as the other factor.
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competition .
In .the case of exceptional merit and when a very decided improvement is
eVident a student may, through the same authority, receive the award a second
time. C.o mpetiti ~n for a second scholarship must be entered during the year
succeeding the first award, unless otherwise ruled or a satisfactory excuse be
accepted by the Committee on Instruction.
~ULES GOVERNING THE CRESSON 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
thei r credit, which must have been accumulated within five (5) years of the date
of competition . 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 fulfilled) in the aggregate of the first 64 weeks.
Every student must have a complete and unbroken registration record over
the time included in computing eligibility (see "Registration of Work"). They
must also have completed satisfactorily their work in Perspective (two terms).
Delinquencies due to absence for illness or other causes must be satisfactorily
ex pl ained in writing to the Curator for excuse and all financial obligations
must be fully paid.
All students entering the competition are required to procure an application
for permission to compete at the Curator 's Office before the 15th day
of March.
All work submitted in competition must be that which has been done in the
Acad emy classes o r for Academy registration and has received criticism from
a member or members of the Faculty. It must also be work completed within
the last 32 weeks of the Winter School or in the Summer Session immediately
preced ing. Either the stamp from monthly registration or one by special
arrangement at the Curator's office must be upon each work exhibited.
All competitors are unrestricted as to the amount and variety of work they
sub mit in the competition groups, provided they do not exceed the space
allotted to them, but each Painter's group must include a landscape.
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Paintings, Drawings, and Illustrations exhibited in the Painting o r Illustration
groups must not exceed 36 inches in either dimension, and must be exhibited
unframed and unglazed. If tape is used to trim unsightly edges of canvases it
may be used to give order rather than enhance and must not encroach upon
the face of the canvas.
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e eman or we. -tralne~ Mural Decorators and Sculptors ac uainted with
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paral r y o. enhcour~ge talented students toward competent and thorough
knowe d ge In t ese fields.
A change from the European travel stipulation has been granted for the duration of the war by a special decree of the Orphans Court, dated April 26th,
1940. Winners in the competition of May, 1943 will be required to use the
traveling money for travel or study in the Western Hem isphere on schedules
and itineraries checked and approved by the Academy, unless in the judgment
of the Academy traveling conditions in Europe are desirable 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 wirhin six weeks of the
completion of the travel period .
Two tehms ,?f free tuiti?n in the Winter School are, therefore, to be awarded
to eac. painter or paln.ter~ and sculptor or sculptors whose team or teams
place first, .second or. third In the Association of the Alumni of the American
Academ~ In Rome ludgme.nt; p;ovi?ed, ~hat in the acceptance of such
scholars~lp, the students will malor In their respective departments (Mural
D.ecorahon an? Sculpture), and shall use this tuition credit in the school year
directly following after that of the award.
In the event that in the judgment of the Academy conditions for European
travel are desirable and safe, each student awarded a First Cresson Traveling
Scholarship must leave for Europe on or before June 15th of the year of award;
otherwise the scholarship is revoked. A period of at least 90 days in Europe
mus~ be ~ccounte.d for in the financial and itinerary report which is required
for fdlng In the office of the Curator before the first day of November following
the award. Ea~h. student a;,arded a Second Cresson Traveling Scholarship is
granted the privilege of uSing the credit for travel ($900.00) any time within
tW? 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 financia l and. itinerary report covering the period of at least 90 days in Eu rope is
also obligatory upon them and must be filed at the Curator's office within six
weeks of their return to America.
THE LEWIS S. WARE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP. The Lewis S. Ware
Memorial Schol~rship, in acc,?rd.ance with the will of the Testator, provides a
European Traveling Scholarship In amount and regulations similar to those of
Cresson Scholarships of that year.
This .scholarship will be availabl~ at intervals of possibly three or four yea rs
and IS to be awarded when available by the President with the advice of the
Faculty t? a student of outstanding merit who is not receiving a Cresso n
Scholarship that year. This Scholarship was last awarded in May, 1938.
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T.HE C~ARLES TOPPAN PRIZES. The Charles Toppan Prizes for 1943 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.
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The prizes are awarded only to students who have previously received and
used a C resso n Scholarship. Competitors 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 Travel ing Scholarship are required to
register certain work each month, and will arrange individually with the Curator
fo r the requirements in the respective departments of Painting, Illustration,
Sculpture and Mural Decoration.
Any student having received one Toppan prize is debarred from receiving
another Toppan prize of the same or lower value.
The wo rk submitted in competition must be an original painting, in oil, tempera or water color, the un a ided work of the student without criticism. The
subject for the paintings to be submitted will be announced Friday, November
13, 1942. All work in competit ion must be submitted without signature by
Saturday, May 8, 1943 , 12 o'clock noon. No student may submit more than
one example. Work submitted must not measure less than twelve Inches nor
more than thirty-six inches in either dimension, and must not be framed or
presented under glass, though paintings upon paper may be matted.
Canvases are numbered by the Curator, and a memoran~um .of the numbers
and competitors' names is kept in a sealed envelope which .IS opened after
the prize-winning canvases have been selected by the Co~mlttee on I~struc
tion. According to the positively express.ed te~ms of the gift, the drawing of
the work submitted will receive first consideratIOn.
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no a,:"ard is made, the amount of :h~ prize may, at the discretion of the Board
of Dlrect.ors, be added to the pnnclpal of the prize fund ' or distributed with
future prizes.
THE THOU RON PRIZES. These awar?~ were founded by the late Henry J.
T~~ clay ~odels o~ered in competit.ion must be kept standing in good con.
Thouron, a former Instructor in Composltlon.
dltlon until otherwise ordered and figures cast by the Academy become its
property.
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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 ~aculty, the seco nd
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 men·
tions if, in its opinion, the work submitted is not of sufficient merit to justify
making the awards .
THE EDMUND STEWARDSON PRIZE. The Edmund Stewardso n Prize of One
Hundred Dollars in the De partment of Sculpture will be awarded for the 43rd
time at the close of the school yea r.
This is an annual prize, competed for by present students of the Academy
with such pupils of othe r art sc hoo ls as may be approved by the Co mmittee
on Instruction.
The subject for the competitio n is a full -length figure from Life in the round.
Studies must not be less than two fe e t six inches in height, and not more than
three feet in height, and must be made within eighteen hours, during three
consecutive days, in six sessions of t hree ho urs each.
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No one except the competitors are admitted to the competit ion room at any
time during the days of the competition, and no one except the members o f
the Jury are present during the judging of the studies.
Each competitor draws a number by lot. This number determines the com·
petitor's position in t he competition room and a corresponding number is
placed upon an envelope which contains the competitor's name and is
deposited sealed, with the Secretary of the Academy . Upon completion of
the work the competitor places a corresponding number upon the study to be
submitted to the Jury of Award.
The Jury of ~ward consists of three professional sculptors, having no official
connection ':"Ith the Academy, or any other schools whose pupils may have
taken part In the competition. When the successful number ha~ been announced by the ch~i~man 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
sahsfactory to the Jury, the prIZe may, at their discretion, be withheld. When
The Jury of Award judging the competition held during the second term of
the school year 1941-42 consisted of Donald DeLue , Bruce Moore and
George Snowden.
THE STIMSON PRIZE. This prize was established in memory of Emma Burnham Stimson and wa s created for th e award each year of a prize in sculpture
of $ 100.00 for the best work done by the stud ents in regular course of the
class.
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 Cla sses at the Chester Springs Country School will be counted
up to two of the three terms.
The sub ject for competition is a full-length figure from life, in the round, not
less than two feet six inches in height, and must be made during class hours
as a part of the regular work in the class .
The work must be submitted anon ymo usly to a jury appointed by the Com·
mittee on Instruction of the Board of Directors. Th e Jury mu st not include any
instructor in the School.
Th e Jury is not.oblig.ed to award .prizes or ~onor~bl~ mentions if, in its opinion ,
the work submitted IS not of suffiCient merit to lustlfy making the awards.
The Jury of Award judging the competition held during the first term of the
school year 1941-42 consisted of Ulric Ell erhusen, Charles Rudy and Sidney
Waugh.
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., f~r many years
chairman of the Academy's Committee on Instrudi on, annual fm.e~ of $30.?0
and $20.00 are awarded for the best and second best groups o. onglnal studies
made from living animals in the Zoological Garden. These pmes are open t'l
all students of the Academy who have reg istered for both. te~m.s of the sch?o
year. A student having once received a prize becomes ineligible to receive
the same prize the second time.
The Committee on awards is not obliged to award priz~s. or honorable. m~n
tions if, in its opinion, the work submitted is not of suffiCient merit to lustlfy
making the awards.
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THE RAMBORGER PRIZE. From the income of a fund establishe~ by the
late William K. Ramborger, Esq., as a memorial to his sister, Aspasla Eckert
of the Academy, an ~nnual
Ram borger, who for some years wasb a student
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~ head from life by a pupil of the Academy who h~s not been under instruction over two years, but who has been registered In the A~ademy for both
terms of the current school year. Each competitor may s.ubmlt one unn:ounted
drawing on white paper 19 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 priz~s or ho n ~rable. m~n
tions if, in its opinion, the work submitted is not of sufficient merit to lustlfy
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 awar?s.) 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 second and third prize of $25.00 and
$15.00 respectively may also be awarded.
The Art Instructor in each school has the privilege of nominating two students
and the manner of the choosing of these two nominees is left entirely in the
hands of each individua l 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,
Broad and Cherry Streets, not later than May 10, 1943. It is preferable that
the individual student's work represent three different mediums and individual
pieces of 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 and home address of the competitor, name of the school in which
the student is working, and the signature of the Principa l of the school. Competitors must be regularly enrolled students of the schools from which they are
competi ng. Exhibits may be called for at the Academy two weeks after the
announcement of the awards.
The Faculty of the Academy will act as a Jury in awarding the Scholarship
and Prizes.
The purpose of making these awards is to stimulate interest in drawing and
the fine arts generally, to discover those who possess marked talents, and ';'0
offer them the advantages of study at the Academy . It is hoped that these
awa;ds and. the. stimulu~ t~ey .afford will lead to a cioser sympathy between the
art Instruction In the city s high schools and the work of the Academy itself.
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ADMISSION. A pplication blank, sent upon request must be filled in a t!
r~~urn ed to the Curator with letters of character reference, a doctor's c:rMlca:e of health, a full-Ie~gth s.napshot, and, on request, the applicant must
submit ex~mples of work In which the Faculty can find an apparent ability
and. promise a.n~ an. eVide.nt sincerity of purpose, before the student may
reg ister. Ad~ lsslon IS contingent up?n complet.e satisfaction to Faculty and
Manage;nent In ~ac~ and every particular and IS always subiect to the unrese rved right of dismissal. No student is eligible unless at least sixteen years of
age and p.ossessed of a ~ompleted high school education or its equivalent.
The C ommittee on Instruction reserves the right to limit the number of students
under any or all classifications.
FEES. Day School,
Tuition Fee per term . .
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$100.00
Matriculation Fee (paid only on entrance)
10.00
Locker and Library Fees per term
2.00
Total, First Term
Tuition Fee , All Subsequent Terms
Locker and Library Fees per term
$112.00
100.00
2.00
Total Fees, First Year
. . . . . . . . . $214.00
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
Total Fee per term . . . . .
$51.00
These fees do not include the cost of any materials.
Summer School, apply to the Curator for information.
PAYMENT REGULATIONS. All fees are payable in advance an~ no deduction is made for late registration or for absence and no refund IS made for
any reason whatsoever.
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Payment shall be made in cash or by check drawn to the or er 0
sylvania Academy of the Fine Arts for the exact amount .due.
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Tuition fees are payable in two equal instalments. The first payment s a
made on or before the date of registration and the .seco~d payment on or
before February Ist. Official credit or recommendatlon w~1 not t be grjn::ld
by the Academy either to a student or a former s:u~~nt w.h
no /om~oe th~
satisfied, in the opinion of the management, hiS mancla olga Ions
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GENERAL DATA
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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 Evening
schools only, and assumes no responsibility for stud,:nts .beyond the limits of
the school buildings. However, women students registe ring at the Academy
are granted the privilege of living in the dormitory syste'!l 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 accommo:Jations. For rates, etc., write to MIss Julia OWing at 1922 Race Street, Philade lphia.
Students are expected to know how to conduct themselves upon principles
of honor without specific rules.
CALENDAR. School year 1942-1943:
Reg istration
(on or after) September 14th.
First Term begins
. . . . . . . . . . . September 28th.
Private View of the Fortieth Annual Water Color Exhibition and
the Forty-First Annual Exhibition of Miniatures . . . October 24th.
Exh ibit ion open to the Public . . . October 25th thru November 29th.
First da y of Pose for Stimson Competition in Sculpture
Octobe r 26th .
Stimson Prize judgment and award
November 20th.
Thanksgiving Day holiday
.
November 26th.
December 21 st to Janua ry 4th.
Christmas holiday .
Regi stration for Second Term .
(on or after) January 18th.
Priva te view of The One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Annual Oil and
Scu lpture Exhibition
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. January 23rd.
January 24th thru February 28th.
Exhibition open to the Publ ic
Second Term begins
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February Ist.
Februa ry 22nd.
Was hington's Birthday holiday
Stewa rdson competition . . .
March 22nd, 23rd and 24th .
March 24th.
Stewardson Prize judgment and award
Easte r hol iday . . . . . . . .
April 23rd and 24th .
May 10th to 14th.
Placement of Cresson Competition exhibits
Judgment for Toppan Prizes . . . .
. . . May 10th.
Judgm~nt for Cresson Scholarships, Thouron, Packard, Ramborger
pmes
. . . . . . . . . . .
May 18th.
Exe:c! s~s in Gallery F for,the award of year prizes
May 19th.
Exhibition of Competitors work .
. . . . May 20th to J une 6th.
Last day of Winter School
. . . . . . . . . . May 22nd .
No models are engaged to pose or criticism given for the last week of the
Second Term except by special arrangement.
Summer School . . . '. . (apply to Curator of School for information)
Day classes are held from nine to twelve and from one to four o'clock six
days per week. Evening classes are held from seven to ten o'clock from
Monday to Friday, inclusive . All exceptions are noted in the Calendar above.
emergency. Messages will be recorded and placed in the stude nt's mail boxes.
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The management of the school reserves the right, at any time and without
advance notice, to reiect or d ismiss any student without recourse, for any
reason which may seem sufficient in the opinion of the management, and
without assigning any reason.
Students will not be called from the cla ssrooms to answer persona l or telephone calls except when , in the opinion of the Curator, th ere is an extreme
The Academy assumes no responsibility concern ing the prope rty of students
whether by loss or damage. A large steel locker, fi tted wit h 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 students. These suppl ies may be purchased at the school store at reasonable prices.
A lunch room and kitchen are provided for t he use of those students who
prefer to prepare their lunches and suppers at the school . No food is on
sale in the Academy Buildings.
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Visitors are admitted to the school between the hours of 4:00 and 5:00 P. M.
The Academy claims the right to reproduce and retain , temporari ly, examples
of students' work for use in exhibition held both in the Academy and fo r rotary
or special exhibitions for which the school may arrange.
Application forms and any further information desired c0ncerning t he sch~ols
may be obtained by addressing the Curator, Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia.
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THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF 'rHE FINE ARTS
cordialt" invile:J Iho:Je inlere:Jled in if:J :Jupporl
10. become Inelnber:J.
ANNUAL MEMBERS
Annual Members are such persons as contribute $10 annually for the maintenance
of the Academy.
LIFE MEMBERS
Life Members are such persons as make an outright contributi on of $100.
PRIVILEGES
Life and Annual Members receive notices of all activities, invitations to all Private
Views. access to the Print Collection (67,000 items, plates and original drawings),
use of the Art Reference Library, and participation in the Academy 's educational
program through lectures, demonstrations, etc.
Checks may be made payable to The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Membership cards will be mailed. Membership dates from one year, beginning
from the date of subscription. Under a ruling by the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, any contributions to The Pennsylvania A cademy of the Fine Arts are
deductible from income, in accordance with the rules applying thereto.
FORM OF BEQUEST
give, devise and bequeath to "The Pennsylvania A cademy of the Fine Arts"
..... .. ................ .... .... ... Dollars, in trust to invest and keep invested
and apply the income only to the maintenance of the said A cademy.
:Jhe :Je!!ow:Jhip
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THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
The Object of the Fellowsh ip is to foster a spirit of fraternity among the former
and present students of THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
in the interests of art. It functions somewhat as an A lu mni, establishing a cont inu ing
link with the Academy after student days. The FELLOWSH I P activities include
exhibitions of the work of its members in the various medii, and it conducts a series
of evening talks in the Academy Lecture Room on subjects of interest to all art
workers, and also fosters social activities.
Admission is free and advance notices are sent by mail to all members.
Dues for Resident Members are Four Dollars a year, and for Non-Resident Members
(living more than fifty miles from Philadelphia) Two Dollars a year. Life Membership, Fifty Dollars. Bills for dues will be rendered by mail.
If you have been, or are, a student at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts you are cordially invited to become a member of the Fellowship and to join
with it in building up and prese rving a united spirit of true fellowship in the interest
of Art and in association with your Academy .
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