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THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF ' THE FINE ARTS
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is the oldest art institution in the United States and actually dates its existence
from 1791, when Charles Willson Peale commenced his efforts
to organize in Philadelphia a school for the fine arts. It was formally founded in 1805, and chartered in 1806. Mr. Peale's first
efforts resulted in the formation in 1794 of the Columbianum ,
and in 1795 under the auspices of that Association there was
held in Pennsylvania's old State House, now known as Independence Hall, the first exhibition of paintings in Philadelphia. The
Columbianum was ultimately succeeded by the present Academy. In 1805. in Independence Hall, where twenty-nine yea rs
earlier the forefathers had signed the Declaration of Independence, seventy-one public spirited citizens, of whom forty-one
were lawyers, met for formal organization. They prepared a
petition for the incorporation of the Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts. The gathering was a distinguished one, and
the object of the association, quaintly and vigorously expressed
in the language of the day, was:
"To promote the cultivation of the Fine Arts, in the United States of America,
hy introducing correct and elegant copies from works of the first Masters in
Sculpture and Painting, and hy thus facilitating the access to such Standards,
and also hy occasionally conferring moderate hut honourahle premiums, and
otherwise assisting the Studies and exciting the eHorts of the Artists gradually
to unfold, enlighten, and invigorate the talents of our Countrymen."
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- DANIEL GARBER
Professional Advisor.
Born in North Manchester, Indiana, in 1880. Studied in the Art Academy of
Cincinnati, and in The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Awarded:
First Hallgarten Prize, National Academy of Design, 1909; Honorable Mention . Carnegie Institute, 1910; 4th W. A Clarke Prize and Honorable
Mention, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C .• 1910; Honorable
Mention, Art Club of Philadelphia, 1910; Bronze Medal, International Exposition, Buenos Aires. 1910; Walter Lippincott Prize, The Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine 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 . Na tional Academy of Design. New York City, 1915; Gold Medal.
Panama-Pacific International Exposition. San Francisco, 1915; Shaw Prize,
Sa lm agundi Club, New York City, 1916; Harrison S. Morris Prize. Newport,
Rhode Island. 1916; 1st Altman Prize for Figure Painting. National Academy
of Design. New York City, 1917; Edward T. Stotesbury Prize, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1918; Temple Gold Medal, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1919; First W. A. Clarke Prize and
Gold Meda l, Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington. D. C .• 1921; First
Altman Prize for Landscape. National Academy of Design, New York City,
1922; Gold Medal , Art Club of Philadelphia. 1923; Ca rnegie Prize. National
Academy of Design, New York City. 1923; Third Prize. Carnegie Institute.
Inte rnational. 1925; The Academy Gold Medal of Honor. The Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, 1929; The Jennie Sesnan Gold Medal The
~ennsylvania Academy of the Fi ne Arts. 1927; Popu la r Prize, An nua I E~h ibitlon, The Pennsylvania Academy nf the Fine Arts, 1940-41; Pennell Medal.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. 1942. Member : National
Aca.de my of Design; National Arts Club; Salmagundi Club; National
Inshtute of Arts and Letters, New York City.
GEORGE HARDING
Instructor in Mural DecoratIon.
Born in Philadelphia; studied in The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts, with Howard Pyle and independently abroad. Illustrator and author
of descriptive articles an? fictional work in Harper's and other magazines.
Travelled extensively in Labrador, Australia, New Guinea and Asia. Commissioned Captain of Engineers and assigned as artist with the American
Expeditionary Forces in 1918-1919; Major U. S. Marine Corps 1942-46,
served as Combat Artist, South Pacific Campaigns, Solomon Islands to
Guam. Mural Decorations in banks, hotels, hospitals, U. S. Customs House,
Port of Philadelphia. North Philadelphia Post Office. U. S. Post Office
Building . Washington . D. C., Municipal Court House. Parkway. Ph iladelphia.
Federal Building-World 's Fair, Common Pleas Court No.7, City Hall,
Philadelphia. Awards : Art Club of Philadelphia . 1935; Edward T. Stotesbury
Prize, 1938, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Represented: Chrysler
Collection, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Member: National
Academy of Design, Pennsylvania Fine Arts Commission .
ROY C. NUSE
Instructor in Drawing and Preliminary Portrait Painting and Head of the Coordinated Courses of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with the
University of Pennsylvania.
Born in Springfield, Ohio, February 23. 1885. Pupil of Duveneck. Cincinnati
Art Academy. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Awards: Cresson
European Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. 1917; Second
Cresson, First Toppan and First Thouron Prizes. Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts, 1918; Medal, Philadelphia Sketch Club, 1921. Fellowship of
P.AF.A. Gold Medal Award, 1940. Past President of the Fellowship of
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
FRANCIS SPEIGHT
Instru4;tor in Drawing and Painting,
Born in Windsor, North Carolina, IR96. Studied in the Corcoran School of
Art, Washington, D. C., and The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Awards: Cresson Foreign Traveling Scholarships, 1923 and 1925, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; The Fellowship of The Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts' Gold Medal, 1926; First Prize in Landscape
Society of Washington Artists, 1929; The Fellowship of The Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts Prize, 1930; First Hallgarten Prize, National
Academy of Design, 1930; M. V. Kohnstamm Prize, The Art Institute of
Chicago, 1930; Landscape Prize, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, 1932;
Third W. A. Clarke Prize and Bronze Medal, Corcoran Gallery of A rt,
Washington, D. C., 1937; Gold Medal. Philadelphia Sketch Club, 1938; The
Jennie Sesnan Gold Medal, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
1940; The Academy Fellowship Prize, 1940. Member: National Academy of
Design, New York City.
WALKER HANCOCK
City, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, L. I., "Young Lobsterman," Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Squirrel Fountain, Brookgreen Gardens,
Georgetown, S. C., U. S. M. C. Expeditionary Medal. U. S. Air Mail
Fliers Medal of Honor; Heroic Groups, St. Louis Memorial Building; Bust
of Stephen Foster, New York University Hall of Fame; Air Medal (Army
and Navy). Member: Architectural League of New York. The Fellowship of
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; National Sculpture Society;
National Academy of Design; National Institute of Arts and Letters.
ROSWELL WEIDNER
Instru4;tor in Drawing, Lithography and Painting ,
Born in Reading, Pa., 1911, Studied at The Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts, and The Barnes Foundation. Awarded the William Emlen Cresson
Foreign Traveling Scholarship, 1935; First Charles Toppan Memoria l Prize,
1936; Honorable Mention Philadelphia Sketch Club, 1936. Fellowship
Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1942.
Instru4;tor in S4;ulpture,
Born in St. Louis, 1901. Studied in the St. Louis School of Fine Arts and
Th: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Awards: Edmund Stewardson
PrIZe, I'Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts ' 1921', Emle n C resson F
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rave In9 ~cholarship, 1922 and 1923; Widener Memorial Gold Medal ,
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1925; Fellowship Prize 1932· Helen
Foster Barnett Prize, National Academy of Design 1935' N't'
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Acad.e~y In Rome, 1925 to 1927; Monuments Fine Arts and Archives
. I wor ks' frieze for Kansas City
Specialist Officer , 1943 to 1945 . P'nnclpa
( Mo.) City Hall; Monumental Rhytons G' d' C II
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HARRY ROSIN
Instructor in Construction and Sculpture,
Born in Philadelphia, December 21, 1897. Studied in The Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts and in Paris. Awarded: Stewardson Prize for
Sculpture; Cresson Traveling Scholarship, 1926; Widener Gold Medal, 1939;
P. A. Fellowship Prize, 1941. Fellowship of P.A.F.A. Gold Medal Award,
1942; $1,000 grant from American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1946.
Represented: by work for the French Government on the island of Guadaloupe, French West Indies; a building in Papeete, Tahiti, South Seas; The
Samuels Memorial, Schuylkill River, Philadelphia; Private and Public Col·
lections in London, Paris, Tahiti, New York and Philadelphia.
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Born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, November 29, 1895. Studied in the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art; Pennsylvania Aca dem y of .the
Fine Arts; Pupil of Thornton Oakley; Henry McCarter; George Harding.
Awarded: Lea Prize, 1922; Cress~n Traveling Scholarship, Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, 1922, 1923. Represented: Illustrations
"Scribner's," "Saturday Evening Post," "The Yearling," 1937; "Cross Creek,"
1942; "Face of a Nation," 1939; "Dune Boy," 1943; Brady's Bend, 1946.
the Fine Arts, Co-ordinated Courses, and the Barnes Foundation. Studied
under Arthur Carles and George Harding. Awarded the Will iam Emlen
Cresson Traveling Scholarships, 1938 and 1939; Toppan Prize, 1939; Honorable Mention Prix de Rome Competition, 1939; Anna C. Wood Prize ,
Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences. Instructor: Robert Sugden Schoo l,
Hampton, Va. Mural Decorations in post offices, liners and banks. Officia l
Artist Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, 1944-45. Member: The Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Va., The Fellowship of The Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts.
FRANKLIN CHENAULT WATKINS
JOHN W. McCOY, B.F.A., A.N.A.
Instructor in Painting and Composition .
Instructor in Water Colo-:.
Born in New York City, in 1894. Studied in The Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts. Awarded: William Emlen Cresson Memorial Traveling Scholarship, 1917, 1918; Second Toppan Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts, 1920; First Prize and Lehman Prize, Carnegie International Exhibition, 1931; Bronze Medal, Paris International Exposition, 1937; Bronze
Medal, Musee de Jeu de Paume, Paris, 1938; First Prize and Corcoran
Gold Medal, Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1939; Second Prize, Unrestricted
Division, International Art Exhibit, Golden Gate International Exposition,
1939; Beck Gold Medal, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine A rts, 1941;
Lippincott Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1942; Temple
Gold Medal, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine A rts, 1944; also awards,
Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia Art Club, Chicago Art Institute.
Member: International Institute of Arts and Letters. Served Marine and
Naval Camouflage operations, First World War. Represented in Private
and Public Collections.
Born in Pinole, California, 1910. Studied at Cornell University; studied
summer at the American School at Fountainbleau, France, and Studios of
N. C. Wyeth, Landislas Mebgys and Despojols. Awarded First Honorable
Mention American Water Color Society, 1946. Mural in Metropolitan Life
Insurance Building, New York, and Nemours Building, Wilmington .
EDWARD SHENTON
Instructor in Advanced Illustration .
ALLAN JONES. B.F.A.
Assistant Instructor in Mural Decoration .
Born in Newport News, Va.,
1915. Studied at The Pennsylvania Academy of
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JULIUS BLOCH
Instructor in Painting .
Born in Baden, Germany, 1888. Studied at The Philadelphia Museum
School of Industrial Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the
Barnes Foundation. Awarded Cresson Traveling Scholarship 1911-12.
Second Toppan 1912. Philadelphia Print Club Prize 1933, Honorable
Mention, A merican Painting of Today, Worcester Art Museum 1933. First
Purchase Prize Wanamaker Regional Art Exhibit 1934, Yarnall Abbott
Memorial Prize Philadelphia Art Alliance 1939. Represented in collection
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art,
Metropolitan Museum, Whitney M.useum of American Art, Corcoran Art
Gallery, Portrait in White House Collection.
JOHN F. LEWIS. JR.
DAVID M. ROBB. A.B .. A.M .• M.A .• M.F.A .. Ph.D.
Chairman ex·officio, as Chairman of the Committee on Instruction of the
Board of Directors.
Lecturer in Art History.
Born in Philadelphia, July 30, 1888. Studied in the University of Pennsylvania. Received B.S. and Arthur Spayd Brooke Gold Medal in Design,
1910; M.S.A., 1911; Cope Prize (Philadelphia Chapter, A. I. A. and T
Square Club), 1913. Architect, Associate of Paul P. Cret. Fellow, American
Institute of Architects; Associate Professor in Architectural Design, School
of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania; Author of "The Study of Architecturlll Design," Pencil Points Press, N. Y., 1926.
Born in China, 1903. Oberlin College, A.B. , 1926; A.M., 1927. Princeton
University, M.A., 1931; M.F.A. , 1935; Ph.D., 1941. Carnegie Fellow in the
Fine Arts, 1927-1930. Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton,
1938-39. Associate Professor of Fine Arts , Colgate University, 1930-35 ;
Associate Professor of Fine Arts, University of Minnesota, 1935-39 ; Associate Professor of Art History, University of Pennsylvania, 1939-46 ; Professor
of Art History, 1946- . Member of Board of Directors, The College Art
Association of America . Author, "Art in the Western World," with J. J.
Garrison, Harper's, 1935; 1942; articles in The Art Bulletin and the Encyclopedia Americana; reviews in The Art Bulletin , The Archaeo logical
Journal of America, Liturgical Arts, etc.
WILLIAM M. CAMPBELL. B.S. in Architecture; A.M.
GEORGE SIMPSON KOYL. M.S. in Architecture
JOHN F. HARBESON. M.S. in Architecture
Instructor in Perspective and Architectural Advisor in the Sculpture Class in
Composition.
Assistant Instructor in Perspective and Instructor in Lettering.
Born in ~ermant~wn, P~iladelphia, 1887; studied in the University of
Pennsy!va.n la . B.S. In Architecture, 1912. R.A. Assistant Professor in Design
AnalysIs In the School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania.
PHILIP ALIANO
Instructor in Stone Cutting.
~or~ in Cor/eto P?rticara, Italy. Studied drawing and modeling at The
PbrllngMGat~den Insfitute and modeling at Drexel Institute . Received Honora e en Ions
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Foreman in charge of st
Ch ?ne, mar e an granite for different studios; also
stone yard Form
Associatio~ of Ph~1 d lahl~man dofV!h~ .Architectural Sculptors and Carvers
I a e p la an
IClnlty.
EDMOND J. FARRIS. B.A.. Ph.D.
Dean of the School of Fine Arts of the University of Pennsylvania represent·
ing the University in the Coordinated Courses.
JOSEPH SCHINDLER. D.Chem.
Technical Advisor.
Born in Germany, 1906. Studied in Munich , Applied Chemistry and Technology in the Fine Arts on the basis of Prof. Max Doerner, Munich, and
Dr. Hans Beohm, Berlin. Docent of General Chemistry and Conservator at
the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Technological Department;
Technical Advisor for the University of Pennsylvania, 1946; Conserva!or
for the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1946. Conservation
of various collections: Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., Episcopa l
Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa,
Lecturer in Anatomy.
Born in Buffalo, New York Ex
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Irector, Associate Member, The
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(lippincott); "Anatomy m a ph B.loiogy. Author, "Art Students' A natomy"
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YSIO ogy, Laboratory Guide" (Lippincott).
VERNON MONTGOMERY DODGE. Curator of Schools
Studied Art Students League, New York School of Fine and Applied Arts ,
and former Art Director.
_ emy's Schools. Many other factors, however, c~ntribut~ to
the strength of the present institution. Its strategic lo:atlon,
Galleries, Library and Print Collection, the Coordln~ted
Courses with the University of Pennsylvania, the American
Academy in Rome Collaborative problem and the many scholarship advantages will be briefly outlined below. (See "Scholarships and Prizes " for details under that head.)
LOCATION. The Academy building is located in the heart of
Philadelphia within one block of City Hall and within two or
three blocks of the central city railroad stations. It is within walking distance of practically every gallery, 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 .
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 Portraitu re by Early American Pai nters; 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 f h· h h.
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the best examples of current American painting and sculpture,
and e~able students to follow intelligently the various movements of contemporary art, and to study the technical method
by which the art of today is achieving its results. These exhibi~
tions have been recognized for many years as being the foremost in America. The Water Color Exhibition and the Exhibition
of Modern Miniatures are held in the Fall of each year. The
exhibition of work of students submitted in competition for
Cresson European Traveling Scholarships and other prizes is
held at the end of May. Other special exhibitions continually
change the aspect of the Galleries throughout the Winter season. A student ticket entitles the holder, during attendance at
the Academy, to free admission to the Galleries, Special Exhibitions, Lectures, and to the use of the Libary and Print
Collection.
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LIBRARY. An excellent reference library is available to all
registered students at specified times. A valuable extension of
this library exists in a collection of books, easy of access to
students for individual research.
PRINT COLLECTION. The Academy is the owner of one of the
largest and most valuable print collections in the United States,
with a total aggregate in all collections of 67,000 prints.
The general method of instruction is by individual criticism of
-class work, without the repressing effect of fixed methods. The
purpose of this training is to develop the students' ~atural abil!ties, to enable them to acquire technique, and to stimulate their
sense of beauty. The various classifications of study are closely
ollied and students in one department are privileged to work in
the other departments by arrangement with the Curator. This
entails 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 fill six or seven day hours five
days of every school week plus three additional evening hours
on five of those days, plus Saturday mornings.
SCHEDULE OF CLASSES. All new students, except those who
enter the Sculpture Classes, are required 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 groundwork in drawing which may be developed later in the
Painting and Illustration Classes. Working in monochrome (generally black and white) from the plaster cast, both head and
figure with unchanging light, provides the beginner 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,
Antique Cast (H ead) • • • • • • • • • • • • Roswell Weidner
Construction (Life Model Proportions) · • • • • ••
Roy C. Nuse
Harry Rosin
Sketch (Costumed Model) • • • • • • • . • • . . Roy C. Nuse
Second Antique Classes,
Antique Cast (Figure)
• • • • • • • • . • . . Francis Speight
Roswell Weidne r
Construction
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • . Roy C. Nuse
Harry Rosin
Sketch (Costumed Model) • • • • • · • • . .
. Roy C. Nuse
Discussions in Painting and Com position • • • . Franklin C. Watkins
Sti II Life • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • Roswell Weidner
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SCULPTURE. This department introduces .its .students
and
trains technically in modelling and its appllcatlo~. SP.eclal emphasis is placed upon Sculpture as allied to Its sister arts ,
Painting and Architecture.
Life, Head, and Composition
Stone Cutting • • • . • • • . . • . •
Perspective . . . • . . • . . • . . ·
Croquis (Sketching from Life, Action Poses) ·
Construction
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Anatomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . ·
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Walker Hancock
Harry Rosin
• . . . Philip Aliano
• . • John Harbeson
. . . . Roy C. Nuse
• . • . Harry Rosin
. Dr. Edmond J. Farris
WilliaM M. Campbell
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PAINTING. The painting classes are planned to assist each student, upon a sound knowledge of drawing a; a base, to a
personal expressio~ through color; the ,:,hole b~I.lt upon compositional understanding and sound technical facility.
Preliminary Classes,
Life and Landscape .
Francis Speight
Roswell Weidner
Portrait, Costume Sketch, and Croquis. . . .
. , . Roy C. Nuse
Still Life
. . . • . . . . . • . • . . . • Roswell Weidner
Composition and General Criticism
. . Franklin C. Watkins
Construction
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harry Rosin
Perspective . . . . . . . . • . • . . . . . • John Harbeson
Anatomy . . . . . . • . . • . . . • . . Dr. Edmond J. Farris
Lithography . • . • • . . . • . . • • • • • Roswell Weidner
Advanced Classes,
Professional Advice . . . . . • • . . · • • . . Daniel Garber
. Francis Speight
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Roswell Weidner
General Criticism and Advanced Composition
. Franklin C. Watkins
Advanced Portrait . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. Julius Bloch
Costume Sketch and Croquis • • • • . . . . • • • Roy C. Nuse
. . . . . . • • . . • . • • . . . Harry Rosin
Construction
Analysis of Color and Grounds. . . • • . . . . Joseph Schindler
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ILLUSTRATION. The purpose of the illustration class is to train
the student .as an ~rtist first, and then to apply his professional
knowledg e In the field of magazine and book illustration.
Preliminary Classes,
Life
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Costumed Model (Water Color)
Costume Sketch and Croquis •
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Edward Shenton
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Katharine W. Grove
Cresson Scholar in Painting 1947
Cecilia Beaux Portrait Prize 1947
Advanced Classes,
BACHELOR DEGREE
MURAL DECORATION. The chief purpose of this class is to
University
Semeste r Credits
(a) History of Art. . . 12
(b) English . . . . . . 12
(c) Modern Language. .
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(d) General History . . .
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( e) A Sci e nce. . .
( f ) Psycho logy
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(h) Electives
Ill ustration, Composition and Professional Practice. . Edward Shenton
Life . '
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J o hn McCoy
Costumed Model (Water Color) . . . . . . • . . John McCoy
Costumed Sketch and Croquis. • . . . . . . . . . Roy C. Nuse
. . . • Harry Rosin
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Franklin Watkins
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train advanced stu dents in solving the architectural problems of
decoration based upon a sound compositional knowledge, and
appreciation of scale. The actual mechanics w~ich this branch
of the Fine Arts involves are thoroughly studied so that the
various painting techniques employed in the mural expression
may be understood and acquired.
Mural Composition and Technical Research.
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Life • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Costumed Sketch and Croquis. . . . . . . .
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Construction
Composition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Analysis of Color and Grounds. . . . . . . .
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George Harding
Allan Jones
. . Francis Speight
. . . Roy C. Nuse
. . . Harry Rosin
Franklin C. Watkins
. Joseph Schindler
COORDINATED COURSES. The University of Pennsylvania
offers its degrees of Bachelor and Master of Fine Arts to students of Painting , Sculpture , Mural Decoration, or Illustration,
ho have compl eted a course of academic study in the University and prescribed technical work in the Schools of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arls.
!he C~ordi~ated Courses are normally five year courses, durIn~ which time. 58 semester credits must be completed in reqUlr~d .academlc courses at the University and 122 semester
credits In the technical work of the Academy.
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MASTER DEGREE
Academy
Semester Credits
Technical . . . . . . . 36
IJ niversity
History of Painting . . . 4
Electives . . . . . . . 8
Total Semester Credits 48
58
Academy (Technical) . . . 122
Tota I Semester Credits 180
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 72
semester credits of the 122 required. This does not apply to the
terms of the Cresson Competition.
The technical work of the student is judged each term by the
Committee on the Coordinated Courses. Reports are rendered
each term. In the academic courses the standing is reported
each term by the University.
The students in these courses share all privileges extended to
the student-body of each institution and are also subject to the
regulations imposed.
Application s should be made as early as possi ble. Cand idates
for admission to the Co-ordinated Courses must meet the requirements of each institution but must be accepted and approved by the Academy before they can be admitted to the
University.
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 specia l 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
stu dents in the Coordinated Course. Written requests for excuse
upon legitim ate grounds (illness, unavoidable absence, etc.)
must be addressed to the Curator for approval.
Attendance upon the classes on Discussio n in Painting is not
compulsory but studenls are particularly urged to attend all
through their Academy experience. Composition studies and
finished work will be registered according to posted regulations. Perspective drawing is a two-term (one-winter) course and
is compulsory of satisfactory completion before any student
may compete for a Cresson Traveling Scholarship, or receive
the award of a Collaborative Scholarship, and also upon all
stu dents taking the Coordinated Course with the University of
Pennsylvania. Every student is urged to get credit for this course
in his first or second year.
Anatomy lectures are not compulsory but every student is advised to attend regularly for at least two terms (one winter).
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tique Cast Drawing section to .the Se~on.d Antique Ca:t Drawing section and subsequently Into Painting or illustration may
be made at any stated monthly meeting of the Faculty. A
group of Drawings or Paintings,. one each f~om all bran.che: of
classes attended, is placed for ludgment with the application.
Each work submitted must have the approval of the Instructor
of the 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 Faculty at any subsequent meeting.
Admission ·to the Advanced Head and Advanced Life Painting
classes is Iso by action of the Faculty upon the submission of
arrEt nead or life painting (respectively) accompanied by a line
drawing made from the life model as posed in the class. Work
submitted needs no Instructor approval.
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 and credits
are given only by special arrangement with the Curator. The
fees are set at a reasonable figure so that many may enjoy the
privilege of Drawing, Painting, or Modelling in the life classes.
See "Fees" for details. All day students are entitled to work in
the evening classes without extra fee. The evening classes are
conducted five nights of the week. Schedule of classes will be
posted.
Painting , Drawing and Etching,
Admission to the Mural Decoration Class is arranged by conference with the Instructor and the Curator.
All students in the Sculpture classes begin, upon entrance and
regardless of what previous experience they have had, in the
reg.ul?r head and life classes. Their entrance into the broader
actlvltl~s of the Sculpture department is arranged by conference with the Instructor and the Curator.
~PPOR~UNITIES FOR VETERANS. The
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PART TIME CLASSES. Owing to the inability of the Academy
to accept all of the eligible applicants for full-time study it is
necessary to withdraw, until further notice, the privilege granted
to former students to attend on a part-time basis.
COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM. It is the aim of the Academy's
Sch~o ls
to approach the fine arts in the ~ro~dest ;;ense. Tov:ard
that end and because of the ideal coordination with the University of Pennsylvania, through its S.c~ool. 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
sch olarship prizes to those students whose teams place in the
prize winning groups in the Rome Academy 's judgment.
Two terms of free tuition in the Winter School are, therefore , to
be awarded to each painter or painters and sculptor or sculptors whose team or teams place first, second or third in the
Association of the Alumni of the American Academy in Rome
ju dgment; provided , that in the acceptance of such scholarship,
th e students will major in their respective departments (Mural
Decoration and Sculpture), and shall use this tuition credit in
the sch ool year directly following that of the award.
An extracurricular activity of the winter of 1947-1948 was an
exhibition of stud ent work organized by the Fellowship of the
P.A.F ..A. This exhibition was designed to give students experience In. th.e prepa~ing and submitting of work for presentation
before IU~l es appointed by the Fellowship. About eighty items
were reglste r~d ..and only fifty-six items were accepted and
hung. !he exhibition was staged in Gallery C opening with the
reception of the Fellowship Annual Water Color exhibition on
March 12th and continued until April 4th.
Mary F. Reed
Stew'ard~on Prize t948
FREE TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS. Fre~ tuit~on sc~ola~ships are
available to returning students whose financial obllgatlo~s have
been met in full, for at least two terms. These scholarships are
solely for the purpose of financially.assisting those who. would
otherwise be unable to pursue their study of art. Nineteen
full free tuition sc holarships and six half tuition scholarships
were awarded in May, 1947, for the Winter School year 19471948. The major number of these are made available each
year by George D. Widener in memory of his father and
mother, George D. Widener and Mrs. Alexander Hamilton
Rice, and through the John Lambert Memorial Fund. Others
are made available through bequests of various friends of the
Academy to be used for sc holarship aid: The Louise Harrison
Memorial Scholarships given by Thomas S. Harrison in mem ory of his wife; The Mary R. Burton Scholarships; The Sarah
Kaighn Cooper Memorial Scholarship through the generosity
of Mrs. George K. Johnson ; The Elizabeth H. Thomas Memoria l Scholarship; and The George M. Wiltbank Scholarships
through the bequest of Annie C. Wiltbank.
Applicati.on may be made in the Spring of each year. These
scholarships ~re awarded by the Board of Directors upon the
reco mmendation of the Committee on Instruction and the
Faculty. Applicants must fill in a prepared form and submit it
tog ether with not more than four unframed examples of their
work to the Curator before the stated meeting of the Faculty
for May, 1949. These applications must be accompanied by a
etter ?ddressed 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 scholarships may be granted as half scholarships.
The Board of Public Education of the City of Philadelphia
awards a number of scholarships to stu.dents who receive appointments. Graduates of all the City High and Manual Training Schools are eligible for these appointments, nominations for
which are made by the Board of Education on the recommendation of the Principals of the several schools, to whom all
applications should be addressed.
One free tuition scholarship for two se meste rs is offered this
year through the Scholastic Magazine in their competition
entitled Scholastic Awards.
THE WILLIAM EMLEN CRESSON MEMORIAL
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By the liberal provisions of the wills of Emlen Cresson and Priscilla P., his wife, a
Fund has been created as a memorial to their deceased son, William Emlen Cresson,
Academician , the income of which is to be applied b y The Pennsylvania Acade my
of the Fin e Arts in sending pupils of merit to Europe. These scholarships shall be
awarded under such rules and regulations as shall be adopted from time to time
by The Board of Directors of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Ar ts.
The award of a Cresson Traveling Scholarship credits each student with $ 1250; $950 to be used for a summer of travel and
traveling expenses, and the remaining $300 pays for tuition in
the ensuing two terms immediately following at the Academy.
An award is not to be regarded as a certificate of proficiency.
The winners should consider rather, that their industrv and
promise have won for them the opportunity to introduce into
their period of schooling this inspirational and broadening incident. Each recipient is required to return to the Academy for
further study and the financial arrangement is thus planned to
insure this program.
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The awards are divided among all departments of study and
are allotted as to standard of work as one factor, and the number of contestants proportionally from each department as the
other factor.
The awards are made by the Board of Directors through its
Committee on Instruction, upon the recommendation of the
Faculty. Nine students were awarded Cresson Traveling
Scholarships in 1947. The student illustrations in this catalogue
are selected chiefly from the work of the winners in the 1947
competition. I n the case of exceptional merit and when a very
decided improvement is evident a student may, through the
same authority, receive the award a second time. Competition
for a second scholarship may be entered only during the year
succeeding the first award, unless otherwise ruled or a satisfactory excuse be accepted by the Committee on Instruction.
Naomi Nissley
Cresson Schola r
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The Faculty is not obliged to recommend awards of Cresson
scholarships if, in its opinion, the work submitted is not of sufficient merit to justify such recommendations.
RULES GOVERNING THE CRESSON COMPETITION. Every
student thirty-five years of age or younger, in good health and
without knowledge of any physical condition or any other reason to prevent accepting and properly using such Scholarship,
is eligible for competition for a Cresson Traveling Scholarship
when they each have an aggregate of 96 Academy school
weeks to their credit, which must have been accumulated within
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(two terms) must be spent in the Winter School of the Academy
~:md must be within the school year of competition. Time spent
In the Summer School of the Academy is counted (provided
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certain requirements have been fulfilled) in the aggregate of
the f irst 64 weeks.
A ll students must have a complete and un?roken. ~e~~stration
record over the time included in computing eligibility (s~e
" Registration of Work"). They must also have compl~ted sa~ls
factorily their work in Perspective (two terms). Dell~quencl.es
due to absence for illness or other causes must be satls~actor.ily
explained in writing to the .Curator for excuse and all financial
obl igations must be fully paid.
All students entering the competition are required to procur,e
an application for permission to compete at the Curator s
Office before the 11 th day of March.
All work submitted in competition must be that wh~ch h?s been
done in the Academy classes or for Academy registration and
has received criticism from a member or members of the
Faculty. It must also be work completed within the last 32 weeks
of the Winter School or in lhe Summer Session immediately
preceding. 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.
Paintings, Drawings, and Illustrations exhibited in the Painting
or Illustration groups must not exceed 36 inches in either dimension , and .m ust ~e exhibited unframed and unglazed. If tape is
used to trim unsi ghtly edges of canvases it may be used to give
order rather than enhance and must not encroach upon the face
of the canvas.
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, 1949, will be required to use the traveling
money for travel or study in the Western Hemisphere 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 Offi ce 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 ($950.00)
any time within two years and four months of the receipt of the
award. The $300.00 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 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; oth~rwlse the scholarship is revoked. A period of at least.
days In Europe. mu.st be
accounted for in the financial and Itinerary report whl~h IS required for filing in the office of the Curator before the first day
of November following the award. Each student awar?~d a
Second Cresson Traveling Scholarship is g:ante~ t~e privilege
of using the credit for travel ($950.00) any time within two years
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for tuition, however, must be used within the y~ar followin.g the
award. The financial and itinerary report covering the period of
ot least 90 days in Europe i~ als~ obli$a!ory. upon them an?
must be filed at the Curator s office within SIX weeks of their
return to America. All the above rules are subject to change.
THE LEWIS S. WARE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP. The Lewis
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the Testator, provides a European Traveling Scholarship in
amount and regulations similar to those of Cresson Scholarships
of that year. This scholarship will be available at intervals of
possibly three or four years and is to be awarded when avail able by the President with the advice of the Faculty to a
student of outstanding merit who is not receiving a Cresson
Scholarship that year. This Scholarship was awarded in May,
1947.
THE J. HENRY SCHIEDT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP. The
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Will of Cornelia Schiedt, provides for the award of Traveling
Scholarships according to the income available. The amount
ovailable for the next sch ool year will provide for one scholarship of $1200. The award of this Scholarship will be made to an
advanced student of outstanding merit on the recommendation
of the Faculty by the Board of Directors under regulations and
programs to be authorized.
Eligi?ility for this competition will be based on the same
requirem ents as set up for first Cresson awards and the written
application, c?~eri ng a specific objective for ~arrying forward
his or her training through travel, placed in the hands of the
Edward Hoffman, 3rd
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Curator of the Schools before January I st of the year of competition. A student may compete for a Sch~edt Scholarship an.d
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THE CHARLES TOPPAN PRIZES. The Charles Toppan Prizes
for 1947 are: First Prize, $300.00; Second Prize, $200.00; and
one honorable mention of $100.00.
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 Cresson 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 have
previously won two Cresson Scholarships and who are attending school, following the award of the Second Cresson Scholarship . are required to register one piece of work each month
and will arrange individually with the Curator in regard to the
requirem ents in the various departments.
Any stud~n.t having received one Toppan prize is debarred
from receiving .another Toppan prize of the same or lower value.
The .work submitted in competition must be an original painting,
In. od, tem'p'e~a or water color, the unaided work of the student
w~thout Criticism. The subject for the paintings to be submitted
wdl . ~e announced Friday, November 5, 1948. A ll work in com~tlhon must be submitted without signature by Saturday
hay 7, 1949, 12 o'clock noon. No student may submit mor~
t a, on.e hxample. Work submitted must not measure less than
twe ve inC es nor more than thirty-six inches in either dimen-
sio~ <?nd must not be framed or presented under glass , though
paintings upon paper may be matted.
C a nvases are numbered by the Curator, and a memorandum
of the numbers and competitors' names is kept in a sealed envelope which is opened after the prize-winning canvases have
been se.l~cted by the Committee on Instruction. According to
the posItively expressed terms of the gift, the drawing of the
work submitted will receive first consideration.
The Committee on awards is not obliged to award prizes or
honorable mentions if, in its opinion, the work submitted is not
of sufficient merit to justify making the awards.
THE RAM BORGER PRIZE. From the income of a fund established by the late William K. Ramborger, Esq., as a memorial
to his sister, Aspasia Eckert Ramborger, who for some years
was a student of the Academy, an annual prize of $25 .00 is
awarded for the best line drawing in black and white of a head
from life by a pupil of the Academy who has not been under
ins t ruction over two years, but who has been registered in the
Academy for both terms of the current school year. Ea ch competitor may submit one unmounted drawing on white paper
19 by 25 inches in size. Having once received an award , a stude nt becomes thereafter ineligible to compete again .
The Committee on awards is not obliged to award prizes or
honorable mentions if, in its opinion, the work submitted is not
of sufficient merit to justify making the awards.
THE EDMUND STEWARDSON PRIZE. The Edmund Stewardson
Prize of One Hundred Dollars in the Department of Sculpture
will be awarded for the 49th time at the close of the sc hool
year. This is an annual prize, competed for by present students
of the Academy with such pupils of other art schools as may be
approved by the Committee on Instruction.
The subject for the competition is a full-length figure !ro.m life
in the round. Studies must not be less than two feet SIX Inches
in height, and not more than thr~e feet in height, ~nd must ~e
made within eighteen hours, during three consecutive days, In
six sessions of three hours each.
A student receiving one Stewardson Award is ineligible to
compete a second time.
No one except the competitors are admitted to the competition
room at any time during the days of the competition, and no
one except the members of the Jury are present during the
judgi ng of the stud ies.
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Each competitor draws a number by lot. This number determines the competitor's position in the competition room and a
corresponding number is placed upon an envelope which contains the competitor's name and is deposited sealed, with the
Secretary of the Academy. Upon completion of the work the
competitor places a corresponding number upon the study to
be submitted to the Jury of Award.
The Jury of Award consists of three professional sculptors, having no official connection with the Academy, or any other
schools whose pupils may have taken part in the competition.
When the successful number has been announced by the chairman of the Jury, the Secretary , in the presence of one or more
of the officials of the Academy, opens the envelope bearing
that number and announces the name of the successful com-
C resson Scholar in Painting 1942
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Philip Merrill
L.arry Miller
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petitor. If no study be satisfactory to the Jury, the prize may, at
their d iscretion. be withheld. When. no ?ward IS made, the
the Board .of
amount of the prize may , at the discretion
Directors, be added to the principal of the prize fund or distri buted with future prizes.
if, in its opinion, the work submitted is not of sufficient merit to
justify making the awards.
The Jury of Award judging the competition held d uring the first
term of the school year 1947-48 consisted of Richmond Barth e,
Mitchell Fields and Vincent Glinsky.
The cluy models offered in co~petition must be. kept standing
in good condition until otherwise ordered and figures cast by
the Academy become its property.
THE THOU RON PRIZES. These awards were founded by the
late Henry J. Thouron, a former Instructor in Composition.
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The Jury of Award judging the competition held during the
second term of the school year 1947-48 consisted of Lu Dubie,
Robert G. Eberhard and Heinz Warneke.
THE STIMSON PRIZE. This prize was established in memory of
Emma Burnham Stimson and was crpated for the award each
year of a prize in sculpture of $100.00 for the best work done
by the students in the 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 Classes at
the Chester Springs Country School will be counted up to two
of the three terms.
The subject for competition is a full-length figure from life, in
the round, no! less than two feet six inches in height, and must
be made during class hours as a part of the regular work in
the c~ass. The work must ?e submitted anonymously to a jury
a~polnted by the Committee on Instruction of the Board of
~h~ectors. !he Jury r:nust not include ~ny instructor in the School.
Jury IS not obliged to award prizes or honorable mentions
A prize of $50.00 and a prize of $25.00 for compos itions 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.
THE PACKARD PRIZES. From the income of the John H. Packard Fund, established by the children of the late John H.
Packard, M.D., for many years chairman of the Academ y's
Committee on Instruction, annual prizes of $30.00 and $2~ .OO
are awarded for the best and second best groups of original
studies made from living animals in the Zoological Garden.
These prizes are open to all students of the Academy who have
reg istered for both terms of the school year. A student may not
submit more than one set of drawings mounted on a sheet not
to exceed 30 x 40 inches. 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 awar~ priz.es or
hon orable mentions if, in its opinion, the work submitted IS not
of sufficient merit to justify making the awards.
THE CECILIA BEAUX MEMORIAL PRIZE. The gold medals
which Cecilia Beaux received during her life in recognition of
her work as a portrait painter have been donated to the ~cad
emy by M iss Beaux 's r~sidu~ry leg~tees an? converte~ Into a
fun d , the income of which will prOVide a prize to be given for
th e best portrait painted during a school year by a student of
the Academy. This prize of $100 will be available at intervals
of possibly three or four years and is to be awarded, when
available, by the President with the advice of the Faculty.
Students eligible for the prize must have been enrolled in the
day cl asses for two consecutive terms and at the time of competition be members of the advanced portrait class. The award
is to be for the outstanding portrait accomplished within such
two terms then current and not more than three examples of
work may be subm itted. Any student can receive the award but
once and it is particularly stipulated that the award does not
need to be made if in the opinion of the Faculty no work is
su bmitted of suffici ent distinction.
THE THOMAS EAKINS MEMORIAL PRIZE. A new prize will
be o~ered for the best figure canvas painted in the regular life
c1~ss In the winter .immediately preceding the competition . This
prize of $100.00 will be awarded by the Faculty and available
through the generosity of Mr. Charles Bregler, who was both a
student and lifelong friend of Thomas Eakins.
A . Brockie Stevenson
Cresson Scholar Mural Decoration 1947
ADMISSION. Application blank , sent upon request, must be
filled in and returned to the Curator with letters of character
Students payi ng the Day School fees are entitled to all the
privileges of the Evening School classes.
reference, a doctor's certificate of health, a full-length snapshot, passport photograph, and , on request, the applicant must
Evening School,
submit examples of work in which the Faculty can find an ap-
Tuition Fee per term.
parent ability and promise and an evident sincerity of purpose,
before the stL'dent may register. Admission is contingent upon
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of dismissal. No student is eligible unless at least sixteen years
of age and possessed of a completed high school education or
its equivalent. The Committee on I nstruction reserves the right
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These fees do not include the cost
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Summer School, apply to the Curator for information.
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PAYMENT REGULATIONS.
All fees are payable in advance
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Payment shall be made in cash or by check drawn to the order
of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts for the exact
amount due.
Tuition fees are payable in two equal instalments. The first payment shall be made on or before September 20th and the
second payment on or before January 24th. Official credit or
recommen dation or the issuing of registration cards will not be
granted by the Academy either to a student or a former student who has not completely satisfied, in the opinion of the
management, his financial obligations to the Academy.
Non-paym ent of fees according to the announced dates, as
stated above , shall 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. Admission
to classes by registration card only.
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.
Hugh Weiss
DORMITORIES. The Academy maintains in Philadelphia Day
and Evening schools only, and assumes no responsibility for
students beyond the limits of the school buildings. However,
women students registering at the Academy are granted the
privilege of living in the dormitory system conducted by the
Moore Institute of Art, Science, and Industry. The Academy can
highly recommend these accommodations. For rates, etc., write
to Mrs. Marion T. Wilson at 1922 Race Street, Philadelphia .
Angelo Frudakis
Cresson Scholar
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Stimson
Prize 1946
Stewardson
Prize 1947
Cresson Scholar Painting 1947. Bachelor Fine Arts 1947
Students are expected to know how to conduct themselves upon
principles of honor without specific rules.
Art supplies must be provided by the students. 1hese supplies
may be pu rchased at the school store at reasonable prices.
The management of the school reserves the right, at any time
and without advance notice, to reject or dismiss any student
without recourse, for any reason which may seem sufficient in
the opinion of the management, and without assigning any
reason .
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. .
Students will not be called from the classrooms to answer perso nal or telephone ca lls except when, in the opinion of the
Curator, there is an extreme emergency. Messages will be recorded and placed in the student's mail boxes.
The Academy claims the rig ht to reproduce 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.
are admitted to the school between the hours of 4:00
and 5:00 P. M.
Visitors
The Academy assumes no responsibility concerning the property of students whether by loss or damage. A large steel
locker, fitted with a combination lock, is provided for each
stud~nt. Additional locker space may be arranged by the
paying of extra fees.
and any further information desired concerning the schools may be obtained by addressing the Curator,
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia.
Application forms
CALENDAR. Sch ool year 1948-1949:
Registration . . . . . . . (on or after) September 6th
First Term begins . . . . . . . . . September 20th
First day of Pose for Stimson Competition in
Sculpture
. . . . . . . . . . October 18th
Stimson Prize judgment and award . . . November 12th
T.hanksgiving Day holiday . . . . . . . November 25th
Christmas holiday . . . . December 20th to January 3rd
Registra tion for Second Term . . (on or after) January 10th
Second Te rm begins . . . . . . . . . January 24th
Washington 's Birthday holiday . . . . . February 22nd
Stewardson competition . . . March 16th , 17th and 18th
Stewardson Prize judgment and award . . . March 18th
Easter holiday . . . . . . . . . April 15th and 16th
Placem ent of C resson Competition
exhib its . . . . . . . . . . May 9th to 13th
Judgment for Toppan Prizes . . . . . . . . May 9th
Last eve ni ng class . . . . . . . . . . . May 13th
Judgme nt for C resson Scholarships , Thouron,
Pa ckard , Ramborger Prizes . . . . . . May 17th
Exercises in Gallery F for the award of year prizes (. . May 18th
Exhibition of Competitors' Work . . . . . '. May 19th
La st day of Winter School . . . . . . . . May 21 st
No models are engaged to pose or criticism given for the last
week of the Second Term except by special arrangement.
Sum mer Schools (apply to Curator of School for information)
Ellen A. King
Cresson Scholar in Painting 1947
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:MoU'}lon
Painting
OLIVER GRIMLEY
KATHARINE W. GROVE
ELLEN A. KING
NAOMI NISSLEY
HUGH WEISS
.OJ/an'l"0"lfe'}l ,~~
HOMER W. JOHNSON
Illustration
JAMES PONTER
Sculpture
C. MARIA BARNAS
.9l~on f!Ai;Je . ./t/~'1j!. , 1.947
EDWARD F. HOFFMAN, 3rd
ANGELO FRUDAKIS
!h-ewa'JCcUon ~i;Je Jia'JC. 1.948
HonoraMe Mention in Painting
MARY F. REED
THOMAS MEEHAN
't!a'Jle g;a1te/in? YcitO/aJllik'/t
~;ftan f!At:J~
PHILIP MERRILL
JOHN HANLEN
ELIZABETH FERZACCA
~e?'}(eej, dwa'Pded
~Ct"''a ~eaua:; [!lJ~e
MARY WIITMAN
THOMAS MEEHAN
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tlfe Oltni'1P-e')l:jil;j
to //tuden6
ct'oO'J'd/nfT I~~I ct;1(-f-'JlIJ-ej
rnachelor of Fine Arts
PAnnIJ-ytlJ!ant'a
KATHARINE W. GROVE
Honorable Mention
MARIE CELESTE FADDEN
in lhe
REGINA BARTLEY
MARGARET JONES
f?lkclca'Jrd gJ(i;je4
ROSLYN EHRENHALT
A. BROCKIE STEVENSON
HERBERT V. AUSPITZ
PA~oftecti~ ~~
A. BROCKIE STEVENSON
CHARLES SEMSER
DONALD W. LUFT
GEORGE R. IMHOF
LARRY MILLER
Mural 'Decoration
VIRGINIA PARKER
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JUDITH RUBAN
HUGH WEISS
JUNE SNIDER
Master
C. MARIA BARNAS
of
Fine Arts
MARJORIE JOHNSON
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ARNOLD T1ERKEL
'The schools are under the immediate care of the Curator and
Committee on Instruction appointed by the President and
Board of Directors, together with a Faculty composed of celebrated Artists, who are experienced Teachers and eminently
qualified to discover and develop every talent which students
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may possess.
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OFFICERS
James Ponter
President
ALFRED G. B. STEEL
Vice-President
HENRY S. DRINKER, Jr.
Treasurer
HENRY C. GIBSON
Secretary
JOSEPH T. FRASER, Jr.
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Assista nt Treasurer
C. NEWBOLD TAYLOR
Directors
HENRY S. DRINKER
HENRY C. GIBSON
MARSHALL S. MORGAN
JOHN F. LEWIS, Jr.
SYDNEY E. MARTIN
WILLIAM CLARKE MASON
SYDNEY L. WRIGHT
C. NEWBOLD TAYLOR
JOHN STEWART
C. ALISON SCULLY
GEORGE B. ROBERTS
Solicitor
MAURICE B. SAUL
Curator of Schools
VERNON MONTGOMERY DODGE
Committee on Instruction
JOHN F. LEWIS, Jr., Chairman
MARSHALL S. MORGAN
WILLIAM CLARKE MASON
C. NEWBOLD TAYLOR
C. ALISON SCULLY
Cresson Scholar in Illustration 1947
Virginia Parker
Cresson Schola r
in Illustration 1947
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
COJldia//;/ invitej, thoJ,e inte'Jlej/ed in itJ j,uppO'Jlt
to 6ecorne -rnentbe'J4i.
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
The Ob ject of the Fellowship is to foster a spirit of fraternity among the
former and present students of THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF T H~
FINE A RTS in the interests of art. It functions somewhat as an Alumni, establishing a continuing link with the Academy after stude nt da ys. The
ANNUA L MEMBERS
Persons who co nt ribute yearly toward the maintenance of the Academy, as
indicated, may become: Annual Members, $10; Sustaining Members, $25;
Contributing Members, $100.
LI FE MEMBERS
Persons who contrib ute $300 outright may become life Members .
FELLOW SHIP activities include exhibitions of the work of its members in
the various medii, and it conducts a series of even ing talks in th e Academy
Lecture Room on subjects of interest to all art workers , a nd also fosters
social activities. Admission is free and advance notices are se nt by mail to
all members .
Dues for Resident Members are Four Dollars a year, and for No n-Resident
PRIVILEGES
Life an d Annu al Members receive notices of all activitie s, invitations to all
Pr~v~te Views., access to the Print Collection (67,000 items, plates and
onglnal d raw l,n gs ), use. of the Art Reference library, and participation in
the Acade my s educational program through lectures, demonstrations, etc.
Checks may be . made pa~able to The Pennsylvania Academy of t he Fine
Arts: ~em b ersh l p cards will be mailed. Membership dates from one ye a r,
b.eglnm ng from the date of subscription. Under a ruling by the Commissioner o~ Internal Revenue, any contributions to The Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts are deductible from income.
Members (living more than fifty mi les from Philadelph ia ) Two Dollars a
year. life Membership, Fifty Dollars. Bills fo r dues will be rendered by mail.
If you have been , or are, a student at The Pennsylvania Academy of the
FORM OF BEQUEST
1 give, devise and bequeath to "The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine A rts"
......... ... ... ... .. .... :..... ................ . ... Dollars, in trust to invest and keep invested
and apply the Income only to the maintenance of the said Academy.
Fine Arts you are cordially invited to become a membe r of the Fellowship
and to join with it in building up and preserving
oS
un ited spirit of true
fellowship in the interest of Art and in associa tion with yo ur Academy.
