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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts • Broad & Cherry Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 • LO 4 -0219
164TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF WATER COLORS, PRINTS, M~D DRAWINGS
OPENS AT THE PENNSYLV~~IA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS--JAN .17TH
WHAT ARTISTS ARE DOING TODAY ACROSS THE NATION IN THE MEDIA OF WATER COLORS,
PRINTS, AND DRAWINGS MAY BE SEEN AND PURCHASED AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF
THE FINE ARTS' 164TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION--JAN. 17 THRU MARCH 2.
A WIDE VARIETY OF STYLES RANGING FROM REALISTIS TO ABSTRACT COMPOSITIONS ARE
CONTAINED IN THE SHOW, WHICH NUMBERS SOME 600
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AN ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE
IS AVAILABLE : GROUP TOURS OF THE EXHIBITION CAN BE ARRANGED BY PHONING PUBLICC
REALTIONS, LO 4-0219.
HOURS: 10 TO 5 TUESDAYS THRU SATURDAYS, 1 P.M. TO 5 P.M. SUNDAYS: CLOSED ON
MONDAYS. ADM$SSION IS ALWAYS FREE.
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l64TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF WATER COLORS? PRINI'S, .AND DRAWINGS
TO OPEN AT THE PENNA. ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS JilNUARY 17
Water colors, prints, and drawings submitted by artists throughout the
United States will be on display in THE 164TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION at the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, (Broad and Cherry streets, Philadelphia)
January 17 through March 2.
be for sale.
Most of the 627 items contained in the Show ..Till
The Annual was organized by the Academy in collaboration with
the Philadelphia Water Color Club.
Director Joseph T. Fraser, Jr. says that "it represents a very professional
cross-section of what is taking place in this country in the realm of water
color, prints, and dravTings".
One of the most outstanding features of the
Annual Exhibition is that it contains 196 drawings.
According to Mr. Fraser,
ilTheir general excellence and sensitivity bring great quality to the Exhibition,
but even more, they indicate that the artists have not forgotten the importance
of a foundation which is genuinely basic to most of our fine arts. II
Six awards have been decided upon by the Jury of Selection, and the Directors of the Philadelphia Water Color Club.
This year's Jury was composed
of John P. Hultberg, a watercolorist of note from New York; Romas Viesulas,
printmrut er and instructor at the Tyler School of Fine Arts in Phila.; and Joyce
Reopel, dravTing instructor at Wheaton College in Mass.
the following prize awards:
The Jury has announced
The Philadelphia Water Color Club Prize of $200.
to Walter Hook of Missoula, Mont. for "Raven in Plums"; the Dana Water Color
Club Medal to Charles Schmidt of Philadelphia for IIWork BenCh"; The Eyre Medal
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to Emilio Sanchez of New York for "Casa de Playa".
The Directors of the Club
selected the following awards: The Pe:.1nell Memorial Medal to Lois Fine of New
York for "Vida Es Sueno"; The Dawson Memorial Medal to William Thon, represented by the Midtown Galleries, New York, for "Monhegan Fog"; the Philadelphia
Water Color Club Medal of Award to Morris Blackburn, graphic artist, and instructor at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
This last medal is
"conferred, at the discretion of the Club, upon that individual, or group of
individuals .•• which has contributed toward the advancement of water color art I I .
During the week of February 3 visitors to the Academy will have an opportunity to vote by ballot for their favorite work of art in the Annual Exhibition.
The winning item, amount of the cash prize, and donor of the award
i-Till be announced February 10.
Gallery talks on the 164th Annual Exhibition, sponsored by the Academy's
Fellowship, will be given on Thursday afternoons at 2:30 p.m.
be well-known artists, critics, and art instructors.
Speaking will
The dates of the talks
are as follows: January 23, January 30, February 6, February 13, February 20,
and February 27.
is free.
.An illustrated catalogue may be purchased for 75¢.
Admission
Hours: Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sundays
from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. closed on Mondays.
Group tours of the Exhibition can be
arranged by calling Susan 'Hood, Public Relations -- LO 4-0219·
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MORRIB BLACKBUlRN NAMED 1969 RECI PI ENT OF THE
PHILADELPHIA WATER COLOR CLUB MEDAL OF AWARD
PHILADELPHIA, PA.-- Director of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
Joseph T. Fraser,
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and Oliver Nuse, Presi dent of the Phila.delphi a Water
Color Club, have announced that Morris Blackburn, noted gr aphi c arti st a.nd
instructor at the Reademy is the 1969 reci pient of the Philadelphi a Water
Color Club Medal of Award .
The Phila.delphia Water Color Club Medal of Awar d is conferr ed , at the
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discretion of the Club, "upon U=llat individual, or group of indi vi duals .. . which
has contributed toward the advan cement of water color art" .
The recipient of t wo William Emlen Cres son European Traveling Scholarshi ps,
and a John Simon Guggenheim IJlemorial Fellowshi p in Painting and Graphic Arts ,
Morris Blackburn has won numerous priz es and awards, inc l uding: the Print
Club's John Gribbel Prize, Th±rd Prize Ameri can Color Print Makers , Gold
Medal Award of the P.A.F . A. Fell owship, the Le ssing J. Rosenwald Pri ze of
the Print Club, and many others.
MOFFis Blackburn's works ar e represented in the permanent collections
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the Phila delphia Museum of Art, the Pennsylvani a, Academy of the Fine Arts,
the U. S. State Department, the Rosenwald Collection, the Library of Congr ess,
and the Fleisher Art Memorial.
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P e nn s ylvania A ca d e my o f the Fin e Art s • Bro a d & Cherry S treet s , Phil a del p hi a , P a . 1 9 1 02 • LO 4 - 0 2 19
1100 VIEW THE l64IH
ANNUJl~
EXHIBITION OF WATER COLORS, PRINTS,
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DRA\tiNGS
Mrs. David Gwinn (left) of Gladwyne chats with Hr. Paul Maloney of
Bryn
Ma~T
and her daughter Marty Gwinn also of
BrJ~
Mawr, Penna. at the
Opening Night of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts' l64th Annual
Exhibition of Water Colors, Prints, and
through March 2.
Draw~ngs
which will be on display
They were among the 1100 who attended the subscription
dinner and members' preview at the Academy, Jan. 15. Most of the 627 works
in the Annual by artists throughout the United States are for sale, together
with an illustrated catalogue at the cOpt of 75¢ per copy. Thrusday afternoon
Gallery Talks, given by leading artists, and art instructors, start at 2:30 p.m.
in the main entrance at the Academy on Broad and Cherry. Group tours at other
times can be arranged by calling, Public Relations, LO 4-0 219. Admission
is free. The Academy is open to the public Tuesdays through Samurdays from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; closed on Mondays.
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GALLERY TALKS ON THE 164TH ANNUAL KXHIBITION OF WATER COLORS, PRINTS, AND
DRAWINGS START THRUSDAY AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
Gallery Talks on the 164th Annual Exhibition of Wat er Colors, Prints,
and Drawings at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Broad and Cherry)
will begin on Thrusday, January 23. Sponsored by the Academy's Fellowship,
the talks will be given each Thrusday at 2:30 p.m. while the Exhibition is
on display. Dorothy Garfly, Art Critic for the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
and Editor aDd !,ublisher of Art
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Focus will present the first of a series
of six Gallery Talks.
The dates and lecturers for the other Talks are as follovls: Jan. 30-Jack Bookbfunder, Director Art Education for Phila. Schools, painter and
printmaker; Feb. 6-- Raphael Sabatini, painter, sculptor, and Professor
Emeri tus at the Tyler School of Fine Arts; Feb. 13-- Daniel Miller, painter
and instructor; Feb. 20-- Hobson Pittman, painter, and instructor ; and
Feb. 27--Will Barnet, painter and instructor.
Held in collaboration with the Philadelphia Water Color Club, the
164th Annual Exhibition contains 627 items by 320 artists throughout the
United States. Most of the works in the Exhibition are for sa le together
with an illustrated catalogue a t the cost of 75¢ a copy. The Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts is open to t he public,free of admission charge,
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MARK TOBEY AND PETER MILlER ONE-MAN SHOWS OPEN Nr THE PEALE HOUSE GALLERIES
Mark Tobey and Peter Miller, two painters who have found a magical link
with the philosophies and symbols of ancient cultures, will have one-man
shows at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts' Peale House Galleries,
1811 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, January 30 through March 9.
Wisconsin-born Tobey is self-taught except for classes at the Art
Institute of Chicago. His paintings reflect the influences of many countries
the world over which he has visited including Europe, Mexico
and the Far East.
the Near East,
During his travels, he studied Chinese calligraphy with
Teng Kwei in Shanghai, and brush work in a Zen monastery in Japan.
Often
called a meditative painter, Tobey uses lines and symbols to write his
feelings on canvas.
Lionel Feininger once wrote of his paintings, "Like
poetry and music his pictures have the time factor.
contents gradually.
They unfold their
With an active imagination they have to be read, and
their symbols interpreted. It
Tobey's works have been exhibited in one-man and group shows throughout
Europe and the United States.
and awards, including:
He has been
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recipient of numerous prizes
the First Prize in Painting, Carnegie International;
the Fine Arts Medal of the .A.merican Institute of Architects; the National
Award of the First International Exhibition of the Guggenheim Museum;
the Grand International Prize for the Venice Biennale; and many others.
Peter Miller, a much younger artist than Tobey, lives and paints on
a farm outside of Philadelphia, where nature and the age-old symbols of the
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past are her inspirational muses.
way:
She describes her work in the following
"I find myself going back to the same symbols that stirred the ancient
rock painters.
The link with the past seems magical to me ••• to find yourself
free, in paint, to move
back~ard
or forward in time is a marvelous excitement.
The seasons have a great effect on me too."
Peter Miller studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
in Italy, and with Arthur Carles.
She has had one-man shows at the Museum
of Fine Pxts in Houston, Texas, the San Francisco Palace of the Legion of
Honor, Fine Arts lfnseum, Sante Fe, New Mexico; the Rogaway Gallery, Santa Fe;
the Guadaloupe Gallery, Albequerque; the Cosffiopolitan Club, the Penn Art Center,
P~iladelphia;
two one-man shows at the Julien Levy Gallery, New York; and a
two-man show with Earle Miller at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
She has participated in group exhibitions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art,
the Philadelphia Art Alliance, Moore College of Art, and the Academyrs
Annual Exhibitions.
MOst of the works in these Exhibitions will be for sale.
The Peale House
Galleries are open to the public Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to
5 p.m., Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., but closed on Mondays.
Group tours
of the two shows can be arranged by calling Public Relations, JL9 4-0219.
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MARK TOBEY AND PETER HILLER ONE-MAN SHOWS OPEN AT THE PEALE HOUSE GALLERIES
MARK TOBEY AND PETER MILLER, TWO PAINTERS
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HAVE FOUND A MAGICAL LINK WITH
THE PHILOSOPHIES AND SYMBOLS OF ANCIENT CULTURES, WILL HAVE
AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE
CHESTNUT STREET IN
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PEALE HOUSE GALLERIES, 1811
JANUARY 30 THROUGH MARCH 9.
WORKS IN BOTH EXHIBITIONS WILL BE FOR
ONE~-MAN
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LECTOR AS WELL AS FOR THE LOVER OF BEAUTY. ADMISSION IS FREE. THE GALLERIES
ARE OPElIJ" TO THE PUBLIC TUESDAYS THROUGH SATURDAYS FRON 10
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SUNDAYS FRQl\'l 1 P.M. TO 5 P .N., BUT CLOSED ON MONDAYS AND HOLIDAYS. GROUP
TOURS OF THE EXHIBITIONS CAN BE ARRANGED: CALL PUBLIC RELATIONS--LO 4-0219.
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COLE AND VLADIMIR SOKOLOFF TO PERFORM FRIDAY AT PA. ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS
Rarely heard by public audiences, Beethoven's"Five Sonatas for Cello
and Piano" will be performed by Orlando Cole and Vladimir Sokoloff in a
concert at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on Friday evening at 8:30.
Mr. Cole is Cellist for the Curtis String Quartet, and Vladimir Sokoloff is
the official pianist for the Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia.
Orlando Cole has been a member of the Curtis String Quartet since
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1927.
He has appeared in more than a thousand concerts across tWQ continents.
He has also performed many times as soloist with orchestras, in recitals,
and over radio netvlOrks of this country and Canada. He is a member of the
faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music and at the New School of Music.
Director of the Chamber Musi c Concert Series at the Pennsylvania
Academy pf the Fine Arts for the past nineteen years, Dr. Vladimir Sokoloff
is an instructor at the Curtis Insitut e of Music and has often appeared with
Orl~~do
Cole in cell-piano concerts.
The Friday evening concert is the second in a series of four chamber
music concerts presented at the AcademY. during the 1968-1969 season. Admiss ion
is free; doors open at 7:30 p.m. to afford the public to view the 164th
Annual Exhibition of Water Colors, Prints, and Drawings currently on display
through March 2. More than 600 items are contained in the national Show which
represents the talent of 320 artists. Most of the works are for sale together
with an illustrated catalogue at the cost of 75¢ a copy.
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PA. ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS TO HOLD V<Y:rE FOR POPULAR PRIZE AWARD
PHILADELPHIA, PA.-- A poll will be taken Tuesday, February 4 through
Sunday, February 16 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts for the
most popular work in the 164th Annual Exhibition of Water Colors, Prints,
and Drawings currently on display at the Academy.
Because the Exhibition has been so well attended since it first
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vote should be taken to discover what visitors like best in the Show, and
that the newly-created PAFA Popular Prize of $250.00 be awarded to the
artist whose work receives the greatest number of votes.
The winning work
and artist will be announced Tuesday, February 18.
Most of the 627 items contained in the Exhibition are for sale; they
were done by some 320 artists residing throughout the United States.
Or-
ganized in collaboration with the Philadelphia Water Color Club, the Annual powerfully represents what American artists are doing today in the
media of water color J prints, and drawings.
Gallery Talks sponsored by the Academy's Fellowship are given on
Thursday afternoons at 2:30 until the Exhibition concludes March 2. Speaking
on succeeding Thursdays will be the following well-known painters and
instI'uctors:
Raphael Sabatini, Daniel Miller, Hobson Pittman and Will
Barnet.
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INSTITUTIONS PURCHASE WORKS FROH 164TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION
AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACAD~4Y OF THE FINE ARTS
West Chester State College, Kutztovm State College, and the Philadelphia
Museum of Art were among the many institutions and individuals who purchased nearly
$22,000's worth of art from the 164th Annual Exhibition of Water Colors, Prints,
and Drawings which closed Sunday at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
Broad and Cherry
St~eets,
Phila.
All together 0140 items were purchased from the 627-ttem Exhibition."Casa
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de Playa" by Emilio Sanchez of New York City, which received the Alice f.1'6Fadden
Eyre Medal, sold 11 prints. WBirds" a color woodcut by Helen Siegl of Philadelphia
sold 12 prints.
Purchased by West Chester State College Were:!! "Night and Day Jazz", a water
color a..."ld collage by Frederick Gill of Philadelphia; "Adam and Eve", a color
woodcut by Helen Siegl; and "La Vida Es Sueno" by Lois Fine of New York City. This
last work, an etching, received the
Joseph Pennell Memorial Medal. Kutztown
State College purchased a portfolio of 11 prints titled, "Cages" by Al Blaustein
of New York City. "Dedrickr. s Barn" a pen, ink, and wash drawing by Allen Koss
of Philadelphia; "Yonkers" a color lithograph by Romas Viesulas of Glenside,Pa.;
"Dairy", an intaglio by Jerome Kaplan of Philadelphia; and "The Shelf", a drawing
by Dan Miller of Philadelphia were purchased by the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
"Gift of America I" by Sigmund Abeles of
New York City was purchsed for the
Academy by Mrs. Boudinot Stimpen of Radnor, Pa. and Mrs. H.Lea Hudson of Paoli,Pa.
Both women are members of the Academy's Women's Committee. Another member, Mrs.
Edward B. Leisenring, Jr. of Berw-jIl, Pa. bought and donated to the Academy "Julia
Passing" an etching by
Pe:b~r
PHI ton of
New York City.
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MARCH PROGRAM LISTINGS
ART EXHIBITIONS:
THE 164TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF WATER COLORS, PRn'TS, AND DRAWINGS,
which opened at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Broad and Cherry
streets) January 17, will continue to be on view through March 2.
Most of the
627 items contained in the Exhibition are for sale together with an illustrated
catalogue.
MARK TOBEY AND PETER
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MILLER--PAI~'TINGS
will be on display at the Peale
House Galleries (1811 Chestnut Street) through March 9.
keenly influenced by the philosophies and
s~nbols
Both artists have been
of ancient cultures.
INNER SPACE--WORKS BY ANGELO SAVELLI, a unique exhibition of the artist's
two and three-dimensional abstract compositions will be on display at the Peale
House Galleries March 13 through April 13.
Included will be the famous
"Med.itation Chamber" and "Dante's Inferno".
THE ANNUAL FELLOWSHIP EXHIBITION of water colors, prints, drawings: oils,
and sculptures will open to the public March 23 and remain on exhibition
through April 20.
Participating will be artists from across the United States
who attended the Academy.
CHfu~ER
MUSIC CONCERT:
The final Chamber Music Concert for the 1968-69 season
at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts will be performed March 28 at
8:30 p.m. at Broad and Cherry streets by Dr. Vladimir Sokoloff and his wife,
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Doors open for the four-hand piano concert at 7:30 p.m.; admission
is fr ee.
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PAFA POPULARITY POLL TO END SUNDAY
Visitors to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts have been eagerly
casting their ballots for the work in the l64th Annual Exhibition of Water
Colors, Prints, and Drawings which is best liked by the public. A Popular
Prize of $250.00 will be awarded to the artist whose ...lork receives the most
votes when the ballots are counted, and the announcement of the "'linner is
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made on Tuesday, February 18th. These are more than 600 items in the Show
so come early Saturday to see works and cast your vote.
Admission to the Academy is free. HOUES: $uesdays through Saturdays from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; but closed on Mondays.
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NOTED ARTIST TO GIVE TALK AT PA. AC.ADEMY OF FINE ARTS
Daniel Miller, a young painter who has esta.blished an impressive reputation
as a lecturer and painting instructor, will speak at the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts (Broad and Cherry Streets,Phila.,Pa.) on Thrusday, February
13 at 2:30 p.m. He will give the fourth Gallery Talk on the l64th Annual Exhibition of Water Colors, Prints, and Drawings which is currently on display at the
Academy. The Exhibition contains 627 mtems by 320 artists who live throughout
the United States. Most of the works are for sale together with a catalogue.
Mr. Miller holds a B.F. A. degree from Lafayette College (1951) and a
M.F .A. degree in Painting from The University of Penllsylvania (1958). He studied
painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Pennsylvania State
University summer painting clas ses under Hobson Pittman.
He has recieved numerous prizes for his works, among these are:
a
Cressmn
European Traveling Scholarship (PAFA 1968), the Young Watercolorist ' s Prize
from the Art Alliance ( 1959), Honorable Mentions and awards from the Delaware
Annuals ( 1959, 1960, and 1963), and Honorable Mention in the Philadelphia Art
Alliance Regional (1966).
Daniel Miller's works are in many public and private collections, including:
Princeton University Library, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Public
Library, Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts, and the Academy. He teaches not
only at the Academy, but also at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art, Eastern
Baptist College ( Head of the Fine Arts Dept. since 1965), and at the Wayne Art
Center.
Coffee will be served by members of the Women's Committee following the
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS PURCHASES EIGHT WORKS
PHILADELPHIA, PA. -- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts has purchased eight
works from its current Show, the 164th Annual Exhibition of Water Colors, Prints,
and DraVlings.
Funds for the purchases came from the John Lambert Memorial Fund (7)
and the Leo Asbell Memorial Fund (1).
The lambert Fund was established in 1912 for
the purchase of works by young artists 1Iwho have not yet made standard reputations II;
the Asbell Fund is dedicated to the purchase of original drawings by American artists.
A broad variety of media within the scope of the Exhibition keynote the
purchases.
Included were two gouaches, flUnder the Bridge 1l by John Hultberg of
New York City, and IIFast Gallopll by Shirley Wells Kernish, who is represented by
the Larcada Gallery in NeVI York City.
1INauplion Dawn" and IIBi-Valve Point, II water
colors by Betty Bowes of Wynnewood, Pa. and Fraruclin Shores of Philadelphia, were
purchased together with a water color and ink work by Marjorie Ruben of Philadelphia,
titled, flForms No. 3.
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(This last item vTas obtained through the Asbell Fund.)
offset print by Robert Rauschenberg of New York City, IlKiesler Poster
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an ink
drawing, IIInterior1l by Silvia Braverman, who is represented by the ,I/illard Gallery
in New' York City; and six etchings by Federico Castellon, flPortfolio,1I were also
purchased.
Mr. Castellon is represented by the Association American Artist in
New York City.
1ihen asked to comment on the selections which were made by the Committee on
Collections and Exhibitions, Director Joseph T. Fraser, Jr. recorded the enthusiasm
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with which the Committee made its choices for purchases.
He commented that,
"Consideration was given to items in everyone of the sixteen galleries consumed
by the Show.
The final selection represents examples in all three categories of
the Exhibition, and adds a distinguished and meaningful group of works to the
Academy's Permanent Collection. 1I
The 164th Annual Exhibition will continue through March 2 at the Academy,
Broad and Cherry Streets.
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Most of the 627 items contained in the Show are for sale
an illustrated catalogue.
Now through Sunday, February 16, visitors
to the Academy are invited to vote for the work which they consider the best in the
Annual.
On Tuesday, February 18, the winning work and artist will be announced.
$250 will go to the artist whose work receives the most votes in the PAFA
Popularity Poll.
HOURS:
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is open to the public
Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.;
closed on Mondays.
Allinission is free.
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PAPA POPULAR PRIZE AWARD GOES TO VIRGINIA ARTIST
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is proud
to announce the winner of its $250.00 Popular Prize Award, Helen B. Hoffman
of Springfield} Virginia.
"Ice") a pastel drawing} was voted the best-liked
item in the Academy's 164th Annual Exhibition of Water Colors, Prints) and
Drawings when a popular poll was taken) February 4 to 17.
The winning picture depicts a young woman with short brown hair in a blue
shirt seated at a table.
In her hands she holds a glass of ice water from
which she drinks with elbows resting on the table; with one eye , she carefull y regards the viewer.
"las Manai tas II} also by Helen Hoffman) received the
sec ond highest number of votes.
It is likewise a pastel, and depicts another
realistic scene--a verdant outdoor setting with white birds hunting for food
in the grass.
Both works convey a real feeling of peacefulness.
181 work s in the 627-item Exhibition received a popular number of v otes.
Ten items ranked next to Miss Hoffman's.
These are) without exception, all
exec uted in a realistic fashion and display the technical dra'ving skill which
domi nates this very professional Show.
They are as follows: "Dedrick 's Barn "
(pen) ink, and wash) by Allen Koss of Phila.; ffJulyff (water color) by Philip
Jamison of West Chester, Pa.; "Peanuts" (water color) by Andrew Alan Gask ill
of Ca)Jlden) N.J.; "Washday" (casein) by M.D. I81llbert of Rahns) Fa.; "God's
Chosen ff (c asein and water color) by David Y. Ellinger of pottstown, Fa.;
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(pencil) by Herbert fink of New Yorl" City; IIFlower Study VII
(acrylic) by Jimmy C. Leuders of Phila.; IIPonte Vecchio ll (water color) by
Betty Bowes of Wynnewood, Pa.; IIHanging Man" (wash) by J. Hirsch of New York
City; and IICasa de Playa ll (lithograph) by Emilio Sanchez of New York City.
(Mr. Sanchez received the Alice McFadden Eyre Medal for this lithograph).
'I'h e 164th Annual Exhibition will continue at the Academy through March 2.
An illustrated catalogue of the Show is available for 75¢ a copy.
the items are for sale.
Admission is free.
Hours are as follows:
Most of
Tuesdays
through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.,
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MURRAY PANITZ, FLUTIST, TO PERFORM IN FRIDAY EVENING CONCERT AT
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEl'W OF THE FINE ARTS
Murray Panitz,
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flutist in the Philadelphia Orchestra, and Dr.
Vladimir Sokoloff, the official pianist for the Chamber Symphony of Phil adelphia, will perform in the third chamber music concert at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts ( Broad and Cherry Streets) on Friday evening, February 28th starting 8:30 p.m.
The two accomplished musicians will play the following selections:
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by Francis Poulenc.
All chamber music concerts at the Academy are free to the public.
Doore open at 7:30 p.m. to afford those who attend the concert an evening
opportunity to view the current show-- the 164th Annual Exhibition of Water
Colors, Prints, and Drawings. An illustrated catalogue is available at the
cost of 75¢ a copy.
The final concert in the 1963-1969 series at the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts will be held March 28th at 8:30 p.rn.Performing will be Dr.
Vladimir Sokoloff and his wife,Eleanor, piano duettists.
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"INNER SPACE--WORKS BY ANGELO SAVELLI"
OPENS AT THE PEALE HOUSE GALLERIES
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IT'S A WHITE, WHITE TtiORLD FOR INTERNATIONALLY RENO\lJNED ARTIST
ANGELO SAVELLI w110 WILL HAVE A ONE-M.lIN EXHIBITION OF HIS \<JORKS AT THE
PENN$YLUANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS' PEALE HOUSE GALLERIES, 1811 CHESTNUT
STREET, MARCH 13 THROUGH APRIL 13. WHITE RELIEFS, BELIEF PRINTS, tflD
THOGFAPHS WILJ. BE FOR SALE.
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CORAN GPLLERYIN WASHINGTON, D.C.
ANGELO SAVELLI IS lIN INNOVATOR IN THE FIELD OF PRINTPIlAKING: HE IS
THE ONLY ARTIST wEO HAS TRIED THE
TECill~IQUE
OF PURE
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OR NO COLOR, USING LITHOGRAPHY INSTEAD OF METAL OR PLASTIC PLATES FOR
EMBOSSING AND PRINTING.
THE PEALE HOUSE GALLERIES
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OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, FREE OF ADMISSION
CHARGE, TUESDAYS THROUGH SATURDAYS FROM 10 A.M. TO 5 P.M., SUNDAYS FROM
1 P.M. TO 5 P.M.; CLOSED ON r-mNDAYS AND SOIVlE HOLIDAYS.
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PROGRAM LISTINGS FOR APRIL, 1969
ART EXHIBITIONS:
"ImlER SPACE--WORKS BY ANGELO SAVELLI" will be on ex-
hibition at the Peale House Galleries, 1811 Chestnut Street, through
April 13.
Included in the exceptionally dramatic Show are Mr. Savelli's
unique sculpture works on the theme of Dante's Inferno, white reliefs,
relief prints, and lithograph illustrations from Ten
P~erican
Poems.
"Annual Fellowship Exhibition" of oil paintings, sculptures,
prints, drawings, and water colors" will be on view at the Academy, Broad
and Cherry Streets, through April 20.
All of the works submitted and accepted
to the Exhibition are by former students of the Academy.
will be for sale together with a catalogue.
Most of the items
The wide variety of media
represented and the expansive size of the Exhibition makes it a Show that
should not be missed by young and old alike.
ltSelected Works From a Private Collection ll will be on
display to the public, many for the first time, at the Peale House Galleries,
1811 Chestnut Street, April 18 through May 25.
Included, Ifill be European
and American works, beginning with the French Impressionists.
Both galleries
will be used to exhibit a collection of important and beautiful paintings.
HOu"RS:
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Broad and Cherry Streets,
and its extension, the Peale House Galleries, 1811 Chestnut Street, are open
free of admission charge, Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to
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"INNER SPACE··-WORKS BY ANGELO SAVELLI"
OPENS AT THE PEALE HOUSE GALLERIES
PHILADELPHIA, PA.--It's a white, white world for internationally renowned artist
Angelo Savelli, who will have a one-man exhibition of his works at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts' Peale House Galleries, 1811 Chestnut Street ,
March 13 through April 13.
Titled, "Inner Space--Works by Angelo Savelli", the Exhibition will contain many of the artist's white reliefs, relief prints, lithographs, and his
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This last work, executed between 1964-1968, is part of his
series of creations based on the writings of Dante.
He explains that each column
(composed of white baked aluminum, WOOd, plexiglass, and rope) in the work in
"continuous multiplication" represents the multiple and infinite number of people
in Dante's imaginary reality, and "each column is named after them".
Most of the
works in the One-Man Show come to the Peale House Galleries from The Corcoran
Gallery of Art in WaShington, D.C., where Savelli recently partiCipated in the
31st Biennial of Contemporary American Painting.
Angelo Savelli waS born in 1911 in Italy where he received his first art
instructions from his uncle, Alfonso Barone.
Ferrazzi, and received, in
Rome.
Later, he studied with Ferruccio
1936, a diploma from the Accademia di Belle Arti in
Following this, he was invited to teach at the Liceo Artistico in Rome.
In 1945 he was a co-founder of the Art Club of Rome , and three years later, he
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He came to the United States in 1954, and
established residence in New York City.
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Ever since 1941, Angelo Savelli has exhibited widely both in Europe and
in this country.
One-man shows of importance are too numerous to list, but a
few of the most significant include:
1941, Galleria Roma,; 1952, Centre d'Art
Italien in PariS; 1955, The Contemporaries in New York City; 1958, the Castelli
Gallery in New York City; 1962, the Peter Deisch Gallery in New York City; 1964,
XXXII International Biennale in Venice, and the Henri Gallery in Washington.
Among the group shows of note in which he has partiCipated are: 1943, the
Quadriennale di Roma, National Exhibition; 1950, the Biennale di Venezia; 1955
New Tendencies in Italian Art, New York and Rome; 1961, IV Biennale del
Mediterraneo, organized by the Biennale of Venice in Cairo; 1962, La Deuxieme
Exposition du Relief (international show in Paris); in 1963, the USA Cultural
Exchange Show in five important Russian cities; and in 1964, the Exposition
Biennale, International de Grauve in Tokyo.
Angelo Savelli is an innovator in the field of art, and in particular printmaking.
He is the only artist who has tried the technique of pure form with
little or no color, using lithography instead of metal or plastiC plates for
embossing and printing.
Many of Savelli's unusual and beautiful prints will
be for sale.
The Peale House Galleries are open to the public, free of admission charge,
Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.,
but closed on Mondays.
Come early for a most enjoyable walk through Savelli's
v7hite world where one discovers new dimensions in space, light and shadow created
by an extraordinary artist.
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ec ted Works From a B1U.vate Collectionll, which opened at The Peale
House Galleries( 1811 Chestmil.1h Street) on April 17, will continue through 1I'1ay 25. Ineluded are works bo Eurmpean and
P~erican
arti s ts, dating from t he French Impre s s ionists
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1 p.m. to 5 p. m.; 610sed on fo.londays and holidays.
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of the Fine Arts( Broad and Cherry Streets) starting
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10 and continuing through Hay
25. Paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints submitted to the Cresson Day Compe titions
vlill be for sale at very reasonable prices. All works are by adva.nced stUdents who
qualify for the spring competitions for European traveling scholarships ruld other prizes.
Hours: Tuesdays t hrough Saturdays from 10 a .m. to 5 p.m., Sundays f rom 1 p.m. to 5 p . m.;
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STEWAP~SON
SCULPTURE PRIZE GOES TO
SECOND YEAR STUDENT
AT THE PENNSYLVP.NIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE .ARTS
PHILADELPHIA, PA.-- Competitions for the Edmund Ste'vJardson Sculpture Prize
of $100 took place at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts(Broad
and
Cherry Streets) March 5th to March 7th. Christopher C. Parks of Hockessin,
Delaware ( near Wilmington) and a second-year student at the Academy won
first prize for the best full length figure in the round, modled from life.
Honorable Mention went to William G. Hanson of Newburryport, r4ass. and f.lention
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went to Al Maletsky of Philadelphia.
Christopher also received Honorable Mention this past fall in the
Emma Burnham Stimson Sculpture competitions. His father, Charles C.Parks is
a noted sculpture who is particularly
well-kno~m
for his architectural works
and his children's portraiture.
The Stewardson Sculpture compe titions
have been an annual event at
the Academy since 1900.
Judge for the coI)jtest was EvAngelos Frudakis, a distinguished schlptor
who has created such works as the John F. Kennedy bust for the Memorial dedicated to him near Atlantic City's Convention Hall. Mr. Frudakis studied at
the Academy, the Beaux Arts Institute of Design, and the American Academy in R
Rome. He is a member of the American Academy in Rome, and a Fellow of the
National Sculpture Society.
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1969 ANNUAL FELLOWSHIP EXHIBITION OPENS AT PA. ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
PHILADELPHIA, PA. -- Alumni of the world's oldest art institution devoted to American Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, will
display their works in the Annual Fellowship Exhibition which opens
March 22 and will continue through April 20.
mitted, and 221 were accepted by three juries:
Colors, Drawings, and Graphics.
Some 588 works were subOil; Sculpture; Water
Nine prizes have been awarded by the
juries for works of outstanding merit.
Nationally-acclaimed artist, lecturer, and teacher Hobson Pittman
was voted by the Juries as the 1969 recipient of the Percy M. Owens
Memorial for a distinguished Pennsylvania Artist.
award for his life's contribution to American Art.
He received the $250.
The Harrison S.
Morris Memorial Award of $100. for Water Color has been presented to
Naomi Limont for her print in the Exhibition, "Stonehenge".
A young
artist who has already received attention, Clayton Anderson, has been
awarded the Mary Butler Memorial Award of $200 for a mixed media work,
"Sideview--Holbein's Rorschach".
The Bertha M. Goldberg Memorial Award
of $100 has been issued to Robert Barfield for an acrylic work, "Untitled".
Harold Kimmelman is the 1969 recipient of the May Audubon Post Prize of
$100 for sculpture or oil.
His sculpture , IIBanana" won for him the award.
The Caroline Gibbons Granger Memorial Prize of $100. for oils has been
awarded to Barkley Hendricks for "Father, Son", a triptych.
John Galster
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is the recipient of the Leona Karp Braverman Memorial Award of $100. for
sculpture; his white granite creation, "Untitled" received the award.
The Mabel Wilson Woodrow Memorial Award of $100. for a student represented
in the show has been presented to Ralph Busch ($50), for "Imposing
Procession of Invisible Informal Imperfection" and to Christine McBriarty
for "Femini ty"; both works are acrylic paintings.
Most of the artists
who are the 1969 recipients of Fellowship awards are between the ages of
20 and thirty and most of them live in or near the City of Philadelphia.
Most of the works in the Exhibition are for sale.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is open to the public ,
free of admission charge, Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to
5 p.m., Sundays from 1 p.m . to 5 p.m.; closed on Mondays and holidays.
Group tours upon request, call Public Relations LO 4-0219.
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ELEANOR A..Tm VLADUUR SOKOLOFF, PIANO DUETTISTS, TO PERFORl'1 F1lilDAY
AT THE PEi1NSYLViU'lIA ACADElVIY OF THE FINE ARTS
Eleanor and Vladimir Sokoloff, well-knovffi pianists of this City,
will present
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final chamber music concert
in the 1968-1969 series
at the PellUsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Broad and Cherry Streets,
on Friday evening at 8:30 p.m. Admission to the concert is free.
Duet selections for Friday's concert will incl ude:
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allegro Opus 60 11
by Weber, IIFantaisie F J';l inor, Opus 10),' by Schubert, IISouvenirs Ballet
Suite Opus 28 11 by Samuel Barber, IIFour Fantaisies on American Folk-Songs
Opus 411 by Douglas Townsend, and IIHungariaa Dances Book 11111 by Brahms.
The public is invited to come early when the doors open at 7:30 p.m.
and see the 1969 Annual Fell mvship Exhibition, which dramatically ShO'lIS
what today's young artists are doing.
A catalogue is available; most of
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ISSUED TO THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER ft2RIL 3, 1969:
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts had no knowledge of the
funds prior to the information in the INQUIRER on Harch 28th, so that
no plans had been made for operating without them.
The elmmination of the funds means that fourteen deserving and talented
Philadelphia students ",ill not be able to continue themr studies through
this grant.
The remainder of the funds was used to assist in admisitering
the school and the Academy's eyJ1ibi tion program; and these will be adversely
affected.
The Academy has a continuing demand for funds for t fus operation,
including as an example increasing the present insufficiant electric
pO\~er
capacity.
There are no funds available to replace those which the
City has granted in prior years.
Copies to:
Dr. Richardson
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"TEE INFERNO" BY IlIiTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED ARTIST
ANGELO SAVELLI IS PURCHASED BY A NEitI ART CENrER
PHILADELPHIA, PA. -- liThe Inferno,1I a free interpretation of Dante's Divina
Commedia by internationally renowned artist Angelo Savelli, has been recently
purchased through the Henri Gallery in Washington, D.C. where the work was exhibited before coming to Philadelphia for the current show at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts' Peale House Galleries--"Inner Space--Works by Angelo
Savelli," which "H ill continue through Sunday.
Art International, a non-profit
organization in Conn., has purchased the work for the New Art Center of Greater
New Haven.
To house "The Inferno", which consists of a series of baked white Aluminum
columns each representing a character from Dante's imaginary reality, Art International will provide Angelo Savelli with funds to set up his work in 200 square
feet of the new art center.
Savelli says that he thinks this is lithe first time
in the world an art center has dedicated an entire room to a pure idea of
aesthetic experience."
It is a unique opportunity for Savelli, who will be per-
haps the first artist to design an art work as a complete whole.
According to the artist, "The Inferno" is a place for meditation; it is an
art work conceived as a whole which evokes a religious feeling from the viewer.
He explains that "The Inferno" is a free interpretation of Dante's Inferno.
To
Dante, the Inferno represented a place of suffering, pain, and punishment; to
Savelli it is a place of joy, a state of transcendant feeling where the viewer
can rise above mortal suffering to be united with the spirits of Plato, Homer,
Virgil, etc.
The columns are symbolic of men such as these three who, after
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centuries of experience, were finally recognized as pillars of humanity instead
of sinners because they did not conform to the teachings of their times. 1I
Unlike his predecessors, Savelli is not concerned with keeping the eye of
the viewer interested solely in the piece of sculpture.
He has a high regard
for the art viewer today, seeing him as a man able to perceive subtleties of
character and feeling.
Via this new mode of art, he is saying that the viewer
need no longer be shown literally what to see; he is quite capable of doing that
for himself.
As Savelli freely interpreted Dante's conception of the Inferno,
so the viewer can also partake in the artistic experience, and freely go beyond
the artist I s creation to formulate his own interpretations.
Thus, Savelli IS
sculpture serves as a gadfly, inciting the viewer to produce his own artistic
creation.
starting in 1941, Angelo Savelli has exhibited widely both in Europe and
in this country.
He has had numerous one-man shows including Centre d!Art
Italien in Paris, 1952; The Contemporaries in New York, 1958; and the XXXII
International Biennale in Venice, 1964.
Group shows in which he has participated
include: the Quadriennale di Roma, National Exhibition, 1943; the Biennale di
Venezia, 1950; New Tendencies in Italian Art in New York and Rome, 1958; the IV
Biennale del Mediterraneo, 1961; La Deuxieme Exposition du Relief (international
show in Paris), 1962; the USA Cultural Exchange ShOif in five important Russian
cities in 1963; and the Exposition Biennale, International de Grauve in Tokyo,
1964.
The Peale House Galleries are open to the public, free of admission charge,
Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.;
but closed on
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This is the last week to see IIInner Space--Works by
Angelo Savellill at the Peale House Galleries; final day is Sunday!
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1~ DATES FOR FINAL EXHIBITION IN THE 1968-1969 SEASON
AT THE PA. ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS I PEALE HOUSE GALLERIES
Joseph T. Fraser, Jr., Director of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts, announced today that the final exhibition in the 1968-1969 season
at the Academy's Peale House Galleries will be scheduled for a new time
period.
SELECTED WORKS FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, which consists of
European and American paintings,will open to the publiC, as scheduled,
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Following this exhibition, works from the Academy's famous
collection of American Art will be on display starting in June and
continuing through July 27th.
The Peale House Galleries are open to the public free of admission charge - Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.j closed on Mondays.
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SECOND KITE FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD APRIL 27TH
PHILADELPHIA, PA. -- Kites "lin be flying high in Fairmount on Sunday, April
27th} when children, art and college students, and adults in the Philadelphia
area partiCipate in the Second Kite Festival sponsored by the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts and Philadelphia College of Art.
George's Hill,
off of 52nd Street is the plnce, and the time is 1 p.m. extending to 4 p. m.
Judging of the kites will be done by a professional jury composed of four
instructors from each of the two sponsoring art schools.
To enter, all that is needed is an original kite built with a little
imagination and some simple materials.
year.
Many new prizes will be offered this
The top prize 1{ill include $50. in cash, $50.00 in gift certificate s
from a well-known art supply store, dinner for two at a noted Philadelphia
restaurant, and two theater tickets.
This award will be presented to the
person who makes the "Eest All Around Kite".
art stUdent $20. in cash
For the best kite made by an
will be awarded, $50. in gift certificates from an
art supply store, and a dinner for tvlO will be awarded.
$20. in cash will
be awarded to any adult who makes the best kite, plus $20. in gift certificates from an art supply store and dinner for h1O.
$5.00 and a free scholar-
ship to a city-run summer camp "\{ill be awarded to the best kite made by an
elementary school student, and to a junior or senior high school student.
other prizes donated by Philadelphia restaurants, theaters, and amusement
centers will be announc ed and awarded at the Kite Festival.
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Serving as judges for the Kite Festival competition from the Academy
will be: Martha Zelt, Instructor in Silk Screen; Paul Anthony Greenwood,
Instructor in Sculpture and Drawing; Joseph Arnarotico, Instructor in Painting; and Jimmy C. Lueders, Instructor in Painting and Composition--from
the Philadelphia College of Art will be: Walter Erlebacher, Assistant
Professor in Sculpture; Sidney Goodman; Lecturer in Painting; vJilliam
Webster, Instructor in Philosophy; and Thomas Tritschler, Assistant Professor of Art History.
Over a thousand people attended last year's Kite Festival, this year
a much larger attendance is expected with many more people participating, so
come early and practice flying your kite before the judging at 2:30 p.m.
Directions from Center City: take Market Street west to Lancaster Avenue,
continue on lancaster until 52nd Street, take a right on 52nd and continue
straight ahead to George's Hill.
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phot ographs at their meeting scheduled for Wednesday, April 16 at 10:00 a. m.
in the School of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
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FIVE ARE NMlED AS \ojlNNERS OF KITE FESTIVAL COMPETITION
More than three hundred persons gathered on George's Hill in Fairmount
Park on Sunday, April 27th to watch and participate in the Second Kite
Festival sponsored by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the
Philadelphia College of Art,both in Philadelphia. Sixty kites designed and
built by youngsters, adults a.nd art students were entered in the compe tition,
which wa1,?, held from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Park.
f'.'1ohammed Latif of 400 W. Price Street, Phila., an electronics instructor
at Temple University received first prize for his blue square kite made
of tiE, sue paper and bamboo. He won a $50. check from the Women's Commi t tee
of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, two tickets to see liThe Hostage!!
at the Theater of the Living Arts, a dinner for two at the Head House Tavern,
and $50. in gift certificates from Sam Goodies, Zinni's Art Supplies, and
ParapheFmlia.
The Second best, kite, made by lVlrs. Joan Newberg of \.J. Mount Airy,
based on an original design by
Alexe~der
was
Grahm Hell-- a tetrahedral (16 -cell)
kite, which was made out of paper and wood sticks. She received a $20 check
from the Philadelphia College of Art, a dinner for two at the Central Tavern,
and $20. in gift certificates from Utrecht Linens, Paraphernalia, and Faws.
In the Art Student Division Jeff Thomas of Philadelphia College
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a #30 paint set from Nat Bruder Sons. Jeff is a senior at PCA and a.scupture
maj or.
His kite was hexangle in shape and made out of paper and wood .
Two brothers took the Elementary school age and Junior/Senior Higllm' . school
age prizes. Chris
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is an 8th grade student at Beeber Jr. High School, and his
brother Stephen, is a 6th grade student at Nann Elemtary School. Both received
a $5.00 and a scholarship to a City-hill summer camp.
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JUNE PROGRAM LIsrINGS, 1969
ART EXHIBrrIONS:
Philadelphians and visitors to Philadelphia will have the opportunity
to view selections from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts' world-famous
collection of American paintings and sculpture, dating from the late 17th
century through the most recent acquisitions of contemporary works, during June
to July 27 (opening date in June to be announced later) both at the main building at Broad and Cherry Streets and the Peale House Galleries, located a short
distance away at 1811 Chestnut street.
Included in the works to be seen will be paintings by Charles
Willson Peale (one of the founders of the Academy), Gilbert stuart, Thomas Sully,
Winslow Homer, Benjamin West, Thomas Eakins, Arthur B. Carles, Edward Hopper,
Charles Burchfield, and Andrew Wyeth; and sculptures by William Rush, Walker
Hancock, and Wharton Esherick.
HOURS OPEN:
Both the main building at Broad and Cherry streets, and the Peale
House Galleries at 1811 Chestnut street are open to the public, free of admission charge, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, 1 p.m. to 5 p .m.
on Sundays; closed on Mondays and July
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CRESSON DAY COMPETITIONS AND STUDENI' SPRING SALE
TO BE HEID AT THE PAt ACADEMY OF THE FINE .ARTS
PHI IADELPHIA , PAt -- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts will hold its
annual Cresson Day Ceremonies at
at Broad and Cherry streets.
4 p.m., Wednesday, May 7th in the main building
On that day, fourteen traveling scholarships and
forty-five prizes will be presented by Dr. Edgar P. Richardson, President of the
Academy.
Principal speaker will be Professor Ian L. McHarg, Chairman of the
Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, UniverSity of
Pennsylvania.
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Most noted among the awards to be presented are the traveling scholarships
which include the William Emlen Cresson Memorial European Traveling Scholarships
(8), the Lewis S. Ware Memorial European Traveling Scholarship (1), and the
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Henry Schiedt Memorial Traveling Scholarships
(5). Seventy-eight students in
advanced standing will be competing for these
travelir~
scholarships.
Student work submitted to the Spring Competitions will be for sale, and
available for public inspection beginning May 10, continuing through May 25.
Mo st of the works are very reasonably priced and represent the most talented work
produced by advanced students at the Academy throughout the year.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is open to the public Tuesdays
through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; closed
on Mondays and holidays.
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European traveling scholarship recipients will be available for photographing before 2:30 p.m. on May 7, and after 4:45 p.m. on ~ay 7. Please
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EUROPEAN TRAVELING SCHOLARSHIPS AND TOP AWARDS ARE ANNOUNCED
BY THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
PHILADELPHIA, PA. -- Eight William Emlen Cresson European Traveling Scholarships,
five J. Henry Schiedt Memorial Traveling Scholarships, one lewis S. 1fJare Memorial
Traveling Scholarship, and forty-five other important awards were announced
by James M. Large, Vice President of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
and by M. Wistar Wood, Administrator of the Schools, at the Academy during
Cresson Day Ceremonies held at the main building at Broad and Cherry streets
Wednesday afternoon, May 7th.
Principal speaker for the Day was Professor
Ian L. McHarg, Chairman of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional
Planning, University of PeI1..Ilsylvania.
Following the Members' Preview Reception and Private View of the stUdent
works submitted to the Spring Competitions, which will be held in the galleries
on May 9 from 4-6 p.m., the Spring Sale of Student Works will open to the public
on Saturday, May 10, and continue through May 25th.
Listed below are the scholarships and prizes, together with the names of
the winners and their home towns:
WILLIAM EMLEN CRESSON EUROPEAN TRAVELING SCHOLARSHIPS of $2,400 each for travel
abroad this surmner and tuition for the school year 1969-1970. First awarded in 1902.
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PAINI'ING:
Elizabeth Arrasmith of Richmond, Virginia
Rebecca C. Cooke of Haverford, Pa.
Robert C. Grass of Wilmington, Del.
Robert W. Maddox of Gibbstown, N. J.
Christine McBriarty of Philadelphia, 19151
Fred F. Danziger of Pittsburgh, Pa.
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SCULPTURE:
Harry W. Bayton of Philadelphia 19143
Jo-Ann S. Dumm of Swarthmore, Pa.
J. HENRY SCHIEDr M&\10RIAL TRAVELING SCHOLARSHIPS
of their own choice:
Hei Myung Choi of Seoul, KOrea
Timothy Gazak of Philadelphia 19124
Gale E. Ruman of Brandon, Florida
William E. Schmidt of Trenton, N. J •
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LEWIS S. WARE MEMORIAL TRAVELING SCHOLARSHIP:
James A. Evans of Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 (1968 Cresson Recipient)
Nickolai N. Sibiriakoff of Ventnor, N.J. (1968 Cresson recipient)
The following students were selected by the Faculty to receive HONORABLE MENTION
and FREE TUITION for the coming school year, 1969-1970:
leonard M. Dacchille of West Babylon, N.Y. and Philadelphia, Pa. 19130
John M. DeBarbieri of Pearl River, N. Y.
Marcia L. Lampert of Philadelphia, Pa. 19136
Gloria Milgrom of Wyncote, Pa.
Zoi Shuttie of Philadelphia, Pa.
Glenn F. Steigelman of Philadelphia, Pa. 19136
Joan Weinert of Media, Pa. (no free tuition; 1968 Cresson recipient)
rIAL l4i:I(l'l1 III OOllH'l'lffilj of $)00 ·1 and free tuition for the school year 1969-1970:
_W illiam G. Hanson of Newburyport, Mas s .
CHARLES TOPPAN PRIZES OF $200. each for the best original oil, tempera, or
water color:
Thomas Dickerson, Jr., of Philadelphia, Pa. 19131
Christine McBriarty of Philadelphia, Pa. 19151
Juanita Miller of Philadelphia, Pac 19143
steven Miller of Cumberland, Md.
William E. Schmidt of Trenton, N.J.
Cranston O. Walker of Warminster, Pa.
THE PACKARD PRIZE for the best, and second best group of original studies made
from living animals at the Philadelphia Zoological Gardens:
FIRST PRIZE of $50. -- Ruth ~ Walton of Rydal, Pa.
SECOND PRIZE of $25.
Janice Goldman of Elkins Park, Pa.
HONORlillLE MENrION -Glenna L. Hartman of Mendham, N. J.
THE THOURON PRIZE four prizes, two of $100., and two of $50. for compositions:
$100
David Fithian of Daytona Beach, Fla.
Cranston O. Walker of Warminster, Pa.
$ 50
V~jorie Bilk of Philadelphia, Pa.
Zoi Shuttie of Philadelphia, Pa.
HONORABLE MENrION -- Joan Weinert of Media, Pa. (1968 Cresson Traveling Scholarship)
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THE RAMBORGER.. PRIZE of $35. for the best line drawing in black and white of a
head from life:
Laura Watts of Villanova, Pac
HONORABLE MENTION -- Lynne E. Monroe of Haddonfield, N. J.
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THE PERSPECTIVE PRIZE of $50. for the best work in the Pers~ective Course,
divided between:
Glenna L. Hartman of Mendham, N.J. and George Lindblad of Feasterville, Pat
THE CECILIA BEAUX MEMORIAL PRIZE of $100 for the best ~ortrait ~ainted during
the school year:
Rebecca C. Cooke of Haverford, Pat
THE THOMAS EAKINS MEMORIAL PRIZE of $100 for the best figure ~ainted in regular
life class in the winter immediately ~receding the competition:
Donna S. Gorman of Philadelphia, Pat 19149
HONORABIE MENTION -- Maya Schock of New Cumberland, Pat
THE PHIIADELPHIA PRINT CLUB PRIZE to the best student in the graphics studio, and
entitles the winner to a year's membership in the club:
Anthony J. DiRienzi of Philadelphia, Pat 19148
THE SKOWEGAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE SCHOLARSHIP TUITION for a qualified
student currently enrolled in the School:
Tim L. Van Campen of Endicott, N.Y.
1st Alternate: Cecelia Condit of Philadelphia, Pat 19128
2nd Alternate: Susan Schwartz of Philadelphia, Pat 19126
THE WMTAMAKER PRIZE of $50 in art sup~lies for the best water color:
Thomas M. Wise of Northumberland, Pat
THE CATHERINE GRANT MEMORIAL PRIZE of $200. for the best landscape or still life:
Hei Myung Choi of Seoul, Korea
HONORABIE MENI'ION -- Lillian Concordia of Drexel Hill, Pat
Suzann Schell of Newark, Del.
THE JOHN R. CONNOR MEMORIAL PRIZE of $50 for outstanding 't-Tork in graphics:
Cathy A. Hahn of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
THE MARY TOWNSEND AND WILLIAM CLARK MASON AWARD of $200. for SCUlpture:
Kezia R. Lechner of Snyder, N.Y.
THE WOODROW PRIZE IN GRAPHICS, awarded as a memorial to Mabel Wilson Woodrow:
Gene Shaw of Grundy Center, Iowa, who was the 1968 recipient of this award for $50.
THE MINDEL CAPLAN KLEINBARD AUARD of $25. in art supplies, presented in memory of
Mindel Caplan ICI..einbard:
Hei Myung Choi of Seoul, Korea
THE GIMBEL PRIZE of $50. in art supplies at Gimbel's Dept. store, for outstanding
work in the spring competitions:
Christine J. McBriarty of Philadelphia, Pat 19151
THE HERBERT M. SYME PRIZE of $25. to an advanced student who is considered
worthy by the faculty:
Marcia L. Lampert of Philadelphia, Pat 19136
HONORABIE MENI'ION -- Ki Whang Lee of Seoul, Korea
THE LAMBERT AND EMMA WALLACE CADWALADER PRIZE of $275 for the best representational
landscape:
Edward Petras of Livingston, N.J.
HONORABLE MENTION -- John M. DiBarbieri of Pearl River, N.Y.
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THE ELEANOR S. GRAY PRIZE FOR STILL LIFE AND THE ELEANOR S. GRAY MEMORIAL FUND
of $50. for excellence in the field of sti11 life:
Fred F. Danziger of Pittsburgh, Pal
of $50. each from the Memorial Fund:
John M. DiBarbieri of Pearl River, N.Y.
Richard A. Lee of Akron, Ohio
Gale E. Ruman of Brandon, Fla.
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THE EDNA PENNYPACKER STAUFFER MEMORIAL PRIZE of $100. is awarded in recognition
of excellence in any medium of the faculty's choice:
Felix Giordano of Philadelphia, Pal 19111
THE ASPEN SCHOOL OF CONTEMPORARY ART each summer awards a work scholarship to one
or more deserving students of the Academy:
Joyce Ryals of Willingboro, N.Jo
FRANCES D. BERGMAN PRIZE of $100. for a painting in the representational tradition:
James Brantley of Philadelphia, Pa. 19134; this year Andrew Wyeth chose the winner.
THE QUAKER TRANSIT COMPANY AHARD of $250. for meritorious achievement s . Divided
between James Evans of Philadelphia 19103, and Harold M. Rosen of Cedarhurst, N.Y.
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THE CHRIsrINE BIDDIE SCULL MEMORIAL PRIZE of $250. for the most experimental piece of
sculpture or painting produced during the school year. First prize goes jointly to:
Felix Giordano of Philadelphia 19111 and Glenn F. Steigelman of Philadelphia 19136;
HONORABLE MEJIl"TION -- Jane M. Forth of Harrisburg, Pa., Timothy Gazak of Philadelphia 19124
Marie E.Parks (Mrs.) of Philadelphia 19146, and Harold M.Rosen of Cedarhurst, N.Y.
THE DRAKE PRESS AWARD of $200. for good work during the past school year to:
James Evans of Philadelphia 19103
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LOUIS FIl\lE PURCHASE PRIZE for the best paintings memorializing the work of
men on the waterfront in Philadelphia:
$250. first prize to Timothy L. Jenk of Cincinnati, Ohio
$150. second prize to Felix Giordano of Philadelphia, Pa. 19111
$ 75. third prize to Charles J. Frith of Philadelphia, Pa. 19134
THE HENRY C. PRATT MEMORIAL PRIZE IN GRAPHICS of $50. in memory of one of the
founders of the Academy:
Rochelle Marcus of Philadelphia, Pal 19149
GEORGE SKLAR MEMORIAL LIFE DRAWING PRIZE of $100. is given to a student who rates
highest in Life Drawing class:
Stephen Estock of Philadelphia, Pa. 19147
HONORABLE MENTION -- Robert Schwinger of Broomall, Pa.
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Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Closed on Mondays and holidays.
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CORRECTION TO NEWS RELEASE OF MAY
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1969:
..EUROPEAN TRAVELING SCHOLARSHIPS AND TOP AWARDS ARE ANNOUNCED
BY THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
Vlilliarn G. Hanson of N€'I,rburyport, Mass. is the recipient of
a J. Henry Schiedt Memorial Traveling Scholarship with free tuition
for the school year of 1969-1970.
In error, he "Tas listed as the
recipient of a Special Merit in Sculpture Award of $300. plus free
tuition on page two of the News Release.
The Traveling Scholarships awarded in total were as follows:
eight William Emlen Memorial European Traveling Scholarships, five
J. Henry Schiedt Memorial Traveling Scholarships, and two Lewis S. Ware
Memorial Traveling Scholarships.
Most of the works in the Exhibition of Student Works are for
sale through May 25.
Group tours of the Exhibition are available
upon request; phone Susan Wood, Public Relations Director-- LO 4-0219.
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SPRING SALE OF STUDENT WORK OPENS AT
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Mrs. Boudinot Stimson of Radnot, Pa. inspects painting by Charles Barker (center),
an advanced stuoent at the Pennsylvania Academy, of the Fine Arts who has just
completed his last year
Scholarship,
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on a William Emlen Cresson Memorial European Traveling
he received in May, 1968 . With them is artist,and Academy
lecturer and critic, Hobspn Pittman. All three were attending the Members'
Preview Reception at the Academy on Friday, May 9.
Works wil1 continue through May 25th.
The Spring Sale of Student
Works inclu ded in the Sale were submitted
by advanced students at the Academy for fourteen traveling scholarships and
fourty-five other important awards, the winners of which were announced at
the annual Cresson Day Ceremonies on wednesday, May 7th at 4 p.m.
Hours: Tueadays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. t.o 5 p.m., Sundays from 1 p.m.
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SALE OF STUDENT WORKS OPENS AT THE
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE nNE ARTS
Rebecca C. Cooke, a 1969 winner of a William Emlen Cresson European Traveling
Scholarship winner discusses her work with artist
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instructor, Hobson Pittman
( second on the right) and M. Wistar Wood, Administrator of the Academy's Schools.
They were attending the annual Spring Sale of Student Works at the
Pennsylvania
AcadEilY of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. Miss Cooke is a resident of Haverford,
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Mr. Pittman lives in Hryn Mawr, end Mr. Wood resides in Germantown. The Sale
and exhibition will continue through May 25. Hours: Tuesdays through Saturdays
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., closed In Mondays and
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Mr. and Mrs. Arthur D. O'Leary of Center City, Philadelphia examine a
piece of sculpture by Pennsylvania. Academy of the Fine Arts student, Peppe
Nathanson at the Members' Preview of the Spring Sale of Student Works
at the Academy on Friday, May 9.
Works in the Exhibition and Sale were
submitted for competition in the annual spring judging of student work for
European Traveling scholarships and f'ourty-five other important awards.
The Sale will continue through May 25.
Hours: Tuesdays through Saturdays
10 a m. to 5 p.m., Sundays from 1 p.m. t.o 5 p.m., closed on MoIjdays and
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SPRING SALE OF STUDENT WORKS OPENS AT
THE PENNSYLVAN'lA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
Timothy Gazak, a 1969 recipient or a J. Henry Schiedt Traveling Scholarship,
explains cine or his, paintings to Mrs. Franklin C. watkins, wife of the artist,
l lert) and Mrs. Evan Randolph, Treasurer or the Academy's Women's Committee
and a resident or Society Hill in Phila.delphia,
They were attending the
Spring Sale or Student Works at the Pennsylvania Academy or the Fine Arts,
which will be on display through May 25th. On exhibition are works submitted
by students at . the Academy ror competition in the annual spring competioions
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ART EXHIBITION:
Selected works
f~om
the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts'
Permanent Collection of American paintings and sculptures will continue to be on
view to the public both at the main building, Broad and Cherry Streets, and
extension, The Peale House
~alleries,
at its
1811 Chestnut Street, through July 27, 1969.
Included will be works by Charles Willson Peale, Gilbert Stuart, William Rush,
Winslow Homer, Benjamin West, Thomas Eakins, Arthur B.Carles, Edward Hopper, Charles
Burchfield, Andrew Wyeth, Wharton Esherick, and recent acquisitions by contemporary
American artists.
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and July 4,1969.
POST CARDS FOR SALE:
Black and white, sepia, and color post cards of paintings and
sculptures from the Permanent Collection are for sale by the main entrance to the
Broad and Cherry 8treetbuilding. Included are: "Noah .and His Ark" by Charles
Willson. Peale, "Pat Lyon at the Forge" by John Neagle,
"Mother and Child" by
Mary Cassatt, and"Elizabeth Bordley" by Gilbert Stuart.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS I BOARD OF DIRECTORS
NAMES NEW DIRECTOR: JOSEPH T. FRASER, JR. RETIRES AFTER 35 YEARS
PHILADELPHIA, PA. -- William B. stevens, Jr., thirty-five, has been named the
new Director of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the oldest art institution in the United states devoted to American art.
He is succeeding
Joseph T. Fraser, Jr., who has been with the Academy for thirty-five years
and its director for thirty-one years.
The announcement of the new appoint-
ment was made by Dr. Edgar P. Richardson, President of the Academy, after the
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Mr. Stevens comes to the Academy from the Wichita Art Museum in Wichita,
Kansas, which is one of the newer museums in the country devoted to American
art.
He will assume his duties as Director of the Academy starting July 1.
Before coming to the Wichita Art Museum a year and a half ago, he was
associate curator of American art, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of
Design.
While there, he worked on the New England section of the "Gilbert
st uart, Portrai ti st of the Young Republic" catalogue, and as si sted in the
selection of paintings to be included in the exhibition which came on tour
to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, November 3 through December 3,
1967·
In July,
1965, he received a Ford Foundation Intern Grant and worked
at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on the Museum Curatorial Training Program.
The author of numerous articles on American art and American artists,
Mr. stevens received a B.A. degree in Art History from the University of New
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Hampshire (1957), and a M.A. degree with museum training from the Institute
of Fine Arts, New York University (1965).
He was born in Boston, 1934.
Joseph Fraser leaves the Academy with a thirty-five year record of devoted service to the venerable art institution and to American art.
During
his years as director, he has been an active member of the Association of
Art Museum Directors, and has served on the Boards of the Philadelphia
Art Alliance (since
1937) and the Fairmount Park Art Association (since
1944). He was made a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in
April, 1965, and in 1955 he was awarded the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts' Gold Medal of Honor "For his eminent service to the Academy".
It is not without some feeling of regret that he leaves the Academy,
because for so many years the Academy and
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PHOTO L:APTlON:
Mrs. S. J.
Baxi, a museologist from New Delhi, India
during an explaination of the bronze sculpture by J:.ee Bontecou titles,
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She is with Henry Hotz, Jr, Administrator of Education at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Artsl left) and William B. Stevens, Jr. Academy Director. She
was visiting the Academy on a tour of museums throughout the United 0tates.
ing architect and teacher of architecture, Mrs. Baxi is Keeper of Displays at
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National Museum , New Delhi. She was especially interested in viewing the selected
works from the Academy ' s famous Permanent Collection of American Art, which is on
display now through July 27 and again after Labor Day.
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PHUTU CAPTlON:
William B stevens, Jr., new Director of the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts l left) and Henry Hotz, Jr., new Administrator of Education at the Academy show Mrs. S.
J. baxi, a museologist from New Delhi, India
the Permanent Coll ection of American Art currently on display. Mrs. Baxi is Keeper
of Displays at the National Museum, New Delhi. She is on tour this summer of
museums throughout the United States.
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T>UD- JUNE THROUGH JULY 27
Seleceiona from the Permanent Col ection of the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts wi.ll be on view a.t the main building, Broad and Cherry
Streets, and at the Academy's extension, The Peale House Galleries, 1811 Chestnut
Street." fdid-June through July 27. Works on display will range from early
portraits and paintings by Gilbert Stuart. Thomas Sully, Benjamin 1t.'est, and
Charles Willson Peale thrpugh the Centuries to eaamples of contemporary work.
Both locations are open to the public, fre e of admis : ion charge, Tuesdays t.l1rough
Saturdays from 10 a m. to 5 p.m., Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; closed on
Mondays and holidays. For further information, call LO 4-0219.
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SUlI11v:lER EXHIBITION NOW ON DISPLAY AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
A rich grouping of American paintings and sculptures is now on display for
the summer period through July 27 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
Broad and Cherry Streets, and its extension, the Peale House Galleries, 1811
Chestnut Street.
The Exhibition was selected and hung by Joseph T. Fraser, Jr.,
Director of the Academy for the past thirty·-one years, who will retire this
summer.
A total of some 600 items may be seen by the public at the two buildings.
According to Mr. Fraser, the Exhibition represents one of the finest crosssections of the Permanent Collection ever hung in the galleries.
Early American work included in the Exhibition at the main building encompasses portraits by Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Sully, Charles "lVillson Peale, J.
William Jennys, Rembrandt Peale, Raphaelle Peale, and Benjamin West.
Among the
American favorites in the group are "Ben Franklin" by Gilbert Stuart and IIPenn's
Treaty with the Indians If by Benjamin West.
Later American art works are con-
tained in Gallery K, where Thomas Eakins' !lWalt Whitman ll and liThe Cello Player ll
may be seen along with liThe Fox Hunt!l by Winslow Homer.
Portraits by Cecilia
Beaux, John Singer Sargent, and William M. Chase are also on exhibit.
Gallery I and Gallery C are devoted, respectively, to Daniel Garber's works
(1880-1958), and Joseph Pennell's works (1860-1926). Both galleries contain
many etchings, sketches, and lithographs by the artists, plus four oil paintings
by Daniel Garber.
Taken together these two artists are complementary; Garber
selects the cotmtry for his subject matter, while Pennell turns to the cities
and industrial societies for many of his themes.
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The largest gallery, Gallery F, contains works by members of the Ash Can
School, Henry McCarter, Arthur B. Carles, Jack LeVine, Charles E. Burchfield,
Edward Hopper, and sculptures by such outstanding artists as Oronzio Maldarelli
and Robert Laurent.
Some of the finest works from the Academy's European Collection may be
seen in Gallery H.
Gustav Courbet, Martin Rico, Jean Baptiste Camilli Carat
are just a few of the artists represented.
Recent purchases from the Annual Exhibitions at the Academy may be seen
as well at the main building.
The Peale House Galleries offers the art viewer a rich contrast in styles
and periods with the selection of works on display in the East and West Galleries.
Abstract and semi-abstract works by contemporary artists are on view in the East
Gallery; in the West Gallery paintings by Thomas Sully, John L. Krimmel, Charles
Willson Peale, James Peale (still lifes), and Thomas Doughty (landscapes) may
be seen.
Both buildings are open to the public Tuesdays through Saturdays from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; closed on Mondays and most
holidays.
Admission is free.
For further information and photographs, please contact Susan Wood, Public
Relations Director -- LO 4-0219.
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NEW CLOSING DATES FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, will be closed now through September 8th.
According to William B. Stevens, Jr. , Academy Director, the regular
summer cloSing has been increased by one week to allow vTOrk to be
completed on the renovation program being carried out this sunrner
in the ninety-three-year-old building.
Mr. Stevens also announced that The Peale House Galleries,
closed since July 28th, will reopen September 18th with the first
exhibition of the 1969-1970 season, JOHN SANDLIN--PRINTS and
LEON KARP--PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, AND PRINTS.
Open to the public
through October 19th, the exhibition will contain many items
which will be for sale.
Admission both at the Academy and The
Peale House Galleries is free.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS' BOARD APPOINTS
HENRY HOTZ, JR., ADMINISTRATOR OF EDUCATION
PHILADELPHIA, PA. -- The Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts has aPPOinted Henry Hotz, Jr. Administrator of Education.
The announcement was made by William B. Stevens, Jr., Director
of the Academy.
Mr. Hotz is replacing M. Wistar Wood, Administrator of
the Schools for the past seven years, who is resigning.
An
artist by training, Mr. Hotz comes to the Academy with many
years of experience with Curtis Publishing Company where he has served
in various capacities since 1945.
Manager, Engraving Department.
His most recent position was that of
One of the chief functions he performed
in this post was to coordinate the editorial and manufacturing requirements to obtain the desired results in the printed magazine.
Previously,
he had been Senior Staff Executive in charge of Quality (1957-1963).
During 1961 he was Chairman of the Magazine Publishers Association Committee of the Joint American Association of AdvertiSing Agencies/Magazine
Publishers Association Committee on Advertising Reproduction.
The major
purpose of this Committee is to establish and publish standards of reproduction quality in advertising.
Mr. Hotz's association with the Academy began in 1934 when he came
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In 1937 he was the recipient of a William Emlen
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pleting his work at the Academy, he was aPPointed
Cur~tor
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of the Schools
(1939-1942), and had the distinction of being one of the youngest curators
in the Country at the time.
He is married and has one son.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS' BOARD APPOINTS
HENRY HOTZ, JR., ADMINISTRATOR OF EDUCATION
PHILADELPHIA, PA. -- The Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts has appOinted Henry Hotz, Jr. Administrator of Education.
The announcement was made by William B. Stevens, Jr., Director
of the Academy.
Mr. Hotz is replacing M. Wistar Wood, Administrator of
the Schools for the past seven years, who is resigning.
An
artist by training, Mr. Hotz comes to the Academy with many
years of experience with Curtis Publishing Company where he has served
in various capacities since 1945.
Manager, Engraving Department.
His most recent position was that of
One of the chief functions he performed
in this post was to coordinate the editorial and manufacturing
ments to obtain the desired results in the printed magazine.
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he had been Senior Staff Executive in charge of Quality (1957-1963).
During 1961 he was Chairman of the Magazine Publishers Association Committee of the Joint American Association of Advertising Agencies/Magazine
Publishers Association Committee on Advertising Reproduction.
The major
purpose of this Committee is to establish and publish standards of reproduction
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in advertising.
Mr. Hotz's association with the Academy began in 1934 when he came
as a student to study painting after receiving a B.S. degree in Economics
from Haverford College.
In 1937 he WaS the recipient of a William Emlen
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Cresson Memorial European Traveling Scholarship, one of the most highlyregarded awards offered to advanced students at the Academy.
Upon com-
pleting his work at the Academy, he was appointed Curator of the Schools
(1939-1942), and had the distinction of being one of the youngest curators
in the Country at the time.
He is married and has one son.
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C011MUNITY BULLETI N BOARD ANNOUN CEMENT
PHILADELPHIANS vJILL T-T.A VE THEI R FIRST CHANCE TO VI EW THE WORKS OF
GRA PHI C ARTIST JOHN SANDLIN I N THE OPENING EXHI BITION AT THE
PE\fNSYLVANIA ACADET'1Y OF THE FI NE ARTS ' PEALE HOUSE GALLERY,
1811 CHESTNUT STREET, SEPTENBER 18 THRU OCTOBER
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AND UNI QUE VISI ON OF A LIFE CITY DWELLERS TOO OFTEN ARE UNAIIITARE
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WI LL BE FOR SALE AND A HANDSOMELY ILLUSTRATED
CATALOG1JE IS I\ VAILABLE •
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BY THE NOT ED PHILADELPHIA IIRTI ST LEON KARP .
THE PEALE HOUSE GALLERY IS OfJEN TO THE PUBLIC FROM 10 TO
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THE PEALE HOUSE GALLERIES OPENS FIRST EXHIBITION--SEPTEMBER 18TH
PHILADELPHIA, PAl -- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts inaugurates its new
season with one man shows by Wichita artist John Sandlin and Philadelphian Leon Karp
at the Academy's Peale House Galleries, 1811 Chestnut Street, September 18 thru
October 15.
The exhibit, the first under the auspices of the Academy's new direc -
tor J William B. Stevens, Jr., offers the gallery-goer glimpsers into two widely
contrasting but intensely personal worlds.
To the confirmed city-dweller it may seem quixotic that Mr. Sandlin has chosen
the Plains of the Midwest as his spiritual home, but the freedom that their openness
affords him is a major source of his work's vitality and strength.
The artist works
in his studio, the Ishmael Press, in the tradition of the old frontiersman-str ongly individual and fiercely independent of changing schools and trends-- using
his tools to carve out a space that is his alone.
Most often his engravings are
made up of but a single figure, a prairie hawk, a tree or a solitary soldier, who
assert their proud independence .-lith an "energy of gesture" and a surprising delicacy of line.
In addition to the exhibition, Henry Hotz, Administrator of Education, and
Morris Blackburn of the School's Print Department have invited John Sandlin to
critiq"ue the graphic students'
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Recently, lftr. Sandlin has been invited by the Wichita Symphony Society to do a
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Year.
A recipient of a Louis Comfort Tiffany Fellowship in Graphic Arts, the
artist has studied at the New School for Social Research in New York, at the
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OCTOBER PROGRAM LISTINGS
ART EXHIBITIONS:
Continuing through October 15th at the Peale House Galleries, 1811 Chestnut
street, are one man shows by John Sandlin, a striking and powerful graphic artist,
and Leon Karp, noted Philadelphia artist.
On October 23rd, the Peril Collection, an exhibit of sculptures and paintings
from various cultures, will open to the public at the Peale House Galleries.
At the Academy's main building, Broad & Cherry Streets, selections from its
world-famous Permanent Collection of American Art are now on display through the
remainder of the 1969-1970 season.
Under the supervision of the Academy's ne,·[
director, William B. Stevens, Jr., the Collection has been rehung to aid the
public in better understanding the meaning of these important works.
lery focuses around a particular historical period or idea.
Each gal-
In the main foyer,
can now be found the three major Washington portraits by C. W. Peale, G. Stuart
and R. Peale, and in adjacent galleries the visitor may wander in front of ,yorks
by the Peale family, Gilbert Stuart and his followers, Benjamin West and his
school, and a wide selection of beautiful landscape and genre paintings.
large Rotunda area will feature works of 20th century American artists.
The
Planned
for the future are explanatory labels and pamphlets to further close down the
"communications gap" betiveen paintings and people.
The Academy proudly invites all visitors to come see its Permanent Collection, one of the finest collections of American Art in the world today.
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Lowell Adams (left), Director of the Mississippi Art Center, Jackson,
Mississippi, am Henry Hotz, Jr., Administrator of the School at-bhe Pennsylvania Academy of tm Fine Arts, . listen intently to graphic artist, John
Sandlin (canter) as he explains one of his prints included i !1 the opening
exhibition of the Acade~'s ~e81e rl ouse Galleries, 1811 Chestnut Street.
The show, which also incl udes works by Leon Karp, the late Philadelphia art:ift,
will run until the 15th of' October.
catalogue of tm Sandlin exhibit
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works are for sale and an illustrate d catalogue of the Sandlin exhibit is also
available.
HOURS: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 'fl.les days thru Saturday s; 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays.
Admission
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Dr. Edgar P. Richardson, President of the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts, discusses a large canvas of Leon Karp, t he late Philadelphia
artist whose
work ~ is
included in the opening exhibition of the Academy's
Peale House Galleries, 1811
former wife of Leon
~hestnut
Street, with Mrs. Grace D. Callis, the
Karp, and Dr. Charles Van Ravens1olaay, .LJirector of the
Winterthur Museum of Wilmington, Delaware.
The exhibi tion, which continues
until October 15th, also presents the works of John Sandlin, a mi.dwestern
gra ~ hics
artist.
Many works will be for sale and an illustrated catalogue
for the Sandlin show is also availa cle.
HOURS a 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesd ays thru Saturdays; lop.m. 1;.0 5 p.m~' on Sundays.
Adm:tssion is free of charge.
NOTE:
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Mrs. Albert r1 • . Greenfield, Jr., Chairman of the I'ennsylvani.a Academy of
t he Fine Arts' women's l..cnmittee, Mrs. William B. Stevens, Jr., wife of the
Academy's recently appointed Director, and Mrs. Evan Randolph, Treasurer of
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Commi t tee, chat in fro nt of a large
t he artists represented in the opening
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Leon Karp, one of
of t he Academy's Peale
The s how also i n cl ides prints by
John Sandlin, a mi dwestern graphic artist.
Ma~r
works are for sale and an
illustrated catalogue for the Sandlin exhi bi t is also avai lable.
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10 a. ,. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays t hru
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1 p.m. ·to 5. p.m Sundays.
Admission is free of charge.
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Obviously enjoying their conVE.rsa tion at the opening exhibition of the
PennsyL~ia Academy of the Fine Arts' Peale House Galleries,
1811 vheatnut
Street, are (from left to right) John Sandlin, one of the artists represented
in the show, Beth Stevens and ~1r6. William B. Stevens, Jr., the tHlughter and
wife of t he recently appointed Director of the Academy, and r1r. and Mrs.
Henry S. HcNeil.
1>1r. ;·1 cNeil is a trustee of the . Ac.ademy.
the show, which will run until uctober
a rtist, Leon Karp.
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:-lost of the works are for sale and an illustrated cata-
logue of the Sandlin exhibit is also available.
HOURS: 10 a.:n. to 5 ~' .m. T.,esdays thru Saturdays; 1 p.:n. to
5
p.m. S1:I1days.
Ad.1lission is frte cf C1"15rge.
NOTE: For additi onal P!lotogra :' hs Rnd information, contact EllenSolms, Public
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THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS ANNOUNCES THE END OF THE ANNUAL
PHILADELPHIA, PA. -- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts has formally
announced the dropping of the Annual Exhibition from its schedule.
Once
valuable to American contemporary art, the Annual's role is now being performed by the one-man and group exhibitions scheduled throughout the country.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts will both generate and participate
in these exhibition of contemporary and historical art.
In the view of its
Director, William B. Stevens, Jr., the Academy's increased flexibility and
its outstanding Permanent Collection will allow it to best focus its efforts
and resources on a series of in-depth exhibitions rather than just one large
shovT.
For further information, contact Ellen Solms, Public Relations Director,
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NOVEMBER PROGRAM LISTINGS
ART EXHIBITIONS:
CRESSON WINNERS: A SECOND LOOKj a selection of recent works by
winners of the Academy's Cresson Memorial Traveling Scholarships will
be on display at the Peale House Galleries, 1811 Chestnut Street,
through November 30.
Opening November 13 and continuing through December 14 at the main
building, Broad and Cherry Streets, is a RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION OF
PAINTINGS BY JACOB EICHHODrZ, a Pennsylvania artist of the early part
of the 19th century who worked around the Lancaster County area.
A
catalogue containing excerpts from a soon-to-be-published book on
Eichholtz will be for sale.
One week later on November 20 at the Broad and Cherry building,
Adam Peiperl will astound the eye '\vith his exciting new form of light
sculpture, ASTRALITES.
The exhibition will run until December 31.
MUSIC:
The first Chamber Music Concert of the Academy's 1969-1970 season
will be held at the main building, Broad and Cherry streets, on November
7 at 8:30 p.m.
Dr. Vladimir Sokoloff, Lauri Sokoloff, and Sol Schoenbach
will perform music for piano, flute and bassoon.
HOURS:
Admission is free.
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays thru Saturdaysj 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on
Sundays. Admission is free of charge.
For further information, contact Ellen SolIDs, Public Relations Director,
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On display through November 30th at the Fine Arts I Peale House Galleries, 1811
Chestnut Street, will be the PERIL COLLECTION, a selectio n of sculptures and paintings
from various cultures.
A RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION OF }AINTINGS BY JACOB EICHOLTZ, a Pennsylvania artist of
the first half of the ni r.eteenth century, opens November 13th at the main building, Broad
and Cherry Streets, and will continuethr .ugh December 12th.
Opening November 20th and rwming:through Dece.mber 31st, Adam Peiperl's ASTRALITES,
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On Friday evening, l~ovef!lber 14th, at the fennsylvania Academy of the .J.<'ine Arts, Broad
and Lherry Streets, the first chamber music cohcert of the 196 9-1970 season will be presented wi th m ~~ sic for flute, ba ~ soon and piano.
Sokoloff, and Vladimir Sokoloff.
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Pe rforming wi 11 be Sol Schoebach, Lauri
The concert begins at. 8:30 p.m. and admission is free.
The Pe nnsylvania Academ::,,: of the ~!hne Arts and its Peale nous e Galleries are open,
free of charge, 10 a.m. to
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p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and l.p.m. to
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l'or further information contact Ellen Solms, Public Relations Director.
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STUDENTS TAKE OVER PEALE GALLERIES OCTOBER 23RD
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- Starting October 23rd and continuing through November
30th, advanced students and Cresson winners of the Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts take over Peale Galleries, 1811 Chestnut Street, for a show
of recent works entitled THREE YEARS LATER -- WHAT?
Organized and selected by Academy Director William B. Stevens, Jr.,
the exhibition presents a cross section of what's happening at the Academy's
School, one of the few schools remaining today that are devoted purely to the
teaching of the fine arts.
tiThe sole criteria for selection is the intensity
to which the student is involved in his art,
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The show
does not attempt to present finished masterpieces but rather to illuminate
interesting and exciting moments in a student's artistic life.
For those who missed last year's Spring Sale of Students Work held in
conjunction with the annual Cresson Day competition, this is a unj.que
opportunity to become familiar vlith the work of the Academy's students o
Many works will be for sale.
10 aom. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays; 1 p.m. to 5 Ihm .• on
Sundays. Admission is free of charge.
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Opening December 4th and contimJing through January uth, a selection of recent works
by WILL BARNET, "In the Shties,1t will oe on display at U:e Academ,y-'s Peale Galleries,
1811 Chestnut Street.
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On .friday evening, December 19th, at the Bra. d and
violin, and Dr. Vladi:nir
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buildi '1g, Geoffrey Michaels,
piano , will p e rfor!'l in the second cl:.amber music concert
of' the Academy's series • . The p ro [~:: ra r;l for tile 6v'.::ni !ig's concert will be the first five
sonatas for vi c;l i nand p iano by BeetilOven in co ..me :'l l·ratiO ~l of the 200th anni versc:.ry of the
CO'11pos to r's birthday.
The concert oegi ns at 5:30 p .m.
HOTJRS:
10 a. ~n. to 5 p • .r_. Tue:o days t lrru Sa t urdays; 1 p.f11. to
AdrlussLn is i' ree of charge •
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DECEMBER PROGRAM LISI'INGS
ART EXHIBITIONS:
A RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS BY JACOB EICHHODrZ, a Pennsylvania
painter of the early 19th century, 'fill be on display at the Broad and Cherry building through December 14.
A catalogue which includes an essay by Dr. E. P. Richardson,
President of the Academy and noted art historian, and excerpts from
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James Ho
Beal's monograph on Eichholtz will be for sale.
An exciting new form of light sculpture, ASTRALITES by Adam Peiperl, will dazzle
the eye through December 31 at the Broad and Cherry building.
A large poster, spe-
cially designed for this exhibit, ,.,ill be for sale.
Opening December 4 and continuing through January 4 at Peale Galleries, 1811
Chestnut Street, '\oTill be a show of WILL BARNEr: IN THE SIXTIES.
Many of the oils,
,.,ater-colors and drawings will be for sale and a handsomely illustrated catalogue
'-Till also be available.
MUSIC:
Friday evening, December 19, at 8:30 p.m. the second chamber music concert of
the season will take place at Broad and Cherry Streets.
The program for the evening
will be the first five sonatas for violin and piano by Beethoven in commemoration of
the 200th anniversary of the composer's birthday.
Sokoloff, piano, and Geoffrey Michaels, violino
Admission is free of charge.
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays; 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays.
Admission is free of charge.
HOURS:
Note:
Performing will be Dr. Vladimir
For further information, contact Ellen Solms, Public Relations Director,
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CHAMBER ivfUSIC SERIES BEGINS NOVEfiffiER 7
AT PEIilNSYLVMIA ACADENY OF THE FlIiIE ARTS
PHILADELPHIA, PA. -- The first in a series of four chamber music concerts
will take place Friday evening, November 7th, at the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts, Broad and Cherry Streets.
The concerts which are under
the musical direction of Dr. Vladimir Sokoloff, instructor at the Curtis
Institute of Music and official pianist for the Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia, are open free to 'the public.
Friday evening's concert will present a program of music for flute,
bassoon, and piano.
Performing will be Laurie Sokoloff, flute, Sol Schoen-
bach, bassoon, and Dr. Solwloff, piano.
fI.cr. Schoenbach, a former first
bassoon player for the Philadelphia Orchestra, is Director of the Settlement School of :Music and a faculty member of the .Curtis Institute of r1usic.
He has recorded on the Columbia and Victor labels •.
The Academy's concert series offers the listener the rare opportunity
to hear fine music in the distinguished company of such American masters
as Gilbert stuart, Charles vJillson Peale, Benjarnin West, Thomas Ea,kins
and many others.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m. the night of the concert to
afford the concert-goer a chance to view the Academy's outstanding Permanent Collection of American art.
NOI'E:
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For further information, contact Ellen Solms, Public Relations
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JACOB EICHHODrZ RETROSPECTIVE OPENS NOVEMBER 13TH
PHILADELPHIA, PA. -- A RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION OF
PAI~~INGS
BY JACOB EICHHODrZ,
the Lancaster County painter active during the first half of the 19th century,
opens November 13th at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Broad and Cherry
Streets.
The exhibit, which traces the development of Eichholtz from a semi-
primitive, untrained craftsman to an accomplished and popular portrait painter,
extends through December 14-th.
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Jacob Eichholtz was born of German stock in 1776, a coincidence he lv-as most
proud of, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, a thriving inland city known for its fine
craftsmen and its rich farm lands.
Like so many provincial artists of his time,
Eichholtz came to his art after first practicing a craft, and despite brief contacts with Thomas Sully and Gilbert Stuart, two of the leading portrait painters
of his day, he was largely self-taught.
The success of Eichholtz as a portrait painter is part of an artistic phenomenon current in this period of America's history that was national in scope.
starting with the colonial period, there arose an overwhelming and continuing
demand for likenesses by a people proud of their past and confident of their
futtITe.
That need was filled by the many portrait painters of all degrees of
skill and sophistication who flourished not only in cities such as Philadelphia
and New York but also in inland communities such as Lancaster where Eichholtz
primarily worked.
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a man who lived in essential harmony 'vi th his time and his
His portraits acctrrately reflect the values and spirit of the
community in which they were prod.uced.
His sitters stare dire ctly out at
the viewer, filled with a calm and serious dignity.
The women, none of which
could be described as a real beauty, are modestly and simply dressed.
The
men are archetypal examples of an honest, hard-working citizen of the Republic.
Their children are delightfully rosy-cheeked and robust.
Taken together, the
portraits form a symbolic picture album of the new nation.
An illustrated catalogue containing excerpts from Mrs. James H. Beal's
monograph on Eichholtz and an essay by Dr. E. P. Richardson, noted art historian
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and President of the Academy, vvill be available.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is open free of charge from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays.
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The marriage of science and art is celebrated by the Pennsylvania
of
Academy
the Fine Arts, Broad and Cherry Streets, in its exciting new
exhibit, SCULPTURE IN LIGHT.
Using objectiTe Bcientific principles, Adam
Peiper1, the flcientist-turned-artist,
c~ates
unearthly effects with light
and color that will dazzle the onlooker with their hypnotic and
The show which opens Nove~ber 19tA ld11 continue through December
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poster, especially desi8ned for this sensational exhibit, will
be for sale.
The Pennsylvania Acatlemy of the t 'ine J.rts is open from 10 a.m .
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to
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Tuesdays through Saturdays and from 1 p.m. to
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on Sundays.
Admission is free of charge.
NOTE:
For further information about this and otht;r exhibits, contact Ellen
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LIGHT SHmi[ TO OPEN NOVEfiIBER 20TH
M THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
PHI IADELPHIA, PA. -- Science meets Art with astounding results in the exhibit of
"SCULPrURE IN LIGHT tt by Adam Peiperl Ivhich opens November 20th at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, Broad and Cherry streets.
The exhibit, which extends
through December 31st, presents tw"enty examples of a sensational new art form, the
offspring of artist Adam Peiperlls successful
~mion
of the scientific with the
aesthetic.
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the interaction of polarized white light with certain plastics -- to create a distinctly artistic effect and experience.
He has usecl his scientific bad:ground to
develop an instrument which by virtue of its aesthetic qualities may rightfully be
called art.
In his kinetic pieces called "Astralltes", clear pieces of plastic in circular,
oval, square and v shapes meander hypnotically through spheres of water producing
constantly changing patterns of prismatic color as they pass through a steady beam
of polarized light.
In other works labelled "Free-standing Forms", elegantly
modelled pieces of plastic rotate slowly on a turntable set behind a polarized lens
which causes continually changing patterns of color resembling the fires in a
precious stone.
In yet other variations vlhich the artist terms ITPanels" and "Sphere-
based Constructions", the sculpture, although still situated vlithin a polarized
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the stationary type is his triptych, "Ie Passe, Ie Present, L'Avenir", only recently
constructed by the artist.
Adam Peiperl was born in Poland in 1935 and came to the United States in 1953,
after graduating from secondary school in Paris.
He received a degree as a chemist
and then ,{orked first for the Bureau of Standards and later for the Library of Congress as a consultant in Russian scientific literature.
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A strong scientific back-
combined vIi th a highly developed aesthetic sensibility led to Mr. Peiperl's
transformation into a full-time artist in 1968.
His works have been exhibited
through the Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, Inc. of Nevl York, london and Rome and at
the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Corcoran Gallery of
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and the vJashington Gallery
An Astralite is nm? on permanent display at the Smithsonian Institute.
Prominent owners include Lawrence Rockefeller, otto Preminger, Lynda Johnson Robb,
John Hay VJhitney, David Lloyd Kreeger, and other collectors.
All of the pieces are for sale .
A large, sill\: -screen poster, especially de-
signed for this ex.hibit, is also available.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is open free of charge from 10 a. m.
to
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p.m. Tuesdays thl'ough Saturdays and from 1 p.m. to
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Fine Arts' Director, and Mrs. Arthur C. Kaufmann, a member of the Academy's
Women's Committee, admire a poster held by artist Adam Peiperl which announces
the artist's show of "Sculpture in Light" at the Academy.
The exhibit which
features an exciting and unusual new form of sc ulpture will extend through
December 31st.
The poster which
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for this exhibit and is for sale at the Academy.
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10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays throllgh Qaturdays; Ip.m to
Admission is free.
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One of Adam Peiperl's fascinating and intriguing light sculptures is
the object of close scrutiny by Mrs. Evan Randolph, Treasurer of the Academy's Women's Committee, and Dr. E.P. Richardson'; President of the Academy. ·
The exhibit of "Sculpture in I4ght" recently opened at the l'ennsylvania AcademY
of the .rine Arts and -will con.tinue to December 31st.
The show features an
eXCiting and unusual new form of sculpture by artist Adam Peiperl.
large
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and striking silk screen poster, especially designed for this exhi bi t, -will
be available.
HOURS: 10 a.m. to
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p.m. Tuesdays thromgh Saturdays; 1 p.m. to
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WILL BARNET:
IN THE Sn..'TIES OPENS DECEMBER 4TH M PEALE GALLERIES
PHILADELPHIA, PA. -- An outstanding selection of recent works by the internationally
recognized artist, Will Barnet, opens December 4th at the Academy's Peale Galleries?
1811 Chestnut street.
The show, entitled WILL BARNET: IN THE SIXTIES, present s sever-
al large oils as well as numerous watercolors and pencil sketches executed as preliminary studies for the finished paintingso
The exhibit will extend through Jan.4th.
For almost 30 years, Will Barnet has been an important presence in the American
art world, as both teacher and artist.
He has figured prominently in many of the
major developments of American art beginning with the social realism of the 30's
through the "hard edge II ab stract style of the early 60' s of which he was a pioneer.
Yet despite this deep involvement and awareness of the changing currents of modern
art, he has evolved throughout his long and distinguished career a distinctly personal style and feeling that reflects the seriousness and devotion vlhich he regards his
art.
The work of this past decade, represented by the show at Peale Galleries, is
marked by a renewed concern with the human figure.
Here again,
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Barnet has made
an important and highly personal contribution to the art of his time: he has succeeded in creating an art of portraiture that is truly contemporary in feeling without sacrificing the traditional value of the portrait -- the revelation of an
individual personality.
Like his abstract paintings, Barnet's portraits are composed of monumental,
two dimensional forms defined by broad flat areas of color and arranged with skillful grace on the flat surface of the
canvas~
The human figure, reduced to its
essential elements, is placed within the overall design of the painting
which}
taken as a whole, forms a highly compressed and symbolic image of the subject.
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Barnet's vork can truly be termed classical; in all its forms, it represents a
striving for the universal and the timeless.
The success of that effort is re-
flected in the depth of serenity vhich pervades his paintings.
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Born in Beverly, Massachusetts,
Barnet has long lived in New York City
where he has taught at the Cooper Union School since 1945 and the Art Students
League since 1936.
For the past two years, he has also taught at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts.
Since 1960 he has had one-man shows at the Peter H.
Deitsch Gallery in New York, the Waddell Gallery in New York, Galleriea Trastevere
in Rome, Italy and the Mary Harriman Gallery of Boston.
He has been honored by
retrospectives by the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art, the Albany Institute of
Art and the Virginia Museum of Fine Artso
Mr. Barnet's work is represented in the
collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Nev York, the Museum of Modern Art, the
Boston Museum afFine Arts, Carnegie Institute, the Brooklyn Museum, the Cincinnati
Ayt Museum, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Philadelphia Museum, and
the Whitney Museum to name but a few.
He is also represented in numerous private
art collections.
Most of the vorks in the show will be for sale.
also available.
A limited edition,
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screen poster, designed expressly for this
exhibit by the artist, will also be for sale.
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HOURS:
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Sundays.
Admission is free of charge.
NOTE:
For further information and photographs of selected workS, contact Ellen
So1ms, Public Relations Director, LO 4-0219.
Mr. Barnet vill be available for
interviews at the members' preview, December 3rd.
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ACADEMY GALLERIES READY FOR VISrrORS
PHILADELPHIA, PAt -- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts} the oldest
art institution in the United States, was founded on December 26, 1805, by
a group of progressive Philadelphia
citizens.
Today, the Academy boasts an
outstanding collection of American art ranging from the early 18th Century
up to the 20th Century.
Henceforth, half the gallery space at the Academy's
Broad and Cherry building will be devoted solely to a selection from the
Permanent Collection, making it possible for the general public, students)
and scholars alike to become familiar ivith the collection and to study it
in depth.
In line with this new policy, the collection has been rehung this year,
under the personal supervision of Academy Director, William B. stevens, Jr.,
so that each gallery now centers around a
idea.
pal~icular
historical period or
In the main foyer, hang two significant portraits of George Wash-
ington -- the stately "Lansdowne Portrait ll by Gilbert stuart and Charles
Willson Peale r s handsome record of
~7ashington
as Commander-in-Chief.
Gal-
lery A features more works by Charles Willson Peale and his talented and
prolific family.
Gallery M contains portraits by Gilbert stuart and some
of his followers such as Thomas Sully, Henry Inman and John Neagle.
Benjamin vJest and his school are represented in Gallery C.
In Gallery D,
a charming arrangement of 19th Century landscape and genre paintings including worlm by such noted artists as Thomas Doughty, John J. Audubon
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and George Inness is on display.
Masterpieces by such major American
painters as Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, William Merritt Chase, to name
but a few, hang in Gallery K.
In the spacious Rotunda area, a selection
of sculpture and painting of the 20th Century can be found.
The Academy encourages school groups, art clubs, and other interested
organizations to take full advantage of its rich collection.
A tour through
the Academy's galleries offers the visitor a comprehensive and coherent survey of American art from its simple colonial beginnings to the excitement
and variety of the contemporary art scene.
Guided tours led by research
associates on the Academy's staff can be arranged.
For further information
and reservations, please contact the Public Relations office (LO 4-0219)
one month in advance.
The Academy also welcomes visitors to its changing
series of temporary exhibits both at the Broad and Cherry building and at
Peale Galleries, 1811 Chestnut Street.
For more information on specific
exhibits, please contact Ellen Solms, Public Relations Director, 10 4-0219.
HOURS:
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Broad and Cherry Streets,
and the Peale Galleries) 1811 Chestnut street, are open from 10 a.m. to
5 p.m., Tuesdays through Saturdays and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays.
Admission is free of charge.
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JANUARY PROGRAM LISTINGS
ART EXHIBITIONS:
WILL
BAR~mT:
IN THE SIXTIES, an outstanding selection of recent paintings, draw-
ings and prints by the internationally renown artist, will be on display through
January 4th at the Peale Galleries, 1811 Chestnut Street.
sale and an illustrated catalogue is also available.
Many of the works are for
A limited edition poster, de-
signed expressly for this exhibit by Will Barnet, is also for sale.
THOMAS EAKINS:
HIS PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKS opens January 8th at the Academy's Broad
and Cherry building and will continue through February 7th.
The exhibit presents
many previously unpublished photographs by the great 19th century painter.
A poster
and a catalogue with an essay by Gordon Hendricks, noted authority on Eakins, will
be for sale.
Opening January 15th at the Peale Galleries will be SCULPTURE,
TECHNIQUES, an inside look at what's happening with sculpture today.
will extend through February 10th.
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The exhibit
An illustrated catalogue will be available.
MUSIC:
Friday evening, January 23rd, at 8:30 p.m., Dr. Vladimir Sokoloff, piano, and
the Amado String Quartet will perform a concert of works by Mozart, Piston and
Dvorak at the Academy's Broad and Cherry building.
The concert is open, free of
charge, to the public.
HOURS:
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdaysj 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays.
sion is free to all but the Eakins exhibit.
Admis-
The charge for that show will be 50¢
for adults, 25¢ for students.
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COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD ANNOUNCEMENT:
Starting December 4th, the ~ennsylvania Academy of the L'ine Arts'
Peale Galleries, 1811 Chestnut Street, presents WILL BARNET: IN THE SIXTIES,
a stunning selection of recent paintings, drawings and prints by the internationally recognized artist Will Batrnet.
The exhibit, which v.i 11 extend
through January 4th, focuses on the artt st's work i n the past decade.
of the works are for sale and a catalogue is also available.
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HOURS:
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Tue sdays through Saturdays; 1 p .m. to
Closed on Christmas and New Year's.
5 p.m.
Sundays.
Admission is free of charge.
NOT~: For further information, contact Ellen Solms, Public Relations Director,
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PAFA ANNOUNCES STIMSON 8CULPl'URE PRIZE WINIilER
PHILADELPHIA, PA. -- Henry Hotz, Jr., Administrator of the School, and
Harry Rosin, Instructor in Figure Construction and Sculpture, have announced that Kezia Lechner Victor is the winner of the annual stimson
Prize.
The award of $100 is granted for the best full-length figure from life,
in the round, executed during regular class hours.
Judge for this year's
Stimson competition was Vincent Glinsky, a prominent New York sculptor and
instructor at New York Uhiversity.
The Stimson Prize was first awarded in
Mrs. Victor, an advanced stUdent at the Academy, was described by
Mr. Rosin as Hone of our rl".o st promising sculpture students. II
Her previous
honors include the stewardson Sculpture Prize in 1968 and the Mason Memorial
Prize in Sculpture in 1969.
Cited for honorable mentions in the Stimson competition were Lynne
E. Monroe of Haddonfield, N.J., Nannette L. Clark of Boston, Masso, and
Christopher Parks of Hockessin, Delaware.
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ACADEMY PRESET-J"TS CONCERT OF BEETHOVEN SONATAS
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
-- Dr. Vladimir Sokoloff, pianist, and Geoffrey Vnchaels,
violinist, will perform in a chrunber music concert at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, Broad and Cherry Streets, on Friday evening,
December 19th, at 8:30 p.m.
The program for the evening will be the first five sonatas by Beethoven
for violin and piano, Sonata No.1, Sonata No.2, Sonata No.3, Sonata No.8,
and Sonata No.9, the !!Kreutzer!! Sonata, played. in commemoration of the 200th
anniversary of the composer's birthday.
At a later concert on March 20th,
the two performers will complete the series by playing the last five
Beethoven sonatas for violin and piano.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m. so visitors can wander through the galleries
of the Academy.
Currently on exhibit is Adam Peiperl's IIScul pture in Light,!!
an exciting new form of light sculpture ••
The concert is open free of charge to the public.
NOTE:
For further information, contact Ellen SolIDs, LO 4-0219.
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FEBRUARY PROGRAM LISTINGS
THOMAS EAKINS: HIS PHarOGRAPHIC 1-l0RKS, the first major review of Eakins
as a photographer, continues through February
ing.
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Included in the show are many previously unpublished Eakins photographs.
A poster and a catalogue with an essay by Gordon Hendricks, noted Eakins
scholar, is for sale.
At the Peale Galleries, 1811 Chestnut street, SCULPTURE: 1~ FORMS, NEW
lVIATERIALS, an exc i ting look at what's happening to sculpture today J continue s
through February 10.
A "kinetic" (film) catalogue showing the sculptors at
work is available.
Opening February 12 at Broad and Cherry Streets will be AERIAL
by Fumio Yoshimura.
FA1~ASIES
The show, which will extend through March 15, features
a selection of graceful and elegant kites as vlell as some of the artist
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whimsical wire sculptuxes.
COl\iTEMPORARY PHarOGRAPHY: A SENSITIVE VIEVI opens at the Peale Galleries ,
1811 Chestnut Street, on February 19 and vrill continue until March 15.
The show
presents the work of a group of outstanding modern photographers: William larson,
Ray Metzker, David Heath, Barbara Blondeau, Paul Caponigro, Edward Gallob and
George Krouse.
HOURS:
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays; 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays.
Admission is free of charge.
NarE:
For further information and photographs, contact Ellen
Relations Director, LO 4-0219.
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts • Broad & Cherry. Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 • LO 4 -0219
EAKINS PHorOGRAPHY SHOW OPENS M ACADEMY
PHIlADELPHIA, PA. -- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Broad and
Cherry Streets, will open the new year with an exciting and important exhibition entitled THOMAS EAKINS: HIS PHarOGRAPHIC 'VJORKS.
The shm", which
begins January 8th and vTill extend through February 8th, will present, for
the first time, a comprehensive review and evaluation of the photographic
achievements of the great 19th century American painter, Thomas Eakins.
ApprOXimately 200 photographs vTill be includ.ed in this historic show, many
of which have never before been seen by the public and 'frhich were only
recently unearthed by Gordon Hendricks, the noted Eakins scholar, in the
course of his research on Eakins.
A catalogue vThich includes an extended
essay by Hr. Hendricks and approximately
75 reproductions has been published
in conjunction with the exhibit.
As Mr. Hendricks writes, "A dis c overy shmdng a close link betHeen the
paintings of Thomas Eal\.ins, often called .A.rnerica I s greatest painter, and
photographs he himself took, ranks as a major advance in our kncvrledge of
these two arts and in the history of art iself. II
The vride range of Eakins I
photographs exhibited in the Academy show include 11'.any sensitive portraits
of Eakins I family and associates, examples of his experLnents in motion
photography as well as numerous photos, many newly-discovered, that clearly
suggest a definite and significant relation between the photographs and
certain paintings.
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A dash of color is provided by the very fact that it is the Academy ,.,ho
is sponsoring a major Ealdns exhibit.
The Academy, like many 19th century
Philadelphians, rejected Eakins for his refusal to abide by the artistic
as ,-jell as social conventions of his day.
His uncompromising honesty and
psychological penetration, qualities for which we value Eakins today, shocked
his contemporaries.
Thus, with this exhibit, the Academy recognizes its long
standing debt to Thomas Eakins.
Major lenders to this important eyJrribit include the Metropolitan Musemn
of Art of New York, the Joseph J. Hirshhorn Collection of New York, Gordon
Hendricks, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Daniel Dietrich, co-chairman of
the Thomas Eakins House Restoration Committee, and Donald Stephens and Walter
Macdowell, direct descendants of Eakins.
show vTill travel nationally for t,m years.
After closing at the Academy, the
Catalogues and a poster) espe-
cially designed for this exhibit, are available.
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays; 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
HOURS:
Sundays.
NOl'E:
Admission is free of charge.
For additional information and photographs, contact Ellen Solms,
Public Relations Director, 10 4-0219.
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. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Art • • ,Broad'" Cherry Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 • LO 4 -0219
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WILL BARNET: IN THE SIXTIES, recent painters and drawings by the intema tionUly recognized artil!lt, continues through January
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workl!l will be for sale and a limited edition poster, eesigned by the artist specially for
this exhibit, will also be available.
Opening January 8 at the Broad and Cherry building and extending throUgh February 7,
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catalogue with an essay by Gordon Hendricks, noted puthori ty on Eakins, will be aTailable. ;1.;.'
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Peale Galleries presents SCULPTURE, NEW FORMS, NEW TECHNIQUES, a look at what 's
happening with sculpture today, January 15 through February 10.
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NOTEs Half the gallery space at the Broad and Cherry building is devoted throughout the
year to a selection from the Academy's outstanding collection of American art.
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J anuary 23 at 8:30 p.m.
theAcade~will
present the third chamber music concert of
its series at the main building, Broad and Cherry 8ts.
The Amado String
~artet
Vladimir Sokoloff on piano will perform works by Mozart, Piston and Dvorak.
and Dr.
The concerts
are open, free of admission charge, to the public.
HOURS:
The I'ennsylvania Acade;rry of the ,tine Arts and its annex, Peale Galleries, a !'e open
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays.
Admission is free.to all but the Eakins exhibit.
adults, 25 ¢ for students.
The charge for , tha show will be 50¢ for
