•%•- V Cover: Photograph courtesy of Richard T. Dooner ^" SIXTY- FIFTH ANNUAL HEPORT OF THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART FOR THE YEAR ENDED MAY 51, 1941 WITH THE LIST OF MEMBERS PHILADELPHIA • 1941 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from LYRASIS IVIembers and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/annualreport1941phil OFFICERS FOR 1941 1942 PRESIDENT J. STOGDELL STOKES VICE-PRESIDENTS JOHN STORY JENKS GEORGE D. WIDENER SECRETARY AND TREASURER JULIUS ZIEGET ASSISTANT SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT TREASURER WILLARD P. GRAHAM CUSTODIAN GIRARD TRUST COMPANY BOARD OF TRUSTEES EX OFFICUS Arthur H. James, Governor of Pennsylvania Robert E. Lamberton, Mayor of Philadelphia Bernard Samuel, President of Philadelphia City Council Joseph Carson, President of Fairmount Park Commission ELECTED BY THE MEMBERS William M. Elkins Chairman of the Board Mrs. Edward Prowning Staunton B. Peck Paul P. Cret Lessing J. Rosenwald Charles D. Hart Mrs. Wharton Sinkler R. Sturgis Ingersoll J. Stogdell Stokes Walter C. Janney Roland L. Taylor John Story Jenks George D. Widenek William F. Kurtz Morris Wolf Mrs. John D. McIlhenny Charlton Yarnall STANDING COMMITTEES* COMMITTEE ON MUSEUM John Story Jenks Chairman Mary Roberts Coles Mrs. Robert McLean Mrs. John T. Dorrance Mrs. William R. Mercer Henry F. du Pont Mrs. Frank Thorne Patterson Rodman E. Griscom Boies Penrose R. Sturgis Ingersoll J. Stogdell Stokes Horace H. F. Jayne Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury Graeme Lorimer Carroll S. Tyson Mrs. Harry Markoe George D. Widener Robert T. McCracken Mrs. George D. Widener COMMITTEE ON INSTRUCTION J. Stogdell Stokes Chairman Mrs. George S. G. (Cavendish Theodore B. Hayward Charles T. Coiner John Story Jenks Nicola D'Ascenzo Henry P. McIlhenny Alban Eavenson Oscar E. Mertz W. Griffin Gribbel Joseph P. Sims Mrs. Gordon A. Hardwick Mrs. J. Stogdell Stokes Stanley H. Hart Mrs. S. Emlen Stokes Franklin C Watkins COMMITTEE ON FINANCE Walter C. Janney Chairman William Fulton Kurtz Roland L. Taylor Staunton B. Peck Morris Wolf *Tlte President is ex officio a member of all committees. ASSOCIATE COMMITTEE OF WOMEN honorary president Mrs. Frank Thorne Patterson president Mrs. George S. G. Cavendish vice-presidents Mrs. Edgar W. Baird Mrs. H. S. Prentiss Nichols Miss Margaretta S. Hinchman Mrs. Eli Kirk Price corresponding secretary Mrs. Littleton W. T. Waller treasurer Mrs. John H. Whelen, Jr. recording secretary Mrs. Ralph Earle MEMBERS Mrs. Lewis Audenried Mrs. John Story Jenks Mrs. Henry A. Berwind, Jr. Mrs. W. Logan MacCoy Mrs. Nicholas Biddle Mrs. Sydney E. Martin Mrs. John B. Carson Mrs. John D. McIlhenny Mrs. J. Hamilton Cheston Mrs. Richard Waln Meirs Mrs. Henry Brinton Coxe Mrs. Alfred Coxe Prime Mrs. William A. Dick Mrs. George A. Robbins Mrs. John T. Dorrance Mrs. Benjamin Rush, Jr. Mrs. Russell Duane Mrs. C. Shillard-Smith Mrs. George H. Frazier Mrs. Joseph Kennard Skilling Mrs. F. Woodson Hancock Mrs. W. Standley Stokes Mrs. John Harrison, Jr. Mrs. William P. Wear Mrs. Thomas Hart Mrs. P. A. B. WiDENER, 2nd Mrs. J. Bertram Hervey Mrs. John Wintersteen Mrs. Henry S. Jeanes Mrs. C. Stewart Wurts HONORARY MEMBERS Mrs. Edward Browning Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbuky Mrs. Percival Roberts, Jr., contrihvting member THE MUSEUIVl STAFF, 1941 FISKE KIMBALL, director HENRI MARCEAU, assistant director CURATORIAL STAFF Divisions of European and American Art DEPARTMENT OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE Henri Marceau, Curator of Painting and Sculpture Henry Clifford, Associate Curator of Paintings DEPARTMENT OF DECORATIVE ARTS Henry P. McIlhenny, Curator of Decorative Arts MaKiANNA Merritt Horn or. Assistant Curator of Textiles Rachel Randolph, Assistant, Glass Joan Prentice, Assistant, Ceramics DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS Carl Zigrosser, Curator of Prints Joan Hopkinson, Assistant, Prints Division of Eastern Art W. Norman Brown, Curator of Indian Art Carl Schuster, Assistant Curator of Chinese Art Jean Lee, Assistant ADVISERS Mabcel Aubert, Gothic Art Thomas T. Hoopes, Arms and Armour Walter W. S. Cook, Spanish Art E. Alfred Jones, Silver Ananda Coomaraswamy, Indian Art Richard Offner, Italian Art Nicola D'Ascenzo, Stained Glass Arthur Upham Pope, Persian Art W. Griffin Gribbel, Glass David Rosen, Technical Studies Marian Hague, Laces Mikhail Rostovtzeff, Ancient Art EDUCATIONAL STAFF E. M. Benson, Chief of the Division of Education Alberta Devlin, Information and Sales Delegated by the Work Projects Administration: E. Maud Hayward, Project Supervisor Delegated by the Board of Education: Caroline K. Jones, Art Supervisor Eleanor L. McGonigal, Art Supervisor ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF EXECUTIVE OFFICE Elizabeth B. Kunkel, Secretary to the Director Alfred J. Wilde, Public Relations Lilian B. Briggs, Bursar Charles Whitenack, Photographer HEGISTRAU'S OFFICE Jane Wolfe, Registrar Gertrude Toomey, Assistant Registrar Ethel Allan, Assistant LIBRARY Paul Vanderbilt, Librarian, Editor Marjorie Lyons, Assistant BUILDINGS George C. A. Barbour, Superintendent John B. Davis, Assistant Superintendent William G. Allan, Chief Engineer THE SCHOOL STAFF Edward Warwick, Dean, Art School M. E. Heard, Dean, Textile School Edward W. France, Dean Emeritus, Textile School WiLLARD P. Graham, Registrar Eugenie M. Fryer, Librarian FACULTY AUT SCHOOL Raymond Ballingeb Paul Froelich Director, Advertising Design Painting John F. Barrett John Geiszel Woodwork and Joinery Illustration: Reproduction Morris Berd Douglas Gilchrist Advertising Design Metal Work and Jewelry Morris Blackburn Edward Goodell, Jr. Interior Decoration Advertising Photography Irving M. Brody Ruth Gretz Health Education Assistant: Costume Design Paul Burns Mabel B. Hall Assistant: Draiving Advanced Drawing Painting Anatomy Life Drawing Arthur E. Bye Lectures: History of Painting Helen Hartel Assistant: Color and Design Susan Campbell Fashion Uliistration Cynthia Iliff Donald Cooke Color and Design Assistant: Illustration Henry Kauffman Elementary Industrial Arts J. Frank Copeland Water Color Ralph McLellan Donald Craig Life Drannng English J. Kirk Merrick John J. Dull Nature Draiving Water Color O. Ernest Mertz, Jr. Frank Ferg Perspective Wood Carving Assistant, Drawing ART SCHOOL (Continued) OSCAK MeRTZ Gertrude Schell Supervisor: Interior Decoration Painting Drawing Charles M. Morris Psychology Edward Shenton History Illustration and Decoration Grace Norcross Cly'de Shuler Advanced Draicing Industrial Design Anatomy Drawing Elsie Siratz Oakley Thornton Fashion Drawing Lectures: Illustration Benton Spruance Hilda H. Orth Interior Decoration Director: Costume Design Lithography Dorothy Parke Lectures: History of Art Costume Design Mary B. Sweeny Evelyn Pennegar Drawing Supervisor: Teacher Training E. Bruce Thomas Fritz Peters Sociology Printing Edward A. Walton C. Pitz Henry Furniture Design Supervisor: Illustration Perspective Herbert Pullinger Edward Warwick Graph ics Lectures: History of Costume AURELIUS ReNZETTI History of Furniture Modeling Helen Stevenson West Harold E. Riegger Stage Costume Ceramics Lectures: History of Costume Robert Riggs Jessie Wissler Composition Interior Decoration Fred deP. Rothermel Alexander Wyckoff Advanced Draicing Advanced Design Instrumental Drawing Anatomy Julius Zieget Instrumental Drawing Robert Rushton Fashion Illustration Harold Zimmerman Life Drawing Lettering FACULTY PHILADELPHIA TEXTILE SCHOOL Bradley C. Algeo Ercal Kaiser Assistant Dean in Charge of Weave Instructor in Jacquard Design and Formation, Analysis and Strnciure Colour JVorIc of Fabries L. Da Costa Ward Richard S. Cox Assistant in Charge of Chemistry Assistant Dean in Charge of and Dyeing Jacqnard Design, Draiving and Colour Work Percival Theel Instructor in Chemistry Elmer C. Bertolet In Charge of Chemistry, Dyeing and Printing George G. Byler Instructor in Chemistry A. Ward France Instructor in Charge Wool Card- of Joseph E. Goodavage ing and Spinning, Worsted Draiv- ing and Spinning, Knitted Coating Instructor in Dyeing, Bleaching Materials and Printing William Pfeiffer Ralph Dunkelberger Instructor in Charge of Poiver Instructor in Free-Hand Drawing Weaving and Related Branches and Figured Design John Naab Wm. B. Williamson Instructor in Charge of Cotton Instructor in Charge of Fabric Carding and Spinning, Silk Man- Finishing ufacturing and Hosiery Knitting Arthur T. Cameron, C.P.A. Wm. a. McLain Lecturer on Cost Systems and Instructor in Charge of Elementary Accounting in Textile Mills Weaving and Related Branches Frank L. Giese Herman E. Michl Instructor in Weave Formation, Lecturer on Problems in Textile Analysis and Structure of Fabrics Economics ID 3 -5 o = o ^ REPORT OF THE ROARD OF TRUSTEES to the members of the philadelphia museum of art Ladies and Gentlemen: In this time of national emergency, threatening all things we hold most dear, the Museum has continued to fulfill its obligations of cultivating and maintaining spiritual values. Indeed it has gone forward with courage and success to new levels of public usefulness. With due regard for the prior claims of defense, internal construction has still progressed, not only in the galleries but in the sections devoted to our public educational work. New installations and exhibitions have offered increasingly to visitors the inspiration and recreation afforded by great works of art. The members of our governing boards, as well as other private donors, have been most generous in supporting our work, carrying a burden of contributions for current operation beyond what is usual elsewhere. This is made necessary by our lack of large endowments, so that we must earnestly hope for