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o.ficers
JOHN F. LEWIS, JR.
HENRY S. DRINKER
C. NEWBOLD TAYlOR
JOSEPH T. FRASER, JR.
President
Vice-President
Treasurer
Secretary and Director
RAYMOND T. ENTENMANN
Curator of Schools
Committee on Instruction
WILLIAM CLARKE MASON, Chairman
MRS. LEONARD T. BEALE
C. NEWBOLD TAYlOR
DAVID GWINN
directors
history
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 first efforts resulted in the formation
in 1794 of the Columbianum, and in 1795 under 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 twentynine years earlier the forefathers had signed the Declaration of
Independence, seventy-one public spirited citizens, of whom fortyone were lawyers, met for formal organization. They prepared a
petition for the incorporation of the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts. The gathering was a distinguished one, and included the
artists Charles Willson Peale, William Rush and Rembrandt Peale.
MRS. LEONARD T. BEALE
HENRY S. DR I NKER
DAVID GWINN
R. STURGIS INGERSOLL
ARTHUR C. KAUFMANN
MAURICE B. SAUL
JAMES P. MAGILL
SYDNEY E. MARTIN
WI LLIAM C LARKE MASON
GEORGE P. ORR
HOWARD C. PETERSEN
GEORGE B. ROBERTS
JOHN STEWART
C. NEWBOLD TAYLOR
SYDNEY L. WRIGHT
Solicitor
Representing City Counci l
MRS. RICHARDSON DI LWORTH
FREDRIC MANN
management
The schools are under the immediate care of the Curator and Committee on Instruction appointed by the President and Board of Directors.
RAYMOND TAYlOR ENTENMANN, B.S.; A.M .; MCP. .
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Curator of Schools and Head of Coordinated Program with University of Pennsylvania.
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GEORGE HARDING
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War In South PaCific, Combat Artist U. S. Marines. Mural Decoration in U. S.
Customs House Port of Phi lad·elph ia , Mun ici pal Court, Common Pleas Court
~hiladelphia, North Philadelphia Po st Office , U. S. Post Office Building, WashIngton, D. c., Federal Build ing-World's Fa ir, Five Court Rooms, Montgomery
County Court House; Chrys ler Offi ces, Detroit; Audubon Museum, Mill Grove,
Po . ; Award~ : Art Club Ph iladelphia , 1935, Edward T. Stotesbury Prize, 1938,
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts . 1953 Acad emy Gold Medol of Honor.
1953 Gold Medal Mural Decoratio n fro m Ar chitectural league of New York,
1953 Fine Arts Award, A.1.A . Member : N o ti onal Ac a demy of Design; Society
of Mural Pointers; Fine Arts Comm ission of Pennsylvan ia .
FRANCIS SPEIGHT
Instructor In Drawing and Painting.
Born in Windsor, North Caro lina, 1896. Stud ied in th e Co rc oran School of
Art, Washington, D. c., and The Pennsy lvania Aca d emy of the Fine Arts .
Awards: Cresson Foreign Traveling Scholarsh ips , 1923 and 1925, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts ; The Fellowshi p of The Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts' Gold Medal, 1926; First Prize in l and scape Society of Washington Artists, 1929; The Fellowship of The Pennsy lvania Academy of the Fine
Arts Prize, 1930; First Hallgarten Prize, Notiona l Acad emy of Design, 1930;
M. V. Kohnstamm Prize, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1930 ; l andscape Prize,
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, 1932; Third W. A. C la rke Prize and Bronze
Medal, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D. c. , 1937; Gold Medal,
Philadelphia Sketch Club, 1938; The Jenn ie Se snan Go ld Meda l, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1940 ; The Academy Fe ll owshi p Prize, 19~0 ;
First Altman Prize landscape, Notional Academy, 195 1; Se cond Altman Prize
landscape, Notional Academy, 1953; Orbrig Altman Prize land scape, Nat~onal
Academy, 1955. Member : Notional Academy of Des ign ; $1,000 G rant Notional
I nstitute of Arts & letters, 1953.
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WALKER HANCOCK
Instructor in Sculpture Composition. (On leave 1956-57)
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1922 and 1923; Widener Memorial Gold Medal, Pennsylvania A~ademy of t e
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Arts 1925· Awarded Fellowship in the American Academy In Rome, 1925;
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P.A.F.A. Fellowship Prize, 1932; Helen Foster Barnett Prize, .atlona
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of Design, 1935; National Sculpture Society Prize for Bas-relief, 1941; Anonymous Prize, National Academy of Design, 1949; J. Sanford Saltus Medal
Award 1953· Art Alliance Medal of Achievement, 1953; Herbert Adams
Memorial Aw~rd, 1954; Academy Gold Medal of Honor. Member: Architectural
league of New York; The Fellowship of The Perinsylvania Aca.demy of. the
Fine Arts; National Sculpture Society; National Academy of Design; National
Institute of Arts and letters. Sculptor-in-Residence, American Academy in
Rome, 1956-57.
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ROSWELL WEIDNER
Instructor In Drawing and Painting.
Bornin Reading, Po., 1911. Studied at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts, and the Barnes Foundation. Awarded Cresson Traveling Scholarship, 1935;
First Charles Toppan Memorial Prize, 1936; Honorable Mention Philadelphia
Sketch Club, 1936; Terry Art Institute of Florida, 1952. Fellowship Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1942. Represented: Reading Museum, Philadelphia Museum, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Penn State University.
Prints: library of Congress, Metropolitan Museum, and Private Collections.
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. Award of $1,000
from American Academy of Arts and letters, 1946; Gold Medal Award, Philadelphia Regional Show, 1950; Deerfield Academy figure of student, 1953.
Represented: by work for the French Government on the island of Guadaloupe,
F-rench West Indies; a building in Po peete, Tahiti, South Seas; The Samuel
Memorial, Schuylkill River, Philadelphia; Private and Public Collections in
london, Paris, Tahiti, New York and Philadelphia . Bouregy Prize, Audubon Artists 1956; Connie Mack figure, 1956
EDWARD SHENTON
Instructor In illustration.
Born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, November 29, 1895. Studied in the Philadelphia
Museum School of Art; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Pupil of
Thornton Oakley; Henry McCarter; George Harding. Awarded: lea Prize
1922; Cresson 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; "Still Meadow" and "Sugar Bridge," 1954;
1953 U. S. War Memorial Murals in Belgium and France; "Big Woods," 1955.
FRANKLIN CHENAULT WATKINS
Instructor In Painting and General Coaching.
Born in New York City, in 1894. Studied in The Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts. Awarded: Cresson Traveling Scholarship, 1917, 1918; Second Tappan
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 Arts, 1941; lippincott Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 194?;
Temple Gold Medal, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1944: Pen~sylvanla
Academy of the Fine Arts Gold Medal of Honor 1949; Fellowship Prize 1950;
Retrospective Exhibition Museum of Modern Art, N .. Y., 1950. Ot~er awardsPhiladelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia Art Club, Chicago Art .Instltute Memb~r;
National Institute of Arts and letters; Advisory Board, John Simon Guggen.helm
Memorial Foundation. Boord of Trustees, Americon Academy in Rome, Natl.onal
Institute of Arts and letters . Served Marine and Naval Camouflage Opera~lo~s,
First World War. Represented in Public and Private Collection~. ,For ~1~I.. ographical data see the catalogue of the One Man Retrospect~ve Exhibition
held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1950. Artist-in-Resldence. Amer·
A r ts Degree from Franklin and
icon Academy in Rome 1953-54. Doctor a f FIne
Marshall 1954.
JOHN W. McCOY, B.F.A.
HOBSON PITTMAN
Instructor in Water Color. (On leave 1956-57)
Instructor In Composition and Painting. (On Indefinite 'eave 1956-57)
Born in Pinole, California, 1910. Studied Cornell University, N. Y., Penna.
Academy of Fine Arts, American School at Fontainbleau, France and private
studios of N. C. Wyeth in Chadds Fords, Po. Student of landislas Medgys
and Despujols, Paris. Awarded First Honorable Mention and Obrig Prize,
American Water Color Society 1946-47. Honorable Mention, Audubon Artists
1948 First Prize Philadelphia Water Color Club, Pennsylvania Week Exhibition
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1949. Second Prize Baltimore Water Color Club 1948. Obrig Prize National
Academy of Design 1951. Member: National Academy of Design, Audubon
Art ists . Vice-President Philadelphia Water Color Club. Director Wilmington
Soc iety of Fine Arts. Murals in Nemours Building, Wilmington, Del., and
M etropolitan life Insurance Building, New York City. Represented in Public
and Private Collections.
JULIUS BLOCH
Instructor in Painting and Drawing_
Born in Baden , Germany, 1888. Studied at The Philadelphia Museum School
of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Barnes Foundation. Awarded Cresson Traveling Scholarship 1911-12. Second Toppan, 1912.
Ph il adelphia Print Club Prize, 1933. Honorable Mention, American Paintin g of Today, Worcester Art Museum 1933. First Purchase Prize, Wanama ker
Reg ional Art Exhibit 1934, Yarnall Abbott Memorial Prize, Philadelphia Art
A ll ian ce 1939. Represented in collection Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Art s, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum, Whitney Museum of
American Art, Corcoran Art Gallery.
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WALTER STUEMPFIG
Instructor in Composition and General Criticism.
Born in Philadelphia, 1914. Studied at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Ar.ts . Awarded:. Cresson Traveling Scholarship, 1935. Represented in Public and
Pnvate Collections. Member: National Academy of Design.
Bo~n in. Tarboro, North Carolina, January 14, 1900. Studied Pennsy lva nia State
University, State College, Po.; Carnegie Institute of Technology (Art S h I)
P!ttsburgh, Po.; Columbia University, New York City, N. Y. Trave led 'e~t~n~
sively abroad in 1928, 1930, 1935, 1948. Awards : Honorable Mention San
Francisco W~rld's Fair, 1939; Schiedt Memorial Prize, The Pennsy lva ni a Academy of the FI.ne Arts, 1943; Dawson Memorial Medal, The Pennsy lva ni a Academy of the F~ne Arts,. 1.9~4; Second Prize, San Francisco Palace of legion of
Honor, Ame~lcan .Exhlbltlon, .1947; .Fourth Clark Prize, Corcoran Ga ll ery of
Art, 1948; Third Prize, Carnegie Institute, American Exhibition, 1949; First Prize,
Flower Painting, Butler Art Institute, Youngstown, Ohio, 1950; Sa ltus Gold
Medal, National Academy of Design; Second W. A. Clarke Prize, Corcoran,
1953; First Prize, Butler Institute of American Art, 1955; Guggen heim Award,
1955. Memberships: Philadelphia Water Color Club; Philade lphia Art Alliance;
Artists Equity Association; National Academy of Design. Represen ted in: Metropol itan Museum of Art; The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Whitney
Museum of Art; Brooklyn Museum; Phillips Memorial Ga llery, Was hington;
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; Nebraska Art Association ; But ler Art Institute,
Youngstown, Ohio; Cleveland Museum of Art; Carnegie Institute; Brooks
Memorial Gallery, Memphis, Tenn.; Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover,
Mass.; Philadelphia Museum of Art; John Heron Art Museum, Indiana po lis, Ind. ;
Santa Barbara Art Museum, Santa Barbara, Cal.; Wilmington Soc iety of Artists,
Wilmington, Del.; International Business Machines Collection of America n Painting; Pennsylvania State University, State College , Po .; Montcla ir Museum of Art,
Montclair, N. J.; Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio. Abbott Coll ection;
National Institute of Arts and letters. Cranbrook Academy ; North Caro lina
State Museum, Raleigh, N. C.
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MORRIS BLACKBURN
Instructor In Graphics and Painting.
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Born Philadelphia October 13, 1902. Studied at The Pennsylvania. Acade~y
of the Fine Arts; privately with Arthur B. Carles, Jr. Taught: Philadelphia
Museum 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 Wi."iam
Emlen Cresson European Traveling Scholarship in 1928 and 1929; John Gnbbel
Prize 1942, Print Club; John Gribbel Honorable Mention, 1944, Print Club;
Honorable Mention American Color Print Society 1943; Third Prize American
Color Print Society 1944; Honorable Mention Northwest Print Makers, 1943;
Gold Medal Award Fellowship P.A.F.A. 1949; Mary S. Collins Prize 1950, Print
Club; Lessing J. Rosenwald Prize 1950, Print Club; Harrison S. Morris Prize
1951, Equity Regional P.A.F.A.; John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
in Painting and Graphic Arts 1952; Honorable Mention Philadelphia Art Alliance
1952; Honorable Mention National Serigraph Society 1953. Represented: Philadelphia Museum of Art, oils and prints; The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts and The Capehart Collection, oils. Prints in U. S. State Department, Brooks
Memorial Art Gallery, American University Women's Collection, Clearwater
Museum, Rosenwald Collection, Butler Institute of American Art, Rochester
Institute of Technology.
DANIEL GARBER
Professional Adviser.
B~rn. in ~orth ~anchester, India~a, 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; Bronze Medal International Exposition, Buenos Aires, 1910; Walter Lippincott Prize, The Pennsy lvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1911; Potter Palmer Gold Medal, Art Institute
of Chicago, 1911; Silver Medal, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D. c.,
1912; Gold Medal, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Franc isco,
1915; Shaw Prize, Salmgundi Club, New York City, 1916; Harrison S. Morris
Prize, Newport, Rhode Island, 1916; 1st Altman Prize for Figure Pa inting,
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 Medal, 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; Carnegie Prize, Nationa l
Academy of Design, New York City, 1923; The Academy Gold Medal of Honor,
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1929; The Jennie Sesnan Gold
Medal, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1937. Member: National
Academy of Design, New York City; National Arts Club, New York City ;
Salmagundi Club, New York City.
JOHN HAN LEN
Assistant In Mural Decoration.
ROY C. NUSE
Professional Adviser.
Born January 1, 1922, Winfield, Kansas. Studied: The Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts and the Barnes Foundation. Awards: Two Cresson Traveling
Scholarships, Ware Memorial Scholarship; Louis Comfort Tiffany first award;
Edwin. Austin Abbey Award for Mural. Represented: library of Congress,
Washington, D. c., prints, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and
P~ivate Collections. Murals for the Budd Company's Twin City Zephyrs. Associate Professor and Acting Head of Painting Department, Moore Institute, 1954 ..
Born in Springfield, Ohio, February 23, 1885. Pupil of Duveneck, Cincinnat i
Art Academy, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Awards: Cresson Scho larship, 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.A.F.A. Gold Medal
Award, 1940.
NOTE: Above are regular staff members who make weekly visits . Our staff was
augmented by such artists in 1955-56 as Abraham Rattner, A"drew Wyeth, and
leon Kroll. Men of similar caliber will be included in schedule of 1956-57.
aug' I '1enting the faculty
MARTHA K. SCHICK
THEODOR SIEGL
Technical Advisor and Lecturer in Chemistry and Grounds.
Librarian.
WALLACE PETERS
WILLIAM M. CAMPBELL
Representative from University for Coordinated Program.
Assistant Instructor in Perspective and Instructor In Lettering.
JIM C. LUEDERS
Assistant in Drawing.
PHILIP ALIANO
Instructor in Stone Cutting.
BEN KAMIHIRA
Assistant in Drawing.
EDMOND J. FARRIS
Lecturer In Anatomy.
ELIZABETH MONGAN
Lecturer in Graphics.
PETER SUFFREDINI
Instructor in Plaster Casting.
J. STEPHEN LEWIS,
Assistant in Sculpture.
JACK BOOKBINDER
ALLEN HARRIS
Lecturer in Art History.
Instructor In Bron.e Cas,lng.
general and specific advantages
The Faculty presents the greatest single asset of the Academy's
Schools. Other fa ctors, however, contribute to the strength of the
present institution. Its location, Galleries, library and Print Collection , the Coordinated Courses with the University of Pennsylvania,
the American Academy in Rome Collaborative problem and the
many scholarship advantages will be briefly outlined later.
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 importan ce in the city. Considering Philadelphia's
wealth in these cultural attributes, the student in the Academy has
immeasurable opportunities to augment his or her school work in
every possible field of inspiration for art and living .
The Annual Exhibitions held by the Academy 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 resu lts. 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 Scholarships and other prizes is held
at the end of May. Other special exhibitions are held in the Ga lleries throughout the Winter season.
LIBRARY. An excellent reference library is available to all registered students in the day school. Boo ks are eas ily accessible to
students for individual research and for limited withdrawals.
PRINT COLLECTION. The Academy is the owner of one of the
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 Temple Collection
of Modern American Paintings; The Gibson Collection, largely
composed of works of the Continental schools; and the lambert
Collection of Contemporary Art.
largest and most valuable print collection s in the United States,
with a total aggregate in al l col le ctions of 67,000 prints. These
prints and drawings are displayed in ga lleries and used for studio
instruction from time to time.
ACADEMY STORE is available to all students with a great selection
of materials for use in studios.
Franklin Drake
Cresson 1952
Cresson 1955
Thomas Gaughan
Cresson 1954
Schiedt 1955
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Jim $ponfeller
Mo rris Blackman
1. PAINTING
instruction
The general method of instruction is by individual criticism of studio
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 study 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
with advanced credit from other recognized institutions,
instruction, may apply for exemption from the first year
submitting four (4) examples of work for action of the
Faculty.
Academy
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course by
Academy
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Three Dimensional Design. • • . . • . . . . . . . .
I ntroduction to Design..
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Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Construction • •
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Croquis and Head Sketch (Alternate Each Week) . . . . • .
Perspective and Lettering. . . . . . •
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History of Art. . • . • • . .
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Anatomy..
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Chemistry and Grounds • . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Still Life and Landscape (Alternate Each Week)
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REGISTRATION OF WORK. Each student is required to register
one example of work, once each month, representing effort in each
of the studios to which the student has been assigned and bearing
the stamp of the instructor from each of those studios. An unbroken
record of registration 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 (illne~s, unavoidable absence, etc.) must be addressed to the Curator
for approval.
S~UDENTS ENROLLED UNDER PUBLIC LAW #550. No leave
will be granted nor absences nor studio cuts allowed. [Work not
registered at appointed time must be registered at least by next
registration.] Tardiness amounting to more than 1112 hours per
week will not be tolerated and unexplained absenteeism in any
form will result in dismissal.
2. SCULPTURE
Hours
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Cast Drawing
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Stone Cutting
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Three Dimensional Design.
Introduction to Design. .
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Construction • • . • . • • • • • . • .
Croquis and Head Sketch (Alternate Each Week) .
Perspective and lettering..
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History of Art. . • . • • • . • . • • .
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Anatomy
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Chemistry and Grounds
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Stone Cutting
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Skill to be learned in the techniques and craftsmanship of fine
art painting and sculpturing • . . • • . • . . . • .
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Hours
3. IllUSTRATION
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96
Cost 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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Graphics .
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Construction . . . . . ,
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Croquis and Head Sketch (Alternate Each Week) • • . . • • 384
Perspective and lettering
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History of A r t . . .
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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 departments.
Portrait
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PROMOTION. All stud~nts whose registration record is complete
may, at the end of the First Year Course, select the department
in which he or she wishes to maior-i.e. Painting, Sculpture or
Illustration. Entrance into Mural Decoration may only be made after
at least two preparatory years and then after consultation with
the Curator and the Head of the Mural Decorat ion Department.
The Life and Po rtrait Studios are classified as Painting and Advanced Painting. Opportunity for promotion is made at stated
Faculty meetings. O ne painting and one drawing from the Painting
studio (not work done outside studio) must be submitted with the
application for the Advanced Painting studio .
GENERAL INFORMATION
In the first-year studios, 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 based 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 reCOVTse, for any reason which may
seem sufficient in the opinion of the Management, and without
assigning any reason.
Cours:s up to this point are taken during the first year in each of four departments.
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Mr. Allen Harris will have periodic meetings on ~asting in bronze.
At the present time he operates the only bronze foundry for sculpture in the city. It is to our great advantage to have this ancient
medium so close at hand for our students under the capable guidance of Mr. Harris.
John Needre
Cresson 1955
Joseph Tishler
Cresson 1955
J. A. Hamilton, 3rd
Ware 1955
Peter Li~ter
Cresson 1954
Schiedt 1955
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Lois Rhodes
Cresson 1954
Tappan 1955
Palle Myln er
Cre~son 1955 '
Barbara Brown
coordinated progralns
COORDINATED PROGRAMS. The Un iversity of Pennsylvania offers
its degrees of Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts and
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the degree of Bachelor of Sc ien ce In Education to students of
Painting, Sculpture, Mural Deco ration 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.
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS DEGREE
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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 96 semester credits
in the technical work of the Academy.
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MASTER OF FINE ARTS DEGREE
Semester Credits
Academy
Advanced standing for academic work up to 22 semester credits
may ~e allowed by the University. For previous technical study of
the ~lne Arts the Academy may allow credit up to 48 semester
credits of. the 96 required. 12 credits must be taken in history of
art of which at least 2 credits must be in 500 courses. (Graduate
work) at University.
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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 studio in which he is registered. Reports are
rendered each term, and in the academic 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. Note:
Tuition at Academy does not include fees for courses taken at
University.
For information regarding the University write direct to the Office
of Admissions, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 4, Pa .
ART EDUCATION PROGRAM. The program for the Bachelor of
Science in Education degree (for teaching and supervising art
education 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 transfer
from the undergraduate Coordinated Program, as outlined above,
to the School of Education for a full time program to complete th
remaining three years of the course.
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COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM. It is the aim of the Academy's
Schools to approach the fine arts in the broadest sense. Toward
that end and because of the ideal coord ination with the University
of Pennsylvania, through its School of Fine Arts, one of the most
valuable features is the participation through and with the Association of the Alumni of the American Academy in Rome in their
Collaborative Problem. This project engages students in architecture, landscape architecture, mural decoration and sculpture. Teams
of four are formed, the latter two members from the Academy, in
the study of these, the four great art deparments, toward a perfect
whole. The Academy deems the opportunities thus afforded so
valuable that it offers tuition scholarship prizes to those students
whose teams place in the prize winning groups in the Rome Academy's judgment.
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 Assoc iation
of the Alumni of the American Academy in Rome judgment; provided, that in the acceptance of such scholarship, the students will
major in their respective departments (Mural Decoration or Sculpture), and shall use this tuition credit in the school year directly
following that of the award.
Don Abrams
Cresson 1955
Eva Odlivak
Cresson 1955
Ina Piver
Cresson 1954
Cresson 1955
Chapman Kelly
Cresson 1954
Cresson 1955
Howard Kerwick
Cresso n 1955
EVENING STUDIOS. The Evening Studios 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 scholarships. The fees are set at a reasonable figure so that many may enjoy the privilege of Drawing,
Painting or Modeling in the life and portrait 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. Instructors in the
Evening classes are Francis Speight, Roswell Weidner, J. C. leuders
and Ben Kamihira. A sculpture class in stone and wood carving
meets under direction of J. Steven lewis.
Peter lister
Cresson 1954
Cresson 1955
Martha Zeit
Cresson 1954
Schiedt 1955
scholarshiPS and
p rizes
FREE TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS. Free tuiti?n sch?lar~hips are ava.Hable 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 flnan~ially assisting those w~o
woul d otherwise be unable to pursue their study of art. The malor
num ber 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
variou s friend s of the Academy to be used for scholarship aid. The
louise Harrison Memorial Scholarships given by Thomas S. Harrison in memory 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 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 recommenda tion of the Committee on Instruction and the
Faculty. Applicants must fill in a prepared form and submit it
together with no more than four unframed examples of their work
to the Curator before the stated meeing of the Faculty in January
and April.
At
. the discretion of the management , and at times when there
IS a parti cular demand for such help, certain of these scholarships
may be granted as half scholarships.
The Board of Public Education of the City of Phi ladelphia awards
a number of scholarships to students who receive appointments.
Graduates of all the City High and Vocational-Technical 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 shou ld
be addressed .
Ten full free tuition scholarships are made available by the Academy to graduates in the Public and Paroch ial and VocationalTechnical Schools in Philadelphia through a recent agreement with
City Council. Judgment for those students applying will be made
by a committee of the Facu lty 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 3rd week in May and 3rd week in January each year.
One free tuition scholarship for two semesters is offered this
year through the Scholastic Magazine in its competition entitled
Scholastic Awards.
THE WILLIAM EMLEN CRESSON MEMORIAL
TRAVELING SCHOLARSHIPS
By the liberal provisions of the wills of Emlen Cresson and Prisc illa P.,
his wife a fund has been created as a memorial to their deceased
son , William Emlen Cresson , Academ ician, the income of which .is
to be applied by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts In
sending pupils of merit to Europe. These scholarships shall be
awarded under such rules and regulations as shall be adopt~d
from time to time by the Board of Di re ctors of the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts.
The award of a Cresson Traveling Scholarship credits each student
with $1400; $1050 to be used for a summer of travel and traveling
expenses in Europe and the rema ining $350 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 industry 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 the continuance of regular
studio work and the registration requirements for those enjoying
study under a Cresson Scholarship will be the same as for all
other students.
Awards are made primarily on quality of work submitted. The
Faculty endeavors to apportion the awards so that all departments
are recognized.
Ten students were awarded Cresson Traveling Scholarships in
1955. The awards are made by the Board of Directors through its
Committee on Instruction, upon the recommendation of the Faculty.
The student illustrations in this catalogue are selected chiefly from
the work of the winners in the 1955 competition. In the case of
exceptional merit and when a very decided improvement is evident a student may, through the same authority, receive the award
a second tim e. 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 awards of Cresson scholarships if, in its opinion, the work submitted is not of sufficient merit
to justify such recommendations.
Franklin Drake
Cre ss on 1952
Carla Travaglia
Schiedt 1955
Sti msan 1955
Sheila Travaglia
Stewardson 1955
Cresson 1955
Paintings, Drawings, and Illustrations exhibited in the Painting or
Illustration groups may be any size but must not exceed the allotted
space, and must be exhibited unframed and unglazed. If tape is
used to trim unsightly edges of canvases it may be used to give
order rather than enhance and must not encroach upon the face
of the canvas.
A period of at least 90 days in Europe must be accounted for in
the itinerary and financial report which is required for filing in the
office of the Curator before the first day of November following
the award.
Each student awarded a Second Cresson Traveling Scholarship
is granted the privilege of using the credit for travel ($1050) any
time within two years and four months of the receipt of the award.
The $350 credit for tuition, however, must be used within the year
following the award or be forfeited. A student studying on a
Second Cresson 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.
RULES GOVERNING THE CRESSON COMPETITION. Every student
th irty-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.
Carlo Travaglia
Sch i edt 1955
Stimson 1955
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All students must have a complete and unbroken registration record
over th e time included in computing eligiQility (see "Registration of
Work") . They must also have completed satisfactorily their work
in Perspective (two terms) before submitting an application. Delinquen cies due to absence for illness or other causes must be satisfactoril y explained in writing to the Curator for excuse and all
finan cial obligations must be fully paid. All students entering the
comp etition are required to submit an application for permission to
compete at the Curator's Office before the 15th day of October.
All work submitted in competition must be that which has been
done in the Academy classes or for Academy registration and has
receiv ed criticism from a member or members of the Faculty. It
must al so be work completed within the last 32 weeks of the Winter
School. Either the stamp from monthly registration or one by
special arrangement at the Curator's office must be upon each
work exhibited.
Board of Directors through its Committee on Instruction
th
advi~~ of the Faculty to a student of outstanding merit whoo~s no~
receiving
Cresson Scholarship that year. One Scholarship wa s
awarded In May, 1955. First awarded 1938.
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TH~ J. HENRY ~CHIEDT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP. The J. Henry
Schledt Memorial Scholarship, in accordance with the W ill of
Corneli.a Schiedt, ~rovides for the award of Traveling Scholarships
a~cordlng to the Income available. The award of this Scholarship
will be made to an advanced student of outstanding merit on th e
recommendation of the Faculty by the Board of Directors under
regulations and programs to be authorized.
All competitors are unrestricted as to the amount and variety of
work th ey submit in the competition groups, provided they do not
~xceed the space allotted to them but each Painter's group must
Include one landscape, one portrait and one life painting, and
each Sculptor's group must include a composition. First awarded
Eligibility for this competition will be based an the same requ irements as set up for first Cresson awards, and the written application, covering a specific objective for carrying forward his or her
training through travel, placed in the hands of the Curator of the
Schools before April 1st of the year of competition. A student may
compete for a Schiedt Scholarship and at the same time for a
Cresson Scholarship, but may not win both in anyone year. In
1955 four of these scholarships were awarded, amounting to
1902.
$1200 each. First awarded 1949 .
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THE LEWIS S. WARE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP. The lewis S.
W are Memorial Scholarship, in accordance with the will of the
Testator, provides a European Traveling Scholarship in amount
and regulations similar to those of Cresson Scholarships of that
year. This scholarship will be available at intervals of possibly
three or four years and is to be awarded when available by the
THE CHARLES TOPPAN PRIZES. The Charles Tappan Prizes for
1955 are: First Prize $300.00; Second Prize, $200.00; and one
honora ble mention of $100.00. These prizes were established in
1881 by the gift of Mrs. Charles Toppan, Miss Harriette R. Tappan,
and Mr. Robert N. Toppan. The prizes are awarded only to stu-
dents wh o have previously received and us~d a Cresson Scholarfor a Second
h · Competito rs who fulfill all of the requirements
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A ny student having received one Toppan prize is debarred from
rece iving another Toppan prize of the same or lower value. The
w ork submitted 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
ann ounced in November 1956. All work in competiti0 n must be
subm itted without signature by Saturday, May 4, 1957, No student
may submit more than one example.
Ca nva ses are numbered by the Curator, and a memorandum of
the numbers a nd competitors' names is kept in a sealed envelope
whi ch is open ed after the prize-winning canvases have been selected by the C om mittee o n Instruction. According to the positively
expressed term s of the gift, the drawing of the work submitted will
These prizes are open to all students of th e Aca demy who have
registered for both terms of the school year. A student may not
submit more than one set of drawings mou nted o n a sheet not to
exceed 30 x 40 inches. A student having once re ceived a prize
becomes ineligible to receive the same prize the se cond time.
THE EDMUND STEWARDSON PRIZE. The Edmund Stewardso n
Prize of One Hundred Dollars in the Department of Sculpture w ill
be awarded at the close of the school year. Th is is an annua l
prize, competed for by present students of the Academy with such
pupils of other art schools as may be approved by the Comm ittee
on Instruction.
The subject for the competition is a full-length figure from life in
the round. Studies must not be less than two feet six inc hes in
height, and not more than three feet in height, and must be ma de
within eighteen hours, during three consecutive days, in six sess ions
of three hours each.
rece ive fi rst conside ration. First awarded 1882.
A student receiving one Stewardson Award is ineligible to compete
a second time.
THE PACKARD PRIZES. From the income of the John H. Packard
Fund, establ ished by the children of the late John H. Packard,
M .D., for many years cha irman of the Academy's Committee on
InstructiOh, annual prizes of $30.00 and $20.00 are awarded for
th e best and second best groups of original studies made from
livin g an imals in the Zoological Garden. First awarded 1899.
No one except the competitors is admitted to the competition roo m
at any time during the days of the competition.
The Jury of Award consists of professional sculptors, having no
official connection with the Academy, or any other schools whose
pupils may have taken part in the competition. If no study be
satisfactory to the Jury, the prize may, at their discretion, be
withh eld. When no award is made, the amount of the prize may,
at th e discretion of the Board of Directors, be 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 condition until otherwise ordered and figures cast by the
Acad emy become its property. First awarded 1901.
The Jury of Award judging the Competition in the Spring of 1956
consisted of-Carl Schmitz and Raphael Sabatini.
THE THOURON PRIZES. These awards were founded by the late
years, but who has been registered in the Academy for both terms
of the current school year. Each competitor may submit one
unmounted drawing on white paper 19 by 25 inches in size. Having
once received an award, a student becomes thereafter ineligible
to compete again. First awarded 1911.
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 permission.
Henry J. Thouron, a former instructor in Composition.
A prize of $50.00 and a prize of $25.00 for compositions completed during the current season are offered, the first to be decided
by th e 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
Instructo r of the class. First awarded 1903.
A competitor is not eligible a second time for the same prize, and
cann ot receive more than one award the same season.
THE RAMBORGER PRIZE. From the income of a fund established
by the late William K. Ramborger, Esq., as a memorial to his sister,
Aspasia Eckert Ramborger, who for some years was a student of
t~e 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
The subject for competition is a full-length figure from life, in the
round, not less than two feet six inches in height, and must be made
during class hours as a part of the regular work in the class. The
work must be submitted anonymously to a jury appointed by the
Committee on Instruction of the Board of Directors. The Jury is not
obliged to award prizes or honorable mentions if, in its opinion, the
work submitted is not of sufficient merit to justify making the awards.
The Jury of Award judging the Competition in the Fall of 1955
consisted of-Vincent Glinsky and Raphael Sabatini. First awarded
1917.
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 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 portra it
pair1ted 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 efigibfe 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
submitted of sufficienf distinction. First awarded 1946.
CATHARINE GRANT MEMORIAL PRIZE: This prize of $100.00 w ill
be available for the first time in the spring of 1955. It will be given
for the best landscape. This prize has been made possible by
funds set up through the sale of paintings from a memorial exhibition of the work of Catharine Grant, held in the Academy in the
fall of 1954, and from special contributions from her friends to
this fund.
THE THOMAS EAKINS MEMORIAL PRIZE. A prize will be offered
for the best figure canvas painted in the regular life class in the
winter immediately preceding the competition. This prize of $100.00
will be awarded by the Faculty and is available through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. David M. Gwinn. First awarded 1951.
MABEL WILSON WOODROW PRIZE in Graphics was awarded
for first time in 1955 to a student in the school profiCient in th is
medium. The prize is made possible through the generosity of
Mrs. Bruce Gill in memory of her mother.
THE LILA AGNES KENNEDY HILL MEMORIAL PRIZE: Through the
generosity of Mr. Walter Stuempflg a prize of $50.00 will be
awarded to the hest single piece of sculpture entered in the
Cresson Competition. First awarded 1952.
:HILADELPHIA PRtNT CLUB PRIZE is awarded to the best student
In the graphics studio and entitles the winner to a year membership
and free use of the workshop and library of the club. First
awarded 1953.
WANAMAKER PRIZE: Through the generosity of the John Wanamaker Store a prize of $50.00 in art supplies is awarded each
s~nng for the best water color submitted to the Faculty for judgment.
First awarded 1954.
LUX PRIZE IN GRAPHICS DEPARTMENT will be $50.00 when funds
are available. This prize is in memory of John R. Conner. Was
first awarded in 1955.
SPECIAL EUROPEAN TRAVELING SCHOLARSHIP AWARD. This
award of $1580 was given in honor of the Academy's 150th anniversary in 1955. Funds were raised by The Wanamaker Store
through a Fashion Show, and administered by the Catherwood
Foundation. The award was presented to Elizabeth Osborne, a
student in the First Year Program.
DIRECTORS PRIZE: A special prize of $25.00 was given in 1956
for each of the 19 studios through the generosity of one of the
directors. This will be given again in 1957 in the amount of $475.00.
ad.nlsslo n
Th e application blank must be filled in and returned to the Curator
with two passport photographs together with FOUR examples of
work. No student is eligible unless he is at least sixteen years of
age and has a complete high school education or its equivalent.
Th e Committee on Instruction reserves 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
entra nce requirements and who are eligible for educational benefits under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 and Public
law 550. This does not apply to Evening studios.
FEES. Day School,
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Tuition Fee per term.
10.00
Matriculation Fee (paid only on entrance)
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Tuition Fee, all Subsequent Terms.
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Total Fees, First Two Winter T E?rms
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PAYMENT REGULATIONS. All fees are payable in advance and
no deduction is made for late registration or for absence and no
refund is made for any reason whatsoever, except in the case of
a student under Public Law 550 who if he fails to enter the course
or withdraw or is discontinued therefrom at any time prior to com~
pletion, will have refunded to him any unused balance 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 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-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. Evening classes are held from seven
to ten o'clock from Monday to Friday, inclusive. All exceptions are
noted in the Calendar.
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
taken at the University.
.
$50.00
.,
5.00
..
1.00
. .
$56.00
or any courses
calendar school
year 195& - 1957
Registration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 17th to 21 st
First Term Begins
. . . . . .'
. . (Eve. Studio Registration 5-7 P.M.) Sept. 24th
First Day of Pose for Stimson Competition
. . . . . . . . . . October 22nd
Stimson Judgment and Award.
..........
November 16th
Thanksgiving Day Holiday.
. .
. 10 P.M. Nov. 21 st to 9 A.M . Nov. 26th
Chr istmas Holiday . . . . . . . . 10 P.M. Dec. 21 st to 9 A.M. Jan. 7th, 1957
Reg istration for Second Term . . . .
.
. . . . . Ja nuary 21 st to 25th
Second Term Begins
. . . . . . . . . (Eve. Registration 5-7 P.M.) Jan. 28th
. . . . . . . . . . . . . February 22nd
Washington's Birthday Holiday
March 13th, 14th, 15th
Stewardson Competition
. . . . . . . . . ..
Stewardson Judgment and Award
. . . . . . . . . . . .
March 15th
Easter Holiday . . . . . . . . . . 10 P.M. April 18th to 9 A.M. April 23rd
Placement of Cresson Competitions . . . . . . . . .
...
May 6th
. . . . . ..
.
. .
. . May 13th
Judgment of Toppan Prizes
Last Evening Class . . .
. . . . . . . . . May 10th
Judgment for Cresson, Ware and Schiedt Scholarship-s, Hill Prizes . . . May 14th
Exercises in the Gallery for Awarding of Prizes . . . . ,
.
. May 15th
Exhibition of Competitors' Work . . . . . . . . . . May 16th thru June 9th
Last Day of Winter School . .
. . . . . . . . . . . May 17th
No models are engaged to pose nor criticism given during the last week of the Second
Term except by special arrangement.
THE
P
NNSYLVANIA
ACADEMY
those
OF
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.
PRIVILEGES
life and Annual Members receive notices of all activities, invitations
to all Private Views, access to the Print Collection (67,000 items,
plates and original drawings), use of the Art Reference library,
and participation in the Academy's educational program through
lectures, demonstrations, etc.
FIN
ARTS
cordially
invites
interested
to
ANNUAL MEMBERS
THE
in
its support
becoine
il~einbers
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 applying thereto.
FORM OF BEQUEST
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.
the
TH
fello""ship
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of
NNSYLVANIA
ACAD
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OF
TH
FIN
ARTS
The Object of the Fellowship is to foster a spirit of fraternity among the former
and present students of THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE 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 work 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 Five Dollars a year, and for Non-Resident
Members (living more than fifty miles from Philadelphia) Three Dollars a year.
Life Membership, Fifty Dollars. Bills for dues will be rendered by mail. Current
Students Three Dollars a year.
If you have been, or are, a student at The Pennsylvania Academy o.f the
Fine Arts you are cordially invited to become a member of the Fellowship
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.
Printed ot the Folcon Press
application lor adlnlsslon
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY
OF THE FINE ARTS
BROAD & CHERRY STREETS, PHILA. 2
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Application must include two passport photos and four examples of work of applicant-plus two letters of recommendation.
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