155th Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE
FIN EAR T5
BROAD AND CHERRY STREETS
1 SSt hAN N U A L· REP 0 R T
1960
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PHILADELPHIA
Cover: Sird by Lee Bontecou
Temple Fund purchase 1960.
The One Hundred and Fifty-fifth
Annual Report
of
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
FOR THE YEAR 1960
Presented to the Meeting of the Stockholders
of the Academy on February 6th, 1961.
OFFICERS
President
Vice President
Treasurer
Secretary
Frank T. Howard
Alfred Zantzinger
C. Newbold . Taylor
Joseph T. Fraser, Jr.
BOARD
OF
DIRECTORS
Mrs. Leonard T. Beale
George B. Roberts
Henry B. Keep
Henry S. Drinker
John F. Lewis, Jr.
Henry W. Sawyer .
James P. Magill
David Gwinn
John Stewart
Sydney E. Martin
C. Newbold Taylor
J. Welles Henderson
John W. Merriam
Frank T. Howard
Franklin C. Watkins
Mrs. Herbert C. Morris
R. Sturgis Ingerso"
William Coxe Wright
Arthur C. Kaufmann
Alfred Zantzinger
Ex Officio
Mrs. Elias Wolf
Representing Women's Committee
Mrs. Richardson Dilworth, Fredric R. Mann .
. Representing City Council
Francis Speight .
. Representing Faculty
STANDING COMMITTEES
COMMITTEE ON COLLECTIONS AND
EXHIBITIONS
Alfred Zantzinger, Chairman John F. Lewis, Jr.
Mrs. Leonard T. Beale
Franklin Watkins
Henry B. Keep
COMMITTEE ON
FINANCE
C. Newbold Taylor, Chairman
COMMITTEE
ON
James P. Magill
John Stewart
INSTRUCTION
James P. Magill, Chairman
David Gwinn
Francis Speight
Mrs. Leonard Beale
COMMITTEE ON
William Coxe Wright
Frank T. Howard (ex officio)
PUBLIC
John W. Merriam
George B. Roberts
Representing Faculty
. Representing Women's Committee
RELATIONS
J. Welles Henderson, Chairman
Mrs. Richardson Dilworth
Arthur Kaufmann
Fredric R. Mann
Mrs. Herbert Morris
Henry W. Sawyer, 3rd
SOLICITOR
Maurice B. Saul
. WOMEN'S COMMITTEE
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
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Elias Wolf .
. Chairman
. Treasurer and Corresponding Secretary
Evan Randolph, Jr.
John G. Bartol, Jr.
Mrs. H. Lea Hudson
Mrs. R. Barclay Scull
Francis T. Chambers Mrs. Arthur C. Kaufmann Mrs. Lawrence M. C. Smith
Joseph Sill Clark, Jr. Mrs. John F. Lewis, Jr.
Miss Anna K. Stimson
Mrs. Boudinot Stimson
Richardson Dilworth
Mrs. Hart McMichael
Emlen Etting
Mrs. Samuel W. Pray
Mrs. Franklin C. Watkins
A. O. Griswold
Mrs. Walter H. West
Mrs. George B. Roberts
Mrs. Sydney L. Wright
David J. Grossman Mrs. Julius Rosenwald, 2nd
David Gwinn
Mrs. Alfred Zantzinger
STAFF
GENERAL
Joseph T. Fraser, Jr.
Mabel L. Eiseley
Charles J. Marsh
Ann Evans .
August V. Viilu .
Louise Wallman .
E. Elizabeth Fermanis
Frances M. Vanderpool
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director and Secretary
. Assistant Director
Assistant to the Secretary
Secretary to the Director
Comptroller
Secretary-Clerk
Receptionist and Billing Clerk
Exhibitions and Membership Clerk
Director of Public Relations and Membership
SCHOOLS
Curator (January-February 7960)
Administrator (September-December 7960)
In Charge of Evening Program
Secretary to the Curator
Librarian
Raymond T. Entenmann
David Sellin .
Roswell Weidner
Catherine R. Newbold
Ethel V. Ashton .
FA C U L T Y (Sea son of 1960- 61 )
Day School
Morris Blackburn
Julius Bloch
Walker Hancock
John Hanlen
Evening School
Morris Blackburn
Thomas Gaughan
John W. McCoy
Hobson Pittman
Harry Rosin
Edward Shenton
Ben Kamihira
Jim C. Lueders
Francis Speight .
Gerd Utescher
Roswell Weidner
Ben Kamihira
Jim C. Lueders
Francis Speight
Roswell Weidner
Summer Day School
Morris Blackburn
Thomas Gaughan
Francis Speight
Walter Stuempfig
Franklin C. Watkins
Roswell Weidner
Summer Evening School
Francis Speight
Augmenting the Faculty
Jack Bookbinder
Paul A. Greenwood
William Campbell
John Guarente
Edmond J. Farris
Ben Kamihira
Roswell Weidner
Oliver Nuse
Frances Serber
Theodor Siegl
BUILDING
Isaiah J. Sellers, Superintendent
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REPORT OF THE OFFICERS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
AND
The year 1960 can be reported as one full of health in all br<anches of the
Academy's activity. It was not marked by spectacular achievements, but can
be recorded as one in which changes made were all advantageous, and that
both in our museum and school activities we have enjoyed a good year.
There were but two changes in the Board of Directors. In January, Franklin C.
Watkins, who had been selected by the Faculty to fill the unexpired term as
Faculty representative after George Harding's death, was elected a full member of the Board. Francis Speight was duly elected as the Faculty representative for the current year.
The personnel of our staff continued unchanged except for the resignation of
Raymond T. Entenmann as Curator of the Schools in February. He had held
this position since 1953. Negotiations were begun at once to fill this important
post and in September David Sellin assumed the responsibilities, the title of
the position having been changed to Administrator of the Schools. Mr. Sellin
comes to the Academy with a most exemplary educational background, and
for the year and a half directly previous to his coming to the Academy he was
assistant to Mr. Henry Clifford in the Department of Painting at our Philadelphia Museum of Art.
The period between February and September which covered both the ending of one school term, the preparation of the catalogue for the next year,
and all of the plans for the opening of the Fall term, placed a very heavy
burden on other members of the staff. Special commendation should be
registered for Miss Catherine Newbold who, as Secretary in the School
Office, carried a particularly heavy load, and gave the Director invaluable
assistance. Special mention should also be made of the fact that, over this
period of approximately six months Roswell Weidner, a member of our
Faculty, but one very familiar with, and close to both the students and
organizational problems, was employed on a part-time basis, and his assistance proved invaluable.
In May the usual excitement prevailed in the school as a normal group, in
size and also in abilities, competed for the European Traveling Scholarships and many other awards. There has been a marked increase in the
last several years of award advantages for the students, and the major
and minor honors granted by the Faculty amounted to a grand total of
$22,470.00. Through the summer months, and taking advantage of the
interim period between two School heads, a more thorough house-cleaning
and renovation of the school area was accomplished. Several of the major
painting studios were painted, and the area in the basement directly under
the Auditorium was completely changed to accommodate a very consider-
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able number of lockers which had
department, and the forming of a
room with the student lunch room,
dedicated to the painting students for
been scattered throughout the school
corridor to connect the plaster-casting
and a long and newly lighted studio
still life.
The enrollment in the Fall term was altogether satisfactory in numbers, and
as to the caliber of the students, and a considerable number of exemplary
regulations are evolving from which we can expect very real advantages
for the students and for the management.
It also should be reported that, by way of general renovation and improvements, the leaded glass window in the east facade was completely releaded
and new ventilating units installed. A new pavement was laid on the north
side of our building from Broad Street to Burns Street, and iron posts were
erected at regular intervals along the entire length of this walk-way to
make it impossible for the traffic on Cherry Street to use our sidewalk as a
part of the roadway, or for parking.
The exhibition season was a busy one, with great variety and sustaining
interest. late January marked the opening of our 155th Annual Exhibition
of American Oil Painting and Sculpture and, once again, we were collaborating with The Detroit Institute of Arts. At the Institute's particular request
the exhibition of this year was opened there in December of 1959, and
was presented to the Philadelphia public at the traditional time in 1960.
Traditionally, following the big Annual, the exhibition of our Fellowship
was held and praised as one of the best organized by our alumni over a
period of a considerable number of years.
Also in the spring there was an exhibition of contemporary work by French
and Italian painters. This feature was a decided break with our traditional
service rendered chiefly to American artists, and was made possible
through the generosity of Mrs. Herbert C. Morris, with very able direction
from Hobson Pittman. The original group of paintings designed for inclusion
in this show were selected by Miss Jane Harper on a trip to France and Italy
in the summer of 1959.
An additional verve was given to the spring program by furnishing Gallery
K with examples of painting and sculpture by former instructors of the
Academy over a period of 25 years, and none now living. This beautiful
exhibition reflected the alertness of the Academy to acquire significant
examples by those men who served on its teaching staff with such dedication.
Further emphasis was given to the importance of our Faculty by having a
large exhibition (practically 16 one-man shows) of the work of artists currently making up that Faculty. This proved to be one of the most popular
features which the Academy has staged, and the institution can feel proud
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indeed that such a breadth of sensitive creative work could be brought
together and stand for those who are presently serving us.
The exhibition year closed again with the 5th International Hallmark Art
Award show-an aggregate of work of American and foreign artists-this
year all oils, and, by a professional judgment, the most important of the
events organized and financed by that company.
Although a full accounting is always made in each printed Annual Report,
it seems wise in this short resume to mention the large number of requests
for loans from our permanent collection, which are granted whenever possible, but which entail a tremendous amount of detailed work to cover
arrangements for packing, shipping, insurance, et cetera. Mrs. Loren Eiseley,
as the Director's assistant, must receive the highest praise for the able and
painstaking care she gives to this very important aspect of our life, together
with the answering of a never-ending correspondence with relation to art
research in the American field.
Tribute must also be paid to another one of our loyal employees, Miss
Elizabeth Swenson, for her organizing, with Vladimir Sokoloff and the
Music Performance Trust Fund, another exemplary series of chamber music
evenings. These events are invariably artistic highlights in Philadelphia's
music season, and account for a very considerable increase in the general
attendance.
Once again, it is a pleasure to report on the continuing service to the
Academy, in many useful and gracious ways, of our Women's Committee.
The parties which they plan in such an ideal manner provide the friendly
and hospitable atmosphere so important as we entertain guests. Their
Student Aid Fund is of immeasurable value in the life of our School.
No Annual Report is complete without the recording of our gratitude to the
City Council of Philadelphia for continuing financial aid. Praise must also
be given to our loyal staff and Faculty who make our activities possible.
FRANK T. HOWARD, President
JOSEPH T. FRASER, JR., Director
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EXHIBITIONS
155th ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF OIL PAINTING AND SCULPTURE
(Private view Friday evening, January 20; open to the public January 24
through February 28.)
This year marks the second time in which the Annual Exhibition of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts was held in collaboration with the
Detroit Institute of Arts, where it opened on November 24, 1959, and continued through January 3, 1960. Thirty-seven items were sold, of this number
13 were acquired by P.A.F.A.; 10 by Detroit Institute of Arts; and the
remainder by private individuals. The total number of sales amounted to
$37,620.00. Attendance in Philadelphia during exhibition: 11,206.
JURIES OF SELECTION AND AWARD
Painters
Henry Varnum Poor, Chairman
Sculptors
William Zorach, Chairman
William Kienbusch
Sigmund Menkes
Seymour Lipton
Henry Rox
PRIZES AND AWARDS
Joseph E. Temple Gold Medal-lee Gatch, in recognition of Mr. Gatch's
career as a painter.
George D. Widener Memorial Gold Medal-lee Bontecou for the sculpture, Bird.
Water Lippincott Prize ($300.00)-David Park for painting, Three Bathers.
Mary Smith Prize ($100.00)-Cecilia Finberg for painting, Landscape.
J. Henry Schiedt Memorial Prize ($ l,OOO.OO)-James Brewton for painting,
The Suicide of Judas.
Raymond A. Speiser Memorial Prize ($500.00)-Max Kahn for painting,
Blue Rocks.
Alfred G. B. Steel Memorial Prize ($500.00)-Nathan Rapaport for sculpture, The Earth Is Given to Man.
Fellowship Prize ($100.00)-Sidney Simon for Elements-Fire and Air.
Honorable Mention in Painting-Arthur Obrosey for Early Thaw; Marvin
Cherney for Classical Nude.
Honorable Mention in Sculpture-Robert Rohm for Bailing Machine; Margo
Liebes Harris for Head.
FELLOWSHIP EXHIBITION (Private view Friday evening, March 11; open
to the public March 12 through April 10.)
This partly-invited, partly-juried exhibition consisted (as in past years) of
work by professional artists who have attended the Academy's Schools.
During this exhibition, th e Fellowship sponsored a Student Show which was
on view in the Students' Gallery on the Main Floor.
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JURIES
ai/
Oliver Nuse
Water Color and Graphics
Jack Gerber
Henry Peacock
Benton Spruance
Ben Eisenstat
Walter Reinsel
Sculpture
Wallace Kelly
Charles Rudy
PRIZES
Percy M. Owens Memorial for a Distinguished Pennsylvania Artist
($250.00)-Andrew Wyeth.
Harrison S. Morris Memorial ($100.00, divided) - Filomena Dellaripa,
Sunset, Mexican Hills; Christine McGinnis, The Water Works.
Mary Butler Memorial Award ($100.00)-Tom Gaughan, Sacrifice.
Bertha H. Goldberg Memorial Award ($100.00)-Abraham Rattner, Composition-Farmscape #3.
May Audubon Post Prize ($50.00)-Julian Levi, Weir #2.
Caroline Gibbons Granger Memorial Prize ($50.00)-Roswell Weidner,
Masts Against the Sky.
Leona Karp Braverman Memorial Award ($50.00) - Michael Piper,
Crucifixion.
Mabel Wilson Woodrow Prize (Student Show)-Bernard Fierro, Portrait,
($20.00); Seymour Rotman, Still Life, ($20.00); James Ferrell, Pittston,
($10.00).
Honorable Mention-John Matt, Entity.
Ten items were sold from the Fellowship Show, and two from the Student
Show.
CONTEMPORARY FRENCH AND ITALIAN PAINTINGS EXHIBITION
(March 18 through April 10.)
Through the generosity and interest of Mrs. Herbert C. Morris, Bryn Mawr,
and with the professional advice of selection by Miss Jane Harper and
Mr. Hobson Pittman, the Academy was privileged to present this exhibition.
A luncheon in honor of the Consul of France and Mrs. Pierre Gabard, and
the Consul-General of Italy and Countess Edgardo Sogno del Vallino, and
a private showing, was sponsored by the Women's Committee on Friday,
March 18th.
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THE PHILADELPHIA ART TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION EXHIBITION
(April 14 through May 1; Reception, April 20.)
JURY
Roswell Weidner
John Haigaard
G. Ralph Smith
Art Teachers' Association Award-Frederick Gill.
Honorable Mentions-Ellen Dixon, Thomas Gaughan, Joseph Tishler (painters); John Costanza (sculptor).
THE STUDENT EXHIBITION (May 11 through June 5.)
At Special Exercises held on May 11 at 4 P.M., it was announced that
thirteen traveling scholarships and other prizes, amounting to $22,470.00,
had been awarded to students in the Schools of the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts. The address was given by Mr. Roy F. Larson, architect,
and President of the Art Commission of the City of Philadelphia. After the
address, the following awards were made on recommendation of the Faculty:
William Emlen Cresson Memorial European Traveling Scholarships
(Est. 1902) ($1,700.00 each): Judy Leet, Ruta Lidkus, John G. Fairey, Paul E.
Gorka, William Micheel, Socrates Perakis, and Seymour Rotman (painters);
Anatole Bilokur, H. Reed Armstrong (sculptors).
J. Henry Schiedt Memorial Traveling Scholarships (Est. 1949) ($1,300.00
each): Bernard Fierro, Jack Fishbein, Christine McGinnis (painters).
Lewis S. Ware Traveling Scholarship (Est. 1938) ($1,300.00): Bernard
Kozuhowski (muralist).
Cecilia Beaux Memorial Prize (Est. 1946) ($100.00): Bernard Fierro.
Honorable Mention-Jack Fishbein.
Catherine Grant Memorial Prize (Est. 1955) ($100.00): John Fairey.
Honorable Mentions-William Micheel, Russell Keeter.
Lux Prize in Graphics (John Conner Memorial) (Est. 1953) ($50.00):
Walter Humanik.
Packard Zoological Sketch Prizes (Est. 1899): Coleman Homsey (1 st prize,
$30.00); Rebecca Reath (2nd prize, $20.00).
Ramborger Prize (Est. 1910) ($25.00): H. Barton Wasserman.
Edmund Stewardson Prize (Est. 1899) ($100.00): Alexander Hromych.
Honorable Mentions-Jane Morris, Derek Wernher.
Emma Burnham Stimson Prize (Est. 1917) ($100.00): Coleman Homsey.
Honorable Mentions-Eva Tiesler, H. Reed Armstrong, Derek Wernher.
(Awarded in November 1959.)
Henry J. Thouron Prizes (Est. 1903): John Matt ($50.00 awarded by the
Faculty); Pierre Brownell ($50.00 awarded by Instructor); Robert Grosvenor
($25.00 awarded by Instructor); Christine McGinnis ($25.00 awarded by vote
of students).
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UN ENDOWED PRIZES
Thomas Eakins Memorial Prize (Est. 1949) ($100.00): Johanne Hession.
Honorable Mention-Socrates Perakis.
Gimbel Prize (Est. 1958) ($50.00 in art supplies): Robert Shepard.
Marion Higgins Prize (Est. 1960) ($200.00): George Pflngst.
Honorable Mention ($25.00 each)-Barry Greenberg, William Micheel.
Mindel Caplan Kleinbard Prize (Est. 1958) ($25.00 in art supplies):
Robert Taub.
William Clarke Mason Prize (Est. 1955): Alexander Hromych.
William Clarke Mason Special Prize in Ceramics: Paul Collins ($50.00
awarded by Faculty); Harry Swavely ($25.00 awarded by Instructor).
Perspective Prize (Est. 1916) ($20.00): Nobuyoshi Matsuura.
Pesin Prize (Est. 1959) ($150.00): Judy Leet.
Honorable Mention-Christine McGinnis.
Philadelphia Print Club Graphics Prize (Est. 1953, and consists of a oneyear membership in the Club and the use of its workshop facilities): James
Hamilton.
M. Herbert Syme Prize (Est. 1959) ($25.00): Roger La Pelle.
John Wanamaker Water Color Prize (Est. 1954) ($50.00 in art supplies):
Robert Myers.
Honorable Mentions-Robert Taylor, Reeve Schley.
Mabel Wilson Woodrow Prize (Est. 1955) ($50.00): James Ferrell.
Honorable Mention-Edward Sernoff.
On Thursday, May 12, Mr. and Mrs. David Gwinn gave a cocktail party
. at the Academy from four until six o'clock, during which the work submitted
in competition for European Traveling Scholarships and other awards were
on exhibition. Fifty-six works were sold during the exhibition, with a total
of $2,713.00.
Old and New Favorites from the Academy's Celebrated Collection of American Art were on exhibition September 6 through October 9. This show
consisted of "greats" from the Early American period, works from the
celebrated "ash can" school, down through the thirties.
THE FACULTY EXHIBITION (Private view October 21; open to the public
October 22 through November 27.)
Nineteen professional artists, all members of the Faculty, were represented,
and the works exhibited consisted of oil paintings, drawings, prints, and
sculpture. In connection with this exhibition the Women's Committee gave a
subscription dinner in honor of the Faculty on October 26th.
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FIFTH INTERNATIONAL HALLMARK ART AWARD EXHIBITION (Private view and tea December 13; open to the public December 14, 1960,
through January 8, 1961.)
This show was comprised of th e works of fifty-seven painters-realists and
abstractionists-ranging in age from 24 to 81 years, from Europe and
North America.
SPECIAL
EVENTS
FREE CONCERTS
January 29th. Works by Mozart, Beethoven, Strawinsky, Ysaye, and Suk;
Michael Tree, violinist, and Vladimir Sokoloff, pianist.
February 26th. Works for four hands at one piano by Mozart, Schubert,
Ravel, and Brahms; Vladimir and Eleanor Sokoloff, pianists.
April 8th . Works by Handel, J. S. Bach, Porter, and Warlock; String Virtuosi
of Philadelphia, Louis Vyner, conductor, and Vladimir Sokoloff, pianist.
November 18th. Works by Haydn-Piatigorsky, Bocch erini, Debussy, and
Shostakovitch; Lorne Munroe, cel/o; Vladimir Sokoloff, pianist.
December 2nd. Works by Purcell, Handel, Mozart, Brahms, Ravel, Britten,
Vaughan-Williams, Gershwin, and Creston; Janice Harsanyi, soprano; Vladimir Sokoloff, pianist.
For the eleventh year in succession these concerts, planned by Elizabeth Z.
Swenson, Director of Public Relations, and Mr. Vladimir Sokoloff, were
presented by the Academy in collaboration with the Music Performance
Trust Fund of the American Phonograph Industry, and through the courtesy
of Local 77, American Federation of Musicians.
GAL LE RY TALKS (Sponsored by the Fellowship of the Academy)
January 28th. Morris Blackburn, painter, printmaker, and teacher.
February 4th. Dorothy Grafly, critic, editor, publisher of Art in Focus.
February 11th. Raphael Sabatini, painter, sculptor, printmaker, and teacher.
February 25th. Harry Rosin, sculptor, and teacher.
On March 26th, Marshall W. Stearns, gave a lecture on Jazz which was
sponsored by Artists Equity, Inc., and the Fellowship of the Academy.
TOTAL ATTENDANCE FOR 1960: 37,014
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ACQUISITIONS
Purchases
Through the Gilpin Fund:
Girl Torso (sculpture) by Isamu Noguchi
Act Three by the Sea (painting) by Miyoko Ito
Cadence (sculpture) by Arlie Sinaiko
Through the Temple Fund:
Bird (sculpture) by Lee Bontecou
Cat's Cradle in Blue (painting) by Ben Shahn
Through the Lambert Fund (all paintings):
The Hurdle by Conrad Marca"Relli
Roads No. 6 by Hedda Sterne
Golden City II by AI Blaustein
Room by Maurice Brown
Coast Rocks, Flint Island by William Kienbusch
Firecracker Over Vilas by David G. Pease
Suicide of Judas by James Brewton (In exchange for The Deposition
purchased in 1958 from Mr. Brewton.)
Gifts
From Mr. Hobson Pittman:
Woman With Cat (painting) by Hobson Pittman
From Mr. Michael Mayor:
Sodom (painting) by Michael Mayor
From Mr. and Mrs. David J. Grossman:
An original charcoal sketch by William Harnett
From Mrs. S. S. White (all paintings):
Studio by Richard Blossom Farley
Evening Glow, Cornwall by Hayley Lever
Dutch Woman and Child by Emily Zeckner
Coffee Drinkers, Holland by Alice Schille
Red Sail by W. Kent Wetherill
Ideal Head by W. Kent Wetherill
St. James's Park, London, 1905 by Daniel Garber
From Mr. George Biddle:
Ninety-six lithographs by George Biddle
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LOANS
Title
In
a
Garret
Artist
Thomas P. Anshutz
Tree of Life
Hugh H. Breckenridge
Morning Mist
Richard Blossom Farley
Wm . Langson L.athrop
Daniel Garber
Lacquer Screen
Leopold Seyffert
Labrador Woman with young
Geese
George Harding
Earthquake at Rabaul
George Harding
Mayor of Ornans
Gustave Courbet
Landscape
Jean B. C. Corot
Coast Scene
Eugene Boudin
Vase of Flowers
Fantin-Latour
Return of the Flock
Jean F. Millet
North River
George Bellows
Tides
Kenneth Callahan
Young Woman
Isabel Bishop
The Round Table
Abraham Rattner
Lions of the Arsenal
Eugene Berman
Spring in Monsey
Waldo Pierce
Mrs. Samuel Gatlifle and
Daughter
Gilbert Stuart
Jungle in Venezuela
Adolph Dehn
The Soda Fountain
William Glackens
Demolition
Harry Leith-Ross
The Skaters
Gari Melchers
Approach to Modern Art
Alfred Bendiner
Institut ion
Sketch Club of Philadelphia
George Harding, Jr., for Exhibition at
Century Assoc., N. Y. C.
Commercial Museum
Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Co.
Shooting Gallery
Louis Bouche
The Century Association, New York
Along the River
Theodore Van Soelens
Museum of New Mexico Art Gallery
I Believe
Barclay Rubicam
Brecks Mill Cronies, Wilmington, Delaware
Threshold to Success
Philip Evergood
Whitney Museum of American Art,
New York City
Old Gaiety
Jack Bookbinder
Artist-for Exhibition at Moore Institute, Philadelphia
A Little Girl
Cecilia Beaux
Portraits, Inc., New York City
The Wall
Walter Stuempfig
Hayden Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Water Tower
William Ferguson
Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery, Reading, Pa.
Portrait of George Washington Charles Peale Polk
Washington Memorial Museum, Valley
Forge, Pa.
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LOANS
Title
Artist
Institution
Eagle (wood sculpture)
William Rush
Old Westbury Gardens, Inc., Westbury, N. Y.
Board of Education, Philadelphia
Home No. 3
Morris Berd
Anemones
Edith Wood
The Spinster
Hobson Pittman
Landscape
Herbert Barnett
Seated Figure
Gladys Rockmore Davis
Peggy's Cove
Ernest Lawson
Flag Station
Harry Leith-Ross
Leverington Avenue
Antonio Martino
Canal Bridge
G iovano Martino
View to the East
Martin Jackson
Avian Tragedy
Margaret Chrystie
Bryn Mawr Art Association
Hill Valley, Sunrise
John F. Kensett
Museum of Art of Ogunquit, Me.
Cot's Cradle in Blue
Ben Shahn
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
Summer Scene
Franklin Watkins
Mr. and Mrs. James P. Magill of
Philadelphia
James Madison
Unknown Artist
American Institute of Architects, Baltimore, Md .
Landscape No. 2
Thomas Doughty
Ame rican Federation of Arts
Self-Portrait
Charles Willson Peale
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas,
Texas
Apples & Fox Grapes
Raphaelle Peale
Self-Portrait
Rembrandt Peale
Man Cub
Alex. Stirling Calder
Bryn Mawr Landscape
Dolya Goutman
Artist-for one-man show
Mr. and Mrs. Fields
John S. Sargent
Toronto (Canada) Art Gallery
Painting Table No. 1
Walter Redding
Woodmere Art Gallery, Philadelphia
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CONSERVATION OF WORKS FROM
TH E PERMANENT COLLECTION
The following eight works received attention during the year from Theodor
Siegl, the Academy's conservator and technical adviser:
White Callas by Arthur B. Carles; Portrait of Mrs. Taylor by Arthur B.
Carles; China Cup by Cora Gibson Purviance; Calendulas and Asters by
Maude Bryant; Descending Night by Mildred Miller; Landscape, Nantucket
by Elizabeth Coyne; From the Brake by C. Coiner; Along the River by Sarah
Blakeslee.
SCHOOLS
During 1960 a change occurred in the administration of the Academy
Schools. The Director, assisted by Roswell Weidner, carried on the school
operations following the resignation of the Curator in February and pending
the appointment of a successor. The Board determined that the position held
by the Curator would be described more suitably by the title Administrator,
and in September the duties of Administrator of the Schools were assumed
by David Sellin.
The operations of the Schools proceeded on a normal footing to the year1s
end with no major revisions in policy or program.
LIBRARY
Books and clippings withdrawn .................. . ... . .......... 2,500
Accessions (gifts and purchases). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
PUBLIC
200
RELATIONS
During the past decade our membership has increased markedly. Income
from these good friends has been of great assistance in operation expenses.
But costs are rising constantly and the institution merits many more subscribers than it has. The Academy is one of Philadelphia's many llfirsts l l
and, because of the kind of service it has rendered through the years, is
held high in the esteem of artist and layman alike. Our present (and third)
building was first opened to the public on April 22, 1876 hence, due to
age, it is not only in need of constant attention, but school space is daily
growing more inadequate. Membership is not the only answer to these
needs, but it is one; and important.
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During 1960 we enrolled 158 new members in various classes othe'rs increased their rates, all amounting to over $3000 in new funds. But we lose
members from death, resignation or delinquencYI so we must never let up
our efforts to gain new friends. The current year ended with a total of
over 1750 members-a fair n~t gain over the preceding year. In addition,
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five persons were elected Fellows, in perpetuity, as a result of their gifts
or contributions.
Our concerts become more interesting and important with each passing year,
and the audiences they attract more responsive. Fortunately, their musical
direction continues under Mr. Vladimir Sokoloff. They are what they are
not only because of his superb abilities, but because of the musicians he
attracts to collaborate with him. The Recording Industries' Trust Funds and
the Fredric R. Mann Foundation have continued their financial support.
Without it these wonderful evenings could not go on, at least, not on a
free-to-all basis.
Group visits from clubs and schools in the area continue. There also have
been meetings and luncheons here by outside organizations, mainly during
our special exhibitions. Singing City Chorale gave an excellent concert in
our galleries. Arrangements for these events, and the special events under
the auspices of the Women's Committee, have the cooperation of this
department.
Publicity for exhibitions, school activities, Women's Committee events, concerts, et cetera, plus public relations in general, continue to claim a good
segment of time from the department. We thank press, radio, and television,
and particularly the local critics and special writers for their cooperation
in keeping the public informed of the opportunities the Academy makes
available to them.
ELIZABETH Z. SWENSON,
Director
WOMEN'S COMMITTEE
The Committee is concerned with the emergency personal needs of our
students. During 1960 alone, student loans amounted to $550.00.
Another activity is the social side of Academy life. We sponsored two
membership subscription dinners: the first on January 22nd before the
private view for the 155th Annual Exhibition, with your Chairman serving
as head of the group in charge of arrangements; the second on October
26th, honoring members of our faculty, in connection with the large Faculty
Exhibition. Mrs. George B. Roberts and Mrs. Evan Randolph, Jr., were cochairmen for this occasion.
On March 18th, we staged a members' subscription luncheon in honor of
Italian Consul General Edgardo Sogno del Vallino and Countess Sogno,
and French Consul Pierre Gabard and Madame Gabard, to coincide with
the Exhibition of Contemporary French and Italian Paintings. Mr. Hobson
Pittman was the speaker before lunch. Mrs. David Gwinn and Mrs. Julius
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Rosenwald, 2nd, made arrangements for this event, and Mrs. Emlen Etting
produced its attractive decorations.
Members of the Committee presided at the refreshment tables for three
private views: the 155th Annual Exhibition, the Faculty Exhibition, and the
Fourth International Hallmark Art Award.
In April we provided two buses for a trip for Academy students to the New
York galleries and special exhibitions there.
Members have given magazines for the library and materials for still-life
class use in the school.
Mrs. Zantzinger, a member of the Committee, provided the two handsome
potted trees for the Broad Street entrance to the Academy.
We continue to sell the very useful note pads for ou r Student Aid Fund.
FRANCES E. WOLF,
Chairman
THE
FELLOWSHIP
Roswell Weidner.
Roy C. Nuse .
Mabel Woodrow Gill
OFFICERS
President
First Vice President
Vice President
Mary Townsend Mason
Vice President
Franklin C. Watkins .
Vice President
Ethel V. Ashton .
Elizabeth Eichman
Irene Denney
Recording Secretary
Corresponding Secretary
Treasurer
The main purpose of the Fellowship, which was organized in 1897, is to
foster a spirit of fraternity among forme r and present students of the
Academy.
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THE
FELLOWSHIP
COMMITTEE
Mabel W. Gill, Chairman-Treasurer
Irene Denney
Ethel Ashton
Mary Mullineux
Roy C. Nuse
Roswel Weidner
The function of the Committee is to administer the following four funds:
Henry J. Thouron Memorial Fund; Picture Purchase Fund; Special Fund; and
the Mary Butler Memorial Fund, for the benefit of Fellowship members, and
present or former students. The Butler Fund now amounts to approximately
$10,000.00, and its goal is $15,000.00. There is also an annual gift from
Mrs. John S. Hurlbut in memory of Mrs. Philip S. Collins.
The Committee also endeavors to be useful to both the Fellowship and the
Academy whenever possible. In addition, the Committee is responsible for
the purchase of paintings and sculpture to encourage or assist artists, or
to improve the Loan Collection from which works are currently on exhibition
in various institutions; providing art classes, usually in settlement houses,
to give study opportunities for the youth of those neighborhoods, as well
as teaching experience and income to present and/ or former Academy
students; and giving a type of financial assistance not permissible from the
regular Fellowship treasury to current and former Academy students, which
includes tuition, artists' materials, and living expenses.
CONSOLIDATED
TREASURER'S
REPORT
September 1, 1959, to August 31, 1960
INCOME:
Art Gallery and Exhibitions .............................. $ 41,571.40
School ...................... ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 77,987.08
Trust Funds .................... . .................... " 104,337.63
Membership Dues ..................................... 17,525.00
City Appropriation .... . ........... . ................... 25,000.00
Contributions (unrestricted) ..............................
7,519.95
Total .......................................... $273,941.06
EXPENSE:
Art Gallery and Exhibitions .............................. $170,012.39
School .............................................. 102,094.17
Total .......................................... $272,106.56
Net Operating Surplus .......................... $ 1,834.50
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CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 1960
UNRESTRICTED:
Mrs. James M. R. Sinkler .... . ... . . . .... . ............. $ 1,000.00
Mrs. Henry V. Greenough .............. ..• . ..... . .. ..
500.00
Mrs. Rodolph de Schauensee . .. ............. . ... . .... .
519.53
Anonymous .... . ..... . .................•• . • _ •• ....
2.00
Mrs. Christian Ney ........ . . . .. . . . . ... .. . .....• . ...•
1.00
Roswell Weidner ......... . ........................ .
5.00
Merle Wenrich . . .. .. . .. .. ..... . .............. . . • ..
2.00
Jacob C. Gutman . ... .. ... .. ..... . . • ................
250.00
Frank T. Howard . .... . .. . .. . . .. ... . .. . ' . . . ... .... .. .
259.00
Mrs. Harry S. Valentine . . ...... ....... . ..... . ....... .
219 .46
MISCELLANEOUS:
$ 2,757.99
City of Philadelphia 1960-61 appropriation ... _ ........ _ $25,000.00
Mrs. Herbert C. Morris, for French-Italian Exhibition ..... _ 3,018.40
Fellowship, for the Fellowship Exhibition. . . . .. . .........
350.00
George B. Roberts, for Directors' Fund.. .. ........... . ..
107.91
C. Newbold Taylor, for Directors' Fund .. . .. .. . ... . .. . . .
100.00
Towards purchase of Arthur C. Carles' painting The Turkey:
Elias Wolf and Mrs. Wolf . ........ . .. .. ......... .
500.00
Henry B. Keep ............. . ................•••
500.00
J . Welles Henderson, Jr . .... .. ..... . ...... . ..... .
200 .00
Sydney E. Martin .............. . ... . .. . ........ .
100.00
Henry W. Sawyer, 3rd ... . . ... .......... • .....•..
50.00
Frank T. Howard ... .... . ....... . . . ............ .
100.00
C. Newbold Taylor .. . .. ... . . .... ..... .. . . . .... .
100.00
John Stewart . . ................................ .
235.56
Mrs. leonard T. Beale .......................... .
200.00
William Coxe Wright ....... ....... . . • ...... . ...•
2,000.00
James P. Magill ............................... .
1,096.44
Marshall A. Fine, in memory of Nathan Pincus ... .. .. . ... .
5.00
Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Co., in appreciation of loans of
200.00
pictures each month to the bank ........... . ..... .
1,020.00
Mrs. Alfred Zantzinger, for concrete planters ... .. . .. .. . .
10.00
John Stewart, for Faculty Exhibition ... .. . . .... ... .. ... .
Annual Exhibition Dinner (approximately $11.00 each, prorated) from the following: Frank T. Howard; Mrs. Richardson Dilworth; James P. Magill; Henry W. Sawyer, 3rd;
Henry S. Drinker; George B. Roberts; R. Sturgis Ingersoll;
J. Welles Henderson, Jr.; John W. Merriam; C. Newbold
Taylor; Mrs. Herbert C. Morris; William Coxe Wright; Mrs.
Leonard T. Beale; Sydney E. Martin; Mrs. Elias Wolf; Arthur
C. Kaufmann; Henry B. Keep; D'a vid Gwinn; John F. Lewis,
195.84
Jr.; John Stewart . .. . ..... .. ..... . .. .. ..... . . ·... . .. .
SCHOOL:
$35 , 112.1 5
50.00
Manayunk Art Alliance, for Student Prize . ... .... . ... . .. $
Philadelphia Foundation, for Leona Karp Braverman Prize . .
58.30
Philadelphia Foundation , for Haney Foundation Award . . .
150.00
100.00
David Gwinn, for Eakins Prize ... . ................... .
437.21
David Gwinn, for Student Party ............... . ..... . .
25.00
Kathie V. Sime, for Sime Prize ...... . ........ . ...... . .
200.00
Marion D. Higgins, for Still Life Prize ........••...•....
25.00
Hobson Pittman, for Still Life Prize ... ... . ............ .
150.00
Pesin Foundatio.n, for Pesin Prize ... . .. . .........•.....
35.00
Mrs. Hart McMichael, for Student Exhibition Insurance ... .
25 .00
Franklin C. Watkins, for Student Prize .. . ..... . .... . .. .
George D. Widener, for Scholarships ... . .... . ......... .
2,032.70
3 ,288.21
Total .. _..... _.. _..... . . .. _. .. ... . .............. $41 ,158.35
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NEW MEMBERS
Enrolled during 1960, including those who increased their classification.
* Fellows
**Fredric R. Mann
**Wil/iam Coxe Wright
Michael Mayor
Mrs. William Coxe Wright
**Mrs. Alfred Zantzinger
Life Members
**J . Welles Henderson, Jr.
Mrs. George Strawbridge
**Mrs. William L. Van Alen
**Henry Lee Willet
Contributing Members
Mrs. Douglas Cooper
William W. Fitler, 3rd
Mrs. William S. Ellis
**David J . Grossman
Sustaining Members
Mrs. George E. Bartol, Jr.
**Miss Marie Louise Hopper
**Edward G . Budd
Julius J . Jacobson
Mrs. Joseph A. Busch
J . H. Klaren
Mrs. Van Horn Ely
**George H. Kern
**Eugene Feldman
**Mrs. Josiah Marvel, Jr.
Mrs. Dunham Higgins
George Earle Robinette
**Mrs. Edward Hopkinson, Jr.
Robert E. Sessions
Cortwright Wetherill
Annual Members
Mrs. Edgar F. Adams
Mrs. William A. Dando
Mrs. Emile C. Geyelin
Mrs. Emmajean T. Balshaw
Miss Elena M. de Hellebranth
Miss Lorna Gilbert
Malcolm Barlow
Mrs. Willis S. De La Cour
Mrs. Louis J. Goffman
Mrs. Albert C. H. Bashaw, Sr.
Mrs. Robert Denton
Mrs. O . Selig Goldman
Mrs. Jack Goldstein
Mrs. Albert R. Beal
Paul C. G. Dewey
Mrs. Sol Berger
Mrs. H. Hoffman Dolan
William Gomberg
Mrs. Donald F. Bishop
Mrs. William F. Dormire
Mrs. Illarion I. Gopadze
. Edgar Newbo ld Black, 4th
Mrs. A. Webster Dougherty
J. Albert Gordon
H. Dickson S. Boenning
Mrs. Joseph N. Du Barry, 4th
Mrs. Myer M. Gordon
Barrows Dunham
John H. Grady
Mrs. John B. Coleman
Mrs. T. Evans Dunn, Jr.
Joseph John Greco
Mrs. H. R. Collard
Robert H. Dyson, Jr.
Mrs. Peter B. Colwin
Mrs. C. Ransom Comfort
Arthur N. Edrop
Mrs. M. Todd Cooke, Jr.
Jay H. Eiseman
Mrs. Alexander L. Crawford
Miss Mildren Custin
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Mrs. John P. Green
Oscar Gretman
Mrs. William A. Grieb
Mrs . Stephen G. Hale
Dr. Bernard C. Gettes
Mrs. H. Thomas Hallowell, Jr.
Mrs. Acton Hammond
D. Raymond McNeal
Mrs. David R. Sablosky
Mrs. Edward Yarnall Hartshorne Mrs. Henry S. McNeil
Mrs. Samuel K. Schneid man
Mrs. Kenneth Hassrick
George P. Maier
Mrs. D. P. Schwartz
Mrs. Joseph Welles Henderson
Dr. Paul Todd Makler
Mrs. William S. Scull
Mrs. Charles Walter Henry
Robert E. Manley, Jr.
David W. Scully
Mrs. John P. Hollingsworth
Mrs. Frederick E. Maser
John A. Scully
Mrs. Frederick B. Hufnagel
Dr. Jack Mazor
Mrs. John A. Scu"y
Mrs. James W . Humrichouse
Mrs. Joseph R. Meehan
Miss Lucy M. Seiler
James Kirk Merrick
Lawrence P. Sharples
S. Powell Middleton
Dr. Harry N. Shor
Mrs. Neal D. Ivey, Jr.
Mrs. George W. Miller, Jr.
Ronald B. Shores
Mrs. Frank H. Jackson
Mrs. Pearl Miller
Mrs. Raymond A. Speiser
Mrs. Richards Jarden
Mrs. R. Alexander Montgomery
Miss Minna Stalder
Mrs. Charles A. Jones
Mrs. James D. Moore
Charles E. Swanson
Mrs. E. R. Moranz
Dr. Leon Kacher
Mrs. Jack Kassow
Mrs. Walter L. Morgan
Mrs. Howard W. Taylor, Jr.
Mrs. Harold H. Morris
Mrs. Oleine M. Turner
Mrs. G. Fairman Mu"en
Mrs . George F. Tyler
Mrs. Francis W. Kemble
Mrs. John McCa"a Kennedy, 3rd
E. Gi"et Ketcham
Mrs. Horace C. Knerr
Mrs. Charles Kravitz
Mrs. Nicholas J. Kuhn
Miss Ethel Kyle
Miss Anne Marie Laessig
Miss Jessie M. Mullin
Daniel Munga", Jr.
Mrs. Frank H. Mustin
Charles E. Leonard, 3rd
Miss Margaret M. Walsh
Mrs. Silas L. Warner
Robert Scott Noone
Mrs. Ernest B. Waters
Mrs. Frederic Nunn
Thomas S. Weary
J. Liddon Pennock
Mrs. Warren M. Wells
Mrs. William H. Perloff
J. William Wetter
Dr. Horace L. Weinstock
Mrs. C. M. Lamason, Jr.
Miss Mary L. Lawser
Mrs. Joseph B. Vander Veer
Mrs. J. Earnshaw Murdoch
H. H. Pierson
Mrs. Thomas Raeburn White
Mrs. Francis H. Powers
Oliver G. Willits
Miss Rebecca J. Livezey
Mrs. Norman N. Rice
Mrs. Ben Wolf
Mrs. James L. Lohrke, Jr.
Mrs. C. L. Ritchie
Mrs. James S. F. Wong
William Levenson
Mrs. S. W. Levitties
Ben Wolf
Mrs. H. G. Lippincott
Robert Rodale
Mrs. David McCahan
Mrs. William B. Rudenko
Mrs. Bert L. Zuber
Mrs. Robert K. Mcinnes
Mrs. John C. Russe"
Mrs. Sydney N. Zubrow
* Elected in perpetuity
** Increased classification
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MEMBERSHIP CLASSES
Yearly Members
Annual $10.00
Sustaining $25.00
{ Contributing $100.00
Life Member . . . . . . ... . ... . ........ . ... . .. .. ........ .. . . ..... $300
Fellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1000 to $5000
Patron. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $5000 to $25,000
Benefactor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $25,000 or more
(Fellows, Patrons and Benefactors are enrolled in perpetuity)
A membership in the Academy helps to support and affiliates you with the
oldest art institution in the country and one of the most important in the
community and the nation. Founded in 1805 and chartered in 1806, its
origin actually dates from the efforts made in 1791 by Charles Willson
Peale to organize a school for the fine arts in Philadelphia.
In the Academy's schools, many distinguished American painters, sculptors
and illustrators have been trained, and its students of today rank with
the best.
In its galleries are shown two of America's major annual art exhibitions;
American Painting and Sculpture; Water Colors and Prints; other special
exhibitions; and the Academy'S permanent collection, representing a crosssection of American art from the early eighteenth century through its current acquisitions.
Members receive notices of all activities (concerts, lectures, motion pictures),
invitations to private views, catalogues of exhibitions and schools, the Annual
Report, a discount on art works purchased from Academy-sponsored professional exhibitions, and have use of the art reference library.
FORM OF BEQUEST
I 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, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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FIN EAR T5
BROAD AND CHERRY STREETS
1 SSt hAN N U A L· REP 0 R T
1960
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PHILADELPHIA
Cover: Sird by Lee Bontecou
Temple Fund purchase 1960.
The One Hundred and Fifty-fifth
Annual Report
of
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
FOR THE YEAR 1960
Presented to the Meeting of the Stockholders
of the Academy on February 6th, 1961.
OFFICERS
President
Vice President
Treasurer
Secretary
Frank T. Howard
Alfred Zantzinger
C. Newbold . Taylor
Joseph T. Fraser, Jr.
BOARD
OF
DIRECTORS
Mrs. Leonard T. Beale
George B. Roberts
Henry B. Keep
Henry S. Drinker
John F. Lewis, Jr.
Henry W. Sawyer .
James P. Magill
David Gwinn
John Stewart
Sydney E. Martin
C. Newbold Taylor
J. Welles Henderson
John W. Merriam
Frank T. Howard
Franklin C. Watkins
Mrs. Herbert C. Morris
R. Sturgis Ingerso"
William Coxe Wright
Arthur C. Kaufmann
Alfred Zantzinger
Ex Officio
Mrs. Elias Wolf
Representing Women's Committee
Mrs. Richardson Dilworth, Fredric R. Mann .
. Representing City Council
Francis Speight .
. Representing Faculty
STANDING COMMITTEES
COMMITTEE ON COLLECTIONS AND
EXHIBITIONS
Alfred Zantzinger, Chairman John F. Lewis, Jr.
Mrs. Leonard T. Beale
Franklin Watkins
Henry B. Keep
COMMITTEE ON
FINANCE
C. Newbold Taylor, Chairman
COMMITTEE
ON
James P. Magill
John Stewart
INSTRUCTION
James P. Magill, Chairman
David Gwinn
Francis Speight
Mrs. Leonard Beale
COMMITTEE ON
William Coxe Wright
Frank T. Howard (ex officio)
PUBLIC
John W. Merriam
George B. Roberts
Representing Faculty
. Representing Women's Committee
RELATIONS
J. Welles Henderson, Chairman
Mrs. Richardson Dilworth
Arthur Kaufmann
Fredric R. Mann
Mrs. Herbert Morris
Henry W. Sawyer, 3rd
SOLICITOR
Maurice B. Saul
. WOMEN'S COMMITTEE
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
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Elias Wolf .
. Chairman
. Treasurer and Corresponding Secretary
Evan Randolph, Jr.
John G. Bartol, Jr.
Mrs. H. Lea Hudson
Mrs. R. Barclay Scull
Francis T. Chambers Mrs. Arthur C. Kaufmann Mrs. Lawrence M. C. Smith
Joseph Sill Clark, Jr. Mrs. John F. Lewis, Jr.
Miss Anna K. Stimson
Mrs. Boudinot Stimson
Richardson Dilworth
Mrs. Hart McMichael
Emlen Etting
Mrs. Samuel W. Pray
Mrs. Franklin C. Watkins
A. O. Griswold
Mrs. Walter H. West
Mrs. George B. Roberts
Mrs. Sydney L. Wright
David J. Grossman Mrs. Julius Rosenwald, 2nd
David Gwinn
Mrs. Alfred Zantzinger
STAFF
GENERAL
Joseph T. Fraser, Jr.
Mabel L. Eiseley
Charles J. Marsh
Ann Evans .
August V. Viilu .
Louise Wallman .
E. Elizabeth Fermanis
Frances M. Vanderpool
Elizabeth Z. Swenson
Director and Secretary
. Assistant Director
Assistant to the Secretary
Secretary to the Director
Comptroller
Secretary-Clerk
Receptionist and Billing Clerk
Exhibitions and Membership Clerk
Director of Public Relations and Membership
SCHOOLS
Curator (January-February 7960)
Administrator (September-December 7960)
In Charge of Evening Program
Secretary to the Curator
Librarian
Raymond T. Entenmann
David Sellin .
Roswell Weidner
Catherine R. Newbold
Ethel V. Ashton .
FA C U L T Y (Sea son of 1960- 61 )
Day School
Morris Blackburn
Julius Bloch
Walker Hancock
John Hanlen
Evening School
Morris Blackburn
Thomas Gaughan
John W. McCoy
Hobson Pittman
Harry Rosin
Edward Shenton
Ben Kamihira
Jim C. Lueders
Francis Speight .
Gerd Utescher
Roswell Weidner
Ben Kamihira
Jim C. Lueders
Francis Speight
Roswell Weidner
Summer Day School
Morris Blackburn
Thomas Gaughan
Francis Speight
Walter Stuempfig
Franklin C. Watkins
Roswell Weidner
Summer Evening School
Francis Speight
Augmenting the Faculty
Jack Bookbinder
Paul A. Greenwood
William Campbell
John Guarente
Edmond J. Farris
Ben Kamihira
Roswell Weidner
Oliver Nuse
Frances Serber
Theodor Siegl
BUILDING
Isaiah J. Sellers, Superintendent
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REPORT OF THE OFFICERS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
AND
The year 1960 can be reported as one full of health in all br<anches of the
Academy's activity. It was not marked by spectacular achievements, but can
be recorded as one in which changes made were all advantageous, and that
both in our museum and school activities we have enjoyed a good year.
There were but two changes in the Board of Directors. In January, Franklin C.
Watkins, who had been selected by the Faculty to fill the unexpired term as
Faculty representative after George Harding's death, was elected a full member of the Board. Francis Speight was duly elected as the Faculty representative for the current year.
The personnel of our staff continued unchanged except for the resignation of
Raymond T. Entenmann as Curator of the Schools in February. He had held
this position since 1953. Negotiations were begun at once to fill this important
post and in September David Sellin assumed the responsibilities, the title of
the position having been changed to Administrator of the Schools. Mr. Sellin
comes to the Academy with a most exemplary educational background, and
for the year and a half directly previous to his coming to the Academy he was
assistant to Mr. Henry Clifford in the Department of Painting at our Philadelphia Museum of Art.
The period between February and September which covered both the ending of one school term, the preparation of the catalogue for the next year,
and all of the plans for the opening of the Fall term, placed a very heavy
burden on other members of the staff. Special commendation should be
registered for Miss Catherine Newbold who, as Secretary in the School
Office, carried a particularly heavy load, and gave the Director invaluable
assistance. Special mention should also be made of the fact that, over this
period of approximately six months Roswell Weidner, a member of our
Faculty, but one very familiar with, and close to both the students and
organizational problems, was employed on a part-time basis, and his assistance proved invaluable.
In May the usual excitement prevailed in the school as a normal group, in
size and also in abilities, competed for the European Traveling Scholarships and many other awards. There has been a marked increase in the
last several years of award advantages for the students, and the major
and minor honors granted by the Faculty amounted to a grand total of
$22,470.00. Through the summer months, and taking advantage of the
interim period between two School heads, a more thorough house-cleaning
and renovation of the school area was accomplished. Several of the major
painting studios were painted, and the area in the basement directly under
the Auditorium was completely changed to accommodate a very consider-
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able number of lockers which had
department, and the forming of a
room with the student lunch room,
dedicated to the painting students for
been scattered throughout the school
corridor to connect the plaster-casting
and a long and newly lighted studio
still life.
The enrollment in the Fall term was altogether satisfactory in numbers, and
as to the caliber of the students, and a considerable number of exemplary
regulations are evolving from which we can expect very real advantages
for the students and for the management.
It also should be reported that, by way of general renovation and improvements, the leaded glass window in the east facade was completely releaded
and new ventilating units installed. A new pavement was laid on the north
side of our building from Broad Street to Burns Street, and iron posts were
erected at regular intervals along the entire length of this walk-way to
make it impossible for the traffic on Cherry Street to use our sidewalk as a
part of the roadway, or for parking.
The exhibition season was a busy one, with great variety and sustaining
interest. late January marked the opening of our 155th Annual Exhibition
of American Oil Painting and Sculpture and, once again, we were collaborating with The Detroit Institute of Arts. At the Institute's particular request
the exhibition of this year was opened there in December of 1959, and
was presented to the Philadelphia public at the traditional time in 1960.
Traditionally, following the big Annual, the exhibition of our Fellowship
was held and praised as one of the best organized by our alumni over a
period of a considerable number of years.
Also in the spring there was an exhibition of contemporary work by French
and Italian painters. This feature was a decided break with our traditional
service rendered chiefly to American artists, and was made possible
through the generosity of Mrs. Herbert C. Morris, with very able direction
from Hobson Pittman. The original group of paintings designed for inclusion
in this show were selected by Miss Jane Harper on a trip to France and Italy
in the summer of 1959.
An additional verve was given to the spring program by furnishing Gallery
K with examples of painting and sculpture by former instructors of the
Academy over a period of 25 years, and none now living. This beautiful
exhibition reflected the alertness of the Academy to acquire significant
examples by those men who served on its teaching staff with such dedication.
Further emphasis was given to the importance of our Faculty by having a
large exhibition (practically 16 one-man shows) of the work of artists currently making up that Faculty. This proved to be one of the most popular
features which the Academy has staged, and the institution can feel proud
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indeed that such a breadth of sensitive creative work could be brought
together and stand for those who are presently serving us.
The exhibition year closed again with the 5th International Hallmark Art
Award show-an aggregate of work of American and foreign artists-this
year all oils, and, by a professional judgment, the most important of the
events organized and financed by that company.
Although a full accounting is always made in each printed Annual Report,
it seems wise in this short resume to mention the large number of requests
for loans from our permanent collection, which are granted whenever possible, but which entail a tremendous amount of detailed work to cover
arrangements for packing, shipping, insurance, et cetera. Mrs. Loren Eiseley,
as the Director's assistant, must receive the highest praise for the able and
painstaking care she gives to this very important aspect of our life, together
with the answering of a never-ending correspondence with relation to art
research in the American field.
Tribute must also be paid to another one of our loyal employees, Miss
Elizabeth Swenson, for her organizing, with Vladimir Sokoloff and the
Music Performance Trust Fund, another exemplary series of chamber music
evenings. These events are invariably artistic highlights in Philadelphia's
music season, and account for a very considerable increase in the general
attendance.
Once again, it is a pleasure to report on the continuing service to the
Academy, in many useful and gracious ways, of our Women's Committee.
The parties which they plan in such an ideal manner provide the friendly
and hospitable atmosphere so important as we entertain guests. Their
Student Aid Fund is of immeasurable value in the life of our School.
No Annual Report is complete without the recording of our gratitude to the
City Council of Philadelphia for continuing financial aid. Praise must also
be given to our loyal staff and Faculty who make our activities possible.
FRANK T. HOWARD, President
JOSEPH T. FRASER, JR., Director
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EXHIBITIONS
155th ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF OIL PAINTING AND SCULPTURE
(Private view Friday evening, January 20; open to the public January 24
through February 28.)
This year marks the second time in which the Annual Exhibition of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts was held in collaboration with the
Detroit Institute of Arts, where it opened on November 24, 1959, and continued through January 3, 1960. Thirty-seven items were sold, of this number
13 were acquired by P.A.F.A.; 10 by Detroit Institute of Arts; and the
remainder by private individuals. The total number of sales amounted to
$37,620.00. Attendance in Philadelphia during exhibition: 11,206.
JURIES OF SELECTION AND AWARD
Painters
Henry Varnum Poor, Chairman
Sculptors
William Zorach, Chairman
William Kienbusch
Sigmund Menkes
Seymour Lipton
Henry Rox
PRIZES AND AWARDS
Joseph E. Temple Gold Medal-lee Gatch, in recognition of Mr. Gatch's
career as a painter.
George D. Widener Memorial Gold Medal-lee Bontecou for the sculpture, Bird.
Water Lippincott Prize ($300.00)-David Park for painting, Three Bathers.
Mary Smith Prize ($100.00)-Cecilia Finberg for painting, Landscape.
J. Henry Schiedt Memorial Prize ($ l,OOO.OO)-James Brewton for painting,
The Suicide of Judas.
Raymond A. Speiser Memorial Prize ($500.00)-Max Kahn for painting,
Blue Rocks.
Alfred G. B. Steel Memorial Prize ($500.00)-Nathan Rapaport for sculpture, The Earth Is Given to Man.
Fellowship Prize ($100.00)-Sidney Simon for Elements-Fire and Air.
Honorable Mention in Painting-Arthur Obrosey for Early Thaw; Marvin
Cherney for Classical Nude.
Honorable Mention in Sculpture-Robert Rohm for Bailing Machine; Margo
Liebes Harris for Head.
FELLOWSHIP EXHIBITION (Private view Friday evening, March 11; open
to the public March 12 through April 10.)
This partly-invited, partly-juried exhibition consisted (as in past years) of
work by professional artists who have attended the Academy's Schools.
During this exhibition, th e Fellowship sponsored a Student Show which was
on view in the Students' Gallery on the Main Floor.
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JURIES
ai/
Oliver Nuse
Water Color and Graphics
Jack Gerber
Henry Peacock
Benton Spruance
Ben Eisenstat
Walter Reinsel
Sculpture
Wallace Kelly
Charles Rudy
PRIZES
Percy M. Owens Memorial for a Distinguished Pennsylvania Artist
($250.00)-Andrew Wyeth.
Harrison S. Morris Memorial ($100.00, divided) - Filomena Dellaripa,
Sunset, Mexican Hills; Christine McGinnis, The Water Works.
Mary Butler Memorial Award ($100.00)-Tom Gaughan, Sacrifice.
Bertha H. Goldberg Memorial Award ($100.00)-Abraham Rattner, Composition-Farmscape #3.
May Audubon Post Prize ($50.00)-Julian Levi, Weir #2.
Caroline Gibbons Granger Memorial Prize ($50.00)-Roswell Weidner,
Masts Against the Sky.
Leona Karp Braverman Memorial Award ($50.00) - Michael Piper,
Crucifixion.
Mabel Wilson Woodrow Prize (Student Show)-Bernard Fierro, Portrait,
($20.00); Seymour Rotman, Still Life, ($20.00); James Ferrell, Pittston,
($10.00).
Honorable Mention-John Matt, Entity.
Ten items were sold from the Fellowship Show, and two from the Student
Show.
CONTEMPORARY FRENCH AND ITALIAN PAINTINGS EXHIBITION
(March 18 through April 10.)
Through the generosity and interest of Mrs. Herbert C. Morris, Bryn Mawr,
and with the professional advice of selection by Miss Jane Harper and
Mr. Hobson Pittman, the Academy was privileged to present this exhibition.
A luncheon in honor of the Consul of France and Mrs. Pierre Gabard, and
the Consul-General of Italy and Countess Edgardo Sogno del Vallino, and
a private showing, was sponsored by the Women's Committee on Friday,
March 18th.
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THE PHILADELPHIA ART TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION EXHIBITION
(April 14 through May 1; Reception, April 20.)
JURY
Roswell Weidner
John Haigaard
G. Ralph Smith
Art Teachers' Association Award-Frederick Gill.
Honorable Mentions-Ellen Dixon, Thomas Gaughan, Joseph Tishler (painters); John Costanza (sculptor).
THE STUDENT EXHIBITION (May 11 through June 5.)
At Special Exercises held on May 11 at 4 P.M., it was announced that
thirteen traveling scholarships and other prizes, amounting to $22,470.00,
had been awarded to students in the Schools of the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts. The address was given by Mr. Roy F. Larson, architect,
and President of the Art Commission of the City of Philadelphia. After the
address, the following awards were made on recommendation of the Faculty:
William Emlen Cresson Memorial European Traveling Scholarships
(Est. 1902) ($1,700.00 each): Judy Leet, Ruta Lidkus, John G. Fairey, Paul E.
Gorka, William Micheel, Socrates Perakis, and Seymour Rotman (painters);
Anatole Bilokur, H. Reed Armstrong (sculptors).
J. Henry Schiedt Memorial Traveling Scholarships (Est. 1949) ($1,300.00
each): Bernard Fierro, Jack Fishbein, Christine McGinnis (painters).
Lewis S. Ware Traveling Scholarship (Est. 1938) ($1,300.00): Bernard
Kozuhowski (muralist).
Cecilia Beaux Memorial Prize (Est. 1946) ($100.00): Bernard Fierro.
Honorable Mention-Jack Fishbein.
Catherine Grant Memorial Prize (Est. 1955) ($100.00): John Fairey.
Honorable Mentions-William Micheel, Russell Keeter.
Lux Prize in Graphics (John Conner Memorial) (Est. 1953) ($50.00):
Walter Humanik.
Packard Zoological Sketch Prizes (Est. 1899): Coleman Homsey (1 st prize,
$30.00); Rebecca Reath (2nd prize, $20.00).
Ramborger Prize (Est. 1910) ($25.00): H. Barton Wasserman.
Edmund Stewardson Prize (Est. 1899) ($100.00): Alexander Hromych.
Honorable Mentions-Jane Morris, Derek Wernher.
Emma Burnham Stimson Prize (Est. 1917) ($100.00): Coleman Homsey.
Honorable Mentions-Eva Tiesler, H. Reed Armstrong, Derek Wernher.
(Awarded in November 1959.)
Henry J. Thouron Prizes (Est. 1903): John Matt ($50.00 awarded by the
Faculty); Pierre Brownell ($50.00 awarded by Instructor); Robert Grosvenor
($25.00 awarded by Instructor); Christine McGinnis ($25.00 awarded by vote
of students).
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UN ENDOWED PRIZES
Thomas Eakins Memorial Prize (Est. 1949) ($100.00): Johanne Hession.
Honorable Mention-Socrates Perakis.
Gimbel Prize (Est. 1958) ($50.00 in art supplies): Robert Shepard.
Marion Higgins Prize (Est. 1960) ($200.00): George Pflngst.
Honorable Mention ($25.00 each)-Barry Greenberg, William Micheel.
Mindel Caplan Kleinbard Prize (Est. 1958) ($25.00 in art supplies):
Robert Taub.
William Clarke Mason Prize (Est. 1955): Alexander Hromych.
William Clarke Mason Special Prize in Ceramics: Paul Collins ($50.00
awarded by Faculty); Harry Swavely ($25.00 awarded by Instructor).
Perspective Prize (Est. 1916) ($20.00): Nobuyoshi Matsuura.
Pesin Prize (Est. 1959) ($150.00): Judy Leet.
Honorable Mention-Christine McGinnis.
Philadelphia Print Club Graphics Prize (Est. 1953, and consists of a oneyear membership in the Club and the use of its workshop facilities): James
Hamilton.
M. Herbert Syme Prize (Est. 1959) ($25.00): Roger La Pelle.
John Wanamaker Water Color Prize (Est. 1954) ($50.00 in art supplies):
Robert Myers.
Honorable Mentions-Robert Taylor, Reeve Schley.
Mabel Wilson Woodrow Prize (Est. 1955) ($50.00): James Ferrell.
Honorable Mention-Edward Sernoff.
On Thursday, May 12, Mr. and Mrs. David Gwinn gave a cocktail party
. at the Academy from four until six o'clock, during which the work submitted
in competition for European Traveling Scholarships and other awards were
on exhibition. Fifty-six works were sold during the exhibition, with a total
of $2,713.00.
Old and New Favorites from the Academy's Celebrated Collection of American Art were on exhibition September 6 through October 9. This show
consisted of "greats" from the Early American period, works from the
celebrated "ash can" school, down through the thirties.
THE FACULTY EXHIBITION (Private view October 21; open to the public
October 22 through November 27.)
Nineteen professional artists, all members of the Faculty, were represented,
and the works exhibited consisted of oil paintings, drawings, prints, and
sculpture. In connection with this exhibition the Women's Committee gave a
subscription dinner in honor of the Faculty on October 26th.
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FIFTH INTERNATIONAL HALLMARK ART AWARD EXHIBITION (Private view and tea December 13; open to the public December 14, 1960,
through January 8, 1961.)
This show was comprised of th e works of fifty-seven painters-realists and
abstractionists-ranging in age from 24 to 81 years, from Europe and
North America.
SPECIAL
EVENTS
FREE CONCERTS
January 29th. Works by Mozart, Beethoven, Strawinsky, Ysaye, and Suk;
Michael Tree, violinist, and Vladimir Sokoloff, pianist.
February 26th. Works for four hands at one piano by Mozart, Schubert,
Ravel, and Brahms; Vladimir and Eleanor Sokoloff, pianists.
April 8th . Works by Handel, J. S. Bach, Porter, and Warlock; String Virtuosi
of Philadelphia, Louis Vyner, conductor, and Vladimir Sokoloff, pianist.
November 18th. Works by Haydn-Piatigorsky, Bocch erini, Debussy, and
Shostakovitch; Lorne Munroe, cel/o; Vladimir Sokoloff, pianist.
December 2nd. Works by Purcell, Handel, Mozart, Brahms, Ravel, Britten,
Vaughan-Williams, Gershwin, and Creston; Janice Harsanyi, soprano; Vladimir Sokoloff, pianist.
For the eleventh year in succession these concerts, planned by Elizabeth Z.
Swenson, Director of Public Relations, and Mr. Vladimir Sokoloff, were
presented by the Academy in collaboration with the Music Performance
Trust Fund of the American Phonograph Industry, and through the courtesy
of Local 77, American Federation of Musicians.
GAL LE RY TALKS (Sponsored by the Fellowship of the Academy)
January 28th. Morris Blackburn, painter, printmaker, and teacher.
February 4th. Dorothy Grafly, critic, editor, publisher of Art in Focus.
February 11th. Raphael Sabatini, painter, sculptor, printmaker, and teacher.
February 25th. Harry Rosin, sculptor, and teacher.
On March 26th, Marshall W. Stearns, gave a lecture on Jazz which was
sponsored by Artists Equity, Inc., and the Fellowship of the Academy.
TOTAL ATTENDANCE FOR 1960: 37,014
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ACQUISITIONS
Purchases
Through the Gilpin Fund:
Girl Torso (sculpture) by Isamu Noguchi
Act Three by the Sea (painting) by Miyoko Ito
Cadence (sculpture) by Arlie Sinaiko
Through the Temple Fund:
Bird (sculpture) by Lee Bontecou
Cat's Cradle in Blue (painting) by Ben Shahn
Through the Lambert Fund (all paintings):
The Hurdle by Conrad Marca"Relli
Roads No. 6 by Hedda Sterne
Golden City II by AI Blaustein
Room by Maurice Brown
Coast Rocks, Flint Island by William Kienbusch
Firecracker Over Vilas by David G. Pease
Suicide of Judas by James Brewton (In exchange for The Deposition
purchased in 1958 from Mr. Brewton.)
Gifts
From Mr. Hobson Pittman:
Woman With Cat (painting) by Hobson Pittman
From Mr. Michael Mayor:
Sodom (painting) by Michael Mayor
From Mr. and Mrs. David J. Grossman:
An original charcoal sketch by William Harnett
From Mrs. S. S. White (all paintings):
Studio by Richard Blossom Farley
Evening Glow, Cornwall by Hayley Lever
Dutch Woman and Child by Emily Zeckner
Coffee Drinkers, Holland by Alice Schille
Red Sail by W. Kent Wetherill
Ideal Head by W. Kent Wetherill
St. James's Park, London, 1905 by Daniel Garber
From Mr. George Biddle:
Ninety-six lithographs by George Biddle
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LOANS
Title
In
a
Garret
Artist
Thomas P. Anshutz
Tree of Life
Hugh H. Breckenridge
Morning Mist
Richard Blossom Farley
Wm . Langson L.athrop
Daniel Garber
Lacquer Screen
Leopold Seyffert
Labrador Woman with young
Geese
George Harding
Earthquake at Rabaul
George Harding
Mayor of Ornans
Gustave Courbet
Landscape
Jean B. C. Corot
Coast Scene
Eugene Boudin
Vase of Flowers
Fantin-Latour
Return of the Flock
Jean F. Millet
North River
George Bellows
Tides
Kenneth Callahan
Young Woman
Isabel Bishop
The Round Table
Abraham Rattner
Lions of the Arsenal
Eugene Berman
Spring in Monsey
Waldo Pierce
Mrs. Samuel Gatlifle and
Daughter
Gilbert Stuart
Jungle in Venezuela
Adolph Dehn
The Soda Fountain
William Glackens
Demolition
Harry Leith-Ross
The Skaters
Gari Melchers
Approach to Modern Art
Alfred Bendiner
Institut ion
Sketch Club of Philadelphia
George Harding, Jr., for Exhibition at
Century Assoc., N. Y. C.
Commercial Museum
Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Co.
Shooting Gallery
Louis Bouche
The Century Association, New York
Along the River
Theodore Van Soelens
Museum of New Mexico Art Gallery
I Believe
Barclay Rubicam
Brecks Mill Cronies, Wilmington, Delaware
Threshold to Success
Philip Evergood
Whitney Museum of American Art,
New York City
Old Gaiety
Jack Bookbinder
Artist-for Exhibition at Moore Institute, Philadelphia
A Little Girl
Cecilia Beaux
Portraits, Inc., New York City
The Wall
Walter Stuempfig
Hayden Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Water Tower
William Ferguson
Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery, Reading, Pa.
Portrait of George Washington Charles Peale Polk
Washington Memorial Museum, Valley
Forge, Pa.
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LOANS
Title
Artist
Institution
Eagle (wood sculpture)
William Rush
Old Westbury Gardens, Inc., Westbury, N. Y.
Board of Education, Philadelphia
Home No. 3
Morris Berd
Anemones
Edith Wood
The Spinster
Hobson Pittman
Landscape
Herbert Barnett
Seated Figure
Gladys Rockmore Davis
Peggy's Cove
Ernest Lawson
Flag Station
Harry Leith-Ross
Leverington Avenue
Antonio Martino
Canal Bridge
G iovano Martino
View to the East
Martin Jackson
Avian Tragedy
Margaret Chrystie
Bryn Mawr Art Association
Hill Valley, Sunrise
John F. Kensett
Museum of Art of Ogunquit, Me.
Cot's Cradle in Blue
Ben Shahn
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
Summer Scene
Franklin Watkins
Mr. and Mrs. James P. Magill of
Philadelphia
James Madison
Unknown Artist
American Institute of Architects, Baltimore, Md .
Landscape No. 2
Thomas Doughty
Ame rican Federation of Arts
Self-Portrait
Charles Willson Peale
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas,
Texas
Apples & Fox Grapes
Raphaelle Peale
Self-Portrait
Rembrandt Peale
Man Cub
Alex. Stirling Calder
Bryn Mawr Landscape
Dolya Goutman
Artist-for one-man show
Mr. and Mrs. Fields
John S. Sargent
Toronto (Canada) Art Gallery
Painting Table No. 1
Walter Redding
Woodmere Art Gallery, Philadelphia
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CONSERVATION OF WORKS FROM
TH E PERMANENT COLLECTION
The following eight works received attention during the year from Theodor
Siegl, the Academy's conservator and technical adviser:
White Callas by Arthur B. Carles; Portrait of Mrs. Taylor by Arthur B.
Carles; China Cup by Cora Gibson Purviance; Calendulas and Asters by
Maude Bryant; Descending Night by Mildred Miller; Landscape, Nantucket
by Elizabeth Coyne; From the Brake by C. Coiner; Along the River by Sarah
Blakeslee.
SCHOOLS
During 1960 a change occurred in the administration of the Academy
Schools. The Director, assisted by Roswell Weidner, carried on the school
operations following the resignation of the Curator in February and pending
the appointment of a successor. The Board determined that the position held
by the Curator would be described more suitably by the title Administrator,
and in September the duties of Administrator of the Schools were assumed
by David Sellin.
The operations of the Schools proceeded on a normal footing to the year1s
end with no major revisions in policy or program.
LIBRARY
Books and clippings withdrawn .................. . ... . .......... 2,500
Accessions (gifts and purchases). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
PUBLIC
200
RELATIONS
During the past decade our membership has increased markedly. Income
from these good friends has been of great assistance in operation expenses.
But costs are rising constantly and the institution merits many more subscribers than it has. The Academy is one of Philadelphia's many llfirsts l l
and, because of the kind of service it has rendered through the years, is
held high in the esteem of artist and layman alike. Our present (and third)
building was first opened to the public on April 22, 1876 hence, due to
age, it is not only in need of constant attention, but school space is daily
growing more inadequate. Membership is not the only answer to these
needs, but it is one; and important.
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During 1960 we enrolled 158 new members in various classes othe'rs increased their rates, all amounting to over $3000 in new funds. But we lose
members from death, resignation or delinquencYI so we must never let up
our efforts to gain new friends. The current year ended with a total of
over 1750 members-a fair n~t gain over the preceding year. In addition,
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five persons were elected Fellows, in perpetuity, as a result of their gifts
or contributions.
Our concerts become more interesting and important with each passing year,
and the audiences they attract more responsive. Fortunately, their musical
direction continues under Mr. Vladimir Sokoloff. They are what they are
not only because of his superb abilities, but because of the musicians he
attracts to collaborate with him. The Recording Industries' Trust Funds and
the Fredric R. Mann Foundation have continued their financial support.
Without it these wonderful evenings could not go on, at least, not on a
free-to-all basis.
Group visits from clubs and schools in the area continue. There also have
been meetings and luncheons here by outside organizations, mainly during
our special exhibitions. Singing City Chorale gave an excellent concert in
our galleries. Arrangements for these events, and the special events under
the auspices of the Women's Committee, have the cooperation of this
department.
Publicity for exhibitions, school activities, Women's Committee events, concerts, et cetera, plus public relations in general, continue to claim a good
segment of time from the department. We thank press, radio, and television,
and particularly the local critics and special writers for their cooperation
in keeping the public informed of the opportunities the Academy makes
available to them.
ELIZABETH Z. SWENSON,
Director
WOMEN'S COMMITTEE
The Committee is concerned with the emergency personal needs of our
students. During 1960 alone, student loans amounted to $550.00.
Another activity is the social side of Academy life. We sponsored two
membership subscription dinners: the first on January 22nd before the
private view for the 155th Annual Exhibition, with your Chairman serving
as head of the group in charge of arrangements; the second on October
26th, honoring members of our faculty, in connection with the large Faculty
Exhibition. Mrs. George B. Roberts and Mrs. Evan Randolph, Jr., were cochairmen for this occasion.
On March 18th, we staged a members' subscription luncheon in honor of
Italian Consul General Edgardo Sogno del Vallino and Countess Sogno,
and French Consul Pierre Gabard and Madame Gabard, to coincide with
the Exhibition of Contemporary French and Italian Paintings. Mr. Hobson
Pittman was the speaker before lunch. Mrs. David Gwinn and Mrs. Julius
; '
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Rosenwald, 2nd, made arrangements for this event, and Mrs. Emlen Etting
produced its attractive decorations.
Members of the Committee presided at the refreshment tables for three
private views: the 155th Annual Exhibition, the Faculty Exhibition, and the
Fourth International Hallmark Art Award.
In April we provided two buses for a trip for Academy students to the New
York galleries and special exhibitions there.
Members have given magazines for the library and materials for still-life
class use in the school.
Mrs. Zantzinger, a member of the Committee, provided the two handsome
potted trees for the Broad Street entrance to the Academy.
We continue to sell the very useful note pads for ou r Student Aid Fund.
FRANCES E. WOLF,
Chairman
THE
FELLOWSHIP
Roswell Weidner.
Roy C. Nuse .
Mabel Woodrow Gill
OFFICERS
President
First Vice President
Vice President
Mary Townsend Mason
Vice President
Franklin C. Watkins .
Vice President
Ethel V. Ashton .
Elizabeth Eichman
Irene Denney
Recording Secretary
Corresponding Secretary
Treasurer
The main purpose of the Fellowship, which was organized in 1897, is to
foster a spirit of fraternity among forme r and present students of the
Academy.
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THE
FELLOWSHIP
COMMITTEE
Mabel W. Gill, Chairman-Treasurer
Irene Denney
Ethel Ashton
Mary Mullineux
Roy C. Nuse
Roswel Weidner
The function of the Committee is to administer the following four funds:
Henry J. Thouron Memorial Fund; Picture Purchase Fund; Special Fund; and
the Mary Butler Memorial Fund, for the benefit of Fellowship members, and
present or former students. The Butler Fund now amounts to approximately
$10,000.00, and its goal is $15,000.00. There is also an annual gift from
Mrs. John S. Hurlbut in memory of Mrs. Philip S. Collins.
The Committee also endeavors to be useful to both the Fellowship and the
Academy whenever possible. In addition, the Committee is responsible for
the purchase of paintings and sculpture to encourage or assist artists, or
to improve the Loan Collection from which works are currently on exhibition
in various institutions; providing art classes, usually in settlement houses,
to give study opportunities for the youth of those neighborhoods, as well
as teaching experience and income to present and/ or former Academy
students; and giving a type of financial assistance not permissible from the
regular Fellowship treasury to current and former Academy students, which
includes tuition, artists' materials, and living expenses.
CONSOLIDATED
TREASURER'S
REPORT
September 1, 1959, to August 31, 1960
INCOME:
Art Gallery and Exhibitions .............................. $ 41,571.40
School ...................... ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 77,987.08
Trust Funds .................... . .................... " 104,337.63
Membership Dues ..................................... 17,525.00
City Appropriation .... . ........... . ................... 25,000.00
Contributions (unrestricted) ..............................
7,519.95
Total .......................................... $273,941.06
EXPENSE:
Art Gallery and Exhibitions .............................. $170,012.39
School .............................................. 102,094.17
Total .......................................... $272,106.56
Net Operating Surplus .......................... $ 1,834.50
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CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 1960
UNRESTRICTED:
Mrs. James M. R. Sinkler .... . ... . . . .... . ............. $ 1,000.00
Mrs. Henry V. Greenough .............. ..• . ..... . .. ..
500.00
Mrs. Rodolph de Schauensee . .. ............. . ... . .... .
519.53
Anonymous .... . ..... . .................•• . • _ •• ....
2.00
Mrs. Christian Ney ........ . . . .. . . . . ... .. . .....• . ...•
1.00
Roswell Weidner ......... . ........................ .
5.00
Merle Wenrich . . .. .. . .. .. ..... . .............. . . • ..
2.00
Jacob C. Gutman . ... .. ... .. ..... . . • ................
250.00
Frank T. Howard . .... . .. . .. . . .. ... . .. . ' . . . ... .... .. .
259.00
Mrs. Harry S. Valentine . . ...... ....... . ..... . ....... .
219 .46
MISCELLANEOUS:
$ 2,757.99
City of Philadelphia 1960-61 appropriation ... _ ........ _ $25,000.00
Mrs. Herbert C. Morris, for French-Italian Exhibition ..... _ 3,018.40
Fellowship, for the Fellowship Exhibition. . . . .. . .........
350.00
George B. Roberts, for Directors' Fund.. .. ........... . ..
107.91
C. Newbold Taylor, for Directors' Fund .. . .. .. . ... . .. . . .
100.00
Towards purchase of Arthur C. Carles' painting The Turkey:
Elias Wolf and Mrs. Wolf . ........ . .. .. ......... .
500.00
Henry B. Keep ............. . ................•••
500.00
J . Welles Henderson, Jr . .... .. ..... . ...... . ..... .
200 .00
Sydney E. Martin .............. . ... . .. . ........ .
100.00
Henry W. Sawyer, 3rd ... . . ... .......... • .....•..
50.00
Frank T. Howard ... .... . ....... . . . ............ .
100.00
C. Newbold Taylor .. . .. ... . . .... ..... .. . . . .... .
100.00
John Stewart . . ................................ .
235.56
Mrs. leonard T. Beale .......................... .
200.00
William Coxe Wright ....... ....... . . • ...... . ...•
2,000.00
James P. Magill ............................... .
1,096.44
Marshall A. Fine, in memory of Nathan Pincus ... .. .. . ... .
5.00
Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Co., in appreciation of loans of
200.00
pictures each month to the bank ........... . ..... .
1,020.00
Mrs. Alfred Zantzinger, for concrete planters ... .. . .. .. . .
10.00
John Stewart, for Faculty Exhibition ... .. . . .... ... .. ... .
Annual Exhibition Dinner (approximately $11.00 each, prorated) from the following: Frank T. Howard; Mrs. Richardson Dilworth; James P. Magill; Henry W. Sawyer, 3rd;
Henry S. Drinker; George B. Roberts; R. Sturgis Ingersoll;
J. Welles Henderson, Jr.; John W. Merriam; C. Newbold
Taylor; Mrs. Herbert C. Morris; William Coxe Wright; Mrs.
Leonard T. Beale; Sydney E. Martin; Mrs. Elias Wolf; Arthur
C. Kaufmann; Henry B. Keep; D'a vid Gwinn; John F. Lewis,
195.84
Jr.; John Stewart . .. . ..... .. ..... . .. .. ..... . . ·... . .. .
SCHOOL:
$35 , 112.1 5
50.00
Manayunk Art Alliance, for Student Prize . ... .... . ... . .. $
Philadelphia Foundation, for Leona Karp Braverman Prize . .
58.30
Philadelphia Foundation , for Haney Foundation Award . . .
150.00
100.00
David Gwinn, for Eakins Prize ... . ................... .
437.21
David Gwinn, for Student Party ............... . ..... . .
25.00
Kathie V. Sime, for Sime Prize ...... . ........ . ...... . .
200.00
Marion D. Higgins, for Still Life Prize ........••...•....
25.00
Hobson Pittman, for Still Life Prize ... ... . ............ .
150.00
Pesin Foundatio.n, for Pesin Prize ... . .. . .........•.....
35.00
Mrs. Hart McMichael, for Student Exhibition Insurance ... .
25 .00
Franklin C. Watkins, for Student Prize .. . ..... . .... . .. .
George D. Widener, for Scholarships ... . .... . ......... .
2,032.70
3 ,288.21
Total .. _..... _.. _..... . . .. _. .. ... . .............. $41 ,158.35
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NEW MEMBERS
Enrolled during 1960, including those who increased their classification.
* Fellows
**Fredric R. Mann
**Wil/iam Coxe Wright
Michael Mayor
Mrs. William Coxe Wright
**Mrs. Alfred Zantzinger
Life Members
**J . Welles Henderson, Jr.
Mrs. George Strawbridge
**Mrs. William L. Van Alen
**Henry Lee Willet
Contributing Members
Mrs. Douglas Cooper
William W. Fitler, 3rd
Mrs. William S. Ellis
**David J . Grossman
Sustaining Members
Mrs. George E. Bartol, Jr.
**Miss Marie Louise Hopper
**Edward G . Budd
Julius J . Jacobson
Mrs. Joseph A. Busch
J . H. Klaren
Mrs. Van Horn Ely
**George H. Kern
**Eugene Feldman
**Mrs. Josiah Marvel, Jr.
Mrs. Dunham Higgins
George Earle Robinette
**Mrs. Edward Hopkinson, Jr.
Robert E. Sessions
Cortwright Wetherill
Annual Members
Mrs. Edgar F. Adams
Mrs. William A. Dando
Mrs. Emile C. Geyelin
Mrs. Emmajean T. Balshaw
Miss Elena M. de Hellebranth
Miss Lorna Gilbert
Malcolm Barlow
Mrs. Willis S. De La Cour
Mrs. Louis J. Goffman
Mrs. Albert C. H. Bashaw, Sr.
Mrs. Robert Denton
Mrs. O . Selig Goldman
Mrs. Jack Goldstein
Mrs. Albert R. Beal
Paul C. G. Dewey
Mrs. Sol Berger
Mrs. H. Hoffman Dolan
William Gomberg
Mrs. Donald F. Bishop
Mrs. William F. Dormire
Mrs. Illarion I. Gopadze
. Edgar Newbo ld Black, 4th
Mrs. A. Webster Dougherty
J. Albert Gordon
H. Dickson S. Boenning
Mrs. Joseph N. Du Barry, 4th
Mrs. Myer M. Gordon
Barrows Dunham
John H. Grady
Mrs. John B. Coleman
Mrs. T. Evans Dunn, Jr.
Joseph John Greco
Mrs. H. R. Collard
Robert H. Dyson, Jr.
Mrs. Peter B. Colwin
Mrs. C. Ransom Comfort
Arthur N. Edrop
Mrs. M. Todd Cooke, Jr.
Jay H. Eiseman
Mrs. Alexander L. Crawford
Miss Mildren Custin
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Mrs. John P. Green
Oscar Gretman
Mrs. William A. Grieb
Mrs . Stephen G. Hale
Dr. Bernard C. Gettes
Mrs. H. Thomas Hallowell, Jr.
Mrs. Acton Hammond
D. Raymond McNeal
Mrs. David R. Sablosky
Mrs. Edward Yarnall Hartshorne Mrs. Henry S. McNeil
Mrs. Samuel K. Schneid man
Mrs. Kenneth Hassrick
George P. Maier
Mrs. D. P. Schwartz
Mrs. Joseph Welles Henderson
Dr. Paul Todd Makler
Mrs. William S. Scull
Mrs. Charles Walter Henry
Robert E. Manley, Jr.
David W. Scully
Mrs. John P. Hollingsworth
Mrs. Frederick E. Maser
John A. Scully
Mrs. Frederick B. Hufnagel
Dr. Jack Mazor
Mrs. John A. Scu"y
Mrs. James W . Humrichouse
Mrs. Joseph R. Meehan
Miss Lucy M. Seiler
James Kirk Merrick
Lawrence P. Sharples
S. Powell Middleton
Dr. Harry N. Shor
Mrs. Neal D. Ivey, Jr.
Mrs. George W. Miller, Jr.
Ronald B. Shores
Mrs. Frank H. Jackson
Mrs. Pearl Miller
Mrs. Raymond A. Speiser
Mrs. Richards Jarden
Mrs. R. Alexander Montgomery
Miss Minna Stalder
Mrs. Charles A. Jones
Mrs. James D. Moore
Charles E. Swanson
Mrs. E. R. Moranz
Dr. Leon Kacher
Mrs. Jack Kassow
Mrs. Walter L. Morgan
Mrs. Howard W. Taylor, Jr.
Mrs. Harold H. Morris
Mrs. Oleine M. Turner
Mrs. G. Fairman Mu"en
Mrs . George F. Tyler
Mrs. Francis W. Kemble
Mrs. John McCa"a Kennedy, 3rd
E. Gi"et Ketcham
Mrs. Horace C. Knerr
Mrs. Charles Kravitz
Mrs. Nicholas J. Kuhn
Miss Ethel Kyle
Miss Anne Marie Laessig
Miss Jessie M. Mullin
Daniel Munga", Jr.
Mrs. Frank H. Mustin
Charles E. Leonard, 3rd
Miss Margaret M. Walsh
Mrs. Silas L. Warner
Robert Scott Noone
Mrs. Ernest B. Waters
Mrs. Frederic Nunn
Thomas S. Weary
J. Liddon Pennock
Mrs. Warren M. Wells
Mrs. William H. Perloff
J. William Wetter
Dr. Horace L. Weinstock
Mrs. C. M. Lamason, Jr.
Miss Mary L. Lawser
Mrs. Joseph B. Vander Veer
Mrs. J. Earnshaw Murdoch
H. H. Pierson
Mrs. Thomas Raeburn White
Mrs. Francis H. Powers
Oliver G. Willits
Miss Rebecca J. Livezey
Mrs. Norman N. Rice
Mrs. Ben Wolf
Mrs. James L. Lohrke, Jr.
Mrs. C. L. Ritchie
Mrs. James S. F. Wong
William Levenson
Mrs. S. W. Levitties
Ben Wolf
Mrs. H. G. Lippincott
Robert Rodale
Mrs. David McCahan
Mrs. William B. Rudenko
Mrs. Bert L. Zuber
Mrs. Robert K. Mcinnes
Mrs. John C. Russe"
Mrs. Sydney N. Zubrow
* Elected in perpetuity
** Increased classification
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MEMBERSHIP CLASSES
Yearly Members
Annual $10.00
Sustaining $25.00
{ Contributing $100.00
Life Member . . . . . . ... . ... . ........ . ... . .. .. ........ .. . . ..... $300
Fellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1000 to $5000
Patron. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $5000 to $25,000
Benefactor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $25,000 or more
(Fellows, Patrons and Benefactors are enrolled in perpetuity)
A membership in the Academy helps to support and affiliates you with the
oldest art institution in the country and one of the most important in the
community and the nation. Founded in 1805 and chartered in 1806, its
origin actually dates from the efforts made in 1791 by Charles Willson
Peale to organize a school for the fine arts in Philadelphia.
In the Academy's schools, many distinguished American painters, sculptors
and illustrators have been trained, and its students of today rank with
the best.
In its galleries are shown two of America's major annual art exhibitions;
American Painting and Sculpture; Water Colors and Prints; other special
exhibitions; and the Academy'S permanent collection, representing a crosssection of American art from the early eighteenth century through its current acquisitions.
Members receive notices of all activities (concerts, lectures, motion pictures),
invitations to private views, catalogues of exhibitions and schools, the Annual
Report, a discount on art works purchased from Academy-sponsored professional exhibitions, and have use of the art reference library.
FORM OF BEQUEST
I 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, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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