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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts'" Broad & Cherry Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 • LO 4-0219
JANUARY PROGRAM LISTINGS
ART EXHIBITIONS:
"VICTOR RIU fl
One of the few sculptors who have the patience and skill to
work with harder-than-steel granite will have an exhibition of seventeen of his
free form carvings in the Rotunda of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
Broad and Cherry Streets, from January 7th through January 31st.
"SUZANNE BLOOM fI
This one-man exhibition of large, vividly-colored abstract
paintings will open at the Peale Galleries, 1811 Chestnut Street, on January
14th and extends through February 21st.
CONCERTS:
The third and final concert of the Academy's distinguished Chamber Music
Concert Series will be held at the main
Friday evening, January 22nd at 8:30.
building at Broad and Cherry Streets on
Dr. Vladimir Sokoloff (piano) and Yumi
Ninomiya (violin) will perform works by Mozart, Stravinsky, and Franck.
The
doors will open at 7:30 p.m. so that the audience may have the opportunity to
wander through the galleries and view the flVICTOR RIU" and "TO SAVE A HERITAGE"
exhibitions.
HOURS:
All are welcome, and admission is free of charge.
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Admission is always free of charge.
For further information, please call Happy Shipley at (215) LO 4-0219.
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SUZANNE BLOOM OPENS ONE-MAN SHOW AT PEALE GALLERIES
PHILADELPHIA, PA. -- From January 14th to February 21st , both the East and West
Galleries of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts! Peale House, 1811
Chestnut Street, will be hung with the large, vibrantly-colored canvases of
SUZANNE BLOOM.
This exhibition will be of special interest to art students in
this area as lV'Jrs. Bloom has been an instructor at the Philadelphia College of
Art (Saturday Program) and at the Pennsylvania State University (Ogontz Campus).
She is currently teaching at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Born in Philadelphia in 1943, Suzanne Bloom studied at the Stella Elkins
Tyler School of Fine Arts and the Philadelphia College of Art.
She received the
B.F.A. degree from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in conjunction with
the Universit y of Pennsylvania and the M.F.A. degree from the University of
Pennsylvania, where she studied with Piero Dorazio and Angelo Savelli.
The 21 paintings in the exhibition are made by the spray-application of
successive layers of color.
Rather than mixing paints, Mrs. Bloom sprays red,
blue, or yellow on top of each other directly on the canvas, and when she finds
a color she wants to keep, she will cover it temporarily with a strip of acetate
to a ct as a positive stencil for creating form.
These layers of color are based
on t h e detection of various kinds of differences articulating various levels of
space.
The large s cale is very important in regard to the simplic ity of the
paintings be cause it gives clarity and dimension to the whole composition without hav ing t o rely on intrusive detail.
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SUZAJrnE BLOOM, page 2.
The exhibition is the only one-man exhibit of paintings to be held at
the Peale House this season, and it is certainly worth the time to see them.
All the paintings are available for sale.
NOTE:
Suzanne Bloom will be in Philadelphia from Friday, January 8th through
January 13th to supervise the assembling of the exhibition.
Anyone interested
in interviewing or photographing Mrs. Bloom and her works) please contact
Happy Shipley, LO 4-0219.
HOURS:
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Admission is free of charge.
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HERITAGE CATALOGUE WINS GOLD MEDAL FROM GRAPHIC ARTS ASSOCIATION OF DELAWARE VALLEY
PHILADELPHIA, PA. - - The Heritage Collection Catalogue, presented to President
and Mrs. Nixon and the guests at the opening of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts' "To Save a Heritage" exhibition, has been chosen as a Gold Medal winner in
the Printing Week Graphic Arts Exhibition at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel.
The
medal will be presented to the printers of the catalogue, Consolidated Drake Press,
at the Awards Dinner on January 21st.
Printing Week, held from January 18th to the
22nd, is sponsored by the Graphic Arts Association of Delaware Valley.
The dates
are chosen to celebrate the birthday of Benjamin Franklin, father of Philadelphia
printers, who was born on January 17, 1706.
The catalogue, which was thought up by Academy Director William B. Stevens, Jr.,
is exceptionally innovative in concept and production.
Rather than printing up facts
about the works in the exhibition, many of which have already been written on extensively, Mr. Stevens and Mr. William Hirsch of Drake Press planned out a
collection of facsimiles of historically important letters, certificates, articles,
and posters from the Academy archives and packaged them in a box which has been made
to look remarkably similar to a nineteenth century Board Minutes book, even down to
the marbleized end papers.
Miss Susan Whitin, Research Assistant to the Director,
sifted through the archives collection to select the documents of greatest interest
and relevance and has written a thoughtfully-prepared leaflet which identifies each
piece and provides absorbing historical background material.
All together, there are twenty-four facsimiles in the catalogue, ranging from
Charles Willson Peale's charter of 1794 and "Rules of the Life Class for the Study
of the Living Model" to Frank Furness' architectural blueprint and Maxfield Parrish's
"Old King Cole,"
It was certainly a challenge for any printer, and Drake Press is
justly proud of their achievement.
Printing Week medal winners will be on; exhibit
to the public at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel from January 18th to the 22nd, and
all are urged to visit.
For further information, please call Mrs. Samuel R. Shipley at (215) LO 4-0219.
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts • Broad & Cherry Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 • LO 4 -0219
NEW POLICY STATEMENT APPROVED BY PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS'
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PHILADELPHIA, PAl -- At their first meeting of the year, the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts' Board of Directors approved the follovling statement of policy.
It was composed by the Academy's PreSident, Mr. John Gribbel, 2nd, in an effort to define the purposes, scope, and emphasis of the Academy.
faculty all gave serious consideration to articulating their
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Trustees and
thoughts on
i-lhat the Academy stands for and what goals they believe it should pursue.
This
statement represents a synthesis of their views.
"'To promote the knowledge and enjoyment of, and cultivation in, the
Fine Arts in the City of Philadelphia' and, by selected loans from our collection) throughout the United states.
"The goals of the Academy are three-fold:
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The School, the oldest of its kind in the United States, must continue
to improve on its present high standards of teaching in painting, graphics, and
sculpture; the caliber of the faculty and the dedication and creative competence of the students are our prime concern.
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will continue to make available
a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in cooperation with an accredited college.
"2.
The Museum - our permanent collection of American art acquired over
the years partly because of the school must continue to be used for the benefit
of the students of the school and made more available to the general public
by exhibitions and traveling loans.
The collection must be continually enlarged
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NEW POLICY STATEMENT, page 2.
by purchase, loan, or gift of contemporary, and where deemed desirable, older
art 'ivorks to fill in vacancies.
"3.
Support of American artists is our third purpose.
This can be ac-
complished by exhibitions of contemporary artists and by acquisition of their
works.
liThe Academy should develop general community interest via satellite
committees to encourage interest in art appreciation, fund raising, and
student recruitment.
"Full cooperation must be developed between the Academy and the Philadelphia
Museum of Art so that the Bicentennial of 1976 will be the maximum possible. II
In addition, it has just been announced by
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Gribbel that the Board of
Directors has adopted a new change in its organization and the method of election
to the Board.
Beginning this year, the Board will be divided into five revolving
classes of five members each, with the idea that each year one class will rotate
off to an advisory board.
These advisory members may be eligible for reelection
the following year or they may continue, if they wish, to serve in a solely
advisory capacity.
As one group moves to the advisory board, new active members
will be elected to fill the remaining places.
The purpose of this new organiza-
tional structure is to increase the fluidity of the Board and to promote
participation by additional members with new thoughts and ideas.
For further information, please contact Mrs. Samuel R. Shipley, (215) LO 4-0219.
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BLACKMAN AND CASTAGNO EXHIBITIONS OPEN MARCH 4th AT PEALE GALLERIES
PHI IADE LPHIA , PA. - - The recent vlOrks of two talented Philadelphia artists Morris L. Blackman and John castagno - will be exhibited in one-man shows at
the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts' Peale Galleries, 1811 Chestnut
Street, beginning March 4th and continuing through April 11th.
Morris Blackman began his artistic career in the field of drawing, after
graduating from the
£~rrell
Dobbins Vocational Technical School in 1947.
He
worked with the Graphics Sketch Club and as a designer of training aids for
three years in the U. S. Army.
He was then awarded a scholarship to the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts where he won prizes each year in graphics
and drawing.
In addition, Mr. Blackman was a winner of the Cresson European
Traveling Scholarship two years in succession.
Since his graduation from the
Academy in 1959, Vrr. Blackman's paintings and drawings have been on exhibit
in group shows in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York, and in a one-man
show at the DeMena Gallery in New York Cit yo
Perhaps the most distinctive feature of Mr. Blackman's work is its
suggestion, in title and in shape, of medieval manuscripts and Egyptian
hieroglyphic tablets.
Both the drawings and the paintings in this exhibition
reflect an artist who works with great imagination and attention to detail
to form a fascinating) evocative composition.
John Castagno - whose paintings, serigraphs, constructions, and
sculpture fill the west gallery - has studied at the Fleisher Art Memorial,
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BLACKV~ A~ID
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the Philadelphia College of Art) the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
and the Barnes Art Foundation.
Since 1963, his work has been exhibited in
six one-man shows in Philadelphia and Cape May, and last year Mr. Castagnols
work was awarded the Philadelphia Sketch Club
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annual small oil painting
His work is represented in the Pennsylvania Military College
Permanent Collection and in numerous private collections in the United States
and Europe.
Rejecting the title of
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flag-painter } II Mr ~ Castagno has noted that as a
symbol, the American flag has taken on entirely new meanings in these times}
and he comments on his work) !fAs an art object the flag offers many possibilities within its scope of patterns, angles, colors and form - a realm of
such magnitude that positions me in an interesting area of discovery and
exploration • • • • I do not regard my works to be variations of that symbol,
rather each work is an independent thought of its own - relating only to
that physical image in its referral to ways of American life."
The works of both artists will be for sale.
The Peale Galleries are
open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and from 1 p.m. to
5 p.m. on Sunday.
Admission is always free of charge.
For further information, photographs, or interviews with the exhibiting
artists, please contact l~s. Samuel Shipley, LO 4-0219.
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"PRINTMAKERS '71" AND "DAVID STEPHENS: SCULPTURE" OPEN AT PEALE GALLERIES APRIL 15
PHIh4DELPHIA,
PA. - - On Thursday, the fifteenth of April, two
first-~uality
exhibitions will open at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts' PEALE
GALLERIES) 1811 Chestnut Street) and extend through four weeks, ending May 13th.
The tvw exhibits, "PRINTYJA."KERS '7111 AND "DAVID STEPHENS: SCU:::"PTURE, II are of
special interest as t!.'ley are the first exhibitions to be selected and assembled
by Marjorie Ruben, Consultant of Exhibitions, since her return to the Peale
Galleries.
"PRIl'JTMAKERS '71" will present a broad range of works by nineteen ilmerican
artists, imaginatively chosen to
by printmakers today.
the wide variety of media being used
e~phasize
The artists represented are:
Sam Maitin, Lillian Lent,
Merle Spandorfer, Eugene Feldman, John Bolles, Victor Lasuchin, Lois Johnson)
Daniel Dallman, Ed Porter, Vivian Bergenfeld, Sue
S~uires,
Lillian Spiro, James
Lang, Jerome Kaplan, Libby Newman, Herbert Lovi tz, Jack Gerber, Peter Lister,
and Katja Protussowsky Oxman.
DAVID STE?:d:ENS, ",·hose work waS recently chosen by Corcoran Gallery Director
Walter Hopps to be represented in the Corcoran's Thirty-second Biennial Exhibition, is currently studying for a I'ls.ster of Fi:::J.e Art o.e gree at the Tyler School
of Art.
A native of Washington,
D.C"
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Ste ~hens
has
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studied at Temple
University and :tIm-lard University, where he rec e ived h:ts BFA degre2 before
returning to Philadel:phia.
His
st:;.~iking,
impress ive 'imrks in vinyl, acrylic,
polyethlene, stone, and metal have been exhibited at. the Srrdthsonian Institution,
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PRINTMAKERS '71 and DAVID STEPHENS, SCULPTURE, page 2
Oklahoma Art Center, Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Howard University Gallery)
and the Philadelphia Art Alliance.
This past January, Mr. Stephens waS avrarded
first prize by sculptor Tony Smith in the 10th Annual Regional Sculpture
Exhibition at the Philadelphia Civic Center, and, currently, from April 6th
through May 16th his work will be on exhibition at the "Black Artists in America"
exhibition at the Whitney Museum in New York City.
for the Peale Galleries to hold
ThUS , it is indeed a privilege
David Stephens's first one-man exhibition and
to present a good opportunity for Philadelphians to see the work of an exceptionally talented young artist.
Nearly all of the works exhibited will be available for sale.
HOURS: 10 - 5, Tuesday through Saturday; 1 - 5 Sunday.
Admission is always free of charge.
For photographs or interviews with the participating artists, please contact
Mrs. Samuel Shipley, (215) LO 4-0219.
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JIM
LICA~TZ
PHILADELPHIA, PA. - -
WINS PAFA'S STEWARDSON PRIZE IN SCULPTURE
After three days of competition, James C. Licaretz of
Philadelphia, a third-year student at the Pennsylvania Academw of the Fine Arts,
was awarded the Edmund Stewardson Prize of $100 in Sculpture on Friday
afternoon, March 5th.
Twelve students competed for the prize, which was first awarded in 1901 .
The subject for the competition is a full-length figure in the round, to be
executed within eighteen hours during three consecutive days.
Judge for this
year's competition was Philadelphia sculptor Angelos Frudakis, himself a
winner of two Cresson European Scholarships and a Special Citation of Achievement
at the Academy.
Mr. Frudakis is especially noted for his portrait busts, coins,
and medals, among them the John F. Kennedy Portrait Memorial in Atlantic
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New Jersey.
Cited for honorable mention were Joe Magurczek and Rod Galster, both of
Philadelphia.
All three winners are pupils of
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Harry Rosin, Academy
Instructor in Figure Construction and Sculpture.
For further information and photographs, please contact Happy Shipley at LO 4-0219.
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TWO NEW EXHIBITIONS TO OPEN AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS ON MARCH 31
PHILADELPHIA, PA. - -
Two long-awaited and widely interesting exhibitions will
open at the Pepnsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Broad and Cherry Streets, on
Wednesday, March 31st.
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Although vastly different in content, the two exhibits are
firsts II among their kind.
IIpHlLADELPHIA PAINTERS AND PRINTERS TO 1776, II which includes over seventy
paintings, engravings, and bookplates, represents one of the first examinations of
artistic activity in Philadelphia before the Revolution.
Although many of the
artists included in the exhibition, such as Benjamin West, Charles Willson Peale ,
and Robert Feke, are well-known for their later works, the history of their early
p aintings poses challenging and interesting problems.
In presenting certain works
by lesser-known artists like Matthew Pratt, Gustavus Hesselius, John Smibert, and
Henry Benbridge, this exhibition suggests that the Quality of painting and engraving being done in Philadelphia before the Revolution played a significant role in
our early cultural history and did not remain totally overshadowed by the work
being done in New England by John Copley, Peter Pelham, and Paul Revere.
The exhibition was organized by the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts and
the Henry Francis DuPont Winterthur Museum with the cooperation of the Historical
SOCiety of Pennsylvania and the other public and private collections which have
generously loaned paintings which have rarely left their locations before.
A
catalogue containing photographs of each of the paintings has been assembled and
includes accompanying essays by eminent authorities on the artists represented.
(more)
NEW EXHIBITIONS IN MARCH, page 2.
Just across the Rotunda from the honored precedents of colonial art will be
"TWO ARTISTS OF 1971 FROM THE COMMON GROUND, II again an especially interesting and
challenging exhibition for its newness and innovations in artistic expression.
This exhibition will be the first representative example in the East of work from
"The Common Ground of the
Arts," a cooperative studio in Detroit.
The Common
Ground project was organized on a non-profit basis in 1963 by Detroit's City
Planning Director, the Area
Direc~or
of the Volunteers of America, and architect
Cornelius Gabler with the plan lito bring together painters, sculptors, print
makers and others skilled in the arts and crafts in an environment where they
could
create individually, exchange ideas and as a group add to the cultural de-
velopment of our City."
The realization of this idea is certainly evident in the
rich and glowing shaped canvases of Ed Morais, such as "Wolf Ticket
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the acrylic plastic and marble sculptures of Georg Ettl's "Plastic
City" series.
The Academy is especially pleased to welcome these two members of the
9," and in
Common
Ground and exhibit nearly forty of their paintings, sculptures, and drawings , most
of which will be available for sale.
Both exhibitions will
extend through April 25th.
The Academy is open from
10 o'clock to 5 o'clock, Tuesday through Saturday and from 1 o'clock to 5 o'clock
on Sunday.
Admission is always free of charge.
(Mr. Et tl and Mr. Morais will be available for interviews fr om Saturday the 27th
t hrough Wednesday the 31s t.)
For further information and photographs, please contact Mrs. Samuel Shipley,
LO 4-0219.
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APRIL PROGRAM LISTINGS (please note changes)
AT BROAD AND CnERRY STREETS:
"':!:'O SAVE A HERITAGE"
Although the print exhibition and the lithographs by
Childe Hassam have been taken down, the main portion of this exhibition of the
Academy's finest possessions from its 17th, 18th, and 18th century collections
has been extended through April 7th.
"PHILADELPHIA PAINTING AND PRINTING TO 1776"
One of the first examinations
of artistic activity in Philadelphia before the Revolution, this exhibition of
over 70 rare paintings, engravings, and bookplates will include works by Robert
Feke, Gustavus Hesselius, Henry Benbridge, Benjamin West, and other artists whose
work has posed challenging historical problems for scholars .
Two especially
not.able paintings are "Johannes Kelpius" by Christopher Witt, thought to be the
first portrait ever painted in the Colonies, and Peter Cooper's "The South East
Prospect of the City of Philadelphia," the first topographical vie\v of
Philadelphia and prototype for the many engravings which followed it.
Organized
by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Henry Francis DuPont.
Winterthur Museum with the cooperation of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
March 31 - April 25.
(more)
APRIL PROGRAM LISTING, page 2.
"TWO ARTISTS OF 1971 FROM THE COMMON GROUND"
Sculpture by Georg Ettl and
richly-painted shaped canvases by Ed Morais will be shown in the first
representative example in the East of work from "The Common Ground of the Arts,
a cooperative studio in Detroit.
March 31 - April 25.
AT THE PEALE GALLERIES, 1811 CHESTNUT STREET:
"PRINTMAKERS '71"
An exhibition of works by printmakers with the main
emphasis on the variety of media used.
Among the artists included are Jerome
Kaplan, Eugene Feldman, Lois Johnson, and Lillian Lent.
"SCULPTURE BY DAVID STEPHENS"
April 15 - May 16.
Recent works by a noted black artist who is
currently exhibiting in the Corcoran Biennial Exhibit and studying for a master
of fine art degree at Tyler School of Art.
April 15 - May 16.
Hours for both locations: 10:00 - 5:00 Tuesday through Saturday, 1 : 00 - 5:00
Sunday. Admission is always free of charge.
For further information, please contact Mrs. Samuel Shipley, LO 4-0219.
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"PRINTMAKERS !71" AND "DAVID STEPHENS: SCULPTURE" OPEN AT PEALE GALLERIES APRIL 15
PHILADELPHIA,
PA. - - On Thursday, the fifteenth of April, two first-quality
exhibitions will open at the
Pennsylv~nia
Academy of the Fine Arts! PEALE
GALLERIES, 1811 Chestnut Street, and extend through four weeks, ending May 13th.
The two exhibits, "PRIN'IVLAKERS !71" AND "DAVID STEPHENS: SCULPTURE, f! are of
special interest as they are the first exhibitions to be selected and assembled
by Marjorie Ruben, Consultant of Exhibitions, since her return to the Peale
Galleries.
IIpRINTMAKERS !71" will present a broad range of works by nineteen American
artists, imaginatively chosen to
by printmakers today.
e~ph~size
the wide variety of media being used
The artists represented are:
Sam Maitin, Lillian Lent,
Merle Spandorfer, Eugene Feldman, John Bolles, Victor Lasuchin, Lois Johnson,
Daniel Dallman, Ed Porter, Vivian Bergenfeld, Sue Sc;.uires, Lillian Spiro, James
Lang, Jerome Kaplan, Libby Neimtan, Herbert Lovi tz, Jack Gerber, Peter Lister,
and Katja Protussowsky Oxman.
DAVID STE?.ncNS, whose lvork vms recently chosen by Corcoran Gallery Director
Walter Hopps to be represented in the Corcorru)!s Thirty-second Biennial Exhibition, is currently studying for a Master of Fine Art o.sgree at the Tyler School
of Art.
A native of Washington,
D.C., IvIr. Ste:phens
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studied at Temple
University and Hm.,ard University, where he rece ived his BFA degree before
returning to Philadel:Jhia.
His st.:dking, impressive 'works in vinyl, acrylic,
polyethlene, stone, and metal have been exhibited at. the GI:.lithsonian Institution,
(more)
PRINTMAKERS 171 and DAVID STEPHENS, SCULPTURE , page 2
Oklahoma Art Center, Washington Gallery of Modern
and the Philadelphia Art Alliance.
.~t,
Howard University Gallery,
This past January, Mr. Stephens was awarded
first prize by sculptor Tony Smith in the lOth Annual Regional Sculpture
Exhibition at the Philadelphia Civic Center) and, currently, from April 6th
through May 16th his work will be on exhibition at the TlBlack Artists in America"
exhibition at the Whitney Museum in New York City.
for the Peale Galleries to hold
David Stephens
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Thus, it is indeed a privilege
first one-man exhibition and
to present a good opportunity for Philadelphians to see the work of an exceptionally talented young artist.
Nearly all of the works exhibited will be available for sale.
HOURS: 10 - 5, Tuesday through Saturday; 1 - 5 Sunday.
Admission is always free of charge.
For photographs or interviews with the participating artists, please contact
Mrs. Samuel Shipley) (215) LO 4-0219.
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CRESSON AWARDS PRESENTATION AND SALE OF STUDENT WORK AT PAFA
PHILADELPHIA, PA. --- On Wednesday afternoon, May 5th, at 4:00 p.m., the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts will hold the annual CRESSON DAY CEREMONIES
in the main building at Broad and Cherry Streets.
At this time, Mr. Henry Hotz,
Jr., Acting Director of the Academy and Administrator of the School, will announce the William Emelen Cresson, J. Henry Scheidt, and Lewis S. Ware Memorial
European Traveling Scholarships as well as other important school prizes in
Painting, DraWing, Sculpture, and Graphics.
Principal speaker of the day will
be Mr. Stewart Klonis, Executive Director of the Art Students League of New York
and President of the American Fine Arts Society of New York.
The Cresson Memorial Traveling Scholarships are made possible through a
fund provided for in the wills of Emelen Cresson and his wife, Priscilla P.
Cresson, as a memorial to their deceased son, William Emelen Cresson, Academician.
The income from the fund is to be applied to sending pupils of merit to Europe
and is awarded by the rules adopted by the Ac ademy I s Board of Directors.
Since
1902, when the first Cresson Scholarship was awarded, this prize has had significant influence on over one thousand recipients.
Although the sum of the award may vary according to adjustments in tuition
charges and traveling expenses, each student who receives a Cresson Scholarship
is credited with monies for a summer of travel in Europe and Academy tuition
for the two terms immediately following.
Each recipient is
re~uired
(more)
to return
CRESSON PRIZES AND STUDENT SALE, page 2.
to the Academy for the continuance of regular studio work in an additional
year as an advanced student and is expected to help set high professional
standards among Academy students.
In cases of exceptional merit, a student
may receive the award a second time.
Beginning Saturday, May 8th, and continuing through May 28th, the
student work submitted to the Cresson Day competitions will be exhibited
to the public and, in many cases, will be available for sale.
This annual
sale of student work is an excellent opportunity for Philadelphians to
purchase works by promising young artists.
NOTE:
Winners of Cresson, Scheidt, and Ware Traveling Scholarships may
be photographed at the Academy at 2:30 p.m. on May 5th. For
further information, please contact Mrs. Samuel Shipley at LO 4-0219.
HOURS:
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10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday. Admission is FREE.
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Pe n nsylvan i a Academy of the F i ne A rt s • B r oad & C h erry S t ree t s , P hil ade l ph i a, Pa. 19102 • LO 4 -021 9
PAFA ANNOUNCES EUROPEAN TRAVELING SCHOLARSHIPS AND SPRING PRIZES
PHILADELPHIA, PA. -- Winners of eight William Emlen Cresson European Traveling
Scholarships, four J. Henry Scheidt Memorial Traveling Scholarships, one Lewis S.
Ware Memorial Traveling Scholarship, and other important school prizes were announced by Mr. Henry Hotz, Jr., Acting Director and Administrator of the School,
at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts' annual Cresson Day Ceremonies on
Wednesday afternoon, May 5th.
Principal speaker for the day was Mr. Stewart
Klonis , Executive Director of the Art Students League of New York and President
of the American Fine Arts Society of New York .
The EXHIBITION AND SALE OF STUDENT WORK -- paintings} sculpture, drawings}
and prints submitted to the Spring competitions -- will open to the public on
Saturday} May 8th, and will continue at the Academy through May 28th.
Listed below are the scholarships and prizes, together with the winners and
their home towns:
WILLIAM EMLEN CRESSON EUROPEAN TRAVELING SCHOLARSHIPS of $2,600 each for travel
abroad this summer and tuition for the school year 1971-72. First awarded in 1902.
PAINTING:
Jeffrey W. Boys of Newark, Delaware
Elissa Glassgold of Detroit, Michigan
Samuel L. Kabatt of Downingtown, Pa.
Charles Kalick of Philadelphia, Pa.
Kyung-Ja Lee of Seoul, Korea and Philadelphia, Pa.
Richard A. Lee of Akron, Ohio
Robert A. Ricker of Mt. Penn, Reading, Pa.
Charles R. Searles of Philadelphia, Pa.
HONORABLE MENTION:
Timothy L. Jenk of Dayton, Ohio .
Marcia L. Lampert of Philadelphia, Pa.
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CRESSON DAY PRIZE WINNERS AND HONORABLE MENTIONS, page 2,
J. HENRY SCHEIDT MEMORIAL TRAVELING SCHOLARSHIPS of $1,600 each for travel to
countries of their own choice:
PAINTING:
John A. Richardson of Forestville, Maryland
Tim L. Van Campen of Endicott, New York
SCULPTURE:
James C. Licaretz of Philadelphia, Pa.
GRAPHICS:
Gene A. Shaw of Grundy Center, Iowa
LEWIS S. WARE MEMORIAL TRAVELING SCHOLARSHIP of $1,600:
Janet V. Okovic of Philadelphia, Pat
THE CHARLES TOPPAN PRIZES FOR DRAWING, first awarded in 1882:
Elissa Glassgold of Detroit, Michigan
Paula D. Gordon of Philadelphia, Pat
Linda A. Moore of Trenton, N. J.
Timothy L. Jenk of Dayton, Ohio
Charles Kalick of Philadelphia, Pa.
Victoria L. Blunt of Narberth, Pa.
THE MARY TOWNSEND AND WILLIAM CLARKE MASON MEMORIAL PRIZE IN SCULPTURE:
John Galster of Philadelphia, Pa.
THE SKOWHEGAN SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS:
David R. Rothermel of Sunbury, Pa.
Eiko Fan ( Ying Hao Fan ) of Tokyo, Japan and Elkins Park, Pa.
THE CECILIA BEAUX MEMORIAL PRIZE for the best portrait painted during the
school year:
Glelli~a Hartman of Mendham, New Jersey
HONORABLE MENTION -- Ronald Weisberg of Philadelphia, Pa.
THE FRANCIS D. BERGMAN MEMORIAL PRIZE for the best traditional painting:
Glenna Hartman of Mendham, New Jersey
THE LAMBERT AJTD EMMA WALLACE CADWALADER PRIZE FOR LANDSCAPE for the best
representational landscape:
FIRST PRIZE
Gail O. Fox of Philadelphia, Pa.
SECOND PRIZE -- Richard A. Lee of Akron, Ohio
THE JOHN R. CONNER MEMORIAL PRIZE IN GRAPHICS:
Gerald Teicbrnan of Birmingham, Michigan
THE DRAKE PRESS AWARD for good work during the school year:
Sonia Balassanian of Tehran, Iran
Charles Kalick of Philadelphia, Pa.
HONORABLE MENTION -- Marcia L. Lampert of Philadelphia, Pat
Rochelle M. Lunsk of Philadelphia, Pat
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CRESSON DAY PRIZE WINNERS AND HONORABLE MENTIONS, page 3
THE THOMAS EAKINS MEMORIAL PRIZE for the best figure canvas painted in the
regular life class:
Samuel L. Kabatt of Downingtown, Pa.
HONORABLE MENTION -- Kristina Kutkus of Philadelphia, Pa.
John A. Richardson of Forestville, Md.
THE LOUIS S. FINE PURCHASE PRIZE for three outstanding paintings memorializing
the work of men on the Philadelphia waterfront:
FIRST PRIZE -- Millicent M. Schonborn of Philadelphia, Pa.
SECOND PRIZE
Jeffrey W. Boys of Newark, Delaware
THIRD PRIZE -- Steven A. Miller of Cumberland, Maryland
THE GIMBEL PRIZE for outstanding work entered in competition each spring:
Marcia L. Lampert of Philadelphia, Pa.
HONORABLE MENTION -- Bernice Gordon of Philadelphia, Pa.
THE CATHERINE GRANT MEMORIAL PRIZE for the best landscape or still life:
Kyung Ja Lee of Philadelphia, Pa.
Victoria L. Blunt of Narberth, Pa.
HONORABLE MENTION -- Kristina Kutkus of Philadelphia, Pa.
THE ELEANOR S. GRAY PRIZE FOR STILL LIFE:
Richard A. Lee of Akron, Ohio
THE MINDEL CAPLAN KLEINBARD AWARD:
David Rothermel of Sunbury, Pa.
THE BENJAMIN LANARD MEMORIAL AWARD for an outstanding composition:
Samuel L. Kabatt of Downingtown, Pa.
HONORABLE MENTION -- Charles Kalick of Philadelphia, Pa.
THE PACKARD PRIZES for the best and second best groups of original studies
made from living animals in the Zoological Gardens:
Johanna Okovic of Philadelphia, PaD
Steven A. Miller of Cumberland, Maryland
THE PERSPECTIVE PRIZE for exemplary work in the Perspective course:
Bernard R. Dudek of Detroit, Michigan
THE HENRY C. PRATT MEMORIAL PRIZE IN GRAPHICS:
Rochelle M. Lunsk of Philadelphia, Pa.
THE PHILADELPHIA PRINT CLUB PRIZE for outstanding work in the graphics studio:
Robert A. Ricker of Mt. Penn, Reading, Pa.
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CRESSON DAY PRIZE WINNERS AND HONORABLE MENTIONS, page 4
THE QUAKER STORAGE COMPANY AWARD in recognition of meritorious achievements:
Samuel L. Kabatt of Downingtown, Pa.
HONORABLE MENTION -- Mark Reitz of Williamstown, N. J.
THE RAMBORGER PRIZE for the best line drawing in black and white of a head
from life:
Vaughn D. Stubbs of Philadelphia, Pa.
THE CHRISTINE BIDDLE SCULL MEMORIAJ~ PRIZE for the most experimental piece of
sculpture of painting produced during the school year:
Victoria L. Blunt of Narberth, Pa.
HONORABLE MENTION -- Robert Staub of Philadelphia, Pa.
Richard A. Lee of Akron, Ohio
Tatiana Krizova of Braislava, Czechoslovakia
THE GEORGE SKLAR MEMORIAL LIFE DRAWING PRIZE for the student who rates highest in
Life Drawing:
Andrew A. Gaskill of Philadelphia, Pa.
THE EDNA PENNYPACKER STAUFFER MEMORIAL PRIZE in recognition of excellence in
any medium:
Elissa Glassgold of Detroit, Michigan
HONORABLE MENTION -- Richard A. Lee of Akron, Ohio
Samuel L. Kabatt of Downingtown, Pa.
THE M. HERBERT SYME MEMORIAL PRIZE for a painting or drawing by an advanced
student considered worthy by the faculty:
Timothy L. Jenk of Dayton, Ohio
HONORABLE MENTION -- Elissa Glassgold of Detroit, Michigan
THE THOURON PRIZES for compositions completed during the current season, the
first prizes to be decided by the Faculty, the second by a vote of the students:
FIRST PRIZES
Steven A. Miller of Cumberland, Maryland
Samuel L. Kabatt of Downingtown, Pa.
SECOND PRIZES
Stanley R. Mertz of Philadelphia, Pa.
Deborah A. Standard of Naugatuck, Conn.
THE WANAMAKER PRIZE for the best painting in oil or acrylic submitted to the
Faculty for judgement:
Koula E. Dasios of Philadelphia, Pa.
HONORABLE MENTION -- Jeffrey W. Boys of Newark, Delaware
THE WOODROW PRIZE IN GRAPHICS:
Gene A. Shaw of Grundy Center, Iowa
THE SYLVIA G. WEXLER MEMORIAL AWARD for a student of merit:
Woodrow Blagg of Dallas, Texas
Note to Editors: Additional material and photographs available from
Mrs. Samuel Shipley, LO 4-0219
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PAFA FACULTY EXHIBITION TO OPEN AT THE PEALE GALLERIES MAY 20th
PHILADELPHIA, PA. -- Thursday, May 20th will be the opening day
Academy
o~
~or
the Pennsylvania
the Fine Arts' new exhibition at Peale Galleries, llNINE MEMBERS OF THE
ACADEMY FACULTy. 1I
Included in the exhibit are:
Oliver Grimley, Instructor in Drawing
Adolph Dioda, Instructor in Sculpture at the Evening School
Karl O. Karhumaa, Instructor in Sculpture
Kimsou, Instructor in Painting at the Evening School
Thomas Ewing, Instructor in P~.nting at the Evening School
Alan Goldstein, Instructor in Sculpture and Lithography
Warren Rohrer, Instructor in Li~e Drawing and Painting at the Evening School
Morris Blackburn, Instructor in Graphics, Painting, and Drawing
Julian Levi, Instructor in Painting and General Critic
Each
o~
these instructors has personally chosen several works
many
o~
which will be for sale.
~or
the exhibition,
There has been no limit as to media used - Oils,
ink and watercolor, "burned painting,1I marble, copper, brass, and wood will all be
represented.
As members
o~
the Academy
~aculty,
artists distinguished in their fields
accomplishments are
~ar
these instructors are all
o~
pro~essional
activity; though their collected awards and
too numerous to list here.
tion at the Academy is by individual criticism
o~
Their general method
o~
instruc-
studio work with the purpose
o~
developing the innate ability of the student and giving him the technical skill to
use it.
Many
o~
these
~aculty
members also teach at other art schools, both in the
city and the suburbs} so this exhibition will be
o~
special interest to many art
students throughout the Philadelphia area.
The exhibition will continue at the Peale Galleries, 1811 Chestnut Street,
through July.
The hours are 10 to 5, Tuesday through Saturday, 1 to 5 Sunday.
Admission is FREE.
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SUMMER EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
through July 31
A comprehensive exhibition of American art of all styles and periods,
chosen and arranged by former Director, Mr. Joseph T. Fraser, Jr. Mr. Fraser was
offered the job of mounting this exhibition as a tribute to his style of hanging
the galleries during the 31 years he was the Director of the Academy. At Broad
and Cherry Streets.
NINE MEMBERS OF THE ACADEMY FACULTY
through July 31
A multi-media exhibition of works by Academy instructors Oliver Grimley,
Adolph Dioda, Karl O. Karhumaa, Kimsou, Warren Rohrer, Morris Blackburn, Julian
Levi, and two recent recipients of Tiffany Foundation grants of $5,000 each,
~hom~s Ewing and Alan Goldstein.
At the Peale Galleries, 1811 Chestnut Street.
SALES SHOP GALLERY EXHIBITION
through July 31
Because of the great popularity of the Cresson Exhibition and Sale of Student
Work, a further selection of oils. watercolors, graphics, and sculpture by Academy
Students will be on exhibition to be sold on consignment at the Sales Shop Gallery
in the main building at Broad and Cherry Streets, first floor.
HOURS:
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday t:lrough Saturday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. SundayAdmission is free. Please note that the Academy and the Peale Galleries
will be closed during August.
COMING IN THE FALL:
The first major Edward Hopper Exhibition since his death in 1967 will open
at the Academy during the same time that the Whitney Museum in New York will be
exhibiting a large portion of the extraordinary bequest of works they received
from Hopper's estate. This will be the first time the artist's watercolors and
oils have ever been shown in Philadelphia in an exhibition devoted exclusivelv
to Edward Hopper.
For further information, please contact Happy Shipley, LO 4-0219.
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"PAINTINGS BY WILLIAM BAZIOTES AND EUGENE BAGUSKAS"
OPENS AT THE PEALE GALLERIES, 1811 CHESTNUT STREET
PHILADELPHIA, PA. - - From Friday afternoon, September lOth, through October 13th,
Philadelphia art-lovers will have a chance to see the work of two artists who have
never before had full exhibitions in Philadelphia, but both of whom have recently
been honored with one-man shows in New York.
WILLIAM BAZIOTES (1912 - 1963) was a very prominent figure in American art,
especially during the turbulent years following World War II, and it was only his
untimely death at the age of fifty that prevented him from realizing the fulfillment of his growing personal vision.
These canvases and watercolors, on loan
from museum collections and the Marlborough Gallery in New York, attest to the
continuing power of his lyrical, dream-like imagery and its mysterious, gentle
coloring .
Born in Pittsburgh in 19l2, iBaziotes spent his childhood in Reading where he
worked for a stained glass company before becoming involved in art.
He moved to
New York at the age of twenty-one, studied at the National Academy of Design, and
was soon championed by Peggy Guggenheim, who gave him his first important one-man
exhibition.
Later, as an artist, teacher, and co-founder of the "Subjects of the
Artist school" in New York, Baziotes grew to be one of the leading exponents of
abstract expressionism, always following his own individual thinking and his deep
interest in surrealism.
This exhibition, which includes over twenty oils and
several watercolors, is perhaps long overdue in Philadelphia, and it will certainly
be of interest to anyone interested in the various expressions in American art.
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"PAINTINGS BY WILLIAM\BAZIOTES AND EUGENE BAGUSKAS," (continued)
EUGENE BAGUSKAS is a contemporary artist whose huge, vibrant landscapes
of sky, clouds, trees, and animals fill the east gallery with a flurry of air
and light.
Mr. Baguskas, a native of Worcester, Massachusetts, graduated from
the Worcester Museum School of Art and the Yale University School of Art and
Architecture before coming to Philadelphia where he is currently an Assistant
Professor in Painting at the Philadelphia College of Art and a Visiting
Instructor in Painting at Swarthmore College.
Over the last four years, his
paintings have received note in group exhibitions at the Art Alliance, ICA,
the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Philadelphia College of Art,
and the American Federation of Art's traveling exhibition, "Painterly Realism."
His last one-man show was at the Green Mountain Gallery in New York.
The
Peale Galleries are pleased to be able to exhibit nearly twenty of Mr. Baguskas's
canvases and drawings, many of which will be available for sale.
HOURS:
10 to 5, Tuesday through Saturday, 1 to 5 Sunday.
Admission is always FREE of charge.
For further information and photographs, please contact Happy Shipley, LO 4-0219.
Interviews with Mr. Baguskas are available by calling WA 2-0462.
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"PAINTINGS BY WILLIAM BAZIOTES AND EUGENE BAGUSKAS"
OPENS AT THE PEALE GALLERIES, 1811 CHESTNUT STREET
PHILADELPHIA, PA. - - From Friday afternoon, September lOth, through October 13th,
Philadelphia art-lovers will have a chance to see the work of two artists who have
never before had full exhibitions in Philadelphia, but both of whom have recently
been honored with one-man shows in New York.
WILLIAM BAZIOTES (1912 - 1963) was a very prominent figure in American art,
especially during the turbulent years following World War II, and it was only his
untimely death at the age of fifty that prevented him from realizing the fulfillment of his growing personal vision.
These canvases and watercolors, on loan
from museum collections and the Marlborough Gallery in New York, attest to the
continuing power of his lyrical, dream-like imagery and its mysterious, gentle
coloring.
Born in Pittsburgh in 1912, iBaziotes spent his childhood in Reading where he
worked for a stained glass company before becoming involved in art.
He moved to
New York at the age of twenty-one, studied at the National Academy of Design, and
was soon championed by Peggy Guggenheim, who gave him his first important one-man
exhibition.
Later, as an artist, teacher, and co-founder of the "Subjects of the
Artist school" in New York, Baziotes grew to be one of the leading exponents of
abstract expressionism, always following his own individual thinking and his deep
interest in surrealism.
This exhibition, which includes over twenty oils and
several watercolors, is perhaps long overdue in Philadelphia, and it will certainly
be of interest to anyone interested in the various expressions in American art.
(more)
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'
...
"PAINTINGS BY WILLIAM\BAZIOTES AND EUGENE BAGUSKAS," (continued)
EUGENE BAGUSKAS is a contemporary artist whose huge, vibrant landscapes
of sky, clouds, trees, and animals fill the east gallery with a flurry of air
and light.
Mr. Baguskas, a native of Worcester, Massachusetts, graduated from
the Worcester Museum School of Art and the Yale University School of Art and
Architecture before coming to Philadelphia where he is currently an Assistant
Professor in Painting at the Philadelphia College of Art and a Visiting
Instructor in Painting at Swarthmore College.
Over the last four years, his
paintings have received note in group exhibitions at the Art Alliance, ICA,
the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Philadelphia College of Art,
and the American Federation of Art's traveling exhibition, "Painterly Realism."
His last one-man show was at the Green Mountain Gallery in New York.
The
Peale Galleries are pleased to be able to exhibit nearly twenty of Mr. Baguskas's
canvases and drawings, many of which will be available for sale.
HOURS:
10 to 5, Tuesday through Saturday, 1 to 5 Sunday.
Admission is always FREE of charge.
For further information and photographs, please contact Happy Shipley, LO 4-0219.
Interviews with Mr. Baguskas are available by calling WA 2-0462.
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EDWARD HOPPER EXHIBITION OPENS AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
PHILADELPHIA, PA. - -
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is pleased to
announce the opening of the exhibition, "EDWARD HOPPER
(1882 - 1967)," to be held
at th e main building on Broad and Cherry Streets from September 25th through
November 28th.
The exhibition will be, in part, a continuation of the excellent
exhibit presented this summer by the William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum
in Rockland, Maine.
However, to the forty-five works from the earlier exhibition,
t h e Pennsylvania Academy has added over sixty oils, watercolors, and graphics,
including a number of Hopper's greatest works such as "New York Movie,"
"Office
in a Small City," "Cape Cod Evening," and "Ho tel Window," on loan from museums and
private collections throughout the United States.
The exhibition is regarded as a special event as it is the first major exhibition
of Hopper's oils and watercolors in the Philadelphia area.
The only other occasion when
the artist ' s work has been exhibited here was nearly ten years ago when the Philadelphia
Museum of Art held the exhibit > "The Complete Graphic Works of Edward Hopper."
This
entire collection of fifty-four etchings and drypoints has been generously loaned to
the Academy by the Museum and may be seen again in the present exhibition.
In addition, the show is important as the first major exhibition since the
artist's death in 1967, and also as an opportunity for the public to see a full range
of Hopper's work in relation to the paintings, drawings, sketches, and studio studies
(s e veral are for paintings in the Academy exhibition) bequeathed by Hopper to the
Whi tney Museum in New York and which are on exhibit there through October 24th.
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EDWARD HOPPER EXHIBITION AT PAFA (con't.)
Altho~gh
.
Edward Hopper has long been acclaimed as the leader of American realists,
he was virtually unrecognized until 1924, when at the age of 42, he was given his first
exhibition by the Frank Rehn Gallery in New York.
Up to that time he had been making
his living as a commercial artist in New York City and quietly heading out on vacations
to study abroad, notably with Robert Henri in Paris.
Later, he spent his summers on
painting excursions in New England.
As Hopper himself once admitted, "The only real influence I've ever had was myself."
He remained steadfast to his own styie, transcending the regional "American Scene"
painters of the twenties and thirties, and developing a mature, unparalleled treatment
of light and shadow as he continued to paint commonplace scenes of city life and
rural small-town landscapes on through the forties and fifties up until his death.
Between 1923 and 1966 Hopper exhibited repeatedly in Academy Annuals when several oils
in this exhibition were shown for the first time.
In 1935 he was awarded the Temple
Gold Medal for the best painting in the Annual exhibition.
Because of the general interest and importance of this exhibition, it has already
been extended from October through November 28th.
An inexpensive, handsomely-illustrated
catalogue wili be available for sale, and special tours of the exhibit may be arranged
through the Public Relations office.
HOURS:
10 a.m . to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
This exhibition is open to everyone, Free of Charge.
For further information and photographs, please contact Mrs. Samuel Shipley, LO 4-0219.
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"PAINTINGS BY WILLIAM BAZIOTES AND EUGENE BAGUSKAS"
OPENS AT THE PEALE GALLERIES, 1811 CHESTNUT STREET
PHILADELPHIA, PA. - - From Friday afternoon, September lOth, through October 13th,
Philadelphia art-lovers will have a chance to see the work of two artists who have
never before had full exhibitions in Philadelphia, but both of whom have recently
been honored with one-man shows in New York.
WILLIAM BAZIOTES (1912 - 1963) was a very prominent figure in American art,
especially during the turbulent years following World War II, and it was only his
untimely death at the age of fifty that prevented him from realizing the fulfillment of his growing personal vision.
These canvases and watercolors, on loan
from museum collections and the Marlborough Gallery in New York, attest to the
continuing power of his lyrical, dream-like imagery and its mysterious, gentle
coloring.
Born in Pittsburgh in 19l2, iBaziotes spent his childhood in Reading where he
worked for a stained glass company before becoming involved in art.
He moved to
New York at the age of twenty-one, studied at the National Academy of Design, and
was soon championed by Peggy Guggenheim, who gave him his first important one-man
exhibition.
Later, as an artist, teacher, and co-founder of the "Subjects of the
Artist school" in New York , Baz i otes grew to be one of the leading exponents of
abstract expressionism, always following his own individual thinking and his deep
interest in surrealism.
This exhibition, which includes over twenty oils and
several watercolors, is perhaps long overdue in Philadelphia, and it will certainly
be of interest to anyone interested in the various expressions in American art.
(more)
"PAINTINGS BY WILLIAM\BAZIOTES AND EUGENE BAGUSKAS," (continued)
EUGENE BAGUSKAS is a contemporary artist whose huge, vibrant landscapes
of sky, clouds, trees, and animals fill the east gallery with a flurry of air
and light.
Mr. Baguskas, a native of Worcester, Massachusetts, graduated from
the Worcester Museum School of Art and the Yale University School of Art and
Architecture before coming to Philadelphia where he is currently an Assistant
Professor in Painting at the Philadelphia College of Art and a Visiting
Instructor in Painting at Swarthmore College.
Over the last four years, his
paintings have received note in group exhibitions at the Art Alliance, ICA,
the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Philadelphia College of Art,
and the American Federation of Art's traveling exhibition, "Painterly Realism."
His last one-man show was at the Green Mountain Gallery in New York.
The
Peale Galleries are pleased to be able to exhibit nearly twenty of Mr. Baguskas's
canvases and drawings, many of which will be available for sale.
HOURS:
10 to 5, Tuesday through Saturday, 1 to 5 Sunday.
Admission is always FREE of charge.
For further information and photographs, please contact Happy Shipley, LO 4-0219.
Interviews with Mr. Baguskas are available by calling WA 2-0462.
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts • Broad & Cherry Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 • LO 4 -0219
TWO INTERNATIONALLY-RENOWNED ARTISTS
OPEN THEIR FIRST PHILADELPHIA EXHIBITIONS AT THE PEALE GALLERIES
PHILADELPHIA, PA. - - SHALOM OF SAFED, the celebrated Israeli artist whose
charming na ive paintings ha v e won him wor ld-wide acc laim, and KAREL APPEL,
who is noted as Holland's "best-known living painter," will both be honored
with their first Philadelphia exhibitions, opening on Wednesday afternoon,
October 20th, at the Peale Galleries of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts, 1811 Chestnut Street.
The two exhibitions have been carefully selected
to giv e Philadelphia art-lovers a rewarding introduction to the works of the
artists.
Shalom will be represented by forty-five acrylics, temperas, and
lithographs, all depicting legends from the Bible through the whimsical,
inventive use o f line and color.
Appel's exhibit will focus on his graphic
work with nearly thirty brilliantly-colored serigraphs and lithographs.
Works
from both exhibitions will be available for sale, though in the case of Shalom' s
work,
the Academy is especially indebted to Mr. Daniel Doron of New York who
has generously loaned a ma jor portion of the paintings from his own collection.
As Mr. Doron has remarked, "Shalom is a witty, joyous man .... His works
are antiheroic; intimate, close.
They reduce the world of the Bible to huma n
scale, a typically Jewish attitude in art."
Shalom, indeed, has had no forma l
training in art and spent fifty years of his life as a self-taught watchmaker
in the Galilean town of Safed.
He turned to his abundant gift as an artist i n
the mid-fifties when over seventy years of age.
This background is very much
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"SHALOM OF SAFED AND KAREL APPEL," (Continued) page 2.
a part of Shalom's art, which combines a purity of expression and childlike
simplicity of vision with a mature sense of beauty and order, reflecting a
life of full devotion.
Shalom's paintings have become loved wherever they have been exhibited,
in New York, Jerusalem, Amsterdam, Brussels, London, Stockholm, and Paris.
Reviewing a one-man exhibition in Zurich for the distinguished journal Art
International, one critic wrote "Shalom's sense of design is faultless; his
colors strong and subtle . . . His work has a rare and serene grandeur rarely
found in art with such an anecdotal basis."
As a special feature at the members' opening, the Academy will present
"The Innocent Eye of a Man of Galilee" a documentary color film by Daniel
Doron and Arnold Eagle. This film explores the scope and detail of these extr a ordinary p a intings, as well as illustrating the spiritual and physical source s
of inspiration for the great naive artist who created them.
The film itself
is distinguished for its warmth and sensitivity and has been honored with Cine's
Golden Eagle award.
It will be shown at the Peale Club, Wednesday afternoon,
October 20th a t 6:00 P.M.
The work of KAREL APPEL also carries a high international reputation a nd
has been exhibited in nearly every country in Western Europe as well as in
this country, from Seattle and California to New York and Boston.
Born in
Amsterdam in 1921, Appel decided at an early age that painting was all that
was important to him, and he left his job in his father's barber shop to travel
through Belgium and Holland, painting the miners and farm workers, and living
off whatever they were able to share with him.
Appel's first turbulent burst into the art world came in 1949 when he
joined the Corneille and Nieuwenhuys to form the experimental group COBRA
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"SHALOM OF SAFED AND KAREL APPEL," (Continued) page 3.
(COpenhagen, BRussels, and Amsterdam).
The three artists published a magazine
called "Reflex" and were given their first exhibition, in Amsterdam's
Stedelijk Museum.
In this same year, when Appel was given the commission
for a mural in the canteen of Amsterdam's City Hall,
lunching civil servants
were so upset by his depiction of "Children Begging" that they began throwing
their lunches at the painting, and the resulting controversy made the artist
famous.
After another catastrophic confrontation between Appel's vigorously
smeared abstract expressionism and Amsterdam's luncheon crowd, this time in
the coffee room of the Municipal Museum, Appel left Holland for good and soon
found success in Paris, Belgium, Brazil, and the United States.
His simple,
violently-created works, literally smeared and stabbed with color, are now
sought by private collectors and museums around the world.
In 1961 he was
awarded the $10,000 Guggenheim International Award, one of the most coveted
of all art prizes, and even as early as 1958, Appel was again receiving commissions for restaurant murals, only by then it was for the new Paris headquarters building of UNESCO.
The exhibitions will extend through November 28th.
HOURS:
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Admission is always FREE of charge.
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This ye ar , C}1..ristmas at the Academy Hill be a special occasion, brightene d by
the creat i ve spirit, of children and a sharinE; of gifts anc enjoyn:en t.
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for members, children of membe r::: , and children of the
c01ll!nll.l1ity has truly been a joint effort involving the chilcJren at the 3ens on
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School at 27th and
Streets who made the ornaments and decorated the huge
Christmas t r ee, the children in the Print Club Graphics \jJorlcc:hop on Sp::-ing GarcE;l
Street o>] ho h:olped des i gn the invitation, and the arti sts vJho a::sisted the children,
especially sculptor Remo Saraceni liJho has designed a Bmall surpr i se gi ft for e2ch
guest.
Delicious refreshTents 9 special secret entertai mTIen t , and the i magi na ti ve
envi:C'onment formed by the sculptural .,;arks of I tal o SC2nga; Si dney Si mon, Nancy
Grossman, Ref.1o Saraceni, and Carl o Travagli a will a ll help make th i s one of the
best parties ever at t he Academy.
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FRANKLIN C. WATKINS' PORTRAIT OF JOSEPH T. FRASER, JR.
TO BE SHOWN AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FrNE ARTS
PHILADELPHIA, PA. -- On Friday, December 3rd, the Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts will hold a reception for members to meet the Director,
Mr. Thomas N. Armstrong, III, and the Academy Faculty on the occasion
of the presentation of the Franklin C. Watkins portrait of former Director,
Joseph T. Fraser, Jr.
Mr. Fraser has been associated with the Academy since 1934 when he was
made Curator of its Chester Springs Summer School.
He became Curator of both
the Academy Winter and Summer Schools in 1935 and served in this capacity until
1938
~l7hen
he was elected Secretary and Director, a position he filled with
zeal and dedication until his retirement on August 1, 1969.
Before coming
to the Academy, Mr. Fraser was trained as an architect at the University of
Pennsylvania and practiced architecture in Philadelphia from 1922 to 1934.
Always actively involved in projects to advance American art and artists,
Mr. Fraser has served as President of the Museum Council of Philadelphia and
has been a member of the Board of Directors of both the Philadelphia Art
Alliance and the Fairmount Park Art Association.
In 1955 he was bestowed with
the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts' Gold Medal of Honor.
under the auspices of the State Department, he and
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That year,
wife, Isabel, traveled
throughout the capitols of Europe, escorting the l50th Annual Exhibition.
Franklin Chenault Watkins was born in New York City in 1894.
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Philadelphia at the age of 18 and studied under Arthur Cortes at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts \vhere he was awarded two Cresson Scholarships for
traveling abroad.
Since that time, he has been presented with the Academy's
Temple Gold Medal (1944) and the P.A.F.A. Gold Medal of Honor (1945) as well
as a great many distinguished national and international aHards, among them
the Bronze Medal of the Paris International Exposition.
His first major
recognition came in 1931 when his renowned painting, "Suicide in Costume,"
w9n first prize at the Carnegie International Exhibition in Pittsburgh.
In disucssing his work, Hr. Watkins has commented,
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the look of
things in life must be entirely redone for picture purposes .•• Although
I hitch-hike greatly on the look of the subject, I try to come up finally
with an image that is a composite of my thoughts on that person."
Franklin
Watkins has worked with Joseph Fraser for many y ears, having been an
instructor and general critic at the Academy from 1943 to 1971, and his
portrait of Mr. Fraser is an eloquent witness of their friendship.
The portrait will be on view in Gallery K t h rough mid-January, together
with a special exhibition of painting s by former Academy faculty members
(1911 - 1940).
HOURS:
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday ; 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Admission is FREE of charge.
For further information and photographs, please contact Mrs. Samuel Shipley,
LO 4-0219.
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"RETURN TO THE FIGURE" OPENS AT THE PEALE GALLERIES
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Coming up at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts'
Peale Galleries, 1811 Chestnut Street, is an extremely interesting exhibition
vlhich focuses on the various Hays several important contemporary artists are
currently dealing with the human figure as the primary subject for their paintings.
The exhibition, ent itled "Re turn to the Figure," will open to the public on
Thursday, December 9th and extends through J anuary 9th.
Each of t he six artists whose wor k was chos en for the exhibition has an
entirely i ndividualistic approach to his subject, ranging from the bold realism
of Philip Pearlstein 's nudes to Romare Beardon 's fragmented i mages built up of
cut paper, cloth, and photographi c scraps .
While Pearlstein is clearly preoccupied
wi th space, light , and, above all, the i mportance of three-dimensional illusionist
f orm, Beardon assembl es scenes of American Negro life with frac t ured , mi xed -scale
figures whose faces often suggest African tribal masks - a motif which once
inspired the Cubists and is now us ed by the artist in portraying experiences
of the Afro - American .
Sidney Goodman , like Pearlst e in, paint s the human fi gure in a realistic
mann er totally devoid of fam iliar emotional associations.
His nudes ar e s i t uated In
precisely constructed compositions whi ch produce a haunting sense of penetrating into
the subject , far beyond what is vi sible on the canvas.
Goodman, who is associated
with the Dintenfass Gallery in New York, is a nat ive of Philadelphia and a graduate
of the Philade l phia Museum of Art College of Art, where he has r eturn ed to teach
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in the Museum School.
Another local artist represented in the exhibition is Mitzi Melnickoff, who
is presently on the faculty of the Philadelphia College of Art.
Her work is somewhat
akin to Beardon's in that it is involved with problems of pattern and design, yet
the rhy thmic character of her work, her brilliant palette, and her concern for
spatial relationsh,ips within interior scenes provide an absorbing comparison with
the other works in the exhibition.
The two large paintings by Armando Morales, a
Nicaraguan artist who came to New York in 1960 and whose work is in major collections
throughout this country and South America, present yet a further interesting
approach to the subject.
His monumental nude figures are endowed with a remote,
sculpturesque nature whic h give s a silent surrealistic mood to his canvases.
Finally, there is the enormous, inimitable work of Alex Katz, a New York artist
who deligh ts is asserting that the visual perception of people, flowers, and other
earthly things is absolutely essential to the esthetics of painting.
Although Katz's
subjects are all tied to a specific time and place, any psychological profundity or
sen t imenta lity is cleanly eradicated by the hugeness of scale, the arbitrar y cropping
and close-ups, and the flattening of pictorial surfaces into bright fields of color
where contours are reduced to the barest simplified shapes.
Two good examples of
Katz's \vork \.;rill be on view a.t the Peale Galleries, one of them a 74" high, 8' wide
free-standing cut-out, an oil on aluminum group portrait, some subjects seen headand-shoulder and some full length, but each wi th a front and back presenting t wo
distinct and separate portraits of the individual.
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JOSEPH MAGURCZEK, FOURTH- YEAR STUDENT AT THE PENNSYLVANIA
ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS, 1tlINS STIYlSON SCULPTURE PRIZE
The Stimson Prize in Sculpture, for the best work done in the
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re gular course of the class, has been awarded this year to Joseph S. Magurczek of
3347 Richmond Street,
Philadelphia~
The competition, open to students who have been registered at the Academy for
three terms and who are members of the Life Hodeling classes, was judged last 1-leek by
Charles Parks, a prominent sculptor from Hockessin, Delaw?re and himself a former
student at the Academy.
The prize of $100 was established in memory of Emma Burnham Stimson and has
been awarded every year since 1917.
The subject for the competition is a full-leng tl
figure from life, in the round, not less than two feet six inches iri height, and must
be made during class hours.
Mr. Magurczek, a graduate of Frankford High School, is currently studying Figure
Construction and Sculpture under the noted Philadelphia sculptor Harry Rosin.
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NEW SCULPTURE EXHIBITION OPENS AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
PHILADELPHIA, PA. - -
From Thursday, December 16th, through the holiday season
until January 9th, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts at Broad and Cherry
Streets will take on a totally new spirit.
The contemporary sculpture exhibition,
aptly titled COUNTERPOINT, includes not only some of the finest work being done
in this country today but also offers a polyphonic environment of complementary
and contrasting sculptural ideas.
Rather than simply choosing five different sculptors at random, the Academy
has tried to select the best expressions of several various attitudes towards
sculpture.
At one end of the main gallery there are the haunting, delicate
figurative bronzes of Sidney Simon, a graduate of the Academy and previously
honored with a one-man show there as well as at the National Gallery in Washington
and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
A little further on are seven sphinx-like
wooden heads, encased in tooled and studded leather masks.
These extraordinarily
powerful and ominous works are by Nancy Grossman, a winner of the Guggenheim
Fellowship who was corn...rnended in a recent article by John Canaday as "the most
impressive young American artist I know of."
At the far end of the gallery are works by Carlo Travaglia - linear, elegant
columns carved from wood and lacquered with polyester resin and epoxy paint.
Travaglia, a fonner Academy student and currently an Inst"ructor in Sculpture at
the Dalton School in New York, gives the exhibition an interesting combination
of geometric, contemporary design and pure, classic spatial relationships.
The entire Rotunda area and several adjoining galleries have been turned
over to two innovative Philadelphia sculptors, Remo Saraceni and Italo Scanga,
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and at this point in the exhibition, the notion of sculpture as a single, silent,
free-standing entity disappears.
An Italian-born designer and sculptor whose art
is based upon his knowledge and love of electronic engineering, Remo came to
Philadelphia five years ago after an industrious career in-Italy that included
research in air pollution, archeological excavating, and founding his own
manufacturing company.
Now, however, his energy, imagination, and technological
skill are fully devoted to his art, which ranges from kinetic jewelery to major
envirorunental works such as the free-form kinetic canopy in the Rotunda and the
magic musical carpet winding through the hallway.
Though not as involved with movement 'and sound as Remo's beautiful machines,
the created envirorunents of Italo Scanga are no less concerned with the aesthetics
of light, form, and color.
For the two galleries designated for his work at the
Academy, Scanga has assembled an extended spatial sculpture combining pure,
elongated forms of richly colored glass (whi c h he blows himself for each work)
with simple Pennsylvania Dutch farm implements of old, rusted iron.
In some
instances the glass has been blown right around the tools, and often. a symbolic
cross has been branded into the glass and filled with spices such as parsley,
basil, and curry.
Born in Italy in 1 932 , Scanga has spent most of his life
traveling through the United States, teaching and exhibiting his work.
He presently
divides his time between serving as an Associate Professor at the Tyler School
of Art and preparing for exhibitions, such as his recent sculptures at the
Museum of Modern Art , the Cocoran Gallery of Art, and the Museum of Contemporary
Art in Chicago .
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Members' Preview: 5:30 - 7:30, Wednesday, De c e mber 15th.
For furth e r information and photographs , please contact Mrs. Samuel Shipley, LO 4-0219.
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