150th Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE
FINE ARTS
BROAD AND CHERRY STS.
•
150th ANNUAL REPORT
1955
PHILADELPHIA
Cover: Girl Reading by Alexander Brook
Gift of Mrs. Herberl Cameron Morris
The One-Hundred and Fiftieth
Annual Report
of
TH.E PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY of the FINE ARTS
FOR THE YEAR
1955
Presented to the Meeting of the Stockholders
of the Academy on Fe bruary 6, 1956
OFFICERS
John F. Lewis, Jr . .
Henry S. Drinker .
C. Newbold Taylor
Joseph T. Fraser, Jr.
President
Vice-President
Treasurer
Secretary and Director
BOARD
OF
DIRECTORS
Mrs. Leonard T. Beale
* Mrs. Hart McMichael
*Mrs. Joseph S. Clark, Jr. James P. Magill
* Fredric R. Mann
Henry S. Drinker
Sydney E. Martin
David M. Gwinn
William
Clarke Mason
R. Sturgis Ingersoll
George
P. Orr
Arthur C. Kaufmann
Howard C. Petersen
George B. Roberts
John Stewart
C. Newbold Taylor
Sydney L. Wright
" Ex-officio
STANDING
COMMITTEES
COMMITTEE ON COLLECTIONS
AND EXHIBITION
George B. Roberts, Chainnan
Mrs. Leonard T. Beale
R. Sturgis Ingersoll
Sydney E. Martin
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
C. Newbold Taylor, Chairman
James P. Magill
John Stewart
COMMITTEE ON INSTRUCTION
William Clarke Mason, Chairman
Mrs. Leonard T. Beale
David M. Gwinn
C. Newbold Taylor
COMMITTE E ON CHESTER SPRINGS
William Clarke Mason, Chairman
Sydney E. Martin
George B. Roberts
COMMITTEE FOR THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY
James P. Magill, Chairman, 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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WOM lE N 1S
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs .
Mrs.
Mrs .
COMMITTEE
Mrs. Hart McMichael, Chairman
Leonard T. Beale
Mrs. Arthur C. Kaufmann
Mrs. John F. Steinman
Mrs. Boudinot Stimson
Francis T. Chambers Mrs. John F. Lewis, Jr.
Mrs. Robert Stra usz-HlJpe
Joseph S. Clark, Jr. Mrs. George B. Roberts
Emlen P. Etting
Mrs. Julius Rosenwald , II
Mrs. Franklin C. W atkins
John A. Griswold
Mrs. Lawrence M. C. Smith Mrs. Walter H. W est
David M. Gwinn
Mrs. Sydney L. W right
STAFF
GENERAL
..
Director and S ecre tary
Assistant Director
Assistant to the Secretary
Secretary to the Director
. Comptroller
Receptionist
Exhib ition and Membership Clerk
Director of Public Relations and
Membership
Joseph T. Fraser, Jr.
Mabel L. Eiseley
Charles J. Marsh
Ann O . Evans .
Au gust Viilu
E. Elizabeth Fermanis
Frances M. Vanderpool
Elizabeth Z. Swenson .
. SCHOOL,S
(day and evening)
. Curator
. Secretary to the Curator
Librarian
Raymond T. Entenmann
Catherine R. Newbold
Martha K. Sch ick
FACULTY
George Harding
Francis Speight
W alker Hancock
Roswell Weidner
Harry Rosin
Edward Shenton
Franklin C. Watkins
John W. McCoy
Julius Bloch
Walter Stuempfig
Hobson Pittman
Morris Blackburn
John Hanlen
* Daniel Garber
John F. Harbeson
William M. Campbell
Philip Aliano
Edmond J. Farris
Jack Bookbinder
Peter Suffredini
Theodor Siegl
Wallace Peters
* *Ben Kamihira
* * Jim C. Lueders
* * James S. Hanes
(Summe r)
Morris Blackburn
Wallace Pete rs
Francis Speight
Roswell Weidner
Jim C. Lueders
BUILDING
Mayland T. McAvoy, Superintendent
• Professio nal Adviser
•• Assi stants in evening school
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R EPORT OF THE OFFICERS AND
BOARD OF D'IRECTORS
It is a rare privilege to report the celebration of 150 years of continuous
service for any American cultural institution. That is the unique positio n
of this Academy. On June 21, 1805 The Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts was founded, the Articles of Agreement were signed in December
of that year, and in March of 1806, it obtained its Charter. Thus was
begun what is now the oldest active institution dedicated to the fine arts
in the United States.
The present officers and staff felt a very heavy responsibility to organize
a fitting and memorable celebration. As we prepare this report for the year
1955, we are all enjoying great satisfaction in recording the realization
of our plans. The year was filled with special events which handsomely
graced the anniversary celebration, and we can look back with pride
at paying tribute to an illustrious past. The single event of greatest importance was the 150th Anniversary Exhibition. The work of twenty-five
artists (22 painters and 3 sculptors, none living), was deemed to represent
most ideally the breadth of creative and professional influence through
this span of years. The Exhibition opened with ,the work of Charles Willson
Peale, who was most influential in our founding, and closed with John
Marin, who died in 1953. It was thus evident that the best of contemporary
thinking which inspired our beginnings is still vital and active today. The
complete list of artists and other details will be set down more fully elsewhere in this report.
After . several years of the most exacting research by Miss Anna Wells
Rutledge, with the assistance of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Coleman Sellers~
an index of the catalogues of the exhibitions of this Academy and its
affiliates in the early years of its existence (1806-1870) was completed.
This long-awaited work - a boon to all scholars of American art - was
made possible by the American Philosophical Society, its publisher.
The 150th Anniversary celebration was honored by a second publication,
this one under the Academy's imprint: a register of all the known works
of Cecilia Beaux. The book, handsomely illustrated, was the result of most
exacting and devoted research by Mr. Henry S. Drinker, Vice-President
of the Academy, and a nephew of the artist.
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Chiefly through the good efforts of a member of our Board of Directors,
Mr. Arthur C. Kaufmann, the United States Post Office issued a commem·
orative stamp to honor our anniversary. The Postmaster-General, Mr.
Arthur E. Summerfield, chose to reproduce the best-known painting of
Charles Willson Peale, The Artist in His Museum, on this issue of 1 15
million three-cent stamps.
Before the Anniversary Exhibition opened, a Government agent came to
Philadelphia to ask the Academy's cooperation in sending a large segment
of it to Europe. This suggestion became fact, and 106 items, with repre·
sentation of something of all 25 artists, traveled to Madrid, Florence,
Innsbruck, Ghent and Stockholm, and returned in December, 1955. Be~
cause of the deep concern of many lenders as to the care and handling
of the Exhibition on its long journey, and as a factor in obtaining their
permission for their possessions to travel, our Director, Mr. Joseph T.
Fraser, Jr., accompanied the Exhibition in Spain, Italy, and through its
installation in Austria. His going was made possible through two grants :
one from the United States Information Agency, and the other from the
State Department. A Government agent assumed the responsibility after
Mr. Fraser's return to the United States in August. Five important cultural
centers in Europe were thus privileged to see the influence of a single
American institution on the creative life of America, in painting an d
sculpture, over a period of 150 years.
To digress for a moment concerning our Exhibition activities, we wish to
pay tribute again to the generosity of Mrs. Harrison S. Morris who, fo r
the third consecutive year, made a contribution of $10,000.00 to honor
the memory of her late husband, Mr. Harrison S. Morris, who was Man·
aging Director of the Academy from 1892 to 1905. Her 1955 gift was
the major one toward the expenses of this great celebration. A successio n
of other generous contributions made it possible to carry through the
entire celebration year in exemplary fashion, and without financial deficit.
We are also happy to report again the continuance of the City of Phil a d elphia's gnnual appropriation of $25,000.00 .
A new plan of concentrated vacation periods, resulting in the closing of
the galleries to the public from July 25th to August 20th, worked as a
boon for our staff. Our records show that this is the time each year when
the galleries enjoy the minimum of attendance.
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Record must be made here, also, of two resignations: Mr. John F. Harbeson resigned as an instructor in the Perspective Class of the School,
a position he had held since 1916, thus leaving a remarkable record of
39 years of teaching. Unfortunately, his action was dictated by condition
of health. Our resolution of thanks to him for the record of service which
he has rendered this institution was most sincere. Dr. Robert Strausz-Hupe,
a member of the Board of Directors since 1950, resigned due to professional commitments which made it impossible for him to attend our Board
meetings. Realizing well his continuing interest in the affairs of the Academy, we record his resignation with genuine regret.
It is gratifying to report that our School continues in a very satisfaCtory
manner. The enrollment is good, and the faculty is encouraged by a decided improvement evident in the promise of a . large proportion of the
students. An important transaction, still incomplete at the close of this
year, is the sale of the Academy's school property at .1834 Arch Street.
All of the activities formerly carried on there have been moved to our
main building at Broad and Cherry Streets. While we have not yet felt
th is move as a handicap, the class-room conditions and general student
activities are hampered to some extent by crowded conditions. Some
slight easing of this situation was achieved through additional basement
rooms which, although not ideal for school purposes, afford equivalent
usable space. They became available through the removal of our old
steam boilers, and are now used for stone and wood carving studios.
We are fortunate in being able to record the continued activity and interest of the ladies who compose our Women's Committee. After three
years of most loyal service as Chairman, Mrs. Leonard T. Beale resigned,
a nd the President appointed Mrs. Hart McMichael to succeed her. Also,
within the year, Mrs. Henry V. Greenough resigned due to her having
moved to Massachusetts; and Mrs. Horace Binney Hare due to heavy family
responsibilities.
It has been our policy to close these Annual Reports with a note of appreciation to our loyal staff. Certainly, in no year have we felt the debt of
gratitude more deeply than in this one of such unusual and demanding
activity. We therefore record words of praise for their excellent help.
It made possible the realization of our celebration aims.
JOSEPH T. FRASER, JR., Director
JOHN F. LEWIS, JR., President
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EXHIBITIONS
THE 1 50th ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION
The 150th Anniversary Exhibition opened to the public on January 16th,
following its Private View to over 1600 members, stockholders and guests
on Saturday, January 15th, from 9 to 11 P.M., and remained through
March 13th. It consisted of 254 items, all the work of the following
twenty-five artists, each of whom had been affiliated with the Academy
over the past century and a half as organizers, instructors, or students:
Thomas P.' Anshutz, Cecilia Beaux, George C. Bingham, Thomas Birch,
Alexander S. Calder, Arthur B. Carles, Mary Cassatt, William M. Chase,
Charles Demuth, Thomas C. Eakins, William J. Glackens, Charles Grafly,
William H. Harnett, Robert Henri, George B. Luks, John Marin, Henry B.
McCarter, John Neagle, Charles W. Peale, John F. Peto, William Rush ,
Everett Shinn, John Sloan, Thomas Sully and Benjamin West.
The catalog had to transcend a listing to assist the gallery visitor and
act as well as an historic record for future reference . We mention in particular the distinguished services rendered the celebration by those scholars,
writers, artists, collectors, and museum officials who contributed the brilliant I I appreciations" which accompanied the listings of each artist, and
so handsomely complemented the quality and preeminence of the artists:
Virgil Barker, Van Wyck Brooks, Alexander S. Calder, Marian Carson,
Albert Christ-Janer, Guy Pene Du Bois, James Thomas Flexner, Alfred
Frankenstein, Lloyd Goodrich, Dorothy Grafly, Walker Hancock, Helen W.
Henderson, R. Sturgis Ingersoll, Henri Marceau, Wilbur D. Peat, Dunca n
Phillips, Daniel Catton Rich, Edgar P. Richardson, Edward W. Root, Charles
C. Sellers, Frederick A. Sweet, Franklin C. Watkins, Forbes Watson , Catherine White, and Mahonri M. Young.
This record of the Exhibition was issued in three editions and in the fo llowing quantities : 5000 available at $2.00; 500 at $5.00; and 100
numbered copies (de Luxe Edition) at ,$25.00 . The $2.00 edition was
sold out before the Exhibition closed .
We also wish to record with praise Mr. Raymond A. Ballinger fo r his
outstanding work in designing the catalog; and Mr. Alan Kirshbaum, of
Edward Stern and Company, for accomplishing an exemplary printing .
The book was richly illustrated, and special care was exercised to reflect
the actual size of the works through scaling the reproductions with
utmost fidelity .
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During the Exhibition, in addition to its daytime hours, the Academy was
open in the evenings as follows: Tuesdays and Thursdays by appointment,
for groups; Wednesdays without appointments; Fridays for lectures and
concerts. The total attendance during the Exhibition was 27,721.
THE FELLO'W SHIP ANNUAL EXHIBITION
The Annual Exhibition of Oil Painting, Sculpture, Water Colors and
Graphics by the Fellowship (alumni) of the Academy, opened on March
25th and remained through April 24th, following its Preview on March
24th, from 8 to 11 P.M.
JURIES
OIL PAINTING
Edna Andrade
Oliver Nuse
leonard Nelson
WATER COLORS AND GRAPHICS
John W. McCoy
Ben Solowey
John Hanlen
SCULPTURE
Evangelos Frudakis
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Wharton Esherick
PRIZES AND AWARDS
The Juries awarded the following :
Harrison S. Morris Prize divided - Eleanor A rn ett for Approach ing
Storm (casein) $50.00; Martha A. Zeit for Jewel Figure (woo d cut)
$50.00 . Honorable Mention : Homer Johnson for Group of Figures
(ink and wash).
Fellowship Gold Medal Award ($50.00) -
Paul
Anthony Green-
wood for Tycoon (sculpture) .
May Audubon Post Prize ($50.00) vannah (oil).
Sam Freid for Carnival in Sa -
Caroline Gibbons Granger Memorial Prize ($50.00) -
Jul i an Levi
for Weeds (oil).
Mary Butler Memorial Prize ($50.00) Philosopher (sculpture).
J. Wallace Kelly f o r The
At the Preview, Walker Hancock, Presiden t of the Fellowship, prese nted
. a citation and purse of $ 100.00 to Violet OakleYI a Vice-President of
t he Fellowship, in honor of her contribution to America n art over a lon g
pe riod of years.
An added fea t ure of the Exhibition was one gallery of watercolors by
Jo Mielziner, former Academy student and America/s outstanding designer
of stage sets, including those for Death of a Salesman, Glass Menagerie ,
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Pillar of Fire (balietL and others.
The Exhibition consisted of 157 works (not including Mr. Mielziner1s) by
living professional artists. Seven were sold representing a sales value of
$742.00. The total attendance was 4255.
CHARLES SHEELER RETROS·PECTIVE EXHIBITION
This exhibition l made up of 53 paintings l tempera miniat ures l crayon
drawings l and 29 photographsl opened a t the Academy . on April 7 th
and continued through May 1 st. It was o rganized by the following instit utions: Art Galleries l University of California l Los Angeles; M. H. De
Young Memorial Museum l San Francisco; San Diego Fine Arts Gallery;
Fort Worth Art Center l Texas; Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute l Utica,
N ew York; and the Academy. Its final showing was in Utica following its
close in Philadelphia. The total attendance was 2597.
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NINETEENTH CENTURY AMERICAN PAINTINGS
( 1815-1865)
This exhibition of Nineteenth Century American Paintings - all works from
the private collection of Mr. Maxim Karolik, and circulated by the Smithsonian Institution - opened in Gallery K on May 15th and continued
through June 12th. The total attendance was 1693.
THE STUDENT EXHIBITION
The Student Exhibition held in conjunction with the Competition for
William Emlen Cresson European Traveling Scholarships, other travel
scholarships, and cash prizes, was on view in galleries C, 0, E, F, J,. east
and west corridors, and the Rotunda from May 19th through June 5th,
opening with exercises for the students, their families and guests, on
May 18th at 4 P.M. The address was made by Mr. William Clarke Mason,
a member of the Academy's Board of Directors since i 935, a member of
its Committee on Instruction since 1944, and Chairman of that Committee since 1949. He was awarded the Academy Gold Medal of Honor by
Mr. John F. Lewis, Jr., President of the Academy, for his eminent services .
to the institution and the cause of art, after which Mr. Lewis, on behalf
of the Board of Directors, and on recommendation of the Faculty, awarded
traveling scholarships and other prizes, totaling $24,575.00 to the students, as follows:
First William Emlen Cresson Memorial European Traveling Scholarships, * 1902, ($1400 each):
Donald H. Abrams
Palle I. Mylner
Eva Odlivak
Joseph Tishler
Second William Emlen Cresson Memorial European Traveling Scholarships ($1400 each):
Franklin R. Drake
Chapman Kelley
Howard Kerwick
John Needre, Jr.
Ina Pivar
Sheila Lamb Travaglia
Honorable Mentions with Free Tuition, 1955-56, with right
to compete again :
Barbara Courtney
Theron A. Hardes
Lewis S. Ware Memorial European Traveling Scholarship, * 1938,
($1350):
James A. Hamilton, 3rd
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J.Henry Schiedt Memorial Traveling Scholarship, * 1949, ($1200
each);
Thomas J. Gaughan
Peter Lister
Carlo J. Travaglia
Martha A. Zeit
Honorable Mention: Lois B. Rhodes
Charles Toppan Prizes, * 1882:
First Prize ($300) -
Lois B. Rhodes
Second Prize ($200) -
Franklin R. Drake
Honorable Mention ($100) -
Peter Lister
Packard Prizes, * 1899;
First Prize ($30) -
Elizabeth Osborne
Second Prize ($20) -
Sue Sharp
Honorable Mention -
Julie Shield
Stewardson Prize, * 1901, ($100), awarded on March 18th by a
Jury of Sculptors composed of Beatrice Fenton, Gaetano Cecere and
Joseph Brown to Sheila Lamb Travaglia; Honorable Mention to
Francis Acquaye.
Thouron Prizes, * 1903;
It
Awarded by the Faculty ($50) - Vahan Amadouni
Awarded by Instructors ($50) - Thomas J. Gaughan
Awarded by Instructors ($25) - Daniel Miller
Awarded by Students ($25) - Louis Sloan
Honorable Mention -
Barbara Brown
Ramborger Prize, * 1911, ($25) -
Elizabeth Osborne
Honorable Mentions- James Spanfeller
William McK. Hoffman, Jr.
Stimson Prize, * 1917, ($100), awarded on November 19th by a
Jury composed of Vincent Glinsky and Raphael Sabatini, to Carlo
J. Travaglia; Honorable Mention to Francis Acquaye.
Cecilia Beaux Memorial Prize, * 1946, ($100): John W. Reilly
Honorable Mentions- Donald H. Abrams
Chapman Kelley
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Thomas Eakins Memorial Prize, * 1951, ($100): Peter Lister
Honorable Mentions - Dorothy Grant
John W. Reilly
Lila Agnes Kennedy Hill Memorial Prize,
* 1952, ($50): Francis
Acquaye
Alexander Portnoff Memorial Prize, * 1952, ($25): Carlo J. Travaglia
Honorable Mention - Francis Acquaye
The Print Club's Graphics Prize, * 1953, consisting of one year' s
membership in the Club, and the use of its workshop facilities:
Martha
A. Zeit.
Honorable Mention -
James Spanfeller .
The John Wanamaker Store Water Color Prizes, * 1954, donated by
Wanamaker's, and consisting of art materials to the value of $50
and $25 respectively; to Raymond Saunders and
A. John Kammer.
Honorable Mention: Lorraine Malach.
Lux Prize in Graphics ($50). Awarded for the first time, in memory
of John R. Conner: Sue Sharp.
Catharine Grant Memorial Prize, ($100). Awarded for the first time:
Louis Sloan.
Honorable Mentions -
Donald Abrams,
Vahan
Amadouni,
Daniel Miller, Hilbert Sabin, Raymond
Saunders
Mabel Wilson Woodrow Memorial Prize in Graphics, ($50). Awarded
for the first time : Hilbert Sabin.
Foreign Travel Award of $1580, given in honor of Academy's 150th
birthday. Funds raised by The Wanamaker Store through a Fashion
Show, and administered by the Catherwood Foundation: Elizabeth
Osborne.
Special Board of Directors' Prize, ($500), given for excellence of
his work, although he was not yet eligible to compete for travel
scholarship : Louis Sloan.
Class Prizes:
Construction ($50) - William McK. Hoffman, Jr.
Honorable Mention - James Spanfeller
Antique Cast Drawing ($50) - Elizabeth Osborne
Honorable Mention - Josephine Chapman
Landscape ($25) - Raymond Saunders
Honorable Mention - Louis Sloan
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Perspective Class Prize ($20), awarded by instructors John F.
Harbeson and William M. Campbell : Richard D. Currie
Honorable Mention -
Valentina Gubar
Night School Prize ($25) - Henry Kloczynski
Honorable Mention - Dominic Di Stefano
* Year
first awarded.
The University of Pennsylvania, in conjunction with the Academy, thro ugh
the Co-Ordinated Courses, awarded the following degrees at its Feb·
ruary Convocation:
Bachelor of Fine Arts:
Paul E. Gorka
Master of Fine Arts:
Richard S. Chew, Jr.
Burlingame Harvey
During the period 1-hat this student work was on exhibition, 20 items w ere
sold, representing a sales value of $1445. This was mainly the result of
the party given by Mr. and Mrs. David M. Gwinn (see Schools) . The total
attendance during the period was 1365.
PHILADELPHIA WATER COLOR CLUB
38th ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF WORK BY MEMBERS
The 38th Annual Exhibition of Water Colors, Drawings and Prints by
members of the Philadelphia Water Color Club, not previously shown in
the Academy, and consisting of 120 items, opened with a Private View
on Sat urday, October 15th, from 9 to 11 P.M. in galleries A , C, 0, K,
and M , and continued through November 20 th.
JURY O F S ELECTION
Dong Kingman
Henry C. Pitz
Carl Zig rosser
PRiZES AND A W ARDS
Philadelphia Water
Merrick
Color Club
Medal of Award -
Philadelphia Water Color Prize ($200) Interior
Alice McFadden Eyre Medal -
James
Ki rk
John W . McCoy for Woods
Arthur Flory for The Fisherman (colo r
lithograph)
Dawson Memorial Medal -
Paul Darrow for Spring Still Life (water
color)
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Dana Water Color Meda/- Frederick Gill for Beach Morning
Pennell Memorial Medal (casein)
Thornton Oakley Memorial
Lobster Buoys (casein)
Edward Betts for Granite Landscape
Prize
($50) -
Morris
Blackburn fo r
Note: This exhibition is not to be confused with the series presented in the
Fall for the past 51 years by the Academy and the Philadelphia
Water Color Club, but interrupted this year by the anniversary
celebration.
One work was sold, representing a sales value of $150.00 The total attendance was 22,743.
CHILDREN'S BO·OK FAIR
The Ch ildren's Book Fair, the first in Philadelphia and the largest and
. most pretentious staged to date by any city in the country, was presented
by the Free Library of Philadelphia, in our galleries E, F, H, I, J, east and
west corridors and Rotunda, with the· Academy, The Philadelphia Inquirer,
and the Children's Book Council collaborating. It was opened with a Private View on October 29th at 8 :30 P.M. and continued through November 20th. The total attendance was 20,728 .
EXHIBITION OF WORK BY WILLIAM TROST RICHARDS
The William Trost Richards (1833 -1905) Retrospective Exhibition, consisting of 68 seascapes and landscapesi and five portraits by his daughter,
Anna Richards Brewster (1870-1952) opened in Gallery F on December 1st,
and continued through January 8th, 1956. Mr. C. Nelson Richards, a
great-grandson of the artist, was the principal lender of wor,ks, and it
was chiefly through his generous financial assistance that the Exhibition
was made possible. Other lenders included : Mrs. Harrison S. Morris, Mr.
a nd Mrs. Sydney L. Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Lippincott, Mr. W. Paul
O'Neill, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wharton Lippincott, Colonel and Mrs.
Nicholas Biddle, Sr., and the Academy. The total attendance was 1914.
' PHILADELPHIA ARTISTS '
G,ALLERY
An Exhibition of 46 lithographs and 15 drawings by Benton Spruance was
held in Galleries C and D from December 1st through January 8th, 1956.
A reception in Mr. Spruance's honor, given by Mr. and Mrs. James P.
Magill, was held on the opening afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock. Twenty14
three works, representing a sales value of $1109.00, were sold during
the exhibition. The total attendance was 1914.
An Exhibition of water ~olors and pen and ink sketches by Kathryn Fligg,
done during her recent residence in Italy, was held in Gallery M from
December 9th through January 8th, 1956. The exhibition opened with a
tea in Miss FJigg's honor, sponsored by the Women's Committee of th e
Academy on December 9th. Fourteen works, representing a sales value
of $440.00 were sold during the exhibition. The total attendance was 964.
SPECIAL EVENTS
The following special events took place in the Academy during the calendar year of 1955:
ANNIVERSARY DINNER
January 12th
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The 150th Anniversary Exhibition formally opened
with a dinner for 300 guests, invitations having
been issued in the name of the President and
Board of Directors. The speaker of the evening
was Mr. Francis Henry Taylor, then Director of
the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
After dinner, Mr. John F. Lewis, Jr., presented
the Academy Gold Medal of Honor ·t o the institution's Director, Mr. Joseph T. Fraser, Jr., in
recognition of his twenty years of able and devoted service to the institution, with special reference to his work in assembling the Anniversary Exhibition and planning the other aspects
of the celebration.
COMMEMORA nVE STAMP CEREMONY
January 15th
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At 11 .A.M. the First Day Issue Ceremony of the
three-cent postage stamp commemorating the
150th Anniversary was held in the 'Academy' s
Auditorium . The chief address of the morning
was made by Honorable Albert J. Robertson ,
Assistant J:>ostmaster General of the United States.
A luncheon followed in his honor, in Gallery H.
From noon to 4 P.M. a temporary United States
Post Office was set up in the Auditorium and
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the new stamps sold. The Academy issued as its
\\maximum card" a post card reproduction of the
Peale painting The Artist in His Museum, with
the stamp affixed to the lower left corner of
the picture side of the card.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS' DINNER
January 20th
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The American Institute of Architects, wishing to
make a suitable acknowledgement of the Academy's great work in advancing the understanding of art by citizens of this country, during its
long career, held its annual dinner in the Academy's galleries. Mr. Fraser was the recipient
of a Citation from the Philadelphia Chapter,
American Institute of Architects, of which he is
a member, in recognition of his great contribution toward the advancing of appreciation of
the fine arts in this city, through his arranging
of the Annual and other special exhibitions of
American painting and sculpture, and particularly for assembling and arranging the great
Anniversary Exhibition. The speaker was Mr.
William M. Campbell.
PHILADELPHIA ART ALLIANCE DINNER
January 27th
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The Philadelphia Art Alliance participated actively in the celebration by holding a dinner in
honor of the occasion for 200 of its members
and guests in the Academy galleries. The speaker
was Mr. John Coolidge, Director of the Fogg
Art Museum.
COSMOPOLITAN ' and FRANKLIN INN CLUBS
February 3rd
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Mem-bers of ~he Cosmopolitan Club and the
Franklin Inn Club held a ioint meeting in the
galleries in the evening.
PHILADELPHIA ART TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION DINNER
February 10th
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The Philadelphia Art Teachers' Association was
the third organization to participate in the anniversary celebration by having a dinner here .
Mr. Fraser spoke on some of the aspects of the
celebration.
COUNCILMEN'S DINNER
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March 3rd
The Mayor, members of Philadelphia City Coun cil and their wives were the guests at dinner ' of
the Academy's president, Mr. Lewis and Mrs.
Lewis.
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE PARTY
March 8th
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A party for members of International House was
given, including refreshments, by Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence M. C. Smith. Mr. Fraser was the
speaker .
WOMEN'S BOARD, GERMANTOWN HOSPITAL
March 10th
LECTURES -
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An evening subscription was arranged by the
Women's Board of the Germantown Hospital for
the benefit of the Hospital. Mr. Benton Spruance
was the speaker. A small buffet supper preceded the party.
8:30 P.M.
January 21 st
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Charles Coleman Sellers: "Charles Willson Peale
and the Early American Painters".
February 4th
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Lloyd F.
Period".
February 18th
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Walter Pach: "The Eight".
March 4th
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Symposium: "The Contemporary Creative Arts in
America". Panel - Dorothy Grafly (art critic);
Benton Spruance (artist); Andrew C. Ritchie
(museum directod; R. Sturgis Ingersoll (museum
president).
CONCERTS January 28th
Goodrich:
"Thomas Eakins and His
8:30 P.M.
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Sonatas by Beethoven, Brahms and Grieg-
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Jascha Brodsky,
pianist.
violinist;
Vladimir
Sokoloff,
February 11 th
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Works for Four Hands at One Piano by Beethoven, Bizet, Poulenc, Schubert and SchumannEleanor and Vladimir Sokoloff, pianists.
February 25th
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Works by Brahms, Chausson, Faure, Schubert,
Schumann and Wolf - Ilona Kombrink, soprano;
Wayne Conner, tenor; Vladimir Sokoloff, pianist.
March 11 th
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Works by J. S. Bach, J. C. Bach, MacDowell, McCollin, Manfredini, Tarenghi, Sammartini, and
Zhelebinsky - String Virtuosi of Philadelphia,
Louis Vyner conductor; Vladimir Sokoloff, pianist.
April 13th, 14th and 15th
Twenty-Seventh Annual Festival of the American
Society of Ancient Instruments. Works by the
early masters.
October 21 st
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Works by Ariosti, Brahms and Hindemith-Harry
Zaratzian, violist; Vladimir Sokoloff, pianist.
December 2nd
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Works by Barber, Brahms, Debussy, Durante,
Legrenzi, Scarlatti, Schubert, Schumann and
Wagner - Ilona Kombrink, soprano; Wayne
Conner, tenor; Vladimir Sokoloff, pianist.
All of the concerts except those given by the Society of Ancient Instruments, were free to the public. The instrumental programs were presented
by the Academy in collaboration with the Music Performance Trust Fund
of the American Phonograph Industry, in cooperation with Local 77,
American Federation of Musicians; one Lieder recital through an anonymous contribution and the other through the Fredric R. ,Mann Foundation.
They were the result of the able planning and cooperation of Miss Elizabeth Z. Swenson, the Academy's Director of Public Relations, and Mr.
Sokoloff.
GALLERY TALKS Color Club)
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2:30 P.M. (Sponsored by the Philadelphia Water
October 20th
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Ben Eisenstat, painter, teacher.
October 27th
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Dorothy Grafly, critic, publisher.
November 2nd
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James Kirk Merrick, painter, teacher.
November 10th -
Walter E. Baum, painter, critic.
November 17th -
John W. McCoy, painter, teacher
TELEVISION, WPTZ -
Channel 3
The Board of Education scheduled a series of
nine programs for consecutive Wednesday morninigs, beginning January 12th and ending March
9th, with Jack Bookbinder as moderator. They
focused atten tion on various aspects of the
150th Anniversary Exhibition.
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Another series titled "Art and the Artist", presented by the saine station, in collaboration
with the Academy, with Mr. Bookbinder as
planner and moderator, was made possible
through the financial assistance of the FidelityPhiladelphia Trust Company, on Sundays, 12:30
to 1 P.M., October 9th through January 2nd,
1956. Appearing as guests were Walter Hancock, Franklin C. Watkins, Robert Riggs, Jacques
Lipchitz, Hobson Pittman, Isabel Bishop, Walter
Stuempfig, Harry Rosin, George Harding, Gladys
Rockmore Davis, Peter Blume, Morris Blackburn
and Jo Mielziner. We are grateful to Falcon
Press for contributing the printed announcements
which were mailed by the Academy to its mem bers, stockholders, et cetera .
TOTAL AITENDANCE IN THE GALLERIES DURING 1955: 62,883.
ACQU ISITIONS
The many details concerned with registering purchases and gifts, as well
as those required for each loan, are taken care of 'by the Director's Assistant. Exclusive of the works which trayeled to Europe (full report in
1956) they were as follows for this year:
Purchas es
Through the Temple and Gilpin Funds : The Soda Fountain (painting) by
William J. Glackens .
Through the Collections Fund: Bahamian Exotic (water color) by Vera White.
Within the Lambert Fund : Exchange of Still Life with Apples for Somewhat
Rheumatic both by Alice T. Roberts.
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A Little Girl (painting) by Cecilia Beaux. ·
Gift of Miss Fanny Travis Cochran
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Gifts
Autumn Still Life (painting) by William M. Chase, from Mr. Joseph Nash
Field.
Head of Henry S. Drinker (bronze) by Margaret Wasserman Levy, from
the artist.
Diary of Elizabeth Chapin (1855-56), containing references to the Academy, from Mrs. Julius Rosenwald, II.
Album of photographs and text of Commem'o rative Stamp ceremonies
held at the Academy January 12th, 1955, from Mr. Arthur C.
Kaufmann.
Set of 25 etchings, one drawing of lIIyria, and the plate for same, all
by Daniel Garber, from Mr. John F. Lewis, Jr., which enabled the
Academy to own a complete set of Mr. Garber's etchings.
Set of 12 lithographs (6 scenes of historic Philadelphia and 6 of historic
Germantown), by Grant Simon, from the artist.
Portrait of Henry McCarter and Flower Still Life, both by Alice T. Roberts,
from her son, Mr. George B. Roberts.
Mrs. Reynolds, Mrs . John Ferrell, and Delphine Bowen (artists unknown),
the bequest of Mrs. Gordon Ashe.
Demolition (painting) by Harry Leith-Ross, through the Harry W. Ranger
Fund, National Academy of Design, New York City. (The painting
is not to become the absolute property of the Academy until 15
years following the artist's death.)
Autographed print of Horace Howard Furness by Joseph de Camp, from
Mr. Michael Mongiben.
A Little Girl (painting) by Cecilia Beaux, from Miss Fanny Travis Cochran
(the subject of the painting).
Three oil paintings: The White House by Fay Kennedy; Wild Ducks by
Helen West Heller; Vase of Flowers by A. H. Maurer; two drawings
of nude female figures by Raphael Soyer and Emil Ganso; and Light
House (water color) by Jan Matulka; from Mr. Carl Zigrosser.
Antique refectory table from Mr. C. Newbold Taylor.
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Near Noank (oil seascape) by Henry Ward Ranger; original letter fro m
John Ruskin to Henry D. Gilpin (sixth president of the Academy),
from Mr. Seymour Adelman .
Sixteen works from Mrs. Thomas E. Drake, formerly a part of the collections of her late aunt, Miss Margaretta Hinchman: Interior (painting)
and The Box Garden (pastel» both by Henry McCarter; Tahitian
Woman (drawing) by Marion Greenwood; New Orleans Courtyard
(lithograph) and Mexican Crosses (lithograph drawing) both by Edith
Longstreth Wdod; Drawing #26 by Alexander Portnoff; Portrait of a
Young Lady (painting) by Leon Kroll; Girl's Head (painting) by George
. Biddle; Interior with Child (water color) by William S. Schwartz;
Landscape (water color) by Mary Butler; The Lillian (water color) by
Paul L. Gill; Toledo (water color) by Earl Horter; I Know the Lord Laid
His Hand on Me - Marian Anderson (painting) by Margaretta Hinchman; The New Mill (painting) by Peter Hurd; Woman with Fish
(painting) by Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones; Yacht Race (water color)
by William K. Ferguson.
LOANS
Birmingham Art Museum, Alabama, for one-man exhibition of the artist's
work, January 2nd to 28th, Summer Evening by Richar~ Zoellner.
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa., for a one-man show of the artist's wor k,
January 31 st thro~gh March 31 st, Reclining Girl by Charles Rudy.
Philadelphia Art Alliance, for exhibition February 3rd to 27th, Fanny
Kemble as Beatrice and Fanny Kemble as Bianca, both by Thomas Sully.
Philadelphia Museum School of Art, for a one-man show of the artist's
work, February 4th through 23rd, Man in Blue by Paul Froelich.
Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, for exhibition February 17th through
April 3rd, The Shooting Gallery by Louis Bouche.
Eighty-eight items (paintings and sculpture) with an aggregate value of
$215,650.00, to the following Philadelphia business firms for special displays in connection with the 150th Anniversary Exhibition: Baily, Banks ·
and Biddle; The Blum Store; Oppenheim Collins; John Wanamaker; Western Savings Fund Society; Gimbel Brothers.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, for Art Festival during February, Oarsman
and Pioneer Mother both by Charles Grafly.
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Woodmere Art Gallery, . for a one-man show of the artist's work, March
20th through April 20th, Approach to Modern Art by Alfred Bendiner.
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Texas, for a "Hats" Exhibition, April 3rd
through May 1 st, House Wren by James Audubon; Mrs. William Jackson
by Gilbert Stuart; and Good Influence by Grant Wood.
Public Library, Harrisburg, Pa., for a one-man, exhibition of the artist's work,
May 6th through 20th, Henry Howard Houston Woodward and Tragic
Muse both by Violet Oakley.
Independence Hall, Philadelphia, for a display in the restored and refurnished Assembly Room, May 10th to September 10th, George Washing·
ton at Princeton by Charles Willson Peale.
Boston Arts Festival, Massachusetts, for exhibition June 4th through 19th,
Summer Scene by Franklin Watkins.
The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. c., for a traveling exhibition
known as "Italy Rediscovered", to be circulated for a period of six months,
Table with Fish and Scales by Carlyle Brown.
William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum, Rockland, Maine, for an
·exhibition of the artist's work August 4th through September 19th, Craige's
Meadow by John W. McCoy.
Des Moines Art Center, Iowa, for a one-man exhibition of the artist's
work, August 11 th through September 5th, Prodigal Son by Russell Cowles.
The Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Conn., for exhibition August 18th
through October 2nd, Still Life by Henry Schnakenberg.
Chester County Art Association, Pennsylvania, for "Prized Possessions
Exhibition", September 4th through 18th, Aneas Group by Charles Grafly.
Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio, for an exhibition titled "Recently ReDiscovered American Artists", September 6th through December 5th,
Mary McCall by Robert Feke; and Painter's Triumph by William Sidney
Mount.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, for a one-man exhibition of the artist's work, September 21 st through November 6th, End of
the 14th Street Crosstown Line by Reginald Marsh.
Pennsylvania State University for its Centennial Exhibition, October 7th
through November 6th, Fourth of July in Center Square by John Lewis
Krimmel; The Soda Fountain by William J. Glackens; Walt Whitman by
Thomas Eakins.
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The Hill School, Pottstown, Pa., for exhibition October 10th through November 15th, 36 paintings from our Lambert Collection.
The Pyramid Club, Philadelphia, for exhibition October 11 t h through
November 26th , 11 items (paintings and sculpture) from our permanen t
collection.
The Connecticut State Historical Society, Hartford, for an exhibition of
the work of William and Richard Jennys, October 15th through January
31 st, 1956, Colonel Constant Storrs and Mrs. Constant Storrs, both by
William Jennys.
The Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company, one painting each month fo r
its "Picture of the Month" Exhibit of works from our permanent collection.
Miss Anna Lane Scollay, 2107 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, for an indefinite period, Mary Ford Poore by Thomas Sully.
Mabel L. Eiseley
CONSERVATION OF WORKS FROM
PERMANENT COLLECTION
The following sixteen works from the permanent collection have received ·
conservation attention during the year from Theodor Siegl, the Academy's
conservator and technical adviser:
The Ramblers by N. Diaz
Hill Valley, Sunrise by John Frederick Kensett
The Country Wedding by John Lewis Krimmel
Clown with Folded Arms by Walter Kuhn
The Polish Dancer by George Luks
Seeking Shelter by William Van Marcke
Judge Randall by John Neagle
John William Wallace by John Neagle
Delicacies by Sarah Provan
Bell Buoy by William Trost Richards
February by William Trost Richards
Old Ocean Grey by William Trost Richards
William Montgomery by Gilbert Stuart
Constantine Francois Volney by Gilbert Stuart
Companion of the Studio by Robert W. Vonnoh
Elizabeth Peel by Benjamin West
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The Soda Fountain (painting) by William J. Glackens
Purchased through the Temple and Gilpin Funds
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SCHOOLS
Professional fine arts schools have two main functions: to teach not only
the person with an advanced technique and understanding, who comes fo r
further development, but the promising neophyte as well. It . is sometimes
difficult to separate these two functio·ns, and to understand how and why
the two must, or can, operate under the same roof and in some cases in
the same studios. But this is accomplished here. Indeed, this wide range
in abilities and perceptions among fhe student body is one of the many
things that makes our school function. There is a constant exchange of
ideas among the students themselves, as there is, of course, with their
distinguished instructors.
Over 200 students of varying backgrounds received their instruction here
this year. With an increase in enrollment for both day and evening, as
well as summer sessions, the faculty continued much the same as in the
preceding season. Since the closing of our Annex at 1834 Arch Street in
September because of its inconvenient location and antiquated vintage,
all studio work is now conducted in the main building.
The painting and sculpture departments continued their 'usual activities,
"---~ d in the illustration department, we have had various visiting illustrators
and art directors come to us this season, to keep our students abreast of
what is going on outside the Academy. We have also built a "dark room"
and equipped it with facilities for developing and enlarging photographs
for use of students in this field .
We continue to award annually scholarships to graduates of the City's
public and parochial high schools, made possible from a part of the City's
grant to the Academy.
Our students, in conjunction with those from the Fine Arts Department of
the University of Pennsylvania participated again this year in the Collaborative Problem presented by the Alumni of the American Academy
in Rome.
The Student Gallery in the building continues its monthly schedule of
student-juried shows, from which work is also available for purchase.
On the 20th of May, Mr. and Mrs. David M. Gwinn again entertained in
the galleries to introduce to Academy friends the work of students then
on view in connection with the competitions for travel scholarships and
other cash prizes. It was a very successful occasion and 20 student wo rks
were purchased representing $1445.00.
As an added impetus to the purchase of student work, Mr. and Mrs . Leon
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C. Sunstein, Jr., contributed funds to the Academy through which the work
of three students (Ina Pivar Abrams, James A. Hamilton, III, and louis
Sloan) became part of a new school collection.
We are always proud to mention individual members of our staff who have
received special honors, but hasten to say that it is the entire group of
men functioning as a force, that produces the group of artists and potential artists that go forth from here each year. Although the list may not
be complete because all information is not at hand, we report that Mr.
Hobson Pittman, in addition to other honors, was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for study and travel abroad. Mr. Ben Kamihira, a former
student and now an assistant in our evening school, received a similar
award to ·further develop his painting technique. Honors were not limited
to our faculty. From $20,000.00 awarded this year by the louis Comfort
Tiffany Foundation, $5000.00 went to former Academy students (all
painters): Herbert V. Auspitz and Seymour Remenick, $2000.00 each;
Thomas J. Gaughan, $1000.00.
Elsewhere in this brochure we have recorded in detail the very generous
awards totaling some $24,575.00 made by the Academy to students enrolled in its schools, through successful competition during or at the close
of the 1954-55 school year.
Traveling Art, Incorporated, included work of several of our students in
its tour of the country last spring and early summer. The Beryl lush
Galleries (Philadelphia) staged a special exhibition of student work from
three local art schools: the Academy, the Museum School of Art, and the
Tyler School of Fine Arts.
The 150th Anniversary Exhibition included only work of artists who, over
that period of years, had had some close association with the Academy,
mainly as instructors or pupils. It was a record any school could be proud
of. More, it represented a major contribution to the history of art in
America. The responsibility rests with the present age to write a chapter
no less important into this venerable institution's history.
Library
Books and clippings withdrawn
1280
Accessions
50 by purchase
4 as gifts .
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Raymond T. Entenmann
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PUBLIC RELATIONS
It was a three-cent stamp issued by our Government in honor of th e
Academy's
p ress
birthday that brought into this office the greatest flow o f
clippings concerning
any single event ever received
here. This
made us realize that undoubtedly these little "messengers" were th e
mediums through which many thousands of persons in various parts of the
w orld received their first introduction to the Academy.
However, it was around the Exhibition that the various anniversary activit ies centered . Theya!1 called for a maximum of publicity if, from an interest or attendance point of view, the celebration were to be a success .
This meant that the facilities of this department had to be considerably
a ugmented . Adelphia Associates were engaged and served the Academy
most ably. The European tour provided added opportunity for publicity,
although in this case it was largely handled by or through the United
States Information Agency. So far as promotion from Philadelphia was
concerned, whether we were dealing with local, national or international
sources, we found an interested ' and cooperative group of people, and
w e want to record here our appreciation of the efforts made through
t hese various channels to help America's oldest a rt institution do justice
t o this important milestone in its history.
A mong those who visited the Exh ibition were several thousand
men,
w omen, and children who came in groups, many of them requiring docent
service, and
a
heavy schedule of these visits was arranged through
this department.
Perhaps not all of our members realize that the Academy has no item
i n its budget for music. Therefore we gratefully acknowledge the part
t hat the following played in making our concerts, also an activity of t his
d epartment, free to all: The Music Performance Trust Fund, the Fredri c
R. Mann Foundation, an anonymous donor, and N. Stetson and Company,
f or material aid i Mr. Vladimir Sokoloff and t he musicians who assisted
him , for making the programs the superior ones they undoubtedly were.
These events and those given here by the American Society of Ancient
Instr uments were responsible for bringing between three and four thousand
music lovers to our galleries.
Where membersh ~ ps are concerned, in the life and annual classes, during
t he year we added
175 new membersi 10 current members increased
$3540. 00
t heir ratesi 7 sent contributions with t heir dues, all amounting to
in new funds . Four persons became members in perpetuity, through i n,creased
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contributions -
two
a s Patrons, two
as Fellows. From
letters
seeking added support for the anniversary from those who became life
members some years ago at the old $100.00 rate, $7400.00 resulted. In
reporting continued growth in the membership, we thank our current
members for their constant helpful suggestions.
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
BUILDINGS
MAI N BUILDINGS, BROAD AN D C H ERRY STREETS
There was no very major repair or alteration made to our physical plant
during this year. The single improvement which should be noted concerned
the removal of the old steam boilers no longer needed because of the
exemplary installation of central City steam, purchased through the Philadelphia Electric Company. The deepest excavation for the old installation was filled in and a new cement floor added. The old coal storage
room was thus accessible, being directly adjacent to the plaster-casting
room, and a very much improved stone and wood carving room was
established for the student sculptors. A large ventilating fan was placed
in the window to clear the air of dust.
The old boiler room has become an admirable storage space for pedestals
and other exhibition material, and the rooms on the north side of the
basement, previously used for this purpose, are released for the extension
of picture and sculpture vault storage.
WOMEN'S COMMITTEE
Upon the resignation in March, 1955 of Mrs . Leonard T. Beale a s Chairman of the Women's Committee, a post held by her since the Committee's
inception, Mrs. Hart McMichael was appointed by the Academy's president to succeed her.
Sin ce the activities of the Academy this 150th year of its existence were
concerned mainly with a great anniversary celebration and therefore
staged by the institution itself, the role of the Women's Committee was
la rgely one of supporting and assisting the Officers and Board of Directors, as hostesses, in carrying out that program.
More and more the Committee has been giving its attention to the practical
needs of Academy students. One example of this was Mrs. Boudi not
Stimson's opening her home to Miss ' Liliian Larranaga, a young student
from Peru, when a suitable place had to be found for her to five a s she
entered the Academy school this Fall, very far from her native land . She
has continued with Mrs. Stimson through the school season.
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The Committee also gave a reception in honor of Miss Kathryn L. Fligg
(a former Academy student) when an exhibition of her work was opened
in the Philadelphia Artists' Gallery on 'Friday afternoon, December 9th.
The end of the year found this group actively engaged with plans for
several events to be held in the months ahead, and therefore not eligible
for this report.
THE FELLOWSHIP
The Fellowship (alumni) was organized in 1897 principally to foster a spirit
of fraternity between former and present students of the Academy.
Over the years, its activities have broadened somewhat. One annual event
has been an exhibition of work by its members. Formerly this was largely
limited to, local artists. In recent years, however, there has been an increasing
effort
to
extend
the
geographical
representation. This year
that aspect was stepped up considerably with the result that the 157
paintings, sculptures and graphics in the show represented a greater
number of one-time Academy students outside Philadelphia who had
achieved national or international recognition than ever before. In addition, one gallery was devoted entirely to water colors of his stage sets by
alumnus Jo Mieli iner, currently one of the most successful stage designers
in America. Another innovation was an invitation to the public via radio
and television to attend the Exhibition's private view. Over 400 came.
As is customary, a token payment of $350.00 was made to the Academy
for the use of its galleries and attending services. No exhibition of student work was held concurrently, this year.
In publicizing the event, the fact was brought out that while we regularly
see the work of Academy . alumni on exhibition, the group also includes
instructors in practically every first rate art school in the country, which
makes the influence exerted by this institution on the art training in
America
almost impossible to
estimate. We
know it is considerable.
Even in commercial fields, we find many of these flne-arts-trained alumni
holding important posts in advertising and the applied arts.
While the 150th Anniversary Exhibition did not call for the series of Gal lery Talks usually arranged by this organization for Academy "Annuals""
it did require docent service for the many school and club groups askin g
for it. From its membership, the Fellowship provided d Ii'stof artists who
were "on call" to the Academy, and rendered an important service.
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· Several student representatives serve on the Fellowship's Board of Managers to help keep the Board informed concerning current students' welfare and needs. Recommendations are made to students for teaching positions and other income-producing opportunities.
Mr. Walker Hancock is President, with Miss Ethel Ashton acting in his
absences.
THE
COMMITTEE
ON
FELLOWS·HIP
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 completeL all for the benefit of Fellowship
members, and present or former students, and seeks 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, settlement houses, hospitals and other organizations
or institutions; (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 living
expenses; (5) provides the Gold Medal Award in the Annual Fellowship
Exhibitions .
Mrs. A. Bruce Gill is Chairman and Treasurer.
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CONSOLIDATED TREASURER1S REPORT
September I, 1954 to August 31, 1955
I NCO M E
$ 43,344.63
51,412.74
Art Gallery and Exhibitions
School
Trust Funds
75,814.84
Membership Dues
15,250.00
1,239.29
Contributions (unrestricted)'
25,000.00
City Appropriation
Total Income
$21 2,061 .50
.
EXP EN S ES
Art Gallery and Exhibitions
School
$137,166.13
71,713.35
208,879.48
3,383.82
Loss on sale of General Fund Investments
Total Expenses
$212,263.30
Net Operating Loss
$
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201.80
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE CALE N DAR YEAR
For 150th Anniversary FundMembers of the Board of Directors
Mrs. Henry V. Greenough
Alfred Bendiner
Mrs. Elizabeth Howell Pollock
Clarence Morris
Mrs. Ruth Pinchot Pickering
Miss Eleanor l. Tingley
1955
$ 5,127.56
500.00
100.00
15.00
10.00
10.00
1,000.00
$ 6,762.56
For the School Mr. and Mrs. leon C. Sunstein, Jr.-Picture Purchase Fund
Mr. and Mrs. leon C. Sunstein , Jr.-unrestricted
Miss Mae Diffenbaugh, to establish Catharine Grant
Memorial Student Prize Fund
Mrs. A. Bruce Gill - Student Prize in Graphics
The Wanamaker Store Travel Scholarship
Walter Stuempfig - lila Hill Prize in Sculpture
John F. lewis, Jr. - various projects
Special Directors' Student Prize
Special Directors' Student Prize
David M. Gwinn - Eakins Student Prize
David M. Gwinn - Student Party
George D. Widener - Scholarships
Anonymous - Student Prizes
Anonymous - Student Aid Fund
Anonymous - Student Aid Fund
2,300.00
50.00
1,580.00
50.00
167.75
300.00
200.00
100.00
352.31
2,050.00
1,475.00
300.00
50.00
$ 9,340.69
Unrestricted Van Antwerp lea
James P. Magill
I. S. Ravdin
Mrs. Helen M. Wolff
John Stewart
Ralph W. Whitaker
Mrs. Clara P. Whitaker
Anonymous
5,000.00
687.29
10.00
5 .00
5 .00
5.00
5.00
1.00
$ 5,718.29
Miscellaneous Henry S. Drinker - Register of Cec ilia Beaux Works
Estate of Hannah P. lawrence
Fidelity-Philade lphia Trust Company for Television Programs
Anonymous - for purchase of
The King by Joseph J . Greenberg, Jr.
John F. lewis, Jr. - various projects
Estate of Eli zabeth W. M. Bowman
Annual Fellowship Exhibition
Fredric R. Mann - concerts
William Clarke Mason - dues
Tolal
350.00
15.63
3,410.98
1,287.94
1,300.00
1,200.00
166.75
529.26
350.00
300.00
164.50
$ 8,709.43
$30,530.97
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NEW MEMBERS
Enrolled during 7955, including those
who increased their classification
* Patron
" lea , Van Antwerp
" Mason, William Clarke
* FelBow
" Huston, Stewart
" Ingersoll , R. Sturgis
**Magill, James P.
• ' Tingley, Miss Eleanor lo
Life Members
" Pease, Mrs. William H.
" Spruance, Mrs. William C.
Porteous, louis R.
• ' Tonner, Mrs. William T.
,. Sunstei n, Mrs. leon, Jr:
vogdes, Joseph J.
Sustaining Members
Abrams, Mrs . Stanley lo
Atwood, Mrs. John c., Jr.
Boericke, Miss Winifred
Buckley, James T.
Bush, Mrs. leonard F.
Deitrick, Dr. John E.
•• Harris, Mrs. Flagler
., Harvey, Mrs. Joh n S. C.
" Hinkson, Mrs. J. H. Ward
•• Mclean , Mrs. William lo, Jr.
Ravdin, Dr. Elizabeth G.
" Ravdin, Dr. I. S.
" Zantzinger, Mrs. Alfred
Annual M embers
Adams, Miss Katharine
Allen, Mrs. A. S.
Anderson, Bart
Armstrong, Mrs. Harry J.
Asbell, Dr. Milton B.
Bartlett, Dr. F. lo
Bartschi, Mrs. Arnold
Bassett, Mrs. R. S.
Beren, Arthur
Berrang, Miss Elizabeth C.
Blackwood, William, Jr.
Blake, Mrs. Ralph
Block, Gordon A., Jr.
Blombaum , Miss Edith M.
Blomberg, Mrs. R. N.
Boericke, Mrs. Gideon
Bontemps, Mrs. James
Brodhead, Mrs. Ellier H., Jr.
Brown, Robert M.
Browning, Paul E.
Butterworth, Mrs. Harry W., Jr.
Cades, Daniel C.
Campbell, Theodore, Jr.
Cannon, Thomas J.
Caplan, Miss Syd A.
Chalfant, Mrs. Clyde H.
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Cheeseman, Miss Terri
Cheston, Mrs. Edward M.
Cheston, George M.
Cohen, Mrs. Hyman
Cohen, Mrs . Jerome M.
Cohen , Sylvan M.
Cordes, Mrs. August
Cotner, Miss Jane Maher
Cowen, Mrs. Thomas H.
Crawford, Mrs. Winfield W .
Crowder, William S.
Czap, Ivan Michaelson
Dallett, Francis J., Jr.
Dalsimer, Sylvan
Daniel, Mrs. Todd
David, David
David, Samuel
Davidson, Mrs. James J., Jr.
Davidson, Mrs. Philip lo
Davis, Roy B.
Day, Mrs. Kenneth
Deily, Ralph D.
Delvalle, Mrs. Kenneth T.
De Puy, Miss Clara
Dilworth, Mrs. Richardson
Dintenfass, Mrs. Benjamin
Disston, Mrs. William D.
Downs, Mrs . T. McKean
Downs, Mrs. W . Findlay
Earle, Miss Carolyn H.
Edmunds, Mrs. Franklin D.
Edwards, E. Nelson
Ehly, Rev. Charles Francis
Elliott, Mrs. R. H.
Ellis, Mrs. M. Emily Pollock
Evans, Miss Esther
Evans, Mrs. E. Royal
Falik, Mrs . M. E.
Fine, Marshall A.
Fligg , Mrs. James A.
Foerst, William H.
Fogel, Herbert A.
Folgmann, Mrs. Emil E.
Forman, Dr. Isador
Frazier, W. West
Freedman, Mrs. Abraham l.
Freeman, Mrs. Donald P.
Gammon, Mrs. George D.
Genung, Mrs. J. Holcombe
Gerlach, Mrs. Helen
Glenn, Graef W .
Goldberg, Mrs. Dora Bortin
Goldberg, Miss Rosalind
Goldfarb, Mrs. Joseph R.
Gowen, Howard H.
Greene, Dr. Lloyd B.
Gutman, Mrs. Alvin
Gylfe, Miss Julina
Hammond, Miss Edith
Hammond, Mrs. L. Jay
Hanson, Mrs. Alfred M., Jr.
Hart, Mrs. E. Reeves
Harvie, Mrs. Fred H.
Hay, Miss Dorothy A.
Hill, Miss Patricia P.
Hirschwald, Barry
Hodge, Mrs. C. C.
Hoffman, Mrs. C. Fenno
Holman, Mrs. Frank E.
Hopkins, Mrs. Kendal Coles
Howard, Mrs. Almern C.
Hubschman, Mrs. Harry
Isard, Mrs. Murray G.
Jamieson, Miss Helen T.
Jamieson, Miss Janet P.
Jones, Mrs. Russell B.
Kaplan, Clinton
Kauffman, Mrs. Samuel
Keiser, Clarence E.
Kern, George H,
Kerwin, Miss Marion R.
Kirby, Mrs. Charles K.
Krumbhaar, Mrs. C. Herman
lamparter, Mrs. Harry, Jr.
lapsley, Mrs. lucy Mae
latta, Mrs. John Y.
lea, Miss Elizabeth G.
lewis, Miss Mary C.
lotterer, Mrs. Elizabeth
McEl roy, Mrs. Clayton, Jr.
Manning, Mrs. Edward
Mecaskey, Richard W.
Molthan, Mrs. E. Henry
Morgan, Mrs. H. V.
Murdoch, Mrs . J. Earnshaw
Rutan, Mrs. Frank E., Jr.
Saxe, Nathaniel
Scattergood, Mrs. Alfred
Sch loss, leonard S.
Scott, Mrs. Malcolm
Scully, Mrs. C. Alison
Smith, Clarence W.
Smith, Mrs. W. Singerly
Sordoni, A. J ., Jr.
Spreter, Roy F.
Steeb Ie, Mrs. William Hill
Stepha no, Valentine J.
Taylor, George W.
Valentine, Mrs. E. Miles
Van loan, Miss Dorothy L.
Osborn, Mrs. Frederick H., Jr. Voichick, Miss Stella
von Moschzisker, Mrs . Michael
Patterson, Mrs . George
Perreault, Maurice W.
Ward, Mrs. R. B.
Peterson, Mrs. Charles Maxwell Washington, Mrs. Howard A.
Weh rheim, Mrs. Robert V.
Weil, Robert M.
Randolph, David S.
Weiller, Mrs . Eugene W.
Reese, Mrs. Charles L, III
Reid, Ira De A.
Weston, Mrs. Frederick W.
Wielpolski, Mrs. Alfred
Richards, Alfred N.
Ritter, Miss Deborah C.
Willing , Charles
Winn, Mrs. M. B.
Robbi, Miss Bettina
Winter, Dr. Sheri J.
Roberts, Mrs. Graham
Wolcott, Mrs. Huston
Robinson, James
Wolff, Miss Katharine
Rorer, Mrs. Herbert Crawley
Wright, Dr. Harry B.
Rosengarten, Mrs. Albert H.
Newell, James P.
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FINE ARTS
BROAD AND CHERRY STS.
•
150th ANNUAL REPORT
1955
PHILADELPHIA
Cover: Girl Reading by Alexander Brook
Gift of Mrs. Herberl Cameron Morris
The One-Hundred and Fiftieth
Annual Report
of
TH.E PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY of the FINE ARTS
FOR THE YEAR
1955
Presented to the Meeting of the Stockholders
of the Academy on Fe bruary 6, 1956
OFFICERS
John F. Lewis, Jr . .
Henry S. Drinker .
C. Newbold Taylor
Joseph T. Fraser, Jr.
President
Vice-President
Treasurer
Secretary and Director
BOARD
OF
DIRECTORS
Mrs. Leonard T. Beale
* Mrs. Hart McMichael
*Mrs. Joseph S. Clark, Jr. James P. Magill
* Fredric R. Mann
Henry S. Drinker
Sydney E. Martin
David M. Gwinn
William
Clarke Mason
R. Sturgis Ingersoll
George
P. Orr
Arthur C. Kaufmann
Howard C. Petersen
George B. Roberts
John Stewart
C. Newbold Taylor
Sydney L. Wright
" Ex-officio
STANDING
COMMITTEES
COMMITTEE ON COLLECTIONS
AND EXHIBITION
George B. Roberts, Chainnan
Mrs. Leonard T. Beale
R. Sturgis Ingersoll
Sydney E. Martin
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
C. Newbold Taylor, Chairman
James P. Magill
John Stewart
COMMITTEE ON INSTRUCTION
William Clarke Mason, Chairman
Mrs. Leonard T. Beale
David M. Gwinn
C. Newbold Taylor
COMMITTE E ON CHESTER SPRINGS
William Clarke Mason, Chairman
Sydney E. Martin
George B. Roberts
COMMITTEE FOR THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY
James P. Magill, Chairman, 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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WOM lE N 1S
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs .
Mrs.
Mrs .
COMMITTEE
Mrs. Hart McMichael, Chairman
Leonard T. Beale
Mrs. Arthur C. Kaufmann
Mrs. John F. Steinman
Mrs. Boudinot Stimson
Francis T. Chambers Mrs. John F. Lewis, Jr.
Mrs. Robert Stra usz-HlJpe
Joseph S. Clark, Jr. Mrs. George B. Roberts
Emlen P. Etting
Mrs. Julius Rosenwald , II
Mrs. Franklin C. W atkins
John A. Griswold
Mrs. Lawrence M. C. Smith Mrs. Walter H. W est
David M. Gwinn
Mrs. Sydney L. W right
STAFF
GENERAL
..
Director and S ecre tary
Assistant Director
Assistant to the Secretary
Secretary to the Director
. Comptroller
Receptionist
Exhib ition and Membership Clerk
Director of Public Relations and
Membership
Joseph T. Fraser, Jr.
Mabel L. Eiseley
Charles J. Marsh
Ann O . Evans .
Au gust Viilu
E. Elizabeth Fermanis
Frances M. Vanderpool
Elizabeth Z. Swenson .
. SCHOOL,S
(day and evening)
. Curator
. Secretary to the Curator
Librarian
Raymond T. Entenmann
Catherine R. Newbold
Martha K. Sch ick
FACULTY
George Harding
Francis Speight
W alker Hancock
Roswell Weidner
Harry Rosin
Edward Shenton
Franklin C. Watkins
John W. McCoy
Julius Bloch
Walter Stuempfig
Hobson Pittman
Morris Blackburn
John Hanlen
* Daniel Garber
John F. Harbeson
William M. Campbell
Philip Aliano
Edmond J. Farris
Jack Bookbinder
Peter Suffredini
Theodor Siegl
Wallace Peters
* *Ben Kamihira
* * Jim C. Lueders
* * James S. Hanes
(Summe r)
Morris Blackburn
Wallace Pete rs
Francis Speight
Roswell Weidner
Jim C. Lueders
BUILDING
Mayland T. McAvoy, Superintendent
• Professio nal Adviser
•• Assi stants in evening school
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R EPORT OF THE OFFICERS AND
BOARD OF D'IRECTORS
It is a rare privilege to report the celebration of 150 years of continuous
service for any American cultural institution. That is the unique positio n
of this Academy. On June 21, 1805 The Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts was founded, the Articles of Agreement were signed in December
of that year, and in March of 1806, it obtained its Charter. Thus was
begun what is now the oldest active institution dedicated to the fine arts
in the United States.
The present officers and staff felt a very heavy responsibility to organize
a fitting and memorable celebration. As we prepare this report for the year
1955, we are all enjoying great satisfaction in recording the realization
of our plans. The year was filled with special events which handsomely
graced the anniversary celebration, and we can look back with pride
at paying tribute to an illustrious past. The single event of greatest importance was the 150th Anniversary Exhibition. The work of twenty-five
artists (22 painters and 3 sculptors, none living), was deemed to represent
most ideally the breadth of creative and professional influence through
this span of years. The Exhibition opened with ,the work of Charles Willson
Peale, who was most influential in our founding, and closed with John
Marin, who died in 1953. It was thus evident that the best of contemporary
thinking which inspired our beginnings is still vital and active today. The
complete list of artists and other details will be set down more fully elsewhere in this report.
After . several years of the most exacting research by Miss Anna Wells
Rutledge, with the assistance of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Coleman Sellers~
an index of the catalogues of the exhibitions of this Academy and its
affiliates in the early years of its existence (1806-1870) was completed.
This long-awaited work - a boon to all scholars of American art - was
made possible by the American Philosophical Society, its publisher.
The 150th Anniversary celebration was honored by a second publication,
this one under the Academy's imprint: a register of all the known works
of Cecilia Beaux. The book, handsomely illustrated, was the result of most
exacting and devoted research by Mr. Henry S. Drinker, Vice-President
of the Academy, and a nephew of the artist.
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Chiefly through the good efforts of a member of our Board of Directors,
Mr. Arthur C. Kaufmann, the United States Post Office issued a commem·
orative stamp to honor our anniversary. The Postmaster-General, Mr.
Arthur E. Summerfield, chose to reproduce the best-known painting of
Charles Willson Peale, The Artist in His Museum, on this issue of 1 15
million three-cent stamps.
Before the Anniversary Exhibition opened, a Government agent came to
Philadelphia to ask the Academy's cooperation in sending a large segment
of it to Europe. This suggestion became fact, and 106 items, with repre·
sentation of something of all 25 artists, traveled to Madrid, Florence,
Innsbruck, Ghent and Stockholm, and returned in December, 1955. Be~
cause of the deep concern of many lenders as to the care and handling
of the Exhibition on its long journey, and as a factor in obtaining their
permission for their possessions to travel, our Director, Mr. Joseph T.
Fraser, Jr., accompanied the Exhibition in Spain, Italy, and through its
installation in Austria. His going was made possible through two grants :
one from the United States Information Agency, and the other from the
State Department. A Government agent assumed the responsibility after
Mr. Fraser's return to the United States in August. Five important cultural
centers in Europe were thus privileged to see the influence of a single
American institution on the creative life of America, in painting an d
sculpture, over a period of 150 years.
To digress for a moment concerning our Exhibition activities, we wish to
pay tribute again to the generosity of Mrs. Harrison S. Morris who, fo r
the third consecutive year, made a contribution of $10,000.00 to honor
the memory of her late husband, Mr. Harrison S. Morris, who was Man·
aging Director of the Academy from 1892 to 1905. Her 1955 gift was
the major one toward the expenses of this great celebration. A successio n
of other generous contributions made it possible to carry through the
entire celebration year in exemplary fashion, and without financial deficit.
We are also happy to report again the continuance of the City of Phil a d elphia's gnnual appropriation of $25,000.00 .
A new plan of concentrated vacation periods, resulting in the closing of
the galleries to the public from July 25th to August 20th, worked as a
boon for our staff. Our records show that this is the time each year when
the galleries enjoy the minimum of attendance.
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Record must be made here, also, of two resignations: Mr. John F. Harbeson resigned as an instructor in the Perspective Class of the School,
a position he had held since 1916, thus leaving a remarkable record of
39 years of teaching. Unfortunately, his action was dictated by condition
of health. Our resolution of thanks to him for the record of service which
he has rendered this institution was most sincere. Dr. Robert Strausz-Hupe,
a member of the Board of Directors since 1950, resigned due to professional commitments which made it impossible for him to attend our Board
meetings. Realizing well his continuing interest in the affairs of the Academy, we record his resignation with genuine regret.
It is gratifying to report that our School continues in a very satisfaCtory
manner. The enrollment is good, and the faculty is encouraged by a decided improvement evident in the promise of a . large proportion of the
students. An important transaction, still incomplete at the close of this
year, is the sale of the Academy's school property at .1834 Arch Street.
All of the activities formerly carried on there have been moved to our
main building at Broad and Cherry Streets. While we have not yet felt
th is move as a handicap, the class-room conditions and general student
activities are hampered to some extent by crowded conditions. Some
slight easing of this situation was achieved through additional basement
rooms which, although not ideal for school purposes, afford equivalent
usable space. They became available through the removal of our old
steam boilers, and are now used for stone and wood carving studios.
We are fortunate in being able to record the continued activity and interest of the ladies who compose our Women's Committee. After three
years of most loyal service as Chairman, Mrs. Leonard T. Beale resigned,
a nd the President appointed Mrs. Hart McMichael to succeed her. Also,
within the year, Mrs. Henry V. Greenough resigned due to her having
moved to Massachusetts; and Mrs. Horace Binney Hare due to heavy family
responsibilities.
It has been our policy to close these Annual Reports with a note of appreciation to our loyal staff. Certainly, in no year have we felt the debt of
gratitude more deeply than in this one of such unusual and demanding
activity. We therefore record words of praise for their excellent help.
It made possible the realization of our celebration aims.
JOSEPH T. FRASER, JR., Director
JOHN F. LEWIS, JR., President
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EXHIBITIONS
THE 1 50th ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION
The 150th Anniversary Exhibition opened to the public on January 16th,
following its Private View to over 1600 members, stockholders and guests
on Saturday, January 15th, from 9 to 11 P.M., and remained through
March 13th. It consisted of 254 items, all the work of the following
twenty-five artists, each of whom had been affiliated with the Academy
over the past century and a half as organizers, instructors, or students:
Thomas P.' Anshutz, Cecilia Beaux, George C. Bingham, Thomas Birch,
Alexander S. Calder, Arthur B. Carles, Mary Cassatt, William M. Chase,
Charles Demuth, Thomas C. Eakins, William J. Glackens, Charles Grafly,
William H. Harnett, Robert Henri, George B. Luks, John Marin, Henry B.
McCarter, John Neagle, Charles W. Peale, John F. Peto, William Rush ,
Everett Shinn, John Sloan, Thomas Sully and Benjamin West.
The catalog had to transcend a listing to assist the gallery visitor and
act as well as an historic record for future reference . We mention in particular the distinguished services rendered the celebration by those scholars,
writers, artists, collectors, and museum officials who contributed the brilliant I I appreciations" which accompanied the listings of each artist, and
so handsomely complemented the quality and preeminence of the artists:
Virgil Barker, Van Wyck Brooks, Alexander S. Calder, Marian Carson,
Albert Christ-Janer, Guy Pene Du Bois, James Thomas Flexner, Alfred
Frankenstein, Lloyd Goodrich, Dorothy Grafly, Walker Hancock, Helen W.
Henderson, R. Sturgis Ingersoll, Henri Marceau, Wilbur D. Peat, Dunca n
Phillips, Daniel Catton Rich, Edgar P. Richardson, Edward W. Root, Charles
C. Sellers, Frederick A. Sweet, Franklin C. Watkins, Forbes Watson , Catherine White, and Mahonri M. Young.
This record of the Exhibition was issued in three editions and in the fo llowing quantities : 5000 available at $2.00; 500 at $5.00; and 100
numbered copies (de Luxe Edition) at ,$25.00 . The $2.00 edition was
sold out before the Exhibition closed .
We also wish to record with praise Mr. Raymond A. Ballinger fo r his
outstanding work in designing the catalog; and Mr. Alan Kirshbaum, of
Edward Stern and Company, for accomplishing an exemplary printing .
The book was richly illustrated, and special care was exercised to reflect
the actual size of the works through scaling the reproductions with
utmost fidelity .
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During the Exhibition, in addition to its daytime hours, the Academy was
open in the evenings as follows: Tuesdays and Thursdays by appointment,
for groups; Wednesdays without appointments; Fridays for lectures and
concerts. The total attendance during the Exhibition was 27,721.
THE FELLO'W SHIP ANNUAL EXHIBITION
The Annual Exhibition of Oil Painting, Sculpture, Water Colors and
Graphics by the Fellowship (alumni) of the Academy, opened on March
25th and remained through April 24th, following its Preview on March
24th, from 8 to 11 P.M.
JURIES
OIL PAINTING
Edna Andrade
Oliver Nuse
leonard Nelson
WATER COLORS AND GRAPHICS
John W. McCoy
Ben Solowey
John Hanlen
SCULPTURE
Evangelos Frudakis
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Wharton Esherick
PRIZES AND AWARDS
The Juries awarded the following :
Harrison S. Morris Prize divided - Eleanor A rn ett for Approach ing
Storm (casein) $50.00; Martha A. Zeit for Jewel Figure (woo d cut)
$50.00 . Honorable Mention : Homer Johnson for Group of Figures
(ink and wash).
Fellowship Gold Medal Award ($50.00) -
Paul
Anthony Green-
wood for Tycoon (sculpture) .
May Audubon Post Prize ($50.00) vannah (oil).
Sam Freid for Carnival in Sa -
Caroline Gibbons Granger Memorial Prize ($50.00) -
Jul i an Levi
for Weeds (oil).
Mary Butler Memorial Prize ($50.00) Philosopher (sculpture).
J. Wallace Kelly f o r The
At the Preview, Walker Hancock, Presiden t of the Fellowship, prese nted
. a citation and purse of $ 100.00 to Violet OakleYI a Vice-President of
t he Fellowship, in honor of her contribution to America n art over a lon g
pe riod of years.
An added fea t ure of the Exhibition was one gallery of watercolors by
Jo Mielziner, former Academy student and America/s outstanding designer
of stage sets, including those for Death of a Salesman, Glass Menagerie ,
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Pillar of Fire (balietL and others.
The Exhibition consisted of 157 works (not including Mr. Mielziner1s) by
living professional artists. Seven were sold representing a sales value of
$742.00. The total attendance was 4255.
CHARLES SHEELER RETROS·PECTIVE EXHIBITION
This exhibition l made up of 53 paintings l tempera miniat ures l crayon
drawings l and 29 photographsl opened a t the Academy . on April 7 th
and continued through May 1 st. It was o rganized by the following instit utions: Art Galleries l University of California l Los Angeles; M. H. De
Young Memorial Museum l San Francisco; San Diego Fine Arts Gallery;
Fort Worth Art Center l Texas; Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute l Utica,
N ew York; and the Academy. Its final showing was in Utica following its
close in Philadelphia. The total attendance was 2597.
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NINETEENTH CENTURY AMERICAN PAINTINGS
( 1815-1865)
This exhibition of Nineteenth Century American Paintings - all works from
the private collection of Mr. Maxim Karolik, and circulated by the Smithsonian Institution - opened in Gallery K on May 15th and continued
through June 12th. The total attendance was 1693.
THE STUDENT EXHIBITION
The Student Exhibition held in conjunction with the Competition for
William Emlen Cresson European Traveling Scholarships, other travel
scholarships, and cash prizes, was on view in galleries C, 0, E, F, J,. east
and west corridors, and the Rotunda from May 19th through June 5th,
opening with exercises for the students, their families and guests, on
May 18th at 4 P.M. The address was made by Mr. William Clarke Mason,
a member of the Academy's Board of Directors since i 935, a member of
its Committee on Instruction since 1944, and Chairman of that Committee since 1949. He was awarded the Academy Gold Medal of Honor by
Mr. John F. Lewis, Jr., President of the Academy, for his eminent services .
to the institution and the cause of art, after which Mr. Lewis, on behalf
of the Board of Directors, and on recommendation of the Faculty, awarded
traveling scholarships and other prizes, totaling $24,575.00 to the students, as follows:
First William Emlen Cresson Memorial European Traveling Scholarships, * 1902, ($1400 each):
Donald H. Abrams
Palle I. Mylner
Eva Odlivak
Joseph Tishler
Second William Emlen Cresson Memorial European Traveling Scholarships ($1400 each):
Franklin R. Drake
Chapman Kelley
Howard Kerwick
John Needre, Jr.
Ina Pivar
Sheila Lamb Travaglia
Honorable Mentions with Free Tuition, 1955-56, with right
to compete again :
Barbara Courtney
Theron A. Hardes
Lewis S. Ware Memorial European Traveling Scholarship, * 1938,
($1350):
James A. Hamilton, 3rd
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J.Henry Schiedt Memorial Traveling Scholarship, * 1949, ($1200
each);
Thomas J. Gaughan
Peter Lister
Carlo J. Travaglia
Martha A. Zeit
Honorable Mention: Lois B. Rhodes
Charles Toppan Prizes, * 1882:
First Prize ($300) -
Lois B. Rhodes
Second Prize ($200) -
Franklin R. Drake
Honorable Mention ($100) -
Peter Lister
Packard Prizes, * 1899;
First Prize ($30) -
Elizabeth Osborne
Second Prize ($20) -
Sue Sharp
Honorable Mention -
Julie Shield
Stewardson Prize, * 1901, ($100), awarded on March 18th by a
Jury of Sculptors composed of Beatrice Fenton, Gaetano Cecere and
Joseph Brown to Sheila Lamb Travaglia; Honorable Mention to
Francis Acquaye.
Thouron Prizes, * 1903;
It
Awarded by the Faculty ($50) - Vahan Amadouni
Awarded by Instructors ($50) - Thomas J. Gaughan
Awarded by Instructors ($25) - Daniel Miller
Awarded by Students ($25) - Louis Sloan
Honorable Mention -
Barbara Brown
Ramborger Prize, * 1911, ($25) -
Elizabeth Osborne
Honorable Mentions- James Spanfeller
William McK. Hoffman, Jr.
Stimson Prize, * 1917, ($100), awarded on November 19th by a
Jury composed of Vincent Glinsky and Raphael Sabatini, to Carlo
J. Travaglia; Honorable Mention to Francis Acquaye.
Cecilia Beaux Memorial Prize, * 1946, ($100): John W. Reilly
Honorable Mentions- Donald H. Abrams
Chapman Kelley
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Thomas Eakins Memorial Prize, * 1951, ($100): Peter Lister
Honorable Mentions - Dorothy Grant
John W. Reilly
Lila Agnes Kennedy Hill Memorial Prize,
* 1952, ($50): Francis
Acquaye
Alexander Portnoff Memorial Prize, * 1952, ($25): Carlo J. Travaglia
Honorable Mention - Francis Acquaye
The Print Club's Graphics Prize, * 1953, consisting of one year' s
membership in the Club, and the use of its workshop facilities:
Martha
A. Zeit.
Honorable Mention -
James Spanfeller .
The John Wanamaker Store Water Color Prizes, * 1954, donated by
Wanamaker's, and consisting of art materials to the value of $50
and $25 respectively; to Raymond Saunders and
A. John Kammer.
Honorable Mention: Lorraine Malach.
Lux Prize in Graphics ($50). Awarded for the first time, in memory
of John R. Conner: Sue Sharp.
Catharine Grant Memorial Prize, ($100). Awarded for the first time:
Louis Sloan.
Honorable Mentions -
Donald Abrams,
Vahan
Amadouni,
Daniel Miller, Hilbert Sabin, Raymond
Saunders
Mabel Wilson Woodrow Memorial Prize in Graphics, ($50). Awarded
for the first time : Hilbert Sabin.
Foreign Travel Award of $1580, given in honor of Academy's 150th
birthday. Funds raised by The Wanamaker Store through a Fashion
Show, and administered by the Catherwood Foundation: Elizabeth
Osborne.
Special Board of Directors' Prize, ($500), given for excellence of
his work, although he was not yet eligible to compete for travel
scholarship : Louis Sloan.
Class Prizes:
Construction ($50) - William McK. Hoffman, Jr.
Honorable Mention - James Spanfeller
Antique Cast Drawing ($50) - Elizabeth Osborne
Honorable Mention - Josephine Chapman
Landscape ($25) - Raymond Saunders
Honorable Mention - Louis Sloan
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Perspective Class Prize ($20), awarded by instructors John F.
Harbeson and William M. Campbell : Richard D. Currie
Honorable Mention -
Valentina Gubar
Night School Prize ($25) - Henry Kloczynski
Honorable Mention - Dominic Di Stefano
* Year
first awarded.
The University of Pennsylvania, in conjunction with the Academy, thro ugh
the Co-Ordinated Courses, awarded the following degrees at its Feb·
ruary Convocation:
Bachelor of Fine Arts:
Paul E. Gorka
Master of Fine Arts:
Richard S. Chew, Jr.
Burlingame Harvey
During the period 1-hat this student work was on exhibition, 20 items w ere
sold, representing a sales value of $1445. This was mainly the result of
the party given by Mr. and Mrs. David M. Gwinn (see Schools) . The total
attendance during the period was 1365.
PHILADELPHIA WATER COLOR CLUB
38th ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF WORK BY MEMBERS
The 38th Annual Exhibition of Water Colors, Drawings and Prints by
members of the Philadelphia Water Color Club, not previously shown in
the Academy, and consisting of 120 items, opened with a Private View
on Sat urday, October 15th, from 9 to 11 P.M. in galleries A , C, 0, K,
and M , and continued through November 20 th.
JURY O F S ELECTION
Dong Kingman
Henry C. Pitz
Carl Zig rosser
PRiZES AND A W ARDS
Philadelphia Water
Merrick
Color Club
Medal of Award -
Philadelphia Water Color Prize ($200) Interior
Alice McFadden Eyre Medal -
James
Ki rk
John W . McCoy for Woods
Arthur Flory for The Fisherman (colo r
lithograph)
Dawson Memorial Medal -
Paul Darrow for Spring Still Life (water
color)
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Dana Water Color Meda/- Frederick Gill for Beach Morning
Pennell Memorial Medal (casein)
Thornton Oakley Memorial
Lobster Buoys (casein)
Edward Betts for Granite Landscape
Prize
($50) -
Morris
Blackburn fo r
Note: This exhibition is not to be confused with the series presented in the
Fall for the past 51 years by the Academy and the Philadelphia
Water Color Club, but interrupted this year by the anniversary
celebration.
One work was sold, representing a sales value of $150.00 The total attendance was 22,743.
CHILDREN'S BO·OK FAIR
The Ch ildren's Book Fair, the first in Philadelphia and the largest and
. most pretentious staged to date by any city in the country, was presented
by the Free Library of Philadelphia, in our galleries E, F, H, I, J, east and
west corridors and Rotunda, with the· Academy, The Philadelphia Inquirer,
and the Children's Book Council collaborating. It was opened with a Private View on October 29th at 8 :30 P.M. and continued through November 20th. The total attendance was 20,728 .
EXHIBITION OF WORK BY WILLIAM TROST RICHARDS
The William Trost Richards (1833 -1905) Retrospective Exhibition, consisting of 68 seascapes and landscapesi and five portraits by his daughter,
Anna Richards Brewster (1870-1952) opened in Gallery F on December 1st,
and continued through January 8th, 1956. Mr. C. Nelson Richards, a
great-grandson of the artist, was the principal lender of wor,ks, and it
was chiefly through his generous financial assistance that the Exhibition
was made possible. Other lenders included : Mrs. Harrison S. Morris, Mr.
a nd Mrs. Sydney L. Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Lippincott, Mr. W. Paul
O'Neill, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wharton Lippincott, Colonel and Mrs.
Nicholas Biddle, Sr., and the Academy. The total attendance was 1914.
' PHILADELPHIA ARTISTS '
G,ALLERY
An Exhibition of 46 lithographs and 15 drawings by Benton Spruance was
held in Galleries C and D from December 1st through January 8th, 1956.
A reception in Mr. Spruance's honor, given by Mr. and Mrs. James P.
Magill, was held on the opening afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock. Twenty14
three works, representing a sales value of $1109.00, were sold during
the exhibition. The total attendance was 1914.
An Exhibition of water ~olors and pen and ink sketches by Kathryn Fligg,
done during her recent residence in Italy, was held in Gallery M from
December 9th through January 8th, 1956. The exhibition opened with a
tea in Miss FJigg's honor, sponsored by the Women's Committee of th e
Academy on December 9th. Fourteen works, representing a sales value
of $440.00 were sold during the exhibition. The total attendance was 964.
SPECIAL EVENTS
The following special events took place in the Academy during the calendar year of 1955:
ANNIVERSARY DINNER
January 12th
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The 150th Anniversary Exhibition formally opened
with a dinner for 300 guests, invitations having
been issued in the name of the President and
Board of Directors. The speaker of the evening
was Mr. Francis Henry Taylor, then Director of
the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
After dinner, Mr. John F. Lewis, Jr., presented
the Academy Gold Medal of Honor ·t o the institution's Director, Mr. Joseph T. Fraser, Jr., in
recognition of his twenty years of able and devoted service to the institution, with special reference to his work in assembling the Anniversary Exhibition and planning the other aspects
of the celebration.
COMMEMORA nVE STAMP CEREMONY
January 15th
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At 11 .A.M. the First Day Issue Ceremony of the
three-cent postage stamp commemorating the
150th Anniversary was held in the 'Academy' s
Auditorium . The chief address of the morning
was made by Honorable Albert J. Robertson ,
Assistant J:>ostmaster General of the United States.
A luncheon followed in his honor, in Gallery H.
From noon to 4 P.M. a temporary United States
Post Office was set up in the Auditorium and
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the new stamps sold. The Academy issued as its
\\maximum card" a post card reproduction of the
Peale painting The Artist in His Museum, with
the stamp affixed to the lower left corner of
the picture side of the card.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS' DINNER
January 20th
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The American Institute of Architects, wishing to
make a suitable acknowledgement of the Academy's great work in advancing the understanding of art by citizens of this country, during its
long career, held its annual dinner in the Academy's galleries. Mr. Fraser was the recipient
of a Citation from the Philadelphia Chapter,
American Institute of Architects, of which he is
a member, in recognition of his great contribution toward the advancing of appreciation of
the fine arts in this city, through his arranging
of the Annual and other special exhibitions of
American painting and sculpture, and particularly for assembling and arranging the great
Anniversary Exhibition. The speaker was Mr.
William M. Campbell.
PHILADELPHIA ART ALLIANCE DINNER
January 27th
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The Philadelphia Art Alliance participated actively in the celebration by holding a dinner in
honor of the occasion for 200 of its members
and guests in the Academy galleries. The speaker
was Mr. John Coolidge, Director of the Fogg
Art Museum.
COSMOPOLITAN ' and FRANKLIN INN CLUBS
February 3rd
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Mem-bers of ~he Cosmopolitan Club and the
Franklin Inn Club held a ioint meeting in the
galleries in the evening.
PHILADELPHIA ART TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION DINNER
February 10th
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The Philadelphia Art Teachers' Association was
the third organization to participate in the anniversary celebration by having a dinner here .
Mr. Fraser spoke on some of the aspects of the
celebration.
COUNCILMEN'S DINNER
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March 3rd
The Mayor, members of Philadelphia City Coun cil and their wives were the guests at dinner ' of
the Academy's president, Mr. Lewis and Mrs.
Lewis.
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE PARTY
March 8th
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A party for members of International House was
given, including refreshments, by Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence M. C. Smith. Mr. Fraser was the
speaker .
WOMEN'S BOARD, GERMANTOWN HOSPITAL
March 10th
LECTURES -
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An evening subscription was arranged by the
Women's Board of the Germantown Hospital for
the benefit of the Hospital. Mr. Benton Spruance
was the speaker. A small buffet supper preceded the party.
8:30 P.M.
January 21 st
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Charles Coleman Sellers: "Charles Willson Peale
and the Early American Painters".
February 4th
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Lloyd F.
Period".
February 18th
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Walter Pach: "The Eight".
March 4th
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Symposium: "The Contemporary Creative Arts in
America". Panel - Dorothy Grafly (art critic);
Benton Spruance (artist); Andrew C. Ritchie
(museum directod; R. Sturgis Ingersoll (museum
president).
CONCERTS January 28th
Goodrich:
"Thomas Eakins and His
8:30 P.M.
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Sonatas by Beethoven, Brahms and Grieg-
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Jascha Brodsky,
pianist.
violinist;
Vladimir
Sokoloff,
February 11 th
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Works for Four Hands at One Piano by Beethoven, Bizet, Poulenc, Schubert and SchumannEleanor and Vladimir Sokoloff, pianists.
February 25th
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Works by Brahms, Chausson, Faure, Schubert,
Schumann and Wolf - Ilona Kombrink, soprano;
Wayne Conner, tenor; Vladimir Sokoloff, pianist.
March 11 th
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Works by J. S. Bach, J. C. Bach, MacDowell, McCollin, Manfredini, Tarenghi, Sammartini, and
Zhelebinsky - String Virtuosi of Philadelphia,
Louis Vyner conductor; Vladimir Sokoloff, pianist.
April 13th, 14th and 15th
Twenty-Seventh Annual Festival of the American
Society of Ancient Instruments. Works by the
early masters.
October 21 st
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Works by Ariosti, Brahms and Hindemith-Harry
Zaratzian, violist; Vladimir Sokoloff, pianist.
December 2nd
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Works by Barber, Brahms, Debussy, Durante,
Legrenzi, Scarlatti, Schubert, Schumann and
Wagner - Ilona Kombrink, soprano; Wayne
Conner, tenor; Vladimir Sokoloff, pianist.
All of the concerts except those given by the Society of Ancient Instruments, were free to the public. The instrumental programs were presented
by the Academy in collaboration with the Music Performance Trust Fund
of the American Phonograph Industry, in cooperation with Local 77,
American Federation of Musicians; one Lieder recital through an anonymous contribution and the other through the Fredric R. ,Mann Foundation.
They were the result of the able planning and cooperation of Miss Elizabeth Z. Swenson, the Academy's Director of Public Relations, and Mr.
Sokoloff.
GALLERY TALKS Color Club)
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2:30 P.M. (Sponsored by the Philadelphia Water
October 20th
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Ben Eisenstat, painter, teacher.
October 27th
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Dorothy Grafly, critic, publisher.
November 2nd
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James Kirk Merrick, painter, teacher.
November 10th -
Walter E. Baum, painter, critic.
November 17th -
John W. McCoy, painter, teacher
TELEVISION, WPTZ -
Channel 3
The Board of Education scheduled a series of
nine programs for consecutive Wednesday morninigs, beginning January 12th and ending March
9th, with Jack Bookbinder as moderator. They
focused atten tion on various aspects of the
150th Anniversary Exhibition.
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Another series titled "Art and the Artist", presented by the saine station, in collaboration
with the Academy, with Mr. Bookbinder as
planner and moderator, was made possible
through the financial assistance of the FidelityPhiladelphia Trust Company, on Sundays, 12:30
to 1 P.M., October 9th through January 2nd,
1956. Appearing as guests were Walter Hancock, Franklin C. Watkins, Robert Riggs, Jacques
Lipchitz, Hobson Pittman, Isabel Bishop, Walter
Stuempfig, Harry Rosin, George Harding, Gladys
Rockmore Davis, Peter Blume, Morris Blackburn
and Jo Mielziner. We are grateful to Falcon
Press for contributing the printed announcements
which were mailed by the Academy to its mem bers, stockholders, et cetera .
TOTAL AITENDANCE IN THE GALLERIES DURING 1955: 62,883.
ACQU ISITIONS
The many details concerned with registering purchases and gifts, as well
as those required for each loan, are taken care of 'by the Director's Assistant. Exclusive of the works which trayeled to Europe (full report in
1956) they were as follows for this year:
Purchas es
Through the Temple and Gilpin Funds : The Soda Fountain (painting) by
William J. Glackens .
Through the Collections Fund: Bahamian Exotic (water color) by Vera White.
Within the Lambert Fund : Exchange of Still Life with Apples for Somewhat
Rheumatic both by Alice T. Roberts.
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A Little Girl (painting) by Cecilia Beaux. ·
Gift of Miss Fanny Travis Cochran
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Gifts
Autumn Still Life (painting) by William M. Chase, from Mr. Joseph Nash
Field.
Head of Henry S. Drinker (bronze) by Margaret Wasserman Levy, from
the artist.
Diary of Elizabeth Chapin (1855-56), containing references to the Academy, from Mrs. Julius Rosenwald, II.
Album of photographs and text of Commem'o rative Stamp ceremonies
held at the Academy January 12th, 1955, from Mr. Arthur C.
Kaufmann.
Set of 25 etchings, one drawing of lIIyria, and the plate for same, all
by Daniel Garber, from Mr. John F. Lewis, Jr., which enabled the
Academy to own a complete set of Mr. Garber's etchings.
Set of 12 lithographs (6 scenes of historic Philadelphia and 6 of historic
Germantown), by Grant Simon, from the artist.
Portrait of Henry McCarter and Flower Still Life, both by Alice T. Roberts,
from her son, Mr. George B. Roberts.
Mrs. Reynolds, Mrs . John Ferrell, and Delphine Bowen (artists unknown),
the bequest of Mrs. Gordon Ashe.
Demolition (painting) by Harry Leith-Ross, through the Harry W. Ranger
Fund, National Academy of Design, New York City. (The painting
is not to become the absolute property of the Academy until 15
years following the artist's death.)
Autographed print of Horace Howard Furness by Joseph de Camp, from
Mr. Michael Mongiben.
A Little Girl (painting) by Cecilia Beaux, from Miss Fanny Travis Cochran
(the subject of the painting).
Three oil paintings: The White House by Fay Kennedy; Wild Ducks by
Helen West Heller; Vase of Flowers by A. H. Maurer; two drawings
of nude female figures by Raphael Soyer and Emil Ganso; and Light
House (water color) by Jan Matulka; from Mr. Carl Zigrosser.
Antique refectory table from Mr. C. Newbold Taylor.
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Near Noank (oil seascape) by Henry Ward Ranger; original letter fro m
John Ruskin to Henry D. Gilpin (sixth president of the Academy),
from Mr. Seymour Adelman .
Sixteen works from Mrs. Thomas E. Drake, formerly a part of the collections of her late aunt, Miss Margaretta Hinchman: Interior (painting)
and The Box Garden (pastel» both by Henry McCarter; Tahitian
Woman (drawing) by Marion Greenwood; New Orleans Courtyard
(lithograph) and Mexican Crosses (lithograph drawing) both by Edith
Longstreth Wdod; Drawing #26 by Alexander Portnoff; Portrait of a
Young Lady (painting) by Leon Kroll; Girl's Head (painting) by George
. Biddle; Interior with Child (water color) by William S. Schwartz;
Landscape (water color) by Mary Butler; The Lillian (water color) by
Paul L. Gill; Toledo (water color) by Earl Horter; I Know the Lord Laid
His Hand on Me - Marian Anderson (painting) by Margaretta Hinchman; The New Mill (painting) by Peter Hurd; Woman with Fish
(painting) by Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones; Yacht Race (water color)
by William K. Ferguson.
LOANS
Birmingham Art Museum, Alabama, for one-man exhibition of the artist's
work, January 2nd to 28th, Summer Evening by Richar~ Zoellner.
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa., for a one-man show of the artist's wor k,
January 31 st thro~gh March 31 st, Reclining Girl by Charles Rudy.
Philadelphia Art Alliance, for exhibition February 3rd to 27th, Fanny
Kemble as Beatrice and Fanny Kemble as Bianca, both by Thomas Sully.
Philadelphia Museum School of Art, for a one-man show of the artist's
work, February 4th through 23rd, Man in Blue by Paul Froelich.
Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, for exhibition February 17th through
April 3rd, The Shooting Gallery by Louis Bouche.
Eighty-eight items (paintings and sculpture) with an aggregate value of
$215,650.00, to the following Philadelphia business firms for special displays in connection with the 150th Anniversary Exhibition: Baily, Banks ·
and Biddle; The Blum Store; Oppenheim Collins; John Wanamaker; Western Savings Fund Society; Gimbel Brothers.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, for Art Festival during February, Oarsman
and Pioneer Mother both by Charles Grafly.
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Woodmere Art Gallery, . for a one-man show of the artist's work, March
20th through April 20th, Approach to Modern Art by Alfred Bendiner.
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Texas, for a "Hats" Exhibition, April 3rd
through May 1 st, House Wren by James Audubon; Mrs. William Jackson
by Gilbert Stuart; and Good Influence by Grant Wood.
Public Library, Harrisburg, Pa., for a one-man, exhibition of the artist's work,
May 6th through 20th, Henry Howard Houston Woodward and Tragic
Muse both by Violet Oakley.
Independence Hall, Philadelphia, for a display in the restored and refurnished Assembly Room, May 10th to September 10th, George Washing·
ton at Princeton by Charles Willson Peale.
Boston Arts Festival, Massachusetts, for exhibition June 4th through 19th,
Summer Scene by Franklin Watkins.
The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. c., for a traveling exhibition
known as "Italy Rediscovered", to be circulated for a period of six months,
Table with Fish and Scales by Carlyle Brown.
William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum, Rockland, Maine, for an
·exhibition of the artist's work August 4th through September 19th, Craige's
Meadow by John W. McCoy.
Des Moines Art Center, Iowa, for a one-man exhibition of the artist's
work, August 11 th through September 5th, Prodigal Son by Russell Cowles.
The Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Conn., for exhibition August 18th
through October 2nd, Still Life by Henry Schnakenberg.
Chester County Art Association, Pennsylvania, for "Prized Possessions
Exhibition", September 4th through 18th, Aneas Group by Charles Grafly.
Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio, for an exhibition titled "Recently ReDiscovered American Artists", September 6th through December 5th,
Mary McCall by Robert Feke; and Painter's Triumph by William Sidney
Mount.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, for a one-man exhibition of the artist's work, September 21 st through November 6th, End of
the 14th Street Crosstown Line by Reginald Marsh.
Pennsylvania State University for its Centennial Exhibition, October 7th
through November 6th, Fourth of July in Center Square by John Lewis
Krimmel; The Soda Fountain by William J. Glackens; Walt Whitman by
Thomas Eakins.
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The Hill School, Pottstown, Pa., for exhibition October 10th through November 15th, 36 paintings from our Lambert Collection.
The Pyramid Club, Philadelphia, for exhibition October 11 t h through
November 26th , 11 items (paintings and sculpture) from our permanen t
collection.
The Connecticut State Historical Society, Hartford, for an exhibition of
the work of William and Richard Jennys, October 15th through January
31 st, 1956, Colonel Constant Storrs and Mrs. Constant Storrs, both by
William Jennys.
The Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company, one painting each month fo r
its "Picture of the Month" Exhibit of works from our permanent collection.
Miss Anna Lane Scollay, 2107 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, for an indefinite period, Mary Ford Poore by Thomas Sully.
Mabel L. Eiseley
CONSERVATION OF WORKS FROM
PERMANENT COLLECTION
The following sixteen works from the permanent collection have received ·
conservation attention during the year from Theodor Siegl, the Academy's
conservator and technical adviser:
The Ramblers by N. Diaz
Hill Valley, Sunrise by John Frederick Kensett
The Country Wedding by John Lewis Krimmel
Clown with Folded Arms by Walter Kuhn
The Polish Dancer by George Luks
Seeking Shelter by William Van Marcke
Judge Randall by John Neagle
John William Wallace by John Neagle
Delicacies by Sarah Provan
Bell Buoy by William Trost Richards
February by William Trost Richards
Old Ocean Grey by William Trost Richards
William Montgomery by Gilbert Stuart
Constantine Francois Volney by Gilbert Stuart
Companion of the Studio by Robert W. Vonnoh
Elizabeth Peel by Benjamin West
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The Soda Fountain (painting) by William J. Glackens
Purchased through the Temple and Gilpin Funds
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SCHOOLS
Professional fine arts schools have two main functions: to teach not only
the person with an advanced technique and understanding, who comes fo r
further development, but the promising neophyte as well. It . is sometimes
difficult to separate these two functio·ns, and to understand how and why
the two must, or can, operate under the same roof and in some cases in
the same studios. But this is accomplished here. Indeed, this wide range
in abilities and perceptions among fhe student body is one of the many
things that makes our school function. There is a constant exchange of
ideas among the students themselves, as there is, of course, with their
distinguished instructors.
Over 200 students of varying backgrounds received their instruction here
this year. With an increase in enrollment for both day and evening, as
well as summer sessions, the faculty continued much the same as in the
preceding season. Since the closing of our Annex at 1834 Arch Street in
September because of its inconvenient location and antiquated vintage,
all studio work is now conducted in the main building.
The painting and sculpture departments continued their 'usual activities,
"---~ d in the illustration department, we have had various visiting illustrators
and art directors come to us this season, to keep our students abreast of
what is going on outside the Academy. We have also built a "dark room"
and equipped it with facilities for developing and enlarging photographs
for use of students in this field .
We continue to award annually scholarships to graduates of the City's
public and parochial high schools, made possible from a part of the City's
grant to the Academy.
Our students, in conjunction with those from the Fine Arts Department of
the University of Pennsylvania participated again this year in the Collaborative Problem presented by the Alumni of the American Academy
in Rome.
The Student Gallery in the building continues its monthly schedule of
student-juried shows, from which work is also available for purchase.
On the 20th of May, Mr. and Mrs. David M. Gwinn again entertained in
the galleries to introduce to Academy friends the work of students then
on view in connection with the competitions for travel scholarships and
other cash prizes. It was a very successful occasion and 20 student wo rks
were purchased representing $1445.00.
As an added impetus to the purchase of student work, Mr. and Mrs . Leon
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C. Sunstein, Jr., contributed funds to the Academy through which the work
of three students (Ina Pivar Abrams, James A. Hamilton, III, and louis
Sloan) became part of a new school collection.
We are always proud to mention individual members of our staff who have
received special honors, but hasten to say that it is the entire group of
men functioning as a force, that produces the group of artists and potential artists that go forth from here each year. Although the list may not
be complete because all information is not at hand, we report that Mr.
Hobson Pittman, in addition to other honors, was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for study and travel abroad. Mr. Ben Kamihira, a former
student and now an assistant in our evening school, received a similar
award to ·further develop his painting technique. Honors were not limited
to our faculty. From $20,000.00 awarded this year by the louis Comfort
Tiffany Foundation, $5000.00 went to former Academy students (all
painters): Herbert V. Auspitz and Seymour Remenick, $2000.00 each;
Thomas J. Gaughan, $1000.00.
Elsewhere in this brochure we have recorded in detail the very generous
awards totaling some $24,575.00 made by the Academy to students enrolled in its schools, through successful competition during or at the close
of the 1954-55 school year.
Traveling Art, Incorporated, included work of several of our students in
its tour of the country last spring and early summer. The Beryl lush
Galleries (Philadelphia) staged a special exhibition of student work from
three local art schools: the Academy, the Museum School of Art, and the
Tyler School of Fine Arts.
The 150th Anniversary Exhibition included only work of artists who, over
that period of years, had had some close association with the Academy,
mainly as instructors or pupils. It was a record any school could be proud
of. More, it represented a major contribution to the history of art in
America. The responsibility rests with the present age to write a chapter
no less important into this venerable institution's history.
Library
Books and clippings withdrawn
1280
Accessions
50 by purchase
4 as gifts .
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Raymond T. Entenmann
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PUBLIC RELATIONS
It was a three-cent stamp issued by our Government in honor of th e
Academy's
p ress
birthday that brought into this office the greatest flow o f
clippings concerning
any single event ever received
here. This
made us realize that undoubtedly these little "messengers" were th e
mediums through which many thousands of persons in various parts of the
w orld received their first introduction to the Academy.
However, it was around the Exhibition that the various anniversary activit ies centered . Theya!1 called for a maximum of publicity if, from an interest or attendance point of view, the celebration were to be a success .
This meant that the facilities of this department had to be considerably
a ugmented . Adelphia Associates were engaged and served the Academy
most ably. The European tour provided added opportunity for publicity,
although in this case it was largely handled by or through the United
States Information Agency. So far as promotion from Philadelphia was
concerned, whether we were dealing with local, national or international
sources, we found an interested ' and cooperative group of people, and
w e want to record here our appreciation of the efforts made through
t hese various channels to help America's oldest a rt institution do justice
t o this important milestone in its history.
A mong those who visited the Exh ibition were several thousand
men,
w omen, and children who came in groups, many of them requiring docent
service, and
a
heavy schedule of these visits was arranged through
this department.
Perhaps not all of our members realize that the Academy has no item
i n its budget for music. Therefore we gratefully acknowledge the part
t hat the following played in making our concerts, also an activity of t his
d epartment, free to all: The Music Performance Trust Fund, the Fredri c
R. Mann Foundation, an anonymous donor, and N. Stetson and Company,
f or material aid i Mr. Vladimir Sokoloff and t he musicians who assisted
him , for making the programs the superior ones they undoubtedly were.
These events and those given here by the American Society of Ancient
Instr uments were responsible for bringing between three and four thousand
music lovers to our galleries.
Where membersh ~ ps are concerned, in the life and annual classes, during
t he year we added
175 new membersi 10 current members increased
$3540. 00
t heir ratesi 7 sent contributions with t heir dues, all amounting to
in new funds . Four persons became members in perpetuity, through i n,creased
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contributions -
two
a s Patrons, two
as Fellows. From
letters
seeking added support for the anniversary from those who became life
members some years ago at the old $100.00 rate, $7400.00 resulted. In
reporting continued growth in the membership, we thank our current
members for their constant helpful suggestions.
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
BUILDINGS
MAI N BUILDINGS, BROAD AN D C H ERRY STREETS
There was no very major repair or alteration made to our physical plant
during this year. The single improvement which should be noted concerned
the removal of the old steam boilers no longer needed because of the
exemplary installation of central City steam, purchased through the Philadelphia Electric Company. The deepest excavation for the old installation was filled in and a new cement floor added. The old coal storage
room was thus accessible, being directly adjacent to the plaster-casting
room, and a very much improved stone and wood carving room was
established for the student sculptors. A large ventilating fan was placed
in the window to clear the air of dust.
The old boiler room has become an admirable storage space for pedestals
and other exhibition material, and the rooms on the north side of the
basement, previously used for this purpose, are released for the extension
of picture and sculpture vault storage.
WOMEN'S COMMITTEE
Upon the resignation in March, 1955 of Mrs . Leonard T. Beale a s Chairman of the Women's Committee, a post held by her since the Committee's
inception, Mrs. Hart McMichael was appointed by the Academy's president to succeed her.
Sin ce the activities of the Academy this 150th year of its existence were
concerned mainly with a great anniversary celebration and therefore
staged by the institution itself, the role of the Women's Committee was
la rgely one of supporting and assisting the Officers and Board of Directors, as hostesses, in carrying out that program.
More and more the Committee has been giving its attention to the practical
needs of Academy students. One example of this was Mrs. Boudi not
Stimson's opening her home to Miss ' Liliian Larranaga, a young student
from Peru, when a suitable place had to be found for her to five a s she
entered the Academy school this Fall, very far from her native land . She
has continued with Mrs. Stimson through the school season.
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The Committee also gave a reception in honor of Miss Kathryn L. Fligg
(a former Academy student) when an exhibition of her work was opened
in the Philadelphia Artists' Gallery on 'Friday afternoon, December 9th.
The end of the year found this group actively engaged with plans for
several events to be held in the months ahead, and therefore not eligible
for this report.
THE FELLOWSHIP
The Fellowship (alumni) was organized in 1897 principally to foster a spirit
of fraternity between former and present students of the Academy.
Over the years, its activities have broadened somewhat. One annual event
has been an exhibition of work by its members. Formerly this was largely
limited to, local artists. In recent years, however, there has been an increasing
effort
to
extend
the
geographical
representation. This year
that aspect was stepped up considerably with the result that the 157
paintings, sculptures and graphics in the show represented a greater
number of one-time Academy students outside Philadelphia who had
achieved national or international recognition than ever before. In addition, one gallery was devoted entirely to water colors of his stage sets by
alumnus Jo Mieli iner, currently one of the most successful stage designers
in America. Another innovation was an invitation to the public via radio
and television to attend the Exhibition's private view. Over 400 came.
As is customary, a token payment of $350.00 was made to the Academy
for the use of its galleries and attending services. No exhibition of student work was held concurrently, this year.
In publicizing the event, the fact was brought out that while we regularly
see the work of Academy . alumni on exhibition, the group also includes
instructors in practically every first rate art school in the country, which
makes the influence exerted by this institution on the art training in
America
almost impossible to
estimate. We
know it is considerable.
Even in commercial fields, we find many of these flne-arts-trained alumni
holding important posts in advertising and the applied arts.
While the 150th Anniversary Exhibition did not call for the series of Gal lery Talks usually arranged by this organization for Academy "Annuals""
it did require docent service for the many school and club groups askin g
for it. From its membership, the Fellowship provided d Ii'stof artists who
were "on call" to the Academy, and rendered an important service.
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· Several student representatives serve on the Fellowship's Board of Managers to help keep the Board informed concerning current students' welfare and needs. Recommendations are made to students for teaching positions and other income-producing opportunities.
Mr. Walker Hancock is President, with Miss Ethel Ashton acting in his
absences.
THE
COMMITTEE
ON
FELLOWS·HIP
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 completeL all for the benefit of Fellowship
members, and present or former students, and seeks 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, settlement houses, hospitals and other organizations
or institutions; (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 living
expenses; (5) provides the Gold Medal Award in the Annual Fellowship
Exhibitions .
Mrs. A. Bruce Gill is Chairman and Treasurer.
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CONSOLIDATED TREASURER1S REPORT
September I, 1954 to August 31, 1955
I NCO M E
$ 43,344.63
51,412.74
Art Gallery and Exhibitions
School
Trust Funds
75,814.84
Membership Dues
15,250.00
1,239.29
Contributions (unrestricted)'
25,000.00
City Appropriation
Total Income
$21 2,061 .50
.
EXP EN S ES
Art Gallery and Exhibitions
School
$137,166.13
71,713.35
208,879.48
3,383.82
Loss on sale of General Fund Investments
Total Expenses
$212,263.30
Net Operating Loss
$
32
201.80
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE CALE N DAR YEAR
For 150th Anniversary FundMembers of the Board of Directors
Mrs. Henry V. Greenough
Alfred Bendiner
Mrs. Elizabeth Howell Pollock
Clarence Morris
Mrs. Ruth Pinchot Pickering
Miss Eleanor l. Tingley
1955
$ 5,127.56
500.00
100.00
15.00
10.00
10.00
1,000.00
$ 6,762.56
For the School Mr. and Mrs. leon C. Sunstein, Jr.-Picture Purchase Fund
Mr. and Mrs. leon C. Sunstein , Jr.-unrestricted
Miss Mae Diffenbaugh, to establish Catharine Grant
Memorial Student Prize Fund
Mrs. A. Bruce Gill - Student Prize in Graphics
The Wanamaker Store Travel Scholarship
Walter Stuempfig - lila Hill Prize in Sculpture
John F. lewis, Jr. - various projects
Special Directors' Student Prize
Special Directors' Student Prize
David M. Gwinn - Eakins Student Prize
David M. Gwinn - Student Party
George D. Widener - Scholarships
Anonymous - Student Prizes
Anonymous - Student Aid Fund
Anonymous - Student Aid Fund
2,300.00
50.00
1,580.00
50.00
167.75
300.00
200.00
100.00
352.31
2,050.00
1,475.00
300.00
50.00
$ 9,340.69
Unrestricted Van Antwerp lea
James P. Magill
I. S. Ravdin
Mrs. Helen M. Wolff
John Stewart
Ralph W. Whitaker
Mrs. Clara P. Whitaker
Anonymous
5,000.00
687.29
10.00
5 .00
5 .00
5.00
5.00
1.00
$ 5,718.29
Miscellaneous Henry S. Drinker - Register of Cec ilia Beaux Works
Estate of Hannah P. lawrence
Fidelity-Philade lphia Trust Company for Television Programs
Anonymous - for purchase of
The King by Joseph J . Greenberg, Jr.
John F. lewis, Jr. - various projects
Estate of Eli zabeth W. M. Bowman
Annual Fellowship Exhibition
Fredric R. Mann - concerts
William Clarke Mason - dues
Tolal
350.00
15.63
3,410.98
1,287.94
1,300.00
1,200.00
166.75
529.26
350.00
300.00
164.50
$ 8,709.43
$30,530.97
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NEW MEMBERS
Enrolled during 7955, including those
who increased their classification
* Patron
" lea , Van Antwerp
" Mason, William Clarke
* FelBow
" Huston, Stewart
" Ingersoll , R. Sturgis
**Magill, James P.
• ' Tingley, Miss Eleanor lo
Life Members
" Pease, Mrs. William H.
" Spruance, Mrs. William C.
Porteous, louis R.
• ' Tonner, Mrs. William T.
,. Sunstei n, Mrs. leon, Jr:
vogdes, Joseph J.
Sustaining Members
Abrams, Mrs . Stanley lo
Atwood, Mrs. John c., Jr.
Boericke, Miss Winifred
Buckley, James T.
Bush, Mrs. leonard F.
Deitrick, Dr. John E.
•• Harris, Mrs. Flagler
., Harvey, Mrs. Joh n S. C.
" Hinkson, Mrs. J. H. Ward
•• Mclean , Mrs. William lo, Jr.
Ravdin, Dr. Elizabeth G.
" Ravdin, Dr. I. S.
" Zantzinger, Mrs. Alfred
Annual M embers
Adams, Miss Katharine
Allen, Mrs. A. S.
Anderson, Bart
Armstrong, Mrs. Harry J.
Asbell, Dr. Milton B.
Bartlett, Dr. F. lo
Bartschi, Mrs. Arnold
Bassett, Mrs. R. S.
Beren, Arthur
Berrang, Miss Elizabeth C.
Blackwood, William, Jr.
Blake, Mrs. Ralph
Block, Gordon A., Jr.
Blombaum , Miss Edith M.
Blomberg, Mrs. R. N.
Boericke, Mrs. Gideon
Bontemps, Mrs. James
Brodhead, Mrs. Ellier H., Jr.
Brown, Robert M.
Browning, Paul E.
Butterworth, Mrs. Harry W., Jr.
Cades, Daniel C.
Campbell, Theodore, Jr.
Cannon, Thomas J.
Caplan, Miss Syd A.
Chalfant, Mrs. Clyde H.
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Cheeseman, Miss Terri
Cheston, Mrs. Edward M.
Cheston, George M.
Cohen, Mrs. Hyman
Cohen, Mrs . Jerome M.
Cohen , Sylvan M.
Cordes, Mrs. August
Cotner, Miss Jane Maher
Cowen, Mrs. Thomas H.
Crawford, Mrs. Winfield W .
Crowder, William S.
Czap, Ivan Michaelson
Dallett, Francis J., Jr.
Dalsimer, Sylvan
Daniel, Mrs. Todd
David, David
David, Samuel
Davidson, Mrs. James J., Jr.
Davidson, Mrs. Philip lo
Davis, Roy B.
Day, Mrs. Kenneth
Deily, Ralph D.
Delvalle, Mrs. Kenneth T.
De Puy, Miss Clara
Dilworth, Mrs. Richardson
Dintenfass, Mrs. Benjamin
Disston, Mrs. William D.
Downs, Mrs . T. McKean
Downs, Mrs. W . Findlay
Earle, Miss Carolyn H.
Edmunds, Mrs. Franklin D.
Edwards, E. Nelson
Ehly, Rev. Charles Francis
Elliott, Mrs. R. H.
Ellis, Mrs. M. Emily Pollock
Evans, Miss Esther
Evans, Mrs. E. Royal
Falik, Mrs . M. E.
Fine, Marshall A.
Fligg , Mrs. James A.
Foerst, William H.
Fogel, Herbert A.
Folgmann, Mrs. Emil E.
Forman, Dr. Isador
Frazier, W. West
Freedman, Mrs. Abraham l.
Freeman, Mrs. Donald P.
Gammon, Mrs. George D.
Genung, Mrs. J. Holcombe
Gerlach, Mrs. Helen
Glenn, Graef W .
Goldberg, Mrs. Dora Bortin
Goldberg, Miss Rosalind
Goldfarb, Mrs. Joseph R.
Gowen, Howard H.
Greene, Dr. Lloyd B.
Gutman, Mrs. Alvin
Gylfe, Miss Julina
Hammond, Miss Edith
Hammond, Mrs. L. Jay
Hanson, Mrs. Alfred M., Jr.
Hart, Mrs. E. Reeves
Harvie, Mrs. Fred H.
Hay, Miss Dorothy A.
Hill, Miss Patricia P.
Hirschwald, Barry
Hodge, Mrs. C. C.
Hoffman, Mrs. C. Fenno
Holman, Mrs. Frank E.
Hopkins, Mrs. Kendal Coles
Howard, Mrs. Almern C.
Hubschman, Mrs. Harry
Isard, Mrs. Murray G.
Jamieson, Miss Helen T.
Jamieson, Miss Janet P.
Jones, Mrs. Russell B.
Kaplan, Clinton
Kauffman, Mrs. Samuel
Keiser, Clarence E.
Kern, George H,
Kerwin, Miss Marion R.
Kirby, Mrs. Charles K.
Krumbhaar, Mrs. C. Herman
lamparter, Mrs. Harry, Jr.
lapsley, Mrs. lucy Mae
latta, Mrs. John Y.
lea, Miss Elizabeth G.
lewis, Miss Mary C.
lotterer, Mrs. Elizabeth
McEl roy, Mrs. Clayton, Jr.
Manning, Mrs. Edward
Mecaskey, Richard W.
Molthan, Mrs. E. Henry
Morgan, Mrs. H. V.
Murdoch, Mrs . J. Earnshaw
Rutan, Mrs. Frank E., Jr.
Saxe, Nathaniel
Scattergood, Mrs. Alfred
Sch loss, leonard S.
Scott, Mrs. Malcolm
Scully, Mrs. C. Alison
Smith, Clarence W.
Smith, Mrs. W. Singerly
Sordoni, A. J ., Jr.
Spreter, Roy F.
Steeb Ie, Mrs. William Hill
Stepha no, Valentine J.
Taylor, George W.
Valentine, Mrs. E. Miles
Van loan, Miss Dorothy L.
Osborn, Mrs. Frederick H., Jr. Voichick, Miss Stella
von Moschzisker, Mrs . Michael
Patterson, Mrs . George
Perreault, Maurice W.
Ward, Mrs. R. B.
Peterson, Mrs. Charles Maxwell Washington, Mrs. Howard A.
Weh rheim, Mrs. Robert V.
Weil, Robert M.
Randolph, David S.
Weiller, Mrs . Eugene W.
Reese, Mrs. Charles L, III
Reid, Ira De A.
Weston, Mrs. Frederick W.
Wielpolski, Mrs. Alfred
Richards, Alfred N.
Ritter, Miss Deborah C.
Willing , Charles
Winn, Mrs. M. B.
Robbi, Miss Bettina
Winter, Dr. Sheri J.
Roberts, Mrs. Graham
Wolcott, Mrs. Huston
Robinson, James
Wolff, Miss Katharine
Rorer, Mrs. Herbert Crawley
Wright, Dr. Harry B.
Rosengarten, Mrs. Albert H.
Newell, James P.
*Elected in perpetuity
* · Classification increased
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MEMBERSHIP
Yearly Members:
CLASSES
Annual $10.00
Sustaining $25.00
{ Contributing $100.00
Life Member
Fellow
Patron
Benefactor
$300
$1 000 to $5000
$5000 to $25,000
$25,000 or more
(Fellows, 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 principally 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,
Good Friday, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas.