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~c~ ·d elAy of the Fine .Arts
St~eets , Phl1udelphit.l. 2
The Pennsylv c:;ni:l
Bro d end Cherry
Eliza.beth Z. S.venson
From:
Director of Public HelDt.ions
he' dgmyl Ii 147 th iLYlnual L;(i'ligi t10n to Open
:\hen the 1 47th Jmnyt.l l::xhibi t1211 of 01 1 Painting snG SculRture
opens on Sunday,
Arts , Broad
~nd
the year thE.,t
b.
J~nu
Chorry Streets , it offers the only opportun.ity during
L ·, rgc (;.nd comprehensive collection of work by living
~rtlsts ill
b.illerican
ry 20th, at ':Lhc Pennsylvbnla ';,c,.demy of t'le Fine
' Y be seen in ?h11aaelphio. ,
The ex.Uhi tion '1.111 remain
thrO'...l h S't.mduy, February 24th.
Et:ch Thursdb.Y
~ft"rnoon
bt 2: 30 gf.illery talks will be scheduled,
~nd
on the f1rHt three Fr1dMY nights , the galleries will open &t 7:30
~nd
free concerts of
ch~~ber lU
ia will follow at 8 : 30 .
DorothY Gr uflY, writer , critic E:.no. lecturer , \<'ill ,ive the first
te:.lk: on
Thursd~y
afternoon, J.:.nuary 24th, et 2:30 .
Her subject will be
The Publ1£t
Vlf-d!rp,il' Spkoloff.. r.:lan1st , will be het.rd. in ci progratl1 of Bonut.hS for cello
and pieno &s follows :
oonat' in G .winoI' by Beet:l,ov en; F J,i",jor by BrLh.ms;
"nd Opus 6 by dLwucl BMrber.
Other
progr!:~s
follow on Februury 1 i:.nc..
a.
Suw.li.,J.' s <.,;nd ho Lid ;ys from 1 to 5 .
d~ys
by
25¢ .
an instructor .
T-:.cse ex111 bi tions bre . rr{;;:nged so th,l;· t t be public
e.cqu~inted
volt.' wht.<.t the "rtists of our
OW!"l
llU:.y
beeo.tie better
time Lt'e floing .
invites not only l?rdl:..delul:.iWlS , but those living near Philt:cielphla, to take
advantage of tl.'1ese oppor tunities .
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2 , Pa_
From:
For release
Sunday, January 20, 1952
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
147th Annual ~hibition
of Painting and Sculpture Qpens
Medals and Prizes for the 147th Annual Exhibition of Oil Painting and Sculpture, "lhich
opened at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts last night, to remain through
February 24th, have been announced by Joseph T. Fraser, Jr., Director of the Academy,
as follows!
Prize
Artist
Title of Work
Temple Medal - awarded by
Paintets I Jury for 73rd time
for best oil without regard
to subject.
Louis Guglielmi
132 W. 23rd st.
New York City
New York 21
(invited)
Walter Lippincdtt P,rize of $300 awarded for 60th time by Academy's
Committee on ~hibition, for best
figure piece in oil.
Andrew Wyeth
Chadds Ford, Pa.
Man from Maine
(invited)
Carol H. Beck Medal - ~awarded
by Painters' Jury for 44th
time for best portrait in oil.
Gladys Rockmore Davis
544 E. 86th St.
New York City
Study of an Old Woman
(invited) .
Jennie Sesnan Medal - awarded
by Painters' Jury for 50th
time for best landscape.
Joseph de Martini
96 Fifth Avenue
New York City
Aqueduct
(invited)
J. Henry Schiedt Memorial Prize
of $300, awarded by Painters'
Jury for 15th time for painting
of special importance to the
exhi bi tion •
Ben Benn
206 W. 105th St.
New Yo rk Ci ty
Sea Gulls
( juried)
Mary SmithPrize of $100 awarded by Academy's Committee
on Exhibition for 72nd time for
best painting by woman artist
resident of Philadelphia.
Alice T. Roberts
(Mrs. G. :Brinton Roberts)
1900 Rittenhouse Square
Philadelphia
Ipswich Sand Dunes #2
(invi ted)
George D. Widener Memorial Medal
awarded for 40th time by
Sculptors' Jury to most
meritorious sculpture.
Jacques Lipchitz
2 East 23rd St.
New York City
Prometheus Strangling
the Vulture
(invited)
Alfred G. B. Steel Memoria Prize
of 300 - awarded for 2nd time
by Sculptors' Jury to that work
most deserving professional
recognition for its distinction.
Sa ul Bai z erman
311 Avenue of Americas
New York City
Ugesie
(invi ted)
Garden Sculpture Prize of $250 awarded for the 3rd time by the
Sculptors' Jury for the best work
appropriate for small garden.
George Ce my
466 Cherry St.
New York City
Sleeping Beauty
(invited)
Frank Yee
Corcoran School of Art
Washington, D. C.
The Philosopher
( Juried)
ft
Honorable Mention:
2
Dedicated to American art, the Academy's annual and innumerable special exhibitions
have been presented in almost unbroken succession since the institution's founding
in 1804. This venerable succession of events in the cultural life of the City
has become, at the same time, one of great national importance.
In the past 20 years, over $250,000 has been turned over to American artists by the
Academy from sales or in the form of prizes, and purchases for its permanent collection, from these annual exhibitIons. This year, in addition to the medal, honor and
money awards, $8000 will be available for purchases. These will be announced before
the exhibition closes.
As has been so for many years, this exhibition was chosen by a jury of professional
artists invited by the Academy to act in its behalf. They are: PaintingLeon Kroll, chairman, Stuart Davis and Arthur Oever; Sculvture - Charles Rudy,
chairman, Koren der Rarootian and Dorothea Greenbaum.
The chairmen of these
juries invited part of the work to insure the presence of artists of established
reputation, without which, of course, no true representation of predominant trends
in American art could be obtained. The balance was chosen by Jury selection in
order that young and lesser-known artists might find representation in a large
national exhibition, and that the exhibition might find this strength from new blood.
Both the painting and sculpture juries held one seSSion each in New York and Philadelphia and to these four sessions 2331 items were submitted. Of the 440 works in
the exhibition, 97 are sculptures and 343 are paintings; 57% was invited and 43%
juried.
Gallery Talks have been scheduled by the Academy'S Fellowship at 2:30 on Thursday
afternoons as follows:
January 24th - Dorothy Grafly on "The Public"; 3lstRobson Pittman on "Ten Paintings"; February 7th - Jack Bookbinder on "Modern Art How Modern?"; 14th - Walker Hancock on "Sculpture"; 21st - Walter E. Baum on
"Painting Trends."
The galleries will be open on three Friday evenings, beginning at 7:30, for the
benefit of many who could come at no other time, and at 8:30 free recitals of
~mber music will be presented:
January 25th - sonatas for cello and pianoj
February 1st - trios for violin, cello and piano; February 8th - works for string
quart et and piano.
The Academy is open weekdays (except Mondays) from 10 A.M. to 5 P. M., and
Fridays and SUndays are free;
on Sundays and holidays from 1 to 5 P. M.
other days 25¢.
~ork
by
urtists from 31 states represen ted .
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Str eets , Philadel phia 2
From:
For release
Sunday, January 20, 1952
Eli zabeth Z.. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
Dorothy Graf l y to Open Series of
Gallery Talks
Dorothy Grafly, well-known El,rt cri tic, speaker and wri te r,
will give the first Galle ry Talk in connection with the curr ent 147th
Annual Exhibi tion of Pb.inting and Sculpture by living Ameri c an a rtists ,
a t The Pennsylvania
.A~8demy
of the Fine Arts, on Thur sday afternoon
of ' this week (January 24) at 2~ZO o'clock.
She wIll speak on "The
Public" and its relation to the current American art s cene.
other talks will be given on the following Thursday afternoons :
January 31 by Hobson Pittman; February 7 by Jade Bookbinder; Febru<..;.ry 14
by WCclker Han cock; fe bruary 21 by Waler E. Baum.
To E. B. Thowpson, Inquirer
Studrt Taylor, Bulletin
for alllUsement page
To Larry Roberts, Abolt Town ~I
an6. WPEN! S !l Abol] t TOV'D" prog .
1110 Penn S J 1 Vt.{li .... ilC dU amy 0 f t rl c- l"in e J\r t s
llrohu bnd Cherry Streets, Pb,11i.l.a.elpL.ia 2
For relecse
Sundc.y, .Jenul;.l'Y 20 , 1952
From:
Eliza.bet.h Z. S'\Yen:;;on
Director of P,,;.bU.c
1~61utions
ht no t.ime dur:1.ng
~
to see, in theIr ovm ci ty,
yet.!' luay Philbd.elp!"d tons
8.
11hV€
on opportuni ty
large i:Jnd com;n'ellensi ire collectitm of work
by Atlwrican f.rtists froU! all pul'ts of the country except uurlng tr.e annual
exLJ. bi tions
&.. t
The
Pennsylv~niL
l.c"",. . f;..J.Y of t::c Fine
l~rts ,
BroLd end. Cherry
Stret:'ts.
Today 1 the
ana. Sculpture by 1 i ving
F'ebrua ry
opens its 147th Annu "l .t"xhibi tion of Oil P<.::.int1ng
bC<'H.l€'illY
.hill
"ricvn artists .
I t wi 11 reliit.tin through "';undLiy I
~4th*
'I~:'f; .f.Ci.Jemy is aDen weettuays ( except ...:ondC:i.Ys) from 10 to 0;
F'C'ee a'\,. all otrl(.:l' times 0urlng the
year, admission to trl€ .Acc.demy for this exhioi tion will elso be frae every
Other dt.ys 25¢ .
Fridt.-!Y and Sunday.
On Thursday ESternoon of t:l:l s week - the 24th - Dorothy Grc::fly
will give the CaLlery
On
in
Fri.d~ly
winter
jt~/series
i~lk.
Hcr subject:
"The Publi c. n
evening , thEi= 25th, the Ac.;..deli(Y 'Nill present
of free chcillber wusio recitals.
t!1';:
fi rst
Orlbndo Cole , cellist
.. til! Vled1mi r Sokoloff, pin,n1 st , .d.ll be .heard in three sonatl£:..s for cello
~~n,j plLDo:
G dl.in;)r t)y Be€t~'tOven , F jbJor by .drClhw.s, hnd Opus 6 by 2hlrmel
The doors ',Nill open ~t 7:30 to "pcr~llit visitors to see tht? eX:l~ -
T!H~
public is invi ted to hval1 t i "16wsel ves 0:-' tile oppor; t,mi ties
LH;:.de a.VE.tii~ble to them by this - A,;iler-icc-. f s first art inst.,!' tutlon .
To Bulletin, Inquirer, Daily
NeVI s
T1:e
P(:mn~ylvC;.ni.;;
Broad and Cherry
From:
.ACL~demy
Stre ets~
of tile Fine Arts
Philadelphia 2
Janu~ry
21 , 1952
F-' 1 z(;ibeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Helht ions
First Gullery 1'blk on AcadeH1Y ' S "Annual n ,
Dorothy GrC:l.fly, Philadelpllia ">', riter , spe/:,lke r, and &rt
wj 11
give the first Gb.llery Thlk on the current Vi-7th Annual
crltic~
~xhi"01 tion
of PLinting Gmd Sculpture by l:i.ving ,A•.lc ricon artists from 31 stotes , on
Thu rsday uf tf.rnoon, Junuary 24th, <.It t'le flcc;,d.eHlY, Broaci. und Cherry Streets .
at 2 : 2:0 .
Mi!.;s Gri.;;.fly is knOV.'!l throughout t h e country, especially as critic
and juror for !ll.:my .h uportant e:xh .i.bl tions.
~rt ~nd
the artist ,
Her subJ c'ct for
t!l€
l~C i.;. QelUy
The Pennsylvania l~cHdem.y of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philade l phia :2
Froml
February 11, 1952
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Rel&tions
Walker .Hancock , Scylptor" to Speak
Walker H<1-IlCOck, head of the Scul pture Department of the Schools
of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine f.rts, Broad bnd Cherry Streets,
wi l l giv e this week's Gallery Talk in connection with the .Aca.demy ' s
1 47th Annual Exhibition of Oil
P~inting
¢lnd Sculpture by living
Aillerican artists, on Thursday afterno on, Feb ruc<ry 14th, at 2:l.0 .
One of the most d.istinguished American sculptors, :...tr. Hancock
rec eiv ed much of his a.rt educE:.tion in the school where he 'Ir';e-s Ibter to
become a department head.
He heis
received
1Jlany COWJ.ili 55:! ons c.nd
eXh:ibited in every importl:!.nt art canter in the country,
During
V,:orld War I I, he served ibverseas as Monuments, Fine Art.s and Archl ves
Officer.
Hi s most
~ecently- c o il1l!l i ssioned
l{f'ork is a War Memor:1 Ell f o r
The PennsylvaniCJ. Railro<:'.d which will be lnst lled wi thin a
.f'e ·~~
months
in 30th Street Station .
His talk this week will be directed toward the sculpture in
this exhibition .
Th2 GLlleries
, a~ ~.~ y's (excent
l1ondf~Ys) from 10 to 5;
~
et:C'(l OpC:l weeK
Sundays E'lond 'Wa sh i ng t on t s Bl'rthday fro~ 1 to 5 .
'The Pennsylvani a. Academy of the Fine
Broad ~nd Cherry St reets
rts
P!lil~, de l phia.
The Pennsylvani a Academy of the Fine rts , founded in 1805, aetu&lly
dates fro m 1791 when Chbrles Wi llson Peale fi r st attempted t o organize
an ins tl tut10n devoted to the fine a rts .
That effort was not successful ,
but frow it grew the Columb1 anu which staged 1n Independence Hall the
firs·t exhibition of p a inting s ever held in Philadel phia .
The Coluwbi 6num
existed only a few years, but the dedication and i nsp1rEltion pf. Pe&le
Viera c h iefly responsible for the forllla tion of the Aca.demy , the nat ion ' s
firs t art insti tut ion.
During its early years , eXhibi tion works of a rt were brought frou. Eur ope ,
but t he Academ~ has consistently encouraged Au'leri can artists until now
t he emphasis both in exhibItions mld Bcquisitions is t.l..nost entirely on
t he '!leric an sIde , its per·- H:inent collection (one of the finest in .tUllerlea )
r an.g1ng fro t ile portrcd ture b.nu other works o·f the e~ . rly 18 th century
th rough its current acq isitlo-ns .
It stages dH:.ny special ex.Y!ib i tlons ,
end in t i e winter of 19f>2 its l 47th .hnnuf:.l Exhi bition of Oil Painting
and Sculpture , was held.
During the SU:D.ler of 1951 the large canvas Chr i st He Jected by B-en jamin
rest ~a s re stored and pc rQ~ne nt ly installed in G&llery L.
Work i s
currently i n progress on ¬bel." of V.est ' 5 grea t canvases De&th on Q.
Pale Hors .
By the Sumi..l~L> of 1952 it will either be completed or in the
p rocess of cOll1pletion in Gall · 1'y 13 , _"he El visi t ors !.{.\(;i;y see the last s t(1ges
of" thc..t work by the ACDdermr f s Conserve.to r.
Bot h painti.ngs previously
hU.11g high in the stott,
difficult to see them.
~r el1 Q"
in
l:.t1
udj ~ cent hall g.: dl€::ry 'il'i1ere it wa s
The Ac £:.demy t s d i stinguished schools h~ve ~l \IJ &.ys been the t r ain ing C€4."lter
of L.i&ny of lWlerlCu.. s mo st 111ustrivu~ Clrtists .
Over $15 ~ OOO in student
travel s cholarships t!nd ot.her prizes ere BWb.rded "nnually; bnd during
1 950- 51 t h ose e1 t he r st.il'l- stuJ.ent.s or having been out le~!:J trwn u YE:&l'"
v.-on ~~5 J 175 i n nation&l pri zes.
So f;.; r this year , $5000 in n'-tional
competi tions has be n Vion .
Tnt: Gb-ller1es
~r~
open we ekciays (exc ept ~ondays) from 10 t o 5; Sunu8Ys
and Holidays 1 t o 5 .
Prepe::.red Februa r
Closed Jul.y 4th ..
25, 1952
dmi ssion is f"r ee .
The Penn.syl vunia AO"dell1Y of the Finerts
Broad and ell rry Stre ta , Phila.del phia ::
From:
Elizabeth Z. S\'itenson
Director of Public Rel&t1ons
February 25, 1952
Gall§ry to fio- OPill
Clos d for: sev{Jrb.l \~eek3 due to its annu.-:.l exh i bi t1ou, on 'l'ueaday J M&reh
4th, Th~, Pennsylvanib. AChde y of the F:1n~ itt"ts ' will re- open its Philade ph1a ~rtigts ' O~llery with & ret~o s pectlv e~ib1t!on of puint1ngs
by A11ge T• .Rober t .
It will remain through Sunday, March 16th.
LW'l~aaplZis and still 11foo will predominate, 4:<lthough included will b
t "o portra.i ts . one of hcr l~t husband, G. Brinton Roberts; and another
of the lute Henry ;:J:cCllrter, not only ' rs . Robe'rts t te cher but fA close
person!!l friQnd .
til's . Hoberts 'iUS; oorn Allee '1".(son Butcher in Phi Ill-delphia in 1876 . Sl1tl
'went to bHss trwin ' s School, then at 2011 .oelance Place, ti..Ud lived l'l:ear,.b...y
lit 2001 .
In 189B she " arried G. Brinton Roberts 1n Holy Trini ty Church
and re1110ved to iJal~ .
Mrs . Roberts h.ad fQur sons .
The three living include George Brooke,
an arch~tGct and member of the J..c&.dem,y ' s BOGrd of Directors; LLuNllle P.,
heLl. · of t.he l1iller1cnn ACi..demy in Rome; o..oa Henry B. , v;ith Scribners in . Nevi
York.
Her oldest Sister, Le.Ul"b P. Baker , studied witl1 Y;hlstler llnu e.t the
Actkderny"
It wos partly <iue to ?er influ~nc~ thbt Clbout
1930 ~rs. R!.)berts begbn to phint (..nd tn 19f!,2 Qud u por'tl" \3- t Ung §' DAA~§
accepted by the Jury for one of the AC41demy ' s cmnunl exh.lbitions .
vince
then she has exhibited. nearly every year, wInning the M.ary Slll.ith Prize
1
Pen.csr1Vtl.n:tfJ.
in 1936 for Tta
11 ·
unci again in 1952 with Ipswich Sttnd puna
t
,2.
Mrs . Roberts 1s b member of Wom.en Pa.inters of .Itillcricu, and h.~ se hiblted
at various times t the Old rt Club, Woodmere Oallory, The Sketch Club ,
Friends ' C ntIlol School , ete ..
In 1938 the Aeade.tl.Y,· through its Lambert
£l'1..tnd, bought her $OtAe'i at Rh rat
for 1 ts permcment collection .
Her
studio 1s at 1921 t. nn ng Street.
The Acade y gallerl(:s will be open weekdays (except Mondays) froUl 10 ' . M.
to 5 P. M. , on Sunaays ttnd fio11d.nys frow. 1 to 5 F.. M.
Ad.i1isslon is free .
Th~ Pennsylvania Acad~my of t he Fin~ Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
From:
Elizabeth Z. SWenson
Dir ector of Public Relations
Acad~my
for r elease:
on -Or after Friday, Ms.rch 7,
1952
Fellgwship's Annual Exhibition
The Annual Exhibition of Oil Painting, Sculpture, Water Colors and Graphi cs of the
Fellowship (alumni) of The ~ennsylvan1a Academy of the Fine Arts, will open on Friday,
M3.rch 7th and rOOlain through Sunday, April 6th.
Included are 96 works by ai professional artists, all of whom studied at some time in
the Academy's school, long recognized a s one of the country's great art training
centers. TWenty-five artists in the collection were invit ~d to exhibit and the balance
gained admission through the juries, this year comprised of:
Oil
Morris Berd
William Barnett
John Haigaard
Water Color and Graphics
John Foster
Ro bert Go Idman
Cynthia Iliff Koehler
Sculpture
.B arbara Phillips
Raphael Sabatini
Oliver Nuse is cha irman of the Exhibition Committee .
Prizes were announced at the Private View, M9.rch 6th, as f ollows:
Harrison S. Morris Prize of
$100 for Water Color
(divided - $50 to each)
Gold Medal Award of $50
(sculpture)
Honorable Mention -
Jack Bookbinder, 323 south Smedley Street,
Philadelphia, for Wear, Tear and Tar Pot
Ralph Taylor, 2028 Chestnut Str ~et, Philadelphia
for City CentE'x
Allen HarriS, 7240 Westmoreland Street,
St. LouiS, Missouri, for Fountain Figure
Amelie Zel1 Felton, 4807 Chester Avenue,
Philadelphia for Struggle
May Audubon Post Pr ize of $50
(oil)
James C. Lueders, 2131 Thacker Avenue,
Jacksonville, Florida for St. Johns
Caroline Gibbons Granger
Memorial Prize of $50
for Oil
Homer W. Johnson, 704 South Washington Square,
Philadelphia for Portrait of a Girl
Each year, concurrent with its own exhibition, the Fellowship sponsors a separate exhibition for the work of students sti ll enrolled in the school. This collection
includes 37 oils , water colors, sculptures and draWings, and from it the following
prizes and honorable mentions were awardedl
$25 Prize in Oil Painting
Fr anklin R. Drake, Sadsburyville, Pa.,
for Portrait
$25 Prize in Water Color
Barbara Specker, Jenkintown, Ba., for
pair: Venice and Mbntmart
Nancy
Honorable Mentions in Oil:
J. Wolf, Gwynedd Valley, Ba., for
Three F igur es
M9.rie M:l.rtino, Newtown Square, Pa., for Fruit
Ben Kamihira, Jamieson, Oregon, for Promenade
~~
Honorable Mention in Water Color: George Paul Arnold, 5036 Kings ley Drive,
Ind ianapolis, Indiana, for Lan~scape
The galleries are open weekdays (except Mondays) from 10 A. M. to 5 P. M.
Sundays and holidays from 1 to 5 P. M. Admission i s free .
The Pennsylv ania Academy of thE;,) Fine Arts
Broad and Cherr y
From :
St r eets ~
Philadelphia 2
For release
Sunday, Jmulary 20, 1952
.Eli z,;;;.beth Z. S1itCHSOn
Dire,c to r of Public Helo.ti ons
'11hree Free Chamber MusIc Reel tals
SCheduled
The first of' its winter series of free chamber msic reei tals ':til1 take
place L~t The Penn.s,;/lvania k.ccHiemy of the FineArts in connection wi til its
1 47th .Annual Exhibition of Oil Painting and Sculpture by living .American
artists, on Friday evening , Je.'nUf;l"'Y f!5 , at 8:30"
The j~c2:d emy will present that evening tvm of Philadel ph.ia ' s most distin~
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gUlsnea m.u:neH.tns :.
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o'e, Ce..LL15t. ,lI hl1u. vJ-C5.u:.m.lr ... 0;£2,011:, p.;.antst ,
in c. program of sonatas for cello and piano:
Sonata in G intnor - Beethbven
Sonata in F major - BrahJIlS
Sonata , Opus 6 - Sa.ll.uE':l Berber
I n addi t :ion to his illi.:.ny perfo!'m.cmces in reci tal and a.s soloist wi th
orchestras , including radio networks of t his coun.try and CCi.r:tc<a.a, Mr . Co l e
has been the cellist of the wor ld- famous Curtis QU.artet sinc e 1927 and as
such has appeared In more than a 1000 concerts across t\';fO continents .
Mr. Sokoloff has been [ward frequently colla.borating wi th the CurtI s
Quartet ,; in notable sonata series with Zimbalist , Primrose , and others ,
in recital and e.s solOist vyi th orchestras .
He is the official pianist
of the Philadelphia Orchestra .
The pu~:pose of the s e ries. ~~ to pres(m~ seldo.m- heard vf o~"k~ it: ~Y.te Chamber
music .Ll terature in the llll<.lt of the fIne arts, and to ~lns ena, the
Ac a demy oyens its doors at : 30 so that visitors may have an opportunity
to see the exhibitions before the recitals begin .
Other programs foll ow
on Friday evenings , February 1 and 8 ,
These recltals ere presented by the Academy and sponsored by t he Music
Peri'oT.'mance Trust Fund of the Jl...merican Phonograph Indl.l.stry in cooperation
with Local 77 of the American Federation of Musici&ns "
/
The Penn ylv ,' ie Academy of tho Fine iu·ts
Bro d and Che'tl"Y Street s ,
Fro
Philadel ph j~
2
M rch 10, 1952
El1z b thZ~ $wnson
Director Qf Publio Relat ion
I
Ac&deml Presents
9r~
F~:ib1 t10n
A MetlOrial
Exhibi tion of
n t, Jr;.
r
by J o,
,I
of the work of Joseph T.. Pearson, Jr.,
l~cad.emy
will open on Staturd '1, M reh 15th, at The Pennsylvania
of the Fine
Arts bud rem in, through, April loth.",
They have
and sever , 1 dl;"sw1ngs from his ser1e.::> on the Crucifixion.
~
ben lent by .r . Pear on t s fa 11y, Woodmere Art ila llery, The Academy , the
&nd
lJlr.
hlT"' S •
University Club,!W1111'm fulton Kurtz , Mr . and itl's . Daniel Garber , and
the Cot'coran G~ll 1"y of ir't in, Wa,sh1ngton.
of
.Lllr.
,hlso eX~lLbited i s a bust(bronze:
Pearson by ldbert Laessle , b , foriJ.er i'.caueH1Y fccculty .neEiber .
ih' . Pe-rson Vi'S born in Germantown on Feb'tu ry 6, 1876.
.After t wo
yet1.rs in the archl teetural o.f.f1oG of
.. 011.001 , st11dy:tng under
ilson Eyre , he entered the Aced ray
La. tar he
1111' u Ch.ase .
In 1910 he returned to the
my·' S
.hOfld
tEl ching here for soma thIrty yaa:rs.
form ()f palntlngt
t,
&.
'ork ,)d under J . ald ' n
u'emot:,.r of the fe.cul ty"
He employed his talents in v r ioue
landso pes , religious subjects, and portre1t
1
but he
is pe.t"htips pept known f ·o r his realistic ""nd deor tive painting of ani al
,b ird
1
an
outdoor life, subjeots he ohose very e 1'ly in his p&1ntlng c
Tllc series of drawings of' the Cruo1fi:>r1on Scene Vias executed
~fter
J
ree~.
an
tnt rval of self-imposed art! stic. inbctl vi ty alld as a strong reaoti on to
the hOl"rot's of Wot"ldar I.
The arti t died ,t his
.doaf)
in Huntingdon
Valley in 1951.
A ong the many honors oonferr.,e d on ''Ill' . f'e&t's,on:
The Temple, Sean . •
and Be;ok Gold ldeaE:'I.1s, It'elloshlp Prize , StotEtsbury Prize,
Prize &11 from the l?ennsylvaU1ia . caciemYl
11m OIssGold
11 11 arten Prize, from the Nntion'l Acad
y
adal ,
' nd
aoon
of Design; Bronze .edf.il fro
B1J.enos Aires Exposi tlon, Pan- P aitic Expos! tion Gold
dal an.dPal at' Gold
iJJ
nd .JoSeph Pennell
adal ; Barris fhlvr
edal from the Ar t Inst! tll.te of Chleago, end the
Sesqul-c entenn.1a.l (Philad.elphia) Goldadal.
Bis wIfe, JUice Kent Stoddard Pe,a r i!>on,
kIlo
ho sury ived him, 1
a wall-
Ph11fAdelphla painter.
Th
Acade y g.allerles ' 111 be
Op01'l
' eekd.ays
( e~ept Mond
ys) f rom
The Pennsylvania Ac ademy of the !t'lne A't'ts
Broad and Cherry Streets ) Philadelphia 2
From:
March 12, 1952
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
The Wonen' s Comm! ttee of Th e PeIID.s y1vania Academy of the Fine
Arts will give a Tea in honor of Raphael Sabatini in the Academy's
Phl1adelph1.a .A rtists' Gallery on Friday afternoon" March 21st, from
4 to 6 o'clock,
Th e hostesses for the
a 1~t e rnoon
will be t h e following Committee
, members:
Mesdames:
David 14. Gwinn
George Brooke Roberts
Boudlnot Stimson
Franklin Chenault Watldns
Mr .. SabatIni vdll exhi. bit paintings, prints and sculpture in
the Gallery f r om Mar ch 18 t.hrough 30.
he
p~
nylv n1
c de ,. ·o f the Fine rt
J
hil a lphia 2
Bload '. d Cherry trQ..,
'E'''ro ,
----,. ------~~~--~~--~~~~----------------------------------
as 01 cted a
T'J'l$
Pennsylvenia Aosu my of the Fin
. t the Ie. t meet1ng of the
Ar
group, aeo()rd1ng to hn rmoune tuent by John F. lIe i
Vie -Presld
o·~
Sea.
t
the PhlLad lphia ·tore,; Mr. K .uiml!t!m
Pennaylvd~ia,
Jr. j Pt'e 14 nt of
nO. DlretQ!, of (tim.bel Brother , Ine. , and P,;x cutlv(ll
1£ 're ,
of
i
hal~
long S410wn keen illtert
dac",-tional ' 10. oultural aot1v1t1e
as \\'ell !ts Phtladelph1.', in addition to hi' ysry mul'
bU8ines ' and other asso(!1 tlons.
In contleet1on with
rt,. hi S aet1,v i t1e~ have b on nwuerous Mel illlportant .
in 194'7, which had its official op ning in the g llerie:> of the Acade y,
roll0
' aj
lIY
&.
tour of th
statG which lasted SOUle t
I)
y~ar13.
Qf 1951, he brou ht, to G1nibols the
Wr~s:!U,
wi th : 1"". Wright present &.t its oJ)
n~
,>
and
lUI T~·spo.n.s1blEl
for
lnt1?rest1ng the ltali n government in spollsoring i,ts showing later in
,P'lo1"anCfl, Italy_
The
~··.st ·
rn P«:nIl y1 - n1a and
Deif.l WlI.l:'ta =~::::.:::lo~~~=-::.:_-=-~:.u
w rk of 11 t$N~~ly thousand
sent1ng th
of
choQ1 chi' dren fr '" 'that .:;;t'ea,
And, the L1 ttle:O lier:; in the' stot" · i
eonstcs.u ",;ly ·ho .in
ric of the 11 t tle-KnQ:or'n
t..~~
In, 193?, Caflfbel$ eommissionl'fd
rtlHt.
the Yit3.11a over thf3
l~lghth
at t'o~t
reoently, and again due to Mr .
John~cer
~1nnel"$
ThetH~
d
will be
inut~ll
ufmann ' s
to- prdnt ,mur ls
1i
fQl"
etion" (M,mbels sponsot"ffc
to
c~mm1s
to pint uUt'tll.s .1'10·"'" the Phil
round
~n
well-kn
b, ok of ' lev tors on the mli1n £101)'1'.
competition in lllur 1 d. CQr'btiorl, theoQjeetbeill
this means , the th:ree
011 as th
'.is
,~y
ion, througb
l ·p hle.
tors"
1 t ot this ye. r .
' r"". it! ufmun ha3 be n a
sinae it
lncptiQn.
PJttsburgh.
Tb
K~uf
unus live in Ar
or. lle is a native of
o.,t
the Penn ,.1 ani" . c£l.del!1.Y of the Fine
Bro~d
and
FrQ . *
~~o~ry
rts
Streets, Phtladelphia 2
i
llt"ch 13, 195£
El1y.,abeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
Ra-en§ll, §§J>a1;1nl will be honorao. by The PennDylv&l.l.1e ,Acad.emy of the
Fine Arts, in its Ph11adEllphla Artists ' Gbllery,. when
his pn!ntings, prints and soulpture
o~)(m$
on Tuesday,
~'n
exhib1tion of
~rch
16th.
It
'w ill remain through SundalY, ':&.reh cOth.
r . So.batini is professor of fIne arts at the Tyler Scnool of 'in
Arts of Tel.tple £1ni\l'era1t.1', h€ihd of. its sculrture: department" end lnetl&r e
of
1t~
brans foundry .
urt mediums
bec~use
By his own words , u.r. o:)ubatini wox'ks in hU the
i t gtves hLt'l nuc ..~ e 'fi1de field in which to e:xpl"es
hliliself"
He received his art educhtion at the. Pennsylv6nia
Acadeill.:f
und. .in
PZ;..r.1$ under Bourdelle ami Leger.
Cresson EuropeWl Treve11ng Schol&rs.h1ps fmd the Stimson Sculpture Prize.
He had his .first one- man ShOW in P£i:ris in 1922, and d.uring the 1920. s
was aotlve, both in New lork and Philed lph1& , 6.rr"ng.iog
:stilllull;te interest in
exhib1tl~ns
adem art .
fie Uunexh1b1ted wide].y.
and 8clllpture Exh 1hi tlQn" he
?lEiS a'~rded
the P'el1owsh1p PI'lao by
alumni assoc1ut1on.
0 ,11er1e5 ' reOpfl1'1 Weekdays, Except
1ond·.Ys, from 10 A., M. to 5 P. M.
Sundnys and
Holld/[(\y~
Ad,liis ion, i
1 to
free .
1)
P..
•
hl~
to
The Pemnsylvan1a J,ciicL.my of the Fine rts
Br()ad and. Cl'h'l:rt'Y Streets , Pi:I.il",d..sl;;:,t;.l~ ~,
Eli z b th Zl
______~L~~i~r~e~g]Qt o{
ilibrch 17, 1952
5w~mson
RM~~ls.B~l~ttoQe
Pb.11... delphle 8tuden t Wins ofnd Annual
pt~we.rdsQA
~,tlUi! O.
hCiS won the
YS21:SSUl, of U);::·
100 Ste\'V¢;..[Q.SOtl
ecylptute Compgtl t~sm ,
i'.,f:.:.rt fioOSt~v elt
~:culptu re
Houlevard 1n Ph11.c,del:ph1& ,
Pl'izs at The Penl1.sylvf:-nlt: ;'ctdemy of
Stewb.rdson, :sculptor,. who rGcei "led much of 'bJ.s trf.i1nlng at. the AC<.iu.emY:I
1s
al~~l·d.ea
tilis ye
l'
.for the o2nd time.
ricmorab,l e lvi:entlons
B '~ ill~ K~pl.tn ,
1634
w~r~ £~lve!l
l~or ·tn
Young Gordon
to'
:;'f:f,)
·::thf,H' Plt11&ualph.ia students:
8th !:"crOf:li, vnd Philip Fov.1er.l' 5100-0 Mor ris
(,nt€rr~d the
SChool in Septet:.loe:r.· of 1948 .
included:
Bot'" he
Oronzio
No one e.M!Cpt the com}Jeti. tors is .. tL.i'fJ.1 tted tOi;..:Hi cou:.pt;; r.:1 tlon eo.:);[. .;:; t .i:'.ny ti.::e during the ~ clay ,
The Pennsylvania Ac ademy of the Fine Ar ts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
From .:
March 25', 1952
Elizabeth Z.. Swenson
D.i r-'ector of Public RelatiOllS
$31,260 Represented in Stiles of American Artist st
Work from Pennsylvania1\cademy's Recent Exhihi ti.on
A...~ $8000 purchase fund 'v as ~.nnounced by The Penns ylv ani a Ac ademy of the
Fine Arts prior to the opening of' its recent 147th Annual Exhi.b ition of
ContelflPorary Amer i can Pa int ng and Sculpture , for works by artL~ts i n
that Exhib ltion*
The new purchases, of course, were intended for its
perm.anent collection.
t he Ac ademy ar...nounces th r.:~ purchases, as well as sales from the
Exhibition to other institutions and private collectors, which amount
to $31" 260,,
No
's~
.......
~ ,
'_.
The Academy has pur chasGd the following frou ito three purchase funds!
'IE;,::FLE FUND,: - Ult:C 1:l drar ,.l.ue ~'pL..inting) by StuL.rt Dav i s}' New York City •
. . . . . _ - - - - -._ _-~Ea st Wind Over Weehawken (painting ) by Edward Ho,ppcr ,. New York
GILPIN FUND -
Ugesie (bronze , and winner of Alfred G. B. Steel Me.mori l
Pr ize in t he E):~ ibition) by Saul Baizerman, New Yortc City
.2.S"'CO
LAMBERT FUND - Flor ida. Ch-;:in (}iJ.ng by Mnd el :ine Hewes Nev;tov:n, Conn. JLt)O,
(all
Melons on; a Red Floor b~r WilliafJ.1 Le ster" Aust in, :J:exa s Ju-o
?.s-iJ
paintings) Decoy by Hans oller, New York City
bel icf:lCies by Sara Provan, New York City IS O
Subway by Hub e rt MesLbov, . ~re v1 York Ci ty
4d
Q
Sales to other institutipns include:
Promethe ' sSt;ranf'lln the Vultu.re (scul.pture ) by Jacques Lipchit z, New York
Ct t y . awa raed the \iVidener Gold n..r€de,l in t~le Ex-hi bi tion) bought by The
Philadelphia :Museum of P~rt.
Swallows (mobile) by George Rickey, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana,
bought by the Al lento:'m ( Pennc=; .) j,i:.lseum of Art .
The follo wing paint ings were IJU!'chc·, se 'l. by the Sc.1l1uel S . .F'l eisher Art
Memorial in Phi l adelphi a ;
The !I. . raD1€n'lOrk by Arthur OsveT', .Long Island Ci ty" N. Y.
Wtnt, ar Orch£.rd., by Edwin E . ponsl er, 2ilec:o.anicsburg, Ph.
Pa rk Bench by .H arold Baumbach, Brookl yn, N• . Y. '
':he Bri.dge by Ho wo.rd. ,Cook" Taos, ~RWr~E-~ ~ ico
Consunii:ng Elements by Ken:n eth ' Ca l 1ahdJ1, Se&ttle, We. Sl1 .
S & l ~s
to nrivate collectors include:
~
(c eraluic) by .Jerry G.oldman. , N GW York City
(3 copi{~s sold)
Su.no 1. (painting ) by J ames C. ' Lu el.i-eI's, J a cksonville, Florida
C ttle Grcru (s cu~ptLtre) bY. Rhys Capttrn , New YorkCi ty
Whi te Bowl pa inting ) by Sadamitsu F'ug:l ta, Philadelphia
Na il s ' . 'tid String (P &j nting) byChb:c l es Vi ns·. .m , \lUI rlington, Dela.ware
The Qua-rtet(pa inting ) by Paul Keene, J r ., Philadelphia
,onah ( ~a lntt:ng) by blden Wi. cKs , NewHope , Pa ~
Sti~~lioati?n (SCtu~ ture) by Philll:p N
, ot eriani I . New ' Yo~k City
Sepsmade (p ainting) by Wallace If. Green, Columbus , OhlO
1
1'1113 PelIDsylv ania 'Aclodemy of the Fine .Arts
Bro d and. Cherry Str eets, Phil&del phitt 2
Eli ""abetll Z. Swenson
Fl!"Ou.u
Pi r'stor of fubb1s
SylVllUl&
Bel,~ t1gn!
J\cudemy of t ile Fine J'l rts in 1 ts Ph iladelphia Artists' Gl'J.l1ery from
Tuesday, ;"1-r11 1st thrQugh !lunda
?c:dntEt r , print..lJ i"er
~nd
the 13th.
deslgner ,
throughout this country end l>broi..ld.
'It"5 .
Drabk1n has e:t.h1bited 1n g&llerl es
Locrtl1y; her work is in the Acadewy ' s
u.;)eu:n or irt.,
pE'.fr'l:.!lillent coLLec tion, tht..t of the Ph.i lc.:,del phiu
Kent
~useum,
~11d
tne Art All1lffloe
the latter not
li~nited
t11€
.a\twater
many d,1st1···.guished .pr1. v~l te c ollect ions ,
to Phill:l.del phlu .
deposit ~t t :1e Nt·.t1onL<1 tkllery of i;.rt ( Hos enwir\ld Collect1o~ ,·e tropo11 tan
?t,useU£:l o f At't , Libritr¥ of Congress, Tel J..vlv
~nd Dag&.ni~
hlu::ieums , Bezalel
School and Museum (Jerus&lea).
iit"!l .
Dl'&.bk1n hu..J exhibi tea mony tilnes
l .. t
the JiCCAdcmy in 1 ts annua l
$xhib1t1ons, .. t thE: Phl1lidel (h1c.: , MfJ t ·t"o pol ltan, Stm 'rvnclsco, Sprtngf1eld
(Mass .) ;..nd Reading (PD.,.) Museums of iirt,
Ca r negie Instl tute ,
Nut1on~1
Chic~~eo lnstit ;~te
of Art , the
Acudemy of Desl gn, Nu t1ont.,1 G<dlery of .f.t't,
Sr;.dthsonian In<Jttt1.lt1on, lAU!JeUIll of Ne\; ,:':ex100 (one- ID\:.n shew), .:~mi locully
~t
the PrInt Club, Carlen Oi.. l1er1es (one-tnC11 shOw), and ttl£; J~rt All1snoe
(t wo
Ol1.El - U!
"j
shows) whel"e she 1 t; chairman of tht~ print Conmittae.
She won the P1rst Prize for pCinting in the 193a Gi mbel COa;:::ctition
imo from the ,t.Otie:r1cO:jn Color Print
One of her;'iorks
tro r~
~ociety
in IH44 .
the collection of th€;
Nbt1on~1
w£.s included in the tlielected eXii!.tlples chosen to illustrate
history
~t
;.~
Ga llory of
rt
"(rr.-ieb t s a rt
the Berlin F.nstivul , c'eptomber, 1951.
M1';-' . Drubki .n 1s on the Council of the j,,:lGrict!n Color Print Soci ety,
.::~nd.
Secret£..ry ,
Ph11udel~hla
Chapter ':)!
trtl staT Equ:i ty .Asso c i b.t1on.
or thE: Fine .Art
ts, Phltadel phi 2
Th Penns lvenia
Broad and Chert"
From;
Ellzab th Z. wn on
:2lrggtQt pi' fy. J.lc ijela,tionft
Tile 127th
Tho
i.l
Nl1 tlo~'l
1
t~nu~l
.Ac~demy
Qf the Peno.svlvan1
Exhlbi t1Qn
or DesIgn
0
For l'ele
1'"ch 27" 1952
..
P&i ntings , Sculpture
Q,!,
Me'~
pen d today in
nd Prints of
Yorlt Ci ty •
1'11
school
Ac d.emy of the Fine Arts 1s well represGllt d li4roong
the prize-winners agaIn this y sr.
~:;:....::o::'=".....:::..I~~I1IlIAQ,II"
won the
a 1! ember of the Fttculty of the Ponnsylvan1,' l'c&de y,
00 Benjamin Alt1:l.atl Flgur
Prize for his p Int1ngVl(.l..{! tttnopg.
Ur . Stu miflg .lives at 201 East Evergreen
-.:;~~~....-.
\ on th
"~1t'5t
in Chestnut Illll .
J~\fenue
or
fiallgerten Prize
$ZOO for his p int1ng
Bis home 1$ in JamIeson, Oregon.
the
pennsylv u.nl~
Academy.
L~st
suruwer h
He 1s now1n the midst of his last YOlir of
study here.
L&.st
Prize Qf $100 for his
vani
h(~
Ac"demy' s $1200 Sch1edt !iGUlQrial Prize liS
school.
~y
he won the Penn y1
finIshed his worl\. in 1 t
130th he and Kamihira bre living' "t present tit 1716 Spring G rd n
Stroet in Phi,lad.elp.n1a.
T\'Vo other painters currently
tudying at the P :lllnsylvvniti Ac'·d·w.y-
h"',d work . ccept d in tho National ACE.demy sho.~' a
Wilmington, . els core, and
.?~ul
S . leI"
living in Ph11cdelph1a at 3101- 1
Charles N. Vinson of
or of South
st .
Pl.ul , .M1nnesota, no
unt':1n Drive.
The Nct10nal iuadel-'ll" ExhibItion is mt>d
up Of bpP'roxtmately 300
wOl'ks 24 01' r1hieh 'f/on pl"izes , and. will continue tht-ough April 13th.
~'he Pennsylvania Acaciemy of the Fine .Ar ts
Broad and Cherry Streets , Philade1pnia 2
From;
March 31, 1952
lUizabeth Z" Swenson
Director of Public Relation.s
The Women's COlllUlitte(-t of 'The Pen::ulylvania Acad emy of the Fine
Arts will give a Tea in honor of Stell& Drabkin in the Academyfs
Phi ladelphia Artists' Gallery on Friday afternoon, April 4th, from
4 to 6 o'clock.
1'he hostesses for the afternoon will be the follo wing Committee
members :
Mrs . Horace Binney H8.re
Mrs. Morton jl cMichael
Mrs. Drabkin v;111 exhibit paintjngs and
from
April 1st through 13th.
dra~,dngs
in the Gallery
1'he
PEtn.nsylv<~nla
Ac ... demy of the Fine hrts
Broud &n Cherry Streets
Ph11 ..,delphla
The Pennsylvania AN.damy of the Fine ,Arts, founded in 1805, ac tually d.ates
froll) 1791 when Ch~r 1 0s ";,Vi Ilson PE)ale fi ret attelJlp te-d to org anize f:i.n insti-
tution devoted to t he fine Cl'-rts .
!;l'~t.
effort
w~s :'10,1;
.:tuccessf:.ll, but from
it gre'.", the Columb1anufll -:-hl ch ::;taged 1n I nde pendenc e H<., ll the flrst
exh : bltion of p&1ntlngs ever held in Phi l Hdel ph1£i..
The Columbl anulli ex:fS;ed
only lit. fe V:' years J but the dedic&tion lmd inspiration of Peale '~'fn"e chiefly
responsible for the forrrliltion of the .ACUdt:HhY, tile nation' s first c rt
i.nstl tution •
.During 1 ts early years, exhi hi tion r:.orks !j f (art were bro :jght frow Europe ,
but th$ J'Iocadelliy hLS consi stently encouraged iuuerican artists until no\'\1' the
emptwsis both in e.xhibl t10ns a.nu b.oq,u-i s1 t,1ons i ::l al.tlost er.tl rely on t}H.~
Ameri can side , 1 ts permanent collection (onE- or the fin(;~t in AUHH'i ca)
ranging from the portr&i ture bmJ. oth(lI' t·m rks of tllC ea.f ly 18th century through.
1'ts current ~cquisltion5. It stages m~n ;y spechd exhibiti ons, and in the
wh'lter 1 ts 14'fth A."mual £JCh t bi tion of 011 Pa tntltlg and Sc ~l p tureJ by living
Aiaer1 can ~:ll·tl sts , v:; , s held .
1'0 cO\;mterpalunce the n<itionl'. . l aSpE'ct of 1 ts
Bot1 v1. ties" dul' lng e. mo.Jor p~~r.t of :l ts winter seo..son it devotes one gallery
to one-ru~n s hows oi' Phi 1 8 delphl~ artists' work.
During t h e SUriltiler of 1951 the large canvas ChrJ.s~ feJeQ~ed by BenjlUl.!ln West
restor ed ~.nC: per ~!ln0n t;1 ( j,ns tLlled in G&ll (!lry ;
Work 1s currently
in progress on another of West f s great ClmVI;i. SeS Death on t.. Pale HoI' e.
By the 3l.llllA.~e r of 1952 1 t Vi,ill ei t h-e r be completed or in t he process of
cOio1pletlon in Gbllery B, where vi s1 tors illay Sf;e the lest stages of th&t work
by thEl AOl!.idelllY ' s Conservator.
Botll paintings previously hung high in the
'flIJ.S
stair well or in an adjacent 'h all gallery where it was difficult to see them.
The P.c~demy l s cU stingu1shed schools have always been t he tra.ining center
of l!l(my of lu:o.er.1ca f S Jlost illustrious art1.sts .
Over $15 , 000 in student
travel scholershlus and other tlri zas I... re awarded annua.lly; and during 1950-51
t ho se a1 thcr stIli stud ents or' hEwing been out less th&n a yeor ?Jon ~ 15,175
in national prizes .
So far this ye~.r, ;5000 in ni~tional competiti ons has
been on.
The gall eries a re on Gl'l '1HHi:,;uays (oxcept Monday~) from 10 to 5; SundHYs and
Holidays from 1 to 5.
Adl>11 ssion 1 s free .
tJ..flI"oh, 1952
The ' ennsylvania Academy of the Fine Ar ts
Broad and Cherry Stl'eets, Philadel phia :2
From;
Elizabeth Z~ Swenson
Director of Public Bel&tions
fUnong
Ap ril 1, 1902
For Frank Brookhouser' s
column
the puintings and drawings by Stella Drabkin on eXhi bi ti on
in a one-man show at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Art s tn i.ts
Philadelphia Artistsf Galle ry are sever a l whose Subjects are well- known
i n the art world.
Tri ad, fo r example, inc l udes the distinguished arti st Fed er i co
Castellon, h is wife and Child.
Mother and Child (from the Academy f s permanent collection), was
posed by =1rt::::..l'=..,,;
'=':::'~"!:::';:!::...:::.Q"::::':::'../Io.
wife of the v er s ati le Phil&delphia Orches tra
cellist and photographer, whos e paintings a ppear regula rly in lo cal art
eylli bi t ions .
Reverie i s the wtfe of the l ate A. S. Baylinson, long known as
one of AJIlerica t s
~ re 8i.test
painters of the nude.
The fi rst painting
Mrs • .Drabkin ev er bought for herself was one by Bayl in son.
The eJ:hlb l tion opens t oday and continues through Easter Sunday,
Apr il l2·th .
The Pennsylv ania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Chel'ry Btl'eets, Philadel phib. 2
From:
Elizabeth Z. SI!'1 enson
Director of Public Relations
April 1, 1952
for Earl Selby ' s column
has
Elizabeth/ served Dr .. and Mrs. David Drabkin for many years, and i n
such a way as to long since have won their great attachmEmt .
Mrs .. Drabkin,
known to the art-minded for her paintings, dra'lvings and prints, as St'l a
~rabkin,
painted a portrait of Elizabeth at work in her kitchen shelling
peas and titled it Afternoon.
A little later, the Drabkins s hared
Elizabeth's good services with Dr. Drabkin's colleague at the Graduate
School of Medicin e, U of P, Dr . Julius fl. Comroe, Jr., and M.rs. Comroe .
The Comroe' s devotl~~ ' to Eli zabeth obviously matches the Drabkin I s (,she
"
has nov," worked for the Comroes some 20 years) and made them especial~y ·
~
anxiou s to obtain Mrs. Drabkin's portrait of her.
F'or a long time \ ,
Mrs. Drabkj.n could not be persuaded to part with it, but finally gave i n .
Now, Dr. and Mrs. Comroe have lent the painting for Mr s .
Drab~d nfs
one-man sho ...; in the Philadelphia Artists f Gallery at The Pennsylvan i a
Academy of the Fine Arts where it \yill renw.in on exhibi tion through
Easter Sunday, April 13th.
The
e,!f).dtmy of ·tho Flne At.. ts
P~nnl:lylv~mia
Broad ana CherTY Street ,.
. hilaci.elph1~
2
April 9 .• 1952
From
P~int1n ($
by
will b Q :!eatut' *d in the Philadelphia
Artists. Gall ry at 'l'he PGnr.$ylv an1t!:i .Academy of the Fino Art!;!, beginn1n
Tuesday, Apx·.11 15th en ' cQntlnuin
Ls:mdscape
They .include
se e r al
.$
I
e·
mpos:1tlons
r~om
ceo s
thrOugh Sund y , the 27th.
ad. portt't.t1 ts 'Gill make up the oolleot1Glh
n oh Islsnd wb
Long
he an
I'll!
hi$. ft..mily spent
run rs, oth 1"S from in :n" around :'.o(H.~e.stown (both in New Jer51ey) 1
&nd three 1ntel'iot's
ot the S§Anct ua:ry at
th~
F'leisilerrt
~em
·rial .
Mr . Elsenstat w· s born in Philadelphi a .
Sketch Club
(nQ · tb~ i'lei h r Art
omori 1 ) tor thre· y a1" k1 end whJ.1G there
on
sp alts of
thffl
Intlu.tffnce-d hi
1 t. · HonryMcCarta.r of tbe Ac d wy faculty
p~dnt1nfh
416
havin
g:rOfJtly
jjel"nesFoull.d~t1on.
.He ' leo attend. ' th
in wost o:fth .. local e.xh1hitioo"" (includ1ng
Ul1y
one- m..an s.ho ( ) and
mAS
e::1.Jli hi t$d in aev 1"41.1 of
thO
il1,elding ao.t reo ntl;y" th l Terry Art 7·, ' :1b1-t ion1n
, t Dir0ctors' El:hiblt.1on.
from the ?hl1(1delphla
1"11."fJt
Otl.e-lil n
eh1b1 tion
~r
he was still in the
y.
He was billed thel1.
exhibit since The Occupat1on. t1
Mol' ..
~ lUUill,.Un
E1$en.
t~t
is
.1ao a to
$1:'
t
t
back.
His
"the first Amar1ctln to
8Q1
VH$
in
rt ,All! nee.
~n
11. . tructo1." in
w~
t r Co or .
t th.e Fle1: h0r
t t
iG
Penl1sylva.nhl loademy student, Jane Sperry,
Ph11~delphla
Eiaenat t s l ive e,t 438 en den
Sun ay InQuix"
'~venue ,
lltoGrost
Xhe Aet:de.lti1 gallel!'ios are open weekd ys f r o
Sun .ily'S from 1 to 5..
A. i.T.Ilss1Qtl i s i r o.
Ph11ad l phi -
rt 4leni.o l'1al, in ad 1tion
V;oodbury ( New J'€!rsay) Sketch Club.
Batura y Evening Post and the
Th
fA ft;;l'V~ y0~;:. t·S
His most reoent , and third thera,
Sohool Qf Art, Inpe;1nting
t o hl~ t ea.ohin
1 ni , Florida, wh re
s in Herleen, Tile Netber.LliilIld.e, in 1944 whIle
fI
1950 ,at the Ph11udal phia
m.. tional ones ;
IUs
r.
ire,
tor th
r~
11., H'Ii ..T.
10 t o 5, e ,0 pt hion.da . •
The Pennsylvania Academy of the F'ine Arts
Ero d and Cherry Streets, Ph11& ' elph1a 2
April 22 , 1952
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Publi g Relations
From:
HU1ilbert Howard in Oae-Man Show at Acade
Y
Humbert Hgwurd vill be the last local artist to be honored this
spring by The Penn sylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with a one-m8n
exnlbition of his paintings in its Philadelphia Artists ' Gallery.
on 'Tuesday, April 29th, it will continue t hrough Sund y,
Mr . Howard
h~ s
0.y 11th.
divided his work into the following classes :
one painting for each year from 1946 through 1950; (2) fo ur
rela ~ ing
to fishermen;
(3) four semi-abstractions; (4)
group including t h ree paintings in
w: ..lch
he has
Ul~ de
Opening
(:I
(1)
~" ed nt1ngs
miscellhneous
an a t t empt to tie
jin our illodern music tempi and other con1.e,uporary inf l ~ Hmces 'w i th those
hE:; has .felt ['rouL the "'tudy of African scul pture.
With the exception of
five '. ';Orks , a.ll in th : s ex...l-t i b1t1on were pb1nted in 1951 .
A
n ~, tive
Phl1e..del ph1a.n, iltr .
HOVlEq:'d
w£s educc.-ted e.t t he tJnivers1ty
He is a
o f Pennsylvania and Hovi Urd On1v ersi ty' S School of Fine Arts.
member of Omega Ps i Phi F'ra terni ty.. t.he Nom1not1ng
E;\~ u1ty
COU1ll1i ttee
of . rtf sts f
(PhIladelphia chHpter) e nd Chairman of Art L t the Pyra.l.il1d Club.
He hus exhi bited ct the L1hI>ary of Congress, University of Southern
Cali forn1a , TeHlple Unl val'si ty, New York World ' s Fui r ,
Alliance, the Pennsylvtl.n ia AC b.demy, Carlen and Dubin
Club .
Phil~) delp ~1 ia
GI;~, llE~ ries ,
Art
~~ n ct
t ho Sketoh
His -~fork is owned by private collectors (;ind by the ..'\c udemy, it having
Qought Yellow Cup in 1951 from its 146th A.."lnual Exhi bi tion .
Mr . Howard lives at 5305 V:e stminster Avenue and has h is studio
at 10 South 18th Street .
Galleries are
from 10 to 5;
o. ~ en
weekdays (except tJond«ys )
Sundays from 1 to 5.
Free.
of the r'1ne J~rts
Ph:11ad lpni 2
.Fro'.
eJ. · .;t~bath
z.
Sv. f. ~
n
Vit"Gctor of PU.bl.f,Q TIoli1.t1vn
.F
OregoIlI
b.~s
j
t been. p'l"chas
a and
presented to 'l'he Penn ylvania
rts in Ph11buelph-i
by the COmtl.itt e ()
for its perl!1anent col1t:lcti on
E'cllowshjp, in the nellie of thu):'..s1.1.0wship (-luran1
~5s~1!1t;.ti n of the 1nst1. tutlon) tht'ough the Committe f
5
picture ptU'O a e
fun ~ .
t.:ib1tiQn.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fi.ne jJ,...rts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia. 2
From:
May 6,
Elizabeth Z" Swenson
195~
Director of Public Relations
Walker Hancock, Sculptor, Elected Academy
l·i.1umni President
Walker Hancock was elected President of the F'ellowShip (alumni
association) of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts at the
association's Bi-1111nual Meeting and Election of Officers lo.st night.
Born in St. Louis, Mr . Hancock received his art educ e.tion at the
AC8.demy where he ret'..lI'nec.. to become head of :i.ts sculpture department in
1929.
V;n.'lile a student her6 he won t wo Cresson Travel ing Scholarships,.
and here as well as elsewhere 5i.nce thcJ t time he has enjoyed very many
G.wards bnd
commi 851011.s, and been.
£i
very regv.lar exhibitor.
During
Wor ld War II he served overseas e.s Monuments , Fine Arts end Archives
Officer from 1943 to 1945.
He is a lIl€mber of t h E Architectural League
of New York, the National Sculpture SOCiety, National Academy of Des ign,
National Institute of Ar ts bud Letters.
Massachusetts .
During the winter and spring he hfi.S been living at 203
East l,'vergreen Avenue , Che.3tnut Bill.
The following other officer s were also elected:
Ks.pn,jur (7'
'P·..,TI''''T
~r tj .
nt;'
"-'£:-;~,..-r
~S.l..
-r~,~'- .f01.1
l BL L lS ~G~ L F7~rD
':''.IT1" 20),] EJ'. g ~
,~cr(~riJ
rsz
J _;
..i ",r~
'''_It"'' ... ~r7'\
l
C\':' I, )T ~ .·.re
....., "'!'" "".1\
e.. r
il'~-rr~')'D
~':
~.~~...
,T'
-) I
- ... :
...: ..
k.t'~ \,.
'N N' rl ,"\
,L 20:::J
r -n Fin l't
Pbil-delphi 2
e
1"0
., ay
Fro :
The Pennsylv 'n1a Acedel41 Qf the
9,
1952
Arts announces two recent
1n
gifts to its per- nentcoll ct10n of Amerioan pelnt1ng snd sculpture, as
rolla Be
Qua!nt ,§tt eet, an oil pldntin
Of
r. George P . Orr,
Ch~irm'n
'by fta).t r
£)
rsoD Ba]'!Fh
~s
the gift
of the Academy's CowIEl1ttee on Collections .
idr. Bf!UtA, pt..lnter &nd te cher, is also art cri tic of the Philadelphia
Evening and Sunday Bulletins, director of
of the Kl1ne- B!i.um Sohool of Art in the
v ille and received the
Aoade y.
lU~j or
He is a very
S&.~de
part of his
reguJ.~t'
th~
Allontofm Museum of Art, and
ci ty .
Be
~' bS
born in Seller -
rt instruction in the Pennsylvania
exh1.bitor in Ph 11udelph1& a.rt e);.: '·i bitions
's well as those elsewhere, and many museums, art g&.lleries f..nd private
collectors ovm.tds work.
Promgn adl, l.llso
~o
011 , by ljen K£udhira, of JCWl.ieson, Ol'agon, has
been presented by the COlllmittee on Fellowship in the name of the Fellov hip
(alumni associ&tion. of the inst1 tut1on) thro~lgh the Comm1 ttee ' s PIcture
Purchase Fund.
~r. ~slh1ra ,
still
~
student in the Aeudeoy' s school ,
received a Cresson European l riil.ve11ng Scholarship froin t he Acauemy in May
1
of 1951 whi ch ma.de ;ossible his trip
Rec ntly he was
B.w~;rded
~fcross
the wat.er
l ~st 5lUlIlmer.
the First HallgLrten Pri£€ of ;eeoo in the National
Act:.demy's Exhi bition in New Yodt Ci ty, and more recently, an Honorabl
~e nt1on
in the C:"el ten..'lam Art Center':; .tmnunl J.··... ard Rxhl hi tion .
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets l Philadelphia 2
From:
Elizabeth Z. Swenzon
Director of Public Relations
June 5, 1952
Art Academl Will Open Summer School in Citl
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts announces
a six-weeks' summer school to open on June 23rd and continue through August 2nd.
It will be conducted in its
winter school headquarters at Broad and Cherry Streets,
Philadelphia.
Registration will begin on Monday, June 9th.
Instructors for the course will include Roy C. Nuse,
Francis Speight, and Roswell Weidner, all members of the
Academy's winter school faculty.
Martin Jackson, a member
of the Fleisher Art Memorial faculty, will be the guest
instructor.
Sessions are scheduled for each weekday and Saturday
mornings and include landscape, life, portrait, costume and
croquis classes.
the P'<lnnsylv nln
81'oad and Ch 'r y
Fro
J
j\¢l;demy
StN~et. ,.
of the Fine ll"ts
Ph!ludcl ph1' 2
June 9, 1952
Bl1zab th Z. Swenson
Dtt g .at g,r PlAgJ:1c !Wlat1ons
Young Trav 1 Scholarship WinIl 1'8 Will Sail for
,&)!t Pi
..
lVflnh~
Sehcu.i:lt"sh1ps frow The Penns
fot" Eul"op , with 8 of them
l~aving
Aeud my of t :he ,,'1ne .tlrts, will
on Wed.netd
$
1l
June 11th, on the
]I ,
They incluQt'u
Sus~n
Gorse, Chestnut ilill
Jei:<l.fl'S
$ ..
Pt;: ul e, • Kr t.•.:an" , k.: t. . Pa.ul, Minn.
John loa hl<.i.Ssey. Jr . J Pi t tsburgb, Fz:...
RYM. Portlun(i,
Or~gon
"':h-: rlEi$ V'in£on , W11Ulin"ton, Del,.
John i\. Gardner, C~l;;.den .. U. J .
\d.lliam J. ';;4t..lloy, Jt'. , Phi lb.
lj',t.lter K. hood, i.J"'liuson, r..: .. C.
'l'.:~c:
'J:~ tt
t:etherlt.,ntC:s, 1 f,,,'l~' una.
Sp~in.
Dont.ilcl £'u!'t of: ;:;outij.
Travel Schol"riiihip in
mur~l
P(~k1n,
1111nolx; J who \':011 ;; 13 second (;[,OS on
decortitlon in 1951 will
s fling on i.uguat 12th o.nthe "liie\</
t.:¢n.tlnent .
others
J.l<i~t&rd.~ti!'t
U~e
it this
Su.L:L.;.~r t
for En;'.Lanc.l fmd the
Th(.; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cher ry s tre ets , Philadelphia 2
From :
J une 9 , 1952
Eli zabeth Z. S~Nenson
Director of Public Relations
For Earl Selby t s column 'Nhen J ack Massey} one of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine ,Arts"
students who recently won $1350 William Emlen Cresson itdemorial European
Tr av el ing Scholarships, received the award, he did not know he would set
out for Europe with a few cOl1l111issions to execute.
Jack has be en visiting his parents in Pittsburgh preparatory to
sailing on the "Queen Maryff on June 12th.
·e
Wh
. 1Ol
+'
.
~nere,
M''''"
r
d
r~
~awar
Borger , president of Pittsburgh ' s gas company, saw some of the work of
this abl e young painter, 11.1{ed it and purchased it.
-
Mr . Borger went further: during World War I .. he was head of a
volunteer ambul ance and field service unit in Italy.
Now
he want s young
Massey to do some w ter colors of special spots in Poll tano and Florence ,
and forthwi th commissioned him.
The Penn.: yl .
Broud
Fro
, ct:.de y of the .Fin ' irt _
str e 's,h11 ad lph1a 2
<1 Che
t
_If
_A
11_
t - 'I
. . ..
Local Sculptot" S 115 fa!" 18 uonths' Stuy in
j'
-dte
J i
Fr.n
~
M.
1
:&:
,i.
_
l>i" I
PM
.
The yo
g Phil d lphin eculptor, Ed at'
~.
ch:t ldr~ni!'
d t
ulc"" l.i
t
~hllr$d
td le¢ fro n New Yurk on
d £ot' th
1
•
~t"d#
f"e'nno !loffman ..
for Canne, , anco, wht:!tre they will re
fle 1$
lm
t.d. h hi.
y, June l2th, on. tho
1'n far- 18
UIi
nth ..
Chat -. u de Lan pc>ule ne· r Ctln,n:'!.'l whct"e,
H~
t th '
1 th
;f'1rst sculotor t.o bo given the hO'1'1t£\11ty of thi!$ atud10 and with hie
f
~l ly
.111m ~ke his
bO~(i-
in tho Cnateeu tQr
ins 16 ooth ..
e
t.l¢
ii_fl" . Boftml1n received bia ~t't ~,(iuc t10n in the ~'ehool$ of t'he Penn )'1J~c~d~my
vanis;,.
erYie
of the Fin
in World W r II,
krt
\'\1'110h, eft.r the lntel'rupt1cn of five II ."11.'"
com let d in
Wil ..,
',~uy
or 1950.
V,'hl1Q in til
Aoadmy he won the CtimeQn Sculpture Prlze (1941) a.nd a C essen Europ ·an
Trevel1ng Schol~t':Jhip (1949).
In
Octob~r
h€.~on
of 1950
Founda.tion in new
,i n 1llrope.
~r.
This
Hoffman to t'ke adv
~r ..
llotf-i11an h
n ' . r- Philad. lphi:
fot' the
Wal"
~el;l1Qrtnl;
en' rob
c
l~thlet:1.c
at U
untjl nol'i,
Etl'18rd .. Ulll:\.;e(I.
m
nt~ge
~xaeuted
th~ \ y.y,i:'
titadjum of
or thi
\~ill
unu$u~l
M)£:lor1Ei
t~hl3
Squat'
~ (HU,i;Jll
YO ,t '
ll3'~ k'
City for
1 t poshible fot'
m~.! stli
n
in
H1ih School for
ted in th"
.fQt"
$."
L~m$dQ
'me 1'ov;n;;.ohip ... also
nQ
1;;p th
~
t;hc 'e.tepo t$ of St. AlbEUl
:'111:11'
of 1951; Etnd, just
f.uta 'r~· ..
Alexand
t"
of Paoli.
in, JUo.·
0
t the P fln..,ylvunh. Rosp! tal, t!(!ulptut'
pletild, 1..:> U pot'tr.&.i t of IUn.&, d(;;. u8ht~r of' lJi:r ..
i'ha hotf'watt:s home 1
I)t"
privil ge.
thEil tollor"lng seul'turo c
a p 11' o.f la b$ in 11J1o->tono
-tOi'Jn
bell'
n $2000 Loui
son
Qf
the
rch1 t "ct"
Brown
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry streets, Philadelphia 2
From :
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
Pennsylvani~i
July 2, 1952
Academy Galleries Closed for
Alterations
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts announces that its
galleries at Eroad and Cherry Streets are closed teiliporarily due
to alterations being made in the galleries "
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
From:
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
July 1 4 , 1952
Director of' Public Relations
Academy Augments Faculty and CUr'riculum
In announcing a year's leav e- of-absenoe for Harry Rosin, sculptor ,
fr om the teaching staff of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fihe Arts ,
Joseph T. Fraser, Jr., Director of the Academy, reports that Charles Rudy
i
will take
~.fr.
Well-known Ameri9an sculptor ,
Rudy received his art education in the Academy and has taug~t previously
~tth
in
Mr. Rosin' s post during that time .
1 ts c1 ty and Chester Springs schools.
i
He has executed many
,
COriSSions , most recent of which is the War Memorial Flag Pole Base on
t~k campus of the University of Pennsylvania, and is presently at work on
another War Aiemorial for the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
In addition to the regular program in the sculpture department, a
course in ceramic sculpture will be inaugurated for the season 1952- 5.3,
and carried on under the direction of the head of the department, Walker
Hancock, and Mr. Hudy,,,
The Academy also announces a new course in graphics for the comi ng
season, and the engagement of Morris Blackburn to conduct it.
Mr.
Blackburn~
also an alumnus of the Academy and one of Philadelphiats best known artists ,
was for se\reral years head of the graphics department of the Tyler School
of Fine ft.rts of Temple University, and is currently painting instructor
at the Philudelphia Museum of Art.
Fellow~hip
for 1952-53 .
He was recently awarded a Guggenheim
A regular exhibitor in various media, his prints
in partipular have been shown i ,n many parts of the world .
/
:i,3oth Mr. Rudy and Mr. Blackburn are represented in the Academyt s
,/
I
p,xmanent collection;
I
1I
The Pennsy.l vani&. J~cadel' y of the .Fine Art s
Broad a.nd Cherr y Streets , PhilaaEtlphia 2
F'rom:
Elinibeth Z. Swenson
of Publ~c kel&~ions
Di~ticto~
F'ennsylvani ACb.demy Re- Opens
;: ts Galleries
Au gust 1, 1952
:rhe Pennsylv t.nia Acc.uemy of the !"ine Arts at Broad G..nd Cherry
Streets has re-opened the hl8.jor part of i.ts galleries following re cent
l::tl te:r.:.;:tions end re- decoratlon which necessttated closing them to the
public f or the past several weeks .
Part of the .lnst:i tution t S important periCianent col lection of
Ameri can art i s on e.Y.hi.bi t l on in the opEn f:<111eries.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
October 3, 1952
From:
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
Water Color and Print Exhibition with Concurrent
Special Events
TEE 50th ANNUAL WATER COLOR and PRINT EXHIBITION will open at The Pennsylvanj.a Academy
of the Fine Arts on Sunday afternoon, October 19th and continue through Sunday,
Wovember 23rd. As has been the custom, i t will be presented by the Academy and The
Philadelphia Water Color Club. This year The Catherwood Foundation will coo~erate.
An especially rich series of events has been arranged for the five-week period.
Work will include that by living artists in the United States and from many other
nations, never before publicly exhibited in Philadelphia. Part of it was invited
and part jury-chosen.
SpeCial afternoon and evening events include,
Wednesday, October 22, 4 to 5$30 -
Reception in honor of Japanese exhibits.
Special guests.
Thursday, '
"
23, 2:30 -
Gallery Talk-
Friday,
"
24, 8:30
Woodwind Quintet and Piano in program of
chamber music by Debussy, Martinu, and
Hindemith.
Wednesday,
"
29, 4 to 5:30 -
Reception in honor of French, Belgium,
and Swiss exhibits. Special guests.
Thursday,
"
30,
2~30
-
Joh'1 H8i gaard
Gallery Talk - JI'rederick Gill
Tuesday, November
4, 8:30 -
Lecture by Jacques Lipchitz, sculptor
Wednesday,
"
5, 4 to 5:30 -
Reception in honor of English and Canadian
exhibits. Special guests.
Thursday,
"
6, 2:30 -
Gallery Talk
Wednesday,
"
12, 4 to 5:30 -
Reception in honor of Spanish exhibits.
SpeCial guests.
Thursday,
"
13, 2:30 -
Gallery Talk
Tuesday,
"
18, 8:30 -
Lecture by Eugene Speicher, painter
Wednesday,
"
19, 4 to 5:30 -
Reception in honor of Scandinavian exhibits.
Special guests.
Thursday,
"
20, 2:30 -
Gallery Talk - J une Groff
Friday,
"
21, 8:30
Violin, cello, piano in program of chamber
music by Brahms, Mendelssohn and Handel-Halvorsen.
- Dore thy G-rafly
-
John teer
The galleries will be open weekdays (except Mondays) from 10 to 5; Sundays and
holidays from 1 to 5; and the evenings listed above, from 7,30. Free Fridays,
Sundays and evenings. Other days 25¢.
ctldmy of the Fine
The P nnsylv . 1
d ~n
" 1"0
tr
Cn r'l:Y
?~11ad
ta,
rt
or ~elo se ond y
October 6, 1952
lphi' 2
Fro &
York City ht.\s ooncluclad
1 ts 1 52 Ca.mpet1ti n fo,'r S<!hol&.'rshipa 1n Painting, Soulpturo {1,n d 01" phlc
8, 000 to th1rt en t1pp11c" nts, a on· whom
ett;' ~ing
stud nte -t --iH't.e
at Th
Pennsylv 1
/lead my of tho
Fine
WAS
u student
Vi
stunt hera frQ
1948 to 1950.
Penna11van1~
ACadenlY.s 1952
" Jf~
a a
meu.tlbar of
1000
School
rd •
... ne1ntering th
it
rts.
In ·' ud1 t1Qn,
2OCO grant ,
rd,.
the
D.",_'
nd Ph~+jR it Fo!1 r (sculptor)
(paint r)
each won
re th1"El
com.pet1tion, e eh 'PPQlicant
d t 11 <1 plM. for us
ot a
as required to furnish
nt, should he receive one,hloh
' t'
ill
s eonsid r-
ed nlGog with his 'ork.
Tho Coilmittee of Sel ct10n Inolud d ;
fyOI"; tynd W~l'dt
Sue Fuller, Holen Sa
Pau.l J nn
'l'he Qnn()unee£t'lI~nt "I~S wade by Hob~rt .(: ichol
Thom(;i,B
rx , 3rd, liv
Y,
$
Lou.is Bouche, John Carroll.
61n , and .;!.onhonr1. Young.
D1r~otor of the Foundation.
t
at 2;308· LoQWlt Stre t , Iltfl1~delph1a and 1s
He wane Cr·s50n Euro"'eM
the son of 1(rs. Thelma. .8. J)ulles of , 'aWl r .
~rav ling SOholarship fl'Gnl the Ac~'i my in ' ay of ~951 .
Philip
HonorDl
f:.
Fowler h s b en~,
' nt10n
tudent ot the ACGoe y since 1941.
in the Cr·s on Xl'&veling SOholarship comp tition
in 1950~ 1951 and 195J2;the il'lalk
Portnorr PrIze 1n 19S2.
He 111,1'
li&noock P ize i.n 1950 and the .Alexander
at 3100-0 .Morri. Str et, Ph11hdelphl •
S
Ben K ih1ra, 3131 Dib-mono. Street, l)h:!.ludelphia,
tro4.~ Jb. i
now
on, Oregon,
alting u
He
caIilO
htu'
a Cr~' on ir valin! Scholarship in 1 ... 5
WOll
to study
is
of a J. fienry Schiedt ' emor1al Schol"l"ship u\-rd,d him by
the Ac.:.d@.i.llY in 14,.y of' 1952.
He e m' to the Ac
r htp fro · tho Pbl1a el phl . Bo ·r
lS a $tud.
, u1 h
~
Q
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t 5009 ...
hool .
Mr. Jack on live
End r
in We
York City.
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at 2112
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of
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h
t
Cl'umQ~llol'
uc tlon.
ch s
·dul
amy on
In audlt on to hi .
t th '
Stret in Ph11adelphi , Mr.
To Linton lvib.rtin 2nd llii.ax de
The Pennsylvan i a
Ac~demy
Schauensee
of t he Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Phi l adelphia 2
!i'rom:
Oc t ob er 1 3 , 1952
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director o f Public Re la.ti ons
Academy .Announces I ts F'i fth Season
o f Ch amber Music Concerts
The Pennsylvania. Acac. emy of' the .f ine Arts announces a series of'
Five Clib-mber Music Conc ert s to be held in its galleries at Broad
Streets at 8:2,0 on the following Friday nights;
Lt.nd
Cherry
October 24, November 21 ,
Janu ary 30, February 27 and [arch 27.
The October 24th concert will be pl a y ed by Thomas Hagerrlan , Flute ;
Alfred Genovese., Oboe; Guido
,~I ecoli,
Clarinet; FroD}: Buggiero , Bassoon;
Chr i stopher Earnest , French Horn; und Stanley Hollingsworth, Piano .
Their progrtilll will include:
Preluiere Rhapsodie for Cle.rinet 8.l'1d
Pi o.no by Debu ssy; Sonat H for F'lute and Piano by Marti nu ( first performance
in PhilCJ.dtillphia )
j
and the QUintet , Kleine KaJllilermusik, Opus 24 , No . 2 by
Hindemith.
The November 21 concert will featur e t he Wil.mar Trio in work by
Mendelssoh.n., Brahms, and Handel-Halvorsen,; January 30 \\'111 p resent Ralph
B,:rkowi tz end Vlndim.ir Soltoloff, Pianists, in a progrc:un of origi nal four - han d
. ·:?]i$':')'orks by Bee thoven , Mozart , Schubert, Debussy, Hindel11i th and
Deorak ~
On February 27 , Mr. Sokoloff and Jase lla Brodsky, violinist, will present
(1
F(OgNllU
of sonatas by Schubert , .straus s, and Franck.
close on March 27th
~itqdn,
~\i
The series vdl l
tn The Stringart Quartet in a progra;a of works by
Pcrsichitti, hncl Schumann.
The prog rams f or the series have be en arranged by Vladimir Sokoloff ,
and presented by the Acade,.uy (;.n d sponsored by the Music Performance Trust Fund
of the American Phonograph Industry in cooperation wi ttl Local ?7, of the
kuerican Federation of Mu sicians.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
From:
For release SUnday
October 19, 1952
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
Half-Century Marked by Annual Water
Color, Print, and Drawing Exhibition
When the 50th Annual Exhibition of Water Colors, Prints and Drawings 'opened with
a private view last night at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, i t marked a
half century of collaboration on the part of the Academy and The Philadelphia Water
Color Club in making these international exhibitions possible.
This year, for the
first time, The Catherwood Foundation is also cooperating.
The f ollowing prizes are announced by Joseph T.Fraser, Jr., Director of the Academy.
Three prizes and two honorable mentions awarded by the Jurl of Selectionf
Title of Work
Artist
Prize
Phila. Water Color Prize of
$200 for "str ongest water color. 1I
Honorable Mentions -
William Thon
Port Clyde, Maine
Contrasts"
(invi ted)
11
Morris Graves
IILotus" - tempera
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(,inyJ,;l;-.al
.h
/f~
.
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Henry
"Hotel
- water
Plymouth Meeting, Pa.
(invited)
color
Pit~
LO~Y"
Phoenix" - theorem
(invited)
Eyre Medal "for best print.1I
Ben Shahn
Hightstown, N. J.
Dana Water Color Medal
"for best work in water
color
"
Jules Kirschenbaum
21 E. lOth St.
New York City
Two prizes awarded by the Directors of the WaterColor
11
"The Grave Song"
(juried)
Club~
Dawson Memorial Medal, for
"distinction in painting or
drawing of flowers or gardens , II .
Frank Duncan
132 W. 23rd St.
New York City
"Jack-in-the-Pulpitsll water color
( invited)
Pennell Memorial Medal, for
"achievement . in illustration or
in the graphic arts • • "
Misch Kohn
1009 E. 62nd St.
Chicago, Ill.
IIFisherman" - wood
engraving
( Juried)
Inclusion of what Thornton Oakley, President of the WaterColor Club, believes to
be the largest number of water colors and prints from other countries ever to be shown
in Philadelphia, was accomplished through the collaboration of several cultural
-"
.
attaches in Washington from other countries, as well as through the customary sources •
• The result
cotUltries:
i~
some 45 artists, with one or more works each, from the following
Canada, Belgium, Denmark, England, Finland, France,
Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Norway, Switzerlahd, Spain, and
Work of American artists from 31 states is included.
Ge~any,
&~eden.
Hawaii, Iraq,
As has been the custom, part of the work was invited and part selected by the
Jury from some 1934 items submitted by artists from practically every state in the
cOUIltry.
There are 299 invited works and 271 juried in the exhibition, representing
the work of 171 invited and 233 Juried artists .
The
~
included • . Louis Bosa, Antonio Frasconi, Hobson Pittman, Ogden M. Pleissner,
Walter Reinsel and Carl Zigrosser.
A particularly rich series of events has been arranged for the five-week period
of the exhibition=
Tuesday evenings, November
_--:...4....:;a=nd 18 at 8t30 -
"Meet the Artist" evenings, with Jacques Lipchitz
(sculptor) and Eugene Speicher (painter),respectively.
Wednesday afternoons
4 to 5r20
October 22 - Reception in honor of
"
29 - Reception in honor of
and SWiss exhibits.
November 5-- Reception in honor of
exhibi ts
"
12 - Reception in honor of
19 - Reception in honor of
"
exhibits
Japanese exhibits.
French, Belgium
English and Canadian
Spanish exhibits.
Scandinavian
Thursday afternoons at 2:30 Gallery Talk~____
October 23
"
30
November 6
"
13
"
20
- John Haigaard
- Frederick Gill
- Dorothy Grafly
- John lear
- June Groff
Friday evenings at 8:3Q
October 24, Woodwind Quintet and Piano in program
of work by Debussy, Martinu, and Hindemith.
November 21, Violin, Cello and Piano in program of
works by Brahms, Mendelssohn, and Handel-Halvorsen.
The galleries will be open weekdays (except M~ldays) from 10 to 5; Sundays and
holidays from 1 to 5; and. the evenings listed. above, from 7 ~30. Free Fridays,
Sundays and evenings.
other days 25¢. School groups admitted free on any open
day if accompanied by instructors.
To raaio sthtions
~rhe
PGLtnaylvJln1
en
.Broad
n
FrQ I
ll:liQ
_
f!4·.5.fJI:ly;;;f the rine J):C'ta
rry i:;tl.·fl""ts , Phlludelph1a 2
z.
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Oc t ober
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on
Dil'uctor of Puoli c itelation
th
1952
"
.hrt ~.. cac..~~yt ~ F;I.!"s
Fl'~~ C;.)[H':~.i':rt
1~~.c::5lZ ~5ie 32Pl
for the
QUl'l" ... nt
..
in
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s . on vrl1.::" b' gi v n at Xh.e Pqnn ylvan1
be ,Hi.,. "''1 of the Fine Arts, Broad anti Cherry Stree t
ft,
on FridllY e aning
of this week, Ot')tobe:t' 24th, t;Lt 3sZ0 ..
'l'homti.$ flage'mtm , Flute ; •.'tlfrad tleorJVGUe ,f Oboo; Guid.o :M coli ,
G1D.t' inet;
ltrt,.J.l~{ nu~; g 1 et' ~j ,.
iju s soon $ ·:;tl'ri th.opha 't' :tttrne::; t .1 k"rCn CIJ n }Ion;
tJr",d '::,t&nley Holling worth,t Pi"no, will be heard in the fall. vdnl>
Pr'e~ iar ~ RhL?~Qdjo
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at 7:'7.0 to IltfOl'd v1.cr1'Cot's ::m opportunIty to see the cur.rent 50th
span orad by tho : sic ?erfQr "~lnO
In.dustt;·y i n
iJO OpO%."~ t10n
ZX'u.st Fun
\' 1 th Local 77, of the
Qf th.
$>
Idii~r1Q
-n Ph(,mo
ricb.D. F a.er tit.>n of
i'I~ph
,.'he Pennsylv n1li
'1'"
cad my or the Fine Art
and Cherry Str' te, Phl1adelphi 2
i~od
l)~ t'
SWI g'"
lYbl~9'
Ponnsylvan1a
~·he
fl
€let the
toll wln& evenings at ·6 :aO in
Tueueiay,
"
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n
ft
Deo
27 , 1952
of the Fin . Arts unnounces two spec! 1
AcedCZllY
Wednesday, Nov mb
l"
JlilAt1gn
lectures and. ' sfal."ies of four
til
Oetob
l.t;11z .beth Z. Swell on
:
rtifllt tt
event~
to be ,1 VM on.
"111'1 toy renowne4 personage
in the
5 - J&cqu,es Lipeh1'ta. sculptor
16 - Ell, n Sp 10081.', P 1nt r
l'
r1
b r 2
n
16
February 3
u
17
- Erie ewton, al"t cl'lt1c, London Sundy 11111$5
1m Karo.l1 , eolleator
- Vaaihv Vytl~Ql1f pinter
- Peter Blwae, pt11nt r
-
'r . Newton. is in thi 9 aoun·try on
i).
lectur , tout" and QS a JurymM
for thG Internation:1.1 l1.rt Elch:1 01 t10n tit Carnegie Illst1 tute in Pi tt burgh.
r. K rQ11k
to great collections of A er1can art to the
pr~$nted
MUG
Qf Fine Arts in Boston.
The dl t1nguishd artists for tIle four
in llov In-her Md Febru r)'
Dit'GotQr
progr
}U1V
e' t
th~
At,t1st ff e
nln '
been aho en by tht:; It.of... demy' s Bo rd of
I1lnd F cuI ty, .. nd th·.1.:: vi 1. ts plrum.e d a... t.\n lute
for stud nts in the Acad· . yfs
, CMO ' $,
~r
1 part G.t th
to be ah" 'r:-ed. al
0 by
Academy
h ped their life and wO'Fk.
the
rti tst work..
Xl
lor high 11 h s in thelt"
¢ere&t'~,
1~1
b
shown on
color slide •
Their visit . to
In
·th~
Ph:11adelph1~
ill b m.ark d by & vtlt'1e<i"otiv1ty+
afternoons, they till or1t1<d ~e work Qf
Wednesday mornings , the fo
.t'
artists \dll be
cEidemy students.
\lests
0'"
the
On
Phl1~delphia
Board of EdueCttion on it!} television prQgrwnExploring the FlneAt't·tt
o varied pl'O ram involv1.nu pL.int1n .
student.
I
sculpture, and young AlHi.d.eU11
rtist-
t work.
The Nove bel' and Febl'1.Ulry evenings also will b.
o~en
'to the public.
The Pennsylvania Ac ademy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
To ~ennings and Trotter
of In Quirer and Bulletin
respectively
October 31 .. 1952
Froms
Elizabeth Z. SVienson
Dil"ector of Public Re l at Ions
.Mr. R. Sturgis Ingersoll will entertain at di.nner at the
Rittenhouse Cl ub on Wednesday evening" November 5th, in honor of
Je.cques Lipchi tz preceding t h e sculptor t s appearance at The Pem1syl vania
Academy of the Fine Arts at fH30 t ha t evening in the first of the
series of flMeet the Artist" events.
H:ls guests will 1nclud.e Messrs. Jorm F. Lewi s, Jr' "
FI"aSer, Jr
II,
Joseph T.
Vernon M. Dodge, Presid€nt, .01 rector and Curator of the
Academy.; and the following members of its faculty: J a ck Bookbinder,
Julius Bloch, Walker Hancock , Harry Rosin and Char les Rudy •
•
The Pennsylvania Acade y of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry St~eets, Philadelphia 2
From:
For release:
Monda.y, November 3, 1952
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
Famous Sculptor at Acadeu
TI1e Pennsylvania Aoademy of the Fine Arts will present the first
of a series of four ff.l!eet the Artist" evenings on Wednesday. November
5th, at 8:30, with Jaoques Lipch1tz, internationally-known sculptor,
as guest of the evening.
Mr. L1pchitz, as well
~s
the artists who w1l1 follow at later
dates, wil l give an intimate account of the forces t hat shaped his
life and work.
work will be
sho~n
As
c::..
background for the t(llks, examples. of his
on color slides.
These "Meet the J\rtist" evenings will be open to the public.
To city editors:
Bulletin, In quirer, Daily News
•
To City editors, Evening
Bulletin, In ~ uirer
o.nd. Daily News
Tho Per.L:ls:tl'n:.nift J~ cud~iUy of t~ne Fine Juts
Bro:..d a.n.d Cherry ~trt; t:;L~ J Philad.elp:.l1.a 2
Froll1t
November 14, 1952
1£1 iu be th Zll SlIer. son
DirrcLor of
Pu115~ 2fl~l i 0ns
Great Amari can. Portrait Painter to
Sneak Here
Ji,'u.gene
of Woodstock ond New York City, will bE the
SRe~che;:
gu est of The PenrH3;y'lvimia Academy of tiie Fine. Arts at Br.o{,d "nd Cherry
Streets, on Tuesday evening, November 13th, dt 8:30, when the Ace-.ide
presents the second in its series of MGct tbe
One of
l~erlcat~
rests pril.1urily on
and work.
~.l.i;:)
hieh.st ranking
~rtists,
evenings.
Ur .
pur "t.l.'«i t .. n0. .f i3 urc ·;:ork.
Speiche r' ~
In his hppearnnce
color slides of
work. will be shown.
Admission 1s frt:e nnd the public ts 1nvi ted .
faille
so~c
of his
'rht~ P0J}1l
l. v~nle
.. i
From:
;'\''J.J b~'?th
~1 ~otor
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J.o~ctetlJy
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of
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and Ch rry Streets, PhJln
The P nnS lven1a Acad
Bro~d
From:
in
Art
l ph1a 2
Nov mber 17, 1952
Ell z' beth Z. S-en on
Dil' ctor of Public Relation
Prig,
Yoypg). a _
":':::~=-..o:::::JI:.....;:::.:::.==--...::,~rwd:JI'
of' 2308 Locust Stl'e t
#
l' 11e.delphia t ha '
been a arded. t he Carl Zabriskie Cash A 'ard of 100 for hi
"Stil l Life n in the Annual Exh::lbltlon of th
p
lnting
lied Artists of
ourrently Showing in the g 11erles of the N&tional
~ead
erio '
y in N w yo~
He is one of 237 exhibitors,
City.
111' .. Yer~ ~
is e student of The Penn y1 vania
AQ~delll.Y
of the
.' y of 1 951 he won a ere son. Europ e n Trr, v aling
Fine Arts, where in
Schol "('sh ip of i 1250, snd in theliIne month of 1952 the !lrst Toppan
Pri~e.
Last month h
won
'r2000 aw I'd from t he Louis Co fort Tiff "y
Found t1on, -Iso of New York City.
Young Yerxa. is the
.
~:
t;
on of Mrs . 1'hel e R. Dulle
of Rtldnor •
10
The Pennsylvani" Acad y 01 tb. Fine Arts
Mt'oad and Charl'-Y at't' eet 5, Phil- del ph i " 2
From:
P~esents
fu~s1c
3 city editors.
November 19, 1952
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
Art Academy
t~e
Evening of
Clyl bel"
11le Wil a
1%£i,2., in its Philadelphia debut, vdll present -the
second ooncert in the 1952-53
the F1.ne
2~,
S61'1 es
at The Pennsylvania Academy of
rts, Broad a.nd Cherry Streets, on .Frlday evening, Novswber
at 8:30 o'clock.
The '1't'10 consi.st:s of
q~llOj
" ricm Head , violin; Willi,.m Seputelli,
and Leo Luskin, piano.
They will play i1i!endelssohn ' ::: !rio in
D minor and Brahm' Trio in C ,minor.
l!..lso progrQillL!.ed is the
Pa,ssl1caglia for viol-in and oello unaccompanied by Handel- Halvorsen.
The d ors will open st 7;30 in order
t hat
vi nitors lO.ay h va an
oppor tunity to see, ahead. of the concert, t.he 50 th ,Annual International
Exhi 01 tlon of
1:.(1'
tel' Colors and Pri nts now in 1 t
last week .
Admission is free slld the pllblic is. invited.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
From,,:
November 19, 1952
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
Main Line Art.l st to Have One-Man Exhibi tioD at Academy
Virginia Armitage McCall will be the first artist to be featured
in the Philadelphia Artists! Gallerylr The Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts in Philadelphia this season when her solo exhibition opens
there on Friday, December 19 to continue through January 4.
The Academy exhibition will consist mainly of work done since the
War and parti cularly during the past year"
~[he paintings (will. b ~ in
from
oil and tempera and °will be chiefly landscapes, some/notes made while
traveling in Europe" (al though lthere will also be included
,
2)
or 4 of the
.
large drawings made from memo;y of (the )doctors at work in the operating
room~,
Miss McCall received her art euucatlon at The
Pe~~sylvania
Academy
of the Fine Arts where she won a Cresson European Traveling Scholarshi p
in 1931.
The following year she won als o from the Academy, this time
as a professional, the Mary Smi th Prize",
She received from the Phila-
delphia Art Club honorable mentions in 1934 and 1935, and their Gold Medal
in 1940 .
In 1946 she was given the Philadelphia Gimbel Award for surgi cal art
work she has done and continues to do at Valley Forge Arm.y Hospital ..
This
accounts for the 12 years of "silence" so far as exhi.biting is concerned .
During World Wa r II she worked, as u volunteer, in Tilton and Valley Forge
.Army Haspi tala, where she began
by
te8.ching painting under the Amer ic an
Red Cross and the Army Rehabilitation Programs, both in t he closed wards
of the l1eurO-piY~iatric service and the general hospital wards.
She went
on to serve as medical artist for the Plastic Surgery Service, making
drawings of the operations and developi,ng and finally completing the
famous collection of life masks, which are now in the Armed Forces Medical
Museum in Washing ton, D. C.
Miss McCall is still at the Vall ey FOr'ge Hospital, making small
artificial parts of rubber latex - life-like fingers, thumbs, ears" nO_;3es ,
et cetera - for ~he) patients to wear either before surgery is done or in
Vi.rgini a McCall - PAFA - 2
in t n e case of inoperable lesions .
But she is also giving some time to he r painting agai n, and
therefore i t is of special i nterest to see this work from the hand of
s:me who , because of her art training, could put her creative resources
t o work on a moral e-building ass ignment for those who have served
t heir country.
----"""7
Prior to her ArlllY s ervice ,
iss McCall eXhibited at the Ac ademy,
the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Detroit Institute of A.rt, Chi cago Art
Ii
(
I nstitute , City Art Museum of st. Louis, Corco ran Gallery, Buffalo
Fine Ar ts Ac ademy, the Whitney and Richmond Museums; the Salon, Par is;
the Century of Progress Exhi b i tioD and the Qs,l,ci~.n Gate Exposition.' J ler
t
.
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~ ' " ?l'J.,
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...fl £).~ -;..
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t.~f.l,;~"",:t
I
cH· \u.-I,
wo rk is owned by many priv ate collector 71 ' U and around Philadelphia
including the follo wing .Main Linersl
f"tr. O'iven Wi ster, Bryn Malivr;
Baron and Baroness de Schauensee,\1 Devon; Mr . and Mr s. Cha rles Chapl in,
Bav erford~ Mrs. Wi lliam B. Linn, overbrOOk~)
Miss McCall lives at 30 Hannum. Drive in Ardmore and is wel l-known
on t he 11!!ain Li ne as she is in Philadelphia .
In connection with her Army work she s aid:
ttl hav e prayed
\
const antly that my work could be of actual help but 1 al ways fee l t hat
I rec eiv ed more t han I gave ."
Tk¥e Acadeluy is open 'w eekdays ( except Mondays) from 10 to 5;
Sund ays 1 to 5; Closed Chri stmas and New Yeb.r II oS.
t
•.
I
Admission frne.
Revis§?d cQQyfor t e
ne.xt
is~ue
of trSe§l PhiladelRhia fl
'rhe Pennsylvania .Academy of the Fine Arts, Bro dena Cherry
Streets, wbS founded in 1805, til though 1 t &.ctually dates from 1"!91
Charles Willson
' ~hen
IDb.de his first efforts to organize en institution
Pe~le
evoted to the fine arts.
In the Academy ' s ga.lleries it sta.ges many speoial exrlibitions.
In the winter of 1953, its 148th
Sculpture by living
Annu~l
Exhibition of Oil Painting and
werican artists , vas held .
The a.utumn of 1952
saw its 50th Annu 1 International Exhibition of Water Colors and Prints.
Its prinCipal emphasis 1s on Junerlcan &rt and the American artist.
To
counterba18.nee the nE-tional aspect of its activities, dur i ng a major part
of its winter season, it devotes one gall ery to one-man shows of Philadelphia J..rt1sts ' work .
Its peri anent colleat1on 1 s one of the finest
ct'oss-see,:tions of iwerican Etrt extant..
Concert
of eLlar. bel' musi c,
lectur"e s and motion pictures further enrich 1 ts annual programs ,
The Academy,t's distinguished schools hav
centor of many of ." ,merica ' s most illustrious
aI'ways been the training
rtists .
It awards 1 ts
students lHa.ny thousands of dollars annua.lly 1n travel $cholbrships and
other cash prizes .
Its students huve and continue to
.111'
ke a t"1ne reoor'cl
1n the winning of large n&tional a sh awa rds, priZeS, (>t cetera.
'rhe galleries are open 'eekdays
(except.~ondays)
from 10 to 5;
Sundays and holidays from 1 to 5J closed Mondays, Nev Year 's, July 4th,
Tha.nksgiving
~nd
Christma", .
November 26, 1952
free .
Elizabeth Z. Svmnson
From;
Director of Public Rel&tt ons
Frtends Presen.t li'r8.ncis Cr:iss Work to Aca .el:uy
FB..A~rCIS
of New York Cl ty was avery successful creative artist
CRISS
a .few years ago and a regular exhibitor in the Academy1s annll.e.l exhibitions,
;;;,$
well as elsewhere in the country .
would gi 1!0 up this pha S6
commerci<l a rt ..
Then. he rather suddenly decided he
h is profes s ional life and go i nto the field of
0::
suclC·e~s
Thi s he did' also wi th
for several years.
Ia the ,1:'19.1 rly recent past he decided to go back to creat1 ve pa1.nting .
This news was rece I ved by his friends wi ttl great enthusiasm, and iI'fu:lledlately
several of those in and aro't,;md Philadelphia decided to contribute to a fund
which
"~uld
make possible t he
p~r ch as e
of one of his paintings for t he
per·j12.nc:;nt c oll e ct.i on of the Peml sylv an ic;,
a.nd intt i a tiv e
Ac,~demy,.
Througr.l th e; i D.teres t
Mrs . M,oX'ris l'{ anger and t.ir .. Bernsrd. Davis, a sum of slightly
() f
over $1100 was r aised" and th.e
l1C~dl'}.try,.
gJven its choioe, seleeted
Hh':!Rsody iuSteel, p&inted by lh· . Cr'.i5s i n 1 939 ..
ha l:3 been exhi b l ted a t tIle Metropoli ten'! M.u seum in Its AlTIGr iaan Show in 1942,
Whi le c:.t th6
follo wing!
;~ etj2QPoli tan ,
the Ne'H YQrk Wor J.(i
l'ele~rG.in
c &rried the
flBhapsody:in Ste el is an0ther :nighly s&t:i.sfaotory \'fo rk , its
juxtElpo sitlon of solid ma$es an d
11..11.80.1'
oped color relationships and its olean "
t hemselves most k eenly • •
pattern; its most s ensi tively devel5Ul'H
.ing enious desJgl'l com.mending
R
The ,Ac ad elllY 1s indebted to tb,e f,ollowing fo r hciving marle the gi ft
possible;
Mr . and .Mrs . TJouis b'leisher
1fr '. (~lrld j!cfr;3 "'1~rb;.:L·teIl 1e~lifl&n
Dr. Gustus Tassman
4t
NIr s.
M~orri. s
Mgz " and Urs. Iso Br1selli
l:ilr . ~~nd hl~·s . FreuY'ic M$.nn
Mr. and Mrs.
Wm~
Schumacher
Weng eor
Mr . and Mr s • Bernard S touman
11r . and lvII' S .. .JOSeph Slff1.On
~~r._
lir . ,Mor !"i S \"t . Sf. tlns }~y
Mr . 8J1:d Mrs . DaVid Bertin
euid. ..\lr ;:~
11
:;
~
~ .,.
~ 6 tljlBll
Dr. and Mr s. Bernard D.. Judovl ch
Mr . a,n.d Mrs . J . M:aurlce Gray
Mrs ~ IJivi a M. Weber
Dr. and .Mr $..
I\I!att{~).ew
Mr. B-ernard Dav i <11
a
T. ]loore
Dr. and Mrs. A. Nobel
Mr .
~md
Mrs . Barr"l" Buten
Ivtiss Emma Feldman"
M:r. and .lli! r s. Ephra:tm .F. Bloch
Mr. and. Mrs . Raymond A. Speiser
The Perulsylvanla Ac ademy of tbe F1ne Arts
Broad and Gh.Brry Stre€t~, Ptliladelphia 2
From:
For release Sunday ,
Decehlber 1 4 , 1952
Eli ~~abet!1 z: , Swenson
Director of Public Relations
to Spe k iiere
C ollegiQr
lil" It- '!axim Kb..ro11k of l~ ewport, Rhoile Island, will spea.k at The
Pennsylvania Academy of the Jiine Arts,
2uesday evenine, December 16th
~t
Bro~d
and Cherry St:r
if
8: 30.
et s~on
..:J
~
In
1 941~
Mr . Ki'i. rol1k and his late wife presen ed)i Collec,tion
of AI erican Art 0-720-l820) to JsLe H<)ston Mu~c"m of.' Finf.3 Arts..
.
t hey presented a
'\f 'V'1t ~
gecon~
In 1949
....."J
.,
knov.n as t he i:.i. Llnd fir , f\c.l.rollk Collection of
.Am Iic bn p . .inting (1815-1865).
I n ~1l s Ph.ni:~<i~lph t;:; talk, !lir .. K&rolik f s
subj ect will bEl The .Mean:tng of the TlfiO
i>.i.rol,ilt Collegtions.
On. th1 s I)eoasi on, Mr . Karolilt will have
t ;H~ Q,$:).i
stance of Hi chard
briefly '.nd ass i s t in prl1>st?ntil1'.l" Uw color slides -1-,0 be used in ctcnnection
\'fi th
the talks .,
lie 1s Associate Curator of Decor-att ire Arts of' tho Bost. n
k\lse'W', as well as I ts Secretary,
~nd
Admission to the talk 1s free f
..;
the editor of 1 ts publications.
The publtc 1s invited.
The Ponnsylvania Ac~dE'.my of the lrine Arts
Brot:.d and Ch,nrry Strffeta, Ph1,1&,c.elphlaJ 2
1952
From:
~~r
It~
4
GiA 1ao,
pr(:>3id~mt
of ThaT f'.\!nnbl'ook .,iilk CC);:;:;in.ny in
the ${)n of Congresz:ll.m und
:f-~.s .
Pt!il,,~delph1a ,
P,hlph Y\. GVi1nn of' Bronxv llle ~md
Collection.
!;;Inc Hel J.nor Hunt
;.l.ubs •
Be lives in
~~n
old tar..;.;. honse £It
Pi?nn$;ilv~nl~, ',fl1, t!l hi s wife end their four Ch.ildren,
GL~<iwyne ,
,J ohn 16, Hichcrd 14,
