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Tile Penusylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry St.reets, Phillidelphia 2
From Elizabeth Z.
CC, f llilu . S toTY Hag; Tnis WeeK u.•o Wnere .l.o Go;
?lajbill
January, 1957
Phone.
SWEt1l50n
The Fenu5ylvan~ ACboderr.y of the Fine Arts, Bror.d
m~d
HI 6-1877
Ch.arry Streets 1 opened its
l53rd Annual Exhibition of Contem:oorary American Oil Punting and Sculnture on Jany.ap; 26.
It will remain t hrough
Slmd~,
February 23rd.
It includes ap;>rox.imatoly ;00 worke, never 'before show in Phlladelphia, by
American ar tists from all parts of the country.
For the first time in i 1;a history, the ACli.demy will move one of .i ts tJAnnuliils" out
of the city in its entirety for showing after it closes here.
Tnis show 'Will open at
The Detroi t Ins ti tute of Am on March 18.
r,;'Xhrougil good tea:n',mrk in the interest of the artist, a purchase fund of
was made available:
$10,000 from til
li'leisher Art Memorial (Phibdelphia.).
of these ineti tutions.
$~O,OOO
Academy; $6000 from Detro! t; and $4000 from the
Yorks bought v.i.ll go into tile permbllent collections
But this double showing a160 gives t.w opportunities for sales
to private individuals ;and other inati tuUons, not t<o mention the inereaeed audience.
Gallery Talks viII be
h~ld
each'l'hursdllY afternoon at
~'30;
January 30 - Harry f~sin, sculptor
February 6 - Dorothy Grafiy, cd Uc
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13 - Hob.son Pi t"bnan, paintex'
a
20 - Robert ~I. wl.i.1k.er, art historien
Ch.&:loor
lI-rusic Concerts will be on Friday evenings a.t 8&301
January 31 - Lorne Munroe, cellistJ Vladimiz' Sokoloff, pianist
Februt.Uj1' 14 - V1 dimir tmd Eleanor Sokoloff, pianists
Subscription Mea
under the direction of Jack Bookbinder, on Ttl ada.] evenings,
8
.4 .- Hobson Pi ttman" painter
11 - Leonid" painter
18 - F.o bert Ho thaNell, . ain ter
Fe~
n
II
The publi c 1 s in vi ted to vi 8i t the show ..
(closed Mondays)J Sunoaye and holidays 1 to 5.
Galleries a.re o.?en weekdays 10 to 5
fuoro open for evening events a t 7:.30.
Admif.;si on i s free at all times excep t fox' the subscriil tion l e ctures.
The P nnsylvania. AcadEUl'l.1 of tile Fine Arts
d Cherry Str'oet.s, Pnil~el.phi~'I. ;2
:ero~d
From Eli:.::abeth Z. Swenson
Acad
For
r$lo~6e
we it of JbJlUury 6
y
11~rle6 to Close for iiangine of coming
15Jrd Atlll\Ull h.b1 bl td.,on
The galleries of The P ur\syl w.."iia. Aetid
., Qf the Fine b.Tto vill clooe
t
, o ' clock on Sunday I J MUQry Uth, fol'tw veeks tor the l!u.;telle t.1on of the
AcadeI!'l.yt e
comin~
153rd Annual Ex ·1 bi t10n 0 f Con <apor ry .fur..eri Q!U\ 011 Pain tillE and
The show \Ii 11 remain for four
v'6ekS.
T .is , the COunt.r,y'1S oldest. annual art
tradi t10n t his yeare
it will r.:ove in i
February 23rd, aud open
tl. t
1;.8
~how,
wil.l depliI't radically .from
entirot.y from Philudelph.ia upon cloain here
the Det.roi t Iusti tute of Arta on Mbol'ch 14th.
i~v1ng
l't).& collaborating ineti tutiOrl.!J take ,ilrlde in
fund of
~20,OuO
for the pu.rpo e of mcldng
of the real> ct.1 va inL'it:t.tutions,
o!J.S
~ddi. tions
followa:
two 0' portu.nitie
aval1&ble a
ilO , iJ;:.lO fror.i tho ..\cud
for stUefl to
t:.rchc. e
'to tho t>emunent collections
aut t.'lis (loll' borlAtion, vhile proV'iding t rue daubl
also makes possibl
mf.id
~udience
individual~
OYi
$6000 from
for tne artists,
and i 6t.i tutiou
ot.r.er t han those 11 wd ahov••
And concerts £$ tured, wUichmaans sone evening opportuni t.i.&8 to vitli t
t.110
col fiction.
ART NEWS from
The P9n!lsylvania .Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Charry Streets, Phih.del.phia 2
Eliaabeth
z.
Swenson.
Il1~ctor
of Public Rolat1,oIlS
The Pennsylvania Aeademy of the Fine Arts" tbrougrL ita Director, Joseph t. l'raaer,
Jr", announces the purcha38 of the granite seulpt.ure - Dleple.eed Person - by y.ti.ldemar
R&ev-~5eh,
for its perm.&neat collection.
m.ale f'ib'Ure rome four feet Mgh.
It
The wrk,.
~G
execu~
in 1942, represents a seaUld
purchased t! rough. tho Academy. t3 ColleetioAs
PUnd. from the Memorial Ex"bi'bit.1oJ1 of tlde late distinguish.ed s eulptor' s 'WOrk held
recently at the Philadelphia J.rt AlliRl'lce.
Mr. Raendseh (1888-1955) was a n&ti.Ve of Berlin, Gtmnuq-.
He gain.,d biG f1rst
. artJ.at1ceducation at the .Boyal lnat.\. tute of ~)plied Art6 the".
lJl 1919 he joined the
staft of the State School of Arts 6nd CI·af'ts 4m Berlin, and 111 IJ.30 beea."ne Profefl.30l"
at the Berliner Hoeh&ehule fur Bildende s;unat.
Ii
resigned that post, hovever, in 1938
to nccept a call as instructor at the IUlode Island Scliool of tesip, which macie him t.be
head of its aeul9ture d pnrtment in 1946.
annual exhibitions of recent
be Gerved on the aeulpture
yfUilr.S ,
Jury
He vas a
frequ~t
for its 145t.h Arulual ExtJ. bi tion.
'WOrks into bro.ra:e in Rom. that. he died
COB!lllieBiQU8d
Acad.
&lei in 1946 vas avarded the lddaner Me.dal) in 1950
installed at t.he Youth Study Center in. Phi.l6.delphia.
'lAs Pread\!r,
exhibitor in PeLU'1sylvan1
OIl
It 'Was during the casting of the
Apl'1.1 14, 1955.
In 1951 he COJ:3ple
d
for the samuels Neluorial. on tbe Fact Dr1ve in Fairmount Park,
Philadelphia.. where 11. tdll be in.stalled 1n too future.
fIe worked in several medi1.l.1D.& and v.i:til a con~1del"a.ble range in Went &nd. eompeten
For example, early 'in his
reel" in G6:nua~ he grlned Ii .reputation a.s a ailv6rsmi til. and
medallist of
di~t1net.1Qll.
Olympic Sts.d1um. in Berlin.
sculptors of bis time.
Just beforo he tOl'1nl.nated hiB career
t.her~
to come to the
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry streets, Philadelphia 2
January 10, 1957
Elizabeth Z. Swenson, Director of Public Relations
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The Rittenhouse String Quartet will make its first appearance in the chamber
music concert series at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Broad and Cherry
streets, on Friday evening, January 25th, at 8:30.
The Quartet is composed of Frank
Costanza and Isadore Schwartz, violins; Paul Ferguson, viola; and
cello.
Franc~s
de Pasquale,
They will be assisted by Vladimir Sokoloff, piano.
The program will comprise Quartet, No.2, in D, Opus 76 by Haydn; Quartet, No.3,
in E flat, Opus 51, by Dvorak; and the Piano Quintet, Opus 57, by Shostakovitch.
As is the case with many string quartets, the Rittenhouse Quartet came into
being because the members used to get together for their own musical enjoyment.
They found such compatibility and understanding in their playing together that they
decided to officially found a Quartet and adopted the nrone above because most of the
members lived in or near the Rittenhouse Square area of Philadelphia.
They are all
members of the Philadelphia Orchestra and received most of their musical education
in this city.
Their public appearances as a group have met vli th marlted success.
Mr. Sokoloff has directed the Pennsylvania Academy's concerts for thE! past seven
seasons.
In addition to his extensive concert activities, he is a member of the
faculties of both The CUrtis Institute of Music and The New School of Music.
These concerts are presented by the Academy uncler the sponsorship of the Music
Performance Trust Fund, in cooperation with the local chapter, American Federation
of Musicians.
This will be the first of t1-10 programs to be held at the Academy during its
152nrl Annual Exhibition, made up this year of Water Colors, Prints, and Dra"l-Tings.
The public is invited.
Admission is free.
visitors added time to see the Exhibition.
Doors will open at
7~30
to perr,ut
ART NEHS from
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry streets, Philadelphia 2
For release
Sunday, January 20, 1957
Elizabe.th Z. Swenson, Director of Public Relations
Opening, Prizes, Awards of Pennsylvania Academyrs
152nd Annual Exhibition announced
The l52nd Annual Exhibition opened at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in
Philadelphia last night with a private view, to remain through February 24, with the
Philadelphia Hater Color Club collaborating in its presentation. The t1Annualtl this
year is comprised of water colors, dra~gs and prints.
Thus the Academy makes a
change from its established plan of many years when it presented t\vO major American
cross-sections annually - water colors and graphics in the autumn; oils and sculpture
in the winter~
The present program calls for one major exhibition annually and these
will be numbered to coincide with the years the Academy has been in existence regardless Of mediums shown. Oil and sculpture will be featured next in the winter of 1958.
The ey~ibition has a two-part organization: works included by invitation and those
chosen by the Jury of Selection, composed this time of Henry Pitz (substituting for
Charles Burchfield), Edward J. Stevens, Jr.) Xavier Gonzalez, and Adja Yunkers.
The
invited section includes 4V artists with 24V works - each artist having been invited
to show fl;'om 5 to 10 vTOr-ks.
The juried ps;rt is composed of 217 artists and 259 works.
In this class, over half of the artists have not been included previously in an Academy
"Annual. 11 Approximately 2100 items came b0fore the jury. Artists in the show in both
classes come from 31 s~te~ representing every section of the country.
\~ile
the Academy has customarily bou8ht for its ~e~an~n~ collection from each of its
annual exhibitions of oil and sculpture, this ",Till be the first time that it has done
so from the water color and graphics shoivs. A fund of $2000 has been made available.,
The vlater Color Cl,ub Purchase Fund wiU make possible pUrchases for its permanent
collection ..
Joseph T. Fraser) Jr., Director of the Academy) reports that as the material came in
for the Jury it appeared to reflect a considerable quality. This opinion was sustained
by the Jury not only in the goodly percentage of work accepted by them and ,vi th enthusiasm, but by the number of juried works that were awarded prizes. Mr. Fraser believes
this to be one of the finest water color and graphics exhibitions ever presented by
the Academy and the Club.
Prizes were awarded by the Jury of Selection (unless otherwise indicated) as follows:
Prize
Artist
Title
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Phila. Hater Color Club Medal of A"Tard
for distinguisned contribution toward
the advancement of water color art,
not for any work in the show. Given
by Directors of the Club.
Henry Pitz
Plymouth Meeting
Penna.
Phila. Hater Color Prize of $200,
for strongest water color, or
group of them •.
John W. Chumley
Haddon HillsApts.
Haddonfield, N. J.
Country Road
(juried)
Homer W. Johnson
2037 Moravian St., Phila.
& Hilliamsville, N. Y,
Bathers
(ju;ried)
Jules Kirschenbaum
21 E. lOth St., Ne", York
Rooftops
(jur;i.ed)
John R. Maxwell
Hartsville, Pat
Disaster at Dawn
(juried) . _ -
Honorable Mentions
~
Dana Hater Color Medal for best
water color - for boldness, simplicity and frankness of work.
Pennsylvania Academy - 152nd Annual- 2
Prize
Artist
Ti tl~;;;,;e'____ _
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Eyre Medal for best print: etching,
lithograph or wood block.
Honorable Mentions -
Mauricio Lasansky
Ispana -intaglio
state Univ., Iowa City,Iowa
(juried)
Gabor Peterdi
Rmvayton, Conn.
Dark Horizon- color
etching Tinvited)
Rudolph O. Pozzatt1
Indiana University, and
Silverton, Colorado
---rfnvi ted)
Grasshopper - vloodcut
Pennell Memorial Medal, aHarded
Directors 'of Club, for achie·vement in illustration or in the
graphic arts.
Frederic Whitaker
Murray Street
NOl'ivalk, Conn.
The Old Town - Gerona
water color (j~ried)
Davlson Memorial Medal, awarded
by Directors of Club for distinction in painting or drawing of
flowers or cf gardens
Andrew Wyeth
Chadds Ford, Pat
Broad Cove Ferns - 'vater
color (invited)
by
SE8<;:ial Events and .Hours during Exhibition
Gallery Ta~ks Thursday afternoons at 2:30, as follows: January 24, Alfred Bendiner;
31, Henry Pi tz; February 7) Henry Peacock; ll~, Hobson Pittman; 21, Raphael Sabatini.
Chamber Music Concerts Friday evenings at 8:30, as follows: January 25, Rittenhouse
Strillg Quartet an~Vfadimir Sokoloff, pianist; February 15, Lorne Munroe, cellist and
Mr~ Sokoloff.
Galleries open Tuesd.ays thru Saturdays 10 to 5; Sundays and holidays 1 to 5; the
above 2 evenings from 7:30.
Closed Mondays,
Free at all times.
Artists in the exhibition, listed by their home addresses:
ALlillMIIA
Richard Zoellner, Tuscaloosa
CALIFORNIA
stefan Mrozewski, Baldwin Park
Johrl Coleman, Beverly Hills
Jules Engel,
It
It
Geno Pettit, Chatsworth
Phil Dike, Claremont
Delmar J. Yoakum, El Segundo
Edwin Emery, Los Angeles
Milton Gershgoren, II
John Paul Jones,
II
Lenard Kester,
It
Rico Lebrun,
11
Richards Ruben,
II
Dorothy Sklar,
It
Nora Yamamoto, Oakland
Emily Schorr Elman, Palo Alto
Leonard Edmondson, Pasadena
Einar H(1,nsen,
It
Julia Pearl, Redwood City
Gordon Cook, San Francisco
George Ball, It
II
David Glines, Santa Monica
COLORADO
Rudolph O. Pozzatti, Silverton
CONNECTICUT
Sascha Maurer, Gaylordville
Louis J. Kaep, Greemlich
M:min Landecl~, Li tcbfield
Henry Schnakenberg, Newtown
Kevin Monaghan, Norwalk
Frederic ~lhi taker, II
Gabor Peterdi, Rowayton
Robert Kiley, Storrs
DELAVTAHE
Paul Shaub, New Castle
·Halt Stan, Wilmington
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Samuel Bookatz, Washington
Hike Kaplan,
It
FLORIDA
Robert T. Schuler,
~allahassee
ILLINOIS
Ivan Le Lorrain Albright, Chicago
Howard B. Anderson,
II
II
Vera Berdich,
Eleanor Coen,
"
MiSCh Kohn,
Alice Mason,
"
William S. Schwartz,
"
David F. ~eisbach, Decatur
Paul Vasq1..~ez, Urbana
NicoJ.a, Ziroli)
II
Pennsylvania Academy - l52nd Annual - 3
n.TDIANA
Robert L. Humbles, Indianapolis
Rinaldo R. Palossi,
!l
FossQm, Des Moines
Karl Mattern, If
11
H. C. Cassill, Iowa City
!l
Mauricio Lasansky,1I
Syd
OHIO
Robert M. Freimark, Athens
D. Rutka Kennon, Cleveland Heights
Henry E. Roth, Cleveland
Catherine Ann Rowley, If
Harry Soviak, Loraine
Hal Lotterman, Toledo
Anne C. Orr,
If
KENTUCKY
Eugene Leake, Jr., Louisville
OKLAHOMA
Loraine Hoare, Oklahoma City
Doel Reed, Stillwater
LOUISIANA
Caroline Durieux) Baton Rouge
OREGON
Carl Morris, Portland
MAINE
Laurence P. Sisson, Boothbay Harbor
Leo Meissner, Monhegan
Vincent A. Hartgen, Orono
Hilliam Thon, Port Clyde
TENNESSEE
-.'-Lemm,
Adele
MARYLAND
Gladys Hack Goldstein, Baltimore
If
Keith Martin,
If
Ona O!Connell,
Carol Crawford Suchinsky .• Bethesda
MASSACHUSETTS
Henry SchHartz, Boston
Benjamin Rowland, Jr., Caniliridge
Carol McPhee, Maynard
Barbara Leoff, Methuen
Willirun J. Hegelheimer, New Bedford
Chaim Gross, Provincetown (S'LUl1mer)
Jon Corbino , Rockport
Leonard Baskin, South Hadley
Leon P. Vermette, Springfield
Xavier Gonzalez, Wellfleet (summer)
Olimpia Aimaretti Ogilvie, WilliamstmJll
MICHIGAN
- '- ; r --ReneeRothbein, Battle Creek
MINNESOTA
Effie Sheldon Bornhoft, Rush City
MISSOURI
Edward Dickerson, Colmnbia
Russell Green,
If
Herner Drewes, st. Louis
NEW HAMPSFgB~
Glen A. Krause, Exeter
Richard Wagner, Hanover
lITEW JERSEY
H. Ashton Newton, Camden
John W. Chumley, Haddonfield
Emily Abbott, Lambertville
Paul Haller Jones, Leonia
E. Ingersoll Maurice, Montclair
J ane Sperry Eisenstat, Moorestovm
Edvlard John Stevens, Jr., Jersey C:i, ty
Ben Shahn, Roosevelt
Sara Hinston, South Orange
Diana Tashjian Soorikian, Vleehawken
NEIN MEXICO
Howard Cook, Taos
NORTH CAROLINA
Halter Hood, Davidson
George Paul Arnold, Winston-Salem
Memphis
Walter H. Stevens, Oak Ridge
TEXAS
Amy Freeman Lee, San Antonio
WASHINGTON (state)
Morris Graves, Edmonds
Kenneth Callahan, Seattle
Bill Colby, Tacoma
WISCONSIN
'Richard- C. Schneider, Antigo
Donald M. Anderson, Madison
Bill H. Armstrong,
If
Alfred Sessler,
"
Dante, Vena,
II
Harold Altman, Milvl8.u..lwe
Earl W. Gessert,
11
Eugene Mecikalski, "
Arthur Thrall,
11
Robert von Neumann, If
PEHNSYLVANIA
. .Edgar S. Baum, Allentown
Richard Peter Hoffman, 11
Willimn J. Hilson, Ardmore
John Costanza, Bervryn
Hobson Pittman, Bryn Ma,'l r
John W. McCoy, Chadds Ford
Andrew Wyeth,
11
11
Jesse Soifer, Chester
Sarah Blakeslee, Doylestown
Ed".vard R. Grove, Drexel Hill
Don Lord, Erie
John R. Maxwell, Hartsville
Aach, Hazleton
John Foster, Nmvto\m
Katharine Steele Renniger, Newtown
Antonio P. Martino, Newtown Square
Oliver Grimley, Norristown
Lois RapPJ
II
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~ J t 91? ~t'lG\fQ!,~5
Fe~
Giovanni Hartino, Penn Wynne
Robert Gardner, Pittsburgh
Henry C. Fit?, Plymouth Meeting
David Y. Ellinger, Royersford.
Charles Hhitaker, Strafford
Albert Christ-Janer, University Park
Betty Miller Bowes, Hynnewood
Philip Duane Jrunison, VJest Chester
Vita P. Solomon, '\<Tyncote
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Pennsylvania Academy - l52nd Annual ..
PHILADELPHIA (Penna.)
Sylvia A: Barkan, Rita Wolpe Barnett,
William Barnett, Thomas Barron, Alfred
Bendiner, Morris Blackb1lrn, Jack Bookbinder,
George Bunker, Natalie Charkow, Harian
Crawford, Guy Fry, Frederick Gill, Albert
Gold, Abraham Hankins, Martin Jackson,
Jerome Kaplan, Alan J. Klawans, Marcella
Klein, Joru~ Lear, Wm. F. Loos, Mary
TOYlT.\send Mason, James Kirk Merrick, Dan
Miller, Oliver Nuse, Ruth Petloclt,
Herbert Pullinger, Mary G. Sheppard, Helen
Siegl, Benton Spruance, \,..Jalter M.
Stawuszewslti, Hm.C. Utermohlen, Jr.
NEW YORK ~TATE
Roy M. Mason, Batavia
Robert E. Conlan, Bayside
iuslie Burke, Bearsville
Bernard Brussel-Smith, Bedford Hills
Rubi Roth, Belle Harbor
Judith Foster, Brooklyn
"
John Hultberg,
Dong Kingman,
"
Henry Koerner,
11
Nancy Ranson,
"
Vlilliam Zorach,
II
Harry Dunn, Brooklyn Heights
Charles Burchfield, Buffalo
Catherine Catanzaro Koenig, Buffalo
Gene Vass,
"
Stanley Bate, Craryville
Robert E. Borgatta, Dobbs Ferry
Charles E. Burdick, Flushing
Stow Hengenroth, Greenport
Robert N. Blair, Holland
Edgar A. Hhitney, Jackson Heights
Margit Beck, Little Neck
Martin Camarata) Long Beach
Norman Kent, Mrunaroneck
Clara Haas, Mt. Kisco
f~dree Ruellan, Shady
Frank Go 0 dnOiv , Syracuse
Eugene M. POIvell, Valley Cottage
Israel Doskow, Valley stream
Arnold BUl'chess, Hhi testone
Homer W. Jo~~son, Williamsville
Romas Viesulas, Woodhaven
Barbara Neustadt, Woodstock
HEH YORK CITY
Sig Abeles, Irving hffien, Tore Asplund,
Eugene Berman, Samuel Brecher, Aurelia Brown,
Cecil Buller, Letterio Calapai, Mary Carter,
Chen Chi, Marvin Cherney, Minna Citron,
Richard de Menocal, Alex. Dobkin, Robert Dunn,
Idelle L. Feinberg, Antonio Frasconi, Mark Freeman,
Jan Gelb, Jack Henderson, Joseph Hirsch, P. Jenkins,
Helen Keen, Jules Kirschenbaum, Wm. Larkin, Leonicl,
Jack Levine, Ezio Martinelli, Norma Morgan, Seong Mo:/,
Kenneth G. Nack, Tetsuo Ochikubo, Henry C. Pearson,
Donald Pierce, Andre Racz, Irwin Rosenhouse,
Tadashi Sato , Jacob G. Smith, Jaclt Sonenberg,
Raphael Soyer, Louis Trakis, Janet E. Turner,
Frank Vaurziska, Agate Veeber, Sylvia Hald, Marie
Hilner, Adja Yunkers.
(Xavier Gonzalez and
Chaim Gross ~ see Massachusetts)
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l':tlfl Pennu1'l~ia Academy of tile Fine Art1:l
Broad l'.lld \;hen-y Street.s. Ph11adelplda ;:
lU 6-1877. _._ __ _
St,.'t:rt da:L te ... trnY' t.1.m.e .e..ft.er
reoeipt of toia
relata
i~l.·:t'i~ Wat~r Q)l()r~ , P:du~ OOld ~il~t!lg~, tit ThB Penus11'tlm'.ia A~iildenty of.' th~
Ar"tts, ~d M'ld Cherry Streett.,. i'hursday ~fto-,;moon (Jw:n1h1'Y 31) b,t 2:)0 .
li'j,ne-
· he PenllsylVWllcri..
Brod
~
Cherry
i.c.:;.,a.~ of t.he Fine !l'ts
Stree~e, Phil~elpni~ 2
111
b-l~77
Start de. te - Februe.ry 1
Kill d41te - A. M. of i1 bruary
7
of the Brill Mala Art. Center, 'ldll. g1 va thE: third gtUlery- t.a1k in connection \lith
/
the l,2nd
~U!l Ex~ ..ibition
of
D;raw1uS•• at Tho Penn,s,ylvanie.
A~'Borau ~f,;jrican
Acad~
of' the Fine Arts .. Bro d and Cher17 St.l"eets,
Thur day afternoon (1ebrwlry 7) at. 2:30 o'clock.
The public ia invited.
tlawr olore. Print !.\Ad
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
February 1, 1957
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one: RI
6-18_7~7_______
Lorne Munroe, solo cellist with Philadelphia Orchestra
and Vladimir Sokoloff, piani~t, in Sonata neci tal
Lorne Munroe, principal cellist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, will make his
first recital appearance in Philadelphia since assuming that post, when he joins
Vladimir Sokoloff, pianist, in a sonata recital at The Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts, Bread and Cherry streets, on Friday evening, February 15th, at 8:30.
These two distinguished musicians will be heard in Sonata in A, Opus 69 by Beethoven,
Debussy's Sonata, and Sonata, Opus 6, by Samuel Barber.
A native of Winnipeg, Canada, Mr. Munroe made his first public appearance at the
age of 5 and ,ms only 10 when he toured Europe with British composer-pianist Arthur
Benjamin .
Following studies at the Royal College of Music, he came to the Curtis
Institute in Philadelphia, first as a student of
Feli;~
Salmond and later of Gregor
Piatigorsky.
Three years of service in \vorld Har II did not halt young Munroe's musical
career.
Upon his return to the Curtis Institute , he \lon an audition for soloist at
a Philadelphia Orchestra Youth Concert.
Follm.,ing his Curtis graduation he won a
Naumberg A'\mrcl (1949) giving him a debut in Town Hall, Ne\v York.
Between then and
his coming to Philadelphia he was first a member of the Cleveland Orchestra, and next
principal cellist with the Minneapolis Sympho):'lY.
He became solo cellist vlith the
Philadelphia Orchestra for the 1951-52 season at the age of 26.
Mr, sokoloff needs no introcb..tction to Philadelphians.
In addition to hi s many
other activities , this is the seventh season that he has arranged these programs,
presented by the Academy under the sponsorship of the Music Performance Trust Fund,
in cooperation with the local chapter, American Federation of Musicians.
This is the second recital to be held at the Academy during its 152nd Annual
Exhibition of Water Colors, Prints and Drawings.
is free.
The public is invited.
Admission
Doors will open at 7: 30 to permit visitors added time to see the Exhibition.
Th Penneylvauia
d - of: the Fine Arts
~ .end ctlerry 8tre6U;) J'Mladelphi 2
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with
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Contem90Tar,y Atl(;rl.ean WB. tel" Colors, Prin.t . and llraW..L&...
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ART NE'i'IS from
The Pennsylvania Academy of t he Fine Art s
Broad and Cherry Street s, Ph:i.laclelphia 2
February
7, 1957
Elizabeth Z. Swenson, Director of Public Relations
-------------------------------------------------
Pennsylvania Academy and Fleisher Memorial Fund
Purchase Con~emporary P.rt Horks
Joseph T. Fraser J Jr., Director of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
annOti...l1CeS that sales from the current l52nd Annual Exhibition (water colors, prints
and dravTings) are runn:i.ng well ahead of those from any other Academy II Annual"
within his memory and are increasing each day.
At this mid-iray point - the Exhibition will remain through February 211- - The
Academy announces purchases for its permanent collection, and those made by the
Salnuel S . Fleisher MGluorial Fund (underthe supe'rvisionof the Philadelphia Museum
of Art), with the balance to be announced at the close of the sho,.; .
Mr. Fraser considers it a great stimulus to the EY~ibition, that the Fleisher Fund
made its purchases ahead of the opening and thus presented such a splendid exrunple
of buying to a ll visitors.
Academy Purchases:
Grasshopper (woodcut) by Rudolph O. Pozzatti; Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.
-DarIl: -HOrizon (color etching) by Gabor Peterdi, ROvrayton, Conn .
Espana:-[intaglio) by Mauricio Lasansky, State University, IOvTa City, IovTa.
C0Ul2~:sY.-B9_ad (water color) by John W. Chumley, Haddonfield, N. J.
Bathers (\Tater color) by Homer "H . Johnson, Phila., and il1lliamsville, N. Y.
Girls t Heads (conti crayon) by Jack Levine; Nevl York Cit~r
Na~i th AccordigQ. (0.rav1ing) by Andree Ruellan, Shady, N. Y.
Hal' Figure (dra'l.;ing) by Rico Lebrun, Los Angeles, Calif.
After the Show (water color) by Henry C. Pitz, Plymouth Meeting, Pa •
.9alifornf~ T!i» (color woodcut on cloth) by Antonio Frasconi, Ne\f York City
Danc~ (plaster block) by Helen Siegl, Phila.
Sorting Totora, Perl.! ('I'Tater color) by \'!alter Hood, Davidson, N. Car . and Phila.
Auror~ ('I,ra tel' color) by Eelvard J. Stevens, Jr . , Jersey City, N. J.
Fi gur~_ (drawing) by Raphael Soyer, New York City
Three Statues (vTater color) by Dong Kingman, Brooklyn, N. Y.
MUSsel' GrcJ\lers at Chatelaillon (pen and ink dravling) b y Leonid, New York City
Truro No. 2 -( tempera) -bJr-xavier Gonzalez, NeVI York City and Hellfleet, Mass .
Fleisher Memorial Purchases:
Candied Apple (dravTing) by Henry Koener, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Rigging (gouaChe) by Morris Blackburn, Phila .
The Night Visitor (color woodcut) by Seong Moy, NevT YorIo;: City
Four vTOodcuts - Man and Dog, Self-Portrait as Pri.est, Anatomist, and Rooster, by
Leonard Baskin, South Hadley, Ivfass.
Six wood engravings - Kabuld Srunurai, Mountain, Sleeping Soldier, Tiger, Glass BlovlGr,
and Warrior Jagatai , by Misch Kohn, Chicago, Ill.
Sea and Stars (color woodcut) by Antonio Frasconi, New York City
Tlw color etchings - Letters Toward Experience, and Es~arpmentJ by Leonard Edmondson,
Pasadena, Calif.
Acrobat (\Tash drawing) by Chaim Gross, ProvincetOlm, Mass., and Nevl York City
Prometheus (water color) by Ben Shahn, Roosevelt, N. J.
Four color etchings - Heralds of AiTakening, Dark Horizon) The Big Heb, and
Germination No, I, bJ Gabor Petercli, ROvTayton, Conn .
Tv10 color woodcuts - Girl 'Ivith Flowers, and Piazza San Marco, by Irving Amen,
Nevl York City
Spruce Clearing, Isleford ("Hood and paper relief) by George Bunker, Phila .
Shore Birds (sumi ink) by Morris Graves , Edmonds, Wash.
Espana (intaglio) by Mauricio Lasansky, state University, Iowa City, Iowa
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Fin Arts
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Start date - Febru&:ry 15
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AmeriCWl
Wa.ter Col.ors , Pr1nta and.
of t.b. nne Arts, Broad andCher1'7
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Tlmrsday
E~.fte~
PeA!U!l)'lv~ A<ta4tm'!Y
(February 21)
b&l.' oJ: the f. cW."tyof tb T,rler ~hGol of Fine Arts of
The Pennsylvani
d8mT of tlle J'1ne. Ar1i
Broa.d and Cherl"1 Streets, PhiJ.adelph1 2
m: 6-1877
Elizabeth. ZOo SYenson,DlI'6ctor of Puhl1c RelatiOJ:lS
The_ few ~ " until Sunday art.emoon (i"eb-ruB.1"1
24) a.t 5,) oftel" the last
op,portuni ties to vis! t the 152nd Aml.ual Exbi'bi tion 9£ Watu:r COlors. Prtlilts end
Dra:w1ngs at the P nnsylva.n.1a. AcadEImT of til
11n.e Arts. Broad · d Cherr,y Streets.
Tl:ds collection ef almoa~ .500 con'ttempor&%7 works lq .America.n w'tietu fl"am
31 s
tea has
be~ drmd.Dg
interested gNu,. as vell
As the A 'dGmT's ma1n i"wII.ctiOl1 i~ to promote
'at~tist,
1t r&P01"is vi th enthusi&
th&t 1 t hlis sold
8.&
udi'l.1dua.ls Sinne. 1 t op ned
. f>rie&n art and the Al:r..0rican
USi ·
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fNln
t.h$
ixh1b1 ti011
10 the 8a.m.u.al S. Fleisher Art Memorial, the Atwter Kent MUeetU:l, tb Pbilad phis.
Va tel' Color Club. and very many prl va te inai vidual , and ~ 'bought for .1. ts
permanent collection.
OWl
T.nis is the ldgllest plU"chse1ng reeorcit 80 far as t.hG nmber
or vorlts isoon.eemeci, froa 81rJ annual exhibition w.i thin
t,.b,
memor,y of 1 te prest
ataff'.
Admission is free to th
publi e t. all t.il!le .
The galle.r1ee
ve kdayJ from 10 to 5; Ya&bington' a Birthday and Sundq- from. 1 tQ 5.
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ART NEWS from
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
March 1, 1957
Elizabeth Z. Swenson, Director of Public Relations
Record Sales Made During Pennsylvania Academy's
Recent Exhibition
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is releasing the following information on
its 152nd Annual Exhibition (Water Colors, Prints, Drawings), current January 20
through February 24, because it believes the facts, not all of which were available
until the exhibition closed, are of special interest to the American artist, the
art-interested institution and the general public.
According to the Academy's Director, Joseph T. Fraser, Jr., this exhibition produced
the greatest number of item sales of any "Annual" of the same media within his memory.
The democratic process of inviting a jury of professional artists to pass upon the
work which any American artist is privileged to submit, is a custom long followed by
the Academy. The work accepted by them was added to a restricted number of invited
works by artists of national reputation. The result was an exhibition all-inclusive
in its scope, with no particular school predominating, and the purchases were quite
equally scattered from academic realism through abstraction.
General Statistics on Exhibition
240 works by 40 artists invited for exhibition (each artist given opportunity to
show 5 to 10 works).
Approximately 2100 items came before Jury of Selection, from which
259 works by 217 artists were accepted.
Among artists included by Jury, over half were exhibiting for the first time in
an Academy "Annual."
Artists from 31 states in both invited and juried groups, represented every section
of the country.
Prizes awarded as follows:
1 to invited and 4 to juried works; honorable mentions
evenly divided, 2 to invited and 2 to juried works.
Statistics on Sales
484 items listed in catalog .
463 items only available for purchase.
141 items sold at a total value of slightly under $13,000.00 .
30% of work available for sale, was sold.
51 of the 257 artists included had work sold.
49 duplicate prints sold.
(1 artist had 8 prints in exhibition, sold all and
13 duplicates; one artist sold 7 copies of his single
print exhibited; et cetera . )
Works sold ranged in price from $7 to $850 each.
The Academy bought 17 works totaling $3205.00 for its permanent collection; the
Samuel S. Fleisher Memorial Fund (under supervision of the Philadelphia Museum of
Art) 27 works totaling $3430.00; the Philadelphia Water Color Club 2, and the Atwater
Kent Museum 1 . Private individuals bought the remaining 94 works that were sold.
ART NEWS FROM
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry streets, Philadelphia 2
Elizabeth Z. Swenson, Director of Public
Annual Fellowship
For: release
Friday, March 8, 1957
flela~tons
~xhibition
at
Acad~y
The Annual Exhihition Of the fellowship (alUll1Di) df The Pennsy~vania Aca.demy of the
Fine Arts, opened last night with a. private view. - It comprises some 163 oils, water
colors, sculptures, and gl'aphics (a.cademic thru abstract) by professional artists who,
during their student days, haa part or all of their art training in the Academy's
schools. The show will remain: through sunday ~ April 7.
The Fellowship was founded in 1897 - some decades after the Academy first opened its
doors. Its members are living in all parts of this country, and some abroad, but the
major number of those exhibiting this time come from the greater Philadelphia and New
York areas, although some from other parts' of the country whose work is handled by
New York art dealers, are incl~ded.
There are two groups of work honoring the memory of two alumni who both died very suddenly during the past summer: Walter Ernerson Baum, painter; Leona KarR Braverman,
sculptor. An annual prize has been established by her friends in memory of Mrs.
Braverman~ and is awarded for the f;trst time~
Juries choosing this part-invited, part-juried exhibition and awarding prizes, werfr
composed of: Oils - Quita Brodhead, June Groff,Thomas Gaughan; Water Colors and
Graphics - Margaret Gest, Jeanette Kolm~ Ralph Taylor; Sculpture - Paul A. Greenw'ood
and Allen Harris.
Prize
Harrison S. Morris Memorial Prize
of $100 - divided $50 to each:
Artist
Work
Walter Reinsel
Studio Shelf (water color)
2219 RittenhOUse Square
Philadelphia
Abraham Rattner
Window Cleaner in Yellow
8 H. 13th st., New' York
(water color)
Caroline Gibbons Granger Memorial
Prize of $50
Edith Emerson
Victoria (oil)
st. Georges Rd., Phila.
Fellowship Annual Award of $50
Abraham Hankins
By the Sea Shore (oil)
2112 Spring st., Phila.
May Audubon Post Prize of $50
Leonard Nelson
1720 Sansom St.,Phila.
Leona Karp Braverman Memorial
Award of $50
Anita Weschler
The Road (sculpture 136 Waverly Pl.,New York
plastic resins) .
A-57#1 (oil)
The Fellowship is also sponsoring an exhibition of student work in Student Gallery,
first floor~ Jury composed of Carolyn Armstrong, Jean Watson, Ralph Taylor, awarded:
Mabel Wilson Woodrow Prize of $25
Honorable Mentions:
Water Color or Graphics Prize
of $25
Honorable Mention:
Louis Saoan
Landscape (oil)
1503 S. 50th st., Phila.
Robert a'Neill
Fear No Evil (oil)
514 College Ave.,Elmira, N.Y.
Harry Eng
197 Lakeview Ave.,
Clifton, N. J.
study (oil)
Dan Miller
Brookville, Pal
OWl (print)
Phoebe Hwang
Bird (WOOd block print)
136 N. 21st st., Phila.
The galleries will be open two evenings for special events: Tuesday, March 26 at 8 African Music and Dances; Friday, March 29 at 8:30, for Chamber Music Concert.
The Pennsyl ValUIa Academy of the Fine 1l.rt$
Broad and (~herry streets,. Philadelphia
The work of two Phllad.elph1a painters ... y~l tel' .Hood and Oliver Nu$e .... will be
presented by Th.€> Pennsylvania AQade.my ·o·f theFi:ne llrts in its Philadelphia Artists "
Galleries from FridaY.t
~iJ:arGh
15th through April 7 •
Both are former Academy students.
. :W.AL.T:fu'R .HOOD ilill exhibit water colors ofE.'<>uth Amerioan and Mexioan seen.tusl
mosaics executed in .I taly; and
S(;):(JH;;
tem.:perapanels of mural designs painted in Italy
Hr. Hood is &. na'~iye of Davidson., N~rth Carolina .j~t nC'YJ lives at 224 South
43rd St1~eet in Phila delphia.
He began the $'Cudy of. painting at .Antioch College
fordo) in 1949 but transfe'ITed t h<'<.t year:' to t hePen\l:,:rylvarJia Academy, where in
1952 he vas awarded a Cresson European Travellng Scholarship which took him to
E€llOPt, Crete, Greece,; Turkey, England, and parts of Europe. In 195.3 t heAcademy
awarded him a Schiedt Traveling S.cholarship}! whleh. he used in 1956 fGr travel
in La. tin America, mainly for stu~..y of the Inca, Aztec and l>;fayOO1 li,rt forms, In
1'953 he also l'eoei ved ai:J. Edwin A:ustin l!.bbt?yI?el1owship In}1ural Decoration. ,;hi¢h
gave hila two yea.rsof work, study and travel i:o. Europe 'With a. studio during that
period at the American AGa.demy in Rome.
There he made a considerable study of
t he tecr.nique of mosaiCS..
While in Rosa.e he, ]fainted a fresG!o in. the court of
t he .American Ace.deIllY.
it present MI' , HO'la is doing graduate work. at the
Uni versi ty of Pennsylvania".
He has had one-man shows in Rome and New York; and been r~presented in group shoW's
in Frome and si:z:o·ther Italian oi tieS I in aadi tion to those in America...
Though
out of t he Ace.demyl s scno(;)ls only a few years, he is already represented in
severalpub1i. e and private colle c tiOllS ..
SUbjects of the painting$ shown by OLIV]fR
N1JS~
will deal "lith subjects
ranging t .hrou.gh circ'Us, munu:llers, figures on streets, and G10ucester harbo:r·) generally
abstractly treated.
-{i ri tas Mr.
Nuse, IfRege,rdlass of subject the
attracti~n
to me 1s move-
Figures are
freque~ltly
fragmsnted to
Illent against the bigness of tent, street or harbor"
Works are in
oil, gouaehe,and encausti'c
painting!, the l a tter cone "d. th hot wax, a..'1.d der'i'ving their particular result from the
Oliver Nusewas born in Oberlill, Ohio, t he son of Roy C. Nuse" eme.ri tUB member of the
Penn$~·.rlvania
"
Academy 1s facu..lty.
HeJ
~
)
studi ed a t the
Acad~'l1'
• ......,
anld received both Bachelor
and Ma.frter of Fi:n e Arts degrees from t he Ulli versi ty of' Penna"
Cresson l1'uropea,n Traveling Scholarship in 19.38 end a Char'les Top;pan PI'i2>e~
Locally, he haa
lron pr12>e5 from the 'Woodmere Art Gt:J~l~rYJ' Phl::ta. Jl.rt TeaChers'> AS~OCIATIOli, THE Phila. Sketch
Club, and the Fellowship . (alm'll1i) of th"il Aca.d(~m:y
Since 1.945 he has 'Qeen direGtor of art
at t he William Pemi Crutrter Schoo:t (Gel"lnan'Ww) a.'f').d from 19'41,....44 in.structcr in arts and
crafts th~n·e ..
He i .8 al so ewDIui.y instructor in, painting .;it the FleiSher Art MemOrial in
Phila~:
He has conSiderable representatli:on in public a...'1.d. pl'i vate art CGl1ectiQllS, and
ex.'libits nationally!>
Ue and his fa.nd.ly liile at 504 Harvey Street, Germantown.
Of
Note:
.
Word has just been ~eceived by Walter Hood today that he has
been elected to member~hip in. t~~L8rJ3~i~ects Lea~e of NYC.
It was there
last fall that the EdWln Austl~~urlaatl0n gave him a one-man show.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry streets, Philadelphia 2
From Elizabeth Z. Swenson, Director of Public Relations
March 15, 1957
Last Chrunber Music Recital for Current Season at
the Pennsylvania Academy
The last chamber music recital in the 1956-57 series will be held at The
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on Friday evening, March 29, at 8:30 o'clock.
Marian Head z violinist; Michael Grebanier, cellist; Jack Ratterree, clarinetist;
and Vladimir Sokoloff, pianist and director of the series, will be heard then in
the following program:
Sonata for violin and
~iano,
in F (Spring) - Beethoven
cl~net
.
Premiere Rhapsodie for ~o and p~ano - Debussy
Trio for clarinet, cello and piano, Opus 114 - Brahms
Miss Head and Mr. Sokoloff are well known to Philadelphia and to Pennsylvania
Academy audiences; Messrs. Grebanier and Ratterree, both able young musicians, will
be playing in the series for the first time.
This will complete the eighth consecutive annual series of programs designed
to bring to their audiences work rarely heard today.
Through the cooperation of
the Music Performance Trust Fund and interested friends, these recitals have been
made available to the public vTi thout cost, just as the Academyt s exhibitions are
and always have been.
The Annual Exhibition of the Academy! s Fellowship (alumni), including
painting, sculpture and graphics, and two one-man shows by young Philadelphia
painters - VJalter Hood and Oliver Nuse - are current.
The public is invited.
Admission is free.
Doors will open at 7:30,
as is customary, to give visitors added time to see the exhibitions.
The Pennsylvania Jiead
of th.e Fine Art
Broad and Cherry Streets. Pb11adelphi 2
From,
Elizabeth Z..
S'W~nuwn,
Mar h la,
19.57
Director Gf Public Relations
N'a t.i ve Af'ri ean dances to t..'lte aecompanimen t of na ti ve Afd (!&n masi C J under the
directioo of Saba ( Francie) Aequ -1'e, will be presented at The Pennsylvania Academy Gf
the line Arts on Tuesday ev ling, J.1au"ch 26, at 8
0"
cloCk .
'l"ne
prog:r~
is under the
auspices of the Academy' s hllowwp (al :umni) and the net returns will go toward th 11"
vork 'W1 th students currently en:n.>llQd there.
The aoeompanim at to theBe dances, 'Wi til drums,
l"lf'thmic.
bell and rattles, 1$ entirely
Some of the drums used are old onee from Africa; others, thro.u gh nec& siV,
have had to be copied here £'rora the nat!. ve instruments.
In the e se of four of the compositions to be heard, Mr .. AequaY6 has taken the
tradi t1o.nal. J:\f:ri ean themes aud aoapWd the.'n so that t he ooBelnble may be
include a weatern- t.ypo flute and .a double
a~en ted
to
baSil.
Frcw.c1s ACquay6 Is i n hie fourth year as c. student of painting tlnd t1)eulpture at
Gold Coast - on1:y' on March 6croated an 1ndepetldent country with memb&rsilip in the
British Commonwealth of HlJd.ione
~d
given the I1ew nwae of Ghana.
Tr.lera he "Wants to have
en active part inestebllahingll mus um. not only for tile pl'eservation or that which i
ol d
It. was after he had been in t.l:le United St -tee fora Y68.T tha t he assumbled and
truned hie group of d611eers.
Tbeir 1 st public Appearanoe waa at the Plays and Plqers
under the &u$piees of the ?lrl.ladolpJ.1ia Art Allianee.
EntJ:m.fdastlc accouo:t.13 have com
from all '\tho have .s een 'their per!ormanc s.
The d&.u.cers and musicians include George Brookn, Garrine
Eddi
Cooper, 1.
Mu.~se UXt
Robert Crowd r .
illia."lls. Chtl.rleo Jones, lieWwl!!. ACG.ua.YG, aau iill18lll Roberta ..
Mr .. AcquaY-EI Uves at 3716 Nort h 19th Street in Philr.'del piu.a.
The ?en...'"lS71va:::da .e.cucemy of the Fiua Arts
Brob.d and ;herr-J StreetG1 Phil6.delphia 2
E.lizabeth 2. . Sl-:enooll, Director of P'J,blic
Harc..i-J. 19, 1957
fil 6-1877
r~ele.tiOll!:
available
11.e figure
plaster
~d
"'men
won
annu~11y
tiH!~
in
Oll
t4.le wo.lls in oue of'
ti.1S
l::chool '
5
sculp ture depart-
co.mpeti tion Will be
join the collection of winnGI'S of this vriz.e over the
exbi bi ted high
t~e
~st
5'7
ca~t
in
yea.rB~
studios .
H:1"s . aarvey }'f. 1iB.rri6011 of' New Rochelle , New York., lIho now makes 1lis home at
Ml'. HL"rrioon al30 vun nanoZ'alble mention in
Too Jury making the award». was coni~oaed of E. Bruce Moore of. vic-abington, D.C.,
and Cru..rl es Rudy', Ottsville, Pennsylvania, both 'tffi.U- known 1i.m.erlean ecu1ptors.
The P'e nnsylvania Academy ef t he Fine Arts
Broad and CherT'! Streets" Philadelphia 2
From Elizabeth
To seltzer of Eve. Bulletin
and Daily Pennsylvanian
April 9, 1957
Z. SHenson
One-hundred-and thirty- seven years ago :tast month (l4'arch 11" 1820) , an .f;..merican
paint~~. "'ho had been born in Sw8.rthmore In 17]8, oied in London.
Theugh still an JI..meri can
citizen, he was buri ed in St. Paul' s Cathedre.l with full honors .
He and . Sir J oshua Reynolds had founded the Royal Academy in Lond.on, and he had become
its second president in Ji768 .
He also became a fri end of George III and ra cei ved f rom
him. the title of "Historic ·Paint er to t he King . n
lished himsel f'
i~
Phila delphia as
8.
Before going to Engl and he h8.d esta.b-
portrai t painter.
Even at thi s time he :}mdoubtedly
had i n mind the painting of mste.rical s cenes, but realizing his lack of knowledge in this
field .. had become a pupil a t t he University Q1' Pennsylvania from which he gradua ted in 1757.
A.t 22, partly aided througb."'1 funds raised by f riends in America, he sailed for Europe in
After :3 years t s tudy in I taly, jIle. settled in London, permanently ..
1760.
among others , the ma.ny l\m.erican students who -weut to him .
country to paint masterpie ces of our Revolutionary days .
TI16re he taught,
They later returned to this
As the earliest American-born
artist to achieve i n te:r:nat.rional r enown he became known as lIFather o f t he &aerican School of
Painting. It
He was elected the fir st honorary member of The PennByl vania Academy of the
Fine l\rts in Philadelphia because of' his k een interest and assistance in its f ounding in
1805, though living across the Atlantic .
The man above described is none other t han. BENJAMIN 'W'EST",
One of West 's mo st famou.s paintings i s CHRIST ~ECTED..
in 1815
Pahted in Loudon/in M e 80th
year, it was brought to .Ameri ca fir st for exhibition in. 18.30} pre sented to The Pennsylvania
Academy of t he Fine Arts by P,frs . Joseph Harri son in 1878 ..
'fhe canva.s is over
16 ft. high
and over 21 ft. long.
As "le approa ch Holy "leek it i s fitting that t hose who have not already done so,. vis! t
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts at Broad and Cherry Streets, to see this depiction.
o f Christ. on trial before Pilate •.
in t his
COlli'1tr-,f
A mini.ster said of t,he painting du:dng it,s- early years
that there was no sermon on t he subject tha t he might preach that could deal
so tellingly wi th the subj act as do es t his work.
The Academy galleries are open Tuesdays tr...rough Saturdays 10 to 5; Sundays
and holidays 1 to 5.
Closed Mondays and Good Friday.
Free a t all times .
The Pennsylvania Academy of t he Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
May
From Eli zabeth 2.. Swenson
Phone:
9,
1957
HI 6-1877
Art School to Make Annual Travel Awards on Wednesday
1Jilliam Eknl en Memori al ~urope an Traveling Scholarships f or
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amount of $1500 each}
Le'Wis S. i.rare ($1500 each), and tne J. Henry Schi edt ($1200 each - usually post-gr adua te
awards) both Hemorial 'Ira.vel ing ScboldY'f<h:ips, will be the highest honors tha t s tudents
eU g! ble f or the competitions 'Will be s triving to gain when the judging takes pla ce next
Tuesday at The Pennsylvania. Academy of the Fine Arts .
These 8wards will be made at Cresson
Day exercises at t he Academy on VTemleG<1dY afternoon at 4 o t clock..
director of t he Philac1el p nla MUseljjJi of ..t.:r t, will be the speaker
a~
Mr. Henri Harceau"
that time •.
No advance "rord can be rel eased as to hoYT many travel awards will be made, as they
a re only given ou t where a s t udent ' s work meets t he requir ement;:;, and no s tudent m.ay compete
until after he or she has bean enrolled ml aggregate of
years o f the date of the competition., wi t h the final
the
~cadsrilY
;2
96
Academy school weeks
~~tldn
five
terms spent in the winter school of
wi thin the school year of the competition.
Except ft)r the Schiedt schol a rships, each one provides a season . s training at the
Academy following 90 days ' travel i n EtlrOpe during the preceding summer .
tra vel schol arships aXld other cash prizes awarded totaled $27;670 ..
Last year, the
T.hi s sum compares
fa.vorably wi th awards made by several of t he great Foundations of this Country , and puts
the insti tution in a
position to give f.'tdvantages w.i.thout co st to the competitors such as
no other art s chool in the country can offer ..
All travel f,:wB.rds and most of the other
:pri zes have been made possible through bequests of former i'.cccdemy fri ends .
t he Cressons, they have been awarded annually since
Other prizes to be comp e ted for include:
In the case of
1902..
~hree
Toppans ($400, $200» $100); Thomas
Eakins" Cecilia Beaux, Catharine Grant Memorial Pri zes of $100 each} Lila Agnes Kennedy - Hill.
M~bel Wilson Woodrow, and Lux Memorial Prizes of $50 each$'l'houron Prizes - two of $50 and
twoQf $25 eachJPackards of $]0 and $20; FJ'illloorger of $25; Print Club Prize in GraphiCS",
including one year f s membership in t he club and use of its worksh0p-l Wanamaker Store Prize
Gf $50 ilOrth o f materials from its art department; and others .
ART NEWS from
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
For release in P. M.
May 15, 1957
Elizabeth Z. S'venson, Director of Public Relations
'!'ravel Scholarshj.ps and Other Prizes to the Amount
of $21,215.00 awarded by Pennsylvania Academy
J-
Fifteen travel scholarships and several other prizes totaling, $fl,215.00 were awarded
to stUdents of ~ne Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts by its president, Mr. John F.
Lewis, Jr., at special exercises held here this afternoon.
Henri Marceau, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, was the speaker of the
afternoon.
TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS
Nine William Emlen Cresson Memorial Travelin Scholarshi s
1400 each
for travel; 350. 00 for tuition at the Academy in 1957- 58) were awarded to students
competing for the first time:
Painting:
Robert H. Anderson, 485 Marietta Place, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Barbara Brown, 100 Rockford Drive, Syracuse, N. Y.
Millicent Krouse, 150 North 21st St., Phila.
Victor Lasuchin, 120 E. Cliveden St., Phila.
Elizabeth C. Osborne, 229 N. Lansdowne Ave., Lansdowne, Pat
Barry Platt, 513 Zulema St., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Joseph Roccamo, 2431 S. Clarion St., Phila.
Frank Vavricka, Laurens , Iowa.
Honorable Mentions:
Mural Decoration:
Josephine C. Chapman, Belrose Lane, Radnor, Pa.
Dorothy Grant, 2040 Locust St., Phila.
Eugene Solomon, 115 W. Washington Lane, Phila.
Morris Blacronan, 804 Brighton St., Phila.
Penna. Academy - 2
OTHER PRIZES
Charles Toppan Prizes, for best original oil, tempera or water color, work unaided and
without criticism, available only to students who have previously received and used
Cresson Scholarships, to:
First Prize $300:
Second Prize $200:
Third Prize $100:
Honorable Mention:
John W. Reilly, Jr., 337 Schuylkill Ave., Reading, Pa.
William C. Utermohlen, Jr., 5941 Wister St., Phila.
Louis B. Sloan, 1503 S. 50th St., Phila.
David K. De Long, 214 S. Jessup St., Phila.
Thomas Eakins Memorial Prize of $100 for best figure painted in regular life class in
winter immediately preceding competition:
John W. Reilly, Jr., 337 Schuylkill Ave., Reading, Pa.
Honorable Mentions: Elizabeth C. Osborne, 229 N. Lansdowne Ave., Lansdowne, Pa.
Gwendolyn Gimple, 1039 W. 9th Ave., Boulder, Colorado.
Cecilia Beaux Memorial Prize of $100 for best portrait painted during the school year:
Barry Platt, 513 Zulema St., Pittsburgh, Pat
Honorable Mention:
Elizabeth C. Osborne, Lansdovme
still--;tife
Catharine Grant Memorial Prize of $100 for best ~:
W. Collins
~10mas,
Jr., 211 S. Union Ave., Havre de Grace, Md.
Honorable Mention:
Barry Platt i 513 Zulema St., Pittsburgh~ Pa.
David K. De ong, ~14 S. J3SSUp St, Prlila.
Henry J . Thouron Prizes for compositions completed during current season:
Joseph Amarotica, 630 Pine
St. , Phila.
$50 as judged bl instructors of class: Wm. C. Utermohlen, Jr. , 5941 Wister
St. , Phila.
Clarion St. J
S.
2431
Joseph
Roccamo,
as
instructors
judged
b;y
of
class:
~25
Phila.
$25 as jud€jed b;y students: Christine McGinnis, 5116 Cedar Ave., Phila.
$50 for best composition as judged by Facultl:
Lila Agnes Kenned;y Hill Memorial Prize of $50. for best single piece of sculpture
entered in the Cresson competition:
Sally Laird, Tuckahoe, N. J.
Lux Prize of $50 in Graphics, awarded in memory of John R. Conner:
Morris Blackman, 804 Brighton St., Phila.
Mabel Wilson Woodrow Memorial Prize of $50 in Graphics:
$25 tQ Millicent Krouse, 150 N. 21st St., Phila.
$19 to Albert Bersin, 3396 Philmont Rd., Huntingdon Valley , Pa.
$10 to Eva Tiesler, 4116 N. Glendale St., Phila.
$5 to l~rguerite Biddle, 4085 Ford Rd., Phila.
Philadelphia Print Club Prize in Graphics, of 1 year's n
of its workshop:
Daniel D. Miller, 447 Madison Ave., Brookvil'
ademy - 3
animals at
John H. Packard Prizes for best r
the Philadelphia Zoo;
Daniel ~. Miller, 447 Madisv~
Peter Grivas, 570 s. W. 4th St., •._
R. B. Bhakta, Bombay, India, and 2114
First Prize
Second Prize
T'nird Prize
h
.
Ramborger Prize of $25 for best line drawing in black and white of a
by student not under instruction here more than 2 years:
hea~,
Allan Hunter, 1447 - 5th St., Alameda, Calif.
Honorable Mention:
John Deckard, 2970 Poplar St., Erie, Pa.
Antique Cast Class Prize $25:
Honorable Mentions:
Daniel D. Miller, 447 Madison Ave., Brookville, Pa.
John Deckard, Erie, Pa.
Construction Class Prize $25:
Honorable Mentions:
Jack Fishbein, 5804 Woodcrest Ave., Phila.
Christine McGinnis, 5116 Cedar Ave., Phila.
John Deckard, 2970 Poplar St., Erie, Pa.
Robert Cordano, 515 Delsea Drive, Westville, N. J.
Perspective Class Prize of $20, given personally by William M. Campbell, instructor:
Gunnar W.
Z~rn,
Honorable Mentions:
Jr. , Sadsburyville, Pa.
Perry Frankel, 39 N. Dover Ave., Atlantic City, N. J.
Lawrence Kelly, 79-16 - 68th Road, Middle Village, L.r., N.Y.
Evening School Prize of $25 for portrait:
Honorable Mentions:
Matilda Shuval, 4325 Devereaux Ave., Phila.
Elizabeth Stone, Pine Ridge, Media, Pa.
Evening School Prize of $25 for life:
Honorable Mentions:
Joseph T. Creamer, 137 Woodlawn Ave.,
Upper Darby, Pa.
Matilda Shuval, Phila.
Herbert Koudela, 2223 Chestnut St., Phila.
Stephanie Pacek, 5640 N. Rosehill St., Phila.
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'I'hePennsyl vania Academy Qf the Fine Al;'ta
Broad and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia 2
ElizabethZ" Swenson, Director of Public Relations
June 5, 1957
For philadelphia StoUMagazine
(See attached sheet for prize data)
The majority of the 15 travel scholarship winn.e rs from The Pe;n..'lsylva.p1a Acaden-..y of
the Flne Arts \iiI1 sail for SouthamptQn as a group on June 1.9th via the
S. 8 . ,",,'ueen Ma.ry, and return from. Cherbot+I'g on the same Ship September 15.
Upon .ar1'i val in England" they Wil.l apl1 t up; most of them going to France and. Italy,
but beyond that some going W certain countriesJ Qthers elsewhere..
A few will go
into Spain and while there v:Lai. t former Ac.ademy student, I"Iartha ZeIt, noW' m.arriad· to
Spanish poet Rafael Mill~.
Martha had a Cresson Schol~rship fram PAiA. in 1954 and
A Schiedt ScholarShip in 1955.
On her second. award trip she mal:'ried and settled in
Spain.
One 1957 win.uer -John W. Reill.y, iff, - will not be able to make the trip until Fall - ,
he and his wife are expecting their second baby soon ... "
Thoma.s Collins, J r., and l'J..11licent KrOu\il6 are Mr. a.nd 1'>fra. Thomas, but this fact was
not known to the fa cuI ty 'When the awards were made - rare ' good fortune smiled on t hem
. ..
Barbara Brow ~s tl:J.e first student who was a non-objective painter When accep-wd by
the Academy - usually they paint in a mQr6 traditional manner when accepted and receive
that kind of traiIdng - then they may go theil' o:w:n way artistically l a ter •• OJ
Victo::rI.,as\l.chin. j.s a , formerPAFA ev~ning .S9hool student _. later transferred tq day
s¢hoQl ... a nati. !va of the Ukraine - reQell tly became Uni ted SUi tea c1 t1 zen., "
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lp.izabeth Osborne is a fonner ~'rietufist Central School student .... in. 19", at the end
of her first year, PAFA aW'a.rded her a Cathe:r"WOod F0umiation Travel $eho1arship . . . . .
Barry Platt 1s a former pugilist f rom Pittsburgh . . . .
JGH?eEh RQe08ilnQ studied at PAFA on C?nee>f the . scholars...~ips tha.t thati tutiQn mak.es available
each year to graduates of Philadelphia high schools 1> • •
Fram Vavricka is a fOrmer f a mel:' from lowa " " "
Newton Harrison (sculpt<)r) is to remain i1+ Italy this fall and study Italian methods
0f bronze casting
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MQrris Blackman ea.rn:ed part of his liv;.ng as a ".'!I4Mr - beeauseef c0ntract obligatiolls
to ):\.is present employer, he must defer Europe until the Fall • • •
Lorraine Mal ach hails from Regina College, Saskatchewan, Canada, where she studied
wi til a. f Qrmer PAFA pupil - he , recomm~nded and Regina Coll.e ge gave her a scholarshi,
to PAFA , ••
JQbn Ma,n,ning had the good fortune to win an Edwin Austin Abbey Hemorial Scholarship of
$,3000 in mural de coration shortly before FAFA gave him aWare award - he will take 'Up
residence as an Abbey Fellow at the Americ~Academy in Rome this Fall- have s~udio
and 11 ving quarters there>. travel about Europe from there - etc.
And so this fa..lloUS art insti tu'tion (lOne of Philadelphia's many nfirsts») I now 1,2 years
old, reports a lew human interest angles o:n tho.se fortunate students who were ~ong those
sharing in some ' $21,,215 in travel schol arships and other cash prizesa:wa.rded on May 15th.
sent 35 copies to local
and nearby papers
June 17, 1957
The Pennay.braui
Aead
of t.he Fine Art
Broad and Cherry Streets, Pbil.&d lpb1a 2
Elizabeth Z. Sveneon, DireetDr of Public Relations
Center Ci ty Summer Art
School to
Op
The Penns,ylvania Aeadea;r of' the Fino Arts vill oll 11 its 1957 SUtlU r School on
s1x
Moudar, JulT 1st, and eont.tnue it tor S/weka t penod tbrough b'rlda,y •.August 9th..
Studio eaases in paintinS, draw:1t1,g, grAIJnice, life and portrait 'Will be held
at Bro.u.d and Chen-y Stre tSJ landscape study will be colldueted out of doors in the
immediate v1einitq 01' the
Acad~,
in Fzl.irm.ount PUB, 1n Man~, 4th occasional
trips to various aOQtiono of the Boy Jersoy coast.
It will be possible for those who do not w.teb to take adv"4iUltage of the entire
GOUJ'se to studT l.aD<lseope p&1nting onl7 ei th.er wi til Mr.
~peigbt
or Mr. Weit1n r.
Classes vill meet Mondays through Fridays and enrol.l.ro.ents \iill be ace ptad for
e1 ther s. four or &. 81x-weeks' period.
Students from. other art sc.llools or colleges
ma;y obtain. orad! ta to....ard work in their ow schools for eltnel' period.
Art te chers
from public or pri vats schools may obtain technical eredi ta.
Morris Blackburn, Jullu:ll Bloch, ~'r&.nci6 Speight, o...1ld Rosvoll 1;feidner of the
winter echool, and Wallace Peters from the Sor..ool
Pcl'lnsylvania., Vill comprise the faculty.
or
F.ine Arts, Univarei ty of
17 copies sent.
tnose to
ma.iled July 2.
The Pennsylvarna A d
of the nno Arts
Broad E'.lld Cherry Stroets. Philadelphi :2
From~
Ben~on
&nc Grafly
July 23, 1957
Illi zabetn l. Svenson
Director of Public Relations
PM GALLERIES 'lp. CLOSE DURIllG AUjlUST
The galleries of The Pennaylvnnia Academy of the Fine Arts will be closed.
to the public from Thureday, Auguat li:rt.. through Labor Day.
They 'Will re-ojlen
at 10 0' clock on Tuesday L"torning, September Jrd.
The plan of closinG during Au.gust has been in operut1on for the past 8 varal
~50n8.
It enables the Academy to make improvements in its galleries wi. t.oout
inconvenience to its visitors ..
Yorke £rom the institution's permanent collection. of American pa.inting and
sculpture
m11 be he.nging th.rou.gh Septomber.
Acade::q bours are Tuesda.ys through SUturdals 10 to 5; Sundf.l¥e s.ndllOlidays
1 to 5.
cc,
Fry of Bulletin, Rolfe of In4uirer, Bergman
of Daily Nel{s
ART EDUCATION NEWS from
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and CherT'1 Streets, Phil adelphia 2
September 10 , 1957
For release SuudaY , Sept. 15
Elizabeth Z. Swenson, Director of Public Relations
Walker Hancock Returns to Pe::msy-lvania kctci.emy
Facw.t,y thi 3 l~allt after yea:!' in Rome
\ia.lk.er Hancock, at the
~ae:r'i can l~ cadem.y
in Rome as sculptor-i n- residence during
the p"st yea r , will return to The PennaylvanilJ. Academy of the F'ine Arts thi:5 F'<.i.ll to
One of tbe projects claiming part
rElSUtle his teaching in the ACIJ.demy ' s s cnools .
of Mr. Hancock 's time during t he year iu I tu.ly
vaG
tne bronze s culpt,ure of
JO.lZl
Paul
Jones shortly to be insUtlled in Fc..irmount Park .
Other members of t he Act.deuy l 0 distj.ngul.5hed fa cuI ty for the 1957-58 sei:1son
include:
George Harding, FI"a.ncis Speight.. Hoswell vieidner , Fr;;:nklin C" Watkins ,
John \-T. l{cCoy, Julius Bloch.. \ifal tel' Stuempfig,
Hob~ou
Pi ttnSll, Mor ris
Bluckbw:'ll, c;cud John Hunlen, (Painters) j
Edwu:;:'d 3llenton, (Illus trator); H&l'ry ROSin, ( sculptor).
Several lecturers wIll 8.ugme!J.t t he above- nen t.ioned fa cuI ty i n the program
deOigned for t he LCc.dem.y 1 & s tudents t his year.
Ret:,"l.stre.tions vJill tcike ph.ee curing t he eJ..tire week beginning Sel.)tenber loth.
Classes in all depurtments will begin on Honday nOTilin g, sep tember- ;:'3rd.
AR Ell1CATION NE'WS frOrl
Trle PennsylVtll1il. h.~!...demy of tho Fine' rts
Broad ~md Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
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The P~~3ylvania AeadeM1 of the Pine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadolphia 2
Fran.
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20, 19'7
Elizabeth Z. Sweu50n
The 15.3r4 Annual Exhlbi tion of AmerlCBll OilPe.inting IlW.d Seulp3uY
of The
Per~sylvania
A aClozgy of the Fine Arts
will be allOwn there JaIll.'llU'Y 25
~~ough Febl~ary
arld then move in i
23, 1958
w entil'ety to
The Detro! t In:st.i tute of Arts, Detroit. Mic.b1@A for
Exhib1tion from March 19
1;Q
April 1,3, 1958
FnW card and w!jt duet Dee. 30, 1957J delivered unpaclced or b.Y Expre 8, '!!"'p'!}roi tl
Jab. 2, 1958, deli verGd ac.d unpadced or by Exp.; Ei65 in New lark Ci!i;; Jan. 3, 1958,
dell vered unpacked or by Express in PbilaeelSa. Ell try- bla.nks from. Frances M. VtmderpoQl,
c/o Aca.demy, Broad and Cherry 5t,8, Phila.
No entry fee.
2 works in e1t.Uor med1 •
No llm1tation on size of oi, $J sculpture - lifeeize or smaller, 500 lb. limit.
tel
¥
Ship B.l\d de1iver.w AArui
DetroIt rnst. of Arts, Detroit 2, Mich~J
batten Storage
& tiarehouse Co. Inc., 'N. Y.
Penna.. Academy of
e li1ne Arts, ReeeiviJlg Dept..,
Dul'lle &. Cherry Sts, Pb1l.e.. 2, P..
Ac~pted work returned prepaid after exhibi \$ reJecu
returned collect' Jaa. 9, Manhattan Storage & War house Co. starts expressing rejeot
fro::! UYC; Ji"J'l. 13.. Detroit lust. of .rts from Detro! tJ Jan. 20 - l:;t day when 'WOrk reJocted
'tu juries in
~tro1t
e.i
may be collected ill DetroitJ Jan. 2l, 18t day rejects by juries in
Jtm. 27; l!'1t dtJ;¥ when 'W'01'k
m. may be collected at Manhattan Storage & Warehouse CO.J
reJ ected by juries in ~h11a. may be collected from P "A.
Accepted works 1.nwrecl..
Exhi hi tion art-juri d; part-1nvi ted.
Juries consist of three professionally Coi-ct.1 VEt
artists each.
nnme jurie will act fer aelection ill Detroit, New York City, and
Philadelphia, and the BAme Juries v.Ul award prizes in Philadelphia.
Jurore pa1d for
time and expenses.
Pr1ze approx, $1100",00 in ca h and l!iedus (PAFA).
Purc.naa9 fund of $10,000.00 for PAF. J
$6660.00 for Detrol t mat.
(Expect &lother major amount from another inst1. tuUon.)
ApproX. .350 'WOrks vlll be show (abt. 4O%invi ted) from 6.p:VNX. 3500 autrni sB1.Qns.
Int:ormatiol'U Franees M. Vanderpool, PAFA, Puilc4. 2, Pa..
ACtdi tions, or COT r ~ti.on8,
m.ll appear in prospectus "'hicil will be printed and mailed to artists about November 1st.
HoteJ
Departure from regulal' em bi t:f.on schedule of tw annual exili bi. tione.
Next. year (1959), the Annual Exll1bitioll, llwubered154th. vill consiet
of Water Colors, Prints nnd Dn:wingSJ the 155th, Oil::. and Sculp'tlu'fJ a
Fralin
Carl _yair 8.: Associates, Inc .
Far Immediate Release
800 Second Avenue J YO 6 100
New York 17, N. Y.
Fori
HALL"4AR!\ A.n'!'
Sept • .30, 1957
Feature Catholic paper
A1,yA~D
A:tr AND HE'LIGION
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18'
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CAREERS COMBINED
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BY
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IRISH PRIEST
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Fine· rt painting and saving souls are not exaotly allied vocations but a
He is "'ather
44-year- old Dublin man has been successful in combining the two.
Jaok Hanlon, a Roman Catholio priest in a small parish of a Dublin suburb.
Father Hanlon, who has been painting since the age of 10, is one of fifty
American and European artiBts whose works make up the Hallma1"k Art Award col ,
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leotion currently on display at the I:isnl'Y Gallery of tte Uftiversi'ty or~ul1gt"6n .
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His painting "Angels and Doves" is drawing a great deal of comment from viewers of
the exhihit.
Last year Father Hanlon received what he feels is his greateJrt honor to
date t'ihen m was oommissioned by the Irish government to design a full set of
vestments for His Holiness Pope Pius XII .
The government will present the
vestments to the Holy Father as a gift of the people of Ireland sometime this
year .
Reoently Father Hanlon completed illustrating a new oateohism to be used
in several Irish dioceses and designed the covers far the 'European edition of
llishop l'ulton Sheen ' s book
"Thou..~ hts
for Everyday. fI
He is now at work designing
and illustrating a series of wall panels for the new ohuroh of Our Lady of the
Rosary in Limeriok.
While he takes his art work seriously, Father Hanlon does not let it in...
terrere with his duties as a parish priest ..
Most of his painting is acoomplished
during his "off ...hours . " Unlike many artists, he does not mind being disturbed
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l~hile
painting and over the years he has acquired the knaok of being able to re""
turn to a painting after his concentration has been broken by a sick call, a request for a marriage oertificate or to hear a confession.
The Irish priest paints in r oth water colors and oils and most of his
paintings are laudscapes, religious compositions, or figure studies .
one-man
shm~ings
He has had
of his work in London, Brussels, Paria, Venezuela and maqy galleries
in Ireland .
Father Hanlon was attracted to art through t he enoouragement of two aunts.
One was a successful artist before she gave it up to get married while the other
had an arts- and
studying art at
rafts studio in London.
A.b~'ott
Inspired by his relatives, he began
Studio in Dublin.
He later studied drawing at the Royal
College of London and worked ldth artists in T1 elginm, Spain and France.
~ihile in
PariS, he studied with the famous art teacher, Andre L' Hote, and has taken refresher
courses with him from time to time since .
After obtaininr: degrees at Dublin ' S Belvedere College and at National University, :!i'ather Hanlon ,.;tudied for the priesthood at !'1aynooth and lias ordained.
Pefore his assignment to his present parish, he served in 6everal other churches
in and around Dublin.
Father ffanIon t s painting in the Hallmark Art Award is not his first introduction to American audiences.
Some of ~~s paintings were exhibited in Ireland t s
building at. the New York Worldts Fair in the late 1930 · s and a mural by him was
featured in the Irish Pavillion at the Chicago Fair in 1948 •
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Carl B70:1r & ASBoc1ntea, Inc.
800 Seecm:i Avenue, !U 6 ]DO
New York 17, n. Y.
Sept. 30, 1957
Placenent, Seattle
sBVmr PAnmlns
D1GALLf1{t SHav
ON HOLIDAY CAPDS
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Yen
of tho original paint
a in the third international Hallmark Art Award
exhibit currently on display at the lIa1ry GaUery of the Uniwi'sity of Haeh1n"!ton
vere selected
f'"T
reproduction on fino art Christ.
cards t his year, according to
Gervais Reed, ourato%' of the Gallery.
'l'ho paintin."" -
whioh earnod cL"ODO :1n cash prize for tmiJ' American English,
Frenoh and Italian artiste in the international art compatit1on by tl'e sponsor of' the oontest, Hallmark CardB
or !l'ansllS
City.
have been pub1.1sbed
The oollGotion on ex-
1nting on a ~nriGtmn8 theme as intorpreted by
hibit at the Qall.r1"'J inelude;O
loadlrr. American and t'!uropean artist •
Among the
orks
s~lectn.d
r or
Chr "' .....,II&lII card
lta~.
"Children "layingtt by M'ase11llo Campigl1. of i'1lan,
of
is the firBt-plaoo tdrmer
It captured a
h awnrd
~2,OOO.
Anotmr paintin:-:-: pioked tor reproduction is '·Uoel, Hont.'lartre, 1955" by too
It 1s believed to be the last paintings by the
lete If urico UtriUo of PI' nee.
t ,oua French artist. The ptinting preoento a view of the DasiUea of : oro Ooeur
in Paris' ·.tontmartre qUIJrter.
Otmr works !raft the competition that
va
n roprod\l d include the $1,000
third- ri.me wil'l!'ler, "Nativity," by Jean C(;lJ'eou of Paris, and too $500 fourth-prize
winner, nprep1ration for :iutale," by Louis Bo
nClriotmae
~ity," by' J
of Cleveland.
,
eph Laslmr of South Uorwalk. Conn. , and "Christmas
'!oUday, ft by LosUe \1orth of London, oach of whlo:1
tion prize, also is included in the Chrietma
~ayer,
OQrd
of P ri •
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't1a$
avorded a (.2SO honorable
election, as
toon..
"Adoration of the
Fromt
Carl Byoir f.t. AS8oo:lateS, Inc.
800 Se om Avenue, YU 6-6100
tlev York 17, tl. Y.
For: Plaoement Seattle
Vladhdr Viseon of t<lew York's famed ;viliicnste1n1allelY, director of
tm
Hallmark firt Award, who will be in Seattle for the opening of t.he exhibit o.t the
nenry GallBryI returMd tJocm an eight-countt'y tour of '(;)"estern E.'urope a few
eks
ago w'1el'o he lined up the European artiste for the fourth international art c
petition.
It will opon in New York in December.
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1'ho Jack Hanlon signature on the painting "Angels and Doves" in the HanMark i\rt Award exhibit
the title Fathor.
of Dublin, !relam.
nCY.I
being shown at tho Ilenry Gallory coultl be pre£ oed by
Hanlon is a Roman Cathollc prlost stationod at a church O'tlteide
His paintings -
completod :1n his apare tim -
have been
exhil--itod in many placeD in F.uropa.
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Ooll£;ges, schools and libraries will. be offered the third international
Hallmark Art Award exl,:r ,it Wlen it fin1alBe its cross-country art rrnweum and
gallery tour next yt?ar.
By that time almost a half-m1llion AmeriC4Jl8 will have
rtcwod the paint1tigs of SO Amarican and European artists and obtained an idea
of the work turned out by leading contemparat"'J artists.
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Carl Byoir & Associates, Inc.
800 Second Avenue, YrJ 6-6100
ITeM York 17, now York
For Relea
Sunday,
October 27, 19$7
Sept. 30, 19~7
For: Placement Seattle
HATER COU>R SHf.lT
•
TO
1
ST.h m'
TODAY
,
AT . .1'1" GALV;;Ff
A recaption this afternoon (octo·,or 21) at
an exhi':,it of fifty
tf
tCl!lOM'fM
wiU mark the opening of
tel' colors by leading American and
Henry Gallery of the ·Jnivcrsity of
11e
h p.m.
·Ta8hi~ton.
:~uropean
ElrtiBts at the
1'he show will be open to the pub.
(Ootober 28) and \olill be on diGpla;r daily at the Ga1ler.r through
Sunday, November
11.
The oolleotlon, currently on a coast- to-eoast tour, is from the third in-
ternational Hallmark Art Al-mro oattpetit1.on.
has been sham 1n tho Pacifio '?orthwost.
It!lllU"ke the first tine the oy.h!bit
To date, more than 2:)0,000 people hElve
viewd the paintin,,8 in such cities as Cleveland,
't{ew
York, lansas City, Dee
•
Gervaia
!~:ccd,
c rater, of
t~e
Henry Jal1ery, am Vladimir 7isson of the
"!ildonstoin Jaller;r, !Jew York , director of the HallrlJark Art
as hoots at tiw opening of
tl~
o:rhil it this afternoon.
A~19rdf
'Will serve
An informal reoeption
will follow.
Tho IXl intin~e present a wide ranae of interpretations of Christmas -
famiUar tradition, to relig-ioue thames, to ai:·stract symlole -
si."{ American ana
fran tr.e United
oach frCll'l
:~uropean
~tates ,
Ire1al"~:-l
countries.
i...~f
from
artistB from
Of the fifty artists ropresented
)0 are
10 trom Franco, four each from Italy and Eng land, and one
and ,anada ..
1m artists were comrrdssioned by Hal1mrk Cardl of F'..ansas Oity and
for {':6,500 in srkitional cae!-) prise$ awarded by tho greeting card OOllpal\V.
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OOtllpated
Sept .. 30 , 1 957
Editorial
Tm
exhibit of 50 water oolors by American and European artists that opened
Sunday (Ootober 27) at the Henry Gallery is not only an inter sting example of the
contemporary taste in international art but also as a significant effort by American
~usiness
to assist the artist to adjust himself to our highly induStrialized society.
It is of Plrtlcular interest because the e:!{hibit, and the international canpetition that preceded it, is sponsored by Hallmark Cards , a Kansas City firm that
in recent years haa established itself as a generous rstron of art , not only through
the oompetition known as the Hallmark Art Award, but also through many other pro- jects undertaken by the
com~
in a field whose traditional patrons once numbered
only princes and popes.
The current exhihit marks the -third international fine arts project of which
Hallmark has been the sponsor.
Inaugurated in 1949, the Hallmark Art Award compe-
titions t,o date have drawn entries from some 15, 000 artists of four oontinents.
K ·hibits of the prize- winning pa:J.ntings have been sc:en by more than 2, 000, 000 art
museum visitors in some 50 American cities.
Cash awards to artists now total
nearly $100, 000.
Although
distinct~
modern in their coUective expression of feeling, the
paintings in the Hallmark exhibit are by no means examples of the extreme and re ...
bellious art that has so often of late offended
the viewer.
tl~
senses and understanding of
Perhaps the reason, as has been suggested by others before, is that
industry- sponsored art projects such as this one remove from the artiStfs mind the
very target of his protest -- the mass- produced, mechanized civiliZation into which
he finds it difficult to f1 t himself .
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!n any event , it is an interesting point to consider.
fir~
Were more far - seeing
to take an interest in artists, to make use of their work in products, and
utilize their natural inventiveness and
cr~la tivity,
eontemporar:r art had a,!ain become sensible and
we might s110rtly discover that
meanin~f'ul
to the average viewer.
he efforts of the greeting card manufacturer in the art field have not
been restrioted to this single project .
For the last
15
or more years it has taken
the lead in repr iluoing the fine art of both contemporary and past artists on its
Christmas cards, using the work of such divE)rsified talents as Grandma Noses,
Salvador Dati, Sir vlinston Churchill, Cezanne, ltenoir and a host of others.
Th.i..s sehool year of 1957- 58 will see Hallmark the ma,ior industrial sponsor
of the Scholastic Art Awards, a national art competition for high school students ;
I t is the annual donor of college art
sC~'1olarships
to
w~_nnerB
of a national canpe ...
tition sponsored for hi~h school seniors by the Gener al Federation of Women IS Clubs .
It is itself the employer of the largest art staff in the world toda;l and to t.'1is
staff is made available ct. compan;r expense the art study faoilities of the Kansas
City Art Institute .
From many if not, all of the art projects in which Hallmark is involved as
sponsel' there has come to them much art that is usable - - nine paintings from the
international competitions will aopear on Christmas cards this year -- and muoh
that is not .
The company's primary purpose is to encourage ar-asts and their
artistic output per se .
Thu.s the artist's integritY' is respected and his freedom
to cr' ate within the limits of the medium is given maximum 'Jncouragement .
ere are a grO'Ning number of American businesses that have sought to utilize
Tl1
the talents of our artists in recent years "' ... International Business l i achines,t Steuben
Glass , Contalner Corporation, and AH'ott Laboratories, to na:ne a few ...... but none has
done so much as Hallmark and no other :I.s in 'I;,he peculiarly fortunate position of
beinrs able to comt-ine fine art and industry so happily in its day . to-da..V business
o!)3ration and to assist in so practical a way in thedistri't'ution of fine art to
all the people .
Allllho are conscious of and concerned ,-r.ith our contemporary art
stand to oonefit in the months and years to come .
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FrODU
For I
Oarl Byoir & ~6SoeiateS, Inc.
800 Second Avenue , YU 6 100
NEnI York 17, New York
Sept . 30, 1957
placement Seattle
HALLMARK Am' Ar'l.A.RD
Feature
LAST PAINTING OF
•
t4..AURICE, UTRILLO
AT . HENRY GALLERY.
"Noel, Montmartre," believed to be the last painting of the famous French'
Master, the late Maurice Utrillo, has been receiving considerable attention from
visitors to the Hallmark Art Award ex',ibit at the Henry Gallery of the University
of Washington, acoording to Gervais Reed; curator.
The Utrillo work; a view of the Basilica de Sacra Coeur in the Montmartre
quarter of Paris , is one of
shown at the Gallery .
50 water colors on a Christmas theme currently
being
The American and European artis'lis represented in the 001..
leotion were cOOI.lnissioned by Hallmark Cards to paint for its third international
fine arts competition.
The exhibit will continue at the Huseum through Sunday,
November 17.
Utrillo was commissioned by Hallmark in the summer of 1955 and completed
his painting in late October.
He died a few weeks later on November
5 at
the age
of 71.
The French artist was internat10na lly famous for his paintings of street
soenes in
~K,ontmartre
and the Easilica .
His will requested that he be buried
from the church hut, unfortunately, the edifice was no longer in use for services
at the time of his death.
He did lie in state there, however .
Utrillots works, Hr. ,Reed notes, ranks with the greatest of twentieth century French art and is represented in many of the worldts great -museums .
The
paintings from his "white period" during the years 1908...14, espeoially have exceptional value , despite the faot that he is reputed to have been an aleholio
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from the age of 18 and spent much of his' time in asylums •
.'h9 son of Sueanne Valadon, who was a model for such artists as Degas;
Renoir and Cezanne as well as a brilliant painter in her own right, Utrillo always
signed his work tlHaurice Utrillo,
V.",
the final initial being for Valadona, The
work now on display at the Henry Gallery carries this Signature .
utrilio was a prolific painter for nearl,v all his adult life but t,}:tere were
times when he dropped from Sight.
In 1935 be married Lucie Pauwels 1'lho encouraged
much of his output during his later years.
She surVives him.,
Utrillo's works are trenendously popular with the public .
Dealers in color
reproductions report that the demand for his pictures are secone only to those of
Van Gogh.
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The pennsylvania Acad.emy of the l'~ne Arts
Broad and ~herrJ Streets, Philadelphia 2
Phone: .Hl. 6-1877
}iTom:
~izabeth
Uctober 2, 1957
Z. Swenson
over 60 women will model more than 90 dresses in the
DlP..MOlii) J U.I:U.Ll!E -
a showing
of historic dresses of the 19th century - to be staged at The .pennsylvania Academy of the
l'ine Arts on wednesday evening, Uctober 16th, at 8:30
0'
clock.
given alternately by :tuss .l:!;thel Saltus and Mr • .t!.1nlen Etting.
by the Women's
~mmittee
of the Academy tMrs. hart McMichael,
The narrative will be
'J:he program is presented
~hair.man)
for the benefit
of its Student Aid Fund.
These rare and beautiful costumes are from the collection of Miss Saltus, who says
it has existed for several years, but only recently in its present size.
The latest
addi tions came to America only late in September from the 'J.unbridge wells Museum in
~gland,
which, in selling its collection, permitted only a certain number of costumes
to leave their country.
'J.'he costumes are always more interesting on living women, and finding the right
person for each has been one of the most rewarding experiences in connection with the
coming Philadelp)ia showing, according to the collection's owner.
them are:
tsee attached list)
Those who will wear
The Penri,wl vania lIlcace:!tY of' the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
October 8, 1957
The PC!llwyl'va.rtia Academy of the Flu!') Arts announces a series of five chamber
music red tals
:.0
The f:trst..
Nmreutb~;!'
be heJ.d 1..'1 its galleries during the 1957... 58
t~.;o
e-
events
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be as followsr
Philadelpbj.1;1. Chamber Playera - Jacob Krachmalnic.k and Veda
Reynolds, violins; Carl ton Cooley, viola;
'pia~D.o
se~son+
- in a program of
lrorl~s
L()rr~e
!'-ilmroe, cello; Vladimi.r Sokoloff;
!:'or duo, trio and quintet by Mozart j Hendelssoll.tl,
and Schumann.
December 6 - Woodldnd Ensemble - Patricia ,Alr-.inson, flute ; Eugen.e Chieffo,
oboe; Artemus Edwardf>Jj l;)assoonJ Jol1.l'l Sinonelli , french horn} RIchard laesaer, clc.rinet,
with Scott Nickrenz, v:tola and 'l7la.cLtm.1r Sokolo ff , piano, in a program of werks by
The re::n.aining three red tals 'Hill f oll ow en January :31, Febru.e.ry 14, and
March 21, e.nd as with the foregOing 'tnIl be held at S;30 in the evening.,.
The programs are under the musical direction of Vladim:Lr Sokoloff" and
presented by
theAcl:ld~f
under the sponsorshi.p of the Etecordine Industries' 'l)'ust F'unds,
wi th theceoperation of' Lo cal 77 J hn.e rican Federation of Nusi Cians "
.ART NEWS from
The Pennsy~vania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
E~izabeth
For release
October 12, 1957
Saturday~
Z. Swenson,Director of Public Relations
Water Color, Print and Drawing Exhibition Opens at Academy
The 40th Annual Exhibition by Members of The Philadelphia Water Color Club, made up
of some 176 works, opens today at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, to
continue through Sunday, November 17.
The Jur) which chose the exhibition was composed of Philip Jamison (painter, West
Chester, Raphael Sabatini (sculptor, Philadelphia) , and Jacob Getlar Smith (painter,
New York City).
The following six prizes were awarded as indicated, the first three the choice of
the Jury and the last three chosen by the Club's Board of Directors:
Philadelphia Water Color Prize of $200 (established 1915) to William J. Wilson,
Plymouth Meeting, Pa., for Back Street
Dana Water Color Medal (established 1918) to Xavier Gonzalez of Wellfleet, Mass., for
Key West No.2
Alice McFadden Eyre Medal (established 1924) to B. M. Jackson, Urbana, Illinois, for
The Offering (etching)
Dawson Memorial Medal (established 1938) to John C. Haigaard, 6200 Wayne Avenue ,
Phila. , for Bouquet (water color)
Pennell Memorial Medal (established 1928 for achievement in illustration or in the
graphic arts) to Jack Bookbinder, 32 3 South
Smedley Street, Phila. for Playground (ca sein)
Thornton Oakley Memorial Prize of $50 (established in 1953), to Mac Fisher, 4229 Osage
Avenue, Phila., for House at Cape May Point
(water color)
On this occasion, the Board also awarded its highest honor, The Philadelphia Water
Color Club Medal of Award to John Lear, 319 West Mermaid Lane, Philadelphia, well
known artist and the Club's Secretary. The Award was established in 1945, to be
conferred annually upon that individual, or institution, or corporation, or any other
agency, whose sincerity of purpose in advancing the art of water color painting,
called for special recognition.
On November 8th at 8:30 P. M., during the period of the exhibition, The Academy will
open its ninth annual chamber music series with a program of works by Mozart ,
Mendelssohn, and Schumann, presented by the Philadelphia Chamber Players. The
ensemble is composed of Jacob Krachmalnick and Veda Reynolds, violins; Carlton Cooley,
viola; Larne Munroe, cello; (all first-desk players with The Philadelphia Orchest ra) ,
and Vladimir Sokoloff, pianist , and music director of this series .
Galleries will be open weekdays 10 to 5 (closed Mondays); Sundays and holidays 1 to 5;
admission free at all times.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Text to acco pany photogra.phs
Broad and Or-terry Streets, Philadelphia 2
made by Th Inquirer for reproduction in the InCiuirer Mags ina,
October 1.3, 1957
Phone t
HI 6-1877
From. Ellzabeth Z. Slienaon
The Diamond Jubilee is often called a fashion show.
Qf cha:o.gin.g fashions not only in
COStl.1J'll6
But it 1s more
1:1.
show
bu.t in manners, types, and wa.y of life
Many of the ladies whose costumes t!.l'e to be show
f
t Tne Peilllsylwnia Academy
of tho Fine la,ttl on t he eYt:!ning of Ocwber 16 were famous Qr notorious during their
livesJ .still mOle wer'a
b,~twr
know aftuI' their deaths.
&nd from some of the great museums of tue world.
At this pree6utut1on, with costum s
modeled by over 60 Phll;:;,delp '!ia vemen, t.here will be a.n
!-irs. Ethel Salt'4s &nd
~t!·.
Nen Etting covering the
acco!!~.)a.nyillg
extra.ordin~i!Y
narrative by
livas of
t~!0
women
for \-thom the costumes were created.
TnE costumes l.ra frOtrl colh:cti.O,l;·
Tl.e perfo rIU5..U ce ¥Jill be
8pon:.;o!"~rl
pr'2~-;-·.~tly
owned. Qr
a~se~ bled
by
Mt'~.
Sal tus.
by ·the 't-iome'.lt.;..:; tQlll!!li 1iiiSe o t -r/ne ACCidemy for' t.il
boncf1t of the instj. t.utioll'.) StUdt;;'lt Aid Fund .
Fleet, Bulletin; Singer, Inquirer;
Bergman, Daily News
HU SI C m;;WD from
l"lE'.: ?o.Ulsyl Vl.Uliu 4COUer:lY of the Fine llrts
BI'OUC: ead Cherry t.treets, PhilLdclp:d,a ;2
BI 6-1877
lUuth
AarlUl.-I.l
Chamber J.tusic .:?ol'ies at the PQnnsylvwll·
will o:,en on !-lovcober 8th at 8:.30
'Hi
d; ....demy
th tht: ?hill.cJelpuia Chanber Pl.::tyers
cor'1~)OpeC1
of'
Jacob Kruci'.mulnick .ond 'Veda Reynoldfl ., violins; Carlton Cooley, violn; 10:('410 i'hUlroe ,
Vl~di.t!iz·
cello;
,-<ok:oloff I piano .
Vladimir una F.J.eLHlor .::.lokoloff return by rec,ue.:;t to
hQ1lds
h
tone ;)i ano
Oll
}'obruary 14.
~ldy o:ri~initl.HOrk~
for lQur
ART and MUSIC NEWS from
October 22, .1957
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets I Philadelphia 2
Elizabeth Z. Swenson, Director of Public Relations
Philadelphia Chamber Players to Make One of
Their Rare Appearances
The Philadelphia Chamber Players will open the ninth annual chamber music seri,e s
in the galleries of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Broad and Cherry
Streets, on Friday evening, November 8, at 8:30.
~e
group consists of Jacob
Krachmalnick (concert master of the Philadelphia ~chestra) and Veda Reynolds, violins;
Carlton Cooley, viola; Lorne Munroe, ceUo; Vladim1r so,kOl,Of:f,
p
, i B.Jt0!
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They will be heard in three works:
~ZQPtts Ptto, ~ 3:;-)~'
G m~~, for violin
and viola, to be played by Miss Reynolds and Mr.- Cooley; and Trio, No.1, in D minor,
by Mendelssohn, featuring Mr. Krachlna.lnick, Mr. Munroe and Mr. Sokoloff.
All five
artists 'Will join to close the program with Schumann's Qu:f.ntet in E flat major.
Since all players, except Mr. Sokoloff (music director of this series) are first
desk members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, their heavy schedule there doe,S not permit
them many appearances as a chamber group,
Their object is to play not only those
works for five players, but aJ.so solos, sonatas, trios, et cetera - compositions
heard all too seldom by the public today.
The Academy feels particularly gratified to present the Philadelphia Chamber
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Players aga.:Ln as it was berre two years ago that the organization made its public debut.
Aga1n, these events are made available to the pUblic w1 tbout cost through , the
Academy, its friends, ' aQ.d the Recording Industries' Trust FUnd, with the cooperation
of local 77, Amer1caQ. Federation of Musicians.
Two special exhibitions will be current;
work by members of, the Philadelphia
Water Color Club, and the Retrospective Exhibition for mural pa1nter, Ge6rge Harding.
Doors
~ll
open at 7:30.
No cards of admission are required.
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Grafly, 2 Wilmington and 2 Reading papers
Zone 40 papers, and W. Phila. papers (9' in all)
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CC, Fleet of Bulletin; Appel of Insuirer; Blitman of Daily News
ART NEWS from
The Pennsylvania
Broad and Cherry
l~cademy
S~reets,
of the Fine Artn
Philadelpnia 2
Elizabeth 2. Swenson, Director of Public Relations
l~ew
I. RICE PEREIRA.
Nov81'llber 21, 1957
Phone & RI 6-1877
lark Pai,gter to Speak at Pennsylvania Acudemy
painter, now living and working in New York City, llill
give a lacture-d.emonstration in the current saries at The Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine l!rts, on "Understanding and Enjoyment of Art", on Tuesday evening,
November 26, at 8IJO.
A native of Bo·' ton, Hiss Pereira studied at the Academia l-1oderne in Paris
and at the .Art Students League in New York, and is now well know both us wri tar
and painter.
Her 'WOrk is mainly non-objectl vee
Of times. wi t..'1 an oil backgrOUlld, sh.e
will add paper, cloth, and other materials in much the manner of a collage.
T..1i8
se~es
of lecture is conducted by Jack Bookbinder, Phili;1delphia
painter, teacher, lecturer and member of the Academy's
, I
facul~.
l':}G ?e:msylwmu I.cadeo;y of the Fino Arta
Bra.cl Ei.£'lcl Cterry Str~et.<j, Ph.11tlde19hiG ;:
El1~:a.bet.h
'i.. ;3wensoll. Directer of Public Rclutione
prize vat;; ee:tabliBhed i n 1917 in t.lQ!l.ory of Fhrrr:tI. Burnh '- Stimson
~no i , con;~'Wd
.ror
&OUu141~ .
Before comine to the.
.Ac~dtlm3,
Hr. Piper
'mI.C Ii
etudent of UH') l""to sculptor, Onaga,
fUld of t.he forner Y.elly- fddgway Pri wte Senool i n ~;est. Phil.t:,delpllla.
All vork in thE: 6ti118on
co:.1p~ti tion
must be auhni tted. bUonymously cud mt.y not be
Judged by uny presont instructor in the Ji.c!.>demy t ti· schools.
~lw
lorA. sculptor. Hi§a keu 1N.ble.
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Li tman, Inquirer
Blitman, Daily News
Waler, GradUy,
Phila. Story Ma g.
Chamber of Com. News
Greater Phila. Mag.
Times-Herald, W. Phila.
Media Ar ts Mag.
Scholastic Ma~zine
ART and MUSIC NEWS FROM .
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
November 21, 1957
Elizabeth Z. Swenson, Director of Public Relations.
Phone:
RI 6-1877
Second Concert in Chamber Music Series
The well-known pianist and director of this series, Vladimir Sokoloff, will
surround himself with a group of able young players, mainly woodwinds, for the next
concert at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on Friday evening, December 6th,
at 8:30 o'clock.
They are:
Patricia Albinson, flute
Eugene Chieffo, oboe
Richard Loesser, clarinet
Artemus EdWards, bassoon
John Simonelli, French horn
Scott Nickrenz, viola
Robert Newkirk, cello
They will play five works:
Trio in E flat major, for piano, clarinet and viola - Mozart
Trio in B flat major, for piano, clarinet and cello - Beethoven
Three Short Pieces for Woodwind Quintet - Ibert
Quintet for Wind Instruments - Hindemith
Sextet for Wind Instruments and Piano - Roussel
These concerts are made available to the public without cost through the Academy,
the Fredric R. Mann Foundation, and the Recording Industries' Trust Fund, with the
cooperation of local 77, American Federation of Musicians.
Special exhibitions current at this time include Fifty Paintings Comprising the
Third International Hallmark Art Award; Paintings by John Frederick Peto; American
Prints from the Academy's permanent collection.
Doors open at 7:30.
Note to Editors and Program Directors:
No cards of admission required.
Your cooperation in calling attention to
these events will be appreciated. The Academy
and its collaborators make considerable effort
to bring them to the public, without cost,
each year.
EZS
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
November 29, 1957
Elizabeth Z. Swenson, Director of Public Relations
Phone:
RI 6-1877
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Peto's Paintings Shown at Pennsylvania Academy
A collection of about 30 paintings by John Frederick Peto (1854-1907) will go on
view at The Pennsylvania Academy -of the Fine Arts Friday, December 6th, to remain
through January 12th.
They are from the collection of the late James Moore Bryant
and are lent by his grandchildren (their present owners):
Mr. and Mrs. James Moore
Bryant Keyser; Mr. and Mrs. Cheston Morris Bryant Keyser; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Keyser,
3rd; and Mr. and Mrs .• William M. Wood.
Mr. Bryant was a close friend of Peto in Island Heights where Peto (a native of
Philadelphia) spent the last 20 years of his life, had a great enthusiasm for Peto's
work, and bought a considerable amount of it.
Mr. Bryant's descendents, who now own
it, fortunately have always shared that enthusiasm.
A masterful painter of the simple, humble objects such as mugs, pipes, and the
so-called "rack paintings," Peto "the camp-meeting cornetist of Island Heights" lived
in comparative obscurity.
name of William M. Harnett.
Attention was first given his work masqueraded under the
A unique case:
following the death of both men, when
Harnett's work became the vogue, cOntemporaries of his who had painted in his style,
had their work bought up, the Harnettsignature forged, and the work sold as Harnett's.
Peto is regarded as the best of these many victims, and some of the most celebrated
"Harnett's" in existence actually are Peto's.
Peto had his only formal art training at the Pennsylvania Academy.
In Phila-
delphia, he earned a precarious living as painter, photographer, sculptor and
organist.
After his move to Island Heights he lost interest in exhibiting, and
toward his life1s end, his reputation was mainly that of a painter of little souvenir
pictures for genteel summer folk.
But in his studio he had also painted some of the
strangest and most remarkable pictures in the history of American art; dozens of the
"card-rack" and closely related "patch pictures" - perhaps his most characteristic
form of expression.
one-man show.
He had to wait 43 years after his death (1950) for his first
However, it is significant that during his life-time the only insti-
tution which welcomed his pictUres as often as he chose to send them was the Pennsylvania
Acad~my.
It also included his work in its 150th Anniversary Exhibition
in 1955.
Galleries are open Tuesdays thru Saturdays 10 to 5; Sundays 1 to 5;
Friday evening, December 6, from 7:30 when a concert of chamber music
will take place.
Closed Mondays, Christmas and New Year's.
Admission free at all times.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia 2
November 29, 1957
Elizabeth Z. Swenson, Director of Public Relations
Phone:
RI 6-1877
Hallmark's Third International Art Award at Academy
• Fifty water colors by leading American and European artists comprise the Third
International Hallmark Art AT,Tard opening at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Friday morning, December 6th.
The collection will remain through December 24th.
The exhibit is completing a coast- to-coast tour where it has been seen by well
over 200,000 people in New York City, Cleveland, Kansas City, Des Moines, St. Louis,
. Coral Gables, New Orleans, Seattle and other cities.
Its theme is Christmas, but a wide range of interpretations from religious to
familiar traditions and abstract symbols, have come from the brushes of 30 artists
from the United States, 10 from France, 4 each from Italy and England, one each from
Canada and Ireland.
The exhibition1s catalog states:
"Instituted in 1948 to support and encourage
contemporary artists, the Hallmar'k Art Awards 8.l'e sponsored by Hallmark cards and
directed by the Wildenstein Gallery in New York City.
In the three competitions to
date, more than 15,000 artists of four continents have participated and received
some $80,000 from Mr. Joyce C. Hall, president of the Hallmark Company."
More than
2,000,000 visitors have seen the three exhibits in, some 50 American cities.
In addition to the purchase price paid for each commissioned work, the artists
represented in this Third International competed for $6500 in cash prizes, awarded
a.s follows:
First Prize $2000
Second Prize $1500
Third Prize lf~
Fourth Prize $200
Six Prizes of $250 each
- Massimo Campigli (Italy)
- Robert Vickrey (United States)
- Jean Carzou (France)
- Louis Bosa (United States)
- Joe Lasker (U. S.); Mario Russo (Italy); Millard
Sheets (U. S.); William Thon (U. S.); Leslie Worth
(England)j Karl Zerbe ; (U. S.)
This record serves as a reminder that American business and industry is contributing generously on many frouts today to the advancement of both fine and
applied art, and in so doing is "assuming the mantle once worn almost solely by
princes of the Church and of European States. lI
We are also reminded that the union of fine art and greetings is not new.
It
had a modest beginning some 400 years ago when a German craftsman impressed on paper
an image carved on a block of wood, and thus produced what was obviously the first
Christmas card.
Galleries are 0Een Tuesdays thru Saturdays 10 to 5; Sundays 1 to 5;
Friday evening, December 6 from 7:30 when a. concert of chamber music
will take place.
Closed Mondays.
Admission
~
at all times.
