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The Pennsylvania Academy
Broad and Cherry Gt'reets
or
the Flne Arts
Philadelnlda 2
From:
January 5, 1950
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
Juries in 61ty Today to Select
for ACetdewy 's 145th "Annubl"
V~'ork
Tile well-known A,.:oric •• n "r'tists ch:)sen th is yeb.r by The
PennsJ"l.vilniL 11ci:ldemy of the Fine Ar·ts to aSS8,.ible its 1 5th Annual
Ex:db1 tion of Oil PLinting and Sculpture which opens to the public on
Sunday, January 22nd, are r:l(.;t:ting in Phil[;delphiC!. toduy, following
yesterday's .Jeetlng in NeVi York.
Painters' Jury:
Charles Burchfield, Gardenville, H. Y. (Chc.irman)
George H<:.\rd1ng, PniludelpLia
Vaughn
Darlington, Maryland
fi~lmmery,
John Helj ker, Yonkers I Nev; York
Ben
Sculptors' Jury:
S~H:.hn,
Higiltstown, New Jersey
Oronzio MaldaI'e~ll, New York City (Cha1rmb.n)
Wald.emar Raell'lisch , Rhode Islbnd School of
Design, Providence
Vdlliam ;;;::orach ..
The eAll j b1 t1on, confined
to
N~w
York City
original w-orksby Ii ving ltmerican
&r tists, not before publicly exhibited in PhIladelphia, will be chosen
tti s year from over 2000 wor;~'3 ei ther 1nvi ted or sub.:Li t ted
action, from all pLrts of the country.
CC Hamilton Owens, Baltimore Sun
Philip Wagner ,
II
If
Henry Crocker, Bel Air Aegis
for jury
T.~e Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broa.d and Cherry Streets
Philudelphia 2
From:
.rb.nuary 6, 1950
Elizabeth Z. Sv:enson
Director of Public Relations
Academj Student from Morrisville
Wins Philudelplli& Orchestra Prize
Donald Schlegel, of 125 West ;.1aple Avenue, Morrisville, Pennsylvania,
a World War II veteran, and student at Tile Pennsylv.;!nia Ac&.delD.Y of the
Fine Arts, is one of the winners in the thtrd A..'1nual Art Competition
sponsored by the Philc..delphia Orchestra Concerts for Youth.
The
competition thi!) year was based on the -Students' interpretations of
Richard Struass I tone poem, "Death b.nci Transfigur'ation."
THe prize is a pair of tickets for
t ~le
forthcoming Youth Concert
and an album of records of this great Strauss work.
Judges for
t~e
competition were:
Henry Clifforu, Jack
Boo~binder ,
Henry Pi tz, Frederick Gill and jill ss i'Hlclred Jantzen.
Donald Schlegel is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry I. Schlegel.
His father is a commercial artist idth t:le Paterson Parchment Paper
Company in Bristol.
CC - Trenton Times
Bristol Courier
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets
Phil<:delp:'ti 0..2
From:
January 11 , 1950
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public 0elations
Calendar of Social Events, Sunday papers:
Saturday evening , Junuary 21 st, from 9 to 11 o'clock.
Private Vie','.' , 145th J.nnuhl Oil Pfdntlng and Sculpture
E!itJ:tib ition at The Pennsylv2cni<..:t ACc.Q8lliY of the Fine
Arts.
Hostesses:
~illiam ~.
Elkins
Davia hl. Gv;inn
Herbert C. Morris
George P. Orr
Lessing J.
R05en~al d
Lawrence M. C. Sillith
T'r..e Pennsylvcm1a Act..demy of the 'p'ine Arts
Broa.d Hud ('l1orrv streets
Jvnuury 21 , 1950
Philadelphia 2 ..
From:
Elizabetp Z.
Director of
S~enaon
~~blic Relations
Studies for po.int1ngs by Hugh Weiss of 6115 Fllsworth Street ,
Ph11~delphi ~ , ';~'l1 1ch
he is now finishing in Poris , are currently on
exhibition in the Student Ga,llery
,~ t
The Penns:,lvuniu j\caaomy of ttl,
Ii'ine Arts , cnd will ramc.1n through Gundb.Y, Junuc:.ry
Weiss was
i'
r~g .
student Dt the lcademy t s school for four
ye~rs,
part
of whi ch was interrupted by \'.:or.ld War II service .
of the coordinCited courses wi t!1 the Un! versi ty of PennsJ,lvan1G und was
'.»st.rded his Bac helor of Fine t..rts degree in 194? and his Muster ' : :; degree
in 1948 .
fie "ron a Vi1111o.111 Emlen Cresson Euro~oen Traveling Schvlat'ship I n
194'7 and
i:l
First T'.J ppan PrL::e in 1.948 , Hnd in 1948 m&de use of his "Crosson. H
He rembined in Peris follow:J.l1g his trip there cnd is studying and \:;"orl{ing
t !lOre under the G. I . Dill.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets
Philadelphia 2, Pal
From:
For release:
Sunday, January 22, 1950
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
145thAnnual 011 Painting and Sculpture
Exhibition Opens at Academy
Medals and prizes for the 1t~5th Annual Exhi b1 tion of Oil Painting and Sculpture
which opened at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with a Private View on
Saturday evening, January 21st, to remain through February 26th, have been
announced by Joseph T. Fraser, Jr., Director of the Academy, as follows:
Prize
Artist
Title of Work
Temple Medal - Avlarded by
Painters' Jury for 7lst time
for best oil without regard
to subject.
Harvey Dinnerstein
219 Grafton Street
Brooklyn, N. Y.
" Noah-Wolf"
(juri ed)
Walter Lippincott Prize of $3 00.
Awarded for 58thtlme by
Academy's Committee on Exhibition, for best figure
piece ·in 011.
Darrel Austin
IL F. D. 3
Danbury, Conn.
"Sore eress"
(invited)
Carol H. Beck Medal - Awarded
by Painters' Jury f or 41st
time for best portrait in oil.
Henry Mattson
VJoOQ,stock, N. Y.
" Self - Portrai t"
(invi ted)
Jennie Seanan Medal - Awarded
by Painters' Jury for 48th
time for best landscape.
Albert Gold
3919 N. 5th St.
Philadelphia
"Nic etown"
(juried)
J. Henry Scbiedt Memorial Prize
Jos eph Meert
10 Cooper Square
New York City
"Still Life on a
Sewing Machine" (juri ed )
Mary 8mi th Pri z e of $100 Awarded by Academy's Committee
on Exhibition for 70th time
for best painting by woman
artist resident of Philadelphia
Marie-Celeste Fadden
15 West Bidle;)' Ave.
Ridley Park, Pa.
"]!'rench Child on Train"
( juried)
George D. Widener Memorial Medal
Awarded for 38th time by
Sculptors' Jury to most
meritorious sculpture.
Hugo Rebus
37 East 4th Street
NevI York City
"Da\vn"
(invited)
Two Honorable Mentions in
Sculpture, carrying ca sh prizes
of $125 each, awarded for
2nd time by Sculptors' Jury.
Sol A. Bauer
3614 Tolland Road
Shaker Heights
Cleveland, Ohio
" Process:J.olla..l"
Milton Hebald
335 East 69th Street
New York City
"Circus Maximus" ,
(invi ted)
of $300, Awarded by Painters
Jury for 13th time for painting
of special importance to the
exhi bi tion •
(jurled)
There are 362 paintings and pieces of sculpture in the Exhibition. Including work
invited and submitted to the juries, there were over 2400. items requiring consideration. The invited work this year is 60% and slightly higher than last season, but
the fact that f ive out of nine prizes went to work included through jury competition
must be an incentive to those entering work through this channel.
Artists from
30 states are represented.
(over)
Tho Pennsylvc..niu J,:c(;.t.iemy of the
Bro ' J. l~nd Cherry St t'e9ta .
r~i.ne
Arts
Ph: 1 <...d.elnh14-. 2
rrow:
Eliz beth Z. S~enson
pir ctor 21' pubi1$! {i91utigns
Sp~91.al ~Q'
tlngs it
;'0'
1m!"
The follm,:,1ng meetings will be h.eld this weak in The Pennsyl-
vaniti jlCd. ieroy of the l"1ne i.rts, in COlmec tion vii 1.11 the cut'rent
145th Annual Exhib1tion of 011 P"dnting r.nd Scul;-;tut'o, whi.ch opened
yesterday a.nd continues through February 26:
Tuesilay noon, Jtinul1 ry 24:
Tue~day
avening,
J~nuary
::;4 at 7:30:
~onthly
Luncheon Meeting of the Phil -
oEtlphia u.us um Council, for 'i,hieh
.Albert Gold, Will;;ull H. Noble, Jr ., and
" :"' ~i
Phelps BO'lle will be t:ne spt.:;,;kel's .
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Tile Philhdelrh1~ Qhbpter or the Junior
Lcq',"uc, follo·./1nr buffet supp,-'r at the
Junior League aouse.
Josoph T.
Pr~so;' , tTr ., Director of th€., .kcud('f.1uy hnd
President of the Phili~dolphl£A MU~H;jUll1
Co,.incil, \\f11l s,r;eak to the group on the
cultul"41 resources of P;liluuelphia,
precedin u tour of tIw DJdbtt1on .
Wednes ay evening at 7,
(Jt., nUhry £5):.
Bu.\ fet dinner of tho Ph11Goclrni",
Ch~ptel' ,
Joseph T. Fr<iscr, Jr ."
pt'ccecUng
~ler1c&n Inst1L~
a tour
01" tfH3
e of
Lrch~tect ,
cs spe~.ker
ex.hibi tion.
with
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets
Phl1adelp' lia 2
From:
January 24, 1950
Elizabeth Z. &nenson
Director of Public Relations
First Gallery Talk
The First Gallery
Tal~
in connection with the current 145th
Annual KKhibition of Oil Painting and Sculpture at The Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, will be held on Thursday afternooIl,
January 26th, at 2:30 o'clock..
Raphael Sabatini, sculptor and
teacher will be the speaker.
The exhibition continues through
/
February 26th.
The
Penlls~'l
Dro~d
",n1ti ACud, y of the Fine .Arts
and Cherry Streets
Philadelphia 3
From,
January 24, 1950
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
D1rectol' of Public Relations
.....,
-J l'lnUury 22 thru Fe bru , ry 261
14.5th 'Mual Exhibition of Oil
Painting and Sculpture
February 28 thru March 12:
Gulleries closed to dismuntle
t!Annual" and install Permiment
Collect;lon.
March 3:
G~lleries
~a rch
re-open "lid th PermMcnt
Collecti on and philado1pl1i
Art1sts ' G~11er¥ {artist to be
announced later} .
.11 thru A
~r il
2
J~lnu
1 Fellowship Exhibi tlon of'
Pl.lintins , Graphic J\rts &nd
Sculpture, il.n.d the Fellowship
~ponsored c~~ib1 ti on of Students '
work.
The Jl1umni L.;;sociu tion of The;urtis Inst1 tute of idus.ic , ,.. rill the
P'ellowship of l"he Penns:, Iv ni - iicf:<iem.y of the Fine Arts , will collaborate
in presenting
b
series of three free ChamD€r Music Concerts
fo~tul"ing
scored for l'i&no ana. strl ngs, during the J..nnual Fello'iNsh 1p
EJth1blt1on, on Friday evenings , ~:arcb 17 ~ 24 and 31 , at 8;30 o ' clock,
in th.c Hotunda of The Pennsylvania ACtluemy of the Fine Arts .
\vor,~s
V1
I
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';'/orks by Bach , .8eethoven, CnaussQn, Debu.ssy , Dvorak, Faure , Moz rt,
Sbostakovl ten tmd Turinfl will be hea.rd.
These concerts "Nill be presented. bj' the cooper4ttion of Local 77,
A{uoricc:.o Fed~ration of ;au51oico!';s , lith a grt;..nt fro ... the Mu... 1c
PerformClnce Trust F'..md of the .Ahlerican Phonograph Industry.
The Pennsylvania AC;:.ldemy of the Fine lirts
Broad and Che"C'ry Streets
Philndelphia 2
From:
January 31, 1950
Elizabeth Z. S-,venson
Director of Public Relations
Hobson Pittman to Sneak
HOBSON PITT}!AN, painter, lecturer and teacher, will give
the next Gallery Talk in connection r:ith the current l45tll Annual
Ex:1ibition of 011 Painting ,nd Sculpture at The Pennsylvania
Aco.demy of the FiBe Arts, Broad and Cherry Streets, on Thursday
afternoon, February 2nd at 2:30 olclock.
Widely knovm und exhibited throughout America, ·with his
paintings O\'vncd by numerous museums and eollectors, Mr. Pi ttmun' s
work is shown regularly in the f.cadelllY ttAnnuals. II
of art instruction at Friends' Centrul Country and
OVerbrook und at Pennsylvania Stb.te College.
He is dfrector
D~y
school in
The Pennsylvanie Aca.demy of' the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Street. :
Phil~delphla
February 6, 1950
2, Pat
From:' Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Rel~tions
New York Artist to Speak
GLADYS ROCKMORE DAVIS, prominent artist and writer of New York
City, will give this weekl1s Gallery
~
at The Pennsylvania ACl;;.demy
of the Fine Arts , Broad and Cherry Streets on Thursday afternoon ,
February 10 at 2:30 o'clock .
The TaHc is held in connection with the
current 145th A nnual Exhibition of 011 Painting and Soulpture which
remains through February 26.
Miss Davis has been a constant exhibitor in the Academy flAnnuals"
for many years
~nd h~s
one of her paintings in the institution's
Permanent Collection, but this will be her first appearO'nce as one of
i ts Gallery speakers.
The ACLdellY is open vl\~~kd'uys, excl3pt Mondays , from 10 A. M. to
5 P.
M~I
and on Sundays and Holidays from 1 to 5 P. M.
The Pennsylvania. Academy of the Fine 11.rts
Broad and Cherry Streets
Philadelphia
From:
February 13, 1950
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
Tht s Week f s Gal '. ery Talk
DOROTHY GRAFLY will give this vyeek's Gallery Talk, in
connection with the current l45th Annual Exhibition of Oil Painting
and Sculpture at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Broad
and Cherry Streets, on Thursday afternoon, February 16, at 2 : 30
o' clock.
•. r
~.:f ; ) "c'J..l!,..
v
Miss Grafly is· editor- publisher of "Art in Foeuc", contributi ng
editor to tlAmerican Artist ft , "The Christian Science Monitor" , and
a speaker well- known especially to art audiences.
daugh
She is the
of the late Charles Grafly, sculptor, and a one-time
instructor in the Academy schools.
The exhibition continues through Ii'ebruary 26.
The Pennsylvanta Acauomy of the Fine
rts
)'ebrus.ry 14, 1950
Hx'oad and Currry S t'eet , ?hilad l phia 2
Purehu.s s for ttl,., Permallent ColleotiQn of Th
the
~
t 145 b
ca. ' syut the
Pennsylvun1
nu'l
-11bition of 011 P'lnti I lind
t b .n announc d by its D1~ect¢ J 30 ph T • • a r. Jr.,
(sc\lpture - cherry wood)
o
Pro peot live,
t~...
by
,Washington .. D. C.
oc s" 1 (culptur - epplc'ood) by
Sol .A.B ur, 361 Tolland Ro&d, Clev·land, Ohio
ent1otl;d th~125 in Exhlb1.t1on)
(v,lao won Honor ble
Th
l'
Cal (')
S'el -P
'00
~:qt,rI
(
11 P 1nt1ng)
b
Danbury, Conr1ecticut
on i1alter Ll'pplncott ?l'iz,$ in EXhibition)
,t
(oil p inti ) , b;V Uenry &tt on
tock~ N. Y.
(E.lao won C(11' 1 Ii. Bee Me 1
(Gil
"
D4irr 11,.ust1n,
t a y Str
p~intinc)
(oil p tnt
- ' '1ryth EH ~
4
)
Nor ,.• : S
hl~and
by
t, Svnnn
, Geo g1
r Brook,
by K L'll'j, th c~' llG.hen
t t ,l e., f $h.
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in Exhibit.)
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets
Philadelphia 2
From:
February 15,1950
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
Chamber Music and the Fine Arts
The Alumni Association of The Curtis Institute of Music and the
Fellowship of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts will collaborate
for 't he first time in presenting a series of Three Free Chamber Music
Concerts in the Rotunda of the Pennsylvania Academy on Friday evenings ,
March 17, 24 and ,31 at 8;30 otclock, during the Fellowship's Annual
Exhibition of Paintings , Graphics and Sculpture.
The concerts will feature works by Bach, IviQzart, Beethoven,
Turina, Faure, Dvorak, Chausson, Shostakovitch and Miaskovsky, and in
the main those scored for piano with strings, and are made possible by
a grant from the Music Performance Trust Fund of the American Phonograph
Industry, in cooperation with local 77, A.TIerican
Federati~n
of Musicians .
The Exhibition opens on Saturday, March lOth, and wi ll continue
through Sunday, April 2nd.
The Academy is open weekdays , except Mondays , from 10 to 5, and
on Sundays from 1 to 5.
.Free.
The Pennsylv&n1a ~c~demy of the Fine Arts
Broad ~nd Cherry Streets
PhilClldelphia 2
Froml
Febru~ry
16, 1950
Z. Swenson
Direotor of Public fielut10ns
Eliz.~beth
frimk11n Watkins l.wt.rded Fel19v,shlp PrizQ
FJiANKL:{lti \vATKIN~h
distinguished knvrioan p ' inter, a rot-\mer student
\
and now a
Ille.mber of' the Faculty of The Pennuylvanla }.cfjdemy of ~he Fin
ilrts , IlLS been cW8rded the FelloVlshi p Prize, carrying a cash
2.rfl1~rd ,\ of
,
$100, for his pc:..int1ng
'r~c
I
HesurrectiQn, included by Invi t~tion 1n 'the
current 145th Annual Exhibl t10n of 011 Painting find Sculptur' c' ct the
It is one of a series which Mr •. W"-t.itins has painted on the
theme of the
Resur~eetlon.
T:'1is is the 43rd time that the Prize
h~s
been
e~arded
by the
Followship (slmnni) of t!le Academy ~nd may only go to an art 1st who
vn.s at some time
E.i.
student of the 1nst1 tution.
before the opening of an Exhibition,
prizes nnd &wlit'ds, and
it .
ill
The
li~t
tUb)?
[IS
ft is never awarded.
is the case with the other
not go to anyone who has proviously received.
of artists honored since the first award in 1909 include
.ny well- Known At10riean puinterB ami
sculptors.
T!le exhibition w111 continue through Sundt.y, February 26.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets
Philadelphia 2
From:
February 21 , 1950
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
Last Week of Exhibition
WALTEH P:MERSON BAOM, painter, teacher and art cr1 tic, will
gi va the last Gallery T:Cllk for the 145th Annual Exhibi tion of Oil
Painting and Sculpture at The Pennsylvani& Academy of the Fine Arts ,
Broad and Cherry Streets, on Thursday afternoon, February 23, at
2:30 P. M.
fAr .. Sauro is art critic for the Sunday Bulletin, and Director
of the A llento)m (penna .. ) .Museum.
The exhibition, whIch includes work of artists from 30 states
throughout the country, opened January 22nd an.d will close on Sunday,
FebruarJr 26, at 5 P .. M.
The Pennsylv ania Academy of the Fine Ar ts
Broad and Cherry Streets
Philadelphia 2, Pa .
From:
February 23, 1950
Eliz&beth Z. Sv.renson
Director of Public Rela.tions
Juries .Meet to choose Exhibition
The Juries of Selection for the coming Amlual Fellowship
Exhibi tion, t o be held at The PerLtls ylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
from March 11 through
t he exhibition.
included .
J.4.
pril
2, wi ll meet today to choose
WOT' k .s
for
Oils, water color s, graphics and sculpture will be
The Fellowship is the Academy 's alumni organization.
The Juri es: include :
Spruance for Oils;
Jj·ar tin J acks on, Cora Purvi ance and Benton
Morri s Blackburn, Walter Reinsel and Andrew Wye th,
for Water Color s and Graphics :
Harry Rosin for Sculpture .
JOJI!.es House, Jr_, Wallace Kelly and
-------..-The PennsylvanI a Aca6,emy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherr y Streets
Philadelphia 2
From:
February 24, 1950
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
Music and Other Events
Three free Chamber Music Concerts, by members of the
Alumni Associati on of The Curtis Institute of Music,
featuring works scored for piano and strings, will be
held on Friday evenings, Marchl7, 24 and 31. at 8:30
in the Hotunda of The Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts, Broad and Cherry Streets.
These concerts are arranged in con j unction with the
Annual Exhibition of the Academy t s Fellowship which
opens on March 11 and continues t hrough April 2.
May we also have an announcement of the Exhibition, itself?
If so ,
you may not vvish to add above the paragraph concerning the Fellowshi p
collaborat ion, although it is important .
Exhibition of Po..intings, Graphics
and Sculpture
The Annual Exhibition of the Fellowship of The
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, comprising
oil paintings , water colors , graphics and sculpture,
will open on Saturday, March II and continue through
Sunday, April 2, at Broad and Cherry Streets.
The Academy is open weekdays (except Mondays ) from
10 to 5 and on Sundays and holidays from 1 to 5.
FREE.
February 28, 1950
Froms
t:ll'::'8beth :::. .. E,HftlSOn
Director of
~lb11c
Iblrch 11 thru April 2:
Relations
AnmH11 Fnllo'\'Iship F...xnlbi tion of 011s ,
W<!ter Colors, Gl"6ph1cs and Sculpture_
~nd
o .f."
the Fellowship vp,:>nsored
Student.s ' Work.
e~h1bi tion
.
Exh1bitian of Portrait Drawings of
Delo~~.L tBs to the 1949 World i.8S 'lJibly for.... ]Jo1"al
fie- Armament bot elmX" Swi tzerland, by
Vli.JL}~'I
OJI.KLI.tY.
April 11 th-ru.
O~.ls
April 11 thru May 7&
Memorial Exhibition of Sculpture, Wator
by C:1AHLES
;rtI3~s '
GOUn~R,
Gallery.
in Ph11bdelph1a
Colo!"s ;.:,nJ Drawings by jUJl,;J'J.JtDEF. PORTNOFF
(lH87-1949).
Perm&nent Collection
ThUrsday evenings,
March 17, 24 and
31 ~t 8:30 .
CiHH:1.ber M:us1c Concerts by J:el:.1bers of the
Alumni Assc}cie.tion of The Curtis InDt1 tute
of Mlud cin conjunction v·ti th the !i"elloll,;sh1p
~xhibi tion.
Works for pitmQ cmd strings
featured.
lidtuiss10n Fre •
ThE: PennsylVfJonia llcudemy of the Fine lirts
St.reets
For rcleb.se:
SC.l.turdhY, M&t'ch 11 , 1950
Brohd and CrH:lrry
Philadelphia 2
From:
.l:!.lizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
Fellov.'s11l p
'.rile Annue:l Fellowship
flA,.11m.wltt
Open s
(.r:lmrLYli) E);l'·ibition ()r,:-ened today
&t
The
Pennsylvania. .ACbd6tJy of the Fine Arts at Brot-d and Cherry Streets , to
rewuin through eunday, April 2.
It
co~prlses
oil
~ainting,
sculpture,
"-
wate!' colors and groJhlcs a.nd is tho work ?f l; rofession&l brti:Jts who at
some time have studied in the i.cademy's schools.
Prizes
nd Bonor'ble Mentions,
4S
ar..nounced at the Private View
yesterday afternoon, include several to &.rtists fro m Philudelphia or
vicinity, us follows:
Abrahar:l p. Hankins, 2112 Spring Street; Jeanette
Newnan [olm, 7800 WoodluVl.Tl Avenue; Leon Karp , Fort Washington; Margaret
Gest ~
5620 City Avenue.
Other [;lwards went to Ben Eisenstat , Oaklyn,
New JerseYi Julian Levi, New Y'Qrk City;
Penna;
&11'.1
Frb.ncis Speight, Doylestown,
Gli::l.dl- s £dger lyBates, Mystic,Connecticut •
.A feature of this ye~rfs E}:hlbltion is "" series .of three free
concerts by mei:lbers of the .Alumni
(; ::;soc1:~ tton
of The Curti s Intti tute of
Mu sic, to be held on· Friday evenings, Ma rch 17, 24 and 31 at 8;30 in the
Rotunda of the
Ac~demy.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
From: Elizabeth Z. &venson
Director of Public Relations
For release:
Saturday, March 11, 1950
Fellowship Annual Exhibition and Concerts
The Annual ~hibition of Oil Fainting, Sculpture, Water Colors and Graphi cs of the
Fellowship (Alumni) of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the FellOivshipSponsored Student Exhibition, will open on Saturday, March 11 and remain through
Sunday, April 2.
The exhi bi tion this year, exclusive of student work, includes 11+0 works by 105 professional artists, all of whom have at some time studied at the Academy. From this
group 42 works by 34 arti sts, wel:'e invi ted; the balanc e was incl uded through Jury competition. The Jury comprised: For Oils, Martin Jackson, Cora PurViance, and Benton
Spruance; for Water Colors and Graphics, MorriS Blackburn, vial ter Reinsel and
Andrew Wyeth; for Sculpture, James House, Jr., Wallace Kelly and Harry Rosin.
Oliver Nuse is Chairman of the Exhibition Committee.
Prizes were announced at the Private View on FriB.ay afternoon, March 10th, as follows:
HarrisOn S. MOrris Prize of $100
for Water Color (divided this
year with $50 to each):
Honorable Mention to:
Ben Eisenstat, Oaklyn, New Jersey, for
"Fisherman r s Shack and Nets'!f
Abraham p. Hankins, 2112 ~ring St., Phila.
for "Gloucester, Mass."
Jeanette Neuman Kohn, 7800 Woodlawn Ave.,
Phila. for "Bayside'!
The Gold Medal Award of $50:
Leon Karp, Fort Washington, Fa., for
"Evening Bath "
oil
May Audubon Post Prize of $50:
Julian Levi, 282 1-1est 4th st., New York City,
for IlNets" - oil
Honorabl e Mention In Oil
Painting t o :
William Penn Charter School
Prize of ~50:
Fellowship Sculpture Prize of $50:
Francis Speight, Doylestown, Fa., for
--r(Jamestown .Street" - oil
Margaret Gest, 5620 City Ave., Phila.
for II Roses ll - oil
Gladys Edg erly Bates, Stonecroft, Mystic, Conn.
for IlWai tins " - Marble
Philadelphia is fortunate in possessing two of the world's great schools: The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and The Curtis Institute of Mttsic. 'Ihis year, their
alumni associations will collaborate when, as a feature of the Fellowship Exhi bi tion
program, members of the Alumni Association of the Curtis Institute will present three
chamber music concerts featuring works for piano and strings, on Friday evenings, March
17, 24, and 31 a t 8:30. Admission is free and the public is invited. The galleries
will open at 7;30 permitting visitors the opportUlli ty of seeing the exhi bi tion before
the concert and during intermission.
The program for the 17th will include: Mozart's Quintet for Clarinet and Strings;
Turinll I s II El Orac ion del Torero" for String Quartet; and. Faure r 8 Piano Quartet in
C minor; for the 24th - Beethovenis Trio in G major, for Violin, Cello and Piano;
Dvorak's String Quartet in E minor; and Shostakovitch's Piano Quintet in G minor; for
the 2J. st - Bach r s Concerto in D minor for Piano and String Ensemble; Miaskovsky's
Sonata in F major for Violin and Piano (first performance in Philadelphia); and
Chausson r s Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet. The programs have been
arranged by Joseph Levine, pianist, and are presented through cooperation of Local 77,
A. F . of M., and the Music Performance Trust Fund of the American Phonograph Industry.
The Academy is open weekdays, except Mondays, from 10 A. M. to 5 p. M. Sundays and
Holidays from 1 to 5 P. M. Admission is .~ at al~ times and no tickets are required
for the Ooncert evenings.
The Pennsylvania ac!de&y of the- Fine .Arts
ro~d and Cherry Streets
Ph11<.<uclph1a 2
Fr om:
M.&rch 15, 1950
El!:zab th Z, . Swenson
Director 2l Eug!~c RelLt10ng
First pf
The first in
c,
. members of the Alumni
~t
:t~ree
series of tf'!.ree
i<>.s~ocl{':tion
held at Tl'lG Pennsyl vtin18,
March 17'th,
_t
b.
Concert
ChUIi
ber music concerts to be g1 ven by
of' 'l'he Curtis Institute of Mu£:ic w111 be
ccHiemy of the ,F ine J..rts on Fridt.y evening,
8 : 30.
Thes~ concert~
eore held in conjunction wi ttl the current annual
It 1s the first
Fellowshlp ExhH)i t10n of' Pe1nt1ng, 6cul.Jture und Grupilcs .
title that the c.lumn1 groups of these
collabor"ted in bringing tluslc
The progrrun includes
Gaartet by Mozart; U
nd
f ...
(~~ulntet
Or~e1()n
t\t'O ~.ntern-4tlonnlly-known
~rt
schools have
to the" public .
in J.. major for
C1Q:~inat
Cin<.l Dtring
Del 'torero 5y Turine for Strtng
;~ u6rtetj
The performers
1nclude Anthony G.1.g1iottl (clarinet), }.'~uI'thtj Halbvif.lchs Mussena (piano).
Nath~n SnDlier" t -ml li'rnest L. Goldstein (Viol ins), LeQn;:i1.'~d Cogill (viola)
and Hbrry GOl"oaetzer (cello) .
l~~e gf~11er1es
preser.ted in
coor~rC;itlon
wi th a grtmt from the
Phonogr~ph
open f.lt 7 : 30 .
Industry.
The concerts, free to the publio, are
wi til Local 77, li...:ericc;.n FederLl t10n of Musi c1(,:i!1s ,
i.zu~lc
PorfOri.!Ib.nee Trust Fund of thc) Ali:ler1c.em
The Pellnsy~ van '1 ~ ACt>demy of the Fine i\rts
Broad nd Cherry Streets
Phi ll:~delphi
From:
L'1~rcl
2 " Pa .
2Q" 1950
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Dl rector of PubI! c Re l~>. tions
§tsw rdson Pl'ize Awarded for 50t.h TilQ@
C,
~J,llK§ ,
been fiwLrded the Edlliund
314 Southern
StGwLf'd~on Pr1~e
ACbcdemy of tho .Fine .nrts .
in
WI1Jainston, Delaware has
or 'triOO lit The ?ennsylvanl
This is the 50th 4:4"lnll.al student comret1 tlon
for this Prize •
soul,ttlr~
t~l\)l"'oughly
.....
Ho~d ,
unique comDcti t1on, WQrK on trH.ll prize pi(<:ce must be
completely executed w:! thin 18 hours on 3 consecu tl ve d' ys of 6
ork1ng
Only tho competitors •.• t"€ permj tted in the r0011 during the
hours each.
compat.! tion £..nd no one except the Jury, .hich
ust lJE' three 'irof'ossional
sculptors i-:ho huve no official connection -;.,,1 th the Ac~de.my,
present i'lhilo the staules ure bein.g judged .
entered th1
W). Y
be
Twenty- one students
ystlr t s <:o,"::}et1 tion .
P(...r.ks , studying here on t.le O. I . fUll of rU~hts , 1s
i.l
third-year
educl<ted
HB was ~~ in the public schOQ~ or Wilmington, t..nu dur Lng
studont .
1946-47
'ti
y{~:;
f.j.
rltu.dent at the Univer . . . l ty 01' Del
'W
Juuges fot" this yefJ.r ' s cOUipet1tion includ d:
York ':1 ty; Ueirp' r.:{"rneeke , instructor
'ifE..shington, D. C. ; end. Joe l.iro?t'U,
,
;;l·t
tie 1s the son of
re.
Cecil i.!.Qword of New
the Corcoran Sci 001 of J.. rt in
n trUctor at Princeton IJnivers.ity •
Vh:.lk. r l{"ncock and H&rry Rosin tire the ncul.j,'tor
.
1n~tructors
at
he Pennsylv:.. n1tt llc<..d.em
Broed °nd Q!erry Streets
of the F1ne brts
Phllt.delpt Hi 2
:.!arch 21, 1950
l'1'lizabeth
FrQ~:
~~ .
S-".enson
Director of 9ub11e Relations
Ti1.C second in ;. seriE!s of three ew.:nb er tHus1c concerts by me:.1ioers of
!.:.he Alumni j,ssQ(!1ation of ';.'he Curtis Inttitute of MusiC Lt The Pennsylvtlni·
"Cl.Ut'my or
th(~
Ii'ine ..:·r t~,
Bt"Ot~d
;\nnual Fello'f.shiD EXfdbltlon,
...nd Cherry ....,treets ,
~'i111
"S
L f€ •• ture of the
be given on Friduy evell1,ng , Mf.lrch 24th,
~8:30.
'the
pr ogl."tl;1J
will incluuc: Trio In G by Beeti.1oven; String <:ut..rtet
in E· ;':l.tnor by Lvortlk; lind
Gbbriel
nravor~n,
uintet in G L.inar by Sh.ost&ko"li tah; the
viola; l.nd Joseph Druhm, ' cello .
'11t.1 doors will. onen bt 7:30, iliving visitors t'ne
opportunlt~,
~d~is5ion
of
1s free;
Th PennsylvanjQ AC6.dsmy or th FIne :rts
Brotid and Ch t"'J."y St-re$ts, PhilClld lph1a 2
FrOUl!
£11z beth
z.
Sw nson
Director of Public Rel t10ns
until !uy . r 1949
Pennsylv ni
/lead r
Ii seulptur~
of the .FIne J-.rt.,.,t has just b en
Fellowship for 1950-5l,
gL~er&lly knOf1~
'5
fi.t
i.
h
arded
a "Prix d Rom
n
b,-r
., th
"
•
lJl
taly $WOO, including stipend. tl' vel
studio sPace at
th(~
~lloi1&ncee.,
J,"mcl"ican ;'cademy, which
1s
re~idenc&
and tree
and
on the Janicul
loo~t(td
Hill in Rome.
J;."Qunde
HI 18 4, thel:u.:uerlcan Academy in
ships to O'Jt2tr.nding
$chQlurs for ind.·p ndent
~'Or
18 deV'Qt d to f"..lrth
young~mel."1(wrt
C1ty,~·tb
re his fatdly still 1"0 id s
~
$p~nt tilQt
t HQuse in
~J'
of his
'\
t
5~5
Ylnth Avtanu •
began when out lZ at tt'lt1 iiartl y
His first sor1ous c,t' ... experienc
Settlel~l
t:.rti:ats Cilld
•
·tr .• Fl"urit.kls was born in E' ins, Ut h in 1921 but
life in Ne'lf York
l."-
On1 t d -:tate , principally
ing the fin r;. {..rts and el&.sei<Hll studies in til
throuh granting tell
l1o~, e
York; later at the Greenwich WOl"
s
Shop
p .rt of
the dey, while ,tu ying oven1n s at the Be wr-l!rt In6t1tataof Do ... 1gn.
At tho
t'iort~
tools,
~nd
Paul"
I: 1
S op he had the opportun1ty of gh.ln1ng
war 1ng r r
th r
c lptors,
ang th
~1UJltrj 1"
In the
ell~(.,lle-d
of' 1941 bo
•
on soholarshlp et thtl
He '
~s
11
Cit.
spec! '
e101arship
'to th
Ch~::Jt~r
'1 of tho 9 ne f.rts,
Springs Bumm r School of ThiV P M;lylV'h.nia AC'd
r
, .10 Davidson,
onu others.
hip
the vka'lous Jaed1a :from the shop point . f vi
the
R na!ss nee type of
ono 1
liro d
r
c'llttd into servloe in 1.9 3 tmd
stered out with
to th( Aeeclemy to oont1nu
his stucUe , un!
at· d
~
nd in
Ch"rry Btt"
ts .
dis bility in 1946 J
Wall(er Hancock
and Berry rosin.
n Noveab r 12. 1949 h
~
rried
Vir~1n1'
Vermont, a tort er Ac uomy $tud 'nt in p6int1n
tu
0
e&n Scholer hip winner.
In Phlla 011'111 •
The),
-f'
Lou
and
P~rker
h0r~
of %tons R1v$ ,
It e ere son
pres ntly 11.1ng at 1704 Hace
t e t
tf
It
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I
i>ortra it,
J
~"1g'tl 1'9
,
Com~}osi cion,
Stu.dy,
BtHl UX -A. l' ·t;s
t1
and. honors ilre =
11
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./
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Chronologi{.!,,-lly 11 s ted, Hr. li"l"Udakls'
It
tf
"
Julian B. 51evinPrize, Penna. Aca. Fine Arts, Phila.
» 1940
1941
I
I
$
1941
,
1942
Stims ', n Prize, Penna .. Acu . Fine Arts " Phl1a.
~
lQ4.6
ato\ow,r,'l Bon
I
1947
Prix de Rome " 1st Honor!lble Mention, NeW'
Yor ~'~
C1 ty
Prize., "
Cresson :a.i.H'opea.n Traveling Sehold t'ship, PennLtli .t\ca . Fine Ar't5
1947
SpGc1&1 C1tat1on of Achievement,
1948
If
,
1948
Helen Fast r B!1Irnett Prize, 1,at1onl:ll Aca . of Design, fl. Y.
.t
1948
F911o\lship Gold Medal , Panna. Aca. Fine Arts, Ph11a.
j
1949
I
1949
I
1949
,
1949
Fellowship Pri:~e l' 1st Hotlornble tlention Ii
.1 44 th Annual l~xhibl tlon 011 sn:l Sculpturo
Henry Bahied t I-lemorial
Scholt~ rshlp ,
fl
'ff
Ponna. • .i.ca ..
Fin~3
Arts
Eben Derl'U;\.roest Trust, Fund, Pittsburgh, Pa .
Loui3 Comfort Tiffany
"
Schol~;lrshlp' l
.New Yorl;: Ci ty
tt
:l Board of l1anagers.t Fellowship (alumni)
of Panna. Aca. Fine ';,rts, Phl1~.\. 1949
The Pennsylvania Aoademy of the F'ine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadel phia 2
From :
March 22, 1950
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Dire(!tor of Publ ic Relations
Music and Art
. Phi~delphia is fortunate .in having two of the vvorld t s great
schools located within its borders:
the l45-year old Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Ar ts, and the younger but also distinguished Curtis Institute
of Music.
For the first time in their history, the alumni associations
of these institutions are collaborating in bringing music and the fine
The occasion is the Annual
art s together for the benefit of the public.
Exhibition of the Academy ' s Fellowship (alumni ) - March 17 through April 2 with the con'c erts staged on .F'riday evenings, March 17 , 24 and 31, at 8:30 .'
The galleries open at "1:30 , giving visitors an opportunity to see
the Exhibition both before the concert and du.ring the intermission ..
In
the galleries given oVer to this special ex..'1ibi tion, there are 140 paintings ,
graphics and pieces of sculpture, all the VJork of 105 professional artists
who have studied in the Academy t s Schools.
'l'he concerts , staged in the Rotunda of the Academy 7Jhere some of
the greatest American paintings and sculpture from the :tnstl tution ' s Perman., 1 surroun d~
ti
en·t C0 11 eeop
are noVi 'nang i ng , _h as prov id ea' a very luea_
(In
l' h
W.11C
to listen to this most intimate type of mustc .
When the audience assembles for the last program b¥ the Curtis
~.
Institue group, it will hear a completely unhackneyed g.poup of compositions :
Bach t s Concerto in D minor for piano and string ensemble.; Mia.skovsky's
Sonata in F for v iolin and piano (a first performance in Philadelphla ) and
finall y Chaussonts Concerto for violln,
p~ano
and string quartet ..
performers include Joseph Levine , piano ; Iso Briselli, violin; and
The
a ~1fluartet
composed of Nathan Snader and Leona Gold, violins; Leonard Frantz, viol'a.;
and Hershel Gorodetsky, cello.
",
The group w.i ll be augmented for the Bach "·,
work b y Morris Shullk, viol in and Edward Arian, bass.
The series has been made possi ble through the cooperat.ion of Local
?? , American IPederation of MUSicians , by a grant from the MUSic Performance
Trust Fund of the ft..merican Phonograph Industry.
The exhibition continues through Sunday, April 2nd.
exhibition and concerts .is free .
Admission to
The Pennsylvania Academy 0,1.' tho Fine Arts
Broad tlnd Cherry Streets, PhilLdelph1.ii 2
From I
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Qlrector of Publj,g.Rft1atlon§
*
April 11 through 23:
April 11 through
~cy
01ls by CHAHLES COINlli'9.
U,emorit.l Exhibition of Sculrture,
r "lter Colors and Dra:wings by
7:
LLEXANDER PJHTN FF (1887- 1949 ).
J~;;ril
~ay
£5 through f.!.J,.y 14.:
17 tnrough JUlle 4:
I·
*"
Oils by Jessie Drew-Bebr
Sk.etches t,;nd finishea 'v.ark by
JOHN G. HAi-;tml and 1.... BBOC:{IE
made in Peru, 1948-49.
Por~~nent
Collection
STEVE~;Sor;,
The PennsylvDnii;. Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Stree t,s , Philc:..del "hie :;
From:
March
2~1,
1950
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
.. D1r-egt.o,£ gf
Publ~c
Be!!.. tiona
Ct;roline Gippons Granger clcmory.l Ptj z,
A~'~rdeCl
Ii rulll C. Leuders. 2131 Thakeer Avenue, Jac 1uJonv111e, Florida, and
0.
student nt Tile Pennsylvania
P,c~demy
of the Fine Arts, has bean a crded
the em/'olios GlbbQns Granger Marno r! 1 Prize of ;'~5
fot" his oil )I~,1nt1ng
Intorlor \)1 th Ofr1 in thG current Fellowship-Sponsored F...xhibl t10n of
Student ¥torI{.
For many ye"t's, unttl h€;l' sudden denth on November 26 , 1949 v.hila
visl't1ng her son in Mc,c:1snn, W1.sconsin, Mrs . Granger- waz he&G. of the vrt
dep['.rtrnent of the jl.gnes Irt'rin Scho!ll in
¥~'ynne\vood .
After her
students .in the Sohool colleoteci a. sum of money ~?hlch t;ley
V'
de~. th,
"nted used
Since drs . Granger was an ulumnus
of the Ace:dolHY ,.nG Vice-President of' 1 ts Fello,1shlp (ulumni es ~~oci t;; t1on) I
the Uioney was turned over to them.
it wt.s decided to give
the funds will permit .
bJl
Because of her interest itl art students
tlnnual $25 Prize in thIs ex:"dbtt1on
(J,S
long as
The Jury which cho3e tht) IQJ::.1 b1 tlon £:;.!//<.::.rded
the Prize.
jolt's. Gra.nger
'i'li.S
tlle .,;ife of Pc-rc1vf:ll H. Grt.nger t.nd lived
South 45th Street in Phil6.clelphia.
The h,Xhibitlon will continue through Sunday, April 2nd.
tIt
lOla
~rhe P'N'!J';.<tyl'ifi'1flla J~Cdt1';·.my of the r'in e .tl,rts
iJroad Lmci CI,erry St r-eets " Ph tl~\delph W 2
From,
March 24, 1950
kliztJ.beth Xii £'f;(;uson
l,.i l' (.\.: tor
oi.~ ~;Lt"bllc
;{c _l:: tlc:1S
.Accide!i1:,r ;; t:lHlt;.;!t :J
j;.J.l!·n~i
to new Orletm !3
to ,Q'·et£h Mtq'd1 Gras Scenes
und tlwdf! u de.S!l f or- New OrletJ,ns , Loulsi;,mt., driv:lng day and night to make
1. t; J2ind Cl r:r.ived in -time for t:1.£: fU:ilOU!) Murd l Gr0:8 celebra tion ..
a rti s t r s 1 . . f.tg1nution .•
H!l.CK
a nd
I'D\\!
hQ~le,
thE'Y
httl/I;;~
s pent long hours working up their sketches
the; Ac adt;my i s staging an Gxhib i"tion
:.'f
J.ppro:c.im&.tely
this work.
fifty i tams will be on ejChib:1tioil from Sc.turday, idarch 25th through Monday,
The young artis ts ,.ho , through
V 'rts show
iJ !
~
novel experience, huve produced
unusual interest, are:
7;'1.11 j am Bill:1ngs.) 709 P,:,inc eton.
i:..venu~,
Trenton,
:,r.
J.
Albert Barnes King , Jr., 440'0 Lowell Ho,',d, .Bran iywln.c llills,
Wilmington,
Dal~ware
-
.i:hmry \\ . PeaclJck, 441 Levarln6 iii ll Ih)ilJ I Bala-Cynwya, Pu.
&nd winner of (ill Honorable Mntton in this yea rts
Cres s on L\l rO iJean Traveling Schol cH'shi p competi tion.
Don " I e !!'u'l Schlegel. 125 Yiezt libple iNenue, .i.iorr:tsv111e, PL..
dnd one ot the .fo;J.r winners in this year's Youth Concert
Poster Contest of the Philtidal phla Orchestra.
Raymond M. Gp.1 11er, 2733 Endi cott Houd .•
I,
l/.Lt.~·~:
~/"'-1
Shak~I'
Heights, Cleveland, O.
'1'1"e
P'·''''·'1<.,L,lv:l!.in
f..::!,
,'PF:Y (if e:t.> r.t1:0 j~rts
?h' ladelphiCi. 2
B~oc.;i £;~d" C'1~~~Y 3~~rf ets ~
Frotl:
bl.)
.~r_ih6th ~' .
iA.v rch 27, 1950
;~\, {~tlS0n
Director of Public Re U-i tions
1511s1~
i.:~
....
flnd Art
ft,.·,t.lre of the ibnuc l F£tll:h3hlp E.:X:-db1tion, \;111 be given on
..~r;.!.i ,'$tr i ng ens?)!.l.>lej
i3on~ t:~
in 11' . :it.jOl" "
[',)1'
vi. .)lin and pi&no , by
:'.~1~ . ~::OV5:':.y ( fir~:t P!1.1! uoel ph L perfo't'lU<.:nce); .and Chausson ' s Concerto
vlo11njst , will :lay
The quur tet \>l'1.1 be cO..,lpo sed of
t
cello.
!3hu11k,
Fol."
1/ lolin
th~ Bnc.l
NF t h~n SnuG
rand
work t he group 1'1"111 be c;.'.lLP;l€mted by tlo rris
H.nG Edn;;,rd Arian, dO~Jblc bass .
seeing t h €: exhibition, ;:hl ch closes on ':"'ttnO y ,
}~p1'11
2.
The Pvunsylvania ,Act.:u my of the F'ln':' ;.rts
BrQnd f41U Cherry Streets , Philadelphia 2
.From:
April 4, 1950
Ellz beth Z. 5\', f.&son
D~rec~gr
of Pub11g
Rel~t19ns
(lS87-i949)" o';ens et The Pennsylvl.mia l~c···demy of the .Fine .L"rts on April
11 ttl nnd
~}il1
continue through lluy 7th.
Trs.1noo in the i,c6del
his versatile
~.t!·t
his studios in
schools us \'Jell as 1n nis n.at1 ve Odessa,
y t .,
In UlCiny different ports
Philild(llphl<~
~lthO~.lg?t
he D1
:~~';J ..+&>._l'-)-
~eys
'"-.tj
returned to
C...L C,6.-A~'Y
)
<1nd on the: .J .... rr.ey cot~st to g1 'It' forI.':! to his
Publ . . cly presented for th6 first tiue 1n <)11 :i ts facets, h5..$ work
,
6ihbraces sculpture, ; . ~~tel" color, dra'i'iing, the monotype utld the 1.1. ·hograph.
tiOt.h in his
life
i-lllU
sCUlptul~(J
'-l.nd }-.is dre'l.'ir~gs he tevetals :Ja deep intorest in human
in mao t s struggle tor perp€.'tubtion.
Llna constHntly there was not
eno;lg'~
thon.ghti3 or-ovoiding i!ls mind.
cons i gl'le
lll~
t~o
COll~!~05i tiona
1..1
l!
scul.~)tur6
~w d t'-UCOllt'se
,.;.flY groll!~S he
V'!iJ.S
to
&~1<1
the
tit'awing, und
not destined to model .
VciI'iety of subj acts fro.;}
~llogoric&l
sueh as tl1-:t.l"sel:. les" to tno u:-:iusing fl;il:tl1y pllrade of
follo\"(ed. by his '.J1. VGS
TrH.~;<r
ConseQuen.tly !, e
puper- ictef.s for the
11 thogr~qjh!.> touch
t1;ne to carry out in
figure
<"'t
i"rab
children.
ts tl-:St P jl"tnoff vi.;;i ted - osreci filly those bordering the
,.'ed1terranean - he slwtched in
\.htel"
color or
11tl!ogr~phlc
cr' yon;
~ihjle
his
flt.ir for ;.lOrtrul ture, so OVi(lent in the' scul!)tured hac..ds c)f Int.el1ectuuls
led him t.o u:ruw Ci.1 ptuin Over.;ct, the Norr,'egivn
W;l..lch lte
tr!,veled, us \,ll=11 as the
''''€,'rhc.ps the
mo~t
in which lle inulged
:"l
m(~:~'!bcrs
m;~ster
of t.h{f fr"'ighter on
of the crew.
::wnsi ti ve of Portnoff ' ':) cowposi ti ons .:'.re .\1 S laonotypes
delight in
tOi1t,1
delle" c1es tc.:.';t softoned form and
portnoU Takvn
<:12
;;.,
wh<).le" however,f Portnor! ' S
eXT·eriences tht.t begm in Czarist Hussib ,
.is eloouent of ]\1,s life
b rt
where ~
n OdesSH, he V·ins snatched
froil'; art sch:Jol to prison beci:.use of h1s policicl:Jl views .
W&~
t ;.16 i)riBOn keerH),[, ~dth ",is c';i iit
escr..pe in 1908 to
The Pennsylvun1ti
i;.l::l01'ict.i ,
l~ cade~y
wirutlng t.o Cr-es,son
?
But so :i mpressed
e.s Hf! I.cptl:st th(t ile helped him
>Iwr.o he settled In Phll.t:dE.'l prl1(;"
CIH.t'lE:~s
of the F:tne i,,:rts under
'I'r~ve l1n g Schol(~,:rS}lirs
i
h lch
stud:,ring nt
GrC.fly, anll flnull y
hila b-1CK go Europe
'tOO;{
Lnc to ?:.;ri;;;: where hie,; met Rouin c.nd Despi u .
Blasel! En intollectub..l, Po:-·tnoff Wc.s drc.·"n to lntel10ctut.ls, umong
the
portri.~i ts
on v lew in
tILe ho,~or.i 1:.:.1
Exn i li1 tion ot:<ing
buzt of John Detley,
h
whi eh, in bronze, is owned by the University of Chicago, the Brooklyn
tiJ.lseUlr(,
1"ld thE. r:oclcty for Cultura.l
<-,...
Sundburg lent by tho
.",.,~nt'ic~t n
hE1udb of t!l€ Nf;gro le&.der,
n(;
i'"
"T.tO,Hl.VC"
re,'T'es~nted
lJrool<lyn ttusaum,
PhlL~ ..
in !,10scov; ;
.;)vJ(;!di sh H! storicc.l
[;1' .
';: .
Brinton, noted che.Lil.1st, from the
"Twilight" i
ne.L~tiun3
;~usaum
t'
b ust of C<Arl
of Phi hdel phia. ,
Vt1:......
E. Durghb.rdt ::l.u Dois L.nd of .cr . Joseph Il.
POt"lliti.':':.ent
collec t ion of the
Phil~delphiu
and "Torso."
in t.:e collectl'.;ns of:
College of Ph4r:lJhcy
,n(~
;,;11wr:.ulree L.rt !n;;'t i tute,
,3cience , PniL uel hit, MUSE'UID
of Ar t, nahtleL1.t.~'.n J:.edicbl Center, Un! v€:rs1ty of Chlc0.go, AtH.nta ( Ge .)
rn1versltias, h.I.lSeu.u of t<;estern
H:! st.)t'icGl iiu3GUm, etc .
",i.rt~
1,!oSCOl{i ,
u. c. ;:. .
H. , ;,.J(:;ican Swedish
Th(' P€nnsyl venia I.c'~dEiIlY of tne Fine i<rts
BrOld "nd Cherry Streets , PhiL-delphia 2
From:
i.pri 1 5, 1".150
Elizabeth Z. S";"enson
Direotor of Public Reltitions
1
'ork of CLHr les T. Coiner
in HetrosDectlve Exhibition '
A retrospective exh bition of oil paintings by CI~rLES T. COI111t
will o;:,en in the Phi l(";del phia i'.rti sts t Gri llery of T;'ie PennsyJ.v~mie
. :'cudel.i:1Y of the F'1ne Arts on Tuesday, llprll 11th" ,ncr remai:.1 through
S,mcwy, AprIl ~23rd"
;, nl:ktive of Cbliforni~' , hlr. Coiner received his crt ecillCc.tion ht the
Chi c';.go l;chuemy of .Fine Et'ts, co.nbined v:i til t :leer':;; study of art
sources cinc lnfluences in Europe.
He h&s spent S~le time pLinting in North ~fric~ , JbGGic~, Panama ,
&nd t,.. exico , b.nd is represented in the collections of the l1ictropo.l1tbU
luuseum ...nd the 1/h i tney .:lluseuUl in New York C1 ty , the Pennsyl v Lnie.
ACf.dc<1Y of the Fine J.>rts cnil in priv[·te collections • .
•
Mr. Coiner be c fv~e associated vdth N. ri . Ayer ~nc Son in 19:-,4 as a
layout designer and h~s served successively is Jssoci~te Art Director ,
Lrt D1 rector, f!nd in 1936 VH:i.S l!!t.. de ,; Vice- Pres iltent in c'ru; rge of the
l:.r t . L)epart.went.
His serv ices i,lcere lent to vbrio'.1s governeient D,gencies in l'.c"s~linf,ton
In ;,t(,uitlon to 'uc."ny gov erm-uent posters , Mr .
during recent Yi.~(;:rs .
Coiner crected the NRA Blue E~gle End Lil the CivilisnDefense designs .
He is also responsibl e for "the Bed fee tIler
,:;~nd ~?;!"r
Fund
lnsi~;nia .
~lr.. Co incr hilS C'.n ,·ctivc interest in o.rt schools , boi.ng on th( edvi sory
boe.rd of sev€!'ol , and has written a number of L1Lgu2ine c.rticles on the
subjec t of imli!"oved teaching methods .
he is u ,,!ember of t~le l(;visory
Bont'L of the- Museum uf cioaern 1,rt in New York .
The Pennsyl 'vania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
From:
April 6, 1950
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Direc;tor of PubliC Relations
Two Exhibitions Sta.ged
On 1"uesday, April 11th, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
will open two one-man exhibitions in its galleries at Broad and Cherry
Streets t
One a Memorial Exh.ibi tion of sculpture, water colora,
drawings, monotypes and lithographs by ALEXANDEH PORTNOFF (1887-1949),
and the other a retrospective exhibition of oil paintings by
CHARLES T. COINER.
Portnoff, a native of Russia , came to Philadel phia as a young man,
where he continued art studies begun in his native land, at the Pennsylv ania Academy under Charles Grafly.
He was awol' Id wa.l1derer who
gathered material for his versatile art in many parts of the wor ld, but
always returned to his studios at 908 Clinton Street or on the Jersey
coast to give form to his ideas .
Mainly Im01'm as a sculptor," this
is the first time that all the v arious facets of his work have been
presented in public exhibition, which continues through May 7th.
COiner,. Vice-President in chB.rge of Art of N. TN . AyeI' and Son,.
where he has been for over 25 Years , is knovvn not only for his oil painting ,
but his work is kn0Wn to millions the world over in the form of the 1m!
Blue E~l.gle, all Civilian Defense designs, and the Red Feather and War Fund
insignia which he created.
Coiner's paintings will remain through
April 23rd.
'rn.e work of both artis-cs is
private collectors.
ovm.ed by
many art instltut10ns and
The Pennsy LV{.;,QiL }.c&demy of the Fine J-i.rts
Broad nd Charry .3treets, Phl.t«delphta P
From:
April 6, 1950
k:lizabeth? S',enson
Director of Public Rel&tions
hlexendi?t . P0rtnofr r s lor;'; in i.1maoriul !£81:1'~ b1 t10n
I
J1.
compreilen,:,i ve
;;~t::liloriH'\l
fuJli hi t10n of the 'i>,ork of .f LF.J.:.i1.NDEfr
P0hTNOFF (1807- 194.9) , opens gt TrLe Pennsylva:nl& Ac~deUly of the Fine .Arts
on April 11 th
~nd
will continue through 11uy 7th.
Trained in the l',(!i;'demy'
Portnoff
w~;s
~
schools
a cvsmopoll tan and
his versatile
(~rt
h
&5
well as in his native Ode::ssa,
wor1u wb.ndarer vao gathered llintm'iul for
in ,ILnY ,iifferent pOl,·ts altho,.gh he £ilwCJYs returned to
his studtos in Phil<:~uel:--:hh.. und on the Jersey eOQst (at Ii-rvcy Cedhr~)
to give form to his idees .
th,~
Publicly presented for
first time in ,:.;.11 its rae ts , his work
e;abraces sculpturo, wat€Jr color, druvdng, the .1lonotype ..Lnu tne Ii Sibograph .
Doth in nis sculpture Hnu hi.;
lifo and in
!j;\~n ' ~
i.lra~;·1ng.s
he rev iuls hts deep interest "1n
struggle for perpetuLt.ion .
[:.nd consti,Ultly there wt;.s n<,ll.
enout~h tiUl€'
conSigned to po.per ideas :for
His Ii thoi~[',-~phs
cOJ'up;.)sl t.lons such tiS
tOUC11
n~.fL:r$ei
,AI though he 'Nor!<:ed intensely
to cl.trr-y ':')ut in sculpture the
(;onsequently he ht.u r(tcotu'S
thoughts crowding his mind .
t{1E:~ ..l<;:.ny
hllIDQn
groups he
v.a~
to cirawing; and
not destined to model .
&, v<.,riety of subj ects from i:sllegortctll figure
lles" to the
f~r:lusing
family pL. rr:.de of
4l.fl
1.r b
followed by his wives t'o.fld children.
The ports
~l~t
2ortnoff visited - especiLlly tho"e bordering the
;':editerraneWl- he sketched in
~1{·,ter
color or 1 t t! ogt'uphic cr.;!yonj '"hlle n s
flai r for porttlli ture, so evident in tne Scu11;tured hc,;cis of intellectuals
Perhc.ps the mQst sensi ti ve of Portnoff's
CO;;lpoS1. t j
types in which hI.? inuulged a delight in to!1e.l dellc"'c los
and gbve 1 t ptdnt qUli,lity.
ons Lire his luonoth~
t
.:;softened form
The Pennsyl v un1~, hCbdemy of tne ,f'ine nrts
ro d and Cherry Streets, ?iL.l~delphia 2
T6:.-;en
~3 C.:.
Portnof'f - 2
';;il101e, hovever, Portno.t'f t 5 t.rt is eloQuont of his life
experiences thht begLtn in Czari st Russib , where , in
Otiess~,
hl:' WI,S snutchea
from art school to prison becQ.use of his polltlcbl views .
holpE::id him escape in
studying ut Tl 10
~'nd
1 9 0~j
to
Penn5ylv~nit,
J~
_erieL , wl'Hn'C he settled in Phi L·del flh iEi.,
,,\ c.!:.uamy or the Fine Arts under Chc;rles
finc..lly v;lnning t v,o Cresson
Furope
Wid.
to
P~.r1s
TrHv~:ling ScrH)l(a'~hi ps
Cr,,~fly ,
whi c h tool{ him hac}; 1
vlhere 11£ :n.et Rod in Lnd Des pi&u .
Himself r.. ll 1ntellectuu.l, Portnoff
WaS Jru·~',n
t.o
intE!ll(~ctuuls ,
among
which, in bronze , i s owned by the Untve r's ity of Chtcb.go, the Brooklyn
Museum, nnd the Eoc1et,l for CuI turhl
H~ it.
ions in
l,!OSCOV/;
e bust of enrl
3cndburg l ent by t he <k:~er'i c.:.n S'wed1 $h Hi ~ tor1ct>1 Museum of Ph11aJelph1 a .. an,
he{l.us of the lkgro let-ueI', Dr . '\', . E. Burghsrdt du Bois nn<.: o f Dr . Joseph 1l.
Brinton, noted chp.mist, £1'OL; the re r 114;..nent collection of the Phil~clel ph 1a
Out s t and ing c..mong tl
"Th e
IT'lv,:111ghtfl,
~\'
va"
€,
figur.es t.nd groups (;ire such sculptures as
~nd ftTors Q n ~
de is r epr esented In t il(" peri.i.wnent col lections of:
In!.~tit,ute ,
R,Ulwttukec j,rt
Brooklyn ].Aueeum, Ph.tl& . Colle~e of ?tl!.lrmhcy ~...nd SCience ,
Ph:11(.;.uelphtL
":UI;!6UlG
of Art , H"hnell~i::.nn ~.odic41 CentcI' , Universi ty of Chlccgo ,
ji.tlant{l ( Go .) Universities, ~lUSO:urll of ~\est ern Art , :,109Co\\,
J.-i~lt:'ric
'
'n 5wed ish Hi ::toricul ;{us (tUm, c;U(l others .
u.s.s.n.,
·.,-'
r.
i{/
,..[1,Jo'
t~ e fin.e llrts
Phil~delph1a 2
'l)'ne P.,:;nns:,'lvnle. ,Lc0demy of
Bro~J
&nd Cherry
F'rom :
Etr~ete,
"' .. /
----rt .
, J" -
.Apr!l 11, 1950
Eliztibeth 2. S'\ enson
Dir etc!' of Publ"ic Raltions
('·ill.EN MiJ,Y ' S RUG TO BE l:J.HIBITED .t\T
~HE J.C~4DEMY
'l,'ne needle- point rug which i:?ueen llury, the 82- yee.r old lllother of
King George VI of h gl nct ,
.
heg~n
\'lor:>t on during tne early yei-irs o f
World rial' I I, wi 11 go on. e:xhibi tlon (" t The
Pennsylv<miE~ l~c~demy
Fine hrts on t:1C e.fternoon of Tues(!;:'LY , LJ.(.\y 30th ond
Frid~y ,
of the
rc,~b.ln through
June 2nd .
T:te rug is :!1CJ<.ie @ntirely in needle- point uno , <r' ork1ng six to seven
hours II da.y, eight
yeb.r~
exhiDited 1n galleries
were !'oqui red to cOl.il.p1ete it .
It~
is being
n <::11 of til€' i!lDjor cities of the United Stt..l'tes ,
thE:< tour ot::ening ut the Nhtiol'l(;l G.lllery of J,rt in i:£shJngton, D. C.
on
~ib.rch ~:'9th .
,Apart fro':! the work of joining the squares , t:-li? rug 'Nc.:;;;
Mf: LSUl'ing 10 ft . 1? in . by 6 ft . 9~
by the t,:ueen.
h1d.ie
entirely
In., it is lllzde up of
12 phnGls, eacl~ wi ttl ~ c:.1ffercnt deSign of bright ly- colored birds , fru1 t
cmi flov'<:1" s .
The Roy.sl (:,chool of' Needlework in London subm1 ttcd. designs
Queen.
till of the
f>qtlL~res
in tLc rug,
€xce~t
one, bear t:'u; sb·;ntture
Thp fir2t
wtS co~pleted
1n
The' Pen!lsylVWli' ,cE.demy of the F'ine \.rts
Broc ,,1 ~~nd Cherry Str eet~ , "h i 1 c.de~ ;.:·t1 j C'. ~
Fro:a :
l.pril 11, 1950
Elizabeth.... St; enSOIl
Dl rector ,)f Public ~Zcl:.. tlons
Coming
~xh1h!t i ons
;.,.(;!, .or' cl r'X~l'
Thro.lgh i.it.y 7:
'" .... t.'r Colors
bit10n of bculpture,
~nfi
Dru1.ings by
l,LUJ.r;.uE:" ?.JhTNOFF (1 8,;:~7- 194.9)
hpril 26 tnrl)ugh
,~{Ly
1.11:
*0115 ... no. Crystoleu!.1 p.:dntl ngs by
J"r~SSIE Dl~EVi -Bl!:AR
iA-lbY 17 through June 4:
S;-{etchos Lnd fin i shed worli by
JORd G. H.t'>NLEN nd A. BrIGC}ar: :j'ITVE~iSON ,
£,\i....
;.1t~J'
.17 through June 4:
ue
tn Peru, ID4B-49 .
l!:'L1: bi tion of Competl tors f ',:..11:'0: forCresson Luro;.'ean 'Ircvel ing JCh01LI'sl:'d. ps ,
otlwr
M;:;.y 30 through June 2:
queen
*Ph iladelphia Artists' Gallery
k~,chi..).lt. . rshi
ps <..nd Pri zes .
.l,uorJ t s Needl(.lpoint Rug
The Pennsylv",uia ACciciemy of the Fine .Ar ts
Cherry Streets, Philadel phia 2
bpril 17, 1950
Broad und
ftom :
El i zabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public rtelations
ACa.demy Women t s Committee
bIr. John F . Lewis , Jr., President of 'the Pennsylvania Academy of
The j<'"'ine Arts , announces the apPoint ment of the following to the
Women t s Committee of the 'caderny:
Mesdame s :
Leona rd T. Beale
FraYlc is T. Chamber s
Emlen !. Etting
Willi am M. Elkins
David M. Gwinn
Arthur C. Kaufmann
Morton ..MclwIi chae
Geo r ge B. Roberts
Julius Hosenwald, 2nd
Alfred G. B. Steel
Boudlnot Stimson
Robert Strausz- Hupe'
Lawrence M. C. Smith
Sydney 1.J 9 Wri ght
Franklin Chennault 'lin tki ns
Gra eme Lorimer
T.h ; C!n..'1~y1v.:;n1a ;\ct.d.emy o f the F'ine J\rts
brofH; ':;.nc Cherry Streetg, ?hilud. lphiE~ fa
El i.2.6.beth Z. e\! £;u on
Dir~ct2r~ ...qf Pu,b.1,~c lt~J: ... tJ.QM
Fr~nu
011 Pf;:.int1n's by JESl;U.f;
Dt.~b1V- )E
lR t'd .kl
eo
on e)!'.h1blt1on in the
Phtlrdelph1c Arti5ts' G("llcry 01'" 1'he Pennsylvanl£
'rts on
T~e$d;;
, April
~:.5th,
Ac~d~my
and continue through Sunday,
of th.e Fine
G\y
14th.
A: ong thE' works ,incl.uded vdll be mftnyfrQJ.1~ Mr.o . Drew-B ar'.1:t
"A11o$ in Wonderl' d tt Serle , llnd
obsol~te
s~ver
1 ¢t"ystoloum p Intlng " an
wo.y of p(;d.nting On glu:ols !,1 th £bold 1. af and oil wh:1 ch the
art1 st he, S
Mrs .
rt~vi.ved.
Dr~w~~Bear 1~.1 ~tD.Ught.
durIng thBt tim •
ufter she lad
be~n
pbinting but six months .
at the Corcoran Gallory of j"rt knd th€" Cwres3e Crosby (iullery in Wi~ujLington ,
t'. C.; i:~ t sev eral g'(llle1'ies in New Yor~{ C t~n ever)'
PE:~nnsylvlm18, since shl1l' beg!tn to ~Hlnt; r.t the
S··.wJ
ie'r in ::h:l\",{ Hop ,
Ghllery flfld
t';lJrlf.m
he
ARt .Alii (",nee tn Phtl~delphS.~· in Pr"il'lceton, N(;>,w J (1'1"'531 JI Etc .
I t is worthy of nota thet a;il()n,; t;h,,)~H1 whQ 0 ..!11 1. .t"r's , Dr \Ii-Bert.s
re savt:rnl well-l-rn0vrn u!"'Cist$ ;,ll''ld n:·t ct"i tics.
works ,
I, nf. . ti\l"e 01' Yorl{sh1re , !?J":..glund, Mrs . Dre;>,-Be.1~!" fQund~' 'J'he ' Ltm on
It
tr"
SE;l;ie
building
1.n
which i t beg~1f'1 !
i~,,;
still ..>per'i.;,t.ing in
ts C' '{'eel".
'Ine ;\o<.ldetn:y is open r .."e~dftrS ( "',xcept ~iOndtIYs) fro' 10
5 1 . M,. , nnd on ';U.nUi-iY;; ~nd Holtdl.:i.Ys fl'o;~~ 1 to 5 P. M..
i••
H. to
Ad":: ',ssion is fre •
The Permsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets , Philadelphi a 2
From:
Apr11 18, 1950
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
_ _ __ Di. r ec tor of Pettl i c Bel:;'.j::i o:::':.:c.l s.: :_ _ _ _______._____
Invitations have J"ust been issued for a rec8Dtion
in conn ect i on
,
.
with the open i ng of an exh:i.bition of Oil Painti.ngs and Crystol eum
P ainttng~;
on Glass by Mrs .. J essie Drew-Bear, on Tuesday afternoon,
April 25th, from 3:30 to 5 : 30 o'clock , in the Ph::'ladelphia AHtlsts t
Gal lery of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
TIle r ece pti en cO!1urd ttee includes!
Mrs. Logan Bentley
Mis.3 Anna 1Narren
Ingersoll
Mr.'. and Mrs . E. Miles Val. entine
Mr:., . VHllia.m T. TonnGr
M:. Charles Beck
Mr. and 14lrs . Ci1arles B. Grace
Mr
1f
NIl.'.
anci M1:~s. Dd_V=i.d Drabkin
Einc}
Mr:3. J. Howa I'd 1:' ev'i
Th e exhIbition cont J.rm8s through Sunday, May 14th.
Oil Paintings by Jessie Ji_sdUJUl Drew-Bear will open in the
Phi ladelphia Artists ' Gallery of The Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts oh Tuesday, April 25th , and continue through Sunday ,
May 14th.
Among the wo r ks on exhibition will be ,lnany fro~~reW-Bear I s
tTAlice in Wonderland!! Series.9'J Tlotal'e "'111 e.J:a .
y of h@l'
crvstoleumpaintings, wh jeh is an o~olete way of pa;inting on glass
wi ih gold leaf and oil, v.re..-~~ -we.... a,..,. .ll.<t. , . j"" -/..#11 ~ ,;'I.C, ,. .... ·r •. ,t, •
.lvII's. Drew-Bear is untaught, ha ving been painting only during the last
ten . y~a:s, ~ut. thi swill. mark the ~5tr: time she ,has Aad,~'it s?,l~.... ".t "-. =
ey,hlP.l.
t19n . o.urI.ng that. tIme. .ow~.,"-r:,. (.4 .~ ....' " 1;) '''' 7 · ''-.-rf:~
..fo..,
,(.,4.
~.:....t_ (/"'(t....(..~.1> .."<J...~4.,• ..(..'1' ,...~.t- ..e~ tv" (J (!l..A...._l~ ...~. • ~ _ ~,,1" ,,"\..-.,f ~.,. <:i' -<",. • ,,~ ...
Her first one-man exhibition was at the/A'-very Memorial Museum)in .
Hartford, conndcticut, and t his after sflB had been painting but six
months.
She has also exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art
and the Caresse Crosby Gallery in Washington, D. C,' at .several' gall eries
inJL~vLYork City, every §JlUll~43ince she bE:;gan .. to . psmt-irr....:-1'-revll1o~ ,
J(§"'I~I}§.Ylvan~a,t the Carlen Gallery and the Art jilliance inyrri-la ,
.~
Princeton, ' New Jersey, t@ liftlilll'i@:ir@BIIIIO $i@iW • .Jl"'~",- ,
-
~<-
It is interesting to note that among 1A@ ~~ PRXXMHX who Nax~ own
IvIr s . Drew- Bear I s work 1iU'.E nwnbered several well-known artists and
art cr.i tics .
j
A J}-A-...tive of Yorkshire, England, Mrs . Drew-Bear Qame ~o ~*:f~5~ feF~ Ye6'FSt' I.~" founded The London Flower Shop forty 'years
ago ~.t is sti 1 operating in the same building in which it began
its career.
The Academy is open weekdays (except Mondays) from 10 A. M. to 5 P. M.
and on Sundays and Holidays from 1 to 5 P. M.
Admission is free.
Send to papers in following :
"Hockport, Mass.
V New Hope, Pa.
~ Hartford, Conn.
~ Princeton, N. J.
(s he summered at Rocky Neck.)
(and Trenton)
{ Washington, D. C.
v Art Alliance Bulletin
The Pennsylvania c demy ot' the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphl& 2
From:
April 20, 1950
Eliz beth Z. Swenson
Direc or of Public Relations
Acade y Fello ship Holds Bi - Annual
El€ction,~f
Officers
The Annual 1' eetlng of The Fellowship (alumni) of The Pennsylvania
Acade y of t he Fine Arts was held at the
cademy on \ednesday, April 19th.
It was al so the Bi-lmnua1 Election of Officers, with the following chosen
for two-year terms:
President;
Honorary VlcePresident:
Viee-President~:
Charles VJ. Bentz
Albert L essIe
:toy C. Nuse
Mabel Woodrow Gill
George B rd1ng
~ry Tovmsend
son
Violet Oskley
Franklin Watkins
UClry Hitchner De Moll
Hobert Blakemore
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Board of '"apagers
Ben Eisenstat
'I'homas Meehan
Jerrie Meyer Elkin
Augusta Peoples
Amelia Zell Felton
Caroline To 'm send Pierson
Katherine Gallagher
Walter Reinsel
tJargal'etta Hincl1man
A. Brockie Stevenson
Janet Smalley
dward F. Hoffman , 3rd
George Lear
.
Atha Tehon
Elean.lr fiuild leSale
'&'1thony Trezza
John J. Myers
.Jean Watson
Oliver Nuse
Ada Williamson
The Pennsyl vHnia Acc...c..emy of the Fine Ar ts
Broad and Cherry Streets , Philadel phia 2
From :
April 25, 1950
Eli zabeth Z. Swenson
Dit'ecto r of Public HelCltions
QUEEN Ml'"Ry r S
CARPET
TO BE
EJC8I BITED
AT ACADEMY
The needl e-point r ug which Queen Mary, the 82-year old mother of
King George VI of England began vwrk on during the ea rly years of
World i':ar II, will go on exhibition at The Pennsylvania Acade my of the
Fine Arts on the afternoon of Tuesday, iViay 30th anci. remain t hrough
Friday, June 2nd ..
The r u g i s made entirel y in needle-point and , working six to seven
hours a day, eight years were required to complete it.
I t is being
exhibited in gal leries i n all of the major cities of the United Stat es,
the tour opening at the N2tional Gallery of Art in Washington, D. C.
on March 29th .
Apart from the work of j oining t he squa res, t he rug was mad e
entirel y by the Queen .
Measuring 10 ft. 2 in. by 6 ft. 9"~ in., i t is
made up of 12 panels , each with a different de sign of brightly- colo red
birds, fru i t and fl owers .
The Ro yal School of Needlework in London
submitted designs based on genu ine 18th century Engli sh tapestries fr om
which the Queen ch ose her pa-cterns , and joIDned t h e s quares after they
had been completed by the Queen .
All of the squares in the rug , expept one , bear t he signa tur e
"Mary Rtf with the (late when it was fi n ished .
The first was completed
in May 1941 and the last i n 1949 .
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BroE:.d and Cherry Str € e \., ~ , Philu uel ;;:h i u 2,
Apri l 28 , 1950
f or 1mmediate release
Eli ?8betl'l Z. Sr..'en son
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Pennsyl
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V (illl~
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[:inti On i v (" rsl t y of
Collaborativ~
Pennsylvania
Students win Rome
A team of '
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stud ent s of The Pennsyl v an:t~ Academy of the Finf:l Ar t s and one
,
from
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Un i versi ty of Pennsylvunia Sc.ho.:.>l of Archi t e cture h.ave won a
fir=t prize of $100 in the
~3rd
annual collaborative competition
sponsored by the J;ssociatlon of the Alumni of the American Academy in
Rome , e.g announced by t.he Association .
'They
ure :
John F" Hanlan
(painter) of 1214 \·;a l nut Street , Philadel phia (-'i'lhose howe 1s
1218 East 9th Street , Winfield, Kansas );
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Edward Fenno Hoffman , 3rd ,
( sculptor) of Wayne, Penna .; and 'Ntll ,i b.;:i L. W1nchell (architect ) of
212 Rockland Fond , PhilL.delphia .
The collabora.tive competition is xponsored by the Association for
student s of (j,rchi tecture ,
l~Lndscape
a1'C1:1j tecture,
P<'~ int1ng
in the colleges and art schools of the United States .
anet saulpture
The pro4lelU this
year, prepared by Philadelphih architec t, John F. Harbeson, was "A
Natton&l Mili tary
Ce rn ~tery
Overseas", to be located in Hawaii tl1e s1 te
being the Punch Bowl , the erc. ter of a l ong extinct volcano, .;i,nd in solving
it tne architect , pointer v..nd sc ulptor were required to combine their
efforts in a way that the whole would; be so completely integra. ted that
you cannot ta.ke anyone fE-cto r b.way from the other tWG Cind eC :1 i eve a
satisfactory solution.
Twenty-e ight teams represen t ing 10 uni ver s 1 ties t.tncl a. rt school s
took part in the competition ..
Honorable mentions were given t o six
teams.
liLerllbers o f the jury vihich awarded the prizes
were ~
Kenneth K.
Stowell , chairman ; Philip C. J'ohnson and Walker O. Cain, arc lli teo.ts;
.Hobert McCloskey , painter ,; Mary Cullery and Donald De Lue , sculptors ;
.and I,lchael Iiapuan0 'l lc-". .Yldscape a rchitect .
The designs will be on public exhibition at the
P~r c L. i
tectural
League of New Yor~ 115 East 40th Str e et , New York City, through Suturdey,
April 29th.
Th<.;) Pf}nn5ylvUli u IlChiemy of tho Fine Arts
Broiid und Cherry Strcer:s, Philudelp;.ii1 2
. From:
May 15, 1950
Elizabeth ;:. Swenson
Diregtor offubl1e ~elut1Qns
p.AIWrnWS M.?'.DE IN P1R.U GO ON E"\f1Irl!TIOli
end A. liROCKIE 6'l'l:VcHSQ!'J will cOl1lprise L.n exhloj. tion
Pennsylv~.tli~l
J ....
,y 17th, <.Hi.<l closing Sunil".:; evening June 4th.
Stevenson wilt shO\\ !Jc..intings of the
1.,'111
tLnd. sorae
ged by The
hc;,demy of the Fine Lrts 1.n its gf"lleries at Dro().u &nd Cherry
Streets , o pening Y:oJ,nesday ,
H~l.nlen
:;it!.
re~itut'{'
se\.i.i ort tov.ns, I..1mi:.,
sc~
COnst, Lil/J[;i, t.il,;} ..\ndes
~:~ounttJ.1n vil1~ges
in ttle Lodes,
figurt: .,tadies.
reports on their'· orlt
b(,l.c~,,;:
ork itself
the
once a month, fol." . .·be or:! l.ic1sLU (o.. nl.: dlr(:ction of thcd r instructor, Iwellkno~m
to the AC6.de.my, in
·-;;;.(.i t10n
to the
i
(:!.l'tist George Hl.,..rdir;.g.
Cuzeo in the hObrt oJ" tho Tnct! terri tory.
in those plt;.ces vhere no oth(4r tJel.ins of tri. nsport ..d::l.on were possible .
SundCjys hud Holidays from 1 to 5.
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PAINTINGS MADE IN lPERU ON EXHIBITION
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Water colors, oils and temperas of scenes in Peru,
by
JOijN HANLEN
and A. BROCKIE STEVENSON will cOhlprise an exhibition staged by The PennsylvaniE
Academy of the Fine Arts in its galleries at Broad and Cherry Streets, ogening
.on Wednesday, May 1 7th, &.nd closing Sunday evening, June 4th.
Stevenson will shdw paintings of the sea coast, Lima, t h e Andes
Mountains, 8nd the wild jungle country at the headwaters of the Amazon
River.
Hailien will feature seaport towns, Lima, :t:MN mountain villages
in the Andes , and some figure studies.
These young men had a very interesting experience in producing the
&.t...:.
paintings .
In 194~ for the first tim~in its history, the Ac a demy gI!anted
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a rather special perrH'itsicm .:to theLfl to work in Peru while remaining fully
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enrolled students of the Academy.
were away a year .
The) sailed in September fJI!!
0-948) and
During this period they were required to send bi-weekly
reports on their work back to the Academy, in addit ion to the work itself
once a month, for the criticism and direction of their
~I
jir instructor,
the well - known artist George Harding .
Both Hanlen and Stevenson were winners of Cresson Memorial Traveling
Scholarships, and ex-service men, Stevenson having served tn the European
theatre and Hanlen in India andChina.
It was the scholarships and Veterans '
Administration subsistence w11i.ch made their trip possible .
Their ma'h
bases of operation in Peru were Lima, Arequipa, and CUzco
"l
in the heart of the Inca terrttory.
From these points, t h ey travelered
O-:lt over the land by plane , car, truck, train, raft and boat, and by foot
in those places where no other means of transDortation were Dossible.
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Son of Mr . and lvlrs. H01't er H. Hanlen, 1218 E. 9th at, liHnfjeld, Kans.
Son of Mr. and 1V1r s. A . B. Stevenson, 262 M:NN Harvey St.
The Pen.n.syl vtmil.l. i.c~,I~emy of t..1Ite r"1ne Arts
Bt"o ci and Cherry Streets, i:~h11w1elphia 2
From I
1.:&
17, 1950
lUi zaoeth Z. Swenson
Director gf Pub11c hgl61tlons
Eleven Cresson, r'~re und. ~~chl eat Trbve.ling t3ch(;.llu· ... b.ips
and JeveruJ, Cash PIi;~es ,i'\'~'"rg g at Pepnsylvqnia -Aoad!eJT
Eleven s tudeattj were rrinncr's of the .i'.cHiea.y' ,3 taoS', t cov€:t~d <-"wut'ls ',hen.
that m~ily treveling ~lch()lHrships \',;ere l:lnnounceu LoJuy ,•.t. ~ spoc1~1
ceremony by :rbe Pennsyl vania Acede1uy of the It'inc Arts.
Ju.:lountlng to
$1250 Genh, these schol~rshtps provide $9~)O fo},~ tNwel (90 days in Europe)
and ~,lOO for tul tlon in th€ l"CbCiE:ll:1Y'S School for the 19~O-51 S :lason.
The ACbdemy :ts '·~crh{...p;:;. the only urt school in t:'1fi country whore such
scholtH'sh1 p <4dv.:.ntsges are <llvbih.l.blt: to its studt1ntS, tile <.::oove" plus
other prizes 'warded today, amounting to 'well over ~t14 ,OOO.
Am.on~
the willner.; -
ThE Gxhib1 tion of work lnt('r'Bd in the
through Juno, 4th.
£bOV6 c-Ol
T)etl t10ns \..;111 con tinue
THE THOMAS
EAKINS AND SUSAN M. EAKINS MEMORIAL PRIZE
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Honorable Mention
~
John Antonik
935t East Sixth Street
Bethlehem, Pa.
Arnold H. Pierson, Jr.,
1918 Spring Garden Street
Phila., Pa.
THE CECILIA BEAUX MEMORIAL PRIZE
Sam Ladenson
~ 249 South 62nd Street
Phila., Pa.
Honorable Mention
Peggy Bradford Long
So. Main Street
Kannapolis, N. C.
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Ben Kamihira
/ P.O.Box 92
v Jamieson, Oreg on
M.F.A. FOR THE JUNE CONVOCATION
Donald Meeker
' / 494 Richmond Ave
Maplewood, N. J.
v/
James R. Gainor
3715 Ches ' nut Street
Phila. Pa.
Oliver Grimley
Washington Square
Norristown, Pa.
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B.F.A. TO THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS
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Harie Capozzoli
545 8 Willows Avenue
Phila., Pa •
. / Harriet Dolfman
V 1817 Roselyn St
Phila., Pa.
Charles E. Hewins
v/ 2408 Chesapeak e Ave
Hampton,
Va.
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$1rrtJ
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B.F.A.
CONT'D
. j Shirley Larkin Tassencourt
\I 311 Fawn street, So.,
Phila., Pa.
/ Dolores Lesseraux
V 113 Edgehill Road
Ba~ a- Cynwyd,
Pa.
Jack C. Schneider
212 Ardmore Ave
Haddonfield, N. J.
SallY 'Kravitch
518 East Victory Drive
Savannah, Ga.
v
Naomi C. Nissley
138 Church Street
Ma lvern,
Pa.
ANATOMY PRIZE
v
Honorable Mention
/ Nial C. Bartram
Bishop Hollow Road
Newtown Square, Pa.
Milton Becker
West Lehigh Ave
Phila., Pa.
~ 270l
't
Schiedt
Oliver Griml v
Washington Square
Norristown, Pa.
Ware
John Hanlen
1218 East 9th Street
Winfield, Kansas
Phila--
1214 Walnut St.
Phi1a.
135 No . 21st St.
~Wi11iam A. Hirsch
318 So. I~eminger Street
Phila., Pa.
Cresson Painters
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Joan Knight
756 Beacon Lane
Merion, Pa.
Sam Ladenson
249 So. 62nd Street
Phila., Pa.
Jim Lueders
2131 Thacker Eve
Jack sonville , Fla.
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Arnold H. Pierson , Jr.,
1918 Spring Garden St.,
Phila., Pa.
Seymour Titone
Jac ksonville Road
Burlington, N. J.
Phila. 1635 Brandywine St
Cresson Illus tra tor / ' Henry W. Peacock
441 Levering Mill Road
Bala-Cynwyd, Pa.
Cresson Hural
~' Donald W. Luft
South Pekin,
Cresson Sculpture ~H
Ill.
Phila. 319 Walnut St.
P. Allen Harris,
7240 Westmoreland Street Phila. 1106 Locust St.
St. Louis, Ho.
PACKARD PRIZE
First
\~Clarence
Lansdale,
Second
F. Sherdon
Pa.
Shirley Lark in Tassencourt
3l~ South Favrn Street
Phlla., Pa .
V
PERSPECTIVE PRIZE
Charles E. Harpt
/' 13 School Lane
Cooper ~xii~R Park Village
Haddonfield, N. J.
Honorable Mention to
Leo Franey
/ 4015 Green Street
Phila •
. Nial Bartram
~ Bishop Hollow Road
Newtown Square,
Pa.
THE LILA AGNES KENNEDY HILL MEMORIAL PRIZE OF $50.00
to
Charles Parks
V 3l4 Southern Road
(for the standing male figure)
Wilming ton, Del.
THE WALKER HANCOCK PRIZE AWARDED BY THE DONOR
to
Philip Fowler
~ O? Alabama Ave., S. E.
Phila.
Washington, D. C.
(for the seated male figure)
SPECIAL PRIZE OF $250.00
to
Emidio Di Placido
>/ 6121 Grays Avenue
Phila.
1.57) I
3100 G. Morris st
Tasker Homes
(for Head of Horse in Marble)
HONO RABLE MENTI ONS
MAY 1 95 0
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ILLUSTRATION
,/ Kathryn Fligg
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8216 CedaT Hoad
Elk ins Park, Pa .
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PAINTING
Marion Crawford
2706 Task er Street
Phila.
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Charles E. Hewins
2408 Chesapeak e Ave
Hampton, Va.
Homer \J. Johnson
Hill Road
Williamsville 21,
V~Harris
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N. Y.
Palle Ib Mylner
St. Thomas,
Virgin Islands
Phila.
Philip E. Fowler
Alabama Ave., S. E.
vJashington 20, D. C.
SCULPTURE
~e7
216 West Rittenhous e Sq.
Phila.
3100 G. MorrisStreet
Tasker Homes
. / Charles C. Park s
314 Southern Road
Wilming ton, Del.
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THOURON
~ Faculty Prize
2nd Instructors Prize
Student Prize
Ben Kamihari
POBox 92
Jamieson, Oregon
Thomas
West 14th Street
Wilming ton, Del.
~arry
~ 202
Royal Lewando
vt 1924 Cherry Street
Phila.
1st Instructors Prize ylJames A. Hanes
2706 55th Drige
Phila., Pa.
Phila .
119 Park Ave
Willow Grove, Pa .
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Brobd and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
From:
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
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for inllTIedia.te release
Eleven Cresson, Ware and Schiedt Ivlemorial
Tr aveling Scholarships and Several Cash Prizes
Awarded at the Pennsylv ania Ac.ademy today.
Eleven students 1:vere winners of the Ac;:;demy's most coveted awards when
that many traveling scholarships were announced today by The Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts.
The William Emlen Cresson J!IIemorial European Traveling Scholarshi ps, awarded
annually since 1902, this year are for $1250 and provide $950 in cash for
travel (90 days in Europe), and $300 for tuition at the Academy 's school
during the 195ID-51 season.
The Levvi s S. Ware Iv1emorial Traveling Scholarship provides the same amount
and is gr anted on the same terIns as the Cressons.
The J. Henry Schiedt Memorial SC}:101arshi p ($1200), based on the same reouirements as the Cressons, does not, however, limit travel to Europe but must
be awarded to an advanced student of outstanding merit, on written application of the contentant covering a specific ob j ective for carrying for'ward
his training through travel.
The Cecilia Beaux Memorial Prize, available every three or four years,
was made possible by the income from the sale of gold medals which Miss
Beaux received du~ing he~ life in recognition of her work as a portrait
painter and which her residuary legatees donated to the Academy-for this
nurpose.
She was both a student and a member of the Academy ' s faculty
during her lifetime.
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Three new nrizes are awarded for the first time this year: a Special
Prize of $~50 for sculpture; the Walker Hancock Prize of j50 awarded by
the donor (a member of the Academy faculty), for sculpture; and the Lila
A_nes Kenned Bill Memorial Prize of "'50 established this year by Walter
t";< Stuempfig also a faculty member in memory of his late wife, a scul:otor.
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The awards with other cash prizes, total well over $14,000 and were made
at a special ceremony at the Academy this afternoon by the institution's
president, John F. LewiS, Jr.
The 2peaker of the dey was R. Sturges Ine;ersoll, PI'e sident of the Philadelphm Museum of Art.
VHNNERS OF DRESSON SCROL,ARSRIPS.,;
Painting:
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hl'II'18m A• H'lrscD,
sellunger
uc:!t ree tJ,
/ Joan KrJ.ight, /756 Beacon Lane, l~Ierion, Pa.
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ao.enson" "249 bOU
cn 62"no. St r ee,
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V' Jim Lueders,~21 31 Jhacker Avenue, Jacksonville, Florida
Arnold H. Pierson, Jr., 1918 Sprjng Garden Street, Phila.
V ~:l"l""Titone, Jac~i:sonville Hoad, Burlington, N. J.
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Marion Crawford, 2706 Tasker Street, Phil a .
",-Ch('ir les E. HeFins, ?408 Chesane ake Avenue, Hampton, Va.
Homer W. Johnson, HarriS Hill Rd, Williamsville, New York
v Palle Ib ~vrylner, St. Tll.omas, Virgjn Islends
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NOTE :
Honorable Mentions in the Cresson COffinetition carry
free tuition for the season 1950-51.
Pennsylvania Academy Student
Awards - 2
Cresson Winners (cont.):
>/ Sculpture:
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P. Allen Harris, 7240 Vvestmoreland St, St. Louis, IJissouri
Honorable Mentions:
,/ Philip E. Fowler, 607 Alabama Ave, S. E., Washington, D. C.
yf Charles C. Parks, 314 Southern Road, Wilmington, Delav
vIllustration:
Henry
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pea~ock, 441 Levering Mill Road, Bala-Cynwyd, Pa.
t! Honorable Mention:
Kathryn Fligg, 8216 Cedar Road, Elkins Park, Pa.
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V" l\Iural Decoration:
NOTE:
Donald W. Luft, South Pekin, Illinois
Honorable l\flentions in the Cresson Conmeti tion
carry free tuition for the season 1950-51.
V' WINNER OF LEWIS S. iliA.l.'iE SCHOL.ARSHIP :
Painting:
John Hanlen, 1218 East 9th Street, Winfield, Kansas
,./ WINNER OF J. HENRY SCBIEDT SCHOLARSHIP:
III ustra tion:
Oliver Grimly, Washington Square, Norri stovvn, Pa.
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OTHER PRIZES
HenrY~.!..._'rholdron
Prizes, for compositions completed during current season:
/' $,50 for best composition, as judged by the Faculty, to:
Ben Kamihari, .Jamieson, Oregon
$25, as judged by students, to:
Royal Lewando, 1924 Cherry Street, Phila.
$50, as judged by Instructor of Class, Franklin Watkins, to:
James Hanes, 2706 - 55th Drive, Philadelphia
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~25
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as judged by Mr. Watkins, to:
Harry Thomas, 202
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14th St, Wilmington, Dela.
SlJecial Prize of . ~250 in Sculpture I awarded by the sculpture instructors, to:
x/'Emidio Di Placido, 6121 Grays Avenue, Phila.
for head of horse, in marble. '
The Walker Hancock Prize of $50 in sculpture, awarded by the donor, to:
V""Philip70wler, 607 Alabama Avenue, S. E., Washington, D. C.
for seated male figure
,..l·The
J:!.h1.~. j~gnes K~nnedy Hill Memorial Prize of $50 in sculntu.re, awarded by
the donor, Walter Stue'1pfig, to:
Charles
314 Southern Road, Wil mington, Delaware
for standing figure
Par~s,
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Pennsylvania Academy Student Awards
John H. Packard Prizes for best group of original studies made from
living animals at the Philadelphia Zoo:
V $30 (First Prize) to :
~J:20
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(Second Prl' ze)
Clarence F. Sherdon, Lansdale, Pa.
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Tassencour,
t 3 11 S. Favvn St,
111r 1 ey Lar k 1n
Phila .
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The Thomas and Susan IvI. Eakins Memorial Prize of $100 for best figure
painted .in regular life class in winter immediately
preceding competition, to :
v' John Antonik, 93?! East Sixth St, Betlhehem, Pa .
Honorable :M ention to : Arnold H. Pierson, Jr . , 1918 Spring Garden St,
Philadel phia
The Cecilia Beaux lvlemorial Prize of $10.0 f or outstanding Dortrai t, to :
v' Sam Ladenson, 249 S. 62nd St, prila.
Honorable Mentions :
Peggy Bradford Long, 402 S. Main St, Kannapolis, N. C.
v' Ben Kamihira, Jamieson, Oregon
In the Perspective Class, the instructors, John F. Harbeson and William
M. Campbell, personally award a prize, as follows :
v $20 First Prize to:
Charles E. Harpt, 13 School Lane, Cooper Park
Village, Haddonfield, N. J.
Honorable Mentions to :
Leo Franey, 4015 Green St, Phila .
Nial Bartram, Bisho~ Hollow Rd, Newtovm Square, Pa.
Tn the Anatomy Class, the instructor, Dr. Edmond J . FarriS, judges as
follows, with the cash pr ize provided by the Academy :
$5 Prize in
~~1uscle
Drawing:
Honorable Mention to :
Nial C. Bartram, Bishop Hollov; Road,
Nel}'l[to'V'ffi Sauare, Pa .
Milton Becker,
2 70~
West Lehigh Ave, Phila.
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The Academy re commends to t he Un1v erS1 vY
of Pennsylv ania t he follo wing persons . for
Bachel or of Fine Art s
degrees, as havIng
~:tt.~'1 t~~, Ac ~c;1.emy, " through the
felo1l;· oT F4n'e Art s 'Beg-r-e-es :
f ini shed t he techni cal part of t he ir
t rain ing at t h e Ac ademy as a re oui rement
of t he coordinat ed cours es.
.lows Ave, Phila .
;e1yn St,
11= If
:hesapeake Ave, Hampton, Va .
't, 311 S. fa~~ St, Phila.
~.~~, r~..L.~ fi.l.'dmore Ave, Haddonfield, N. J.
Sally Krav itch, 518 E. Victory Driv e, Savannah, Ga.
Naomi C. Niss l ey, 138 Church St, Malvern, Pa .
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Major in Illustration : Dolores Lesseraux, 113 Edgehill Rd,Bala-Cynwyd, Pa.
Master of Fine Arts Degrees to :
Major in Painting :
Donald IvIeeker:, '~ 494 Richmond Ave , Mapl ewood, N. J .
jllia jor in I llustration : James R. Gainor, 3715 Chestnut St, Phila.
Oliver Grimley, Washington Square, Norristovm, Pa .
The P€~nnsylvWliu
Bro~cl t.m A Cherr-.r
From:
J;caaem.y of the Fine Arts
Streets; Ph11adolph10 1::
May 19 .. 1950
Eli:tt beth Z. Swenson
Dire-clgt .Qf ,Pu )1;19
B~l~ t!iQr.!!!
VJQrk of Winners in Rome Coll~bor~,t lve Co.:ilpeti t10n
on "1' ,tbltl,o.n Lit
mn,y
The
Cemetery
pl'obl~m
Overge~
th1:3 yeur' for the oompet1 t.1on
sn, to be loctlted in Hc:'i.1'I£lii on trw site of the v!.lnch Bowl -
the erl.il.ter of & long extinct volcfJno - und in $ol'Vlng it the c.rch1tect ,
ptdutt1t'
nd scu1rtot'
that the
'I\~lole
wct'~
re ui.rE1ld to combine tilel:r e·rforta in
thc~t
would be so eO.1npletoly 1ntllgrlJOted
:hlCh
e- way
you could nvt tali:
b.Wuy anyone rector f'rou.i th~ other t wo and ach1 GVO $l sat:1 sractot"Ji' solut1on.
tlre~
T:u, winning teams tot' the three $100 pr1zes
1.
~:dwo.:rd F~"'l.nv ~lo:ftme.n f Jr .
(sculptor) - P..:nr:sylvanjr,. J,cE.;a.erny
J'ohn H.:mloIl (p4Vlter) tt
'f: L<i \Y!flchell (t.rch1. teet) On 1. vers1 ty 'Of Penna .
to
The Cooper Union,
I:r'idn HOSE'tlhQ1.3fH~ (sculpto'r) Sol Zaretz"y \pt.inter) -
fl
n
ChE<l'les H1vldn (torChl teet) Th(~res& Bard1zbantun
(lbndscLpe archItect) -
L1~ F1scht:r ( sculptor')
Karl Wclt1Fl' Potcrsotl (pt..1nter)
Russ~ll Glueok (arch:i teet) Dermis Y. ?fehniueller (lB!ldac~pe
lirc1l1teet)
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part in the competition.
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The Penn sylv ania Academy of the Fine Arts
Ph ilade 1 p~ia 2
Broad und Cherry streets,
From:
May 22, 1950
Elizabeth Z. S'wenson
Director of Public Relations
ABHAHAM H.b.NKINS
/
Running cur rent ly with the exhibition of the wor%: of
/ii~BR.AHAM
/!J
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&.
HANKINS at t:ne Art Alliance and tl18 Contemporary Art Associotion,
b y 1,lr. nan\{ins
group of five serigraphs on the exhi bi tion . ."al1 in thIS lobby of
The /ennSYlvania P.CCll.<emy of the Fine .Arts.
}
lone
of the serigraphs is in the permanent collection of t!le Museum
ci:
Modern Art
j
in New York Ci ty and the other in that of our
Ovin
Phil adelpnia
/Museum of Art.
The work will remain through June 9th.
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The Pennsylv£;!nia
.L~cademy
of the F'ine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Phi1a. 2
Fromr
May 25, 194()
for relfJCise May"26, H:j50
Klizabeth Z. SwcIlson
Director of PubJ.ie He.lations
QUEEN MAltY of EnGLAND DECOLlES 83 TODAY
Britllints Queen Mother is 83 years old today.
When she was born
at i;l.idnight on May 26, 1867 in Kensington PE,laee, London, she opened her
eye~
to
R
.orlJ in which the British &ap1re was in the flood of its power,
and tne 37 States of the hmeriC!an Union were ,just beginning
t~le
recon-
struction of thE·i r country €lfter its terrible Ci viI War.
After 83 years,
l;ye
f:l.nd t i! 1 s Royal Lady,
\-',110
11 vas and 'works in
in the midst of her ~ctlve life - she hus ~ound time to do tntricute needle-
work.
TIle large need.lepoint c&rpet sbe wade wi th her own h",nCi.S during
Wc:rrld Par XI corles to Phi.ludelntl1a next week on its tour of our
grGC~t
PJnerican cities.
1'l:1E'~
at one
Of
carpet will gu on vieH f,t 1'1'H:
clock ,
wher~
Pennsylvani~J.. J~C<.<demy
of the
itwl11 be for the follov'ing three days.
\1reat crowds are reported as having seen it in the other cities
wherE" it
hbS
been exhibited.
(Copy)
British I nformation Services
Press Service
Earl 's Son , Ex- Co bor,bRevis±t s
U. S., which He t s Known for 50 years.
COLONEL McDONNELL
THE MAN WHO'S SHOWING U. S. THE ROYAL RUG
Former cov1puncher ~ construction engineer, soldier ' nd
N111V YORK .
Bri tish Member of Parliament, Colonel the Hon ... i>.r:.gus McDonnell is once again
revisiting the United States - this time as organizer of th J forthcoming
exr. .ibition in 16 U. B. cj.ties of Ctueen Mary·:;. famous rug .
I
It will go on show
at the Metropolitan f.fu.seum, .New York Ci ty ., on Tu(:sday, .Maret· 21, where it
will remain till the evening of March 25 .
Fran! there it wi.ll go to fifteen
other U. 3. cities & d six in Can&da.
Colonel McDonnell , son of the. seventh Earl of .JLY}trim, began his colorful
career nearly 50
worked for 2 years as
Texas .
ago iherl he
yeE:.rs
&.
CZill€
to t.'Ie U. S. in. hi s la.tG. teens and
cowpuncher on the FH Triangle Ranch near Forth Wor th,
It ,as a tough liTe for a greenhorn in those Qays but he soon mGde the
grade and in 1905 joined a railroad con$truction proj eat, 'ehe Chesapeake & Ohio"
1 1:. tel' he teCi:..l!l8 c. cO.Clstruction for~illc,n on r ailro&o.s being bui 1 t in Ken-
t ucky and V:est Virginia, living on pork and bea.ns brought f'r'om distant towns
by covered Vl&gon.
In 1909 he f'01md himsel f in Victoria, B. C. " bu ildtng a
harbor for the Canadian Government after working for the Canadian Pac:Lfi c Ry .
In Canada he entered business as a partner of the U. S. contracting ~irm,
Gr&nt Smith and Company, which was responsible for the high-pressure water
sys telll under: the streets of
N"81i'l
YOI'K City .
Lt the outbreak of World Wa.r I, Colonel Mc Donnell joined the Royal ,
Canadian Engineers .
He served in France from 1916 to 1918, building narrow-
gauge railroads connecting front-line gun po sitions with supply d1Jlllps in
t he rear .
Vlhen the V~ar ended he returne( to Cc,':"'lc.da .
His trail-blazing days I've e nJt aver, ho'wever, Gnd soon he
Vi eS
cgain
l eading a team of piOYH.: ers, thi s time on a survey of the Lfrican Gold Coast .
The result of his eXplOL'Citions ',;vas ths construction of Takor&di Harbor, the
only deepwater port on the Yiest.AfricbH
C()cl !:it
wb'ch does not silt up.
nSo::aehovr I al ways find myself back in the Dni ted States " the 69 year old Colonel says.
State in the Union.
D·' ring his f're::i uent visits to America he hels toured every
One of his tasks in the yea.rs between the wars wa.s selling
Diesel engines for U. S. N&vy submarines , in his cB.pcci ty as sales director
of the British Armstt'ong Wlht.tworth Engin"?ering Company.
Col . jl,ngu§ McDonnell - 2
During this period he found time t o beoome a British Member of Parliament representing the Conservative constl t"4!.ency of Dartford, Kent, from 1924
to 1 929 .
World. War II found him again in the Unl ted st'ates and in 1941 he
became personal aide to the Brl tish A.mbassador, Lord Ralifax.
Dllring the
difficult war years, he was a prominent figure among the allied represent atives
who met to discuns mutual problems.
CoID.onel McDonnel is a COf/1Panion of" the Ordei of the Bath, and a
1
Compani on of' the Order of St. Michael and St. George.
Colonel McDonnell recalls tha.t before he came to the.D. S. he l i k ed
to dance all nigbt and sleep all day.
from home, he discovered that in
But at Fort: Worth" Texas, 6000 mil es
Ame~ic8,
you are respected only if you are
willing to work with a smile.
t!1'hings hav entt changed much Since
still a COllntry with the pioneering spirit .
/
then '~,
Tha t
he S8:Ys.
t S
'l(hy I 111\:e it.
It
The Pennsylvania. Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and" Cherry Streets, Phila.del'phia 2
Frorn:
For release
Monday, May 29 , 1950
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
FAMOUS ROYAL CJlJtPET Ar.'1RIVES IN PHIIJADELPHIA
FOR f.'OUR DAYS' E)(JUBITIQN
The famous l:'leedlepoint
c ": L~pet 1Il.ade by Br 1. t aj.n IS E:3-Y88 r olel Queen
Mother Mary, arri-ved in Philadelphia this mornL g from iifI,.:mtreal, Can. a d.a,
its latest place of' exhibition, 1.'1rith Colonel Hon. Angus McDonnell and 'Miss
Patricia Beretie, nearing -the end of its tour of .1 6 of the yr'l!le:tpc'il .American
and 6 Canad.ian ci t ies.
Accordillg to ld.test figures availaole,
ove~
200,000 hHve seen t.he
carpet" one or the record days j)eing .in Boston on Sunday,
.h:
ay 21, v;ll.en
Both
over 16,000 ·thI'onged. Boston ! 31~useUJ.ll of Fine Arts fll)r that purpose .
Col . McDonnell and Miss H.6.rdie rep0:rt glQvdngly on the (UltAllsiasm with
which it has been welcomed wherever it has been shovm.
It will be at The Pennsylvania Acade1ny of the :F'ine Arts J Broad and
C:-1el"17 Street.s
£'01"
only feul' da;ys,
o~~ning
~l.
at 1 P.
on Decorati0n Day
and continuing through Friday, June 2nd, when Philadelphi6J1S will ha've the
::e:OE' 1,-cadell1Y w111 remain openWedDesday evening
privileg€ af seeing it.
·LL.vttil nine
0 t
Th6~ re
clock.
is
110
Colonel McDonnell, t Jle mai.'l
admission c.harge.
\liThO
is showing the Uni ted States the
royal carpet, has spent much time here, coming first about 50 years ago .
IT. . his active Ilfe, hi hasoeen successively cowpuncher" construction
engineer, soldler and membe:l:' of tl1€ British Parliament.
Be is a son of
t he 7th Earl of Antrim.
Miss Hardie, is personal aSSistant to Lady Re8.0j.ng, nead of 'Nomen's
VoluntC:i.ry Services, the organiza.tion of 750,000 British women lmdel' who se
auspioes the rug's tour of North
j~j21er·icb..
is beiIJ. g
r;.rr<m;!,ed ~
Queen !cl!ar y has given the Cc-H'pet t o her country to be: sold a;5 e. dollar
export to help purcha.se u:rgently-needed. equip.l11ent
North !.;I,ericc-.,
elUS
setting
8110.
ra.w ma.terials from
8.11
labor and sacrifices necessary to make the dollar drlve e success.
The only
,
condl tion. of sale is thdt payment must be in dollars and its ul t~a>t e home
a public institution.
Bids for its purchase close ,Tu.ne 15th.
\.
the .Penll :'J y".L iH.ni n A 0 i.iaelf.,y 01' the 'tine .;;.~":"ts
Brot.a _"ad \.b:.~';'d· ~)tr*~~ r, ~ . Ph_Li./.)d{d.,.·il~),~di,
Ji'rom. :
The "e l;)S;J lV£Llh~ I-c,~(j-e.!ly;)f th,(U Fine .Arts
Bror:lJ ~mu Cherry Streets; Plli l<:j~ielphia. 2
From:
.June :U::, .L950
gliulbeth Z. 8~\f.m:3on
of r'ub 11 C l{(;'_ ac 1. ons
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
MAY 2 9 1950
From:
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
Queen Mary's Needlepoint Carpet to be at
the Academy Four Days
The needle-point carpet which Queen Mary, the 8a-year old mother
of King George VI of England, began during the early years of World War
II, will go on exhibition at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
on Tuesday afternoon, May 30th, and remain through Friday, June 2nd.
Queen Mary, long a connoisseur of the fine arts, has also acquired
an almost unrivalled knowledge of Britain's heritage of craftsmanship.
Not content, however, with a mere study of past generations' achievements, she has herself become a skillful worker with the highest standards in neatness and design.
For many years she has devoted a
con~idera-
ble portion of each day to needlework of various kinds, and indeed, at
82 still threads her own needles.
About 1932 the Queen's interest began to turn particularly towards
gros point work, and many pieces have been the result of that interest.
In 1941, when she reluctantly withdrew to the west of England, she began
the series of twelve needle-point panels which, together with the border,
make up the carpet which will be exhibited at the Academy as a part of a
United States' tour which opened at the National Gallery of Art in
Washington, D. C. on March 29th.
Working daily for six to seven hours over a period of eight years,
the Queen Mother completed the panels, each with a different design of
brightly-colored birds, fruit and flowers, which were then assembled into
a carpet measuring 10 feet, 2 inches by 6 feet,
9~
inches.
The Royal
School of Needlework in London, to which she owes her instruction in
intricate needlework, submitted designs based on genuine 18th century
English tapestries from which the Queen chose her patterns.
They joined
the squares after they had been completed by the Queen, but apart from
that every stitch in the rug was the work of the Queen Mother.
Each of
the squares, except one, bears the signature "Mary R" with the date it
was finished,
The first was completed in May 1941 and the last in 1949.
She also personally chose the 100 delicate colors used.
Queen Mary's Carpet - 2
The Queen had originally intended the rug for the royal castle of
Windsor where it would take its place among the royal heirlooms, but
when Britain's economic crisIs became acute, she decided to give it to
the nation to be sold as a dollar export to help purchase urgentlyneeded equipment and raw materials from North America.
She hoped by this
means to set an example to her people by emphasizing the labor and sacrifices necessary to make the dollar drive a success.
The only conditions
of sale are that payment must be in dollars and that the ultimate home
must be a public institution.
Many former British queens are famed for their skill in needlework,
from Margaret, Anglo-Saxon queen of Sootland's King Malcolm in the tenth
century, to Queen Victoria in the 19th, and their work may still be seen
in palaces and mansions throughout England.
Queen Mary1s carpet is
unique for being the only one of comparable size to be worked by a Queen,
but above all, it is a memorable record of a life in which the love of
beauty and craftsmanship has gone hand in hand with devoted service to
the community.
Miss Patricia Hardie, personal assistant to Lady Reading, head
of Women1s Voluntary Services, the organization of 750,000 British women
which is arranging for the carpet1s tour through North America, is
traveling with the carpet.
She reports that wherever it has been on
exhibition in the United States and Canada, great crowds have come to see
it, and that these cities have given it a most wonderful reception.
Special Academy Hours for this Exhibition
Due to the shortness of the carpet's stay in Philadelphia, and in
order that many might see it who otherwise could not, the Academy will
remain open one evening and that on Wednesday, May 3ls t.
rEhe hours for
each of the four days are as follows:
Tuesday, May 30th (Decoration Day) - 1 to 5 P. M.
Wednesday, May 31st - 10 A. M. to 9 P. M.
Thursday, June 1st - 10 A. M. to 5 P. M.
Friday, June 2nd - 10 A. M. to 5 P. M.
Admission is FREE
'1'hel?en.n$y-lv~1a Aqa~em:y ' Of the Fine 4J"1te
.Gh~·;rl"yStreets ., l'h11ad~lpb1a
.a
JrG.ad ant
F)'om .:
E11~aboet:b.Z.$w,el'l:son
El1re@t£ll'ot PuJD11~ Rela.tions
J:Il1J'i eaAnnQ~l'l~t\d1 , f 0.1' _Two .'A,me~~~!£l'Mnna:J..;slt
Joseph f!'.F~ase:r, (11 ... Dj.re.e,t QZ"of The P,~utnsY'lvanLa Acade,my
of the Fin,e AI't-s, annOlln(;),eS the juries for the A/-Bth Annual Vlat:er
49"h
C;Jolor and P",ltlt E~ib1 t~o:n and the
}ltnl,atures _ ~o be
~eld
Annual m~bit, 1on Gt
a t the Academy from
Ootob'e,1;~
Novembeli' 26" 19 SO .I aJ3 follQw;e:
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a,ndP~!nt$
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$est
S:620 ql VY' Av~nl,ie
Ov-e.rbrook, Philadelphia )1, :Fa,
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gy,ra:l3~ae,
New York
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Chadds Ford , Pt-to
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8011 Winston ;Road.
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SOQiety of !\Un1att\,re Pa:1.nt:e:re collaborate w1 th the Aoadem.y I
as 1s
the1r oustom, in presenting these exhibitions, and the work FlIhown
will not be 1tm1 ted to that of
oolor and pr1n.t
se~t1Qn,
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it vt111 be
enter~d
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From :
July 7, 1950
Elizabeth Z. S,::\'enson
Director of Public Relations
CALENDAfi OF SPECIAL E.X1UBITIONS - Season 1950- 51
September 22 thl'U October 15 :
Philudelpllia Art Directors' Club
1'),.(' "':, ....
11crtlOrial Exhibition of Oil Paintings
by lriaurice Molarsky
ExhIbition of paintings of fcu:nous
Pennsyl v8nia ''lomen in connection vd th
b special celebration for "Pennsylvunia
October 13 thru 15:
V/eek" •
October ; ; thru NoveElber 26 :
-)f-
48th Annual \ "e te"!:" Color and Prints
49th An.Ylual Mintatures Exhlbi tions
of Contemporary English
Dec ember 9 thru JLiIluary 7 :
E~libition
J&nuary 20 thru Febru ary 25:
146th Annual E.x:libi tion of Oil P[;:Lnting
[tnG. .3culpture
March 10 thru April 8;
Phi Ladelphi [\ i~cgionvl. E:xlli bi tion
Painting [;..nd Sculpture
1':1(;'
p .."nn!.iJi lva.nl.2 AC&.O,e.illY of' the .Fine Iu'ts
Brot!d t.,nd Cherry Ctt'"eets , ?hilll.dfl ~hia
From:
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Eli zabeth
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Sopteinbel' 8, 1950
S"';.re;'lson
D1r@ctor \)/ PubUc Hell-tIona
lSU. Annuti.l Exhibition of Ildverttslng
;: t'J.d Edltor 1£.1 ;.rt,. by Mt:~lbers of the
Art Directors' Club of Ph11bd,lphla
iil<::.Jot'ilJl 5;;xhfbltion of 011 Pe.intings
by Mhurtce Molt~r.s}ty
Octooer 13 tl ru 15:
gXq f bi tlcm of
P~mwylvan!!j:
p:;.inti'lgs of ralll)'_~S
'i,'omen in conn.~ction r:ith
special celf'brctlon f'ot>
t>.
Vt~.nit~
l''-(!ek.
tlPN~:isyl
Tf
48ttl i~mu«l \;;b.teT.' Color (md Pt'ints c:.nd
4t? th J.m,n.IJI'l 1~1tnj ctures :Ez:'" i hi ti:ms
Decer'1ber 5 thN 17:
gxll'~b1 tiOZ1
of ('onte:...J)or'· ;oy hh; U sh
Pt-int1ng hnd. Ccu.L:!ture
.!,.IoP... !ntlngs by
148th
j) fVT\.""",£
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p.nnu.:-~l .E~·lib.i
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tion of Oil Pr..!ntlrlg
and Sculpture
Philhdelphib. Heglonal E:xhi bi tion
April 17 thru 29:
{{, in Ph tlL.del;::h j
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il.;t.'ti.;;ts ~ UP,,}.
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Otbut'
el(!l~bitjons
in this
G~.lJ
ery
to be announced ii.. ter ..
11 ~)t:rles of Glx C;u'Hnber ;..iusic Concerts will he given in the H-otunda
of t.he j~cademy on th€:~ follo.;:lng r;rj.uay evenings at 8: cO by l:.o:.:-.bers
of thc' Aluruni i.::;sociction of 'l'~:c Curtis InstJ. t: ute of r~usiC!:
Dne:.
Februery 2,1i1 9, 16
(Admission free)
CC - Mrs. R. T. Brogan, 609 Sharpe Ave ,
Glenolden (Chill. Fine Arts , Dela . Co.)
The Per,-(\sylvunia
Er'Jad
Ufld
FroM:
of'
ACo.C1€illy
Cllerry Str'(;(
L~,
Ll6 F.ir~e j.,rts
PltilLd61phi& 2
1950
Se ,_' t emb er
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of P'...~blic r:el.s.ti ns
Special :x:libit:Lons for Nove.llber
and December, 1950
Octobc:l'
~
48th i;nnua1 Ex.~ibi tion of Yi::;,ter
Colors 0nd Prints and 4~th Annual
thru November 26:
Min 1. i,;.. tures Exh bi tion - v,ork both
invi ted and juried; A!,,"':ric8n c;nd
i~reign.
Co-sponsored by The
0
Phi
1..<.;.0.61D:'j; U ';:<:..t~-t'
Color' Club (';,nd
The Pennsylva.ni& Society of
;..ii '1: 2, ture Po. inter's .
*'
Dece,.ber 5 thru 17:
December 9 tnru
J~nu~ry
hetrospect-Lve eXTLbi tioD of oil
paintings by AbrCiham HClnkln~"
IDJdbi t ton of ap;;ro:X.L:at€ly 100
contel;1:)OrC; ry En@,lisil pc in tings,
7:
SCh;IE
CHosen fro:!,
AILle~iccr
ano othE:!'s coming dlrect
December 19 thru January 7:
-:f
Hetrospecti V8 exhibition of' c.rardngs,
p~1ntings
Hasmusson .
* In Philhde10hia
co11cctLms
EngJ.bno. .
frOll)
Artists' Gallery .
a~d
sculpt~re
by Daniel
Scnte-mher 18, 1';'350
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4~.
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;3pe(!i~l.
\cJ.htton s
Lx.db:1.tlon§
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19~)O·-51
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.:110
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p(~t'\·lsylv, 11' <.;: 't ,J:nen in cOr'J:ec cion :1 th
Sptlci{; 1 eol(!br(;tlon for ~'Pc;~r:sylv;,n1.!;', t,eeKt'!
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r;cce.,.bet' 5 thru 17:
Dcceuber 9 thru
J,nu~ry
7:
eX1\; b': tLm Qf o:U, >,·lntings
by Lb:n:.lu3. •.J llc...nl·dnz
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b, ~t bit i::m uf ~")1,ro}; :!.lft& tely lCe ('U:l Lek.l~>.)N\.ry
EnglLu p"intl(Jgs fro~:l i;;l'eric<.'i t>nd
J.
English collections.
D&ce~ber
19 Lhru
J~nu~ry
7:
'~j',
tlc,s}1u~·tiv( ('}.:'ll.t)]UOn of art .:n.g~ ,
p.[IinLings hl1d scul:~tur'c b;:l 0U11<.::1 <',,,srauS;;;on
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From:
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:i,. S\"'enson
DiregtQf of
Ttw
For r€·lense:
fepte ber ~3, 1950
..J.~
?ub~ic ' hel~tions
Pennsylv~nj & i~cudej;Jy
of the Fino
.i~r·
ts opens :t ts 1950-51 se.$on
(1885-1950) today c:.nd will cont:i nue 1 t through Octo'ber 15.
life:3 [inU genT'(:;, studies - I.ent by t. ...,e.ir Qvrw!'s and by ELf's. Molorsky.
tJrt.
IlK),;' •
U,olt.rsky \.as cduc ,. tad a t the Ac;.;.detJ.Y, the: SC!1()ol of Industric.l i,,:rt, and
too1< hill! thore between 1904
.;~n0
1907.
li&ve'rfo:t:'u. Col.Lege [;ino Princeton Unlver£1 ty, :,ne. the Nb.t:1 onLl
Design",
f
cu:le,t;:y of
li'ro!.J.:
Oe tober
E.lizubeth::. S'."'cnson
D1 r;:>etor ;w,f' Public ,Helu t1.ons
Pcnnsylv,snil:
1-\C&deH1Y
i·~gOOQ 'l'ift~~nY
Stucients
~V.in 'nU'€(:'
Eoundt:tloJ.} Grants
~; J
1950
of F'out'
The Trustees of t.ne Louis Co,;.:t'ort 1'1.f'i\JlJ.y Foundation of New York
9th lWCrlile ,
~,V€'nue,
'These,
to win one.
,
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de ':"ue
~\nc.t
Georg Sober .
The Pen.:1sylvania ACLderny of th.e Fine Ar'ts
Bro8.d &.tl<.i CLerry Str.eets, P1:ri.lhdel;:htc. 2
October 3, 1"350
From:
·E:l i.zabetn Z. Sw(::nson
Director of Public relation s
The M"mclorial Exhibition of Oil Paintings by lI1c'. urfce ;.,iolars.1cy
the Fine Arts.
M:C:3 .. Molarsky will
6th, from
~;
to 5
0 Y
b(~1n
G&.l.lery C on .It'r1duy afte,rnvon, October
clock, to greet i'r:i ends.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2, Pa o
From:
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
October 6, 1950
for immediate release
$30,000 Purchase Fund to be Made Available Jointly
by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the
______ P_e_n~sy}~yal!1.~. Aca~emy ._ _
Purchase of paintings and sculpture by living American artists
up to the value of $30,000 was provided for by joint aetion of the
Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts, it was announced today by R. Sturgis Ingersoll, president of the
Museum, and John Frederick Lewis, Jro, president of the Academy.
The
items so purchased will be selected from the work of artists exhibiting
in this season's 146th Annual Exhibition of Oil Painting and Sculpture
at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, January 21 to February
25, 1951.
Mr. Ingersoll said that the Museum1s action in making available
a sum up to $10,000 for the purchase of paintings was timed to coincide
with the celebration this year of the Diamond Jubilee of the Philadelphia
Museum of Art.
The selection of these paint i ngs will be made by the
Museum from the works of the exhibitors in the "Annual,,"
"I look
forward immensely to this combined effort," Mr. Ingersoll said in a
letter to Mr, Lewis, "and I believe that it will be 'good for your show,
for our Mus eum, and for the artists."
Mr. Lewis indicated that this year's allocation of purchase
funds by the Academy will be increased by some $14,000 over last yearts
purchases for a total up to $20,000.
This sum will be available for
acquisition of paintings and sculpture to be selected by the Academy.
Works of art purchased with Museum and Academy funds will enter the
collecti ons of each institution.
In commenting on this joint program the president of the Academy,
Mr. tewis J said "There has been no better news in art matters for a
long time than the coming cooperation between the Academy and the
Philadelphia Museum of Art .;)"
The Pennsylvania Academy of th€l Fine Arts
Broad Ll1dCherry Streets, Philadel pllia 2, Pb .
From:
October 6 , 1950
for immediute releas e
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Direc tor of Public Relations
-#30 , 000 PUrchase Ftmd to be iJiade AvailabJ.e ,Jo i ntly
by the Ph11&.delphib. 'useUl~ of .Art and the
Penn§ylvania Acadel Y
Purchase o f paintings and sculptu re b y l1 ving l!'hlericun artists
up to the vulue of $30,.000 was provided for by joint a c tion of T:19
P~11[~de l phia
Museum of .Art and l£ile Pennsylvania ACademy o f the Fine
Arts , it was Qnnounced today
b y ft.
Sturgis
In~erSOll,
prosident of' the
i'useum, and John Frederick Levd s, Jr . , president of the J...cadeluy.
The
i te rns so p'(.l'rChbSed w1l1 be selected fr om the work of artists exhibi ting
in this season t s 146th Annual Exhi bi tion of 0,1 1 pc.inting and sculptu re
a t The Pennsyl ve.nia Accide-my of the Fine
~rts . 3~muary
21 to February
25, 1951.
Air. I n gersoll said that the Museum ' s action in making ave-ilable
b sum up to $10 , 000 for the purchhse of pc.intings '..ras tillled to c oinc ide
wi th the celeb ration thi s yea.!' o f the DIamond Jubilee of the Philadelphia.
:ru.s eum of F.rt.
J.:'he selection of these pc:dntings rrill be (Jade by the
Mu seum from the works of the exhi bi tors in the uA."1nual. ft
"1 look
forward immensely to th .i s combined eJ'fort ," 1fr. Inger-.;oll sHid in a
let tel' to Mr. Lewi s, ff and I beli eve that it vd 11 be guoci for your show I
for our Museum, lJ.nd for tfle artists . "
i,:r. Le": is indica.ted th<.. t tills year's allocation of pl.lrchb.se
f unds by the ilckidemy will be increased by some
purch~ ses
for a total up to ~20 , 000.
~cquisiti on
Th i
S
~r·14 , OOO
Sl.lll1
ovel' lc.,- st yef;r' s
-,' till be ' vai la.ble for
of paintings and sculpture to be selected by the
Ac~demy .
Works of b.rt PUl'c!1e,sed wi tIl Museum. Gl-nd Achde.my funes will ent e r the
collec tion::; of aad institution.
In cOli:ll:1enting on this joint program the president of the
~~ct:.dewy ,
hir. LewIs, scdd "There ha s been no better news in art w'J.tters for a
l ong time than the coming cooperh.tion bet\',een the ,l-1cu(le2Y (ind the
Ph iladelphi~
M.useum of Art.ft
Purchase of paintings and sculpture ·by living· American artists up
to a value of $30 ,000 was provided for by joint action of the
Ph iladel p h~
Museum of Art and The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts , . it was
announced today by R. Sturgis Ingersoll , . president of the Museum, and
John Frederick Lewis, Jr., president of the Academy.
The items so purchased
will be selected from the work of artists exhibi ting in this season's ·
one hundred and forty-sixth annual exhibition at The Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts, January 21 - February 25 , 1951.
Mr . Ingersoll said tha t the Museum ' s action in making available a
sum up to $10 , 000 for the purchase of paintings was timed to coincide with
the celebration this year of the Diamond Jubilee of the Philadelphia
Ivluseum of Art.
The selection of these paintings will be
l';1usewn from the works of the ex..tJ. l bi tors in t he Annual .
mad~
by the
"I look forward
immensely to this combined effort", Mr. Ingersoll said ina letter to
Mr . Lewis,"and I believe that it will be good for your show, for our Museum,
and for the artists."
ivIr . Lewis indicated that this year ' s allocation of purchase funds
by the Academy will be increased by some $14 ,000 over last year's
purchases for a total up to $20 , 000.
This
SUlIl
wil l be available for
acquisition of paintings and sculpture to be selected by the Academy.
Works of art purchased with Museum and Academy funds will enter the
collections of each institution.
In. cOlmnenting on thi s joint program the president of the Academy ,
Mr . Lewis, said, "There has been no better news in art matters for a
long time than t he com!ng cooperation between the Academy and the
Philadelphia Museum of Art.!!
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,
too' "
.:..:
The PennsylvBnia ACoclemy of the fine Ar·ts
Broiid and Cherry Streets, PhiluclelphlE 2
October 10, 1950
From1
Elizabeth Zw Si.enson
Director of Public Helations
Artists
M(~et
to Choos(} Exl"!ibltion
The &rtists Viho comprise the Jury v.'hich will choose part
of tl18 '.\arks included in the 4/jth Annuo.l 1:'iater Color and Print
.Exh.Lbi tion to bo held. at The Pennsylvani.a Aca<iemy frodl
Oc~ober
through November 26, will .lnu:::t atL'1e itcwiemy on October 11th
29
CU1.U
12th
for that purpose.
They include:
l'/i11 Bo.L'net
Frnncj s Cl1b.pin
Pcml Froellch
Sue Fullor
MargLret Gest
Jmdre l .': Y'yeth
As is customary, the Ph:5.1a<'H·;lphi& V.'[tter Color Club 1,';ill collaborc:,te
wi th the L.c<.:.demy in prosenting this Exhibi tion.
October l?, 1950
F'rom:
Elizabeth Z. Si',erlson
1.~1reet9r Qf t'\lblic Rel~,t1on$
P'mnsy.lvanl~ j~CU(;i.cm.y
llect.s 1":1 rs 1~~\om.al1
to its Botl.rd
by J::Jhn F. Lev/is, Jr., President.
This is tht:· first 'time in
institution
~r3.
of
thLt. r~ ~iOillthn hL>.[1
th{~ hi~;tory
been
C
of this 14G-yeetr' old
.ilOj120er of its Boord.
Be61e, whose chiof interest 1s pBintlnCs,iS on the Bosrds
~3ht,'ltering 1\1';.L5,
on tb; .,ftni.tnce
ttnti the Nttl,:mul Mental Henlth Fonnd!:ltion, !.md
Comwitt{~6
of t!lf' ;.com
Club.
I
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad end Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
From:
Elizabeth Z .. S"v,renson
Dj.rector of Public Helnt10ns
Mr. a.nd Mrs. John F.
October 27, 1950
Lewis, Jr., are
ent(~rtaining
c:.t dinner
at the Cosmopolitan Club on Saturday evening, October 28th, tn honor
of the following hostesses for the Privhte View of the 48th iu'mual
Exh:lbi tion of Water Colors and Prints, and the 49th Annual Min:tatures
Exrd bi tion, which follows at The Pennsylvania Academy of the
from 9 to 11 O'clock the same evening:
Mrs. Alfred Bendiner
Mrs.. F'erd inand Fatter
11.i 58 Jielen D. Ha rbison
Mrs. lioviard C. Petersen
.Mrs .. Boudinot St,:\.l11son
. L~r s.
Deltvered ot 10
j,.
~:rl ~o<5-o re
B. Vihi te
M. on above date to bot'} pu.::erz
F'ine Arts
The Pennsylvania Acao.emy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
From:
For release
Saturday, October 28, 1950
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
Annual Water Color, Print and Miniature Exhibition
to Open
TOlllOrrO\'! bfternoon at one 0 I clock at 1'11e Pennsylvania ilc<:Hiemy
of the Fine Arts" Broad and Cherry Streets, the Annual V:a te!' Color,
Print and Minil..1tures Exhibition; will open to the public.
wi 1.1 mark almost half
This season
century of collc.borhtion between the .Acc.:demy,
tl
the Philudelphia. WHter Color Club, and. the Pennsylvania Society of
iliniature Painter's, in presenting these
eL~ibi
tlons, \','h1011 have long
since become 'n Lnportant febture of the national art cclendar.
Several hundrert Acade'llY
guests will t.:;ttend. the Pr'iv'
ce
illeL 'bel's,
exhibi ting arti sts, on{l their
Vie':V' tonight.
This YE'(lr thE- collection is Llu:.ie up of 597 iteltts, the i'iork of
393 arti!;;ts from 33 states hnd 10 rorait,m countries.
well representEd 'or :!. F~
exclusive of the
5~?
loc~l
Philac.1elohio. is
of Its [,rtists; '\.·:hile PClL'1sylven!a
!~as
36
group.
The E:d1i bi t.ion v.;ill .:::on tinue through Sunday, November 26.
The
Acaderuy is o;}en weekday!:: (except LlondGY.s and Thanksgiving) from 10 to
5; SundayS from 1 to 5.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
For release ;
Sunday, October 29, 1950
From: Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations.
Annual
W~ter
Color, Print and Miniatures Exhibition
Medals and prizes for the 48th Annual Exhibition of Water Colors and Prints, and the
49th Annual Exhibition of M1ni.atures, which opened at The Pennsyl..:rania Academy of the
Fine Arts with a Private View on Saturday eV'ening, October 28th, and will continue
through November 26th, have been announcec~ by Joseph T. Fraser, Jr., Director of the
Academy, as follows~
Water Colors and Prints
Prize
Artist
Special Prize of $200, awarded
Charles Burchfield
by Jury of Selection to Mr.
3574 Cl~nton St.
Burchfiel~ in recognition of
Buffalo ;, N. Y.
(
his position as one of America's
'most dis tinguished water colori sts .
Ti tIe of Work
IIAutumn Wind"
(invited)
"Palatial Front"
(invited)
Phila. Water Color Prize of
$200, awarded by Jury of
Selection, for "stro~est
water color .• "
Karl Zerbe
Snake Hill
Belmont, Mass.
Dana Water Color Medal,
awarded by Jury of Selection
"for best vlOrk in water color."
'IVi lliam Thon
Port Clyde, Maine
EjTe Medal, awarded by Jury of
Selection "for best print , .11
Vera Berdich
444 Eugenie st.
Chicago , Ill .
"Time Different
from the Present"
(juried)
Miyoko Ito
4426 lake Park
Chicago JIll.
For group:
"A Tree in the Window"
"My Ro om at Ox Bow."
"Objects in the Nurseryll
(juried)
Honorable
Mention~
"Venus"
(invited)
Pennell Memorial Medal,
awarded by Directors of Phila.
water Color Club, "for achievement in graphic arts."
Dong Ki ngman
85 State St,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
IITriple Decker ll
(invited)
Dawson Memorial Medal,
awarded by Directors of Phila.
Wa tel' Color Club, "for distinc tion in ~ainting or drawing of
flowers or gardens ,"
Andree Ruellan
Woodstock, N. Y.
"October Still Life"
(invited)
Miniatures
Miniature SOCiety's Medal of
Honor, "in recognition of
high achievement , , "
Alexandrina R. Harris
19302 - 100th Ave.
HolliS, L.I., N,Y.
"My Old Prof.
D. J. McCarthy Prize of
$100 "for most meri torlous
miniature . . "
Virginia H. Irvin
619 E. University Ave.
Ann Arbor, Mich.
liMy Son"
Miniature Society Prize of
$100 for "miniature of outstanding 'Wor th.
"
Eulabee Dix
1690 Third Ave.
New York City
"Mary E. Dix"
Miniature Society Prize of
$25 for IIbest landscape or
still-life
"
Grace Collier
365 Beacon St.
Boston, Mass.
lIM9.gnolia "
(still-life)
J.B.W."
The Jury of Selection awarded the Medal of Honor.
The other
prizes were awarded by Miss Borda, Mr. Baum and Mrs. McCarthy.
2
A feature of the exhiMtions this year is the fact that , in addition to the 33 States
represented in the roster of artists, there are 24 artists eyhibiting from the following 10 countries; Belgium, Canada, China, Cuba, England, France, Holland, Italy,
Ncrway and SweClen.
As in the past, the water colors and prints are partly invited and partly chosen
through jury selection. OVer 2000 items were submitted to the jury. Of the 511 works
shown, 292 were invited and 219 chosen by the jury. Approached from the number of
artists exhibiting, we find that 209 were invited to exhibit and 184 were included
by jury selection.
All work in the miniatures section was juried. Over 210 items were submitted;
86 were chosen, representing the work of 49 artists.
Jurors for Water Colors and Prints~
Will Barnett, Francis Chapin, Paul Froelich,
Margaret Gest and Benton Spruance; for Miniatures: Katharine K. Borda, Walter Emerson
Baum, Joseph-1ne Neall Phillips, Elizabeth White McCarthy and Ruel P. Tolman.
The exhibitions are held in collaboration with the Philadelphia Water Color Club and
the Pennsylvania Society of Miniature Painters, as is customary.
Gallery Talks have been scheduled by the Fellowship of the Academy as follows:
November 2nd - John Haigaard; 9th, Jack Bookbinder; 16th, Frederick Gill;
22nd, Dorothy Grafly.
The Academy is open weekda.ys, except Mondays and Thanksgiving Day, from 10 to 5; and
on Sundays from 1 to 5. Fridays and Sundays FREE. Other days 30¢ including tax.
The Pennsylvania .Acudemy of the F:i.ne ilrts
Broad i:~nd Cherry Streets, Phil.:..(: el;)hj 2: :2
From:
October 31, 1950
Elizabeth Z. S\VEmSOn
.01 rector of Public ~\elations
John Haigaard to Speak
JOHN llAIG.AARD, Philadelphia oil pl:.dnter, water-colorist, i:.;.nd
draftsman, will give th(-.; f:1 rst Ge,llery
~r&lk
in connectjon with the
cur-rent 48th Annual Exhibi tion of \'\Citer Colors and Prints, at 1":1€
Pennsy 1 vania liccdemy of the Fine Arts, BroE.4d and. Cherry Streets,
Mr. lla :gaard tehches pc-dnting at The Philadelphi1,i Museum of Art,
and dravdng <..;t the Museumts School of Art frol., whlch he was grtiduated.
He; r!O.s one of
"Seven Philadelphia V'B.ter-coloriststt f>or
whom the
Philb.delphia Art ,lilliCmce st.c:i.ged (;. special e:xhibi tion through October
of this year.
Locally, he hL,$ .::::.150 exhi bi ted at the ACaCH?illY and. the
WOOdl.llere .Art Gcllery.
To 3 local CityEditors
The Pennsylvania Academy of thall"ine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Phi1aciel
L: a 2
October- 31.. 1950
FI'I:>m: tlizabeth Z .. SVvertson
Director of Public Relations
For Calendar- Sundayfs paper
T11ursday, November 9, at 1 P .. M..
Luncheon for :wembers of the
WOJIH?m is COl11m:L ttee of The
Pennsylvania ACBdemy of the
Fine Arts (Mrs., Leonard T.
Beale, Chairman) at the
Academy.
Tho Penosylvunia Acadeuy of the .Pine i,.t·ts
Brouet c.nd Cherry Bt reet!~ .. ?rlilf.1dell')i1'ie 2
From:
November l, 1950
lUizabeth Z. S'\'\'enson
Director of Public HclL.tions
§pec~al
Exhiblk!ons - 1950-§1
October 29 thru November 26:
48th
~1.nd
l~nudl
PrInts,
E:X'l.·· hi tion.
Deoember 5 thru 17:
Decet~tler
9 thru StmUClry 7:
l~hLbi tlon of Water Colo1'S
f~nd 49th i1.nnuul ;ani atures
*h.etrospect1 va E:;.;l"d pi tlon of OIl
p~~
i!ltings
by Abruhmil Hankins
ExhibItion of uppro:xih1ately 100
COI1tedpOl'Ury English p.! Int ~ ngs from
i.!.iier iCL!1 and Engl.; S11 collcctiono.
D€c(:)J:lbor 19 thru JenUt..:ry '7:
J:'I'netrospBctive E:xh: oi t1un of
pt.: intings £.lnd scul:,ture by
Dl.,niel R smusson
.),.,..., ~. II
dt'c"\.vln~ts,
r?.Lv
,J-,q lll.. )
! '
JanUliry :?l thru February 1251
~4rch
14t)th Almutil E>;.h i b i tlr)n of Oil Pc lnting
lome Scul!'ttlre.
10 thru nprl1 8:
*F:xhl bi tion of Of 1 ['td.ntlngs by
Vora
J.~y
16 thru June 3:
~';h
t:.xh! bl'tion
Trbvcl!ng
te
(.ii'
2t;luent ::orit for Cresson
~cholarshlps
and
Other Prizes
The l?enn,sylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Ph:i.ladelphia ~
From :
Elizabeth Z.. Swenson
Director of Public Helations
November 2, 1950
Release for Mr.
Frank Brookhou ser of
The Inquirer
Mr. Harry Buten of Bowman Avenue, Merion, not only likes to
attend art shov:s but he believes in supporting both the artist and
the institution furt.hering the artists f interests by surrounding himself
tn his home by original art 'Norks •
.At· the private v i ew of the current 49th Annual Water Color and
Print, and 49th Annual Minia tures
EL~ibi
tions at Ti1e Pennsylvania
Academy of tIle Fine Arts last Saturday night., he bought three works:
Cre\'V1nan, a miniature, by JOlIn Lear of Chestnut Hill
Clowns, an engt'aving, by Christine Engler, and
Sculptured Qbjects, by the famous English sculptor, Henry Moore
Q
The Pennsylv ania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
From:
Eliza.beth Z. Swenson
November 2, 1950
Release for Earl Selby of
Evening Bulletin
One of the students of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
has had a lucky break.
It happens that Miss Betty Parsons, who mms
one of Ne vv York City ' s art gall eries , came to t rw Private View of the
48th Annual Water Color and Print, and 49th Annual Miniatures Exhibitions
at t he Academy l ast Saturday night and liked a pastel The Fish by Miss
Marian Crawford so well that she bought it.
This is a large national professional show, bu t Miss Crawford
entered her work for Jury selection and had it accepted.
She is studying
this her last year at the Academy on free tuition won l a st May ",Ilhen she
competed for a Cresson European Traveling Scholarshi p.
She did not win
the tri p to Europe but she did eome off with an Honorable Mention which
carried with it free tuition for the school year 1950-51.
She is a Philadelphian and lives at 2706 Tasker street.
The Pennsylvania J..cb.demy of the .Fine Af'ts
Broad f.U1d Cherry Streets, Phll&delphla 2
From:
November 2, 1950
Elizabeth Z.. S-r.renson
Director of Public Helations
Aiilong the first sales
frOlll
the current 48th Annual V:ateX' Color
and Print, and 49th .Annual MinJatures Exhibitions at The Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts through November 26th I'.'ere two miniatures
by artists frOJil the Gerliir...ntown-Chestnut Hin area:
Crewmag by John Lear of Mermaid l,ane, Chestnut Hill
Early Spring in Independence Square by Pasquale M.
Battaglia o f 619 West ilortter Street
The Acadel.J.Y is open Yieekdays , except Mondcqs and Than;-rsgi ving,
from 10 to 5; Sundays from 1 to 5.
Gallery Talks at 2;30 on
Thursday,. Novembe r 9th" by Juck Bookbinder
n
16th,by Frederick Gill, 164
~est
Street
Wednesday ,
To
~hestnut
Novembei' 22, by Dorothy Gr afly
Hill Herald
Ger, lEntown CO'Jr:i.rr
Hortter
The Pennsylvania Ac8.demy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, P:liladelphia 2
From:
Nove!Iil;er 2, 1950
Elizabeth Z. S'NEmson
Director of Public Relations
Jenn.e Magafan's Work Sold at
Ouening of Art A~nual
1m ink drawing Woman ~nk1ng by Jenne M.agafan of fbodttock,
New York, was adong the f .l rst \'"I'orks sold at the 48th Annual water Color
and Print ExhIbition at The Pennsylvania Academy of t he Fine Arts in
Philadelphia.
The ex..rlibi tion opened to the public on Sunday, Octobe r 29th,
after u private vie\-¥' the night before, and will continue through Sunday,
November 26th.
Included in this large national art annual are around 600
items by at'tists from 33 stiites and 10 foreign cOlL'1tries.
'l'he Pennsyl v ania Academy of the }I'ine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets , Philadel phia 2
From:
Elizabeth Z. Slvenson
Dire ctor of Publ i c Relations
!iovember 2', 1950
Release f or Miss Judy
Jen.YJ.. ings t column
Philadelphi an Buys First Art Work from
Current Exhi b i tion
Trite first viork sold at the cur_nt 48th Annua l water Color and
,~
Print Exhi. bi tion cur rent at The Pennsylv ania Academy of the ,Fine Arts
was a gouche tltled The Pets by 'Mar jorie Liebman, a NE')1;v Yorl{ artis t,
and went to Mrs. Leonard T. Beale, of 2025 Delancey Place .
The ltIennsylvaniE.. Acac.emy of the Fine Arts
Broad. and Cherry streets" Philadelphia 2
From,
November 2, 1950
Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
~llzabeth
South Philadelphia Girl's Work Bought from Current
Art Qhibition
One of tJe works sold at the Private View of the current
48th Annuetl Water Color and Print and 49th Annual Miniatures
Exhibitions on last Saturday night at The Pennsylvdnia Academy of the
Fine Arts, was a pastel titled The Fish by Miss Marian Crmvford of
2708 Tasker Street.
It wus bought by Miss Betty Parsons, who ovms
one of New York Cityts art galleries.
While
&.
student of the Academy, Miss Cru"lNford entered her work
for jury competition in this large nu tional professional show, and
fortwHlt e
enoug..~
1:0
Vias
have it accepted.
In I,1ay she V!on an Honorable b.1ention in the Cresson European
Traveling Scholarship competition which carried with it free tuition
in thc Academy's s.chool for the season 1950-51.
The Exhi bi tion 1.'.i11 continue through November' 26th.
The
ACademy is open weekdays except l'llondays and 'Ihanksgi ving from 10 to 5,;
Sundays 1 to 5.
The follo',dng Gallel'Y Talks will be given at 2:30 on
Thursday, November 9th, by Jack Bookbinder
"
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16th, by Frederick Gill
Wednesday, November 22nd, by Dorothy Grafly
The PennsylvQllib Lcademy of the i?1ne Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Phil&delp~).iG:. 2
FrODH
November 2, 1950
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Di rector of Public Heltitions
Jilllong the early sales of original s.rt Y;'Qrks froll the
current 42th Annucl W;:ter Color cnd i'l'1nt and 49th Annul.;,l 10:in.1.c.t tures
&x.hibl tiol1s at The Per..nsylva.Ylia Acudemy of the Fine .Arts, is a
seragraph ti tIed Children Dancing by the y;ell-lmo\m A.ller i can. ol:'tist,
Robert Gwathmay.
It was bought by Mrs. J'ohn
fl..
Gunter of 1306
Knox Road , Wynnewood.
The E.xhibi tion, which opened SundayI October 2Bth, folloV'ting
th,; Private View the night before, will cantinul:;' thro'.l.gh Sunday,
November. 26th.
Gallery T£tlks ,:dll be given at 2:30 on
Thursday, November 9th,
»
by JB.ck Bookbtnder
16th, by Frederick Gill
Viednesday I November 22nd, by Dorothy Grafly
\
\
Th~ P4:.lnnsy.LVHnj<~
Dro(~d and Cherry
i'rom:
.i~:·ts
Phil11d~lph5a 2
Lc,.. cemy of t.he 1":ue
Stl">eets"
1.';),1 zab . th ;.;. fwenson
Director of Public HelHtions
$1d.ew<'11<
.e,tul'~(:"lt
by
Jungle :in Ven93ucla
Q sen' £
N~Wf York
by ,i.dolph Cohn
ggn by ,;01 tcl~n
!Mile
Ot l.l.er·y :in
Louis .uosa
City.
Sepeshy
~'he Pennsylvania Academy of the !I'ina Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, PhIladel phi a 2
From#
.N·ovember 7, 1950
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Publio Relations
To t:ccotllodate the gc.l1ery 'v i s i tors who ";'Ient to be b e t t r i nformed
bout wh t is being done in our contemporary art v,orld, ;;. nc. ·.,. . ho wish
some guidance i n looking et
~
1ar-ge nb tional exh1 bi tioD of contempor&ry
work, The Pennsylvania Aoademy of the Fine .Arts, Broi.: d an- Cherry Streets ,
ha s arranged s series of Gallery Tc;.lks on Thursdays at 223,0 P. M.
(Wednesda.y during Th anksgiving Week) in cOll...'!lection with 1 ts current 48th
Annual Water Colors und Prints,
~nd
49th Annunl Miniatures Exhibitions.
The Talks for the balance of the show, which continu s through
Sunday, NoveLlber 26th, are:
Thursday, November 9
16
iNedllesday I
J1ack Bookbinder
-
Frederick 011-1
Dorothy Grafly .
22
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M€' 5s rs. Bookbinder bond Gill a re art! s t s Vdl~work is included
in the exll hition;
_iss
Gr ~i"ly
1 9 cop i es t o rad i o hnd TV
is
b
s t ~t i ons
pro.Ulinent critic ) writer e.nd lecturer.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
From:
November 7, 1950
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
Jack
~ookbinder
to Speak
.rACK BOOKBINDER, special assistant in the Art Division of the
Philadelphia Board of Educl:ition, will give the Gatlery Tiilk at The
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Ar ts on Thursday afternoon, November 9th,
at 2;30 o'clock, at Broad and Cherry Streets.
Mr. Bookbinder is an artist in his ovm right and is exhibi ting in
the current 48th Annual \'Vater Color and Print Exhibition of which t his lecture
Is a fee.. ture.
He is the originator and projector of the idea of a special type
of program, making use of the pesources of the PhiladelphIa public schools
and muselllilS to tell stories of
b.
programs are de sign ed for both
s-:.~hool
city, a state or a country.
anci. adult c.udiences and
given both in and outside Philudelphia.
first produced for Pennsylvania iieek 1950;
Idea
came out in 1949.
~lb.Ve
been
The Pennsylvania Story was
Philt.delphie_ the Growth of'aN
Other programs include Mexico Through the Arts,
Looking at USA.; Looking at France; 'Hi ttl others on Ch5.nu and Latin Allieriea .
Cc to City Edito~, Bulletin
c:ncl PhIl Klein'
In~uirer
The Pennsylvania. AC<ldemy of the ~"'ine Arts
Broad land Cherry 8tre~ts7 Philadelphia 2
From:
November
a,
1950
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
Ygung Queens Village Artist to Exhiili t
On November 13th,. The .Penxu;ylvani a Academy of the Fine Arts in
Philadelphi a will open an exhibition ofoll paintings, \Vash drawings and
pen a.ud ink sl{etches by DANIEL J" MUR.PHY; m.ade while he was in Venice" . Italy I
during the past eight months" returning only in October of this year.
Young Mr. Murphy 1. s the son of Mr. and blr S
Dani el C;, Murphy of 9313
II
Vanderveer Street, Queens Villa.ge" hj.s father being a member of the New York
Ci ty police force .
three years'
~tudy
His art education began before World
VIiI'
II when he had
at Pratt Insti tute, the Art Students· LergUe, and the
National Academy of Design.
on
I
January 2, 19425 he was enlisted in the service of the U. S. 'Navy,
serving fittingly enough
011
thettU. S. S Brooklynfl.
When he came off "The
Brooklyn" at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in September 1945 he applied for
enrollment a.t The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, was accepted and
began his work
~
that October, remaining here for the four ensuing years.
During his student days at the Academy, young Murphy won a Toppan
Prize of $300 and a Thourcm Prize
0·[
$50.
Outside the Academy he won a
$300 PUrchase Award from the Print Club of Rochester, NeV'.' York, and a $75
life painting award from the National Aoademy of Design.
But within the Academyts hallowed walls, the most coveted .of its
many student prizes and awards are its traveling scholarships, and the compet1tion for them is keen.
However, in May of 1948 Daniel Murphy won a
Wl111arn Erulen Cresson .Memorial European
Travellr,q~
Scholarship of $1250 which
provided him with 90 days travel on Europetan soil, his passage both ways , and
the following yearts study at the Academy ..
Holland, Belgium. and
He traveled then in England,
Franc~h
Again in 1949 he competed for a travel scholarship, this time winning
a Lewis M. ¥-lare award which did not require that he re"c urn the following year
for study at the ..Academy"
through the GI Bll1.
di Belle Arts ..
He had at the time eight months' subsidy remaining
He went direct to Venlce and studied at the Accademie
After completing his work there he hitch-hiked all the way
across Etlrope via Florence, on to Vtl:mnna, t hrough Germany, Switzerland and
parts. of France, and through the three ScandinaV'itID countries before
DanielJ .. . Murphy .... . 2
returning to his native land.
About Venice, Murphy says he loved it; it was a dream city for
him; he would like to return and ::3pend iilcre time there for he met some of
the finest people he has knOll'm there.,
Mr~
Murphy will settle down in h5.s home cOll1lllUulty to follow his
profesSion,. hav ing had the benefit of the best that the young America
and the Old World have to offer.
ThE' I'ennsy1.vanlll J~ced()my of the Fine' .br ts
Flr\){jd (mel Cherry Streets , Phi l&,cielph il~ 2
FroIl:
NoverJbor 10.. 1950
E'J.izabeth Z. Swenson
of Pyp11c i{elt. t tlon§
.B~:r ector
On November 13th, T.ne PennsylvLn1a AcadelllY of the Fine ;\rts w111
open 'Ln exhfb1·tlon of oil . pl'~1ntlngs, Welsh drav!ings t:;.nd pen end ink
skatches by 1.)iJ~IEL J. MURPHY
1.Illicie
during his recent eight-months} st/)~y in
Venice .
re:attined through the season 1948- 49 .
of
~·;:;OO
tJhilG: here he won
G:
Tappan Prize
bnct t. Thouron Prize of ';50 in addi t10n to t,,;,o of the Illest coveted
In HbY 1843 he won
Ci
Cresson
study t.t the Acac.emy.
and Frb.Dce.
In 1Wy of 1949 hE:) competed agaIn · fOl' a trDvel
~\chl;)lL'1rship"
this time
,
winning
C4
Lewis 1L .
\.'Lre fH.nra
wh.ich did not require his return the fo110\,,"-
ing year ':::-or study.
~cc~de~ie
¢;.
di Belle Arte .
cross: EuI'op(;
Vii;;
Upon co.upletion
111 s worlt t.here
',,)f
h~ ili tCh-h1ked
.Florence, Vi el1fl"., tbrougJ1 Ger.:\{iny, 8wi tzerlund, Lnd
pr..rts of' Fr ..:.n.cs, and. on up
thro~igh
th(c· three
Bc~ndin[.vii<.n
countr los ,
beforE: 'fi..;'turnlng 'to Jdorictl in OctobBr of 1950.
lht:fori;? corning to the
.:..,nd
t.\
~75
life painting
[.w"1'(1
i.co..;~emy,
fro.m th(.?
Mr.
~.1.urphy
Ntlt,loni.~l
stut,;;,ied toot Pratt Inst.itute,
.ieademy of Desi.gn .
Village.
'::'he exhibition Will continue
t"'rou~h
Vle
Jjl0nt~1.
Be
~he P &nnf.Jyl van ta ACi;.;~.'!.eMY 0 . the FIne Arts
l:lro~ld and cht:?rry Street.s, Philndel )h1 i:; 2
From 1
November 13, 1950
E~l i z beth Z. Swenson
Directpr Qf Pgblig Helntlon~
Clo.yton, 1:dsSQut'l) 0tuctent V.ins Stlm.son
Prize at tb€: Penn§llv~ni' Ac.:>.:..em;y
}4~rx
Pgtter Lev· , ct~ught.tn" of kit'. (·nu ~i!':s . John lillen Love, of 9t/30
Lf.due Ro"d, Clayton" Missouri, h6.S been aVt~rded the Stimson Priz.e of
~lOO for the best 'work done by J',ct~deLJy s'l;udents in the regul.IJr course
of the sculpture clLose ..
1'he PrL.',e w(;.s stabllshed in lll' mot"y oj' .
& ..iIEJ Burn'h'tii St1r.u.1on and 15 co;:apeted. for onnucllly.,
i'11E: contest is op(;,U to students wl'lo hJ::.ve been reglstet'eu ill t 16 i.c£";demy
for threel terms anu who f~t"e L,U:;rrJ.bers of thE-; life mod ··ling classes .
The
subject for cmupe-ti t10n is (., full-length f: gure from lif'{,l, in the round,
not l€1sS th~:,n 2 feet.,8 inches in heit:ht, bnd must be llvJ.de uring C1SS3
hours (;l S c. pe.rt of the regult:.ct" ,',ork<t
.'.11 V'(.)rK: entered in thE (:oiup€,ti t10n muet b ' sUi,jl.illt 'ed. anonynK,usly to the
Jury, whl ch is '''ppointed by the Conua! t t.ee on Instruction of the BOe,rd
O~'" vi l"ec+-or~ J ,'md ",hich lilt:; y not Inclu.de t:;,ny instructor in the Ac,Aemy
schools.
'
dOlorabla u.fention went to :t.' :1ng~A. Drupopd, son of Mrs. Effie Louise
HughE1S of 260 C(;'nter Street, San Ra:ft>;el, Cu11forni· ..
'Iho Jury ti.ll s ye r included the following sculptors, all of I~ew York.
Ci ty: Ninu Winkel, l,dlsi .:... n .... ruit!, ,.nd l£Lu!'ice Glickman.
Vtl:~li:~er Ut-\ncock ~nd Hd.rry Rosil1 are tn.e sculpt'(ll't'e instructor ... in the
li.C6demy's school.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad &'t1d Cherry Streets,
From;
Noveillber 13, 1950
Elizabeth Z. Sv,'enson
Director of Public Relations
Frederick Gill to Specil( at Ac£!.demy:
In connection with the current Annual Water Color and Print
Exhibi tion at The Pennsyl Venia
Gill
ACf~demy
of the Fine Arts, F'rederick
will give this week's Gallery Talk at 2:30 on Thursday afternoon,
November 16.
Mr. Gill received his educ a tion at the Philadelphia Museum
School of' Art, the University of Pennsylvania and is an exhibitor
i n this show.
He hE;S ex."l-J.ibited widely outside Philadelphia t:nd .wo-n
1
.'
l
many prizes.
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets , Philadelph i a 2
From:
November 14, 1950
El izabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
For TlMr. and Mrs . at Brealcfast tt
-
WPEN
Thi.s will be your last week to see the 48th Annual VJater
Color and Print Exhibition at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fin e
Arts at Broad and Cherry Streets.
I t closes on Sunday night, Nov ember
26 .
V111ht a good opportunity 1;0 buy original works of art e1 ther
f or ourselves, or as Christmas giftsl
Some go up to several hund r edi
dol lars, but others , b.nd good ones too, ae.n be bougllt for
8.S
I i ttl
t :nat whatever you
not have
\
i
as $5 and $10 .
Buy in.g f-COI,.
e
c..
51.Wi"
111i.iy 0:'-1005e
Inalu~ed i~
in the
will be g::...od,
01:'
L~O W .
Dorothy Grafly, critic, wri ter' and lec-tur,.::r, I'ii ll be the spealrer.
The PCJnnsylvl nL:. Acadeoy of thE, Fine .trts
Bl"Oed ~n{l Cher"r:JT btl' GG-cS, Prlilt:. :e. l l:llliv~ .2
From;
NO"let'1ber 14, 1950
F'li::;t,:, beth Z. S'ivenson
.ci i·~;Ct.(J:l..'
of Pu.blic Hel"tJons
Former AC6demy Student Wins Gold Medal
ip. New' York E:x.hitition
A.
H~~ES
or
a Gold
L.iied~l
of Honor 1n tf le 37th .&nnuz.: 1. Ex2'j bi tion of the
J! M~S
a.w~rd.ed
319
~a1nut
Street, who completed his studies
Allied. Artist.s of L;.r.:er1.ca nov.. on v:
eiiY
at the
N.!.~ ti<>n~l ,' C. d~m::v
I
in Nevi
York Cit;y.
The winning wo rk ' 1.!? ti tlea rlaQchgp.,al and is one of 263 on
eJl.:l11 hI t .1 on.
In October of thLs year Mr ,.
to win three out of four
Found &if on,.
H~n€'s
wa s one of three
~20JO gl: ... nts frotil
Be is the s on of
Ba.rtrb..il1 Vi,llage, Phi:'&delphia ..
~'~rs.
the Loa t 5
Acad~.llly
students
CO~lfort 'I'i ff'c.ny
Otto L. Pe.hl of 2706 - 55th Drive:.
J.'he Pennsylvani<:l .Act.d emy of the Fine Arts
Brohd and Cherr'Y Streets,. Ph:tladelph:ta 2
From:
Elizabeth 7, Swenson
0.11:0(;;(.0"[-
o.f Pub11c
November 15, 1950
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They remajn only through Sunday, November
Tnis col lection is on8 of Alller.icc ·t s big annuels of contemporary
597~
works by &rtists from
~)3
states and 10 foreig-il coun.tries
Dorothy Grafly will give the last Gallery T&lk on Wednesd.ay
She is well 1mowIl as
ceith.~,
T/irlte'r
and lecturer.
The Academy, located at Broad and Cherry Street.s, will be
closed on Monday and Thanksgi'ri.ng .Day.
10 A. M. to 5 P. M.
To
i.:
Open other weekdays from
S Qndays from 1 to 5 ?
11 rad i o stations except WPEN a'ld WIP
M.
The Ps-nnsylvc,nia AChci.erny of the Fine .Arts
Brot:.d und
Cl· i(~r-l.'Y
Elizabetn
From,:
Street s, Philud81phia 2
2:.
Dil'cctor of
November 16, 1950
Sv:enson
HeJ.ai.,ions
~·'Ut1.1(;
Exhibition 80l)n t;) Clo0:'3e
The current A nnual Water Color, Print and Miniatures
Exhibi tions at The Pennsylvania ACctdelllY of the 1"ine Arts.t are neb.ring
their close.
They reillain only through Sunday, November 26'
Thi s collection is onG of J..lnericu t, bl g [innu&ls of can tewporary
597 w'rks by artists from 33 states Bnd 10 foreign countries
work.
are included.
Dorothy Grafly, well known cr:l.tic, writer and lecturer, will
give the last Gallery TalK on Viednesday afternoon, November 22, at 2:30.
The Academy, located at BroC<.G and Cherry Streets, will be closed
on illonday and Tharursgiving Day.
5 P. M.
Open other weekdays from 10
Sundays from 1 to 5 p" M.
To Caillden Courier
LciDcastEr papers
• M. to
The Pennsylvani8.' Acaderny of t he Fine Arts
Brob.d and Cherry Streets , Philadelphia
From:
Nov ember 16, 1950
Eli zabe th 2. S\;en s on
Di rector of PubliC Helations
Mrs. Jolm. F. Stei.mnan
ofl!~DrlJmorelt,
L'':.nc a ster, has recently been
elected a member of the newly-organized Women's Commi.ttee of The
Pennsylv ania Academy of the Fine Arts of which Mrs. Leonard T. Beale
of Philadelphia is chairman.
'The Pennsylvbnia Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad b.nel Cherry Streets, PhiladelphJa 2
For "About Town"
release, Sunday
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Di.recto r of Public Relations
Froill!
November 19, 1950
This will be the last week of the 48th AnnuaJ. Water Colors
and Prints Exl1ibitjon at The Pennsylvo.ni[1. Academy of the Fine Arts ,
Broad and Cherry Streets.
The exhib1 tion closes a v'lealo( from to day
( Sunday, November 26 ) ..
Only one more gallery talk remains and that wil l be on
Wednesday the 22nd at 2:30 in the afternoon.
Mi ss Dorothy Grafly"
well- known critic, writer and speaker , will give the talk.
The Academy is closed Mondcy and Tharlcsgi vine D[lY.
the weekday hours are 10 A. M. to 5 P. M.
5 P. M.
Otherlidse,
Sunduy ,lours from 1 to
The Pennsylvaniu Acc.demy of the Fine Arts
Broad a.nd
From:
Cr~erry
j1iovembet' 20 ,
Streets:t PhiladelphIa 2
1950
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public RelatIons
DorothY GraI'll to Sp@ak
OOHOTHY GHAFLY
wi til the current 48th
~dll
give the last Gallery 1'alk in cormection
Annua~
Exhibition of V/t::iter Colors .a.nu Prints at
The Pennsylvcmia Academy of the Fine j1.rts on 1Yednesday afternoon,
November 22nd, at 2;30 o'clock.
is the
.Miss Gt'Hflyi daughter of tho late
Grafly, a one-time in'tructor
ill
il.ll1€rJ
can sculptor, eh..:; 1:'le1'3
the Academyls schools.
In her' ovm.
right, she is a proluinent Ar.a.erican art crl tlc, writer a:n.d lecturer.
She is editor of "Art in Focus ff , Philadelphia corrcspono.ent tor b.rt
for the Chr.tstir;!.n S'.:!ience 1.1:oni tor, and contributing editor for The
American Artist und The .Art Digest, both NeY'. York publications.
The exhibition runs througll Sund£lY, November 26.
ThEe Pennsylve.nia AC6.dtillily of the l1ne Arts
Broad
~mcl
Cherry St):'eets, Philadelphia. 2
November 21 , 1950
E1 i z b th Z. Swen on
." ~tSstG~ o£. . ~bl;1R ij' j.a;ti2!l§ .,
Fl"OllU
An
Exhibi tlcmof C ..t
Advance rc-;:l ea
Eli
,
....
i
....
"'''4
will be
i
presG ted. by The Pennsylvania An. demy Q·f the Fine hrts from December 9,
1950
tp~ough
J anuary 7, 1951.
Thtrty of' Bt'1 tain t s distingu:ishe:d artists will be repl"e' nt.· d with
sa
works , as to110
,
M1oha'el Ayrton (2) I Francis dlicon (1), });l'wi:;ird
"urra (3), R ert Colquho ' (3) I John CNi ton (1), Lucien P'l.'eud (2),
Barbara. .He1:nvorth (3)" lvon Hi tenens (3) I !i'rances Hodgkin
Ironside (3), Q en John (3) , David Jones (2),
}.U ry
(2), Hobin
K $sel (3), Wyndham
L(lw1S (ft), Hob·rt; liiaebr-yde (4 ), John Unto)} ( 3) , Henryoore (0), P£ul
Na h (3) , 13,n N1c1:~olsQn (i) J Victor Pasmore (3) I John Piper (5), Cari
.~UchF.~t~ds
(3), MattheW' S 111 th (2 ) I Stanley Spencer (3)!I Gr h m S thet"land (5) I
Oeotfrey Tlbble (3), John Tunnmr'Ci (e), l\eltlh Vaughan (4), Jott..ll Well s ( ),
and Christophel' Wood (2).
These p&i,ntlngs will be lent by a 1 '.s·t of .ari t1 sh "m
.insti tutions and private colleotor
trom .utitr 11") 'nd C nada .
wi til. on, painting e ch ulso comjllg
the list,
heGd~
by Her .. je ty, queen
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
. it b th, 1nelud.e :
Victoria,
I
},.l.~Ol"ican
- Nat1Qna
Gallery of
elbourne, Australja; Museum of Modm Art, New York; wG.tJ!svorth
Ath newa, CQn1l6ot1cutj
Brj.'~15h
Council, London; Albright Art Gallel'Y,
Buffalo; Eliot House, 1 Gt"V'tird Urlivol"sitYJ Intern· tional Business' ;chines
Corpor t1onrTQ1OOO .!'>;uSieum of i,rt, Ohio; Durlaaher Brothers} Buchhol z
Gallery and Edwin H vitt Otlll
'1, ;;,11 Qf
Cowl
$,
~r ..
Yorlt.
r . includes the follQwing
A partiel lIst of
G~rdner
NfifW
!lone. ( rs. 'ndrew C. Ritchie, Elan. Edw rd .. ckvl11e
:Mrs .. StMley Rea r", Olin Do
I
Jr •• '1:' . ~nd Mrs. Jan de Or
f:f,
mnsth Cl"l'"k, Sir 0 b l"t 51 t
Mrs ..
D~vld
re ~t"
Pleyaell-Bouver1e, Jos eph Pul1.tzer ,
r . hlnd ~rs .. Robert Streu:u.- Hupe, Si r
il, fi6.rt V• Massey , and irs. Vincent A tor .
Con teUlpor . -ry B1" i ti sh Pa1n ting (191'1 5-50)
P£l.€.! $3
The oollection has b nn e s ...bled for the Ae d,e..1J.Y by George E.. Dix, Jr",
of' . ew 11.')1" , C1 ty.
but
tte a
This is not
group of picture . now touring the country,
es pec ally to'!' this E" rl1bit1on f:md the Ae demy is the only
emble
plaoe it will he sho
Mr. Dix a1·0
following lines
'fih
•
r.ote the For(Pora of' the Cat£:..log
u serili1ng
hich opns lyith the
the pur.po e of the hhibi t101U
"IAu'lng the
Lii . tinct flowering in British painting
pla.ce &nd thia Exhibition
i~ 6.r..
attempt to sho
h~s
takon
the vit.ality und (;·ctivi.ty
current in the arts during th. t. time" tt
1.. 1'1'1v te Vie
for Aead
roller
y
~
stockholders and guest"'l aad.
m~mbers
of
}'r1d y
,,/{en,1ng, D c tUb r 8th, at 9 0'01001t.
&riOtl.5
r1 tish o1"g n1zations in
f'h:tl~de1.ph1&
¥1111 be
h~ld
on
Preoeding this reception,. mEJmbers of the Board of Directors of' the
Academy, Mdraber$ of its WQments Con .itt
And!'
will b
C rn uff III tohi • .011" ct
1:"
fJ,
will
ntertain at dinn r.
of tho '·useum of' MGdern Art in New York,
the f!Uest of honor for both oce
ions.
Thlb ennsyl &ni~ A(,H~\.,;eidy of the Flntl Arts
Bro"d and Ch"l'ry Streets, ?hiledelprdu f£
From:
Ellza oth t.
Pi rector of
SWellS
Nove.nber 24, 1.950
n
,is l1Qllit1onl!
will be feutured in the Phtlt:.>delphizl A!'t1.s"'s '
Gallery of The
en..11.sylvun1a J<ccid
exh I hi tion opens on
~\lesctay,
y of the
.Finf.~
hts one- mAn
v~hen
Arts
Decelllber 5th to fESI.Uain t.hrough the 17th.
1'110 ah.:;. ;, &11 Gil, hnd part retrospective since JJlr. Har ~{ine- cannot
show
h
full retrospective collection au€' to u fire in Pa .is i· 19;:'6 wh,lch
destroyed
;;;~l )1e
l!r
then ri.ad
continue to
f,.;
75 pt:.intings) e cept om W.1iCI1. was in a
\~ot'k
in
~
th~t
cih~
not long
vein, but ."ent into i"'lH'ess:!onism
,:~nd
from
began to think instead of' trying to pr..int
understimd tlnd frQlu that point his model
e~press.
to
ins obj ect1ve for.:.lls
visu~l
bec~""ll.e
ttl·<t
th~t
Follo\idng thl;;; phase, he
fot'rJ
Q
'th6t everyone would
the w.OVE!LllentO'l' things he
lie describes his pres nt mode
~.s
of his
('I.e
v ry represent<::tttonal,.but
comolne:.t1cm of impressionism and Chardin.
w~nted
lA t!ol.~t!· ai'"
:Hunk1ns speaks of this single r01lluin1.ng 'ol'k,
r:;rof'essor in f.i'rance ,
to
(SO;d6
of painting
1 tters of the alphabet to express
all
hS
utili%-
ide£:...
Ac;;,demie Julienne in Paris.
'-,
Grande G~;<lon, !hris; 'i.n the Camegi(::, National, the ..uetropo11tl$n Mu£·/euw., the
Clncinnt. ti cnd Brooklyn i.1u.seums, .mno., with one-ffiE,n
ShO'M3"
at the Phl1edel-
phil::). .b.rt JUlibnce, the Print Club" Philip Eagi:<n Gl:IJ.ery, S&nt ·, Fe !!;' ;usewu,
~na
tht: S(;ragrc;,pL t30ci' ty in
In
~dd.i
!~ew
York Ci ty.
tiol1 to pr1vc:te collections, :10 is repres ·ntecl :in. tne
O
" t f,"
'b
. rl.U
. . . 111,
F~iends '
Centr~l 8choo~,
et ceterb.
T;'l.{J LCi.;.c.e~y is 0)$ wecl-td",ys (ex",cpt hiondE.ys) from 10 to 5;
FREE;
The pennsyl vania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
From;
November 20, 1 950
for release Sunday,
NQvemb:er
ge
Queen Elizabeth Heads List of , Kehde~s~ "f::.
Exhibition Penn' xl-vania Ac demy w:i Il Stage
Cl;t
It ls seldom that The Pennsylvania. Ac'demy of the 'Fine Arts steps
~ i
out oJ.ts
customary roAie of spons.oring American art and the
artist.
Americ~n
Ho ever" last June it played host to the needlepoint carpet
lade by Queen Mary of England .. and now it will present an E h ibitiol'l
of Contemporal'Y English Ba;Yl't!ng,opening to the public on Saturday,
December 9th, and remaining through Sunday, Janua'ty 7. 19tn.
A Private View for Academy L(l.embers and stockholders, and members
of various local British organizations, will be held on Friday evening,
December 8th, at 9 o'clock~
Andrew Carnduff Ritchie, Director of
the Museum of Modern Art in New York, will be guest of honor .
Her Majes'cy, Queen Elizabeth, heads the list of
istinguished
iuLlerican and 131"1 tish lendet's 'to t h e Exhibit,ion which idll inGlude so' e
88
paintings by Brita1n t s most distinguished contemporary artists.
/
Making it s official debut as hostesses for the evening will be the
newly-created Women ' s Couunittee of the Academy under the able chairm n-
ship of Mrs. Leonard T. Beale, who in that capacity has become the first
woman member of the Board of Directors of this 146-year old institution.
The Private View will be preceded by a dinner at which iuembers of
the Coromi ttee, ' and of the Ac ademy's Board of Directors, will entl~ rtain .
The Women's Committee includes:
Mesdames:
Francis T .. Chambers
Emlen P. Ett1ng
David M. Gwinn
Horace Binney Hare
Arthur C. Kaufmann
John F. Lewis, Jr"
Graeme Lorimer
[orton .IJcMichael
George B. Roberts
J'ulius Rosenwald , II
Lawrence M. C. Smith
Alfred G. B. Steel
John Fl. Steinlllan
Boudinot Stimson
Robert Strausz-Hupe
Franklin C. Watkins
John· P. Wheeler
' Sydney L. Wright
The collection was assembled for the Academy by George E, Dix, Jr.,
of New York City,
ho also writes the Foreword in the catalog whl,c h
opens with the following lines:
"During the la.st t wenty-five years a
distinct flowering in British Painting has taken pl ....ce and this
Exhibition is an attempt to show the vitality and activity current in the
arts during that time."
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
From:;
November 29 1 1950
for release Sunday, December
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Hel8,tlons
3, 1950
Among those entertaining at dinner before the Private View of
Contemporary British Painting, 1925,-:1950 at The Pennsylvania Ac'ademy of
the .Fine Arts on Friday evening, Deeember 8th, are thefollowintU
Mr. and Mrs . Leonard T. Beale
.Mr. and
Mrs.
Francis T• Chambers
Mr. and Mrs . Emlen Pope Etting
Mr .. and
s.
Mrs . Henry
Drinker
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Gwinn
.Mr. and
M:rs.
Arthur
c.
Kaufmann
Mr. and Mrs. J Ohll F. Levvis, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs . Graeme Lorimer
I
t1'r. and Mrs. Morton McMichael
M""...
.
and
j~1rs "
George B. Robe rts
1tr. and Mrs .• Julius Rosenvltald, II
hfll' • and
Mrs. Lawrence M.
Q];.
Smith
Mrs. Alfred G. B. Steel
Mr. and Mrs . John F. Steinman
Mrs .. Boudinot Stimson
:t.1r
{IO
and Mrs. Robert Strausz-Hupe
I
!;,[r .. and Mrs. Franklin C. Watkins
Mr. Andrew Carnduff Ritchie , Director ,of ' Painting and Soulpture,
the .Museum af ModeI'n ,Art,. New York City, wil;t be
~he
guest of honor that
evening.
The exhibition wlll dompFise
some a8 p/a intingS by Bri taint s most
,
'
distinguiShed c,o nt.e mporary artists • . 'The lendersf list, ~1eaded by Her
Maj esty, 'Queen Eli zabath, incluues
lll(,iUy
promih'e nt Br1 tains and A'lerioans ..
as well as 1n s t,itu,t1o~li) ; :o n both sides of the water,
.'
,
Tho Pennsylvania i'lCbdeJl11 of the Fine r·ts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
Nov'ember 30, 1950
f-'l"ona
Eli mlbeth Z .. Swenson
Dt'res:tOt gt Publlq R@latlops
Ji.nnuLl i',~:.hlbi tion of 011 p(>intlng ~nd. Sculpture ';ihic:1 OIH?l'lS &t The
F~bl'u€.ry
of the
f:5, (;l"e announced as
follo'\t~·s
by Joseph T. Ft"£.set" I Jr., .LHl'ector
l,\c ... daJaY:
AorahlUl Rv..ttner , New York CIty" Ch~_rb.w.n
L,eon Kl.rp, Fort Washjngton , Pa.
Yb.s.uo Kuniyosh1, 1-hn( Yor1{ City, b.nd ttioodstock, N.Y.
Sgult)ture JUl"Y
HE.rry Ro:::in, lie'\!.: Hope, Fa., Cla1.irman
L€:e Lbwr1e, l::.uston, .:..lbPyland
.henry R0:X, South dhdley , M6SS.
T1LEI K'\hihi tlon \,.111 be confined. to origint..l 1vorks uy living
Part
of 1 t ',\111 be 1nvi ted by thf.!' Jury CflHi r"llcn ena t.he b . . ltincc wl11 be chosen
through Jury coupetition.
In ~lddi tion to the; previously unl10unced CZO , OOO Purch~.st' Fund
4':vaiit:ble- (~,10JOOO from th<,: Phih.dGlphil~. MUS\?tlli1 of krt :..:.nd the b?:~l{·mce
frQUl the l',c[:.dewy) for the purcl:H,se of l.'iorks frout t~his }<~nil;1 t10n for the
-
in.:;;t1 tu tiona t
jH.
rUI< .neut collections,
tlV'~re
will he the following prizes
Me;';'Lorl til Prize •
.i.. lfft:d
G. B.
~;teel iU.2i,ii.Jl-i':.;,.l
of
.f',ce..ue.ilY .;.:edtil/ Honor ;:w-y be
Prize; tmd the G;;,rden S.culpture: Prize.
8'J'l~rded
to p£d.ntE:H"1 sculptor or
l~yrn.wl.
1'he
The Permsyl Vctnif, Ac:cdemy of the Ftnt-' Ar ts
Broad. "mJ Cherry Streets, Philadelphia :2
From:
Elizabeth Z.. SVH3flson
Di r ector of Public ,'eHl.tions
For release:
DeC6ir1ber 4, 1950
PhIladelphia Ar1:.-ists' Gallery to He-Open
A one-man exllibi tion of oil paintings by ABHAiiiJi HANKINS,
2112 Spcing Street, vdll open tomorrow e:tt The Pennsylvanib. Acaciemy
of the Fine lrts, Broud and Cherry St reats, b.nd eontinue t,lrough Sunday,
This will be the first exhibition for the season 1950-51 in
the Academy's Phi18delphlb Artists' Gallery.
To City Editors , bvening BUllet , the Inquirer anu Deily News
The Pennsylv ania Academy of the Fi ne Art s
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
December 5, 1950
For Earl Selby's column
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
From:
It is not generally knovm that Abraham Hankins , well -knovvn
Philadelphia artist , f or whom The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
is presentl y stagi ng a one-man oil painting exh i biti oll, u sed to be a
singer.
As a young student, he was so promising that the Lions' Club
of Pomona, Californi a , whe r e he then lived, supplied him
rent -fr ee for his practice.
Vii th
a pi ano
And , i ncident ally, the house he lived
i n there he built V'd th h i s own hands.
rhe Pennsylvan1a Aeademy of the Fine Arts
Bro d and Cherry Streets , Philadelph1a2
From.:
Elizabeth Z., Swenson
D1r!gtorofPuplic
R~l ~t!one
Queen Elizabet h Be ds List of' Those Lending
to -<} e ;,yl a Btl tis!! E.xhib1tlon
CONT .
'~ ,
Y 'fllTISH pAINTInG, ! 9J;l S-19§2.
an exhi lJ i tion cOIllprising
88 paintings by 30 distinguished Br:1 tish artists, opens an Saturday,
, December 9th, at TheI'ennsylvania ACf.ldemy of the Fine Arts , and will
oontinue through Sund y, J anuary 7th.
Work of the tollo ing art! ts is inCluded.:
ichael Ayrton, Fr&ncis
Bacon, Ed ard Burra.. Robe:rt Colquhoun, J ohn Craxton , Lucien Freud,
arb res.
Hepworth, I von Hitchens , Frances Hodgkins , Robin Ironside, Gwen JOhn ..
David Jones,
ary Kessel, Wyndham Lewis, Robert
ebryde,
J'o~
inton,
Henr y oore, Pau.l N6Sh, Ben Nicholson, Victor P8.S!llore, John Piper, Geri
Richards , MatthElw Smith, Stanl ey Spencer , Graham Sutherland , Geoffrey
X1bble, John Tunna:rd, Ke ith V;'~ughan, John Wells and Christophel' Wood.
The paintings have come from prIvate collectors and institu.tions
in Br tain, AustralIa, Canada , and the United St,tes.
lendi~g ViinS'!s~n'
heads t he Br1 t1sh list,
by J ohn Piper.
Sthtes:
Queen Elizbeth
Ca!t:le - ,North Side an
mong t he others, we find , excepting those 1n the United
Nat ional Gallery of Victo,r ia" - elbourne , Austral! ; fro. England,
the British Council, i r . and Mr s. Ed ard Hulton, Sir K llneth Clark, all
of London; Hon . Ed ard Sackv111e West and E rdley Knollys , Esquire, both
of Dorset;
Sir Osbert Sit, ell, D rbyshire; Miss Ethel Hoagklns, CorniVall;
and from Toronto, Cana . J Hart V. g,asssy, Esquire ..
The Amerlcliirl list includes d i s tingutsh£td private collectors as
well as inetltutions,
This oollection
~a s
a's se! bled especIa.lly for the Academ.y by George
E.:Dlx, Jr. ,. of New York, atld is not the one currently to ring this country
under the sponsorship of the English' Speaking Union.
of the Ca 'caloi ,
}!r .
Dix describes 1 ts purpose:
UDuring the l ast 25 years
a distinot fl owering in Brit i sh painting has t ken
ExhllJ1ti,on is an
~.tte.rupt
In the Forel'/ord
pl~. ce &nd
t hi s
to show 'the v1,t a11ty and activity-cu rrent 1n the
\\
arts during th ..~t time.
A
Pr ivate View,
Decembel' 8th.
}:~r eceded by
a dinner , was held on Friday evening,
Andrew Carnduff Ritchie, Director of P intlng andSculp tur~
a t t he Museum of Modern Art in NeVi York City , was guest of honor,
page 2
Openctng concurrently with the paintings is a
,
BRITlSH %OWN
PLAI;U~ING
EXHIBITION,
cO'.~lpr1sed
of rhotographs, drawings,
and models showing the restorb,t1on of bombed areas; tOlfm planning for
the deoentra lization of cities like London andM&.nchester, and the
redeveloplnent of towns serving these two 01 ties along lines that will
absorb their exceSS population.
s~ell to~n
Harlow serves
213
b.n example of the
development.
The exhibition is touring the United States under the sponsorship
of
'the ArilericEin lnsti tute of Archi tect~ and wi ll remain at the Academy
through J&.nllary 1.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, PhilHdelpri a 2
From;
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
December 5, 1950
Inv:Ltations have been issued by The President anG. Directors
of The Pennsylvani2. Academy of the Fine .Arts for the Private V5.ew
of an eJL'1 1.bi tioD Contemporary i3ritish Palntlng, 1925-1950, and to
meet Andrevv Carnduff Hi tehi e, Di rector' of Paint1ng and Sculpture,
at The Museum of Modern Art,
NeiY
York City, on Frtday evening,
December 8th, from 9 to 11 o t clock.
Hostesses for
the evening include the follo'wing members
of the Academyfs Woments Committee:
Mesdames:
f.;8onarG II'. Beale
Francis 1'. Chambers
Emlen Pope Ettil1g
David M. Gwinn
]o1'a08 Binney Hare
Arthur C. Kaufmann
.John 111
$
Lewis, Jr.
Grae.lne Lo r iHler
Morton McMiehael
George B. Roberts
Julius Hosenwald, II
La:;vrence M. C. Si;tl th
Alfred G. B. Steel
John F. Steirunan
Boudinot Stimson
~obert
,
Strausz-Hupe
Franklin C. Watkins
John Po Wheeler
Sydney L. Wright
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Phi l adelphia 2
From:
Elizabeth Z. Svvenson
In 1936 when. Abraham Hankins
group of paintings -
S0l1h3
December 5, 1950
For Fran1-\: Brookhouser t s
column
was living in Paris , his entire
'75 with the exception of one on exhibiti on
at the Gr ande Salon - and his steamship ticket to America, wen t 'Up
in fl ame s when his studio was burned v
Included in his current exhi bition in the Phi ladelphia Artists '
Galle ry at The Pennsylvania Ac ademy of the Fine Arts is that one picture
which escaped the
fire~
It is a portral t of ILis professor in France.
The Ponnsylv m1e.,Acl.lde y 01"' th.e Fin
'rts
Broad and Cherry Str t , Philadelphia 2
It·ro.m..
.December 6, 1950
El:1zb th Z. 5 en on
p~ l'aojisl" s>t " ,Ug Rftlat ",~,
Queen Eli .beth Beads List of Lender .
:1;9
Br!:tlshExhll:{1tlop
cn(ii!ml!~
as ps1ntings ' y 30 dlst1ngulsheti 'r1t1sh
brtists , opens ··t The Penn ylvan1a
1..0 deffiY of the FinGArts, on
Bund Yj
De(lem'ber 9th, to continue through
Sc;~turd"'y,
7th.
Janu~ry
[any of thE!. artists t names are new to the ,uneriol.:u'l, publie , but oth "rs ,
including Rob'rt Colquhoun, Glen John, Henry MOQre , Graham
Su therl ~t1d ,
and ltei th Vo,ughan, are known here.
The paintings have come from private oollectoz·s and 1nsti tutions in
Queen Elizabeth heClods
Brita1n,ustra11a, Canda, and the United States.
the British list in
Among the forty odd others we find S.1 r Osb rt 81 twell, Hon . Edward
Piper ,.
S&ekv111e West , Sir Kenneth
Cl~rk, Mr~.
V.1ncent i:.stor, Olin Dow$, Joseph
Pulitzer', Jr,. the Uatlonal Gall$ry of Victor1t\! in li.elbQurne, Australia ;
Wi
of Mod I:-n Art 1n New York;
~;ad.sworth
House u t Ii r vard Un! vers1 ty; 1,'alGdo
Ath n u
·usew; f art V, ~
in Com ,ctiout; '11ot
fJ;~us8ey
in Toronto ..
Cfin~d
1
"nd the British Council In Lon on.
The colleotion was
&sse~u.b l6d
for the ACAd my by Geot"ge · E. D;l.x,. Jr.,
of New York CIty who" in the Fore ,ord of the
llDuring the
pl ce
1~u1t
Ho YlIlars
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distinct flow
Cat~logJ
l"~ng
desoribos its purpose:
in British: pG.t1ntlng ha
nel this unlbi tion is an attempt to show the vi tali tymd
taken
11Ct! vi ty
current in the arts during that tb e. ft
Opening concurrently with the pa1ntlrlgs is a
1J:
'c l13ITIIUt,
Comprised of photographs ,drawLl1gs,
Ci1t1QA of bombe
al'Eul 9J town pI ~nning for
B~!TI§Jj.
TOf1ti
PlrlAlf~lXIiQ
no.! odels Sho\';I'ing the restor-
the d ~ centralIzation o1~ 01 ties like
London and M!mchester, and the redevelopment of towns serving these two cities
rlong lines th ' t will
barb their exces
example of the sm 11 town
dev~lopmeb.t.
population.
Harlow serves as an
The exhib1.tion istou'ring the Oni t d
St tes under the sponsor hlp of' the AtiAer' can mst1 tu'te of Arch! teats and will
rel a ln
t the" eademy through
We· kday
J~nuary
1.
(:toept · ondaya) 10 to .5;"" ound' ys & Holidays 1 to 5.
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The Pen..'1sylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadel phia 2
From:
December 9, 1950
El izabeth Z. Swenson
Direotor qfPublic Relations
QUeen Elizabeth Heads List of Lenders
to Academy ts British Show
COWfEJ),(PQH.ARY BRI,TISR FiUN,TING, 1 925-1950, an ex-YJ.i bi tion comprisin g
88 paintings by 30 dlstingulshed British artists, opens today at The
Pennsyl
v~'1.ia
Acuderuy of the Fine Arts, Broad and Cherry Streets, and
will continue through Sunday, January 7.
While many of the artists present names new to the American publiC,
others including Robert Colquhoun , Gwen John, Henry Moore, Graham
Sutherland, and. Kei th Vaugb.an, are knovv1:l here.
The paintlngs
havG (;01110
from private collectors and. institutions
in Jrltaln, Jiustralla, Canada. > and the United States.
I,
Queen Elizabeth
heads the Bri tii511 list in lendingfiindsor Castle - North 3'1 de, and SloDes,
by John Pipel' ..
Among the forty odd others we find Sir OsbertSitwell,
Hon. Edward Scl.Ckville West , Sip Kenneth Clark, Mrs. V.Lncent Astor, Olin
Dows" J03eph Pu.litzer, T.:'., the National G&..llery of! Victoria in Melbourhe,
Austr alia r Museum of Modern Art in New York; Wadsworth Atheneum in
Connecticut; Eliot House at Harvard University; Toledo Museum; Yand the
British Council in London.
The collection was assembled for the Academy by George E. Dix, Jr "
of NeVi[ York 'IilJho, in the Foreword of the Catalog, describes its purpose:
"During the last 25 years a di,stinct flowering in BrItish painting has
taken place and this Exhibttion is an attempt to show the vi tG,li ty and
activi ty current in the arts durJ.ng that thne.
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The Academy is open weekdays (mcc:ept Monde.ys) from 10 to 5;
Su."ldays and ho1.idays from 1 to $5 .
Adsission is [;reg.
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Opening concurrently with the paintings is a
BHJ'I'ISH 'rm'iN PLAUNING EXHIBITION .. cQ;:lprised of :llotographs,
dr~,w:'ng I
and fl:lodels shov;ing the restor't1on of bombed arehSj town plL.nn1ng for
the decentra lizution of cities like London
redevelopment of
to\~rns
~nd . Mc:nchester,
and. the
serving these two ci ties along lines tho.t will
absorb their ex-cas , p )pula.tlon.
11 rlowsel'vas as. b..n example of the
small tOi,;n development.
The exhibition is t-our1ng the United States under -the sponsorship
of
the I".erlc&n Inl.>titute of Jl.rcnitects
thrOl!gh JbnuBry 1.
~nd
w.111 rer.utd.n at Ule ACiJ.del.l!Y
Th€ Penns;y 1 ve"tn.1(A dctde.uy of the Fine .Arts
. Broad and Cherry 8tI'fJots, Phi udel~)hla 2
It'rom:
DecaJbor 12, 1950
Eliza.beth:!.. SHenson
plrector of PHb11C
n Ib.ti~n§
Sunuary 21. thru Februury 25:
146th iml1u'-l Q:'11b1 tion of Oil P'\:.il1;tlng
Llld Sculpt~lre
Concerts of Ghuwoel" ...;ll.sic, l"r"ldt~y
Evenings, r."'obruiiry 2 iJ.nd 16, tl.t
8:30.
C~rioBrts
of Gli¢.> ber '::us1c I F'riday
Even ings, ;~Ic.r ch 16 and ~O, at
8;30
1-'\p1"11 17 thru 29:
Lxhlbi tion of' Oil Pr.dntings by
Vera Mlite In Philadelphia
Arti~iS Gallery
.
f::;·hJbitlon of Student Work for Cresson
Traveling Scholarships
Prizes
~nd
Other
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DroHd e.nd Cherry Streets,
Fro H
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Pennsylvania Acaaemy of the Fino Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets , Philadelphi a :2
From~
Elizabeth Z, Swenson
Director of Public Relations
Daniel Ho.smusson to Exhibit
A retrospect! v e exnlbi ti on of dra.wings, paintings a,no sculpture
by DAN I EL H.ASMUSSON will open in the Philadelphia Art i sts' Gallery (:it !'hE;
Pennsylv ania AC6.demy of the Fine lir'ts on 'Iuesday, December 19th, und
remain through Sunday, January 7, 1951.
Born in Scm Franc t sco , where he lived unti l ile was seven, Hosrausson
has l ived and traveled in
m~ny
places out as well as in the United States .
Seattl e, Chicago, New York)Florida , P&.t'ls ,
o,nd
Guat&malh are
stops he has made , although so f&r &s his art education is
SOine
of the
conc~rned1
he rece iv ed it entirely in the Permsylvania Academy ' s scrlOols.
He now
l i ves at 321 South 11th Street.
He has exhib i ted 'widely throughout the country..
by
Hi s works are ovmed
many private collectors t3nd institutions, the latter including the
Philadel phia, St. I..Iouis , Omaha, B&l ti!rlore, Glnd 'Whi tney (New Yorl{) Museums.
The fo l l o viing Phl1 o.del phi<ms will lend to this E:xh.ibi tlon from
their collections:
Mrs .. &i11en Etting , Mrs . McFadden Ewing , Cumuins
Cat.herwood , Henry Clifford , und R. Sturgis Ingersoll.
Among the dravdngs exhibited , will be illustrations f or 'the Illiad,
St endahl J s Chantreus e de PHrme , and The
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Mus!5:eteers .
To Eveni ng Bulletin and Daily News for release Mon. Aft. Dec. 18
f!
The Inqu irer for release Tues. Morn. Dec. 19
For PTe Tr'3. v e1 er
is su e ne~r est the
exhibition' s opening date
146th
December 20 , 1 950
Annua1 ' ~hibition
,
of Oil Painting and '
Sculpture at The Pennsylvcmia Ac ad emy of the
Fine Arts , Broad and Cherry Streets, January 21
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Holidays 1 to
16 from 7:30.
5;
Friday evenings , February 2 and
Other
Fr-i-3e Fridays and Sundays .
days 30¢ inc . tax .
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry streets, Philadelphia 2
From~
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
December 26, 1950
Academy to have Two Open Evenings, with Concerts,
during its 146th Annual Exhibition
A feature of the 146th Annual Exhibition of Oil Painting and Sculpture at The
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, which will run from January 21 through
February .25, will be two open Friday evenings, with free chamber music recitals February 2 and 16. The doors will open at 7:30 which, in addition to an intermission, will allow visitors time to see the exhibition as well as hear the music.
February 2 . ~ill program a sonata recital by Jascha Brodsky, violin, and Vladimir
Sokoloff, piano, with works by Mozart, Schubert, and Dohnanyi. On February 16,
the program will be devoted to work of Haydn, Prokofieff and Dohnanyi , with the
following perfonners~ M9.rian Head and Anthony Sinagoga, violins; Irving Segall,
viola; William Saputelli, cello; Harold Wright, clarinet; and Vladimir Sokoloff,
piano . Presented by the Academy, the recitals are sponsored by the Music
Performance Trust Fund of the American Phonograph Industry in cooperation with
Local 77 of the American Federation of Musicians.
Two of the Gallery Talks this year have been scheduled for the benefit of those
who are not free on weekday afternoons: Dorothy Grafly on Saturday afternoon,
January 27 at 2:30; Walter E. Baum on Washington's Birthday, Thursday afternoon,
February 22, at the same hour.
Other Gallery Talks will be given on the following afternoons at 2:30 ; Morris
Blackburn on Wednesday, January 31; Hobson Pittman on Thursday, February 8;
Harry Rosin on Tuesday, February 13.
The Academy is open weekdays (except Mondays) from 10 A.M. to 5 P.M., and on
Sundays and Holidays from 1 to 5 P.M.
Admission is always free except during the annual exhibitions, then on Fridays
and Sundays. Other days are 30¢ including tax .
The Pcn.."lsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets 7 Philadelphia 2
Fron .~
Decem.ber 30, 1950
Eli zabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
Another lichuemy Student Wins Lar-ge Cash .Award
DONALD W. LUFT, a student in mural decoration at The Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, has just won the 1950 $~2000 Abbey Scholarsh:l.p.
The scholarships were incorporated as The Edvvin Austin Abbey Memorial
Scholarships for Mural Peinting in the United States through the generosity
of the l ate Mary Gertrude Abbey, w1.dovtf of the famous jI,.,'nerican illustrator
and mur~d painter, c1r:d offer the c)pp!)rtunity for study in th:!. s medi,um in
America, or em opportllXli ty for creati va work: and travel
Ci.S
an advanced
post-graduc.te course in muro.l painting for yount; a.rt1sts whose regular art
studies have been completed.
tlUl
£,i tt1:1 eornpeti tion for the award.
Doneld Luft 1. s st i ll a student at the
the Fall of 19 L.b6,
\~;orking
at Chester Springs.
J~cademy
1i1th:i. eh he enter ed in
both in the ei ty and at the Acndemy's summer school
In 1947 he
\rOl1
a Thouron Prize herG and in 1950 a
William Emlen Cres,:wn J.vferno:cial Euror;ean 'J?raveli!1g SChola:,:>sht p of $J.250 whi ch
enc.bled him to spenO. the
SUJlllliel"
of 1950 in Europe.
He is one of several
students from the Acad emy who j'l8ye won e1 th e r large cash prizes or important
honors since September .fi:rst of t115 S
]8<31'.
He is a graduate of the Univer-
slty of Illinois.
George HRrning is Luft's 5.n.structor in l1iural decoration.
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