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Thompson, Litman, Berson, B8um, Hagen
Elizabeth Z.. S ten,son
Dlr~9tor of' Publ!c nelat~ons
fine J'1rt£ Gtd. l~r1os Close for Instnl hltion
of 14.ytkl iApnll!.!l Exhibl t10n
?H~
Pf;nnsylv,mlli i:c<.,qjemy of the .F ine Arts, iit'{)ad end Cherry 2troet:1,
r,'nnot1nces tht;t. i ts
Sundt"i.Y,
J~n\lury
gt.~11ed,E;s
24th, at 1 P .. M.,
present exhlb1 tions and
tor the PUl"" ,ose of d1 s1U6ntl tog its
in st~illing
C ontempor&ry ;''''.ierlcan 011
Sund~y ,
will be closed frow. Tuesdby. Jb.ntU"ry 5th to
?a~ntlng
1 ts 149th .Anmuil Exhlbi tion of
t,od Sculpture, which will run through
F'cbruury 28th.
The e:xhib1 tion e.nd 1 ts p:rogrf.cm. of lectures, g.:.'llery tblks lind
concerts will ull be fre
to the public .
The Pennsylvl::ni &.
'sro-ad
~md
J\C deUlj'
of the Fine Arts
Cherry Streets, Phil:..delphit.: 2
J~nuary
From:
18, 1954
E1.1 z, beth Z. 5lrenson
Pi.rector . of' Pub lic R'i1.· tlons
F,rdph Berko?J1tz and Vledifltir Soltoloff, two well- known i.J.ericttn
one pi'no, .et The Penns;ylvant" .hebdamy of tho .Fine krts , Bro.ct and
Cherr J St reets, on fr1Jey evening , J ...,Iiua'¥
~;9th,
at
8 : ~~O .
This is
ODe of sever 6.1 events fetltured by tnlc .h.cG,delliY in connection with its
1 49th Annuol
F~hl
o.i tion of Conta.llp<:J1: ..~ ry .Afl.l&l.'ic n Oil Puin ting (:.nd
v
Sculpture .
!h~ 1'001 tl';tl ,
third in thIs se:;.b.son f .S ;H?tt'l'1s , will .Include:
GOi'luta in P - A10i.Cit rt
D1V61'tissement
a 1a..
iiongroise - Schubert
J.dr;;lS$1on is frtie una tho publi.c is invited.
'l'!1C
first G... l1ery l'c;lk in oonnection
edi tQt" , l€cturer '. nd critic.
¥~ith
Doors 0pen bt 7: 30 .
the ii.bove exhibi t10n
Bulletin, Inquirer, Daily News
The Pennsylv&nla Academy of the Fine Arts
For release
Broud and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
Saturday, January 23,1954
From.:
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Hela.t..ions
Pennsylvania .Academy to Open its
Ill-9th .Annual ExYd bl tion
The 149th Annual Exh: hi tion of Conteraporary .tuaerican Painting
and Sculpture to be presented by The Ponnsylvan:!_& ACbdemy of the Fine
Arts, Broad and Cherry Streets, will open tomorrow (Sunday) at one
Of
clock and rs,uain t:u'ough Sunday, February
~~Jth.
The exn.ibition includes 458 vfOrks by artists from 34 states ..
Thirty-Eight Philadelphia art.is ts and 45 from
ot~'1er
parts of the state
are included in these f:Lgures.
Admission to the exhibiti'-:m is free at tiLL times, i.nclud1ng
ta8 various leetures, gallery
t~Hcs
rmd concerts w11 ~ ch a.r6 scheduled
to take place as a feature of this important part of the instltut.ion's
annubl program.
ART NEWS from
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Bread and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2, Pa.
For release
Sunday, January 24, 1954
From: Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
Prizes in its 149th Annual Exhibition
Announced by Pennsylvania Academy
Medals and Prizes awarded in its 149th Annual Exhibition tlf contemporary American Oil
Painting and Sculpture, opening last night with a Private View and remaining through
Sunday, February 28th, have been announced by Joseph T. Fraser, Jr., Director of the
Academy, as follows:
Prize
Artist
Title of Work
Awarded by Juries of Selection Temple Gold Medal, awarded for
75th time, for best oil without
regard to subject. (Not considered a posthumous award but
rather one for the very living
quality his work possesses.)
John Marin
(1872-1953)
The Jersey Hills
( invited)
.
Jennie Sesnan Gold Medal
awarded for 52nd time for
the best landscape.
Frank Duncan
132 W. 23rd St.
New York City
Mallorca III
(invitecf)
Henry T. Guli ck
Middletown, N. J.
The Peach Orchard
(juried)
Carol H. ,.Beck G,old, MeGl,a.l»..
awarded for 46th ·time
for ,'b est portrait in oil.
John King
215 Kenwood Ave.
Dayton, Ohio
Kathryn
(juded)
J. Henry Schiedt Memorial
Hans Hofmann
145 W. 14th st.
New York City
The R8d Ca~
(invited)
George D. Widener Memorial
Gold Medal, awarded for
42nd time for the most
meritorious sculpture.
Koren der Harootian
Orangehurg
Descent from the Cross
. Marb Ie - (invited)
Alfred G. B. Steel Memorial
Prize of $300, awarded for
4th time for work most deserving of professional recognition
for its distinction.
Hugo Robus
37 E. 4th St.
New York City
One to Another plaster - (invited)
Oronzio Maldarelli
Mountain Mother marble - (invited)
Honorable Mention -
Prize of $300, awarded for
17th time for painting of
special importance to the
exhibition.
Garden Sculpture Prize of $250
aWRrded for 4th time for best
work for small garden.
Two Honorable Mentions
in Sculpture
N. Y.
8 W. 13th St.
New York City
Bernard Rosenthal
Carbon Mesa Road
MalibU, Calif.
Reclining Woman bronze - (invited)
Chaim Gross
30 W. 105th St.
New York City
I Love My Baby wood - ( invited)
2.
Awarded by Academy's Committee on Exhibition Walter Lippincott Prize of
$300 awarded for 62nd time for
best figure piece in oil.
Franklin Watkins
2130 Spring St.
Philadelphia
Mrs. Joseph S. Clark. Jr.
(invited)
Mary Smith Prize of $100
awarded for 74th time for
best painting by woman artist
resident of Philadelphia.
Dora Bortin
271 S. 15th St.
Philadelphia
Russian Tea Service
(juried)
The juries selecting the exhibition included: Vaclav Vytlacil, chairman, George
Harding and Charles Sheeler (painting); Henry Rox, chairman, Jose de Creeft and
Jean De Marco (sculpture).
A total of 2460 pieces was submitted to the juries in New York and Philadelphia .
From this 169 paintings and 82 pieces of sculpture were accepted. Added to the
invited work it makes a total of 458 works in the exhibition - 54.8% juried and
45.2% invited. Artists from 34 states are represented,
A sum of $7500 will be available for ~cha~ for the Academy's permanent collection, made possible by its Temple, Gilpin) and Lambert Funds. A similar fund of
leqser amount has been made available by the Fleisher Memorial (Philadelphia) for
purchases from the exhibition. All purchases will be announced later.
Lectures and Gallery Talks, both sponsored by the Academy's Fellowship, have been
planned as follows:
Lectures, Tuesdays at 8:30: February 9 - Louis Kronenberger, drama critic
of Time Magazine, on America and Art; February 23 - Gordon B. Washburn,
art director, Carnegie Institute, on The American Contemporary Exhibition.
Gallery Talks, Thursdays at 2:30: January 28, Dorothy GraflY j February 4,
Henry Mitche ll; 11th, Hobson Pittman; 18th, Joseph T. Greenberg, Jr.;
25th, Walter E. Baum.
Chamber Music Recitals will be held cn Friday evenings at 8:30: January 29,
Ralph Berkowitz and Vladimir Sokoloff, pianists, in a program of original works
for four hands at one piano; February 26, Jascha Brodsky, violinist, and
Vladimir Sokoloff, pianist, in a sonata recital.
The Board of Education's Television Review of the Exhibition, with guest artists,
will be held on Wednesdays, February 3 and 17, from 10 :30 to 11 A.M. on WPTZ,
Channel 3. (Other radio and television programs will be announced later.)
The galleries will he open weekdays (except Mondays) 10 to 5; Sundays and holidays
1 to 5; and the evenings listed above from 7:30. Admission is free at all times.
Ci ty Ed i t ors , Jennings , Radio stations
ART NEV'S -
The pennsylvani& Academy of the Fine Arts
Bro&d and Cherry ~treets, ?hiladel phia 2
From:
February 1, 1954
l':lizabeth Z. Swenson
D1r6ctor of Public Hel&tions
Henry
..::a tchell to be Gallery SpeLker
Henry .lilLitchE:ll, sculptor ,
at :'.ne PenL;.;ylvenl&
J.l.C<..:Q€llIY 01'
the
will give this week 's GI:111ery '1'i.ilk
Fine
.B.rts in
CO!l..Ylt'Jction
wi th its l49th
Annu&l Exhi.bition of C:onteillp.2>rary Oil Painting ... n<i Scul pture on Thursaay
afternoon, February 4th, 4lt 2 :30 .
~r .
1iiltchell whu
g~ve
up business for Cir t, hb.O
th~
one-ra~n
show
A grbduate of Printeton 1n 1938,
at the 1.rt j,11i6nce in DeceJ.iJ.ber Ie.st .
he the'rC?l.:.ftf'r j oine<':
6
Ec rcules .dvtor CvI'pprh tian
uS
Em e:X.perimental
engin Eer .
career, but Uloc01ine; heads 101' illc.n:ionEO ltes prolrrpted ;:1 s V!if'e t (J gjve h im
h
&S
ba>tch of' cli·q .
E,
~
.n'(h.liut::tnt SCul l.· tor then urged him
full-time ccreer.
ScholbrShlp Lo stuciy
of .Art, end
tkl€
Thi8
~ ith
~ulned hi~
~ £rl0 ~vrini
~Lstcr
in
of rine
~rts
aog r ee in
Then
Cb ID e
&
t~o
Fulbright
I t ~ly.
ttiuseu"l Scnool of ji. rt .
e~libltlon
will tal',{ ubout .
Uu
to pursue scul:-ture
has E l ar ge scul pture section which
~r .
~1tchel l
24 to press and radio
ART NEWS -
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
Fromt
February 8, 1954
Elizabet h Z. Swenson
D1re~tor of Public Rela.tions
Hobson Pittman to speak at AcademY
Hobson Pi t;tpum will give the third weekly Gallery Talk in connection
with the l49th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Painting
a.nd Sculpture at The Pennsylvania. Academy of the Fine Arts on Thursday
afternoon of this week - February 11th, at 2:30 o'clock.
Mr. Pittman, one of A.ilerica f s outstanding painters, always draws
large audiences when he speaks at the Academy.
No
doubt the reason for
this is his rare gift for making the &rt work he describes, live for the
li stener and observer.
He is a. member of the Acad.emy's faculty as instructor in Composition
and Advanced Pa.inting .
Also" for the past twehty-two years he has been
a member of the faculties of Friends Central School in Philadelphia,
and in the summer, of Pennsylvania State University.
The list o·f honer S R\varded him, as well as the places he ha$
exhibited in, and the list of Owners of his work are too long to permit
noting here .
He is a native of Tarboro, North Caroline, but now lives
in Bryn Mawr, Penna.
The Gallery Talks are al!long the sev eral special
pr_b~rams
the Academy
has arranged, free to the public, a.s a featur e of its current exhibition,
and the public is invited .
3 city editors
Th19 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philbdelphia 2
Fr(;;riU
For reI ed-sa
Monday, February 8, 1954
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Retetions
..
t.$)
LOUJ.S K.. ronenberger, Crl
tic·~ Time Magazine,
to Speak at Pennsylvani.a AChuemy
4
Louis .rCronenberger, drama critic of Time
will give
Co.
i~1agazine
since 1938,
lecture on America emd Art at 'fhe PennsylvCi.ni&.. Acad.eutY of the
Fine Arts, Broad and Cherry Streets, on Tuesda.y evening, E'ebruary 9th,
at 8:30.
Author £lud lecttlre r,.
Ci S
recently wrote an article in
well as cri tic of the drama,
~'he
~ir .
Kronenberger 1
li.tnerican Scholar on the subject of his
Philadelphia talk - the article to be a chapter in his book on A:'. ;€rican
clli turG titled Comnany iiianners, due for publication on March 1st.
Mr . Kronenberger is visiting professor at Brandeis University and
Ci ty College of New York; was lecturer in l:..'nglisrl at Columbia Unl versi ty
·1
in 1950-51.
He is <-..lutho r of several books and innuillero.ble arti cles for
vMrious publi cations; was on the editorial staff of Fortune, drBilla critic
fOI'
PM; and ho.s been editor for p·ublishing houses,
b.l1G.
transl& tor for
several books.
HE also did the ad.apt'· tion for Made..uoi selle Cololilbe, sta.rring ,Julie
Harris tlnd .c;dna best, currently on Broadway, vItd ch hc.d :i t!::l premiere in
Philbdelphia e&r11er this season.
it nativ!;:; of Cincinnati, Ohio,
4,~r.
Kronenberger' no Vi makes his home
in New York City.
The lecture is one of the events featured by thE ACLdeillY in connection
w'i th its current l49th Annua.l :8:;;h1 b1 tion of Con telllpurat'"Y Alderi C2l.n Oil
Paintlng and Sculpture, and is free to the public.
The doors will open at
7:30.
'.
1"hs Pennsylvenia bCMiemy of the .Fin
Arts
.aroed end Cherry Streets, Ph:i.ladelph1a B
Frona
Febru~ry
11, 1954
Eli2,abeth ;:.• Slfarlson
piregtor gf Pgpllc H!lattoDI
Joseph J. GrQenberg, Jr ., to Speak .AbOut
1;O!l! Se u.l uie ;ce 1p ASH!&d Nt ~ SU9,
Jos ph J. 9x:eM2SU:ia It. (Uuntingdon V lie}', Pa .) will give the
fourth Ghllery Talk in conneetion with the current 149th
or Conte!W.porbry J.J..ier1can 011 Pf!1ntlng
Ace-de '1 of' tile Fine .Art s, BroLei (and
iit ld
;~nual
Exhibition
Sculpture at The Pennsylvania
c.~erry
S r eta, on 7hurso"y bfternoon,
February lS, at 2130.
~'Ilen
Mr. Greenberg'
1:4$
given a one-In&n
e~l'libition lit
the ilcc.uemy
th.t s fall upon his r ~~ turn frolll several years t sth-Y in Italy, the J.cbdel'l11'
purch~sed
one of tbe most itnportnnt works - Pr1son!r - for its perlUWlent
c.::>llectl,on.
W~ll -kno\'.·n loe&lly~ lAr.
Oreenb r3 can be counted on to give a
very und(:rst"ndlng eOl$Jent on the large and very Int(I':'esting
scu~pture
s,ct1on of the exhiolt1on.
The talk, sponsored by the AC;;;Q(3!l1Y 's .Fellowship, j,s one of several
event!5 sc21eduled a.S fe6.tures of this exhlbi tlon and 1s open,
ehc..rge, to tbe public.
fll i
thout
Til P~DJlsY'll'8n1a Academy of the Fin Art.
Bro d and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2.
From.
El1zabeth Z. Swenson
Direetor of Public R lations
Calendar of Events - Janutl17 tg June 1.952
March 25 thru April 24 -
I
Annual Exhi bi tion of Pain Una, Sculpture and Graphi. CS
by members of the Academyt 8 F llollsb1p (alumni)
April 7 thm May ~ ..
Retrospeet1w EXbihition of the Work of Charles Btl elar
April 1.3, 14 and l ' -
27th Annual Festival of the Alr.erica.n Society of
lY
May 15 th:ru June It!5 -
May 19 thru June
5 -
Ane1ent wwuuumta
19th Century American Paill:t1n&. (1815-186,>
from the Private Collect.1.on of Mu1:in
Uk
Exhib1 tion of Competi ra' ~or.k for Travell..llg
$ebolars hips and Othor Se
Priz
Gallerios are Q
w ekdqs (exoept Moncle.y ) i;rom 10 to 51
Sundays e.nd holidays from 1 to 5.
Admission fre at all t.imea.
ART IE
The Penn ylv nia ACl!demy of the Fine A:rts
Broad ~nd Cherry Streets, Philadelpbi 2
Fro:
February 12, 1954
Elizabeth 7. Swenon
Dl-rectot of Publt9 .Rel t10ns
Walter BaUS1 to Lecture
t Pennsylvi.\n1
!g£1dem¥
Walter Emtl't"son Baum of Sellersville, Penna., will give the fifth
and finb.l Gallery Talk in connection with the current 149th .Annual
erloun 011 Painting and Sculpture at The
Exhibition of Contelllporary
Penns,lvt.nl& AO.:l .emy of the FIne Arts,
aro~d
hnd Cherry Stre t . . , on
Thursd y afternoon, Febru ry 25tb, at 2:30.
r. Baum 1s b.rt critic for the E.'v,e ning hnd Sunday Bulletins (Ph . . l delphia) und director of both the Allentown Mu ' eUlIl of Art ",nd the Baum
Art School of the ji..11entown Museum.
He hu.s exhibited widely both in and
and with private instructor.
around Phil ' delphi , as well
He studied &rt at
Be:
elsewhere.
Hi s work l!} owned by the j .e4..ci~my • nd i~b.n1 other public insti tution
in v&.rious pa-rts of the country, as well as by many privet . collector •
This lecture (one of
is one of
sever~l
Elx."11bltlon which
features
r.:.
series sponsored by the At: d.ewy's Fellow hip)
cheduled for the fifth mld last week
or
this
'ill close on SundliY evening" Febru(.I'Y 29th, at IS o'clock .
LUi.Jiss1on to the exh:lb1t1on, ~Jl.d to' ell specic.l evants, is fr
The publIc 1s invited.
Galleries are open weekdays (closed lviondays)
frou 10 to 5; Sundays and holidays from 1 to 5 .
CC - Allentown hiiorning Call (wi th photo)
NeWS - He r ald , Perkasie
Free Press , Quakertown
Globe-Times and Bulletin , Bethlehem
North Penn Reporter, Lansdale
Times , Reading
Int ell ig encer , Doylestovm
Gazette , Ambler
..
}.RT NEWS -
The
--\ I
Pen...~sylv(:lO ie AC6.demr
of the Fin
.A rts
BrQad ana Cherry Streets, Ph11edelph1a 2
From:
FebrUbry 15) 1954
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
.o1reQtnr of Publ!c R§lat 1ons
Last
eek of iiCademy's 149th . nnual
E!n,*bili.®
For the lest vreek of' its ourrent 149th lmnul!l Exhl bition of Oil
Puintil1g and Sculpture, The Pennsylv anll) Ao demy or the Fine .Arts, will
present three special event$,
~nd
h ve two open evenings, as follow ,
rues ay rven1ag, Februto.fl: 23rd. At ft i§O - Gordon We.shburn, director of
the department of fi ne itrts, Cll.rnegle Instltute of Pitt burgh, in
illustrated lacture on The
T,i mrsd§y
~.\ttg,rnoop,
J~;M:r1gM Cgn1(@A)1"'~u"aty;
tht!) 2§th.
at
' aibi t!~lIh
2? :3Q - Gallery Tf.lli! by Wulter Emerson
Betllll, art cr1 tic of the i!,veningand Sundal' Bul l etin.
Re c1t~1
vi ol inist
by
J~scha
Brodsky,
nd Vl nd1mj r Sokoloff, pianist - two of Ameri ca ' s most distinguished
chamber musie performers.
The progrll..m
111 include Son&,tas by SchUbert,
Piston, Vl11&-Lobos, and Br ahms .
On t ile a bove
el'v (tning~ ,
the dOlJt's will open at 71 30 to gtv
vi s1 tors.
an Op ' i)rt1.mtt;;r to see the e.l thi hit1on before the concert.
The €/,l!"h.t b ition closes on Sundcl.Y aft ernoon, the £8th, at 5 o'clock.
Adm! asion to the ilcad
tree
~t
11
times.
is
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Phi18delph:i.a 2
For James R. George
Column
Elizabet h Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
From:
February 15, 1954
One of the first sal es made from the current 149th Annual
Exhibi ti oD of Contemporary LIllerJean Ojl Painting and Sculpture at The
Pennsylv ania Academy of thE: Fine Arts (through February 28th) "vvas Jack
Bookbinder's p&inting Son Mig uel, Mexico ",
Bookbtnder tells us
thc.~ t
while he was painting thl s p&rticular
spot l ast SUillffier (outSide The Institute of San Miquel - one of Mexico's
finest eTt schools 2.nd largely rttended by Americans), a young lilan came
up to him and said:
"Aren't you Jack Bookbinder from
Philadelphia ? ~
··-t
Taken
i::;.
bi t by surpi,'~;se, Bookbifder ;:issu:.:'cd him thilt he was.
not a little curious as to how
~his
young
him , in quired on this point.
str~nger
young
Then being
might have recognized
l:H:m s[d d he was
John Short" a
bull fighter - art student ( studytng art at the above Instiiute) viho had f irst
decided to be c. bull fighter
ccnd
go to illEXic o to achieve thot objective
after seeing Bookbinder ' s audio-v isual program on Mexico at the Univ e r sity
of Penns;ylvan:Lc[
illUS8wn
SOllle six years a go.
John Short is not. completely unltno1!m to the lLJ.eri can public ..
Sever~l
weeks ago he was on the popular television
Line?" where no on e guessed he was a bull fighter.
progr~m
"What's My
It h&ppen s that
he has fought in the bull ring where the illov ie "The Brave Bulls " was
illade ~
City Editors, Sunday Feature
Editors, etc.
The ?e n ylvan1 .Ac~de y of the Fine .Art
Eroe.G t..nd Cherry Streets , Philii.delph1a 2
Frouu
E11. zabeth Z. S~ensoD.
______~p~i~~~ec~t~.~of
P~=1~ig~.~n~~~1~ft~t~i~2n~.~
Febru 1'y 16, 1954
____________________________
Carnegie Institute krt Director to
SDe~k in Philade1-eD,1j.
Gordo.o
~ !u~hbura,
direotor of the Department of Fine Arts,
Carnegie Institute, Pi.ttsburgh, \1-111 give an illustrated lecture at
The Penn ylv &n.h t Aoademy of the Fine J.rts, fJroc!d c..nd Cherry Strf?ets,
on Tuesday eVening, February 23l'"d,
1\he ,A'u eri ca%l
He
t EU30.
~dll
spe k on
Contenmgrary Exhibition.
The ;,cc.demy has
90
eduled this lecturc¢i$ one of the spaethl
events to taKe place c1ur1ng the fifth S'nd final week
of
its C'urrent
149th Annual gxh,i hi t10n of Pa1n:ting lind Soul pture.
1~
nbt1ve of Massachusetts, .4;....
..:>1' krts degree fro !1itli lliam! CQlleg
an
bonoNH"~ lA&ster
1942 he
W2S
W{~sh 'but'n
obt· inea his Bachelor
in 1928.
of Fine hrts degree upon
h111J
in. 1936.
Fro
1931 to
dir ector of th'" J:.lbright hrt O>'11ery in Buffalo) end from
1942-49 til t"eetor of t hfJ.' Aiuseum of Art of th€· Rhode Island School of
He succeeded the dIstinguished Mr. Homer
o uden
tlt
Ctrneg1e in 1950, and in that post
noYl
world fam.ous Ctlrnegle Internat10n 1 Exhibitions.
lissemb1es the
S~1nt
For release Wedne sday,
February 24th
ART NEWS The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
From:
February 19, 1954
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Publi c Relations
Bulletin Art Critic to Lecture at the
Pennsylv ania Academy
Walter Emerson Bawn vdll give the fifth and final Gallery Talk
in connection yd th the current l49til Annual Exnibi tion of Contemporary
American Oil
and Sculpture at The Pennsylvania Acadewy of the
Painti~g
Fine Arts , Broad and Cherry Streets, on Thursday afternoon, February 25th
at 2:30.
l'Ar .
BUUll.l
is art cri tic for the Evening and Sunday Bulletins
and di rector of -Doth the Allen tovm Museum of Art &nd the Baum Art School
of th2.t Museum .
He
studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy and with
priv ate instructors.
He has exhibited widely both in and around Phila-
del phia , as well as elsewhere.
Hi s work is owned by the ACc-Jdemy and lllany other publi c insti tut ions
in vhrious ports of the country, as Vlell as by illany private collectors.
This lecture (one of a series sponsored by the Academy's Fel lowshi p)
is among the features scheduled for the fiftl1 and last week of this
exhibition which will close on Sunday evening, February 28th, at 5 o'clock.
Admission to the exhibition, and to all special events , is free.
The publ ic is invited .
'ART NEWS from
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets~ Philadelphia 2
February 24, 1954
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
Academy Announces Purchases from Current Exhibition
for its Permanent Collect~i~o~n~__________
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts has purchased the following works for its permanent collection from its current 149th Annual
Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Painting and Sculpture, accord\
ing to Academy Director, Joseph T. Fraser, Jr.:
From the Temple Fund:
I. R. T. (painting) by George L. K. Morris, 1 Sutton Place,
N~w York Ci ty
From the Gilpin Fund:
Figure (sculpture) by Helene Sardeau, Croton-on-Hudson, N. Y.
-"-_.....-../
Fligh t (sculpture) by Marechal Brown.t! Villanova, Pa.
Table with Fish and Scales (painting) by Carlyle Brown~ 340 West
72nd street, New York City
From the Lambert Fund (all paintings):
Cape Cod Bouquet by Paula Kapp, 287 Tillou Road, South Orange, N.J.
At Midnight by Thomas Yerxa, 1806 Spruce Street, Philadelphia
Figures in an Interior by Joyce Weinstein, 167 Crosby Street,
New York City
Interior by David K. De Long, 2107 Pine Street, Philadelphia
Home #3 by Morris Berd, Media, Pa.
Woman in Red Vest by Jeanne Taylor, 1662 - 34th Street~ N. W.,
Washington, D. C.
Still Life by Byron Browne, 216 East 15th Street, New York City
Study in Red by Jane Piper, Ithan, Pa.
Still Life wi th ~een S owl by Vassilieff, 36 Union Square,
New York C.i ty
The Exhibition closes on Sunday, February 28th, at 5 P. M.
ART NEWS
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ten:' his oil painting Roold;ni
EFt. Phil~d.elph1a,
~Oth01"
and . O~, in
the 11.·9 tn Annual Exhibit10n of Cont . porary American Oil Painting and
'oulpture woh! ell
clot~ed
at the Pe,nrH.lyl vnnia Academy of the Fine Arts
ll;ebruary 28 ~
The pr1 ze. awarded fox' the 4. 7tb time. i a tllscie
low hlp (a ....ulUl'li j of the ;"oadam:y and
ol'btlniast1on who
h~s
In t he
:g
veilable by th.e Fel -
onl y be given to
tt'aly
not p reviously raoe! vad t to.
award tbis jtear comprl:;)0d Ben
f
1~ 1gen ~ tat.
III
membor of that
'1'he jury making thfJ
Ol ivaI' Nuae , Bend ChQrlGs Rudy .
ring of 1947 Mr . Meehan oompletad four yaere ' study
the
t
Pennsylvania f\.o3,(iemy., wheI'e he bad beeIl aw·· rded a Or sson Europe! n
Tr(\velinB Soholarship in 1946 f an.d Tappan .P rizes 1n 191.i) and 1947.
8p0nt three Ifmnths in ~' ~xiQO in 19l...6 flOd ei ght in 'Europe in 1950 .
He
fl ~
now
tea. 11<16 at the Phiiad IphlA Museum ot Art .
He a.n.d his wife; Me"t"y Thom.$$ MeehEin {al 0 a ramer Aoed0:mY 5tud, ' nt)
almo work in the
i!ifl.ldlo - v1)~ul?tlf'1t.ltld
and p repared the pl"Of.\ram h\'hat t s
Bohil'ld this Sho 'ttt whi"oh p !"ov&d suoh
.AJ:lnuell E h1blt ion 1 at yemr.
kh·s. ' eeh.sD
~nd
f~ature
,opular
of the Acade
t
S
At pres nt they are 'W orking on a pr08.'1"
their year-old daughter C tide.
Some :i:!5 to )0 baseball
an.d exh1M. ted
t\
~:J6vere.l
pioture~
pf.d . n "ed .some time' sgo by Mr. Meehan
tim s in Pbll delphtft t
h~. ve
tetln touring the mid ...
~
West and Washington state for exhlb1tiol1s and will be
aro.l California ruus
U1BS to
The s Ohedul e in the
jl e 8 t
hOfn n xt in
.v-
is being h. nd.led by
the WEHBt$:rn $.actio%l of the Amfllricllltl A socit'ltioD. of MUBGU.~ D1l' otOI', .
r .. Meehan has exhibited quite exteos!.ve.ly . both. in and ,around
Ph11adelphia."nr.l eltO}:Gwhere.
In .A pril 1953 the
~ c~d "Cf:y
gave him a solo
exhibitiQn 4nits Philadel.phia Art1 ts' Gall e ry; in the Fflll of 1953
D1ckin on College 6t Carlisle
s~ve
him
~
similar show.
~he P nnsylvan1a Academy of th
Flne .rts
Broad bnd Cherry 5tr0 ts, Ph11ad lphi& ;a
ren 5, 1954
From:
'. j
to. " ke D but,
s 'olgtst
~dth
String Vltty,otd. of Ph11adeJ,.ph.1 , condu.ot d by Louis Vyner, will
make their debut
concerts at The
ppearanee in the lc.st of the current setlson's free
Pennsylvani~)
A cademy of the Fine Arts on Friday evening,
March 19th, at 8130.
The group is compo ed of the following PhiladelphIa
ill
mbers:
Veda Reynolds
V1o.la . I
Loonul"u Frantz
Gabriel Br verm n
11" -in Eisenberg
Morr1s Sh lit
Owen Lusok
Cellos.:. " Lorna Munroe
Elsa HIlger
Vlad1m1r S,)tolorr
JSlcob
Wilfred Batchelder
Itrachm In1k, concert m ster of th0 ?h11l!l.c.l l phia Orchestra,
be soloist in Concerto in
Q
G~iegJ
111
minor by Vivaldi-Franko.
The bal&.nee of the program is ma
up of Suite tor Strings,
Concerto for Strings In A minor , Vivaldi-Franko; Toccata, Mare 1 -
Esposito; St. Pa'.ll's SUit , Holst; and. shorter composition
T
Orcne .tr
ch~1kOW5k
, Collins, Glazounow bn
by
Copland.
The purpose of String Virtuosi ot PhilCldelph:1a , accordIng to it
conductor, is to uexpose people to beautiful music written rOT' strings,
plt:iyed by string instrumental. artists, to. revive ton interest not only in
the repertoire, but to stimulate interest in t he
instrument
tudy of stringed
.tl
This series is presented by the Aedemy under the sponsor hip of
the usio
Per.form~nQe
Tl"u t Fund 01" the Am' ''',.can Phonograph industry In
cooperation with Loc'l 77, Jisuerican 'ederc t1on of wSic! ns.
pr'ogrlWls h ve been
arr~ngod
Of 1111". SGk ·lott ,.
The
The Pennsylvania Academy of tpe .Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Pjrliladelphia 2
·fty
For J .•
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
From:
Jennings'
cfjlumn
March 11, 1954
free
When the last concert in the 1953-54/series at The Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts takes place on Friday evening , March 19th,
it will find a group of past presidents of the Junior Women's Clubs
of the First New Jersey District, F'ederation of Womens Clubs, in their
places.
It seems that this group, usually about 15 in number,
customarily meets on concert nights at the nearby Essex Hotel for - dinner,
arrives at the Academy early in order to get their seats tog ether, and
there they quietly have their monthly meeting while other early arri vals
Later they join the gallery gazers until
are s eeing the ex.."l1ibition.
the concert begins at 8:30.
This is a most heartening evidence of interest in art and music
from New Jersey, so far as the Academy
on t he part of these
is concerned.
It happens
~lt
I - rL l .... .
they wi ll hear the debut performCince of
String Virtuosi of Philadelphia, conducted by Louis Vyne r.
group is made up of Philadelphia Orchestrc;. men
J&cob Krachmalnick will be the soloist.
hnd
The
their colleague,
ART NEWS The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
From:
For release
Friday, March 12, 1954
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
Academy's Fellowship Announces Prizes
in its Annual Exhibition
The Annual Exhibition of Oil Painting, Sculpture, Water Colors and Graphics of the
Fellowship (alumni) of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, will open on
Friday, March 12th to remain through Sunday, April 11th.
Included are 121 works by professional artists, all of whom studied at some time in
the Academy's school, long recognized as one of the country's greatest centers for
training in the fine arts.
The juries which chose the exhibition comprised: for Oils, Paul Froelich, Charles
Coiner, and Rita Barnett; for Water Color~ and Graphics, Arthur Flory, Benton
Spruance, Jerome Kaplan; for Sculpture, James House, Jr., and Mary Lawser.
I
Prizes were announced at the Private View, March 11th, as follows:
Prize
Artist
Work
Raphael Sabatini
7318 Oak Lane Rd.
Melrose Park, Pa.
Repast (gouache)
Homer Johnsob
704 S. Washington Sq.
Philade Iphia
Beach Scene (water
color)
Oliver Nuse
504 Harvey St.
Philadelphia
Bareback Riders
(gouache )
Benton Spruance
45 W. Walnut Lane
Philadelphia
Triumph of the
Minotaur
( lithograph)
Gold Medal Pward of $50
for Oil or Sculpture:
Evangelos Frudakis
1621 Sansom St.
Philadelphia
Neos (sculpture)
Mary Butler Memorial Prize
of $50 (replacing the May
Audubon Post Prize) for
Oil or Sculpture:
Ralph Taylor
2028 Chestnut St.
Philade Iphia
Concert (oil)
Caroline Gibbons Granger
Memorial Prize of $50 for
oil:
Franklin Drake
Sadsburyville
Pa.
Self-Portrait (oil)
Harrison C. Morris Memorial Prize
of $100 for Water Color or
Graphic. Divided $50 to each:
Honorable Mentions:
more
2
Concurrent with its "Annual", each year the Fellowship sponsors a separate exhibition
of work by students still enrolled in the school. This year it includes 47 works in
all of the above-mentioned media. The following prizes have been awarded:
Two $25 Prize s:
Honorable Mentions:
Louis Sloan
1503 S. 50th St.
Philadelphia
Reflections (oil)
Andrew Theis
Route 3
Pottstown, Pa.
Wheatfield (water color)
Phyllis Allen
415 Riverside Dr.
Lynchburg, - Va.
Edwina (oil)
Constance Cook
Princeton, N. J.
Chrysanthemums (oil)
E. Warren Rohrer
Glenwood Ave.
Moylan, Pa.
Rocks (oil)
On Friday evening, March 19th at 8:30, the String Virtuosi of Philadelphia, conducted
by Louis Vyner, with Jacob Krachmalnik as violin soloist, will be heard in a free
concert.
The galleries are open weel~days (except Mondays) from 10 to 5; Sundays and holidays
from 1 to 5. Admission is free at all times.
nne
the Pennayl1'8ll1a Mad
of the
Arts
Br
and Ch&ny Streets, Philadelphia 2
Froma
March 7, 195'
Jru.zabeth 2. Sw&nSOl\
D1roctor of Public Relatione
March 14 to 25
March 25 thru April 24 -
Galleries Closed
Armual Extd. bi t4.on of Pain ting,
Gro..pbiC8 by
Mar . 24, 8-11 PM (Thurs .)
I
Soul~ture
ore of the Acacl
t
and
e
Fellowship (alumni)
Pri va te View
.t\pril 7 tbru May ,. -
RElWospoetJ.
Exui hi t10n of tbe 'Work of Chs.rlol3 81 awl'
April 13.. 14, 15 at 8 • .30 P. M. -
27th AnllUttl. lfestival of the Amorleun Society of
Ane1ent Inatruments
19 Cent.ury iulerican ?c.1ntingtJ (1815-1865)
from the Pri va . Collection of Malda KarolJ.k
Private View with Cresson Day
Wedne8cla.y, May 18, 4 P.. M. May 19 thru June 5 -
Exhibition of Conpeti tor t 'l40rk for iT. volin
&holarah1p8 and Other School Pr1ze
Galler.1
open wokdays (uept. Mont1f.t.ye) from 10 to 5,
Sundays and holidays £rom 1 to ,. Admission troo bot all
•
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Th Penn y1 n1ae ~ y otthe .in Art,$
SrI;) d and Ch rry Stre ts, Philad lph1 ,ff ' 2
.Fr0.
Eliz b th Z. S
gf f
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rt
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sh.e race!v d. th
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moved
porarl
and p 1nt1n
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. anner
native of 11 novet', P nnsylv
rt in truotlan at tile
eulpture (wood and
ith , rle Sorter.
His
tone), gouaeh
erliest
,
. ,
.
or'!, of
iller gt· du 11y
y from the co m rei 1 work.
alway
held to the b lief that, since
{,'it
re 111' • aka ...' 11 'ling . in thn·t field., it 1s des! r ble to h v
to e
how$v r,
WQ~k ,
oollection of Gome of the earlie t
encb J,udnt rs which Horter 0 n
He s ,ys he he
fa
7, and
C f:.
d s1gn, but thtQugll the influence of Horter,
1udustr1~1
and fro' the study ot the fin
the cont
nd
t>l$, "
stud1 d
was in th ·, f1 1<1 Qf
eou.te
11
J.
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!dr. Mill 'r is r~present d 'wi t h
and pr1nt ,.
b·1D~ g1vn
r
iMing TU0Sd y, IJ. ron 16,
on thin t.nd oddly b pen piece Qf stone -
tron,ly int u need byth prl' 1t1ve
. 11er)
l,mi" Artists' G 11 ry 131 Ttl
xh1bit1on of thft1r work in its Phil
p nnsylvani
JoInt
EDlb,'t~og,
:ton or business thftt will
!r~e
hi
himself 's an art! t :in t.he
:p~ S '
' he 'tillers own
11
ty he fe'e ls
0
t strongly_
f fin outside of Dov.'7l1ngtown, Pennsylvan.i
ere sold at Sar
tog~,
following their
tr~lnlni
~ nd
tb-s.
another Pl"o ...
f'rom 1 ol1et ry concerns &nd allow h
Ul add! elan to r gular far ing he r ' :1 ' s thoroughbl'ed hol's, S
Mr.
&rti ts C 1
York~
e'
(V
ch year.
'nd
U
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I
wh r
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lin
r~ctr$ck
peri(4.
alse own
l~111e -r
IS.
pl os about tllirty m11Gs from Santa
Fe; New 'exico (E partol~ 1s th i1" nehrest e , unity) whore they spend s
time each sprin
1ona.
artist
and tall.
There they
id
re sUl'1"ounded by Ind12.U1 res .
T:e inf 1 ..tanoe of the people nnd the l end is re d11y seen in both
t
t
Qrk..
The galleries e.re open we
Sundays und ho11d,y, fro
Als ion 1s tr
1 to 5j &nd.·Fr1d y
t "'11 ti
•
vening, ' arah 19 front 7: 30.
-
7afJ Pennsylwnia Acedemy of th · Fine J'U't.
Broad and Cherl'1 Stree't,Q. Philadelphia 2
I
El1za'beth Z. SweneOD.
Iareetor or Publl c
Haren
14
1;.0
25 -
r~laU\\)l1S
&.11er:le eloaed following l;oth Anu1
for re-haQ g
r e.ry Eilthi b1ti
Annul h .hi hi t10n of' Ptdn1J.n,l;, Sculptur and GrAphics
by ~ber of too Acwiem,rt S FellCM1b1p tal:
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April 7 thru ~-
F.etro poct.tve Exhibition of' the 'Work of Charl&
ril 1.3, 14, 1S at 8a.30 P. M. Zlth AwmAl Fssti'Val of the
Anci~nt In:;truments
f.t l'
15 tbru June 1.2 -
May 19 thru. J\me 5 -
She lor
&rioan Society of:
1: tb Century .Am clean PaintJ.Q.g6 (1215-1865)
from t.Ue ?rlv,-- t.e ColleetioA of Ma1i.m : arollk
Exhi b1 t.iOa of ~oet1 tor ' York f or Trnling
Scholarsbi.ps and Other School Pr1.ze
Through the Summer -
Qaller;108 0
lieO days (except l'tOnG.4lyo) from 10 to
SUndays and bali days from 1 to 5.
'i
Admi aion free at all tt.mes•.
,
ART N,EWS -
The Pennsylv&nia Academy ot th,e li~ine Arts
Eroad and Cherry Streets, Philadel phia 2
From:
March
i~2,
1954
,Elizab@th Zit Swenson " Director of Pyblio ReJ:,atlon§
Ste\"ferc:isgn $100 Prize .f.,warded for 54thT1me
As
f.
result of the annual Edmu.l'lu Steward;son Student Competition in
Seulpture at The Pennsylvania Academy of the F'1ne Arts, the 54th $100 award
went to. Ruth Carner with Honorable Mention to Jeem Crytchfield.
The award was established in 1899 in
who rectaived much of' his
tr~,ining
at the
men'1o~y
of Ed,nund Stevi'ardson, sculptol'
j~cQdemy.
It goes to the student who
in the opinion of the Jury, best interprets the spiri t of the pose. by tae life
.model in the 18 hours allotted to the compe tition (six hours each on t hree
consecutive days,
class room).
'~;lhen
no one but the competl tors and a m.oni tor may enter the
The model for this yea.1" s pose was
J~ek
Cochran, who poses
regularly for Aca.demy classes.
jIhe ..Tury, none o.f whom may be on the instl tut10n f s faoul ty, thi s year
comprised Jean de
~arco
and Cecil Howard of New York City, and Henry Mitchell
of Philadelphia.
Huth Cal'per, a tirst-yec::n' student at the Aoademy, i.s from. Oyster Point,
Virl~inia,
but formerly of' L1 t1tz, pennsylvania,.
Reuben C(;!'rper; a. Virginia dairymen.
She is the daughter of
Sh.e studied drawing, painting and
illustration at Goshen College in Indiana and at He;ilbronn .. Bavaria, turning
only recently to sculpture ..
She hs.s been active in wr1 ting and. illustrtiting
Christian. ed.\lc~tlon articles for the Mennon! te PublishIng House,.
In
Philadelphia, she lives at 15th and Race Streets.
Jean Crutchfield, an advanced student at t~e Academy, is the daughter of
Dr. William Crutchfield of the Un,ivers1ty of Virginia, at Charlotte"
She
received her preparatory art work at Bennett Junior College, Millbrook, N" Y.
She also won Honorable Mention in the Acad.emy's Stimson Soulpture Competition
in the fall of 1953.
She is doing gredua.te work at the University of Pennsyl-
vania and lives at Woodcrest H01lse,39th $ond Locust Streets.
Walker Hancoclt and Harry Rosin are the Academy's sculpture instruc't ors.
rna Penneylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia .:2
From!'
Elizabeth
re recfur
Z~
Swenson
ot' Public Jl.els.tions
Charles Sheeler Honored
Charles
Sheeler~t
a nati va Phil adel
man
~{
the Academy
but new a resident of Irvington-on-the
Fludson, will be honored tJ:r his alma mater, The Pennsylvania Ac demy of the Fine Arts, with
a retrospective exhibition
0,[
53 paintings, temper's. uliniatures, crayon drawings, and 28
:4""';'"
photogra.phs, opening '1'l'1U1'Sday, April 7th and contin'Lung t hrough Sunday, May 1st.
Writes }j'rederick
S~
tUght 0,1' the University
Q },
California, in t he Exh';bit:!on catalogi
l1A great deal has been said about Bheelerfs Araed cani8r.! because his subject ma,tter leads
from Doylestmolll to Detroit..
But subject matteI' i s heside t he main pOint.
1\me:t'ican in Sheele:c is not the American soene but the knerictm way of
~e ,
Wha t i s most
The collao--
g.,II
tion is a c ass-section of the American scene - ho e, country, city, indus try, e tc.
It became
lmy retrospe ctive of Sbeeler' s work would rightly include photography.
his means of livelihood in 1912, and has gone hB.nd j.n h&nd with t'..is developlllent, both as
an end in itself arJ.d as a source of data .
We quote hi1n:
i'·Photogre.phy
if\
nature seen
from the eye outward, painti g from the eye inward •• They compliment each other .
'WOuld seem that
t..~e
It
encroac!Jlltent of one upon t he terri tory of t he other is impossible •• n
Chci:rl es She eler was born in Philadel prlia (18S3); studied at the Museum School of
Industrial Art (190 -03 ); n.....d at
William M. Chase.
T16
Pennsylvania Academy of t he Fine Arts (190,3.6) 'With
He ma.de t rips Wi t h Chase J 3 class to London and Holland (1904) and
~pain (1905); and on hi. s own, to
ted by six paintings in.
th~
r taly,
Pari s and London in 1909.
famous ArmQry Show in New York.
In' 1913 he was represen-
He 11 vad in. Phi.lade lhia
from 1910-19 and [:.:..0. a s tudio "With t4'o r'con Schamberg at 1&26 Chestnut street.
period most of 11is
week,...~nds
During tbis
were spent in a house he had purchased in Doylestown, Bucks
CQunty.
Shee1err,s works are owned by practically every important museu"'ll in the country and
he has been an extensive exhi hi tor,. wi th many one-man shows.
The,Phave been few if any
Pennsylvania Academy ".Annuals. without his wQrk" during his professi.onal career.
He "WaS a
member of t he painting jury for the l49'th Annual in 1'154.
This exhibition
\faS
organized by: Art Gs.l1eries, Uni verai W of California,.
~s
Ar.'1ge1esl M.. H. De Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco ; San' Diego nne Arts Gallern, Fort
\<Torth(Texa.s) Art Center; Hunson...Willia.ms-Prector l'nsti tute, Utica~ New York). and the
Penney 1 van:ta li.c8.(:lemy.
Its final showi.n g viII be in Utica following lts . close .;l,n Phl.la..
Galleries open weekdays ( closed Mondays)10...5, Sundays and holidays 1,..5.; Free ...
The P's nnsy Ivan! a Acade y of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cllerry Streets, Philadelphia
From:
April 5, 1954
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
Two Large Religious Paintings on. View 1'his Lenten SeesQu
On view at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Broad and
Cherry Streets, now are two large l'e igi<bua paintings by Benjamin West.
During the ,Lenten Season the
es pecially in'll tes Ph11f;,delphians
Ac~demy
and 'V'lsitors to QUl"city, to see these two works;
Deatb
on
Christ Reflected, and
the Pale fio[s@.
Christ Rejected
Vtitf;'
painted in England tn1815, where the artist
spent the mtljor part of his life.
It
wa~s
brought to America for exhibition
'.
in 1850 and acqulred by the Jkc(t;,demy in 1878.
Its central figure 1s
ChI'1st as he appears before Pon tins Pilate.
Death on tXle Pale Hors2 was cOl4pleted in lB17 ..
it from West's son in 1836.
The Academy purcha.sed
The sixth ohapter of Revelation, 8th verse,
supplied the artist with the subject of tbis work.
Benjamin West, born 1n S'vVarthmore, Pennsylvan1,;;' in 1738, was the
first ArJ,erlcan artist to Glcfxieve intern.ational renown.
of the R<,)yal llc&demy 1n London from 1792 to 1815.
He was president
He died in that city
in 1820.
The ~c~demy 15 open weekdays (except
Mondsys) from 10 to 5.
Holidays 1 to 5.
Free at &11 times.
/ j
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April 9 . 195 4
Rel ea s e d by:
The Perms;}! 1 vani€) Acade.rrry or" t.rH) E'i ne Art'~
Philadelphia , Pa .
150r.h iumi v e rEary of the Foundin g of
(J anuary 15 throu gh Maroh 1 3. 1 9 55)
From J aDufsy 1 5 through liie, r oh 1 3, 19 55, The P enneyl v ania
Academy of th e Fine Arts - .... t1 r st tnstitu t ion in i.lJ1lerica to ded ic e t e its01f to th e fin,; Brts -- will oel ebr a t e th e 150th Yf:s r of
th e anniversary cel ebr at i on wil l
be an exhibition o f nle s t t: J rpieces
by 25 grettt .fuf~erl cen arti at s as~oeil0. t ad wi th the j;.oedemy from the
time of Cha rl e s
min Franklin
Wil l s on Peble -- oOLt ompo r a ry 6nd fri e:md 0 f Benjato John Marin , only r e c ently d e c oased .
Th e six ,
ei ght or t Bn bxamplcs best repr e s ent iu>!; ee·ch man " B wo rk will be
ma d e 'up , in part frorCi. tn t"; Academy ' s
.
Q<HvV,,'"'i.),
collections , nna ~~
O'\li'll
0:J'~ '
!fo1';'"
-i:'t~wed :f\gs emus0um.s
and pri vate collectors throughout the oountry .
Tile tr easur e s gatner6Hl up -- about 250 a ll told ... - r ep r e sent e. col ...
of art i st,s ,
irh ~
fjD clos ed .}
idea of t elling th,;' Academy story and
th(~t
c' f
F,.m~,\ ri6aD
art tnrough its, 150th Annu a l l',xhlottlon , was co n c e lved by the cUrector , Joseph 1' . Fraser. Jr .
'I'rH~ tiBsk
of sel 12 cting- 2 5 art ists from
a lo ng 1 1 st 01' thoa d who Sf;; €.issoci e. ti on with the j,.c&d einy has brou gh t
it fem. e t
wr~. s
a fir st~ al1d dl ffi cult st ep .
S ea rchi ng for th e no st
this unl \iuet xhi ' ition . th o:: c Ht &loi'!u e , too , began to takG on inL~,port5noe .
croasi ng
It will , in f a ct , b e a c a tttlogue- book .
The
work will be !.1Uthored. by wel l - k own critics , BI.,ch writing the bi og r aphy tiLd appraisal of tne brtist on whom th.o ct'ltic is mO:it
The
eXpi,Hrt .
SOOp ti
and il.I, 8r est will e)tcoed th (; usual t and far out -
l a st. th o 1)eriod of th'J e ctunl ev \;,lJ.'t
wtli c~
it commemonites .
ith th , r ,.:lcbSB o f two oth ,,: r pu lioil tlouso>:)sidesth<1:J exhi-
~
bi tlon u[,tuloguH ~ th (: 150th ormi v0rsary 'ti aK\;lS on import&nce as a
publication , as well 8 8 bD Gxhibltion yea r .
1S
j
CI:.\d <1m~.r
during tn t;' 11 erlod 1807 to 1870, y (~~.:. rs whan th . : ;
sol~
~nr.mel
spon or of r egularlyh 'jld
scarc ely ElrlY except
s e1.~ rCh B rs .
une e rtook
~.
d()cumel.lt~tioIl
c&uemy
~
th '~ trL'lrlti
nd complctBd
r ~qu 1 r c d
t~o
exist s.
'fwo
skill~d
The job
uLd l e es s barohi4S , oh ' o ins
-:\fa a
re-
llH-;dI
n~
ro-
t t;t1et no olu e t no
oV 0 rlook ~d .
li gh t fJ st bit of 0Vid eH.i.cr;J c L'uld co
ext~ ended
peraphldts end ctb, lj. r I.- c acrus .
T.0 otjective , un a uthorlt nt iv-;, r e cord ,
r0~~dy
i~ca.d tMn y
e hi bitiolls,. audfor whi ch
dou s assigrlO ent .
O t~,tL\ lo lf;ue s ,
Ch t':l Ck1l'l g of ol a Aoad emy
was
of the
Ai:1na Wells Rutledge and ~ Gh€,rl ('; s Col oman S e ll ors ,
sev rei y ears cud
ov~r
~a jor
lO Hg- Hwl..1i ted Inu e :x (;:f u.rtis'c 6 fmci works exhi bit ad by the
t.t10
til(';;
Th 0
FiHally the:
t~gt/~ rtal
fur ,biubli shing by th e illi)t:'ri c an pr1iloao,.>h l c hI 8 00 1 <.Ity of
Phi.Lad olpnia , whose g r ent .I..::e d e en e proj e ct ,it)O ssi 01 a .
Bectius .:; of th ,_, dildi (1(1 '\. "id ';';IorK of Mr . th"'nry Drinker . momber o f
net au t oriteti v e
·tho Academy ' s 130Dl'U of Dl r ;'J otoI'S , a OOlUV e tlj
oa t r".:iogu e
01' t 1 '
pu 11 Ofl t ion..
h ad a
8p ~ ol n l
work
or
Ce cili a
tilr . Drlnku1.' ,
who:~ t:
ee.ux will
nnot h tll" en.i v e rsary
tlU
tnt ur us ti i n
prdocoup&tlon with th e study or
t.h\~
art, s is illany - si ad ,
C ~ oilia
Baaux _ for he
1s th 0 fi.rt i at t S r.. uJ? ew.
'r l'w 1;0 yetu'S
!~} f
th e
p(;!!
r.sy1.vunia
rof' Hot th .::-. 1'tdt h 1':;.l.;.ct &nthusi tl sm of
.t
utt lo ,
W.
0
or~r
il.ad it only
~;9
i t~
~ C f.1delUY
of tn.c Fln(; Arts
feULder , Ct n r l cs Vlillso!
y ea rs aft ",r th:' si gn ing of the
D~clu
'fAt ion 0 r Ind ljpeno..fm c6,.
Its ur.l1net ah ba coll e ot i on s" it e oon-
tinuillg exl:J.ibitior.. s ()f Hl\tional i mpo rt an o e , bud " abov e &,11 , its
b eli eved , along with Frt'lr:klin , that t l1Jr0 -ere no limits to tho £)09 sllJiU. ti iJS for cultur •.; ill iilnerica.
but; . in a lon g
tri'll..lll.phs ..
On~~
lif ~?
such
e,r~
thiJl"e
Z'Httlr disast~r
bour:. d to Pi'.; orls e :'l as well as
was thc- fire whi 01'1 destroyed C/o. e
,stori'ds 51"0 tolo. of' th tl s uvi ng 01' Benjamin West ' s huge
on
1h.!:L!:!l! Horn .
butth u losa e s
r B~a rd e d
c uts et rophe ,
es
OCl 0
l~
whol e was
~rt. e.ggQl:r inB .
c an cult',ure . eQuid not bt: d6stroyed by fire ; it
rr~uBt
b
s e c 0~d
b .11uLng.
~
ews"""" for
be r ebuilt .
that shines (mt fr<:nnthc. r e co rds of ttL< t i me ,
.;,ulokly subacri bod for
The
of n a tional i mpo rt on ce • was wi d ely re-
Tho London ..-Illuetrat l,;d'
l::!l ~::n0 r gy
.QQ!!h
c ~nva.s •
mon ~y
l,hi ch WtJ S erlo;:ct 1~i(j,
With
we.s
on th.e
sarno s1 to e .
by 1870 t h ,j .tl. c edercy hed .o ut g rown it 13 s eco.tld. buildi ng t and cho s e
its present
I1ro£~d
Str<::l!lit
site - forti:l t'~
since its co plation in 1876.
pt~m.ph1
!m ol d
of
w!:li. ch it {las ocoupi c;d
The dedlcetion s ervice , a coording to
-t wbi en ue seri tleath o o CO ti5:ii on , inoluded p:rey \:it T and
Some of
t ~ otur e
building
tir1 0
th ~ cruat~
1870 ' s gi
features fashionable in Philadelphia urchiV I;
th i.; JtOI.'Hlnmy builf..ing t.h 'ir fl£llvor of anoth e r
VfUa iI.tn ess , the: Bt ruotuJ"o wa s solidly bull t to wi tha't ..:.rtd \11 sast
endure,
bS
nObrly es
~ossible .
for &11 ti me .
~.; :r
alld
( 150th Anniv e rs a ry; P ennsyl va ni a Ac ... d e..'Uy )
On its 150th
,lU8 2'UmS ... - ana f o r
blr~hd aYJ
th e
Ao ad 6~y
s tud.y by schol a rs .
th :] ti m<.'1 s , as do its Rc quls1 t 10tl S..
4
fi nds ita coll e ctions in
Its e ll1.ibitlons k t;} ep
ment.
With the
e rri ed by a s tw ll st u ff , 'th u tr1:idi-
But in th o spirit, c f its round ers ,
inj:: on its n e xt 150 , e ven a s i t.
;;;',!
with
It s School, st a ff ed by T.·noWll Il1Q
art ist8, at truo·t s sttHhm ts f r oIl' r'ony pe rta o f t. e world .
we i ght o frll it,s !: otivl t i 'O s f
p a c ~J
(H~ l tHJr e. t r1 $
th l~
Aa:e. d emy will be
its pa.st .
st ~ rt ...
ART NEWS -
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
From:
April 28, 1954
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
Distinguished Norwegian Artist to Exhibit at Academy
A retrospective loan exhibition of 42 oil paintings by Per Krohg, Norway's
noted painter, also well known throughout Europe, will open. at The Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, Broad and Cherry Streets, on May 7th, to remain through
Sunday, June 6th.
This will be the first one-man exhibition of Mr. Krohg's work ever held in this
; country.
Opening first in New York City, the collection will travel from Philadel-
phia to Washington, D. C., and thence across the country to Seattle and San Frandsco.
Works in the collection have been lent by the National Gallery, Oslo; the
Municipal Library, Bergen; the State Art Museum, Copenhagen; the National Museum,
Stockholm; the Phillips Gallery, Washington, D. C., and by many private collectors.
Its tour of America was arranged on the initiati¥e of Dr. Olaf T. Messelt, Oslo, and
Mr. John F. LewiS, Jr., President of the Pennsylvania Academy, and is under the
patronage of the Norwegian Embassy.
A 23-member Honorary Committee in America, headed by Ambassador
~ilhelm
Morgenstierne, includes outstanding civic leaders, noted American artists, and
five present and former United States Ambassadors.
Phi lade lphia include:
Patrons for the eKhibition in
Henry Butler Allen, Horace M. Combes, James C.reese,
Kermit Fischer, Joseph T. Fraser, Jr., Ragnvald A. Gravdahl, Alf Herschel,
Mathias J. Moe, Charles W. Moore, Herbert C; MorriS, Jorg Nyman, Dr. and Mrs.
Haakon Styri, and O. B. Vik5ren.
Born in Oslo in 1889, Per Krohg has studied under two teachers only - his
father, Christian Krohg, one of Norway's grea.test painters, and Henri Matisse.
For nearly ha.lf a century he has been a central figure in Scandinavian art.
In
Per Krohg Exhibition - 2
addition to a long series of one-man exhibitions in the capital cities of western
Europe, he has participated in collective exhibits in France, Germany, Great Britain,
Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and the United States.
H:i.s works are part of the permanent collections at the San Francisco Museum
of Art, the Phillips Gallery, Washington, D. C., and at leading art museums in
Scandinavia and in Paris.
Formerly, he also was represented at several German art
museums, but during the Hitler regime his paintings were removed or destroyed.
In the past 35 years, Per Krohg has completed seven colossal decorative projects
in Oslo, including those in its Town Hall, all but one done al fresco.
mural decorating the United Nations
The huge
Security Council Chamber in New York City,
~
a gift from the Government of Norway, is another of his many notable works.
The catalog for the exhibition sta.tes that:
"For a long while it seemed as
if Per Krohg might become a French painter with Norwegian background.
however, he made a decisive choice.
In 1930,
After spending most of his childhood and the
first half of his adult life in France, he became a Norwegian painter, tackling
large decorative tasks which had Norwegian thinking and Norwegian life as their
psychological premise.
And from then on, the French background is discernible only
as a liberating force in the achievement of technical and pictorial effects • •
and thus he becomes an interpreter of his time, his surroundings, and thereby
his country. It
The Academy galleries are open weekdays,
except Mondays, from 10 to 5; Sundays
and holidays from 1 to 5.
Free at all times.
ART NEWS The Pennsylvania Acad~ of the' Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
Fran:
May 28, 1954
Elizabeth Z. Swensm
Director of Public Relations
Ten Philadelphia Public and Parochial School Students Awarded
Free Ttlitian ScholatShips by the Pennsylvania Academy
A year ago The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts announced its plan to award
ten new free-tuition scholarships each year for study in the Academyts winter school,
to those students of public and parochial high schools who could qualify far entrance
to the Academy.
The first group of ten worked here during the past winter.
Now it announces the ten students who have been chosen for study here during the
season 1954-55 on the basis of work they submitted far consideration of the Academy's
faculty:
Johanna Bazes, 8130 Lindbergh Boulevard, fran Philadelphia High School for Girls
Joan Cantwell, 409 'Winfield Avenue, Upper Darby, fran West Phila. Catholic High School
Rosemary Ferrari, 928 Edgemont Street, fran
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Louis Giansante, 2508 S. Carlisle Street, fran South Phila. High School far Boys
Guy Manning, 6301 Rising Sun Avenue, fran Northeast Catholic High School for Boys
Eleanor Powers, 6208 Dickens Avenue, from John Bartram High School
Richard Rappaport, 1105 Wingohocking
Stree~
from Central High School
Barbara Schultz, 2228 Cantrall Street, from South Phila. High School for Girls
Eugene Solaman, 3234 North 17th Street, from Murrell Dobliins Vocational School
Frederick Urbanek, 3310 Edgemont Street, from Northeast Catholic High School
After the third year at the Acade.my, these students may compete for the institution'f
Cresson and other traveling scholarships.
Students may augment their art work by coordinating their studies with the Universitj
of Pennsylvania to obtain a Bachelor of Science in Education degree, or a Bachelor's or
Master's degree in fine Arts.
,
.
ART NEWS The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
From:
June 8, 1954
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
Summer Art School to Begin Sessions in City
The Summer School at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts will open
at Broad and Cherry Streets on Monday, June 21st, to continue for six weeks through
July 30th.
Life, portrait and landscape painting, as well as drawing classes, and a
workshop in graphics will be conducted Mondays through Fridays from 9 to 4 o'clock.
Models will be available for all life and portrait work.
A croquis class will be
held once weekly.
In addition to the classes held in the studios at Broad and Cherry Streets,
the course will include others conducted out-of- doors in the a r ea surrounding the
Academy, in Fairmount Park, and in the Manayunk section.
The courSe will be further
augmented with demonstrations and illustrated talks on art by the instructors, and
field trips to outside galleries in addition to those at the Academy.
The faculty will include the following well-known instructors fr om the
Academy's winter school:
Weidner.
Julius Bloch, Morris Blackburn, Francis Speight and Roswell
Wallace Peters, a one-time pupil of Hans Hofmann, and now on the faculty
of the University of Pennsylvania, will be a newcomer to the summer school faculty
this year.
Students may enroll for four or six weeks.
granted.
Credits toward degrees will be
Baum, Benson, Grafly , Feinstein, Phila . Magazine
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Juno 11, 1954
El.1£abeth Z. S II
Picturo-of-the MDntb E:zni hi \ton to cont1mt at the
:l1delitz-Phil:'-delph1o. 'lrypt G9¥;.¥UW
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by the ACF.,d«q of a dirt rent paint.1ng iran i ts
pe~D.t
each month, tor exhibition 1n tho lo'bb,y of the F1delitq- Phil&.d lphia Tnwt Company
kPndacane by Tbtnaa Dough:tq
HM in Blue tv Paul Froelich
Octooor
l4e Villa HEi 'by Ca tuer1ne Grant
November
Girl at P.1e.ao by Theodore Robin
Still Uta
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Fl'uj. t by
Mur,y
To'WnDond MaGOIl
Sclf- PortrMtt by Clial'les Willaon Peale
~a;beth
B,oalQ Bgrdlr,r by Gilbert Stuart
3.anctua;::y by John Steuart CUl"17
April
Esthor at. :Ea.eAAr by P6gra Meld
~ot.hor tigd
Ch114 W.; Msry
Tho liouse Wi£9B
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Johll Jar.c:s Audubon
Zebry by Suzaone Schwe1i:
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the Pen.tl3j"lwui t Acnd!J!fT 6£ tho l''l.ne .Ar
Broad and Chorry Btl¥) tG, Philndell>~lia 2
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Juno U, 19S4
Eli:Gabetb Z. S\(enson
P:irectpr of Public P.e1a.t4.ons
Ponnsylvanie. Acudemy Painting Included in Exhib1 tioa
to !2B! Europo
John Brow !!2ing to flis .H.a.a8:1:.n,& one of a seriee of thre· paintings on the
subJ~ct of John Brow b;r £leU-taught Iforace ?1pp1n
(lS8S-1.946), has 'beon lont by , -
Pennq1val'.lio. Academy of tho F.1ne .Arte, b'or1 it" permanent collection, for a ser1.a of
ilIxhibi tions .in Europo for tho year a..i.e d.
It it:
0014'
way to
all 1 t
Art Mu e
in Lucerne, Mtzerlo.nd, where 1ih() wwibit1cn Ameri can PrilUt1ve Paintings,
by tho ::hi th£lonian Inst1 tut1.ou, 'Will open on July 10 to l'ema1n to Sel'
or~
bor 30.
OtheI' nho'h'ingain !llUaeums in ~chJ Vienna, Stockholm nnd London. vill fi~.
Tao invi ta t10n to llr.ori C8 to s nd. :mob. a cClllect.1on overseas vont. direct to
the UniW<:! Stutes Infor.r.w.tion Agency, cnd
colloction includo6 vork from the early
'}W,a
'\f.llt:lmately accopted in the
<l1l0~
pa1ut:lncs up to thaI'
11an1
of
t!lO
by living
artists.
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'W'Ili}
ellow in the PentlS.11vanta AcndE"lq' f! 138th ll.nnuAl Exld hi t.i
in 1943uud '.ro.B purchased .t:rot1 t.lw"t E;cllibi tion
It
'Vt\.ti
tor t.'i}a p9ttlanont colloct1on through
painted in 1942.
Pippin 'Wus born in \Test Choster J PouncY1vania, and
Thompson
Litman
Ba:um
Benson
Grafly
Jones, WFIL
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West Claster
Feinstein, Art Digest
Coffman
Phila. . Mag.
Art All. Bulletin
Walker, Hg.
Ha gen
no
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Daily Republican, Phoenixville
Phila.. Tribune
Pgh. Courier
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19~55
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Friday, Ooto
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Exhibition
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October 29 throup 0"· ber 28
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To City Editors
ART tEVS ..
The Penneylvania A eJ:I11' of tho Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Seta, Ph1ladel.ph1a 2
From.: El.1z
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Valley Artist' Work {;.t Pe.nnsy'1"llill1a
A9!dg:
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of :tIle D!la\f5! V!1:llez aro bIlving their WOlit I:
of Tho Penn ylval.'da Acad.CDT
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OllO
tb.Q g~l.llt1rlGS and eehoo.lJJ of th1.s distillgu1ahed old instJ.t.u4 i,
The
~taller1e
wlll reopen on 'lUeaday morn.1ng, Sop_bor 7\ll vi tb
CC - city editors of three papers
the principal suburban papers
all radio and tv stations in Phila. Camden, Chester,
Nor-ri s town
Art editors (Baum, Benson, Grafly)
Coffman, Convention and Visitors Bureau
\fuere to Go This ,.;reek
\-Ja.lker, Vac1:-tion and Recreation Bureau, Harrisburg
""m~ka
The Un!;yersity Museum.
33rd and Spruoe Streets
Philad,elph;t~
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July' 22, 1954
Ca1end§: of EvenH. f'gr .1954::55 Sohedul!d to . ;qaa
October 14
Members' Night ... SQames....Jenyns Lecture
November 1$
Memberst Night - UWhat in the World" Party
January 20
Members" Night - Special topio to be announoed
Februa17 17
Members'
Night
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Maroh 24
Members' Night
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April 21.
Members' Night
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May 19
Members' Night
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Ootober 17 to April 24 - Sundays at 2, Gallery Tours.
Sund~s at 3, Programs or film. or musio.
{Exoeptions: November 2S t Deoember 26, January 2, April 10
November 6 to April 2 -
Saturdays at 10;00, Game Club for ohildren.
Saturdays at 10:30, first Saturday of the month, Films
forchi1dren.
November through
~1arch
- Saturdays at 3, Gonoerts..
Dates to be announoed.
Art Editors of local and nationCll -DEuers,
i~SSO. 'cnd Unit::~cJ. Prr'C"s, art :::::ac&z:'nes , tnd
for :)L,~.let:.::l ho' ·,,-1 so:' lOCEl 8 rt ce~ltel::;
~
'lac Pennsylvwda. Academy of the Fine Arts
~
u.ud Cherry
PrQm;
Otreet~ ,
Philndelph1a. 2
Eliza.beth Z. Swen.con
Director of Public Relations
No Com.:;Jet.1t1vo Exhibition at
This Se
Arts during the
Pe~m8ylvan1e.
AcadeIq
aeon 19SJ.,-55 duo to the special exhibition Wld general program which
tne j;.(;uc..;.my will pr(10ent to celebrate tho l50th cl.un1veroory of its founding.
7ms :noons th.a t the cwrtomU1 e.nnual c7Jd bi tiona of we. tor colors and pd.nta
(in the fall) and oil ptdnting and sculpture (in the winter), both of con~porary \lOrk,
will not tfJ!e paco th1e year.
Oil
'lho l50th Annual 001 l:d t.1on
oi.!' &ld
Narch 13, 1955, \d.U take the tom 01'
include
fl.
~
Pain~~Ll~;
Scul; tUl'f), to be held from J atJ..'JIJIy l6 t.nrough
great rotrospective of tne lifE) of tile licadem-Y and
group of works by each of some twenty- five of the most dj,:rtJ.l1gW.sh d artists
\-klO have oi t.har studied or t&.ught llore during the paat 150 yoars ..
YOI'k of no 11ving
The Pennsylvania 11cs.d~ of' the Fine Artie
BrOad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
Prom:
El1:.abeth z. ~'uanson
il;-ector ot' Publ1c Rela!4gAs
Eteh1n~o
and .F.agrt;L~e by lienry totoCarWl",
Daniel Qu'oor and Fdward S!'lOnton
To October 1
Prints
~ ~bra:ldt
Oil ?4int.i..ngs tUld Sculpture, inelud1n.e em
gallcr.1 of ",erk by artiste £1"0::1 t.b.G
Dola'ware ValleyIt
October
9 tbru l'Jove.:n.ber
1.
RatrospactiYO Exhl.. hi. tion 'oJ.' Q1.1
Pd.nt1ngs unci 't-iater Colors by Cat.ha.d,ne Grant
!1e;,;ol:.'i,!~
-
ctowr 20 (e.£ter.a.oon.)
Tour of nrtiats t studioa, center c1ty.
.t~picos of Wore.OD.ts ComtU.ttoG, £0110 d
by Te
October 2fJ
tr.rougn
Novenber 28
Friday, October 29, 8 ..30 ?
M.
at t.he
Acad~.
-
Annual &d1ib1tiOll of lJork by Ma'lloors of
tho Art Directors' Club of PhiladGl~'j h1a
-
C~ber
Music Concort
(free)
Oullcries O~}6Il vo&kdaya 10 to 5J Su.D.daYfI aDd hol1d~s
iJ.
Closed ~fJ.
hea at all ti.m •
1 to
'l'he Pe.unsylvauia Aead
Broad and Cherry Stre
.•
of the fine i\.rta
ta, Pb.:Uadelphia 2
EUza th Z. Swenson
Pir ctor o£ l).tb;y.g EAla.t4PP&
October 9 t.brougn )lowmber 7
-
Mem.orial RotroapoQtive Exhibition of th.e Von
of Ce.tha.r1n Grant
Tour of artist '6tud1 ,center c:1 toy.
Auspice or Woaen' s Comm1 t. • Tea
tolloving
October 29 through ovember 'i .
-
-
-
t tbG Ac&c1em,y ..
ADonal Ex.h1l:d.tlJ . of
k by
'tiers of
The Art Dlrec1'4rs' Club of P1Ulti.4 P
CbNIlber Music Concert
Desk copy
lBO; - 1955
,.,...54
Part of Perman t Collection:
To liov bar 2S
Octo bar
Manorial Rotrospeeti ve Exh1 b1 t1
of Oil Pain' ng
end Vater ColOl'f) byCathanne Or t
o to
j:our of • rtis
9 th:m November 7
Fri. Oct. 8 ,4-6 Pm, Priv. View
r 20 (aftemaon)
cto
-)1'
29 "thru No
bar 28
-
Thurs .Oct. 28, 4-6 PM,Priv.View
ty, :u.spic
tel'
' studios,
fa Committee, 1'oUoWt."d by I
of Wan
at Jt~Q
Anuual El:ili 'hi tion of 'Work by Members of the
Art Directors' Club of Philadelphia
Friday October 29 8=30 P .. J.!. -
Sonata Recital - Violin and
.Fr1day, November 19" 8t30 P. M. -
Chambor "tunc Recital. - Clarinot, Cello, vtolin.,
Piano
Pi8IlO
January 1.6 thru March 1.3
Sat.Jan.15,9-11 PM, Priv. View
Wed. Jan. 12, dinner
ir1day, Jan ry 2S j 8:30 P .. M. -
Bona
Rec1W - Violin and Piano
\
Frid
I
Febru ry 1.~ t'h30 P. M. .,~,
1/
II
Friday, February 25. 8130 P. M.. -
String-V1rtuo~i
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of Philadelphi
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Lieder Peci tal. - Tenor and
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. c Soprano
rogr , of Music for Four Hands a;:' On" Piano
Frid Yt March ll, 8:.30 P. MOl
March 25
thru. April. 24
Thurs.Mar.24, 4-6 PM, Priv . View
AnnuaJ. w:db!t1o of Painting, Seu.1nture and
Graphics by M hera of the Aced y.s
F-e11owship (alumn1)
April 7 to May 5
Iletl'OS
April (dates to be set)
'Wednasd y, May 18,
ay 19 tlU"U .JUno 5
etive E:dd b1 tion of the
ark of
Ch~.\l·l.es Sheeler
4 P .. M.
-
27th
>
1 Festival of
of Jllci nt Ina
e iIr1er:lcan Society
ants
Ore sou Day Exere1 . il
Exhibit1
of
peti ra I vor for Tr vellnS
Schole.rsb1p
Spenker and cia
for . cWr IlO ies to be announ
l.ater.
y will
~a al ternat1o · 'Wi th th coneerU"
Lecture Dates: Fridays, January 21, Febraary 4, 18 and March 4
0
ear on
The Po.z:uwylvauia. i\cc,d~ o£tJle F.Lne J\rtEi
Broad Mel Cherry S~ • Philadelphia 2
F.ro:u
El.t:.:abetl1 Z. S'WGI.wtID
, Ili.r2ctor 01' Pu.bl1c It·
Pl:dlr.dol:)IIie. Al-tiat to h.o.ve !;:(:nibit1on 1n
_ §$Ate, :&Jrbr:trs, ~ol1l1f
t!cl..tel" Stuempi'1g.. veU-l-..:nO'Hll .i'':'1erican v.:d,ist J.ud ::"e/51dGllt 0:1' P!li:lAd&lplda,
i$
1ri.i 00001"00, with Jell). Marin and lD.!'lno
l'a.r;w.yo~
by U:.rt'WG!m t\Ie.Uty ruW. tuirty pt.int.inga lent by
including the POUlltlylvania
Acad~ ..
b:! thD Santa
s~wn;.l.
Darbal>f. ~~OGum
private colloc1;Qru wxl l:'l1WeW'Ul.
To "lIB,
mJ special
commentators
Tlle PennsylV'dllia L.ca.damy of the l!'1no Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
F:rl)J!l:
Elizabeth Z.. Swenson.
nirtlctor of Public Relations
You are invited to vis! t tb.o Galleries of The
li'ine ..Arts (
ip.'o
P~nnsylv.:u:U..a l~cad.omy
of ttl
Grica' a oldest art inutitut1on) at Bro£;.d e.ud Cherry Streots, where t.hoy
.l~eseutly
suo'Wing
G.
Paintings and Sculpture
part of their distinguished collecti.oa of Amen.
al'O
augmented by prints aslO. etchings.
Que.
art.
gallery is
dewted entirely to the paintings ruld. 3culptuI',i of Dolalre.re Valley art1sts.
Tile building was c.losed to the public during August,
on. Bro'"
to rebui.ld tae t3lltranee
Straet preptll's.to1'Y to the Aeadeny t s 150th rumiVSl'sary colobration 1n 1955.
The \>lOrI! is not yet
closed l.fondays.
C
:t!lloted but admission to the gallery
Admission. f'ree at all times.
1'1001'
is .' _
;)ored..
To city editors of three local
papers
The PemlE~'l v;:;.nia Lcz...o.eu y of the' FiN' Lrt::.
Eroc.d zu' CherrJ Streets , Ph..i..lc c:;.elr l~ ia 2
Director of Puol.ic Pelc.HonE
no Arts be s re--openec
T~lej" ~~e18
of
<c'
closed f1'oL... August 1
nel; eiltrance on the Rroc'c' 2tr"et
of the insti tution
Y'::i C~1
v-l l l
~~d,::e
~iCl8
:,lc: ('8 in
t~-rul~.::.:t
j
ts gall eries to
Septerit er 7 f or t::.8 inste'llrti on
of theuildinc.
~T::..nuary
of
1955.
T':'8 cUc:'rent exld bi tionc inc1ude Hork s froIl tho Lc.sdel:.;;r ' s grec.. t col 2.l.ction
To City Editors, Bulletin, Inquirer
Daily News
The Penn2ylvania AcadGm1" of the Fine Arts
Bl'08.d and Cherry Streets, Ph1.1adelplda 2.
For release Monday
h'oIll Ellzabetb. Z. Swenson
Director of Public Relations
September 27, 1954
Art School Resumes
&,8$10%18
The day and evening schools of The Pennsylvania Academy of the F:lne Arts
open their 1954-55 sessions today at Broad and Cherry Streets.
Students ha.ve registered from FormoBu, Canada, Syria. Turkey and Austria,
in add! tion
to those
[rOll
practically every section of the United States.
Twenty
PhiladeJ.phia students will be using scholarships provided by the Academy for
qualifying public and parochial school students.
In addition to these, The Academy
he-s granted some twenty full or partial tuition scholarabipa.
The twelve winners of European Tra.veling Scholarsbj.ps in May of 1954, which
provided free tuition at the Academy for 1954-55,
hav~
travel in Europe and have r eturned for further study.
completed Uleir three months'
Tn Pennsylvan1. Acad 7' of the Fine Arts
B:rca.d and. c..~erlY streets" P!'l.11adel pb1a :2
Pra!.lU
Sep·tem.OO1-
29t 1954
Eli_beth t .. &ten 11
td.r~..cjior of, ,~qu~ Relattone
Tb Pennsylvania Ace...lemy ot too hne
J.r~
has issued invite;tto
tor a
an rae ption to toxmall.7 open the MOlnor al Retrospective EKhitd.t1on of Paintinge
Mias l(ae Diffenbaugh ano Dr... l-iary H.. Easb.1 of
Pb..i.lc.delpbia) Dr. Ca"tiliarine Clarke or Sewickley, PennsylV'!!lUie; Mias Eloonor G:r-1er of
Pi tta'burgb.; tmd Mrs.", Mal'gfll"et Fansler of
?rending at the t
Afi3tl
So1,;~th
Orange, liev Jersey.
table vUl boa
twgax'6t H.. Cbrystie
Miss Elizabeth. I. Coyne
Mise flaney Maybin Ferguson
M:1SG
&iU.th
Em.reo.
Kra. Charl . agne
T~
Mrs. Edvard Fenno l:bftme.n
Kt"s. Hunter Soorlet.t
l.frs. Russell T. Blackwod
Mrs..
a orgs v.
Ander on
CC - Miss Diffenbaugh
Society editors of Evening Bullet, The Inquirer, Ch •. Hill Herald, G7rmantowo
Courier; post-Gazette, Sun-Telegraph, and Press of Plttsburgh; Patrlot-News
and Telegraph, Harrisburg; Vassar publication; wm. Smith of Avalon for Beach
Reporter.
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadel phia 2
From:
October 18. 1954
Elizabeth Z. Svenson
Directgr of Publi c Relatione
Krachmaln1.ck and Sokoloff to Open Chamber
Musi o Series at the Pennsylvania Acad ll\Y
For its 150th anniversary season of 1954-5'. The Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts announces a series of five chamber music con.certs and one lieder recital in.
its ga.lleries at Broa.d and Cherry Streets on Friday evenings.
Jacob Krachmaln1ck, concert master of
TI~
Philadelphia Orchestra, and Vladimir
kolefr, pianist, and member of the faculty of The Curtis Institute of l.fusic, lead
off the serles on Friday evening, October 29th, at 81.30 with a sonata recital of the
Sonate. in G m.ajor by Mozart) Sonata in A minor, by Sc.bum.ann, and
Sonata b,y the Contemporary American composer, Aaron Copland.
Pro~ams
folloW':
1\ ovemoor 19, Guido Mecoli, clar-inet; Rona.ld Leonard, cello,
and Mr. Sokoloff, in an all- Brahms program..
January 28,
Jascha Brodsky, violin; Mr. Sokoloff, piano;
Sonatas by Beethoven, Brabms and Grieg.
FebruaX"'J 11, Ralph Berkowitz and Mr. Sokoloff, pianists,
in a prc:g ram. of original works for four hands
a.t one piano.
February 25; Ilona Kombl'ink, soprano) 1,ayne Connor, tenorJ
assisted qy Mr. Sokoloff, in a program of lieder
by schubert, Brahms, Wolf, Schumann, Chausson
and Fa.ure.
Harch ll,
String Virtuosi of Philadelphia, Louis Vyner,
conductorJ l{r .. Sokoloff, piano sole, in a
program of wrks for chamber orchestra, and
a J. C. Bach piano concerto .
A5
:1m the past, the chamber music concerts are presented by the Academy
under the sponsorship of the Music Performance Tr ust Fund of the American Phonograph
Industry in cooperation with Local 77, American FederatiQn of Musicians.
These evenings will be free to the public.
to give visitors an opportunity to see the exhibitions .
The doors will open at 7;.30
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ulptors ¢oop·
in the periodic critic1
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T'ne PennsylvaniA Academy of the Fine Arts
DrOhd ana Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
Frome
El1z beth Z. Svenson
Director of Publ1c Relations
Gold CouBt Stud811t Sculptor 'Wins
St.1.mson 1100 Prize at P<:nnsyl'YtUl1.e. Ace.dGml'
Frangs Ac:ro.ere, f!43 !lorth
at
~4e
Pennolrlvania Acndemy of the
Br~d
F1n~
St.rect, Philc.delpbi< J
II
~culptl:a&
ArtB since September 1953,
student
been award d
h~s
the Stimson Prite of $100.00 t"or excellence 1n modalUg a tull-lellgth f1ture
life as
4
part of tho regtiJ. r ell!. a 'WOrk.
Tho priz v..,. established in 1917
late iinma Burnham St1moon tmd 1s competed for
t.h
~.
to the A.eado.t!3Y direct ~ Accl"(I., Gold CoOl
to further his art studie follOld.ng preliminary train1D8 received
in hi
b.Y
t, Vest AM ,
t Achimote Colloge
nat1 ve l.anci.
i l l work in tlJ.e cOl'!l.peti tion must be sul:mi tted MOnymouel,. to
til.
jury of
year we COlllftOaed of Clara Fasano of New York Ci tyJ JOfleph J. Greo.nberg, Jr., a.D.'d
Stevo Lewis both of this
c1V.
3
Honorabl Mention was ,1 van to Ct.rlo J. T.ravaglla of l}l !iorth 21st Street,
.?bil d
9il1a, son of MrD. Marl' Tra
glia of 8 Blak
Hill, SPl"in field, f.{aaaae.i.lUDetts,
a fourth-year student l:1t. the Academy,
Mr. IJD.rry Ro8in 18 critic in the figw:'o and l)Qrtrai t sttldio
dopartm :t.
of tho eculpture
CC- Wayne Robinson , Evening Bulletin
David Appel, Inquirer, and
City Editor, Daily News
The PennsylYatlia Academy Qf' fue Fine Arts
Broad and Chetty' Street". Pbil<i...delphia 2.
Fr<m;
November 15, 1954
Eli zabath Z. Swenson
Director 01: Public Italations
l"'1.J:·st Clarinetist of Ph1.1udelpbia Orchestra
to be heard in Chamber Music
Concert ____,___________
Anthony 11.. GirJ.iott.1. tirst
cl~rinet1st
of the Philadelpbia. Orehest..rn,
Ron&!d LeOl¥gd. celliat. nnd, VJ.adim!r §gkolot'£. pi ani st, will prosent an all-B-ra.tuns
program of '\forks rarelJ" 1learo in public, at 1he Pennsylvania /lcademy of the Fine Arts,
Broad and Cherry Streets. on Friday eveu1ng, !{ovem'ber 19th, at t.h30.
'**Hr. Gigliotti und Hr. Sokolo.fi' 'Will play the Sona.ta in F minor, Opus 120, No.1,
and the Sonata in E flat !ItS.jor,
0lI US
12u,
~o. 21
for clarinet &l:i,l piano .
PrograMed
between these will be the Sonata in E minor for cello and piano, ,lith iiI'. Leonard
and Mr. Sokoloff.
This secoud concert in the sixth annual series to be presented by the Academy,
1s sponsored by t."lEi' Hu.sic Pel"£ornunce fl'ru.st ]\md of the 11mvrican Phonograph InOUiJtr;y
in cooperation with Local 77, .4.merican Fedor.:'4t1on of Mua1d.cw.s.
Admission 1 0 free .
I~O
cards are required .
The doors vUl open. at 7:..30
Jfrom January
16 thr0Ui.' ¥..arch 13. 1955, The pennsyl . 'lia Acad
in Ph11a.dalp.,ia will hold it;.; 150th Annual Exni bi t1on.
group of w'Orks by each of
~5
of the FJ..ne Art
That BAlmual." will conaiat of a
of t,hs moet c1et1neished artists who eithf.'J" studied or taught
here during this period, beginning w.t. th Charles Will on Peale and end1ng wi. th J
t
With the birth of i.I!J.ericu l ,;; firilt i!.rt ia;:;;titut1on began the serious dey 10
of the fin
arts in A"!tcrlca wr.ich has moved forwtlrd. to such an oxte It that tb.e Amari
Throu.gh its exhib1t10113 and it world..
rUst of today ranka with the 'best in the world.
\
famoua schools, the Acedemy has played
of the 1nstituti
iIllfJU
very majo:r role 1:1 this deVDJL.....,,,,,ant,
ld a hiat.ol.'7
tuel£ becomes :in a senso .. !iistory of art in lmler1ca.
the Academ;y vas found d in 180;, holf(lvol'" it had to 1 an he 'vily on. exhibit
from Europe, even trough it had been $stab1iahed ltto
St~tee
arts in the UAi. te
caua6 of its .aativa art.
of At!srica, It
ld hus since
ID. March of 1806, tie
.Jro~ote tilEl
CO!:J,e
ch~rter
cultivation of tne fin
to devote i taolf entirely to the
had been obtain
u; tho rotunda
canva es, and tho first exh1td. tion h.eld.
Well be£ore 1 ts building ws ree.dy, howevor. the Board ofD1reetor v1sely turned
t! ir attent1
to axhibi
Joseph
Hop
,
II
u.tilo:£' of' "Hail Columb1
"I
who vas to
second president, and Charles Willson Peale, t.i:e moving spirit in 1ta
bee
founding,
c
•
:Wal.'6
of the ~rt. trea.aure
ssful conquests, lIl'ote Nichola
pouring into l'uI'is ae the result of Nhjloleouts
Biddl
J
youth vas s cret&ry' of t.he AmeriClm Laga\i.on
dipl
e!lUl;lCr
a Philacielpb1an of 18 year6 .... , desp1 te his
:tn
Pis. a.nd one of EIlrope' 6 m ~t
ting the needs of the Academy, to be convey
liowvor, in til me
d6Z
to Am€:riean M1n1st r John
time, Biddle had replaced tae Penns/lvSJ:l1a l)1l'eetors' list
with one of ilis own m.a.de in eonsultaUou 'With Houdon. at thl:.Lt ttme tUG mo~t celebra
in Pa
•
Much of the statu.ary on the lioudon list had until lately
poleon. qu1Qk no dou.bt to realize thtlt any Qt of
re.sti tut1
(realized in 1815) \o"Ould restore them to their or
made of th se ata.t e
having deli t10ul copt s
Ther tora I \4. ttl the
de
whOI'
r qu
m
t f
a t hanel, he 1"e d11y consan
Phi
delphia.
The hooch
d
of 1adine lists over 50 ob.jElcts, \-Ihie;, left Bordeaux in I<"'ebruarJ 1806, before the
Aoademy
h i-let
its charter or its firfJ t
6xhi bi tion.
The expenses for this shipmont, bas d
ok rates ostabl1shed by the Louwe, amounted to fran cs 2687 1t .30.
By 1816, we again find Napoleon malting a friendly gesture when .ho sent a ,- Att
or 'books
a:1(~
engravings to the Pennsylvania Academy th.roug:: Goneral RJ'tlStrollS, which, 1£
~t the beginning of its ' library,
WIll.S
no doubt its first sl
b13 gift Qf aport&noe.,
,
From.
Januax'y 16 throug .• March 1.3 .. . 1955, The Peunoylvauia l~d.emy of the F.Lno Al'tp
in Philarl~lp!,:ta mll hold i l..f~ l50th Annue.l E.xl:i hi t1on.
group of works by each of 25 of t.'lO !!loet dlstineiHhed artists lIho
cith~':r
::tud1ed or taught
here during 'this period, beg:1Wliug with Charles 'Willson Peale and euti1nC with JehU KAl1.n. ..
al'ti:at of
tod~l ra~lko
!anoue eehools, the
of tlle inst1 tut1
wi ti.l t he beet in the \forld.
t.;c.~dc:.:t,y
he.s played
6.
very t1a.jor role in t.ds d v: 10
Ollt,
liud U llistory
. teelf OO:COtnep i,l a sense ",' r..iGtory of Art in k'torica.
,"
When the Acaciur:ty
V$.B
fO\.Uldod in 1.805, hO\fGvcr, it hAd to lean lleavi.l1" on exhibits
cauce of its .nuti V~ art.
canwses, and the first exbibl tion held. 1t
Yell be£ore 1 te building was readY', however, the Board of L1.rectors wiiletly tUl-neQ
their attention to exh1bit.
Joseph Hopkinao."'l, authOr of "Hail Columbia"" \lao
'a second pre aid ut,
end
C~rlue
sucC$saful conqUG/:Its, wrote Nlcholaa BidC!le, «.
you.th was 5S01.'ota17 of the
.Amerlc~n
WltS
to
Willson Peale, too mov1ng aplrlt in ita
Pld.l~d
1;.th1&.n of 18 years \/ho, despi te hi
LegctJ.on in P rie, und one o.t: Europe' s
diplomats, o!l1.t'.!orating 'tohe ueeds of the .Ilcademy I to bo
COIlveyed
:m.o~t
to ,kn."riean
d.ci.zzl;1.ug .
Mi.oi:!rtcn' John
llowvor, in the meantim.e, Biddlo tw.cl Nplaced the ?e!lUS/lvania til'ectars' liat
with one of.' :tis ow made in CQ."1sultat1on v.ith Houdoll, at
L"l Parl s..
f.tuch of the s t..'\ tuary
011
th,~t
t.1mo tho
the 110uoo.o. 11 uthad
z;tOlilt
celebrated
'l.ln til l~ tely
111
possoesion of the Vt4t.ican in f..ome.
rel5t.i tu t1
made
(realized in 1615) would restore them to thQtr original. owners, hAd tmd copJ.e
ot t.heN
Tb.orefore j "Wi th the w'.aerSlli tbal. at hand, he rffadi1y
h ving addi t10nal copie made to aupply he r
\1oot fz
COl1SIDl3.
d to
The ?enu6yl VWli& J\cad y of the Fine Arts .... ;
or luding lil;Stu
l~cadev.JY
OYt.::r
50 ubjects,
h"d 1 ts uh&',l'wr or i ta
H':~lch
fir~t
l\;;ift Bordeaux :i.n FabruarJ 1806, before the
oxbi bi tion.
The expennes for thls shipnellt, resod
on re.tea cst.abllGhed by the Louvre, a.t.:o-.mted to ir<l.lca 2887.30.
~l
By 1810, \'Ie again find :.a901aol1 ill.H1dll.g
of: books
a~ld
f;tngrsvings to the Pennsylvenl8,
not the beginning of its
~,
Acad~y
friu.udl,y geeturo y;:en ,he se::lt a. gift.
throug
General Arm5'troug, W!d.cl.l, it'
library, 'Was no doubt its first aieesbl.; gift of imPOI'twlce.
The Pennsylvania jLcc"I.delllY of the fine Arts, Ero d E.md Cher y
otreets,
WCiS
founded in 1305, although It actually datos from 1791 Vthe
Charles YTllsul1 Pee:.le made hi s first efforts to organ:l zs- 'm lost! tut1Qn
devoted to the fine arts.
In the
Ac[~demY ' ~ge.llet·les
it
::;ta~. es
many
$pecl~l
exb,j,bittons.
In the 'ii'inter of 1953, its 148th Annuhl E'xhibl tion of Oil Painting and
Sculpture by living Ai:..:orican artists, \'.:as hf?ld.
suw its 50th A.rmuCi.l
In ternation~l
Its principal emphasis 1s on
counterbclunce t.he
n<~t1onc..l
of .i tSl.vinter scc.son " i
delphia Artists' work .
~
E}.hi bi tion of Water Colors a.nd Prints.
i.tl1EH'iCGi.rl ~t' t
Fmc}
,""nd the iUneriean artist.
" To
aSpt:ct 01' 1 ts actlvi tics , during a. major p rt
uevQtes one g[;dlery to one-man shows of Phil Its poruvnent coll.ection 1s one of the fine t
cross-sections of Americun art extant .
lectures
The autumn of 1952
Concerts of ohamber musio,
motion pic cureS fut'tLet enr lch 1 ts annual
p~og:r
ms .
:'i.'l.l8 ACI.;tdea.y' s di;.:; tingu:i shed sCHo01:::s li.::.va alviays been the trtidning
It awards its
st.udents
ill~ny tnvusend.s
in the winning of
of (lollr•. rs f,;lDual1y in tNtvel scholarships and
l~rge n~t1onal c~s~
BW6rds, prizes , et cetera.
1.'he galleri es are open \',;eekdays ({.~xcept ~llondays) from 10 to 5;
8unaays and holidays fronl 1 tD 5; closed. i,Iondays, New Year's, July 4th,
~hbnksg1ving
bnd Christmas.
