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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS BROAD AND CHERRY 5T5. • PHILADELPHIA 153rd ANNUAL REPORT 1958 Cover: The Fish House Door by John F. Peto Collection Fund Purchase 1958 the One-Hundred and Fifty-third Annual Report of THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS FOR THE YEAR 1958 Presented to the Meeting of the Stockholders of the Academy on February 2, 1959 OFFICERS John F. Lewis, Jr. President, 1949-0ctober, 1958 Henry S. Drinker Vice-Pres., 1933-0ctober, 1958; President, October, 1958- C. Newbold Taylor . Treasurer Joseph T. Fraser, Jr. Director and Secretary BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mrs. Leonard T. Beale Arthur C. Kaufmann Howard C. Petersen Mrs. Richardson Dilworth* John F. Lewis, Jr. George B. Roberts Henry S. Drinker James P. Magill Raymond A. Speiser David Gwinn Fredric R. Mann* John Stewart George Harding* Sydney E. Martin C. Newbold Taylor Frank T. Howard Mrs. Herbert C. Morris Mrs. Elias Wolf* R. Sturgis Ingersoll George P. Orr** Sydney L. Wright * Ex-officio Alfred Zantzinger **Resigned Sept_ 1958 STANDING COMMITTEES COMM ITT EE ON COLL EC TI ONS AND EX HI BITIONS George B. Roberts, Chairman Mrs. Leonard T. Beale R. Sturgis Ingersoll Alfred Zantzinger CO MM ITTEE O N FIN AN CE C. Newbold Taylor Chairman James P. Magill John Stewart COMM ITTEE ON IN ST RU CTION James P. Magill, Chairman Mrs. Leonard T. Beale Mrs. Richardson Dilworth David Gwinn Mrs. Elias Wolf SOLICITOR Maurice B. Saul WOMEN'S COMMITTEE Mrs. Hart McMichael . Chairman to May, 1958 Mrs. Elias Wolf . Chairman, May, 1958- Mrs. George B. Roberts Corresponding Secretary-Treasurer Mrs. John G. Bartol, Jr. Mrs. David Grossman Mrs. Julius Rosenwald, " Mrs. Leonard T. Beale Mrs. H. Lea Hudson Mrs. R. Barclay Scull Mrs. Francis T. Chambers Mrs. Arthur C. Kaufmann Mrs. Lawrence M. C. Smith Mrs. Joseph S. Clark, Jr. Mrs. John F. Lewis, Jr. Miss Anna K. Stimson Mrs. Richardson Dilworth Mrs. James P. Magill Mrs. Boudinot Stimson Mrs. Emlen P. Etting Mrs. Samuel W. Pray Mrs. Franklin C. Watkins Mrs. John A. Griswold Mrs. Evan Randolph, Jr. Mrs. Walter H. West Mrs. David Gwinn Mrs. Sydney L. Wright 2 STAFF ' GENERAL Joseph T. Fraser, Jr. · Director and Secretary Mabel l. Eiseley Assistant Director Charles J. Marsh .Assistant to the Secretary Ann Evans . · Secretary to the Director August V. Viilu . Comptroller E. Elizabeth Fermanis Billing Clerk and Receptionist Frances M. Vanderpool Exhibition and Membership Clerk Elizabeth Z. Swenson Director of Public Relations and Membership 5 C H 0 0 L 5 (Day and Evening) Raymond T. Entenmann . Curator Catherine R. Newbold · Secretary to the Curator Ethel Ashton Librarian F A C U L T Y (Day School) (Winter 1958-59) George Harding Edward Shenton Julius Bloch Francis Speight Franklin C. Watkins Morris Blackburn Walker Hancock John W. McCoy John Hanlen Roswell Weidner Walter Stuempfig Daniel Garber* Harry Rosin Hobson Pittman Roy C. Nuse* *Professional Advisers AUG MEN TIN G FA C U L T Y (Day School) William M. Campbell Theodor Siegl J. Stephen Lewis Philip Aliano Wallace Peters Allen Harris Edmond J. Farris Jim C. Lueders George J. Kreier, Jr. Jack Bookbinder Ben Kamihira Frances Serber F A C U L T Y (Evening School) Francis Speight Morris Blackburn Ben Kamihira Roswell Weidner Jim C. Lueders J. Stephen Lewis FA C U L T Y (Summer Day School) Francis Speight Julius Bloch Morris Blackburn Roswell Weidner Wallace Peters BUILDING Isaiah J. Sellers, Superintendent 3 REPORT OF THE OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS The year 1958 opened in history-making fashion by an innovation in our long series of annual exhibitions. This year we collaborated with the Detroit Institute of Arts, and the entire 153rd Annual Exhibition of Oil Painting and Sculpture, on view in Philadelphia from January 26th to February 23rd, was shown in Detroit from March 18th through April 13th. Our exhibition schedule was further enriched by the staging of a large show titled 20th Century American Painting and Sculpture from Philadelphia Private Collections, October 25th through 30th. Fifteen generous, and coop­ erative, lenders made possible an activity which proved to be one of the most attractive we have ever staged. It was very warmly received and was seen by many visitors. It also acted as a most ideal project in public relations, and we believe that many new friends were made, and, most certainly, many old friends feel their interest the more devoted to us. Our City also can take renewed pride in the sensitive perception and breadth of cultural interest evidenced by this show. The Spring of the year marked the beginning of a much-needed project by which the physical condition of our School department might be improved. Excellent enrollment, the sale of our Arch Street annex, with the subsequent moving of the activities carried on there to Broad and Cherry Streets, and the long-standing handicap of bad light in several of our studios due to the tall buildings on the North side of Cherry Street, ail combined in acc::entuated need of study for correction. Under the leadership of Mr. James P. Magill, currently the Chairman of our Committee on Instruction, plans were discussed. 4 Mr. Magill took the personal financial responsibility for the cost of tentative plans prepared by the firm of Harbeson Hough Livingston & Larson. In brief, the initial studies provided for a simple loft construction of four additional stories to be erected over the Southwest section of our present building to house, chiefly, the painting and print classes, the old quarters to be revamped to give much-needed space to the sculpture department, and providing a new School entrance from Cherry Street. In the Fall of the year. when the above scheme was reaching a point when fund-raising was considered for accomplishing some such ends, two of our Directors expressed disapproval and suggested several alternate schemes for the general continuance of our life and activities. It was, therefore, deemed wise to explore all ideas in this connection, and the year closed with no definite conclusions. It seems time, however, in this report to say that all these developments are an indi­ cation of renewed life, and interest in our well-being, and point toward an ultimate conclusion which will open a new era of even greater importance for this venerable institution. Another important innovation was inaugurated in January, when the Board of Directors asked the Faculty of our School to designate, by election, one of their number to act as an ex-officio member of that body. Mr. George Harding subsequently took his place on the Board and, by his broad experi­ ence and wise judgment, provided splendid counsel. In each of these annual reports it is of utmost importance to give credit to the Mayor and City Council, who continue to favor this Academy by granting a yearly contribution of $25,000.00. Without this financial boon we would find it impossible to carry forward our many-sided activities through which we serve our students, our members, and the public. 5 This year has also been marked by considerable changes in our official body, the most important being the resignation of Mr. John F. Lewis, Jr., from the Presidency in October. Mr. Lewis's resignation was accepted with genuine regret after his nine years of devoted service in that capacity. It is gratifying, however, to report that he continues as a member of our Board of Directors with unchanged devotion to the Academy's interests. Mr. Henry S. Drinker, Vice-President since 1933, was elected to the Presidency. We regret to report the resignation of Mr. George P. Orr, who has served faithfully on our Board since 1949. Three new members have been elected to the Board of Directors: Mrs. Herbert Cameron Morris, Mr. Frank T. Howard, and Mr. Raymond A. Speiser. We also note that, due to a change in the Chairmanship of our Women's Committee, Mrs. Elias Wolf, as the present Chairman, becomes an ex-officio member of our Board. All of the above is but a thumbnail sketch of our Academy life through the year 1958. Our activities in detail follow under department headings. HENRY S. DRINKER, President JOSEPH T. FRASER, JR., Director 6 EXHIBITIONS 153rd ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF OIL PAINTING AND SCULPTURE (Private View - January 24th; open to public January 26th through February 23rd [Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts]. Open to public March 18th through April 13th [Detroit Institute of Arts]). This year, for the first time in its long history, the Academy broke with tradi­ tion and, through collaboration with The Detroit Institue of Arts, sent the entire exhibition there for showing after it closed in Philadelphia. This ideally combined effort permitted us to advertise purchase funds of $20,000.00: $10,000.00 - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; $6,000.00 - Fleisher Memorial Fund; $4,000.00 - Detroit Institute of Arts. Actually, this sum was exceeded by the purchasing committees from each of the institutions, and, together with a most unusual amount of individual buying, an all-time record for sales was achieved. (The total appears at the end' of this section of the Report.) This coupling of management also had the virtue of giving the Detroit Institute of Arts an important contemporary cross-section for much less than they could have done it alone, and the costs to us were considerably less than when we had last done a similar show. It is expected that in alternate years, when we dedicate our annuals to oil painting and sculpture, similar arrangements may be' made. OIL PAINTING JURY FRANKLIN C. WATKINS, Chairman IVAN ALBRIGHT WILLIAM BAZIOTES SCULPTURE JURY ORONZIO MALDARELLI, Chairman JOSE DE RIVERA MARSHALL M.
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