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THE PENNSYLVANIA
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President
JOHN F. LEWIS, JR.
Treasurer
C. NEWBOLD TAYLOR
Vice-President
HENRY S. DRINKER
Secretary
JOSEPH T. FRASER, JR.
RAYMOND T. ENTENMANN
Curator of Schools
Committee on Instruction
WILLIAM CLARKE MASON, Chairman
C. NEWBOLD TAYLOR
MRS. LEONARD T. BEALE
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directors
MRS. LEONARD T. BEALE
HENRY S. DRINKER
HENRY C. GIBSON
DAVID GWINN
R. STURGIS INGERSOLL
ARTHUR C. KAUFMANN
JAMES P. MAGILL
SYDNEY E. MARTIN
WILLIAM CLARKE MASON
GEORGE P. ORR
HOWARD C. PETERSEN
GEORGE B. ROBERTS
C. ALISON SCULLY
JOHN STEWART
ROBERT STRAUSZ-HUPE
C. NEWBOLD TAYLOR
SYDNEY L. WRIGHT
MAU RICE B. SAU L
m anagement
The schools are under the immediate care of the
Curator and Committee on Instruction appointed
by the President and Board of Directors.
Solicitor
Representing City Council
MRS. JOSEPH SILL CLARK, JR.
FREDRIC MANN
CHARLES WILLSON PEALE
history 1805 -1955 ,
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the oldest art institution in the United States, dates its existence from 1791, when
Charles Willson Peale commenced efforts to organize in Philadelphia a school for the fine arts. It was formally founded in
1805, and chartered in 1806. Mr. Peale's fir st efforts resulted
in the formation in 1794 of the Columbianum, and in 1795 under
au spices of that Associ ation there was held in Pennsylvania's old
State
House, now known as Independence Hall , the first exhibi•
tion of paintings in Philadelphia. The Columbianum was ultimately succeeded by the present Academy. In 1805, in Independence Hall, where twenty-nine years 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 Penn sylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. The
gathering was a distinguished one, and included the artists
Charles Willson Peale, William Rush and Rembrandt Peale.
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faculty
GEORGE HARDING
Instructor in Mural Decoration.
Born in Philadelphia; studied in The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
with Howard .. Pyle" aJ:ld independent,ly ab ro.a d, 111 ustratQr and author of
descriptive articles and fictional work in Harpers and other magazines.
Travelled extensively in the North, Australia, New Guinea and Asia. Commissioned Captain of Engineers and assigned as artist with the American
Exped itiona ry Forces in 1918-1919. M u ra I Decorations in ba nks, hotels, hospitals, U. S. Customs House Port of Philadelph ia, North Philadelph ia Post
Office, U. S. Post Office Building, Washington, D. C., Federa l Bu ildin gWorld's Fair, Edward T. Stotesbury Prize, 1938, Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine A rts. Member: National Acadmey of Design. 1953 Acade my
Gold Medal ~f Honor. 1953 G ol d Medal fr om Arch itectural League of
New York. 1953 Fine A rts Award, A.I.A.
THOMAS EAKINS
ROSWELL WEIDNER
Instructor in Drawing and Painting.
FRANCIS SPEIGHT
Instructor in Drawing and Painting.
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Born in W indsor, North Caro li na, 1896. Studied in the Corcoran School of
Art, Washington, D. c., and The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Awards: Cresson Foreign Traveling Scho lars hips, 1923 and 1925 , The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; The Fellowship of The Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts' Go ld 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;
Th ird W. A. C larke Prize and Bronze Medal, Corcoran Gallery of Art,
Washington , D. c., 1937 ; Gold Medal, Philadelphia Sketch Club, 1938; The
Jennie Sesnan Gold Medal, The Pennsy lvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
1940; The Academy Fe llowship Prize, 1940. Member: National Academy of
Design; $1,000 Grant National Institute of Arts & Letters.
WALKER HANCOCK
Instructor In Sculpture.
Born in St. Louis, 190 I. Studied in the St. Louis School of Fine Arts and The
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts . Awards: Second Prize, St. Louis Art
League C.ompetition, 19 16 ; Edmund Stewardson Prize, Pennsylvania Academy
of. the Fine Arts, 1921; Cresson Traveling Scholarship, 1922 and 1923;
W idener Memorial Go ld Medal, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts ,
1925; ~ellowship Prize , 1932 ; Helen Foster Barnett Prize. National Academy
of Design, 193 5. Awarded Fe llowsh ip in the American Academy in Rome ,
1925. Me~ber: Architectu ral Lea g ue of New York. The Fellowship of The
Pen~syl vanla Academy of the Fine Arts; National Sculpture Society;
National Academy of Design; National Institute of Arts and Letters. Acadehm y Go ld Meda l of Honor; Art Alliance Medal of Achievement ; Eisenower Inaugural Medal 1953.
B~::>rn in Readi ng, Pa., 191 I. Studi ed at the Pen nsylva nia Academy of the
Fine. Arts, and. the Barnes Fou ndation. Awarded Cresson Traveling Schola.rshlp, .1935; FI.rst Charles To ppan Memorial Prize, 1936; Honorable Me ntion Ph".adel~h l a Sketch C lu.b, 193'6; Terry Art Institute of Florida, 1952.
Fellowship Pme , Pennsylvania Aca demy of the Fine Arts 1942 R
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. epresente.: ea Ing Museum , Phl~adel'phla ~useum, Pennsylvania Academy of
the. Fine Arts, Penn Stat.e University. Prints : Library of Congress, Metropolitan Museum, and Private Collections .
HARRY ROSIN
Instructor in Construction and Sculpture.
Born in Philade lphia , December 21 , 1897. Studied in The Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts and in Paris. Awarded: Steward son Prize for
Sc ulpture ; Cresson Trave li ng Sch ol arship , 1926 ; Wid ener Gold Medal , 1939;
P. A. Fellowship Prize, 1941. Fellowship of P.A.F.A. Gold Medal Award, 1942.
Represented: by work fo r the French Government on the island of Guadaloupe, Fren c h West Indies ; a build ing in Papeete, Ta hiti, South Seas ; The
Samuels Memorial, Schuylkill River, Phi ladelphia; Private and Pub lic Collections in London , Paris, Tahiti, New York and Phi la de lph ia . 1953 Deerfield
Academy figure of student.
EDWARD SHENTON
Instructor in Illustration.
Born in Pottstown , Pennsylvania , November 29 , 1895. Stud ied in the Ph il odelphia Mus e um School of Indu stri al Art; Pennsy lvania Academy of .the
Fine Arts; Pup il of Thornton Oakley; Henry McCarte r; George Hordln~ .
Awarded: Lea Prize, 1922; Cresson Trave li ng Sch olarsh ip, ~ennsxlvo~lo
Academy of the Fine Arts, 1922, 1923 . Represented : Illustrations " Scribner's," "Saturday Evening Post, " "The Yearling ," 1937; "Cross Cree k, 1942;
"Face of a Nation," 1939; "Dune Boy," 1943; Brady's Bend , 1946. 1953
U. S. War Memorial Murals in Belgium and France.
FRANKLIN CHENAULT WATKINS
Instructor in Painting and General C oaching,
WILLIAM RUSH
JOHN W. McCOY. B.F.A.
Instructor in Water Color,
Born in Pinole, California, 1910. Studied Cornell University, N. Y., Penna.
Academy of Fine Arts, American Scheol at Fontainbleau, France and private
studios of N. C. Wyeth in Chadd~ Fords, Pa. Student of Landislas Medgys
and Despujols, Paris. Awarded First Honorable Mention and Obrig Prize,
American Water Color Society 1946-47. Honorable Menti o n, Audubon
Artists 1948. First Prize Philadelphia Water Color Club, Pennsylvan ia Week
Exhibition 1949. Seco nd Prize Baltimore Water Color Club 1948. Obrig
Prize National Academy of Design 1951. Member: Nati o nal Aca demy of
Design, Audubon Artists. Vi ce-President Philade lphia Water Color Club.
Director W ilmi ngton Socie ty of Fine Arts. Murals in Nemours Building,
Wilmington, Del. , and Metropolitan Life Insurance Building, New York City.
Represented in Public and Private Collections.
JOHN MASSEY
Born in New York City, in 1894. Studied in The Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts. Awarded: Cresson 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 Ga llery of Art,
1939; Second Prize, Unrestricted Division, International Art Exhibit, G olden
Gate International Exposition, 1939; Beck Gold Medal, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, ,1941; Lippincott Prize, Pennsylvan ia Acade my of
the Fine Arts, 1942; Temple Gold Medal, Pennsyl va nia Aca de my of the
Fine Arts, 1944; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Go ld Medal of
Honor 1949; Fellowship Prize 1950; Retrospecti ve Exhibition Museum of
Modern Art, N. Y., 1950. Other awards-Philadelphia Sketch C lub, Philadelphia Art Club, Chicago Art Institute Member; Vice Presid ent National
Institute of Arts and Letters; Advisory Board, John Simon Gu ggenheim
Memorial Foundation. Board of Trustees, American Acade my in Rome.
Served Marine and Naval Camouflage Operati ons, First World War. Rep.
resented in Public and Private Collections. For bibliographical data see the
catalogue of the One Man Ret rospective Exhibition held llt t he Museu,m
of Modern Art, New York, 1950. Artist-in-Residence American Academy In
Rome 1953-54.
JULIUS BLOCH
Instructor in Painting and Drawing.
Born in Baden, Germany, 1888. Studied at The Philadelphia Museum School
of In d ustria l Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Barnes
Foundatio n. Awarded Cresson Traveling Scholarship 1911-12. Second Toppan, 1912 . Phi ladelphia Print Club Prize, 1933. Honorab!e Mention, Am~ri
ca n Pai ntin g of Today, Worcester Art Museum 1933. First Purchase Prize.
Wa na make r Regional Art Exhibit 1934, Yarnall Abbott Memorial Prize.
Phila delph ia Art Alliance 1939. Represented in collection Pennsylvania
Aca demy of t he Fine Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum, W hit ney Museum of American Art, Corcoran Art Gallery. Portrait in
W hite House Col lection.
MORRIS BLACKBURN
Instructor in Graphics and Painting.
Born Ph il ade lphia October 13, 1902. Studied at The Pennsylvania Academy
of t he Fine Arts; privately with Arthur B. Carles. Jr. Taught: Philadelphia
Mus eum School of Art 1933-41; Stella Elkins Tyler School of Art 1948-52;
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1952 to present. Awarded the
W illi am Em len Cresson European Traveling Scholarship in 1928 and 1929;
Jo hn Gribbel Prize 1942, Print Club; John Gribbel Honorable Mention, 1944.
Print C lub ; Ho no rable Mention American Color Print Society 1943; Third
Prize Ameri can Color Print Society 1944; Honorable Mention Northwest
Print Makers, 1943; Gold Medal Award Fellowship P.A.F.A. 1949; Mary S.
Coll i ns Prize 1950, Pri nt CI u b; Lessi ng J. Rosenwa Id Prize 1950, Pri nt CI u b;
Harris?n S. Mor~is Prize 1951, Equity Regional P.A.F.A.; John Simon Guggenhe im ~emofla~ Fellowship in Painting and Graphic Arts 1952. Represe nted: Phda?elphla Museum of Art, oils and prints; The Pennsylvania Academy of the FI ne Arts a nd The Ca peha rt Collection, oils. Pri nts in U. S. State
Department, Brooks Memorial Art Gallery American University Women's
Collection, Clearwater Museum.
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ERIC RYAN
WALTER STUEMPFIG
Instruc:tor in Composition and General Critic:ism.
Born in Philadelphia, 1914. Studied at The Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts. Awarded: Cresson Traveling Scholarship, 1935. Represented in
Public and Private Collections. Member: National Academy of Design.
HOBSON PITTMAN
Instructor In Composition and Painting.
Born in Tarboro, North Caroli na, January 14, 1900. Studied at the Rouse
School of Art, Tarbor.o, No~th Carolina; Pennsylvania State University, State
College: Pa.; ~arn.egle Institute of.Technology (Art Schooll, Pittsburgh, Po.;
Columbia University, New York City, N. Y. Traveled extensively abroad in
1928, 1930, 1935, 1948. Awa rds: Honorable Mention Sa n Francisco World 's
Fair, 1939; Schiedt Memorial Prize, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts, 1943; Dawson Memorial Medal, The Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts, 1944; Honorab le Mention, New Haven Paint and C la y Club, 1946;
Second Prize, San Francisco Palace of Legi on of Honor, American Exh ibition,
1947; Fourth Clark Prize, Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1948; Third Prize, Carneg ie
Institute, American Exhibition, 1949; Honorable Mention , Pomona, Ca l., Exhibition of American Painting, 1949; First Prize , Flower Painting, Butler Art
Institute, Youngstown, Ohio, 1950. Memberships: Philadelphia Water Color
Club; Philadelphia Art Alliance; Artists Equ ity Ass ociation; National Academy of Design. Represented in: Metropolitan Museum of Art ; The Pennsy lvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Whitney Museum of Art; Brooklyn Museum;
Phillips Memorial Gallery, Washington; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts ; Nebraska Art Association; Butler Art Institute, Youngstown, Ohio; C leveland
Museum of Art; Carnegie Institute; Brooks Memorial Gallery, Memphis,
Tenn.; Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Mass.; Phi ladelphia
Museum of Art; John Heron Art Museum, Indianapolis, Ind.; Santa Ba rbaro
Art Museum, Santa Barbara, Cal.; W ilmington Society of Artists, Wi lmington, Del.; International Business Machines Collection of American Painting;
Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pa.; Encyclopedia Britannica ;
Montclair Museum of Art, Montclair, N. J.; Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo,
Ohio. Abbott Collection.
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JOHN HANLEN
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SUSAN CORSE
ROY C. NUSE
Assistant in Mural Decoration.
Professional Adviser.
Born Ja~uary I, 1922, Winfield, Kansas. Studied: The Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts and the Barnes Foundation. Awards: Two Cresson Traveling
Sch~ l a rshi
Wa re Memoria I Schola rshi p; Louis Comfort Tiffa ny fi rst awa rd;
EdW in. Austin Abbey Award for Mural. Represented: Library of Congress,
W.ashlngton, D.. C ., prints, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and
Private Collections. Murals for the Budd Company's Twin City Zephyrs.
TauCJht at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1953 to _.
Born in Springfield, Ohio, February 23, 1885. Pu.pil of Duveneck, ~incinnati
Art Academy Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Awords . Cresson
Scholarship, P~nnsylvania Academy of the Fine Art~, 1917; Second Cress?n ,
First Toppan and First Thouron Prizes, Pennsylvania Academ,v off t;A ~IAe
Arts, 1918; Medal, Philadelphia Sketch Club, 1921. Fell~wshlp 0
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Gold Medal Award, 1940. Past President of the Fellowship of Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts.
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ABRAHAM RATTNER
Visiting Critic in PaintinCJ.
JOHN F. HARBESON. M.S. in Architecture
Instructor in Perspective.
Born in Phi lade lphia, Ju ly 30, 1888. Studied in the University of Pennsylv~ni~.
Received B.S. and Arthur Spayd Brooke Gold Medal in Design, 1910; M.S.A.,
191 I; 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 Architectur-"ll Design,"
Pencil Points Press, N. Y., 1926.
WILLIAM M. CAMPBELL. B.S. in Architecture: A.M.
Assistant Instructor In Perspective and Instructor in Lett.e ring.
Born in Germantown, Philadelphia, 1887; studied in the University of Pennsylvania. B.S. in Architecture, 1912. R.A. Assistant Professor in Design
Analysis in the School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania.
JACK BOOKBINDER. B.F.A. in Ed.; M.F.A.
Lecturer in Art History.
Born Odessa, Ukraine, 1911. Studied Pennsylvan ia Acad
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Arts;. University of Pennsylvania, B.F.A . in Ed .; Temple U~i~~rsfty,t~.:.~~
and In European Museums, 1936, 1938, 1939. Special Assistant tAt D'
tor of Philade lphia Public Schools, 1945-. Awards: Ist Prize lithog~aph ~ric
Alumni, 1947; DaVi~ci Silver Medal, 1949;. 3rd P~iz~, Co~temporary tthYo~~
raphy, Rochester Prlnt.Club: 1948; 1st PrIZe, painting , Tyler Alumni, 1951;
Clarence Wolf Memorial PrIZe, DaVinci Alliance, 1952 ; Water Color Prize
P.A.F.A. Fellow.ship, 1952; F.ellowship Prize 1953. Represented in Pennsylvani~
Academy ~f FI.ne Arts, Phl.lade.lphla Museum of Art, Library of Congress,
Tem.ple University,. Yale University Museum, Art Museum of the New Brita in
Institute, Connecticut, Woodmere Art Gallery, and private collections.
THEODOR SIEGL
PHILIP ALIANO
Technical Advisor and LectureI' in Chemistry and Grounds.
Instructor In Stone Cutting.
Born Czechoslovakia 1927. Studied four years Conservation of Pa intings,
State Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria. 1948 Conserva tor of the
Capucini Monastery in Vienna . Conservator of the Pennsylvan ia Acad~my of
the Fine Arts. Conservation of various collections: The Universi ty of Pennsylvania, The Pennsylvania State Museum in Harrisburg; and others.
Born in Corleto Perticara, Italy. Studied drawing and modeling at The
Spring Garden Institute and modeling at Drexel Institute. Received Honorable Mentions.
Former Cha irma n of the Architectu ra I Scu Iptors and Ca rvers Association of
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Philadelphia and vicinity.
EDMOND J. FARRIS. B.A.. Ph.D.
G. HOLMES PERKINS. A.B. and M.Arch.
Lecturer in Anatomy.
Chairman of the Department of Architecture and Dean of the School of Fine Arts.
University of Pennsylvania.
Born in .Buffalo, New York. Executive Director, Asso ciate Member, The Wista~ In.sMute o,~ Anatomy and Biology. Author, "Art Students ' Anatomy"
(LIppincott); Anatomy and Physiology, Laboratory Guide" (Lippincott).
RAYMOND TAYLOR ENTENMANN. B.S.: A.M.: Mep.
PETER SUFFREDINI
Curator of Schools and Head of Coordinated Program with University of Pennsyl·
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Instructor in Casting.
WALLACE PETERS
Representative from University for Coordinated Program.
Born in Philadelphia, December 7, 1920. B.S. in Landscape Archi!ect~re ,
Pennsylvania State University, 1942. A.M. in Fine Arts: Ha:vard University,
1947. M.C.P., Grdduate School of Design, Harvard University, 1953. Taught
Syracuse Un iv., 1948-51.
general and specific advantages
The Faculty presents the greatest single. asset of the Academy's
·Schools. Other factors, however, contflbu:e to .the strength .of
the present institution. Its location, Galle:les, Llbrar~ an~ PrInt
Collection, the Coordinated Courses ~Ith the UnIversIty. of
P
ylvania the American Academy In Rome CollaboratIve
p~~blem and the many scholarship advantages will be briefly
outli ned later.
'LOCATION. The Academy building is located in the heart of
Philadelphia within one block of City Ha.1I and ,,:ith}n .two or
three blocks of the central city railroad statIons. It IS wIthIn walking distance of practically every gallery,. museum,. lib~ary, t~e
atre and music hall of importance in the cIty. ConsIderIng Phrladelphia'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
anq living.
AC,ADEMY GALLERIES. The Academy's Permanent Collection
of Paintings and Sculpture affords an opportunity for the study
of examples of famous masters, and includes the Gallery of
National Portraiture by Early American Painters; the Temple
Collection of Modern American Paintings; The Gibson Collection, largely composed of works of the Continental schools; and
the Lambert Collection of Contemporary Art.
The Annual Exhibitions held by the Academy, of which this
year's will be the One Hundred and Fiftieth, bring together the
best examples of current American painting and sculpture, and
enable students to follow intelligently the various movements
of contemporary art, and to study the technical methods by
which the art of today is achieving its results. These exhibitions
have been recognized for many years as being the foremost in
America. The Water Color and Print Exhibition is held in the
Fall of each year. The exhibition of work of students submitted
in competition for Cresson European Traveling Sc~olarsh~p? ~nd
other prizes is held at the end of May. Othe: specIal exhlbltrons
are held in the Galleries throughout the WInter season.
LIBRARY. An excellent reference library is available to all registered students in the day school. Books are easily accessible to
students for individual research and for limited withdrawals.
PRINT COLLECTION. The Academy is the owner of on~ of
the largest and most valuable print collections in the Un~ted
States, with a total aggregate in all coll~ctions ~f 67,000 prrnts.
These prints and drawing: are dis~layed In gallerres and used for
studio instruction from tIme to tIme.
I. PAINTING
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The general method of instruction is by individual criticism of
class work. The purpose of this training is to develop the students' natural abilities and to enable them to acquire and develop
technique. The various classifications of .s~udy are closely. allied
and students in one department are privileged to work In the
other departments by arrangement with the Curator. This entails
no additional fee.
FIRST YEAR COURSE. All students are required to take the
First Year Course as outlined herein. Students entering the
Academy with advanced credit from other recognized institutions, or private instruction, may apply for exemption from the
first year course by submitting four (4) examples of work for
action of the Academy Faculty.
REGISTRATI·ON OF WORK. Each student is required to register one example of work, once each month, representi ng effort in
each of the classes to which the student has been assigned and
bearing the stamp of the instructor from each of those classes.
An unbroken record of regi stration is necessary for eligibility for
all competitions and is required of all students in the Coordinated
Courses and all Veterans. Written requests for excuse upon
legitimate grounds (illness, unavoidable absence, etc.) must be
addressed to the Curator for approval.
Life Drawi ng . . . . "
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Water Color. . . . .
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Introduction to Design . . . . . .
Graphics . . . . . .
Construction . . . . .
Cr-oquis and HeiHl Sketch (A'lte~nate Ea~h
Perspective and Lettering . . . . .
History of Art . . . . . . . . .
Anatomy . . . . . . . . . . .
Chemistry and Grounds . . . . . .
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Graphics . . . . . .
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Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Croquis and Head Sketch (Alternate Each Week)
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Anatomy
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Chemistry and Grounds . . . . . . . . .
Courses up to this point are taken during the first year in each of four departments .
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P?r t ra 't
Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Stone Cutting . . . . . . . . . . . . . h: 'f fl' .
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3. ILLUSTRATION
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Cast Drawing
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Water Color. . . . .
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Three Dimensional Design
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Introduction to Design .
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History of Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Anatomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Chemistry and Grounds . . . . . . . . . .
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Courses up to this point are taken during the first year in each of four departments.
Portra it. . . .
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4. MURAL
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Graphics . . . . . .
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Anatomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chemistry and Grounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Courses up to this point are taken during the first year in each of four depllrtments.
Portrait.
Life . . .. .. . . . . . . .
....
Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Still Life and Land sc~ p~ .' .. .. .. .. .. : : : . .
Application of learned skills to mural Decoration
.
.
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.
96
96
96
96
. 768
2617
PROMOTION. All students whose registration record is complete ~ay, .at the end of t~e First Yea.r Course, select the de partment In wh~ch he or she wl:hes to malor-i.e. Painting, Sculpture
or illustration. Entrance mto Mural Decoration may only be
made. afte: at least two preparatory years and then after consultation with the Curator and the Head of the Mural Decoraf
~epartment. The Life and Portrait Classes are cla ssified as pl~e~
Ilmlnary and Advanced. Opportunity for promotion is made at
stated ~a~ulty meetings .. One painting and one drawing from
the Preliminary class studios (not work done outside st udio) must
be submitted with the application for the Advanced class.
GENERAL INFORMATION
In the first-year classes, attendance records will be kept and
excessive absences will be checked. Board of Education , or outside scholarship holders, students coordinating with the University of Pennsylvania, and all Veterans are required to have their
work graded at the end of each term.
The grade range is from 95 plus down to 70 ba sed on the quality
of work and progress shown. Any grade below 70 places the
student on probation for the ensuing term and if the work does
not improve the student is requested to leave. Students are
supposed to know how to conduct themselves upon principles of
honor without specific rules, but 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.
STUDENTS ENROLLED UNDER PUBLIC LAW #550. No leave
will be granted nor absences nor cla ss cuts allowed. [Work not
regi stered at appointed time mu st be registered at least by next
registration.] Tardiness amounting to more th an 1112 . hou.rs per
week will not be tolerated and unexplained absenteeism In any
form will result in dismissal.
•
MURAL TRYPTYCH
JOHN NACE
CHARLES HARPT
ROSALIE KAPLIN
ROSSElL
CLAilE
C~
SHERDON
CLARENCE SHERDON
coordinated progra.ns
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COORDINATED PROGRAMS. The University of Pennsylvania
offers its degrees of Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts
and the degree of Bachelor of Science in Education to students
of Painting, Sculpture, Mural Decoration and Illustration who
have completed the prescribed course of academic study at the
University of Pennsylvania and the prescribed technical work in
the schools of the Academy.
THE FINE ARTS PROGRAM. The program for the Bachelor of
Fine Arts and the Master of Fine Arts degrees is normally five
years, during which time 58 semester credits must be completed
in the required academic courses in the University and 122 semester credits in the technical work of the Academy.
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.
BACHELOR
University
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
OF FINE ARTS DEGREE
Semester Credits
History of Art •
English
•
• •
Modern Language
General History.
A Science. •
Psychology
•
•
Philosophy
•
•
Electives • • •
Academy (Technical)
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
12
12
6
6
6
6
2
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
8
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
58
•
•
•
•
•
Total Semester Credits
•
•
•
122
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
· 180
•
Semester Credits
•
•
• • • 36
MASTER OF FINE ARTS DEGREE
Academy
Technical
•
•
•
•
University
History of Painting • • •
Electives
• • • • • •
Total Semester Credits
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
4
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
8
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
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48
WALTER HOOD
The technical work of the student is judged each month by
Curator and University representative and each term by the
Committee on the Coordinated Program and the student is
graded on one example from each class in which he is registered.
Reports are rendered each term, and in t.he a.cademic courses
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.
Applications should be made as early as possible. Candidates
for admission to the Coordinated 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.
For information regarding the University write direct to the Office of Admissions, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 4, Pa.
(Note) While this program is not designed primarily for teacher
preparation, specifically in the public school system, many graduates are holding responsible teaching positions in the private
school field.
ART EDUCATION PROGRAM. The program for the Bachelor
of Science in Education degree (for teaching and supervising art
~ducation in the public schools) is also a five year course; the
first two years of which are divided between the University and
the Academy. At the end of the second year the student must
t.ransfer from the undergraduate Coordinated Program, as outlined above, to the School of Education for a full time program
to complete the remaining three years of the course.
EVENING CLASSES. The Evening Classes are planned for those
students whose activities or livelihood do not permit them to attend the day sessions. Students admitted under this head are
not eligible to compete for prizes or scholarshi~s. The f~e~ are
set at a reasonable figure so that many may enjoy the privilege
of Drawing, Painting or Modeling in the life and portrait classe,s,
See "fees" for details. All day students are entltle~ to work In
the evening classes without extra fee. The evening cia sse: are
conducted five nights of the week. Schedule of clas.ses wl!1 be
posted. Instructors in the Evening classes are F.rancls Spe l g~t,
Roswell Weidner, Walker Hancock, Harry Rosin, and special
assistants in Friday evening Croquis classes.
COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM. It is the aim of the Academy's
Schools to ap proach the fine arts in the broadest sense. Toward
that end and because of the ideal coordination with the University of Pennsy lvania, through its School of Fine Arts, one of the
most valua ble features is the participation through and with the
Associatio n of the Alumni of the American Academy in Rome in
their Col laborative Problem. This project engages students in
architecture , landscape architecture, mural decoration and
sculptu re. Teams of four are formed, the latter two members
from th e Academy, in the study of these, the four great art departments, toward a perfect whole. The Academy deems the
opportunit ies thus afforded so valuable that it offers tuition scholarship prizes to those students whose teams place in the prize
winni ng 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 t he Alumni of the American Academy in Rome judgment;
provided , that in the acceptance of such scholarship, the students wi ll major in their respective departments (Mural Decora tion and Sculpture), and shall use this tuition credit in the school
year diredly following that of the award.
ROBERT MARTI N
scholarshipS and prizes
FREE TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS. Free tuition scholarships are
available to registered students whose financial obligations and
registrations 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. 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 scholarship aid. The Louise Harrison Memorial
S~holarships given by Thomas S. Harrison in memory of his
Wife; T~e Mary R. B~rton Scholarships; The Sarah Kaighn Cooper
Memorial Schola.rshlp through the generosity of Mrs. George K.
Johnson; The Elizabeth H. Thomas Memorial Scholarship; and
The George M. Wiltbank Scholarships through the bequest of
Annie C. Wiltbank.
Application may be made in the Winter and Spring of each year.
These scholarships. are awarded by the Board of Directors upon
the recommendation of the Committee on Instruction and the
Faculty. Arplicants must fill in a prepared form and submit it
together With no more than four unframed examples of their
~ork to the Curator before the stated meeting of the Faculty
In January and April.
~t the ~iscretion of the management, and at times when there
IS a Pbrtlcular demand for such help, certain of these scholarships
may e granted as half scholarships.
The Board of Public E~ucation of the City of Philade lphia awards
t
a number of scholarships to students who receive appoint
Graduates of all the City High and Manual Train ing Sch mien s.
'
oosare
e I'Igl'bl e f or t h
ese appoln.tments,
nomination s for which are
made
b.y the Board of Education on the recommendation of the PrinCipals of the several schools, to whom all applications should be
addressed.
Ten full free tuition scholarships are made available by the Academy to June graduates in the Public and Parochial and Vocati~nal Schoo.ls in Philadelphia through a recent agreeme nt with
City CouncIl. Judgment for those students applying will be
made by a committee of the Faculty of the P.A.F.A. , at Broad
and Cherry Streets, and all applicants must submit at least six
(6) examples of work to the Academy. The date for judging the
competition will be announced in the Public and Parochia l schools
each Spring.
One free tuition scholarship for two semesters is offe red this
year through the Scholastic Magazine in its competition entitled
Scholastic Awards.
THE WILLIAM EM LEN CRESSON MEMORIAL
TRAVELING SCHOLARSHIPS
By the liberal provisions of the wills of Emlen Cresson and Pr iscilla P., his wife, c!! fund
ha s been created as a memorial to their deceased so n, W illiam Emlen Cresson, Academician, the income of which is to be appli e d by the Pennsylvania Acade my of the
Fine Arts in sending pupils of merit to Europe_ These scholarshps shall be awarded
under such rules and regulations as shall be adopted from t ime to time by the Board
of Directors of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Pine Arts.
The aw.ard of a Cresson Traveling Scholarship credits each student ':"Ith $1350; $ ~ 050 to be used for a summer of travel and
tr~~elln?J expenses .In Europe 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. Th~ winners should consider rather, that their industr~ and pr?mlse. have won fO.r the~ t.he opportunity to introduce Into their period of schooling this Inspirational and broadening incident. Each recipient is required to return to the Academy for the continuance of regular class work and the registration requirements for those enjoying study under a Cresson
Scholarship will be the same as for all other students.
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
1953. The student illustrations in this catalogue are selected
chiefly from the work of the winners in the 1953 competition.
In the case of exceptional merit and when a very decided ~m
provement 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.
The Faculty is not obliged to recommend ~ward~ of Cress on
scholarships if, in its opinion, the work s~bmltted IS not of sufficient merit to iustify such recommendations.
CHASE DECKER
•
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 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.
All students must have a complete and unbroken registration
record over the time included in computing eligibility (see Reg istration of Work "). They must also have completed satisfactorily
their work in Perspective (two terms). Delinquencies due to absence for illness or other causes must be satisfactorily explained
in writing to the Curator for excuse and all financial obligations
must be fully paid.
allotted space, and mu st be exhibited unframed a d i d
. hI
n ung aze
If t ape .IS use d t 0 t·rim unslg
t y edges of canvases it may be used
to give order rather than enhance and must not
h
the face of the canvas.
en croac upon
All students entering the competition are required to procure an
application for permission to compete at the Curator's Office
~efore the lOth day ?f March. All work submitted in competition must be that which has been done in the Academy classes
or for Academy registration and has received criticism from a
member or members of the Faculty. It must also be work completed within the last 32 weeks of the Winter School. Either the
stamp from monthly registration or one by special ;:rrangement
at the Curator's office must be upon each work I;x hibited.
THE LEWIS S. WARE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP. The Lewis
S. Ware Memorial Scholarsh ip, in accordance with the will of
the Testator, provides a European Traveling Scholarship in
amount and regulations similar to tho se of Cresson Scholarships
of that year. This scholarship will be available at intervals of
possibly three or four years and is to be awarded when available
by the Board of Directors through its Committee on Inst ruction
on the advice of the Faculty to a student of outstanding merit
who is not receiving a Cresson Scholarship that year. One Scholarship was awarded in May, 1953.
II
All competitors are unrestricted as to the amount and variety
of work they submit in the competition groups, provided they
do not exceed the space allotted to them but each Painter"s
gr~u~ must include one landscape, one portrait and one life
painting, and each Sculptor's group must include a composition.
Paintings, .Drawings, and Illustrations exhibited in the Painting
or Illustration groups may be any size but must not exceed the
A period of at lea st 90 days in Europe must be acc
t d f
. th ·t·
d f·
.
oun e or
In
e I. Inerary an manclal report which is required for fil ing in
the. office of the Curator before the first day of Novem ber follOWing the award.
~ach student aw~r.ded a Second Cresson Traveling Scholarship
I~ gran.te~ the privilege of using the credit for trave l ($1050) any
hme within tw~ years ~~d four months of the receipt of the award.
The $3.00 credit for tUition , howev.er, must be used within the year
follOWing the award or be forfeited . A student study ing on a
Second Cresso n Scholarship must register one piece of work
each month and will arrange individually with the curator in
regard to the requirements in the various departments.
THE J. HENRY SCHIEDT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP. The J.
Henry Schiedt Memorial Scholarship, in accordance with :he
Will of Cornelia Schiedt, provides for the award of Traveling
Scholarships according to the income available. 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.
Eligibilit y for this cOrr:'petition will be based on the sa';le requir~
ments as set up for f,rst .~resso.n a,:",ards, and th.e wrItten appl!ation coveri ng a specIfIc oblectlve for carrying forward h,s
~r her training th rough travel, placed in the hands of the .~urator
of the Schools before April Ist of the year of competItIon. A
student ma y compete for a Schiedt Scholarship and at the same
time for a C resson Scholarship, but may not win both in any
one year. In 1953 three of these scholarships were awarded.
TH E CHARLES TOPPAN PRIZES. The Charles Toppan Prizes
for 1954 are: First Prize $300.00; Second Prize, $200.00; and
one hon orable mention of $100.00. These prizes were established
in 1881 by t he gift of Mrs. Charles Toppan, Miss Harriette R.
Toppa n, a nd Mr. Robert N. Toppan. The prizes are awarded
only to stude nts who have previously r~ceived and used. a Cresson Schola rshi p. 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, also those
winnin g a Ware or Schiedt.
which is opened after the prize-winning canvases have been selected by the Committee on Instruction. According to the positively expressed terms of the gift, the drawing of the wo rk submitted will receive first consideration.
THE RAM BORGER PRIZE. From the income of a fun d 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 instruction over
two years, but who has been registered in the Academy fo r both
terms of the current school year. Each competitor may submit
one unmounted drawing on white paper 19 by 25 inches in size.
Having once received an award, a student becomes the reafter
ineligible to compete again.
THE EDMUND STEWARDSON PRIZE. The Edmund Stewardson
Prize of One Hundred Dollars in the Department of Sculpture
will be awarded for the 55th time at the close of the school year.
This is an annual prize. competed for by present students of the
Academy with such pupils of other art schools as may be approved by the Committee on Instruction.
Any student having received one Toppan prize is debarred from
receivin g another Toppan prize of the same or lower value. The
w0rk sub mitted in competition must be an original painting, in
oil, tempera or water color, the unaided work of the student
without criticism. The subject for the paintings to be submitted
will be announced Friday, November 5, 1954. All work in competition must be submitted without signature by Saturday, May
7, 1955, 12 o'clock noon. No student may submit more than
one example.
A student receiving one Stewardson Award is ineligible to compete a second time.
Canvases are numbered by the Curator, and a memorandum of
the nu mbers and competitors' names is kept in a sealed envelope
No one except the competitors is admitted to th~ . competition
room at any time during the days of the competItIon.
The subject for the competition is a full-length figu re ~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. a.nd must ~e
made within eighteen hours. durIng three consecutive days. In
six sessions of three hours each.
The Jury of Award c~nsist: of three professional sculptors, havin g no official connection with the Ac~demy, or any c:t~er schools
whose pup ils may have taken part In th~ competition .. If ~o
study be satisfactory to the Jury, the prize may, at their discreti on , be withheld. When no award IS made, the amount of
the prize may, at the discretion o~ the Board o~ D.irectors, ?e
added to the principal of the prize fund or distributed with
future prizes.
The clay models offered in competition must be kept standing
in good cond ition until otherwise ordered and figures cast by
the Academy become its property.
The Jury of Award judging the Competition in the Spring of
1954 consisted of-Henry Mitchell, Jean deMarco, Cecil
Howard.
THE STIMSON PRIZE. This prize was established in memory of
Emma Burnham Stimson and was created 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 per•
•
mission.
The subject for competition is a full-length figure from life, in
the round , not less than two feet six inches in height, and must
be made during class hours as a part of the regular work in the
cla:s. The work must be submitted anonymously to a jury appOinted by the Committee on Instruction of the Board of Di rectors. The Jury must not include any instructor in the School.
!h~ J.ury is. n.ot 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 ~ury of Award judging th e Competition in the Fall of 1953
consisted of-Charles Rudy , Bruce Moore, Rafael Sabitini.
THE THOU RON PRIZES. These awards w.ere founded by the
late Henry J . Thouron, a former In structor In Composition.
A prize of ;$50.00 and a prize of $25.00 for compositions complet.ed during the current season are offered, the first to be
decided by the Faculty, the second by a vot,,! of the students·
and a prize of $50.00 and a prize of $25.00 both to be awarded
by the Instructor of the cla ss.
A competitor is not eligible a second time fo r the same prize, and
cannot receive more than one award the same season.
THE PACKARD PRIZES. From the income of the John H. Packard Fund , established by the children of th e late John H. Packa rd,
M.D., for many years chairman of the Academy's Committee on
Instruction, annual prize s of $30.00 and $20.00 are awarded for
the best and second be st groups of original studies made from
living animals in the Zoological Garden.
These prizes are open to all students of the Academy who have
registered for both term s of the sch ool year. A student may
not submit more than one set of drawings mounted on a sheet
not to exceed 30 x 40 inches. A stude nt having once received a
prize becomes ineligible to receive the sa me prize the second
time.
THE THOMAS EAKINS MEMORIAL PRIZE. A prize will be
offered for the best figure canva s painted in the r~~ular li~e
cla ss in the winter immediately preceding the competition. This
prize of $100.00 will be awarded by the Fa c.ulty and i~ available
through the generosity of Mr. arld Mrs. David M. GWinn.
TH.E CECI.~IA BEAUX ~EMORIAL PRIZE. The gold medals
which Ceclila Beaux received during her life in recognition of
her work as a portrait painter have been donated to the Academy by Miss Beaux's residuary legatees and converted into a
fund, the income of which will provide a prize to be given for
the 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 avai lable, by the President with the advice of the Faculty. Students
eligible for the prize must have been enrolled in the day classes
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 submitted. 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 subm itted of
sufficient distinction.
THE ALEXANDER POR:rNOFF MEMORIAL PRIZE. Through
the generosity of Mrs. Portnoff a prize of $50.00 will be awarded
for the best head done by a sculpture student in the schools of
the Academy.
SPECIAL DONATO PRIZES. Two prizes are made available
this year through the generosity of Mr. Giuseppi Donato,
former Academy student and for many years sculpture member
of the Philadelphia Art Jury.
$50 will be awarded in memory of his parents, Teresa and Antonio Donato, by the Painting Instructors to the student .who
exhibits the most creative landscape painting , in either od or
water color.
$50 will be awarded in memory of his former Academy teachers,
specifically-Charles Grafly, Thomas P. Anschutz, Hugh Breckenridge William Merritt Chase and Dr. George McClellen, by
the Sculpture Instructors to the student who exhibits the most
creative composition in sculpture.
.
The Committee on a.w~rds is.n?t obliged to awar~ pme.s or hon
orable mentions if, In Its opinion, the work submitted IS not 0
sufficient merit to justify making the awards.
f
•
ad'l,ission
The application blank must be filled in and re~urned to the Curator with two passport photographs together with FOU R examples
of work approved by Faculty . . No student is eligi.ble unless he is
at least sixteen years of age and has ~ complete high .school education or its equivalent. The Committee on Instruction reserv~s
the right to limit the number of students under any or all classIfications.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR VETERANS. The Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts offers opportunities for study to veterans who
satisfy entrance requirements and who are eligible for educational benefits under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944
and Public Law 550.
FEES. Day School.
Students paying the Day School fees are entitled
leges of the Evening School classes.
Tuition Fee per term . . . . . . .
Matriculation Fee (paid only on entrance)
Locker and Library Fees per term . . .
Total, First Term . . . . . . .
Tuition Fee, all Subsequent Terms . . .
Locker and Library Fees per' term . . .
Total Fees, First Two Winter Terms .
to all the privi.
.
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.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Evening School.
Tuition Fee per term . . . . . . . . .
Matriculation Fee (paid only on entrance) . . .
Locker Fee per term. . . . . . . . . .
Total per Single Term, Evening School . .
These fees do not include the cost of any materials.
$150.00
10.00
2.00
$162.00
r5D.oo
2.00
$314.00
$50.00
5.00
1.00
$56.00
PAYMENT RE~UL.A TlONS. All fee s are payable in advance
and no deduct.lon IS made for late registration or for absence
and no refund IS made for any reason whatsoever, except in the
case of a student under Public Law 550 who if he fails to enter
th? course, or wi~hdrav.: or is discontinued therefrom at any time
prior to completion, will have refunded to him any unused balanc:, paid for tuition, fees and other charges on a pro-rated
baSIS, other than the fee for registration. Official credit or recommendation or the issuing of regi stration 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-payment of fees according to the announced dates, as
stated above, shall prohibit such delinquent students from attendance in all classes and lectures.
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 five
o'clock five days per week, and from nine to twelve o'clock on
Saturdays. Evening classes are held from seven to ten o'clo~k
from Monday to Friday, inclusive. All exceptions are noted In
the Calendar.
calendar school
year 1954 - 1955
Registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 20th to 25th
First Term Begins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 27th
First Day of Pose for Stimson Competition . . . . . . . . . . October 18th
Stimson Judgment and Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 12th
Thanksgiving Day Holiday . . . . . . . 10 P.M. Nov. 24th to 9 A.M. Nov. 29th
Christmas Holiday . . . . . . . . . 12 Noon Dec. 18th to 9 A.M. Jan. 3rd
Registration for Second Term . . . . . . . . . . . January 24th to 29th
Second Term begins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 31 st
Washington's Birthday Holiday . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 22nd
Stewardson Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . March 16th, 17th, 18th
Stewardson Judgment and Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 18th
Ea ster Holiday . . . . . . . . . . . 10 P.M. April 7th to 9 A.M. April I Ith
Placement of Cresson Competitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 9th
Judgment of Toppan Prizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 9th
Last Evening Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 13th
Judgment for Cresson, Ware and Schiedt Scholarships, Thouron,
Packard, Ramborger, Hill and Donato Prizes . . . . " . . . . May 17th
Exercises in the Gallery for Awarding of Prizes . . . . . . . . . . May 18th
Exhibition of Competitors' Work . . . . . . . . . . May 19th thru June 5th
Last Day of Winter School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 21 st
No models are engaged to pose nor criticism given during the last week of the Second
Term .~xcept by special arrangement.
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CLARENCE SHERDON
THE
P
NNSYLVANIA
ACAD
MY
OF
TH
FINE
ARTS
cordially invites
those
interested
to
ANNUAL MEMBERS
Annual .Members are such persons as contribute $10 annually for
the maintenance of the Academy, $25 sustaining; $100 contributing.
LIFE MEMBERS
life Members are such persons as make an outright contribution
of $300.
in its support
becolne Inelnbers
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 Academy of the Fine Arts are
deductible from income, in accordance with the rules app lying
thereto.
FORM OF BEQUEST
PRIVILEGES
lif~ and Annual Members receive notices of all activities invi!atlons to all Private yi~ws, access to the Print Collection (67,000
I~ebms, plates and original drawings), use of the Art Reference
' f Ion .In t he Academy's educational program
thI raryh' and
I parfIClpa
roug ectures, demonstrations, etc.
L
I give, devise and bequeath to "The Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts" ............................... .... Dollars,
in trust to invest and keep invested and apply the income only
to the maintenance of the said Academy.
application .or ad.nlss Ion
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY
OF THE FINE ARTS
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Application must include two passport photos and four examples of work of applicant-plus two letters of recommendotion.
(over)
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PENNSYLVANIA
ACADEMY
OF
THE
FINE
ARTS
The Object of the Fellowship is to foster a spi rit of fraternity among the
former and present students of THE PENNSYLVAN IA ACADEMY OF
THE FINE ARTS in the interests of art. It functions somewhat as an
Alumni, establishing a continuing link with the Academy after student days.
The FELLOWSHIP activities include exhibitions of the wo rk of its members
in the various medii, and it conducts a series of evening talks in the
Academy 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 t~e
Fine Arts you are cordially invited to become a member of the. ~elJowshlp
and to join with it in building up and preserving a united Spirit of true
fellowship in the interest of Art and in association with your Academy.
prin ted at the falcon press
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THE
PENNSYLVANIA
ACADEMY
OF
THE
FINE
ARTS
