Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-22

annual report of the Board of Dlrec
tors Of the Pennsylvania Academy OF
Fine Arts in Philadelphia, one of the
oldest and most important of the art
institutions of this country-perhaps
the most important-will be Of inter
est because it refers to the close OF
the first century Of the academy s
existence, and also to the Inaugural
ton Of a Gallery Of National Por-
traiture, which is an event of nation
al import.
The annual exhibitions of the
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
is the most representative OF Amerl-
can art of any exhibition held IN tins
country each year, far exceeding In
this particular, either Of the exhibit
tions in New York-that of the Ma
tional Academy and the Society of
American Artists, which are both of
much more insular character.
Many of the most celebrated art
istts, especially in the department of
illustrations, this country has known,
have received their instruction in this
institution, whose list of notabilities
is long and honorable one.
The present exhibition now on, is
one Of the most successful and bril-
medal for the best landscape, to A. l..
Groll for his "Arizona;' and the
Mary Smith prize of 800 for the
best painting by a resident woman, to
Alice Mumford for her "Two Vaude-
vile Stars
Following is the excerpt above re-
ferred to:
The Board of Directors presents to
the stockholders the report for the
closing year for the first century OF
the academy. In due sequence this
is dominated the ninety-ninth, the
first report of the officers having been
made for the year 1906, when the
charter of the institution was OBJ
tanned. Doubtless the founders,
who met in Independence Hall in
1906, had but general ideas as to the
work to be accomplished, but after a
hundred years of public service, we
may turn with generous admiration
to the unselfsh efforts of Charles
Wilson Peale, George Clymer, Jo-
seph Hopkinson, their associates and
successors, who have transmitted to
liant ever held, the following awards
having been made.
The Temple Gold medal to E. P.
Ullman for his portrait of Madame
Fisher; the Walter Lippincott prize
of $500 for the best marine went to
Childe Hassam for his "Morning,
Isles of Shoals;' the Sesnan gold
us their traditions and ideals which
today it is our privilege to maintain
and carry forward. AS the new
century opens we may congratulate
ourselves tina the institution is ADLER
more vigorous and better equipped
for progressive work than at any
time in its history.
At the date of the last report the
One Hundredth Anniversary Exhibi.
ton had just opened. On February
23rd, in celebration and commemora.
ton of the Centenary of the Acade.
my banquet was given in the gal
leries by the directors, and at their
own expense, to descendants of the
founders, the former academicians OF
the academy, the art critics, the art
collectors and the heads of the art
and other institutions of the United
States. The occasion was notable
one and marked an epoch in the
history of American art. At the
same time, the Gold Medal of Honor
was awarded to William T. Richards
Of Philadelphia, for his high accom-
plishment and for long and indefati
gable service to art and also to Violet
Oakley for her attainment is shown
in the splendid decorative panels fol-
the new capitol building at Harris
burg.
In 1904 a special circular was is
sued by the Board of Directors, will
announcement as follows:
At the close of its first hundred
years, and with the opening of it:
second century, the Pennsylvania
Academy of Fine Arts proposes to in