148th Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE
FINE ARTS
BROAD AND CHERRY 5T5.
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148th ANNUAL REPORT
1953
PHILADELPHIA
Cover: Mother and Son by Daniel Garber.
Gift of the artist.
The One-Hundr.ed a,nd"Forty-Eighth
Annual Report
of
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY. of the FINE
FOR THE .V,AR
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Presented to the Meeting of the Stockholders
of the Academy on February 1, 1954·
A~lS
John F. lewis, Jr••
Henry S. Drinker .
C. Newbold Taylor
Joseph T. Fraser, Jr.
President
• Vice-President
Treasurer
. Secretory and Director
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' BOARD 'OF DIRECTORS
. Mrs. Leonard T. Beale '" Arthur C. K~4fmcmn .
*Mrs.Joseph S. Clark, Jr. James P. Magin
Henry S. Drinker
*Frederic R. Mann
Henry C. Gibson
SydneyE_; Martin
William Clarke Mason
David M. Gwinn
George P. Orr
R. Sturgis Ingersoll
Howqrd C. Pe!ers!!n
• EX-offiCio
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George B. Roberts
C. Alison Scully
John Stewart
Robert Strausz-Hupe
C. Newbold Taylor
Sydney l. Wright
STANDING COMMITT'EES
COMMITTEE ON COi.LECTIONS
AND EXHIBITION
George B. Roberts, Chairman
Mrs. Leonard T. Beale .
R. Sturgis Ingersoll
Sydney E. Martin
COMMITTEE ON fiNANCE
C. Newbold Taylor, Chairman
John Stewart
James P. Magill
C. Alison Scully
COMMITTEE ON INSTRU.C TION
William Clarke Mason, Chairman
C. Newbold Taylor
Mrs. leonard T. Beale
David M. Gwinn
COMMITTEE ON CHESTER SPRI,NGS
William Clarke Mason, Chairman
Sydney E. Martin
George B. Roberts
COMMITTEE FOR THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY
James P. Magill, ChairmQJ1, Finance
George ·B., Roberts, Chairman, Exhibition
David M. Gwinn, Chairman, Dinner
Arthur C. Kaufmann, Chairman, Publicity
William Clarke Mason, Chairman, Symposium
Ex-officio - The President and The Director
SOLICITOR
Maurice B. Saul
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WO:M.EN'.S COMMITTEE .
Mrs. leonard T. Beale, C~dirman ,
Mrs. S. Laurence Bodine Mrs.
Mrs. Francis T. Chambers Mrs.
Mrs. Emlen P. EHingMrs.
Mrs.
Mrs. John A. Griswold
Mrs . .David M. Gwinn
Mrs.
Mrs. Horace B. Hare
Mrs~ Arthur C. Kaufmann
John F. Lewis, Jr.
Morton McMichael
Geo':~e B. Roberts
Julius Rosenwald, II
Lawrence M. C: Smith .
Mrs . .Alfred G. B. Steel
Mrs. John F. Steinman
Mrs. Boudinot .Stimson
Mrs. Robert Strausz-Hupe
Mrs. Franklin C. Watkins
Mrs. John P. Wheeler
Mrs. Sydney L. Wright
STAFF
GENERAL
Joseph T. Fraser, Jr.
Charles J. Marsh
Ann O. Evans
Au~ust Viilu.
Mabel L. Eiseley
Fran,ces M. Vanderpoor
Elizabeth Z. Swenson .
• Director and Secretory
Assistant to the Secretory
Secretory to the Director
• Bookkeeper
• Registrar and Research .
Exhibition and Membership Clerk
Director of Public Relations and
Membership
SCHOOL.S
Idoy and evening'
Raymond T. Entenmann
Catherine R. Newbold
Martha . K. Schick .
. Curator
Secretory to the Curator
Librarian and Sales
fACULTY
George Hartling
Roy C. Nuse
Francis .Speight
Walker Hancock
Roswell Weidner.
Harry Rosin
Edward Shenton
*Franklin C. Watkins
John W. McCoy
Julius Bloch
Walter Stuempfig
Hobson Pittman
Morris Blackburn
John Hanlen
William Sasagawa
John F. Harbeson
William M. Campbell
Philip Aliano
Edmond J. Far:r~s
Jock Bookbinder
Theodor Siegl
eleave-of.absence 1953-54
.(Summer,
Roy C~ Nuse
. Francis Speight
Roswell Weidner
Morris' Blackburn
BUILDING
Moyfond T; McAyoy, Superintendent
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RE PO R T " '0 F" T H E OFFICERS AND
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
In the Annual Report of last year, we stressed our financial ' problems
and ' pOinted ' out the recurrent periods in our history when difficulties of
this nature wer~ paramount iri'importance. This year, however, we are
pleased to~eport certain specific ' instances of good fortune. The, s'ingle '
in~st jmportal1t boon to our finanCial problems was the receipt of a ,
~25,OOO.00 appropriation from the City of Philadelphia. We are hopeful '
fhatwe may expect the continuance of this grant. In recognition of it,
the Academy now accords ten sc;:holarships per year for our entire course
to the best students of the City's pu~lic and parochial schools who wish
to avail themselves of the opp~rtunity to study in our schools.
The second great encouragement came with the improved enrollment in
our schools when we opened our 'Classes in September. Specific data is
listed in the School report, but here it shall suffice to say that the incoming
~Iass was more than double the size of that of the Fall of 1952. Although
his appointment came too late in the year to influ~nce this improvement
in registration, we report the engagement of Raymond T~ Entenmann as
the new Curator of our schools; Mr. Entenmann took up his active duties
on June 1, 1953 and the Management 'is extremely pleased with his work,
which coincides with a , great improvement in the work of and morale
in the school.
As originally reported last year, the Academy again received the generou,s
gift of $10,000.00 from Mrs. Harrison S. Morris, making possible the,
continuation of our great Annual Exhibitions of Contemporary American
Oil Painting and Sculpture. These exhibitions' are now held as memorials
to her late husband, Harrison S. Morris, who was Managing Director of
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1892 to 1905.
The Catherwood Foundation again assisted in the finanCing of our 51 st
Annual Exhibition ' of Water Colors, " Prints and Drawings, and except for
this generous help toat feature could not have been continued .
....;. :
Mrs. lucie Washington Mitcheson, a former stockholder , ,o f the Academy
who died in May; '1952; andhvo former life , members~ Miss Helen E.
Shand and Miss Matilda Maulsby, who died in 'June and August, 1953,
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respectively, each bequeathed ' $1000.00; ;to : the Academy. The three
legacies have now . been . tumed over -Jo the instituti~n" ~ich is exceedingly grateful to ' receive these gifts fr~mloyal friends.
Mrs: Frances Weeks lux has . giv~n the Academy $1000.00, the ~ income
from which is to be used as a school prize or p~izes i~ memory of he~
late uncle, the artist, Mr. John R. Conner. This is recorded here with the
gratitude ' of the Management.
In a building the age of ours; .there is constant need for 'extensive repair
and renovation. The most crying present need is for new .entrance. doors
and an adequate vestibule. The present doors are obsolete and inadequate and need to be replaced with larger; air-tight ones with a more
inviting motif. This change will involve construction .and heating adjust.ments, which will be very costly, but it is. hoped that the project -may be
accomplished ' before we stage our 150th anniversary celebration early
.in 195"5. Two , members of 9ur B.o ard have already made gener-ous contributions to this end, and these are among the items recorded in '1953.
We continue to be gratefuUo the Women's. Committee for their gracious
help and encouragement, and also to 9ur loyal . staff who, .though not
many in numbers, support the Director and President in all of our
activities. We should like particularly to. thank, and also ·to congratulate,
the FelloVfship for the exemplC;JrY helpwhichi.t is giving to ' the Academy,
especially through support of the special lecture series,. ·andthe . 'motion
picture programs.
JOSEPH T. FRASER" . JR., Dire,;tor
. JOHN · F. LEWIS, JR;, ' President
EXHIB'ITIONS
THE 148th'ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF OIL PAINTING AND SCULPTURE
The 148th Annual Exhibition of Oil Painting and Sculpture was held in the
Galleries from, January 25th , through March 1st, with a Private View on
Saturday, January 24th, from 9 to 11 P. M.
SCULPTURE JURY
PAINTING JURY
Peppino Mangravite, Chairman
Peter Blume
, Stuart Davis
William Zoraeh, Chairman
Lu Dubie
Henry Kreis
PRIZES AND AWARDS
The Painting Jury award,e d the following:
, Temple Gold Medal-Rico Lebrun for Figures On The Cross With
l.antern (pointing)
Jennie Sesnan Gold Medal-Yves Tanguy for IIIimited Sequences
, (painting)
Carol H. Beck Gold Meda/-Elsie Manville for Yellow Hat (painting)
J. Henry Schiedt Memorial Prize-8en Katzman for Two Nudes Belore
A Japanese Screen (painting)
The Sculpture Jury awarded the following:
George' D. Widener Memorial Gold Medal-Anthony Lauck for Monk
At Pr.ayer (sculpture)
Alfred G. B. Steel Memorial Prize-Nathaniel Kaz for Dance Espagnore (sculpture).
Honorable , MEm'io~s in Sculpture-Humbert Albrizio for Kneeling
Figure and Marina Nunez del Prado for Cats.
The Committee on Exhibition awarded the following:
Walter Lippincott Prize-Isabel Bishop for Interlude (painting)
Mary Smith Prize-Elsie Manville for Yellow Hat (painting)
A Special Jury appointed by the President of the Academy's ' Fellowship
awarded:
The Fellowship Prize-Jack Bookbinder for Gaiety Theatre, Philadelphia (painting)
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Gallery Talks, sponsored by the -Fellowship, were held at 2:30 P•.M. as
follows: January 29th, Benton Spruance; February : 5~h, Harry Rosin;
February 1 ~th, Hobson Pittman; February 19th, Dorothy Grafly; February
26th, Walter E. Baum. Two in the 1952-53 series of five free chamber music concerts were presented by the Academy as a feature of this Exhibition os follows: January
30th-works for four hands at one piano, by Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert,
Debussy, Hindemith and Dvor~k-Ralph Berkowitz -a nd: Vladimir Sokoloff,
pianists; February 27th-sonatas by Schubert, Strauss and -Franck-Jascha
Brodsky, violinist, and Vladimir Sokoloff, pianist.
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Two . in the series of four Meet the Artist evenings, scheduled by the
Academy for the 1952-53 season, occurred during this exhibition, as
follows: Vaclav Vytlacil, painter, and Peter Blume, painter, on Tuesdays,
February 3rd and 17ttl;respectively, at 8:30- P. M.
Thee~hibition consisted of 425 works-295 paintings and 130 sculpt~res.
The Academy purchased 1 painting each through its Gilpin ~nd Temple
Funds, and 7 paintings . through its Lambert Fund. The Sa~uel S. Fleisher
Art Memorial purchased 9 paintings, and 8 works were sold privately.
The entire 26 works represented the sum of $12,105.00. The total
attendance was 13,954.
THE FELLOWSHIP ANNUAL EXHIBITION
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The Fellowship Annual Exhibition of Oil Painting, Sculpture, Water Colors
and Graphics, and the Fellowship-sponsored Exhibition of Student Work,
were held in Galleries K, M, and the East Corridor, from March 13th
through April 5th, with a Private View on Thursday, March t 2th, from
4 t.O 6 P. M.
JURIES FOR FELLOWSHIP£XHIBITION
. OIL PAINTING
Albert Gold
Martin Jackson
J. Stephen Lewis
WATER COLORS AND GRAPHICS
Vernon Dornbach
Frederick Gill
John lear
SCULPTURE
Onaga
' Wallace Kelly
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PRIZ'~S , AND :A WARDS',
The Juries awarded the foHowin'g/ -' "
: ' ' H~rrl~~~ ' ~~. Morris Prize ' divided::"Be~ Ei~~~st~t' for City Scene .(Water
color) $50.00; Walter Reinsel for Lobster Trap (waIer color) $25.00;
9n~ Mi!dr;~ci Ql'J<?:? f()r ,!lJ1ips (~eri9.raph print,) $25.00.
,FeUoY(ship- Gold , Medal Award-..Ben , Solowey , for , The Pink TabllE!
C;,loth (qill ' ,
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Hanorable ' Mention.:...:-HEmr-y W.'Peacock , for Little Italy and ' The
Church '(oils)
May Audubon Post Pr;~es~Paui Greenwood ' Tor :Head (scuipture(
Caroline Gibbons Granger Memorial Prize-Thomas Meehan for Day
of Mountain Flowers (om
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\' Student Prize-Pau'l Kramer for Tb~ Bla~k Hat (oil)
~ Student Pr;;~~Richafd Macadam' fo; Infinitum (oil)
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A Gallery Talk was given by Walker Hancock at 2:30 P. M. on March 19th.
the F~f1owship E~llibition" consist~ci ~f 118 works ,by 85 artists; the Student
.Exhi~\t!o~: i,~~~'u~ed , 25 work,s. ~in;~ item~ were ~oldrepresenting a sales
volu'e of $69~LOO.
The total attendance was 3312.
MEMORIAL EXHIBITION OF THE WORK OF '
, ARTHUR, B. CARLES
A Memorial ,Exhibition of the work of Arthur B. Carles (1882-1952) was
'h~ld ,'in ' Gcirj~ri'e~ ' Ea~d >F a~d in 'the West' Corridor from MarcIl 18th
th~ough Ap~il 12th, opening with a Private View on Tuesday, th'~ 17th,
'from 4 ' to 6
iM. A 'totai ' of '61'
lh'e't()t~i att~rid~rice ' ;';:'as '3 5'15'. '
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pai'.ltings wasinc!uded in the exhibition'.
STUDENT
EXHIBITION
The Student Exhibition held in conjunction with the COlllpetition for the
Willia~ 'Eml~~ Cresson Memori~1 Europea~ Traveling Scholarships was on
view in Galleries D, , E, f( J and the Rotunda from May 21 st through
June 7th, open,ing with Exercises for the students and , their friends on
May 20th at 4 P. M. An address was made in Gallery F by G. Holmes
Perkins, Dean of the School of Fine · Arts, University of Pennsylvania,
before the . aw.arding of Cresson Scholarships and other prizes;
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The Board of D!rectors, on recommendation of the faculty; ' dwarded the
following:
William Emlen Cresson Memorici ~ur6pean ;Trciv~/fng 'Scholarships
($1350 each):
Chase Spilman Decker
DavidK. De long
Lois Eaibn ' '.'.
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Rob~rf A~ Marth;
Charles E. Harpt
Rosalie Kaplin
John Griswold Nace
Eric J. ,Ryan, Jr.
Clarence F. .Sherdon
Honorable Mentions with Free ruition, 1953-54:
Ina Pivar Abrams
Gerard ~egelspach ,
AndreviTheis '
Nicholas Michnya
Honorable Mention:
Paul S. Kramer
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Lewis S. Ware Memorial European Traveling Scholqrsh!p ($I350):
George Gordon Russell, Jr.
Henry 1. Schiedt Memorial Scholarships (.$1200):
Walt~r
K. Hood
John L.. MasJey" Jr. ,
Susan Corse Stuempflg .
Thomas Eakins' Memorial Prize ($100):
William C. Utermohlen, k ~"
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Thouron Prizes: '
Awarded
Awarded
Awarded
Awarded
by the Faculty ($50) --2 RichardMacadam
by Instructor ($50) - Sheba Sharrow
by Instructors ($25) -:- George C;ordon, Russ,el1, ' Jr.
by Stupents ($25) - EmilyD. Hitch
Packard Prizes:
First Prize ($30) - Florence Jacobs Moore
Second Prize ($20) -:- Ann Claiborne
Perspective Class Prize ($20):
Awarded _by . lnstructors,John 'F. , Harbeson, and , William
Campbell - Harold D. Sanders
, HonordbJe ' Mentions: Richard S. Chew, .Jr. '
Richard M. 'Gibney c .
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· Closs I?riz.es:
Graphics ($25) - Clarence f. Sherdon
Hon.orQble Mentions: Emily D. Hitch
Martha A. Zeit
Construction ($50) - Martha A. Zeit
Anti.ql,Je Cost Drawing ($50) - Nicholas Michnya
First Yeor Design Closs:
Honorable Mentions: Jon A. Balsley
Wolter Collins Thomas, Jr.
Harold F. Thompson
Marc C. Schoettle
Giuseppe Donato Prize for Landscape Pointing ($50J:
David K. De Long
Alexander Portnoff Memorial Prize ($50J:
Matthew O. Gordon
Night School ($25J:
Gilbert Pohlman
Honorable Mention: Newell G.
U~ansay
Scholarship, carrying tuition and boord, to Skowhegan Summer School,
Skowhegan, Moine - Andrew Theis
The Stewardson Prize ($100) awarded on March 27th, by a Jury consisting of Bertha Kling, Harry Rosin and Raphael Sabatini ~ Rosalie Koplin
The Stimson Prize ($100) awarded on November 13th, by a Jury consisting of Raphael Sabatini, Bruce Moore and Charles Rudy - Rosalie
Koplin
Honorable Mention: Jean Crutchfield
The University of Pennsylvania, in conjunction with the Academy, through
the Co-Ordinated Courses, awarded Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees to the
following:
Eric James Ryan, Jr.
Phyllis Shaffran '
James Stoddard Ryan
and Moster of Fine Arts degrees to:
Chose Spilman Decker
John Griswold Nace
A total of 30 works was sold representing a sales value of $1032.00.
Total attendance at the Exhibition was 1299 •
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THE 51 st ANNUAl; WATER COLOR AND PRINT EXHIBITION
Th<! 51st Annual Water Color' and Print Exhibition, held .in collaboration
with The Philadelphia Water Color Club, and with the cooperation of
The Catherwood Foundation, Was hung in Galleries S, C, D, E~ F·, ),1<,
l, N,. and the Rotunda, from October 18th throlJgh November 21nd, with
a Private View on Saturday, 'October 17th, from 9 to 11 P. M.
JURY OF SELEctio·N
Sadamitsu N. Fujita
John McCoy
Henry C. Pitz
Karl Schrag
William Thon
PRIZES AND AWARDS
The Jury of Selection awarded the following:
Philadelphia Water Color Prize - Dong Kingman for Railroad, Oakland
Dema Water Color Meda/- Francis Chapin for Whitehall Fetry
Honorable Mention - Barbara Aubin for Loop Coed Yards,
Chicago
Alice McFadden Eyre Medal - Ernest Freed fOr Scheherazade ('color
entaglio)
Honorable Mentions - Leonard Edmondson for Figures of Reflection (color etching)
B. M. Jackson for Birth of Laventosa
(zinc etching)
The Directors of the Water Color Club awarded the following:
Pennell Memorial Medal- Antonio Frasconi for Night Work :(wood
cut)
Dawson Memorial Medal- Rita Wolpe Barnett for The Flower Vendors (water color)
Honorable Mention - Harry Dunn for The Jungle (water color)
Philadelphia Water Colo; Club Medal of Award -The Philadelphia
. Art Alliance. (Conferred at the- discr~tion of the Club in -recognition
of an individual or institution for their sincerity of purpose in the
advancement of art.)
Invited to this series of exhibitions for the first time was a collection of
58 humorous original drawings previously reproduced in The New Yorker.
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Three' wafer: colors 'by John 'Marin f1872-1953,) "were",sl'iown:'as' a :meri'ioi"ial
to this dean of American artists, whose death occurred after his pailJtings
had he~n invited. ' ,' "
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Gallery Talks, sponsor~d by the Fellowship, were ,helq, qt, 2:30 P. ,M.as
follows:, October 2.2nd" AI~e~t Gold; October 29th, J~hn 'L7ar; , Nove"?~e~
5th, Frederick Gill; November 12th, Dorothy Grafly! November ,1.9th,
Emidio Angelo.
Two in the 1953-54 series, of" fiv~ free chamber music concerts were
presented by the Academy as a feature of this Exhibition, (:IS follows:
October 23rd - Marian Head, violin, and Vladimir SOkoioff, piano, in
Sonatas by Mozart, 'Milhaud and . Dohnanyi; November 20th - Thomas
Hageman, flute; Alfred Genovese, oboe; Matthew Ruggiero, bassoon;
Ronald Leonard, cello; a!'ld "Vlad,imir , .~okoloff, piano, in a program of
American Contemporary Music.
A!so given , during the exhibition was a , Lecture on Tuesday evening,
N~vember ' l Oth, at 8:30 P. M.,by Alfred V. Fr~nkenstein, artcmd music
critic of the -San Francisco Chronicle, on The Adventures of an Art
Detective. ~ ." .
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The Exhibition consisted of 512 it~ms - the work of artists from 31 States
and several fqreign- countries,- A total of 22 works was sold, representing
a sales value of $1366.00. The total attendance was 6389.
MEMORIAL EXH!BITION OF THE WORI( OF '
THORNTON .OAKLEY
A Memorial Retrospective Exhibitio~ of 56 paintings and illustrations by
Thornton Oakley (1881-1953), President of The Philadelphia Water Color
Club from 1938 to 1953, was held in Gallery A during the Water Color
Exhibition.
EXHIBITION OF ADVERTISING AND EDITORIAL ART
The 19th Ann~~1 Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art, ' staged by
the Art Directors' Club of Philadelphia, was held in Galleries E, J, K, all
of 'the Rotunda, ' and the East a~d West Corridors, from December 5th
through January 3rd, with a Private View on Friday, December 4th, from
4 to 6 P. M. The total attendance was 2765.
Through the cooperation of the Fellowship, a Lecture . by ' Eric Newton,
former art critic of the M.anchester Guardian and Sunday Time; of London,
on The Meaning of Modern Art was held on Tuesday , evening, December
15th, at 8:30 P. M.
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,PH I LA D,E L:PH IA··.·AR-TI S,T S,# ,GA L. ~. ER 'Y.· :
Paintings by Morris Berd -
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April 7th through 26th
.Painl"ings by Thomas F. Meehan -
April 28th through May 31 sf
Sculpture by Joseph J. Greenberg, Jr. 22nd
Paintings by lucius Crowell -
.odober 18th through Novembe~
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December 4th through JanuarY 3 rd
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A total of8works was 'sold from the exhibitions in:'thisgalleryrepresentlng
o sales value, of $3475.00. The total attendance was 14~789.
L ITT L E G A L LERY
MAIN
FLOOR
A series of monthly student exhibitions was held throughout the school
yeaL The student body elected a jury from 'its owngtoop for each e~hibi"
tion, and that jury selected the work for, and hung,' e~ch ;exhibition.
A total, of?, works .w as sold; r.epresenting a sales volu.e of $137.00;.
TOTAL
~TTENDANCE
IN THE GALLERIES during
,195~:·
38,557 .. .
ACQui
SI T I ONS
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Purch a ses
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Through the Temple Fun,d, fro~ tbe ) 48th Annual Exhibition,: .
, ' . , Figu~es of Pompeii, by VadavVytlacil (p'a inting)
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Through the Gilpin Fund, from the 148th Annual Exhibition:
lIIimited Sequences, by Yves T~rig~y' (painting')
Throogh the lambert Fund, ' f~o'm .the 148th Annuql 'Exhi~i~ion:
. Box Number Two-a-Six by Will Barnett (painting)
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Mexican Arena by Robert M. Freimark (painting) .
The Weirs by Arthur Flory (painting)
. World PoeJTl by Leo Ql)c;mchi (painting)
. Across the Tracks by R~lph D~bin (p~intirig)
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Architectural Study by George Gordon Russell, Jr. (painting)
The Kite by John Sharp (painting)
Through the Committee on Collections:
The Prisoner by Joseph J. Greenberg, Jr. (sculpture)
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An exchcinge of paintings as follows: Twilight lor Gaiety Theatre,
Philadelphia, both by Jack Bookbinder; Entrance to Kingston for
Morning Paper #2, both by Hobson Pittman.
Gifts
Antique furniture, on indefinite loan, from Mrs. Alfred 8endiner, for use
in Gallery N.
Holy Family by Alflo Faggi (sculpture) from a group of the artist's friends.
Portrait of Joseph Harrison and portrait of his wife, Sarah Poulterer
Harrison by Robertson from Mrs. leland Harrison.
Portrait of Joseph Pemberton and Portrait of Ann Galloway Pemf?erton by
John Hesselius from Mr. Henry K. Pemberton, on indefinite loan.
Catalogs, scrap books, et cetera, relating to the Academy, from Mrs.
Alfred G. B. Steel.
Glendale by Francis Speight (painting) from Mrs. Alfred G. B. Steel.
Standing Girl by Doris Caesar (sculpture) from Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon Pitney.
Ecce Homo by Umberto Romano (painting) from Dr. Abraham J. Rosenfeld.
Portrait of Samuel Sartain by Thomas Sully (painting) from Miss Harriet
Sartain.
The Philadelphia Orchestra by Arthur B. Carles (painting) from Mr. Thomas
A. Greene.
Mother and Son by Daniel Garber (painting) from the artist.
Antique desk which had belonged to George Clymer, first President of the
Academy and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence,
from Mrs. Anna L Overton.
Kiosk by Abraham Rattner (painting) from Mr. Benjamin Steppat.
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Portrait o~Edward Eichholtz ' by Jacob Eichholtz (painting) from Miss
Katharine Eichholtz.
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LOANS
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, February 13th to March 22nd,
for a Jury of Selection Exhibiti6,;~ East Wind Over Weehawken by
Edward Hopper.
Century Association, New' York City, during the months of March and
April, for exhibition of works by the Peale Family: Portrait of Robert Morris,
Self-Portrait, Portrait of Baron Von Steuben, Portrait of George Washington, all by Charles Willson Peale; Portrait of Jean Antoine Houdon, Portrait
of Jacques Louis David, Portrait of Richard Peters, all by Rembrandt Peale;
James Peale and His Family and Self-Portrait, by James Peale.
Mu~eum of Fine Arts, Boston, for exhibition February 15th to March 15th,
Early American Jewish Portraits and 'Silver, Colonel Isaac Franks by Gilbert
Stuart.
American Federation of Arts, for Benefit Exhibition, February 25th to
March 31 st, to be held at Wildenstein Gallery, New York, Fox Hunt by
Winslow Homer.
William A. Farnsworth library and Art Museum, Rockland, Maine, for
exhibition of the artist's work, August 6th to September 13th, Cafe Tables
by Stephen Etnier.
Philadelphia Cricket Club, for exhibition February 16th through March
15th, Villa Maria by Ca.t harine H. Grant.
Woodmere Art Gallery, Philadelphia, for exhibition of the artist's work,
January 11th through 31st, Return at Six and The Wall by Walter Stuempfig.
Cosmopolitan Club, Philadelphia, for exhibition March 4th to April 4th,
Spiral by Walker Hancock.
Humbert Howard for submission to the Guggenheim Foundation, in connection with his competition for an award, March 20th for approximately
one month, The Yellow Cup by Mr. HoWard.
University of Pennsylvania, March 16th to March 30th, for use on television program, Moroccan Goat by Nat Choate, and Gentleman Unknown
by John Vanderlyn.
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William Barnett for submission to the ,. Guggenheim Foundation, March 25th
for approximately two weeks, in connection with his application for a
grant, Cool Flowers by Mr:Barnett. . . .':
Norfolk Museum, Virginia, for ~xj,ibition, April 7thfo'r approximatelyon~
month, Three Figures and Owl and Figure with Horse's Head by Tiepolo.
The Ei'len Do~ov~n 'Gallery, Philadelphia, fo~ exhibition Ap'ril 20th to May
9th, The Weirs by Arthur Flory.
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The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City; for exhibition
April 15th through June 15th, Schuylkill Valley Town by Francis Speight:
Philadelphia Art Ailiance, for e~hibition 'o f the artist's 'wo~k May 5th to
7th, Gaiety . Theatre, ,Philadelphia by Jack Bookbinder,
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State University of Iowa, Iowa City, for exhibition June 'l st to August 1st,
Ultra-Marine by Stuart Davis.
Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company, for continuation 'of · ioans for ' the
PiCfure-"of-the-Month Exhibition, from July 1953 to Juhe 1954; the f6110wing:
Fourth of July in Center Square by J~hn Lewis Krimmel
Cool Flowers. by William Barnett
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County Fair by Roswell Weidner
Eliz~beth Willing Jackson by Gilb~rt Stuart
Black Night, Russell's Corner by George C. Ault
Jeweler's Window by Benton Spruance
Still Life by Emlen Etting
Osier's Cave by Paul Wescott
. Mumble-tile-Peg by Henry Inman '
Place of Echoes by Martin Jackson
Apple Blossom Time by George Inness
Cafe Tables by Stephen Etnier
M. Knoedler and Company, New York City, for exhibition for three weeks
beginning Odober 26th, Young America by Andrew Wyeth.
Alan ' Gallery, New York City, for one-man exhibition of artist's work,
November 23rd through December 24th, Composition, October 7950 by
Robert Knipschild.
Fairmount Park Commission, Philadelphia, for use at Playhouse in the Park,
August 28th to September 8th, Hina Rapa by Harry Rosin and The Bathers
by Edward McCartan.
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Henry W,; .Pea!=9ckfor s.l}b,rhis.sron 'to - theTiff~l)yf:olihdclti~'l in con,nection
with the artist's . entrx: in ' c.? mpe!itioo for , aschol~r:shil?, }~e Hex Sign by
Mr. Peacock.
Art Stude~ts League,Ne"",York City, for Kenneth HpyesMiiler . M~moriaf
Exhibition September 23rd through October .11 th, The Spring by Gladys
Mock.
Cheltenham Township Art Cente~ f~r exhibition October 2nd t() Nov~mber
lst, Summer Scene and Negro by Franklin Watkins.
Gimbel Brothers, Philadelphia, for loan during Pennsylvania Week the
framed poster concerning the exhibition of - the sculpture of George
Washington by William Rush (1815).
Midtown Galleries, New York City, for . ex,hibition of the artist's work
October 20th through November 7th, Going Fishing ,by Margit Varga.
Santa Barbara Museum cif Ar.t,Californ'ia, for a traveling exhibition
Impressionism in American Art to be shown there, in Toledo, Seattle,
Dallas and San Francisco from December, 1953 through July, 1954,
Cat Boats by Childe Hassam.
Philadelphia Art Alliance, for an exhibition of the artist's work, December
8th to 28th, Rhapsody in Steel by Francis Criss.
Woodmere Art Gallery, Philadelphia, for retrospective exhibition of the
ar·tist'~\vork. Decembe~ 15fh through January 1954, Twilight by Catharine
Mon;is Wright.
In addition to the above list of t~mporaryloans, the Academy, in its work
of furtheri~g fhe artistic interests of the City of Philadelphia, has placed
on indefinite loan a total of 106 paintings from its permanent collection.
Among'- the institutions benefifing from this lending policy are: The
American Swedish Historical Museum, the Free Library of Philadelphia,
the Atwater Kent Museum, International House, Lincoln University, Office
of the Mayor of Philadelphia, and the University of Pennsylvania.
The Musical Fund Sodety 'of Philadelphia has withdrawn the following
pictures which had been in the Academy on indefinite foan for several
years: Portrait . of Dr. Edward G. McCollin byWeymann Adams, and
Portrait of Francis Gurney Smith by Thomas Sully.
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/C ONSERVATION OF WORKS FROM
PERMANENT COLLECTION
The following fifteen works from the permanent collection have received
conservation attention during the year from Theodor Siegl, the Academy's
conservator and technical adviser:
Landscape with Trees by George Innes
Miss Mary McCall by Robert Feke
Philadelphia Orchestra by Arthur B. Carles
World Poem by leo Quanchi
Charles H. Groesbeeck by John Vanderlyn
J. H. Gtoesbeeck by John Vanderlyn
Andrew Jackson by George Catlin
The Wright Familr by Joseph Wright
Joseph Pemberton by John Hesselius
Ann Galloway Pemberton by John Hesselius
Masked Ball at the Opera by Charles Hermans
Honfleur by James McNeill Whistler
John F. Lewis by Jacob Eichholtz
Eliza Mower Lewis by Jacob Eichholtz
Portrait of Jcimes Ross by Thomas Sully
SCHOOLS
The various activities in our ' schools - winter (day and evening) and summer - were very successfully conducted through the period 'o f this report.
Mr. 'Franklin C. Watkins, the recipient of a Grant to be painter-in-residence
at the American Academy in Rome in 1952-53, was granted an extended
leave-of-absence for the school year 1953-54 to permit him to remain in
Rome for another seasOn. In addition to his customary teaching, Mr.
Francis Speight has' been conducting landscape classes one day each
week. Mr. Morris Blackburn is giving the first year course in painting
design this year.
Mr. Harry Rosin, on leave last year, returned to the sculpture department
in September. Mr. Karl Karhumaa came to the department this season from
the studio of Ivan Mestrovic in the capacity of student-instructor.
Inasmuch as Mr. Edward Shenton found it necessary to remain in Europe
until after the opening of school in ,S eptember, Mr. William Sasagawa,
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illustrator; was engaged to substitute for Mr. Shenton both then and during
the season, in order that Mr. Shenton could make periodic trips to Washington in connection with his commission for mural designs for the War
Memorials in Belgium and France.
The si)!:.-weeks' summer school has been found to flll a very real need for
the dty (lrt student who cannot plan for study at distant places, and this
summer also includ.ed a workshop in graphics, as well as study of the
Rosenwald Print Collection.
On Cresson Day in May, the Academy awarded its highest honor, the
Academy Gold Medal of Hon.or, to Mr. George Harding and Mr. Walker
Hancock, heads of its - mural decoration and sculpture departments,
respectively. The commission to des!gn the Dwight D. Eisenhower Inaugural
Medal, and receipt of the Philadelphia Art Alliance M,e dal of Achievement,
were additionai honors bestowed upon Mr. Hancock this year.
A $1000.00 grant was awarded to Mr. Francis Speight by the National
Institute of Arts and Letters, and the American Academy of Arts and
Letters purchased his painting Lock House.
The National Academy of Design awarded full membership to Mr: Hobson
Pittman -and Mr. Walter Stuempfig, both instructors in our school.
" In addition to the magnificent sum repres~nted in the various student
awards made by the Academy in 1953 (over $19,000.00), we are happy
to report that A,c ademy students, or thos~ only recently completing their
~tudies here, were the recipients of several awards from other institutions,
two of the most important having been awarded by the Louis Comfort
Tiffany Foundation in its 1953 scholarship competition: $2000.00 to Paul
Kramer:: (painter) and $500.00 to Charles Parks (sculptor).
On the afternoon of May 22nd, Mr. and Mrs. David M. Gwinn gave a
party to introduce to friends of the Academy the student work on .exhibition in connection with the competition for traveling scholarships and
. other school prizes. The party was a great success and resulted in a fine
record of sales.
Miss Martha K. Schick reports a constant growth of student -interest in
the library from which 920 items were withdrawn on loan and returned
during the year. AI~o reported are the purchase of fifty new books and
the receipt of the following gifts: 120 books from Mrs. Alfred G. 8. · Steel,
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13 books' from Mr~ : John F. Lewis, - Jr., ' and 9 miscellaneous items from
the, 'Philadelphia Art ,Alliance. The A<:ademy,: library presented several
volumes on the history, of costume design to the 'Moore Institute;
PUBLIC
RELATIONS
'Since one 'of the several ' duties of this depclrtrrieritis publidtyfor both
gclll~ries and school activities, and 'rrluth 'of it on a , nation-wide basis,
we sHould like first t6 record' ci word ' of appreciation to the art critics!
to newspapers, art and other publications, calendars Of many organizCitions, the radio and television, for invaluable cooperation.
Our series of free chamber music concerts, held this time for the fifth
consecutive year, has come to be one of the ' really fine contribu'tionsto
the music life of the City and as such is ' attracting greater interest and
aftendance each year; Since the Academy' has no m'usic budget, assistance
from the Music Performance Trust Furid ' of the American Phonograph
lndu,stry, hqs 'TIade, th~ series possible. , Loan of a Steinway Pia.J:l0' its
tuning and transportation hav,e all been arranged without cost to the
Academy. Able pianist, Vladimir Sokoloff, has oQain , arr~nged the programs and brought to us the finest musicians in the City.
The Americari Society of An'cient Instruments held ' its twenty~fifth ' annual
festival in ' our galleries on April 15th and 16th. The total attendance for
the concerts ,o f this - unique organi?:ation, and for our own five, was
well , over 3700.
In the life and annual classes, 242ne~ members were enrolled, and
four members increased their classification, adding $3644.00 in' new
membership funds.
No other art institution in the country maycelebi'ate a l,sOth birthday,.
As the Academy approaches this occasion in 1955, we urge our members
and stockholders to encourage a greater ' interest on the part of their
friends in' Acade~y membership. '
BUILDINGS
MAIN
BUILDING, BROAD
AND CHERRY STREETS '
and
' ANNEX,
1834 ' ARCH
STREET
This has no't been a year of major alterations or repairs, but in both
buildings considerable work that improved appearances or convenierice~
or both, has been accomplished.
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New ' topperspouting 'w as-i'nstalled in severed ' places on the outside of
the main building, other drains cleaned, and leaks in the ' old ' section of
.the roof repaire~.
New lin'oleum was lriic('i~ the main office fbllowing considerabie repair
work on the old floor. The walls and ceilings in several 'studios were
scraped and repainted, the floors through the entire school repainted,
the students're,c re'ation room' renovated, and the illustration ,students'
booths and the students,' dining (OO,m on the basem.ent floor, repainted.
rloors~ and woodwork were repainted :in the Arch Stree.t building.
A considerable amount of new water piping was installed in both buildings
and much electrical work accomplished. All of this, excepting the laying
of thelinoleUl:n, was done by the Academy's maintenance staff. '
WOMEN'S ' COMsyllTTEE
Memb~rs
of. the , Comm.ittee presided at the refreshment tabl~s for the
private views of the two Annual Exhibitions, and ' entertained at small
dinner parties before each of these occasions. '
On Tuesday afternoon, March 17th, the Committee gave a cocktail party
opening , the , memorial retrospective exhibition of the .work of Arthur B.
Carles given by ' and at the Academy with the Philadelphia Museum , of
Art collaborating . •
It also a~ranged rece'p tions in honor of the following ari'ists who wEm~
exhibiting in the Philadelphia Artists; Gallery: Morris Berd on April' 10th
and Thomas ' Meehan ,on May 1sf. "
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TH E FE LLOW 5 HIP
The Academy's Fellowship (alumni) was organized in 1897. This year ,i!
sponsored a serie,s of programs of color slides of great art works (from
the Philadelphia Museum of Art slide collection) for Academy students,
and another of "art films to which Academy members were also invited,
and twice ' wee~ly during the winter season conducted Croquis Classes
for its members and Academy stl,ldents.
During the 1953-54 season it e~pended $500.00 to spo~sor a s~des of
four lectures free to Academy members and friends, two having occurred
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within th~ period of this report, as follows: Alfred V. Frankenstein, November 10th; Eric Newton, December 15th.
Its 1953 Annual Exhibition of Painting, Sculpture and Graphics was held
from . March 12th throu.gh April 5th, with the Fellowship-sponsored exhibition of student work show~ng concurrently.
It also presents the Gallery Talks for the Academy's Annual Exhibitions ..
awards the Fellowship Prize of $1 00 in each of the Annual Painting and
Sculpture Exhibitions, and when staging its own exhibitions, · gives the
Academy $350;00 each time for the use of the galleries with attending
services.
It sponsors a Students' Committee whose members are chosen from the
student body, with one of the group serving on the Fellowship's Board of
Managers, for the purpose of keeping the Board informed co~cerning
the welfare of students, recommending them for teaching positions, or
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directing them to other opportunities or sources of income.
It has a membership of over 500 and an annual income of over $1500.00.
Mr. Walker Hancock is President.
THE COMMITTEE ON FELLOWSHIP
The Committee on Fellowship administers the Henry J. Thouron Memorial
Fund, the Special Fund, the Picture Purchase Fund, and the Mary Butler
Memorial Fund (total not yet complete), all for the benefit of Fellowship
members, and present or former students, and s~eks to be useful to both
the Fellowship and the Academy when needed.
It (1) purchases pictures or sculpture to encourage or assist artists, or improve the Loan Collection from which works are currently on exhibition in
some forty schools, settlementhooses, hospitals and other organizations
or institutionsj(2) provides art classes, generally in settlement houses; to
give study opportunities for the youth of those neighborhoods, as well as
teaching experience and income for present and/or former Academy students; (3) · gives a type of financial assistance not permissible from the
regular Fellowship treasury, to current and former students; (4) assists
needy current Academy students with tuition, artists' materials, or Jiving
expenses; (5) provides the Annual Gold Medal Award in the Annual Fellowship Exhibitions.
Mrs. A. Bruce Gill is Chairman and Treasurer.
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CONSOliDATED TREASURER1S . REPORT
September 1, 1952 to August 31,1953
INCOME
Art ,Gallery and Exhibitions
School
Trust Funds
Membership Dues
Contributions .
City Appropriations
Profit on Sale of General Fund Investments
$ 35,752.37
49,302.57
71,209.14
11,665.00
3,193.04
16,666.67
380.45
Total Income
$188,169.24
EXPENSES
Art Gallery and Exhibitions
,S chool
$123,070.99
66,013 .03
Total Expenses
Net. Operating Loss
$
$J 8,?,084.02
914.78
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C,ONTRIBUTlONS· ,FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES
For Calendar Year, 1953
Catherwood Foundation
for Water Color Exhibitions, 1952
$3,500.00
1953
$2;500.00
David M. Gwinn, for Eakins Prize
Fellowship of the Academy, for Annual Fellowship Exhibition
John Stewart, for Print Club Prize
tf. A. Wolf Fund, for purchase of H~ Kayn's The Healer
Mrs. Alexander Portnoff, for Student Sculpture Prize
Philadelphia Museum of Art, for Carles ExhibiJion
Henry Pemberton, for repair of Pemberton portraits
Giuseppe Donato, for School Prize
Mrs. . Fran!=es Weeks Lux, for John H. Conner Memorial Prizes
Mr. John F, Lewis, Jr., for:
Kenneth Erdley's summer school tuition
School publicity
Water Color Exhibition (catering)
Student Party
Zoo tickets for students
American Society of Ancient Instruments, for concerts
R. S. Sallus, for purchase of one share of Aca~emy stock
Lucie W. M,itcheson Estate -legacy
Anna Wharton Morris, for 149th Annual Exhibition
George D. Widener, for School Scholarships
Henry C. Gibson, for transportation of piano, 1953-54 '
. chamber music concerts
William C. Mason for:
1953 Student prizes
Membership dues
New entrance project
Prize accounts
Prize accounts - unallocated
$ 6,000.00
100.00
350.00
25.00
750.00
50.00
368.95
'6 50.00
50.00
1,000.00
$ 75.00
615.00
136.20
69.88
80.00
976.08
100.00
10.00
1,006.08
10,000.06
2,000.00
73.64
$ 100.00
171.50
1,000.00
170.81
125.00
1,567.3 1
95.00
1,000.00
1,049.86
500.00
Philadelphia Water Color Club, for Water Color Exhibition Posters
Matilda Maulsby Estate - legacy
Mrs. James P. Magill, for new entrance project
Henry S. Drinker, for Cecilia Beaux calalog - (150th Anniversary Exhibition) .
$ 27,721.92
CONTRIBUTIONS, UNRESTRICTED
Clifford Farr
Anonymous
Mrs. Albert A. Jackson
Kate Kelsey .
Sydney E. Martin
$
2.50
2,500.00
2.00
10.00
501.10
$ 30,737.52
NEW
MEMBERS
Enrolled' during 7953; Including those
who increased their ' classification
* Patron
•• John F. Lewis, Jr.
~· Mrs. Harrison S. Morris
* Fell9w ,
Joseph J. Greenberg
Mrs. Frances Weeks Lux
• ·Sydney E; Martin
• ·William Clarke Mason
Dr. Abraham J. Rosenfeld
• "Mrs. Alfred G. B. Steel
William S. Wassell
Life Members .'
A.Atwater Kent, Jr.
Thomas L. Prendergast
Mrs. Jules C.Lavin
Contributing Members
Richard C. Bond
···David M. Gwinn
Sustaining Members
··Mrs. William L. Beck
Mrs. Leonard F. Bush
Mrs. Samuel Cooke
James J. Deeney
John P. Donovan
•• Mrs. Thomas S. Gates
Julien G. Pollock
··Mrs. William Maxwell Scott, Jr.
Willis W. Smith
Louis Snyder
Lawrence R. Wechsler
Annual Members
Abbruzzi, Reynold A:
Abrams, Stanley L. ·
Adams, Mrs. Edg.ar F.
Adams; Miss Frances C.
Adamson, Wolter Z.
Alber, Mrs. William M.
Allen, Mrs. Eugene Y.
Amsterdam, Mrs. Gusta've G.
Ansell, Mrs. Edward
Aurich, Mrs. Alfred C. '
Boker, Mrs. George· E.
Botes, Mrs. Daniel Moore
Baton, Miss Groce S.
Bouer, Mrs. Edward' K.
Beagery, Mrs. H. C.
Benner, Mrs •. Henry Lewis
Bernstein, Irwin L.
Biagini, Miss Clotilda '
Bloch, Mrs. Arthur
Blum, Robert B.
Bowes, Mrs. Thomas D.,' Jr.
Brecht, Vincent B.
Brown, Charles T., Jr.
Brown, William ' Fuller, Jr.
Budd, Edward G., Jr.
Buell, Mrs. C. A.
Bulger, Mrs. Frieda B.
Bye, Ranulph .
Croft, Miss Alice Marie
Cunningham, Miss Mur.iel F.
Davis, Mrs. Edgar So
Davis, Mrs. Newlin F.
Davison, Mrs. C. L.
Dawson, David H.
De Loney, Mrs; F. J.
Delaplaine, Miss Meribah C.
Detweiler, Mrs. Howard R.
Detweiler, Marvin
Dilks, W. Howard, Jr.
Dingman, James E.
D'Onofrio, Miss Josephine
Duffield, Miss Helen Morris
Dunn, Mrs. Alec R.
Calvin, Mrs. Rolph J.
Carlisle, Mrs. E. G.
Carver, John S.
Chisholm, M. C. Cameron
Clark, Mrs. David W.
Cleaver, Miss Anne Jane
Cohen, Dr. J. Gershon
· Colish, Aaron
• Comer, Mrs. Earle R.
Edelman, Milton
· Connor, Mrs. Rolph
Conyngham, Mrs. William H. .
Cortes, Dr. Noel J.
Fauser, Mrs. J. E.
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Fisher, Mrs. Bernice
Fontaine, Mrs. Claire M.
Forster, Mrs. Louis P.
Fox, Mrs. Paul
Fox, Mrs. William
Frank, Mrs. 'Victor H.
Friedmann, Lionel
Fries, Mrs. H. Maywood
Fullmer, Roy E.
Furlong, Mrs. Edward ,V.
Knipe, Miss Mildred E.
Knox, Dr. Andrew
Kollman, Mis. E. F.
Kownatsky, Harry L.
Kreizman, Mrs. Violet M.
Krekstein, I. H.
lachman, Mrs. Harry '
Lachman, Dr. Joseph
Larer, Mrs. George N.
Lavenson, Jay
Lavino, E. George
Game, Mrs. Clyffard
Leeds, Mrs. Morr,s ·E.
Garner, Milto" B.
G
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Lewis, Walter H.
~rman,
• ee
Li'nton, Mrs. 'Jesse
G~fford, Dr. Edward 5., Jr.
Lochhead, Miss Anne Jess
G~I~ert, Mrs. Gwendolyn Taylor Loeb, Mrs. Alfred H.
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G~lhes, Mrs. George C.
Loeb, Mrs. Richard '
Longstreth, John C.
GIpson, Mrs. La.wrence H.
Golden~erg, MI.chael B.
Luse, Mrs. H. H.
Goldste~n, HarriS S. .
Lush,S; Beryl
Goldstein, Mrs. Hams S.
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M 0 If L
Gordon,' Mrs. HeilrY
yons, rs. 0
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Gardon, Mrs. William D.
Greene, Mrs. D. Dougla.s
McCa.ll, Miss Virginia A.
Greenstein, l. Arthur
McCann, Martin B.
Griscom, Miss Gladys H.
McCaulley, Miss Elinor A.
Griswold, Mrs. John A.
McDonald, Charles D.
Groff, Raymond E.
Machold, William F.
Groot, Miss Elsie R.
Machold, Mrs. William F.
Gross, Samuel
Magill, Mrs. Samuel N.
Guthrie, Mrs. J. Jean
Maltman, Mrs. Alexander
Manley, Robert E., Jr.
Marik, Mrs. Irene
Hahn, Miss Lita C.
Mattis, Jay H.
Hallman, H. Theodore
Meyer, Mrs. Emily
HQllowell, Mrs. Israel R.
Milner, Mrs. Jane
Hardwick, Aaron W., Jr.
Mole, Miss Margaret
Harnden, Robert
Mollenauer, Mrs. V. S.
Harris, Mrs. Alma D.
Morris, Clarence
Harris, Miss Ella F. '
Morrow, James B.
Hedrick, Mrs. J. Randolph
Moyer, Dr. Paul T.
Henry, Mrs. Lennig'
Murphy, Mrs. William
Hess, H. Ober
Thompson
Hinkson, Mrs. J. H. Ward
Hobart, Mrs. Donald M.
Neuman, Mrs. Abraham A.
Hough, William J. H.
Newlan,d , Mrs .. Harry B.
Hummel, Charles W.
Jacobs, Mrs. Edward
Jeanes, Mrs. William Warner
Orleans, Mrs. Marvin
Ourbacker, George J.
Kall, Mrs. Joseph
Kastner, Mrs. R"ichard
Kaufman, David E.
Kershaw, Mrs. Melville G.
Kimb~lI, Maulsby, Jr.
Klotz, Dr. Fred M.
Palmer, Mrs. Mary G.
Paris, Mrs. Eli J.
Peacock, Mrs. Chauncey H.
Pedersell, Erling H.
Pedlow, Mrs. George W.
Petroskas, Mrs. Margaret
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Pincus, Mrs. Irwin Nat
Purviance, Miss Cora L.
Radbill, Mrs. Samuel
Ranney, Claude J.
'Reilly, Miss Catherine F.
Reinsel, Walter
Rhea, Mrs. Edwin M.
Rich, John F.
Ridington, Mrs. C.
Rinehart, Mrs. H. R. :
Roberts, Mrs. Helen L.
Robin, Miss Fanny
Rose, Mrs. Bernard Z.
Ruban, James R.
Saboi, Mrs, Edwin M.
Sallom, Dr. A. K.
Sanders, Mrs. Joseph
Sargent, Mrs. Zonia
Sawyer, Henry W~, 3rd
Schilling, Miss Eleanor C.
Schramm, Dr. Mildred W. S.
Scott, Mrs. Earle
Scott, Mrs. Hardie
Scott, Mrs. Hy:gh D., Jr.
Shanahan, Miss Martha
Sharples, Mrs. Lawrence P.
Shaw, Mrs. Marie Leonhardt
Sheahan, John Carroll, 3rd
Sheerr, Maurice J.
Shekerjian, Mrs. Emily H.
Sheppard, Miss Mary G.
Silvermari, SamuelS.
Solomon, Irwin W.
Spector, Maurice
Staneika, Aladbertas
Steel, Mrs. Howard
Stevenson, Mrs. John A.
Stewart, Miss Dorothy E.
Streander, Mrs. L. R.
Stuart, T. Walter
Sunderman, Dr. 'F. William
Sunstein, Mrs. Leon, Jr.
Swope, Leslie M.
Tamm, Miss Margaret H.
Taylor, Percivai D.
Theiss, Rear-Admiral P. S.
Tilden, MQrmaduke
Towle, Mrs. Joseph H.
Trueblood, Miss Iro C.
' Van der Eb, Mrs. HenrY G.
Walker, Miss, Isabella
Wallace" Mrs. Dorothy
Walsh, Mrs• .Brendan
Wasserman, Mrs. Howard
Walton, Mrs. Henry F., Jr. "
Webb, Mrs. William P. " <Weintrob, Miss Esther
Weiss, Morris
Welsh, Mrs. C. Newbold
Wiler, Mrs. Edward
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"W,i'nkelman, N. Willia'm;' Jr;' , . Yo'cler,"): Arthur
Winsor,' Miss Ellen . "
Young, Mrs.Cha'rles D,
Wister, Mrs. Charles K. B.
Wolff, Mrs. Frank ' B.
Zang, Mrs. Joseph A.
Woolston, Mrs. Robert H.
Zantzinger, C. Clark, Jr.
Wright, Frederick
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, Zeitlin, Mrs. David E.
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·Elected in perpetuity
• ·Classification increased
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ME",BERSHIP CLASSE'S
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{AnnUal $10.00
Yearly Members.: Sustain·ing $25.00 .. .
Contributing $100.00
Life Member
$300
..
Fellow
$1000 to $5000
Patron
$5000 to $25,000
Benefactor
$25,000 or more
(Fellow., Patrons and Benefactors are enrolled In perpetuity.)
Members receive notices of all activities, invitations to private views and
special lectures, catalogues 'for exhibitions and schools; the Annual Report,
a discount on art works purchased; have access to the print collection and
use of the art reference library, subject to the regulations of the Institution.
The Academy is maintained entirely by private funds. Through their subscriptions, members share in the support of the Institution, and in its encouragement of American art and the American artist. Contributions and
dues are deductible from Federal income tax.
FORM
OF
BEQUEST
give, devise and bequeath to The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts
Dollars, in trust, to invest and keep
invested and apply the income to the maintenance of the said Academy.
The Academy is open weekdays (except Mondays) from 10 A.M. to 5 P.M.;
Sundays and Holidays from 1 to 5 P.M. Closed Mondays, New Year's Day,
Fourth of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
FINE ARTS
BROAD AND CHERRY 5T5.
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148th ANNUAL REPORT
1953
PHILADELPHIA
Cover: Mother and Son by Daniel Garber.
Gift of the artist.
The One-Hundr.ed a,nd"Forty-Eighth
Annual Report
of
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY. of the FINE
FOR THE .V,AR
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Presented to the Meeting of the Stockholders
of the Academy on February 1, 1954·
A~lS
John F. lewis, Jr••
Henry S. Drinker .
C. Newbold Taylor
Joseph T. Fraser, Jr.
President
• Vice-President
Treasurer
. Secretory and Director
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' BOARD 'OF DIRECTORS
. Mrs. Leonard T. Beale '" Arthur C. K~4fmcmn .
*Mrs.Joseph S. Clark, Jr. James P. Magin
Henry S. Drinker
*Frederic R. Mann
Henry C. Gibson
SydneyE_; Martin
William Clarke Mason
David M. Gwinn
George P. Orr
R. Sturgis Ingersoll
Howqrd C. Pe!ers!!n
• EX-offiCio
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George B. Roberts
C. Alison Scully
John Stewart
Robert Strausz-Hupe
C. Newbold Taylor
Sydney l. Wright
STANDING COMMITT'EES
COMMITTEE ON COi.LECTIONS
AND EXHIBITION
George B. Roberts, Chairman
Mrs. Leonard T. Beale .
R. Sturgis Ingersoll
Sydney E. Martin
COMMITTEE ON fiNANCE
C. Newbold Taylor, Chairman
John Stewart
James P. Magill
C. Alison Scully
COMMITTEE ON INSTRU.C TION
William Clarke Mason, Chairman
C. Newbold Taylor
Mrs. leonard T. Beale
David M. Gwinn
COMMITTEE ON CHESTER SPRI,NGS
William Clarke Mason, Chairman
Sydney E. Martin
George B. Roberts
COMMITTEE FOR THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY
James P. Magill, ChairmQJ1, Finance
George ·B., Roberts, Chairman, Exhibition
David M. Gwinn, Chairman, Dinner
Arthur C. Kaufmann, Chairman, Publicity
William Clarke Mason, Chairman, Symposium
Ex-officio - The President and The Director
SOLICITOR
Maurice B. Saul
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WO:M.EN'.S COMMITTEE .
Mrs. leonard T. Beale, C~dirman ,
Mrs. S. Laurence Bodine Mrs.
Mrs. Francis T. Chambers Mrs.
Mrs. Emlen P. EHingMrs.
Mrs.
Mrs. John A. Griswold
Mrs . .David M. Gwinn
Mrs.
Mrs. Horace B. Hare
Mrs~ Arthur C. Kaufmann
John F. Lewis, Jr.
Morton McMichael
Geo':~e B. Roberts
Julius Rosenwald, II
Lawrence M. C: Smith .
Mrs . .Alfred G. B. Steel
Mrs. John F. Steinman
Mrs. Boudinot .Stimson
Mrs. Robert Strausz-Hupe
Mrs. Franklin C. Watkins
Mrs. John P. Wheeler
Mrs. Sydney L. Wright
STAFF
GENERAL
Joseph T. Fraser, Jr.
Charles J. Marsh
Ann O. Evans
Au~ust Viilu.
Mabel L. Eiseley
Fran,ces M. Vanderpoor
Elizabeth Z. Swenson .
• Director and Secretory
Assistant to the Secretory
Secretory to the Director
• Bookkeeper
• Registrar and Research .
Exhibition and Membership Clerk
Director of Public Relations and
Membership
SCHOOL.S
Idoy and evening'
Raymond T. Entenmann
Catherine R. Newbold
Martha . K. Schick .
. Curator
Secretory to the Curator
Librarian and Sales
fACULTY
George Hartling
Roy C. Nuse
Francis .Speight
Walker Hancock
Roswell Weidner.
Harry Rosin
Edward Shenton
*Franklin C. Watkins
John W. McCoy
Julius Bloch
Walter Stuempfig
Hobson Pittman
Morris Blackburn
John Hanlen
William Sasagawa
John F. Harbeson
William M. Campbell
Philip Aliano
Edmond J. Far:r~s
Jock Bookbinder
Theodor Siegl
eleave-of.absence 1953-54
.(Summer,
Roy C~ Nuse
. Francis Speight
Roswell Weidner
Morris' Blackburn
BUILDING
Moyfond T; McAyoy, Superintendent
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RE PO R T " '0 F" T H E OFFICERS AND
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
In the Annual Report of last year, we stressed our financial ' problems
and ' pOinted ' out the recurrent periods in our history when difficulties of
this nature wer~ paramount iri'importance. This year, however, we are
pleased to~eport certain specific ' instances of good fortune. The, s'ingle '
in~st jmportal1t boon to our finanCial problems was the receipt of a ,
~25,OOO.00 appropriation from the City of Philadelphia. We are hopeful '
fhatwe may expect the continuance of this grant. In recognition of it,
the Academy now accords ten sc;:holarships per year for our entire course
to the best students of the City's pu~lic and parochial schools who wish
to avail themselves of the opp~rtunity to study in our schools.
The second great encouragement came with the improved enrollment in
our schools when we opened our 'Classes in September. Specific data is
listed in the School report, but here it shall suffice to say that the incoming
~Iass was more than double the size of that of the Fall of 1952. Although
his appointment came too late in the year to influ~nce this improvement
in registration, we report the engagement of Raymond T~ Entenmann as
the new Curator of our schools; Mr. Entenmann took up his active duties
on June 1, 1953 and the Management 'is extremely pleased with his work,
which coincides with a , great improvement in the work of and morale
in the school.
As originally reported last year, the Academy again received the generou,s
gift of $10,000.00 from Mrs. Harrison S. Morris, making possible the,
continuation of our great Annual Exhibitions of Contemporary American
Oil Painting and Sculpture. These exhibitions' are now held as memorials
to her late husband, Harrison S. Morris, who was Managing Director of
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1892 to 1905.
The Catherwood Foundation again assisted in the finanCing of our 51 st
Annual Exhibition ' of Water Colors, " Prints and Drawings, and except for
this generous help toat feature could not have been continued .
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Mrs. lucie Washington Mitcheson, a former stockholder , ,o f the Academy
who died in May; '1952; andhvo former life , members~ Miss Helen E.
Shand and Miss Matilda Maulsby, who died in 'June and August, 1953,
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respectively, each bequeathed ' $1000.00; ;to : the Academy. The three
legacies have now . been . tumed over -Jo the instituti~n" ~ich is exceedingly grateful to ' receive these gifts fr~mloyal friends.
Mrs: Frances Weeks lux has . giv~n the Academy $1000.00, the ~ income
from which is to be used as a school prize or p~izes i~ memory of he~
late uncle, the artist, Mr. John R. Conner. This is recorded here with the
gratitude ' of the Management.
In a building the age of ours; .there is constant need for 'extensive repair
and renovation. The most crying present need is for new .entrance. doors
and an adequate vestibule. The present doors are obsolete and inadequate and need to be replaced with larger; air-tight ones with a more
inviting motif. This change will involve construction .and heating adjust.ments, which will be very costly, but it is. hoped that the project -may be
accomplished ' before we stage our 150th anniversary celebration early
.in 195"5. Two , members of 9ur B.o ard have already made gener-ous contributions to this end, and these are among the items recorded in '1953.
We continue to be gratefuUo the Women's. Committee for their gracious
help and encouragement, and also to 9ur loyal . staff who, .though not
many in numbers, support the Director and President in all of our
activities. We should like particularly to. thank, and also ·to congratulate,
the FelloVfship for the exemplC;JrY helpwhichi.t is giving to ' the Academy,
especially through support of the special lecture series,. ·andthe . 'motion
picture programs.
JOSEPH T. FRASER" . JR., Dire,;tor
. JOHN · F. LEWIS, JR;, ' President
EXHIB'ITIONS
THE 148th'ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF OIL PAINTING AND SCULPTURE
The 148th Annual Exhibition of Oil Painting and Sculpture was held in the
Galleries from, January 25th , through March 1st, with a Private View on
Saturday, January 24th, from 9 to 11 P. M.
SCULPTURE JURY
PAINTING JURY
Peppino Mangravite, Chairman
Peter Blume
, Stuart Davis
William Zoraeh, Chairman
Lu Dubie
Henry Kreis
PRIZES AND AWARDS
The Painting Jury award,e d the following:
, Temple Gold Medal-Rico Lebrun for Figures On The Cross With
l.antern (pointing)
Jennie Sesnan Gold Medal-Yves Tanguy for IIIimited Sequences
, (painting)
Carol H. Beck Gold Meda/-Elsie Manville for Yellow Hat (painting)
J. Henry Schiedt Memorial Prize-8en Katzman for Two Nudes Belore
A Japanese Screen (painting)
The Sculpture Jury awarded the following:
George' D. Widener Memorial Gold Medal-Anthony Lauck for Monk
At Pr.ayer (sculpture)
Alfred G. B. Steel Memorial Prize-Nathaniel Kaz for Dance Espagnore (sculpture).
Honorable , MEm'io~s in Sculpture-Humbert Albrizio for Kneeling
Figure and Marina Nunez del Prado for Cats.
The Committee on Exhibition awarded the following:
Walter Lippincott Prize-Isabel Bishop for Interlude (painting)
Mary Smith Prize-Elsie Manville for Yellow Hat (painting)
A Special Jury appointed by the President of the Academy's ' Fellowship
awarded:
The Fellowship Prize-Jack Bookbinder for Gaiety Theatre, Philadelphia (painting)
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Gallery Talks, sponsored by the -Fellowship, were held at 2:30 P•.M. as
follows: January 29th, Benton Spruance; February : 5~h, Harry Rosin;
February 1 ~th, Hobson Pittman; February 19th, Dorothy Grafly; February
26th, Walter E. Baum. Two in the 1952-53 series of five free chamber music concerts were presented by the Academy as a feature of this Exhibition os follows: January
30th-works for four hands at one piano, by Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert,
Debussy, Hindemith and Dvor~k-Ralph Berkowitz -a nd: Vladimir Sokoloff,
pianists; February 27th-sonatas by Schubert, Strauss and -Franck-Jascha
Brodsky, violinist, and Vladimir Sokoloff, pianist.
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Two . in the series of four Meet the Artist evenings, scheduled by the
Academy for the 1952-53 season, occurred during this exhibition, as
follows: Vaclav Vytlacil, painter, and Peter Blume, painter, on Tuesdays,
February 3rd and 17ttl;respectively, at 8:30- P. M.
Thee~hibition consisted of 425 works-295 paintings and 130 sculpt~res.
The Academy purchased 1 painting each through its Gilpin ~nd Temple
Funds, and 7 paintings . through its Lambert Fund. The Sa~uel S. Fleisher
Art Memorial purchased 9 paintings, and 8 works were sold privately.
The entire 26 works represented the sum of $12,105.00. The total
attendance was 13,954.
THE FELLOWSHIP ANNUAL EXHIBITION
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The Fellowship Annual Exhibition of Oil Painting, Sculpture, Water Colors
and Graphics, and the Fellowship-sponsored Exhibition of Student Work,
were held in Galleries K, M, and the East Corridor, from March 13th
through April 5th, with a Private View on Thursday, March t 2th, from
4 t.O 6 P. M.
JURIES FOR FELLOWSHIP£XHIBITION
. OIL PAINTING
Albert Gold
Martin Jackson
J. Stephen Lewis
WATER COLORS AND GRAPHICS
Vernon Dornbach
Frederick Gill
John lear
SCULPTURE
Onaga
' Wallace Kelly
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PRIZ'~S , AND :A WARDS',
The Juries awarded the foHowin'g/ -' "
: ' ' H~rrl~~~ ' ~~. Morris Prize ' divided::"Be~ Ei~~~st~t' for City Scene .(Water
color) $50.00; Walter Reinsel for Lobster Trap (waIer color) $25.00;
9n~ Mi!dr;~ci Ql'J<?:? f()r ,!lJ1ips (~eri9.raph print,) $25.00.
,FeUoY(ship- Gold , Medal Award-..Ben , Solowey , for , The Pink TabllE!
C;,loth (qill ' ,
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Hanorable ' Mention.:...:-HEmr-y W.'Peacock , for Little Italy and ' The
Church '(oils)
May Audubon Post Pr;~es~Paui Greenwood ' Tor :Head (scuipture(
Caroline Gibbons Granger Memorial Prize-Thomas Meehan for Day
of Mountain Flowers (om
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\' Student Prize-Pau'l Kramer for Tb~ Bla~k Hat (oil)
~ Student Pr;;~~Richafd Macadam' fo; Infinitum (oil)
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A Gallery Talk was given by Walker Hancock at 2:30 P. M. on March 19th.
the F~f1owship E~llibition" consist~ci ~f 118 works ,by 85 artists; the Student
.Exhi~\t!o~: i,~~~'u~ed , 25 work,s. ~in;~ item~ were ~oldrepresenting a sales
volu'e of $69~LOO.
The total attendance was 3312.
MEMORIAL EXHIBITION OF THE WORK OF '
, ARTHUR, B. CARLES
A Memorial ,Exhibition of the work of Arthur B. Carles (1882-1952) was
'h~ld ,'in ' Gcirj~ri'e~ ' Ea~d >F a~d in 'the West' Corridor from MarcIl 18th
th~ough Ap~il 12th, opening with a Private View on Tuesday, th'~ 17th,
'from 4 ' to 6
iM. A 'totai ' of '61'
lh'e't()t~i att~rid~rice ' ;';:'as '3 5'15'. '
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pai'.ltings wasinc!uded in the exhibition'.
STUDENT
EXHIBITION
The Student Exhibition held in conjunction with the COlllpetition for the
Willia~ 'Eml~~ Cresson Memori~1 Europea~ Traveling Scholarships was on
view in Galleries D, , E, f( J and the Rotunda from May 21 st through
June 7th, open,ing with Exercises for the students and , their friends on
May 20th at 4 P. M. An address was made in Gallery F by G. Holmes
Perkins, Dean of the School of Fine · Arts, University of Pennsylvania,
before the . aw.arding of Cresson Scholarships and other prizes;
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The Board of D!rectors, on recommendation of the faculty; ' dwarded the
following:
William Emlen Cresson Memorici ~ur6pean ;Trciv~/fng 'Scholarships
($1350 each):
Chase Spilman Decker
DavidK. De long
Lois Eaibn ' '.'.
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Rob~rf A~ Marth;
Charles E. Harpt
Rosalie Kaplin
John Griswold Nace
Eric J. ,Ryan, Jr.
Clarence F. .Sherdon
Honorable Mentions with Free ruition, 1953-54:
Ina Pivar Abrams
Gerard ~egelspach ,
AndreviTheis '
Nicholas Michnya
Honorable Mention:
Paul S. Kramer
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Lewis S. Ware Memorial European Traveling Scholqrsh!p ($I350):
George Gordon Russell, Jr.
Henry 1. Schiedt Memorial Scholarships (.$1200):
Walt~r
K. Hood
John L.. MasJey" Jr. ,
Susan Corse Stuempflg .
Thomas Eakins' Memorial Prize ($100):
William C. Utermohlen, k ~"
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Thouron Prizes: '
Awarded
Awarded
Awarded
Awarded
by the Faculty ($50) --2 RichardMacadam
by Instructor ($50) - Sheba Sharrow
by Instructors ($25) -:- George C;ordon, Russ,el1, ' Jr.
by Stupents ($25) - EmilyD. Hitch
Packard Prizes:
First Prize ($30) - Florence Jacobs Moore
Second Prize ($20) -:- Ann Claiborne
Perspective Class Prize ($20):
Awarded _by . lnstructors,John 'F. , Harbeson, and , William
Campbell - Harold D. Sanders
, HonordbJe ' Mentions: Richard S. Chew, .Jr. '
Richard M. 'Gibney c .
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· Closs I?riz.es:
Graphics ($25) - Clarence f. Sherdon
Hon.orQble Mentions: Emily D. Hitch
Martha A. Zeit
Construction ($50) - Martha A. Zeit
Anti.ql,Je Cost Drawing ($50) - Nicholas Michnya
First Yeor Design Closs:
Honorable Mentions: Jon A. Balsley
Wolter Collins Thomas, Jr.
Harold F. Thompson
Marc C. Schoettle
Giuseppe Donato Prize for Landscape Pointing ($50J:
David K. De Long
Alexander Portnoff Memorial Prize ($50J:
Matthew O. Gordon
Night School ($25J:
Gilbert Pohlman
Honorable Mention: Newell G.
U~ansay
Scholarship, carrying tuition and boord, to Skowhegan Summer School,
Skowhegan, Moine - Andrew Theis
The Stewardson Prize ($100) awarded on March 27th, by a Jury consisting of Bertha Kling, Harry Rosin and Raphael Sabatini ~ Rosalie Koplin
The Stimson Prize ($100) awarded on November 13th, by a Jury consisting of Raphael Sabatini, Bruce Moore and Charles Rudy - Rosalie
Koplin
Honorable Mention: Jean Crutchfield
The University of Pennsylvania, in conjunction with the Academy, through
the Co-Ordinated Courses, awarded Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees to the
following:
Eric James Ryan, Jr.
Phyllis Shaffran '
James Stoddard Ryan
and Moster of Fine Arts degrees to:
Chose Spilman Decker
John Griswold Nace
A total of 30 works was sold representing a sales value of $1032.00.
Total attendance at the Exhibition was 1299 •
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THE 51 st ANNUAl; WATER COLOR AND PRINT EXHIBITION
Th<! 51st Annual Water Color' and Print Exhibition, held .in collaboration
with The Philadelphia Water Color Club, and with the cooperation of
The Catherwood Foundation, Was hung in Galleries S, C, D, E~ F·, ),1<,
l, N,. and the Rotunda, from October 18th throlJgh November 21nd, with
a Private View on Saturday, 'October 17th, from 9 to 11 P. M.
JURY OF SELEctio·N
Sadamitsu N. Fujita
John McCoy
Henry C. Pitz
Karl Schrag
William Thon
PRIZES AND AWARDS
The Jury of Selection awarded the following:
Philadelphia Water Color Prize - Dong Kingman for Railroad, Oakland
Dema Water Color Meda/- Francis Chapin for Whitehall Fetry
Honorable Mention - Barbara Aubin for Loop Coed Yards,
Chicago
Alice McFadden Eyre Medal - Ernest Freed fOr Scheherazade ('color
entaglio)
Honorable Mentions - Leonard Edmondson for Figures of Reflection (color etching)
B. M. Jackson for Birth of Laventosa
(zinc etching)
The Directors of the Water Color Club awarded the following:
Pennell Memorial Medal- Antonio Frasconi for Night Work :(wood
cut)
Dawson Memorial Medal- Rita Wolpe Barnett for The Flower Vendors (water color)
Honorable Mention - Harry Dunn for The Jungle (water color)
Philadelphia Water Colo; Club Medal of Award -The Philadelphia
. Art Alliance. (Conferred at the- discr~tion of the Club in -recognition
of an individual or institution for their sincerity of purpose in the
advancement of art.)
Invited to this series of exhibitions for the first time was a collection of
58 humorous original drawings previously reproduced in The New Yorker.
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Three' wafer: colors 'by John 'Marin f1872-1953,) "were",sl'iown:'as' a :meri'ioi"ial
to this dean of American artists, whose death occurred after his pailJtings
had he~n invited. ' ,' "
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Gallery Talks, sponsor~d by the Fellowship, were ,helq, qt, 2:30 P. ,M.as
follows:, October 2.2nd" AI~e~t Gold; October 29th, J~hn 'L7ar; , Nove"?~e~
5th, Frederick Gill; November 12th, Dorothy Grafly! November ,1.9th,
Emidio Angelo.
Two in the 1953-54 series, of" fiv~ free chamber music concerts were
presented by the Academy as a feature of this Exhibition, (:IS follows:
October 23rd - Marian Head, violin, and Vladimir SOkoioff, piano, in
Sonatas by Mozart, 'Milhaud and . Dohnanyi; November 20th - Thomas
Hageman, flute; Alfred Genovese, oboe; Matthew Ruggiero, bassoon;
Ronald Leonard, cello; a!'ld "Vlad,imir , .~okoloff, piano, in a program of
American Contemporary Music.
A!so given , during the exhibition was a , Lecture on Tuesday evening,
N~vember ' l Oth, at 8:30 P. M.,by Alfred V. Fr~nkenstein, artcmd music
critic of the -San Francisco Chronicle, on The Adventures of an Art
Detective. ~ ." .
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The Exhibition consisted of 512 it~ms - the work of artists from 31 States
and several fqreign- countries,- A total of 22 works was sold, representing
a sales value of $1366.00. The total attendance was 6389.
MEMORIAL EXH!BITION OF THE WORI( OF '
THORNTON .OAKLEY
A Memorial Retrospective Exhibitio~ of 56 paintings and illustrations by
Thornton Oakley (1881-1953), President of The Philadelphia Water Color
Club from 1938 to 1953, was held in Gallery A during the Water Color
Exhibition.
EXHIBITION OF ADVERTISING AND EDITORIAL ART
The 19th Ann~~1 Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art, ' staged by
the Art Directors' Club of Philadelphia, was held in Galleries E, J, K, all
of 'the Rotunda, ' and the East a~d West Corridors, from December 5th
through January 3rd, with a Private View on Friday, December 4th, from
4 to 6 P. M. The total attendance was 2765.
Through the cooperation of the Fellowship, a Lecture . by ' Eric Newton,
former art critic of the M.anchester Guardian and Sunday Time; of London,
on The Meaning of Modern Art was held on Tuesday , evening, December
15th, at 8:30 P. M.
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,PH I LA D,E L:PH IA··.·AR-TI S,T S,# ,GA L. ~. ER 'Y.· :
Paintings by Morris Berd -
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April 7th through 26th
.Painl"ings by Thomas F. Meehan -
April 28th through May 31 sf
Sculpture by Joseph J. Greenberg, Jr. 22nd
Paintings by lucius Crowell -
.odober 18th through Novembe~
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December 4th through JanuarY 3 rd
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A total of8works was 'sold from the exhibitions in:'thisgalleryrepresentlng
o sales value, of $3475.00. The total attendance was 14~789.
L ITT L E G A L LERY
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A series of monthly student exhibitions was held throughout the school
yeaL The student body elected a jury from 'its owngtoop for each e~hibi"
tion, and that jury selected the work for, and hung,' e~ch ;exhibition.
A total, of?, works .w as sold; r.epresenting a sales volu.e of $137.00;.
TOTAL
~TTENDANCE
IN THE GALLERIES during
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38,557 .. .
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SI T I ONS
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Purch a ses
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Through the Temple Fun,d, fro~ tbe ) 48th Annual Exhibition,: .
, ' . , Figu~es of Pompeii, by VadavVytlacil (p'a inting)
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Through the Gilpin Fund, from the 148th Annual Exhibition:
lIIimited Sequences, by Yves T~rig~y' (painting')
Throogh the lambert Fund, ' f~o'm .the 148th Annuql 'Exhi~i~ion:
. Box Number Two-a-Six by Will Barnett (painting)
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Mexican Arena by Robert M. Freimark (painting) .
The Weirs by Arthur Flory (painting)
. World PoeJTl by Leo Ql)c;mchi (painting)
. Across the Tracks by R~lph D~bin (p~intirig)
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Architectural Study by George Gordon Russell, Jr. (painting)
The Kite by John Sharp (painting)
Through the Committee on Collections:
The Prisoner by Joseph J. Greenberg, Jr. (sculpture)
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An exchcinge of paintings as follows: Twilight lor Gaiety Theatre,
Philadelphia, both by Jack Bookbinder; Entrance to Kingston for
Morning Paper #2, both by Hobson Pittman.
Gifts
Antique furniture, on indefinite loan, from Mrs. Alfred 8endiner, for use
in Gallery N.
Holy Family by Alflo Faggi (sculpture) from a group of the artist's friends.
Portrait of Joseph Harrison and portrait of his wife, Sarah Poulterer
Harrison by Robertson from Mrs. leland Harrison.
Portrait of Joseph Pemberton and Portrait of Ann Galloway Pemf?erton by
John Hesselius from Mr. Henry K. Pemberton, on indefinite loan.
Catalogs, scrap books, et cetera, relating to the Academy, from Mrs.
Alfred G. B. Steel.
Glendale by Francis Speight (painting) from Mrs. Alfred G. B. Steel.
Standing Girl by Doris Caesar (sculpture) from Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon Pitney.
Ecce Homo by Umberto Romano (painting) from Dr. Abraham J. Rosenfeld.
Portrait of Samuel Sartain by Thomas Sully (painting) from Miss Harriet
Sartain.
The Philadelphia Orchestra by Arthur B. Carles (painting) from Mr. Thomas
A. Greene.
Mother and Son by Daniel Garber (painting) from the artist.
Antique desk which had belonged to George Clymer, first President of the
Academy and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence,
from Mrs. Anna L Overton.
Kiosk by Abraham Rattner (painting) from Mr. Benjamin Steppat.
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Portrait o~Edward Eichholtz ' by Jacob Eichholtz (painting) from Miss
Katharine Eichholtz.
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LOANS
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, February 13th to March 22nd,
for a Jury of Selection Exhibiti6,;~ East Wind Over Weehawken by
Edward Hopper.
Century Association, New' York City, during the months of March and
April, for exhibition of works by the Peale Family: Portrait of Robert Morris,
Self-Portrait, Portrait of Baron Von Steuben, Portrait of George Washington, all by Charles Willson Peale; Portrait of Jean Antoine Houdon, Portrait
of Jacques Louis David, Portrait of Richard Peters, all by Rembrandt Peale;
James Peale and His Family and Self-Portrait, by James Peale.
Mu~eum of Fine Arts, Boston, for exhibition February 15th to March 15th,
Early American Jewish Portraits and 'Silver, Colonel Isaac Franks by Gilbert
Stuart.
American Federation of Arts, for Benefit Exhibition, February 25th to
March 31 st, to be held at Wildenstein Gallery, New York, Fox Hunt by
Winslow Homer.
William A. Farnsworth library and Art Museum, Rockland, Maine, for
exhibition of the artist's work, August 6th to September 13th, Cafe Tables
by Stephen Etnier.
Philadelphia Cricket Club, for exhibition February 16th through March
15th, Villa Maria by Ca.t harine H. Grant.
Woodmere Art Gallery, Philadelphia, for exhibition of the artist's work,
January 11th through 31st, Return at Six and The Wall by Walter Stuempfig.
Cosmopolitan Club, Philadelphia, for exhibition March 4th to April 4th,
Spiral by Walker Hancock.
Humbert Howard for submission to the Guggenheim Foundation, in connection with his competition for an award, March 20th for approximately
one month, The Yellow Cup by Mr. HoWard.
University of Pennsylvania, March 16th to March 30th, for use on television program, Moroccan Goat by Nat Choate, and Gentleman Unknown
by John Vanderlyn.
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William Barnett for submission to the ,. Guggenheim Foundation, March 25th
for approximately two weeks, in connection with his application for a
grant, Cool Flowers by Mr:Barnett. . . .':
Norfolk Museum, Virginia, for ~xj,ibition, April 7thfo'r approximatelyon~
month, Three Figures and Owl and Figure with Horse's Head by Tiepolo.
The Ei'len Do~ov~n 'Gallery, Philadelphia, fo~ exhibition Ap'ril 20th to May
9th, The Weirs by Arthur Flory.
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The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City; for exhibition
April 15th through June 15th, Schuylkill Valley Town by Francis Speight:
Philadelphia Art Ailiance, for e~hibition 'o f the artist's 'wo~k May 5th to
7th, Gaiety . Theatre, ,Philadelphia by Jack Bookbinder,
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State University of Iowa, Iowa City, for exhibition June 'l st to August 1st,
Ultra-Marine by Stuart Davis.
Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company, for continuation 'of · ioans for ' the
PiCfure-"of-the-Month Exhibition, from July 1953 to Juhe 1954; the f6110wing:
Fourth of July in Center Square by J~hn Lewis Krimmel
Cool Flowers. by William Barnett
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County Fair by Roswell Weidner
Eliz~beth Willing Jackson by Gilb~rt Stuart
Black Night, Russell's Corner by George C. Ault
Jeweler's Window by Benton Spruance
Still Life by Emlen Etting
Osier's Cave by Paul Wescott
. Mumble-tile-Peg by Henry Inman '
Place of Echoes by Martin Jackson
Apple Blossom Time by George Inness
Cafe Tables by Stephen Etnier
M. Knoedler and Company, New York City, for exhibition for three weeks
beginning Odober 26th, Young America by Andrew Wyeth.
Alan ' Gallery, New York City, for one-man exhibition of artist's work,
November 23rd through December 24th, Composition, October 7950 by
Robert Knipschild.
Fairmount Park Commission, Philadelphia, for use at Playhouse in the Park,
August 28th to September 8th, Hina Rapa by Harry Rosin and The Bathers
by Edward McCartan.
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Henry W,; .Pea!=9ckfor s.l}b,rhis.sron 'to - theTiff~l)yf:olihdclti~'l in con,nection
with the artist's . entrx: in ' c.? mpe!itioo for , aschol~r:shil?, }~e Hex Sign by
Mr. Peacock.
Art Stude~ts League,Ne"",York City, for Kenneth HpyesMiiler . M~moriaf
Exhibition September 23rd through October .11 th, The Spring by Gladys
Mock.
Cheltenham Township Art Cente~ f~r exhibition October 2nd t() Nov~mber
lst, Summer Scene and Negro by Franklin Watkins.
Gimbel Brothers, Philadelphia, for loan during Pennsylvania Week the
framed poster concerning the exhibition of - the sculpture of George
Washington by William Rush (1815).
Midtown Galleries, New York City, for . ex,hibition of the artist's work
October 20th through November 7th, Going Fishing ,by Margit Varga.
Santa Barbara Museum cif Ar.t,Californ'ia, for a traveling exhibition
Impressionism in American Art to be shown there, in Toledo, Seattle,
Dallas and San Francisco from December, 1953 through July, 1954,
Cat Boats by Childe Hassam.
Philadelphia Art Alliance, for an exhibition of the artist's work, December
8th to 28th, Rhapsody in Steel by Francis Criss.
Woodmere Art Gallery, Philadelphia, for retrospective exhibition of the
ar·tist'~\vork. Decembe~ 15fh through January 1954, Twilight by Catharine
Mon;is Wright.
In addition to the above list of t~mporaryloans, the Academy, in its work
of furtheri~g fhe artistic interests of the City of Philadelphia, has placed
on indefinite loan a total of 106 paintings from its permanent collection.
Among'- the institutions benefifing from this lending policy are: The
American Swedish Historical Museum, the Free Library of Philadelphia,
the Atwater Kent Museum, International House, Lincoln University, Office
of the Mayor of Philadelphia, and the University of Pennsylvania.
The Musical Fund Sodety 'of Philadelphia has withdrawn the following
pictures which had been in the Academy on indefinite foan for several
years: Portrait . of Dr. Edward G. McCollin byWeymann Adams, and
Portrait of Francis Gurney Smith by Thomas Sully.
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/C ONSERVATION OF WORKS FROM
PERMANENT COLLECTION
The following fifteen works from the permanent collection have received
conservation attention during the year from Theodor Siegl, the Academy's
conservator and technical adviser:
Landscape with Trees by George Innes
Miss Mary McCall by Robert Feke
Philadelphia Orchestra by Arthur B. Carles
World Poem by leo Quanchi
Charles H. Groesbeeck by John Vanderlyn
J. H. Gtoesbeeck by John Vanderlyn
Andrew Jackson by George Catlin
The Wright Familr by Joseph Wright
Joseph Pemberton by John Hesselius
Ann Galloway Pemberton by John Hesselius
Masked Ball at the Opera by Charles Hermans
Honfleur by James McNeill Whistler
John F. Lewis by Jacob Eichholtz
Eliza Mower Lewis by Jacob Eichholtz
Portrait of Jcimes Ross by Thomas Sully
SCHOOLS
The various activities in our ' schools - winter (day and evening) and summer - were very successfully conducted through the period 'o f this report.
Mr. 'Franklin C. Watkins, the recipient of a Grant to be painter-in-residence
at the American Academy in Rome in 1952-53, was granted an extended
leave-of-absence for the school year 1953-54 to permit him to remain in
Rome for another seasOn. In addition to his customary teaching, Mr.
Francis Speight has' been conducting landscape classes one day each
week. Mr. Morris Blackburn is giving the first year course in painting
design this year.
Mr. Harry Rosin, on leave last year, returned to the sculpture department
in September. Mr. Karl Karhumaa came to the department this season from
the studio of Ivan Mestrovic in the capacity of student-instructor.
Inasmuch as Mr. Edward Shenton found it necessary to remain in Europe
until after the opening of school in ,S eptember, Mr. William Sasagawa,
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illustrator; was engaged to substitute for Mr. Shenton both then and during
the season, in order that Mr. Shenton could make periodic trips to Washington in connection with his commission for mural designs for the War
Memorials in Belgium and France.
The si)!:.-weeks' summer school has been found to flll a very real need for
the dty (lrt student who cannot plan for study at distant places, and this
summer also includ.ed a workshop in graphics, as well as study of the
Rosenwald Print Collection.
On Cresson Day in May, the Academy awarded its highest honor, the
Academy Gold Medal of Hon.or, to Mr. George Harding and Mr. Walker
Hancock, heads of its - mural decoration and sculpture departments,
respectively. The commission to des!gn the Dwight D. Eisenhower Inaugural
Medal, and receipt of the Philadelphia Art Alliance M,e dal of Achievement,
were additionai honors bestowed upon Mr. Hancock this year.
A $1000.00 grant was awarded to Mr. Francis Speight by the National
Institute of Arts and Letters, and the American Academy of Arts and
Letters purchased his painting Lock House.
The National Academy of Design awarded full membership to Mr: Hobson
Pittman -and Mr. Walter Stuempfig, both instructors in our school.
" In addition to the magnificent sum repres~nted in the various student
awards made by the Academy in 1953 (over $19,000.00), we are happy
to report that A,c ademy students, or thos~ only recently completing their
~tudies here, were the recipients of several awards from other institutions,
two of the most important having been awarded by the Louis Comfort
Tiffany Foundation in its 1953 scholarship competition: $2000.00 to Paul
Kramer:: (painter) and $500.00 to Charles Parks (sculptor).
On the afternoon of May 22nd, Mr. and Mrs. David M. Gwinn gave a
party to introduce to friends of the Academy the student work on .exhibition in connection with the competition for traveling scholarships and
. other school prizes. The party was a great success and resulted in a fine
record of sales.
Miss Martha K. Schick reports a constant growth of student -interest in
the library from which 920 items were withdrawn on loan and returned
during the year. AI~o reported are the purchase of fifty new books and
the receipt of the following gifts: 120 books from Mrs. Alfred G. 8. · Steel,
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13 books' from Mr~ : John F. Lewis, - Jr., ' and 9 miscellaneous items from
the, 'Philadelphia Art ,Alliance. The A<:ademy,: library presented several
volumes on the history, of costume design to the 'Moore Institute;
PUBLIC
RELATIONS
'Since one 'of the several ' duties of this depclrtrrieritis publidtyfor both
gclll~ries and school activities, and 'rrluth 'of it on a , nation-wide basis,
we sHould like first t6 record' ci word ' of appreciation to the art critics!
to newspapers, art and other publications, calendars Of many organizCitions, the radio and television, for invaluable cooperation.
Our series of free chamber music concerts, held this time for the fifth
consecutive year, has come to be one of the ' really fine contribu'tionsto
the music life of the City and as such is ' attracting greater interest and
aftendance each year; Since the Academy' has no m'usic budget, assistance
from the Music Performance Trust Furid ' of the American Phonograph
lndu,stry, hqs 'TIade, th~ series possible. , Loan of a Steinway Pia.J:l0' its
tuning and transportation hav,e all been arranged without cost to the
Academy. Able pianist, Vladimir Sokoloff, has oQain , arr~nged the programs and brought to us the finest musicians in the City.
The Americari Society of An'cient Instruments held ' its twenty~fifth ' annual
festival in ' our galleries on April 15th and 16th. The total attendance for
the concerts ,o f this - unique organi?:ation, and for our own five, was
well , over 3700.
In the life and annual classes, 242ne~ members were enrolled, and
four members increased their classification, adding $3644.00 in' new
membership funds.
No other art institution in the country maycelebi'ate a l,sOth birthday,.
As the Academy approaches this occasion in 1955, we urge our members
and stockholders to encourage a greater ' interest on the part of their
friends in' Acade~y membership. '
BUILDINGS
MAIN
BUILDING, BROAD
AND CHERRY STREETS '
and
' ANNEX,
1834 ' ARCH
STREET
This has no't been a year of major alterations or repairs, but in both
buildings considerable work that improved appearances or convenierice~
or both, has been accomplished.
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New ' topperspouting 'w as-i'nstalled in severed ' places on the outside of
the main building, other drains cleaned, and leaks in the ' old ' section of
.the roof repaire~.
New lin'oleum was lriic('i~ the main office fbllowing considerabie repair
work on the old floor. The walls and ceilings in several 'studios were
scraped and repainted, the floors through the entire school repainted,
the students're,c re'ation room' renovated, and the illustration ,students'
booths and the students,' dining (OO,m on the basem.ent floor, repainted.
rloors~ and woodwork were repainted :in the Arch Stree.t building.
A considerable amount of new water piping was installed in both buildings
and much electrical work accomplished. All of this, excepting the laying
of thelinoleUl:n, was done by the Academy's maintenance staff. '
WOMEN'S ' COMsyllTTEE
Memb~rs
of. the , Comm.ittee presided at the refreshment tabl~s for the
private views of the two Annual Exhibitions, and ' entertained at small
dinner parties before each of these occasions. '
On Tuesday afternoon, March 17th, the Committee gave a cocktail party
opening , the , memorial retrospective exhibition of the .work of Arthur B.
Carles given by ' and at the Academy with the Philadelphia Museum , of
Art collaborating . •
It also a~ranged rece'p tions in honor of the following ari'ists who wEm~
exhibiting in the Philadelphia Artists; Gallery: Morris Berd on April' 10th
and Thomas ' Meehan ,on May 1sf. "
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TH E FE LLOW 5 HIP
The Academy's Fellowship (alumni) was organized in 1897. This year ,i!
sponsored a serie,s of programs of color slides of great art works (from
the Philadelphia Museum of Art slide collection) for Academy students,
and another of "art films to which Academy members were also invited,
and twice ' wee~ly during the winter season conducted Croquis Classes
for its members and Academy stl,ldents.
During the 1953-54 season it e~pended $500.00 to spo~sor a s~des of
four lectures free to Academy members and friends, two having occurred
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within th~ period of this report, as follows: Alfred V. Frankenstein, November 10th; Eric Newton, December 15th.
Its 1953 Annual Exhibition of Painting, Sculpture and Graphics was held
from . March 12th throu.gh April 5th, with the Fellowship-sponsored exhibition of student work show~ng concurrently.
It also presents the Gallery Talks for the Academy's Annual Exhibitions ..
awards the Fellowship Prize of $1 00 in each of the Annual Painting and
Sculpture Exhibitions, and when staging its own exhibitions, · gives the
Academy $350;00 each time for the use of the galleries with attending
services.
It sponsors a Students' Committee whose members are chosen from the
student body, with one of the group serving on the Fellowship's Board of
Managers, for the purpose of keeping the Board informed co~cerning
the welfare of students, recommending them for teaching positions, or
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directing them to other opportunities or sources of income.
It has a membership of over 500 and an annual income of over $1500.00.
Mr. Walker Hancock is President.
THE COMMITTEE ON FELLOWSHIP
The Committee on Fellowship administers the Henry J. Thouron Memorial
Fund, the Special Fund, the Picture Purchase Fund, and the Mary Butler
Memorial Fund (total not yet complete), all for the benefit of Fellowship
members, and present or former students, and s~eks to be useful to both
the Fellowship and the Academy when needed.
It (1) purchases pictures or sculpture to encourage or assist artists, or improve the Loan Collection from which works are currently on exhibition in
some forty schools, settlementhooses, hospitals and other organizations
or institutionsj(2) provides art classes, generally in settlement houses; to
give study opportunities for the youth of those neighborhoods, as well as
teaching experience and income for present and/or former Academy students; (3) · gives a type of financial assistance not permissible from the
regular Fellowship treasury, to current and former students; (4) assists
needy current Academy students with tuition, artists' materials, or Jiving
expenses; (5) provides the Annual Gold Medal Award in the Annual Fellowship Exhibitions.
Mrs. A. Bruce Gill is Chairman and Treasurer.
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CONSOliDATED TREASURER1S . REPORT
September 1, 1952 to August 31,1953
INCOME
Art ,Gallery and Exhibitions
School
Trust Funds
Membership Dues
Contributions .
City Appropriations
Profit on Sale of General Fund Investments
$ 35,752.37
49,302.57
71,209.14
11,665.00
3,193.04
16,666.67
380.45
Total Income
$188,169.24
EXPENSES
Art Gallery and Exhibitions
,S chool
$123,070.99
66,013 .03
Total Expenses
Net. Operating Loss
$
$J 8,?,084.02
914.78
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C,ONTRIBUTlONS· ,FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES
For Calendar Year, 1953
Catherwood Foundation
for Water Color Exhibitions, 1952
$3,500.00
1953
$2;500.00
David M. Gwinn, for Eakins Prize
Fellowship of the Academy, for Annual Fellowship Exhibition
John Stewart, for Print Club Prize
tf. A. Wolf Fund, for purchase of H~ Kayn's The Healer
Mrs. Alexander Portnoff, for Student Sculpture Prize
Philadelphia Museum of Art, for Carles ExhibiJion
Henry Pemberton, for repair of Pemberton portraits
Giuseppe Donato, for School Prize
Mrs. . Fran!=es Weeks Lux, for John H. Conner Memorial Prizes
Mr. John F, Lewis, Jr., for:
Kenneth Erdley's summer school tuition
School publicity
Water Color Exhibition (catering)
Student Party
Zoo tickets for students
American Society of Ancient Instruments, for concerts
R. S. Sallus, for purchase of one share of Aca~emy stock
Lucie W. M,itcheson Estate -legacy
Anna Wharton Morris, for 149th Annual Exhibition
George D. Widener, for School Scholarships
Henry C. Gibson, for transportation of piano, 1953-54 '
. chamber music concerts
William C. Mason for:
1953 Student prizes
Membership dues
New entrance project
Prize accounts
Prize accounts - unallocated
$ 6,000.00
100.00
350.00
25.00
750.00
50.00
368.95
'6 50.00
50.00
1,000.00
$ 75.00
615.00
136.20
69.88
80.00
976.08
100.00
10.00
1,006.08
10,000.06
2,000.00
73.64
$ 100.00
171.50
1,000.00
170.81
125.00
1,567.3 1
95.00
1,000.00
1,049.86
500.00
Philadelphia Water Color Club, for Water Color Exhibition Posters
Matilda Maulsby Estate - legacy
Mrs. James P. Magill, for new entrance project
Henry S. Drinker, for Cecilia Beaux calalog - (150th Anniversary Exhibition) .
$ 27,721.92
CONTRIBUTIONS, UNRESTRICTED
Clifford Farr
Anonymous
Mrs. Albert A. Jackson
Kate Kelsey .
Sydney E. Martin
$
2.50
2,500.00
2.00
10.00
501.10
$ 30,737.52
NEW
MEMBERS
Enrolled' during 7953; Including those
who increased their ' classification
* Patron
•• John F. Lewis, Jr.
~· Mrs. Harrison S. Morris
* Fell9w ,
Joseph J. Greenberg
Mrs. Frances Weeks Lux
• ·Sydney E; Martin
• ·William Clarke Mason
Dr. Abraham J. Rosenfeld
• "Mrs. Alfred G. B. Steel
William S. Wassell
Life Members .'
A.Atwater Kent, Jr.
Thomas L. Prendergast
Mrs. Jules C.Lavin
Contributing Members
Richard C. Bond
···David M. Gwinn
Sustaining Members
··Mrs. William L. Beck
Mrs. Leonard F. Bush
Mrs. Samuel Cooke
James J. Deeney
John P. Donovan
•• Mrs. Thomas S. Gates
Julien G. Pollock
··Mrs. William Maxwell Scott, Jr.
Willis W. Smith
Louis Snyder
Lawrence R. Wechsler
Annual Members
Abbruzzi, Reynold A:
Abrams, Stanley L. ·
Adams, Mrs. Edg.ar F.
Adams; Miss Frances C.
Adamson, Wolter Z.
Alber, Mrs. William M.
Allen, Mrs. Eugene Y.
Amsterdam, Mrs. Gusta've G.
Ansell, Mrs. Edward
Aurich, Mrs. Alfred C. '
Boker, Mrs. George· E.
Botes, Mrs. Daniel Moore
Baton, Miss Groce S.
Bouer, Mrs. Edward' K.
Beagery, Mrs. H. C.
Benner, Mrs •. Henry Lewis
Bernstein, Irwin L.
Biagini, Miss Clotilda '
Bloch, Mrs. Arthur
Blum, Robert B.
Bowes, Mrs. Thomas D.,' Jr.
Brecht, Vincent B.
Brown, Charles T., Jr.
Brown, William ' Fuller, Jr.
Budd, Edward G., Jr.
Buell, Mrs. C. A.
Bulger, Mrs. Frieda B.
Bye, Ranulph .
Croft, Miss Alice Marie
Cunningham, Miss Mur.iel F.
Davis, Mrs. Edgar So
Davis, Mrs. Newlin F.
Davison, Mrs. C. L.
Dawson, David H.
De Loney, Mrs; F. J.
Delaplaine, Miss Meribah C.
Detweiler, Mrs. Howard R.
Detweiler, Marvin
Dilks, W. Howard, Jr.
Dingman, James E.
D'Onofrio, Miss Josephine
Duffield, Miss Helen Morris
Dunn, Mrs. Alec R.
Calvin, Mrs. Rolph J.
Carlisle, Mrs. E. G.
Carver, John S.
Chisholm, M. C. Cameron
Clark, Mrs. David W.
Cleaver, Miss Anne Jane
Cohen, Dr. J. Gershon
· Colish, Aaron
• Comer, Mrs. Earle R.
Edelman, Milton
· Connor, Mrs. Rolph
Conyngham, Mrs. William H. .
Cortes, Dr. Noel J.
Fauser, Mrs. J. E.
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Fisher, Mrs. Bernice
Fontaine, Mrs. Claire M.
Forster, Mrs. Louis P.
Fox, Mrs. Paul
Fox, Mrs. William
Frank, Mrs. 'Victor H.
Friedmann, Lionel
Fries, Mrs. H. Maywood
Fullmer, Roy E.
Furlong, Mrs. Edward ,V.
Knipe, Miss Mildred E.
Knox, Dr. Andrew
Kollman, Mis. E. F.
Kownatsky, Harry L.
Kreizman, Mrs. Violet M.
Krekstein, I. H.
lachman, Mrs. Harry '
Lachman, Dr. Joseph
Larer, Mrs. George N.
Lavenson, Jay
Lavino, E. George
Game, Mrs. Clyffard
Leeds, Mrs. Morr,s ·E.
Garner, Milto" B.
G
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Lewis, Walter H.
~rman,
• ee
Li'nton, Mrs. 'Jesse
G~fford, Dr. Edward 5., Jr.
Lochhead, Miss Anne Jess
G~I~ert, Mrs. Gwendolyn Taylor Loeb, Mrs. Alfred H.
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G~lhes, Mrs. George C.
Loeb, Mrs. Richard '
Longstreth, John C.
GIpson, Mrs. La.wrence H.
Golden~erg, MI.chael B.
Luse, Mrs. H. H.
Goldste~n, HarriS S. .
Lush,S; Beryl
Goldstein, Mrs. Hams S.
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M 0 If L
Gordon,' Mrs. HeilrY
yons, rs. 0
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Gardon, Mrs. William D.
Greene, Mrs. D. Dougla.s
McCa.ll, Miss Virginia A.
Greenstein, l. Arthur
McCann, Martin B.
Griscom, Miss Gladys H.
McCaulley, Miss Elinor A.
Griswold, Mrs. John A.
McDonald, Charles D.
Groff, Raymond E.
Machold, William F.
Groot, Miss Elsie R.
Machold, Mrs. William F.
Gross, Samuel
Magill, Mrs. Samuel N.
Guthrie, Mrs. J. Jean
Maltman, Mrs. Alexander
Manley, Robert E., Jr.
Marik, Mrs. Irene
Hahn, Miss Lita C.
Mattis, Jay H.
Hallman, H. Theodore
Meyer, Mrs. Emily
HQllowell, Mrs. Israel R.
Milner, Mrs. Jane
Hardwick, Aaron W., Jr.
Mole, Miss Margaret
Harnden, Robert
Mollenauer, Mrs. V. S.
Harris, Mrs. Alma D.
Morris, Clarence
Harris, Miss Ella F. '
Morrow, James B.
Hedrick, Mrs. J. Randolph
Moyer, Dr. Paul T.
Henry, Mrs. Lennig'
Murphy, Mrs. William
Hess, H. Ober
Thompson
Hinkson, Mrs. J. H. Ward
Hobart, Mrs. Donald M.
Neuman, Mrs. Abraham A.
Hough, William J. H.
Newlan,d , Mrs .. Harry B.
Hummel, Charles W.
Jacobs, Mrs. Edward
Jeanes, Mrs. William Warner
Orleans, Mrs. Marvin
Ourbacker, George J.
Kall, Mrs. Joseph
Kastner, Mrs. R"ichard
Kaufman, David E.
Kershaw, Mrs. Melville G.
Kimb~lI, Maulsby, Jr.
Klotz, Dr. Fred M.
Palmer, Mrs. Mary G.
Paris, Mrs. Eli J.
Peacock, Mrs. Chauncey H.
Pedersell, Erling H.
Pedlow, Mrs. George W.
Petroskas, Mrs. Margaret
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Pincus, Mrs. Irwin Nat
Purviance, Miss Cora L.
Radbill, Mrs. Samuel
Ranney, Claude J.
'Reilly, Miss Catherine F.
Reinsel, Walter
Rhea, Mrs. Edwin M.
Rich, John F.
Ridington, Mrs. C.
Rinehart, Mrs. H. R. :
Roberts, Mrs. Helen L.
Robin, Miss Fanny
Rose, Mrs. Bernard Z.
Ruban, James R.
Saboi, Mrs, Edwin M.
Sallom, Dr. A. K.
Sanders, Mrs. Joseph
Sargent, Mrs. Zonia
Sawyer, Henry W~, 3rd
Schilling, Miss Eleanor C.
Schramm, Dr. Mildred W. S.
Scott, Mrs. Earle
Scott, Mrs. Hardie
Scott, Mrs. Hy:gh D., Jr.
Shanahan, Miss Martha
Sharples, Mrs. Lawrence P.
Shaw, Mrs. Marie Leonhardt
Sheahan, John Carroll, 3rd
Sheerr, Maurice J.
Shekerjian, Mrs. Emily H.
Sheppard, Miss Mary G.
Silvermari, SamuelS.
Solomon, Irwin W.
Spector, Maurice
Staneika, Aladbertas
Steel, Mrs. Howard
Stevenson, Mrs. John A.
Stewart, Miss Dorothy E.
Streander, Mrs. L. R.
Stuart, T. Walter
Sunderman, Dr. 'F. William
Sunstein, Mrs. Leon, Jr.
Swope, Leslie M.
Tamm, Miss Margaret H.
Taylor, Percivai D.
Theiss, Rear-Admiral P. S.
Tilden, MQrmaduke
Towle, Mrs. Joseph H.
Trueblood, Miss Iro C.
' Van der Eb, Mrs. HenrY G.
Walker, Miss, Isabella
Wallace" Mrs. Dorothy
Walsh, Mrs• .Brendan
Wasserman, Mrs. Howard
Walton, Mrs. Henry F., Jr. "
Webb, Mrs. William P. " <Weintrob, Miss Esther
Weiss, Morris
Welsh, Mrs. C. Newbold
Wiler, Mrs. Edward
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"W,i'nkelman, N. Willia'm;' Jr;' , . Yo'cler,"): Arthur
Winsor,' Miss Ellen . "
Young, Mrs.Cha'rles D,
Wister, Mrs. Charles K. B.
Wolff, Mrs. Frank ' B.
Zang, Mrs. Joseph A.
Woolston, Mrs. Robert H.
Zantzinger, C. Clark, Jr.
Wright, Frederick
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, Zeitlin, Mrs. David E.
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·Elected in perpetuity
• ·Classification increased
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ME",BERSHIP CLASSE'S
".
{AnnUal $10.00
Yearly Members.: Sustain·ing $25.00 .. .
Contributing $100.00
Life Member
$300
..
Fellow
$1000 to $5000
Patron
$5000 to $25,000
Benefactor
$25,000 or more
(Fellow., Patrons and Benefactors are enrolled In perpetuity.)
Members receive notices of all activities, invitations to private views and
special lectures, catalogues 'for exhibitions and schools; the Annual Report,
a discount on art works purchased; have access to the print collection and
use of the art reference library, subject to the regulations of the Institution.
The Academy is maintained entirely by private funds. Through their subscriptions, members share in the support of the Institution, and in its encouragement of American art and the American artist. Contributions and
dues are deductible from Federal income tax.
FORM
OF
BEQUEST
give, devise and bequeath to The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts
Dollars, in trust, to invest and keep
invested and apply the income to the maintenance of the said Academy.
The Academy is open weekdays (except Mondays) from 10 A.M. to 5 P.M.;
Sundays and Holidays from 1 to 5 P.M. Closed Mondays, New Year's Day,
Fourth of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas.