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41-422: One of the building's most visible features is a relief sculpture over the entrance of its east side. It was created by Italian sculptor Edmond Amateis . The work's central figure is Truth, guarding the eternal flame of enlightenment. The figures on the left are Fine Arts and Industry. On the right are Law and Agriculture. The five story 1949 addition was designed by Albert Kahn to house the printing presses until

82-664: A Bachelor of Fine Arts , Master of Fine Arts , certificate programs, and continuing education. The academy will cease to offer degrees (except for the bachelor's program in conjunction with the University of Pennsylvania ) by 2025. The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts was founded in 1805 by painter and scientist Charles Willson Peale , sculptor William Rush , and other artists and business leaders. Its first building on Chestnut and 10th Streets in Center City Philadelphia

123-486: A consolidated facility. The inside of the building is equally varied, combining "gilt floral patterns incised on a field of Venetian red; ... [a] cerulean blue ceiling sprinkled with silver stars", and plum, ochre, sand and olive green gallery walls. The building's structure combines brick, stone and iron; because of fire-proofing concerns, some of the iron i-beams were left uncovered. The book A Century After, picturesque glimpses of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania includes

164-498: A coordinated Bachelor of Fine Arts program from the University of Pennsylvania . The BFA degree program is also offered in-house, and a Master of Fine Arts program, post-baccalaureate certificate in graduate studies, and other education offerings are now offered. In 2005, the academy received the National Medal of Arts in recognition of its role as a national leader in fine arts education. In January 2007, in association with

205-424: A number of different historical styles, including Second Empire , Renaissance Revival and Gothic Revival , amalgamated in an "aggressively personal manner". The building's exterior coloration combines "rusticated brownstone, dressed sandstone, polished pink granite, red pressed brick, and purplish terra-cotta." It was the first structure in the U.S. specifically designed for fine arts instruction and exhibition in

246-482: A transition between 19th- and 20th-century art movements. In 2010, the academy acquired the Linda Lee Alter Collection of Art by Women, including nearly 500 works by female artists, from collector Linda Lee Alter . Artists in the collection include Louise Bourgeois , Judy Chicago , Louise Nevelson , Kiki Smith , Kara Walker , and Philadelphia artists Barbara Bullock and Elizabeth Osborne . In 2012,

287-466: A volunteer. Fairman Rogers , chairman of the Committee on Instruction from 1878 to 1883, appointed Eakins a faculty member in 1878, and promoted him to director in 1882. Eakins revamped the certificate curriculum to its current format. Students in the certificate program learned fundamentals of drawing, painting, sculpture, and printmaking, including relief , intaglio , and lithography , for two years. For

328-403: Is built of brick, the principal entrance, which is two stories high, being augmented with encaustic tiles , terra-cotta statuary, and light stone dressings. The walls are laid in patterns of red and white brick. Over the main entrance on Broad Street there is a large Gothic window with stone tracery. The Cherry Street front is relieved by a colonnade supporting arched windows, back of which

369-442: Is focused on office use. Developers plan to renovate the building into a full office building for multiple tenants with the added possibility of using the basement and former space that once held the presses as in building parking. The in building parking however that is dependent on the ability to use a portion of the former Rochester Subway which connects with the basement via two doorways formerly used to bring in printing paper for

410-463: Is set apart for the exhibition of statuary , busts , small statues , bas-reliefs , etc. On each side of this hall are picture galleries, which are so arranged in size and form as to admit of classification of pictures, and which can be divided into suits where separate exhibitions may be held at the same time. The art collections of the gallery are considered the most valuable in America. They comprise

451-513: Is the transept and pointed gable . Beyond the entrance vestibule is the main staircase, which starts from a wide hall and leads to the galleries on the second floor. Along the Cherry Street side of the Academy are five galleries arranged for casts from the antique; and, further on, are rooms for drapery painting, and the life class. These have a clear north light which can never be obstructed. On

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492-514: The Community College of Philadelphia , Montgomery County Community College , Atlantic Cape Community College , and Northampton Community College . In 2013, the academy received Middle States Commission on Higher Education accreditation. In 2024, the academy announced plans to terminate their degree granting programs. After 2025, the academy will no longer grant BFA or MFA degrees to students. Continuing education, certificate programs, and

533-804: The Philadelphia Museum of Art , the academy purchased Thomas Eakins's work The Gross Clinic from the Jefferson Medical School . This work is displayed at both institutions on a rotating basis. In January 2009, the academy signed a transfer agreement with Camden County College in New Jersey , known as the Camden Connection, which allows for the transfer of liberal arts and studio classes and partial merit scholarships for qualified Camden County College students. Other transfer agreements are now in place with community college art departments at

574-410: The Academy marked the period of its greatest prosperity. Rich endowments were made to the schools, a gallery of national portraiture was formed, and some of the best examples of Gilbert Stuart 's work acquired. The annual exhibitions attained a brilliancy and éclat hitherto unknown ... Mr. Coates wisely established the schools upon a conservative basis, building almost unconsciously the dykes high against

615-604: The Athens of the Western World in all that can give polish to the human mind." Harrison S. Morris, managing director from 1892 to 1905, collected contemporary American art for the institution. Among the many masterpieces acquired during his tenure were works by Cecilia Beaux , William Merritt Chase , Frank Duveneck , Thomas Eakins , Winslow Homer , Childe Hassam , and Edmund Tarbell . Work by The Eight , which included former academy students Robert Henri and John Sloan , provides

656-958: The Avery Prize given by the Architectural League, and in 1933, Circe the McClees Prize at the Pennsylvania Academy . He was for a time Associate in Sculpture at Columbia University. He was also a member of the National Sculpture Society and the Architectural League . He was elected as an Associate member of the National Academy of Design in 1936, and made a full member in 1942. Notes Further reading Pennsylvania Academy The Pennsylvania Academy of

697-567: The Fine Arts ( PAFA ) is a museum and private art school in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1805 and is the first and oldest art museum and art school in the United States. The academy's museum is internationally known for its collections of 19th- and 20th-century American paintings, sculptures, and works on paper. Its archives house important materials for the study of American art history, museums, and art training. It offers

738-501: The Fisher Brooks Gallery, named after James R. Fisher, an artist who attended the academy in the late 1880s, and Leonie Brooks. They are the grandfather and mother, respectively, of Marguerite Lenfest , a philanthropist and academy board member. The Hamilton building also houses Portfolio, the museum's gift shop. In 2013, the academy sold East Wind Over Weehawken , a 1934 portrait that is among two Edward Hopper portraits in

779-785: The United States Army. While in Europe, he spent four months in Paris at the Académie Julian with François Boucher and Paul Landowski as his teachers. When he returned to the United States, he resumed his studies at the Beaux-Arts Institute, combined with work in the studios of Henry Shrady and John Clements Gregory. In 1921 Amateis won the fellowship of the American Academy in Rome for

820-474: The academy featured the collection in the exhibition The Female Gaze: Women Artists Making Their World. Since its founding, the academy has collected works by leading American artists, as well as works by distinguished alumni and faculty of its school. The academy maintains its collecting tradition with the inclusion of works by modern and contemporary American artists. Acquisitions and exhibition programs are balanced between historical and contemporary art, and

861-423: The academy's collection, to start an endowment fund. About 25 percent of the fund will be used to fill gaps in the collection of historic art, with most of the rest to buy contemporary art of undetermined value with hopes for dramatic increases in the future. The painting was sold at auction for $ 40,485,000, resulting in a boost to the museum's endowment by approximately $ 23.5 million, but raised new questions about

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902-513: The academy's library and gallery. Life classes, the study of the nude body, were available to women in the spring of 1868 with female models; male models were added for study six years later. This came after much debate on whether it was appropriate for women to view the nude male form. In 1878, Catherine Drinker , at the age of 27, became the first woman to teach at the academy. In 1895, one of her pupils, her younger cousin Cecilia Beaux , became

943-602: The bachelor's degree in conjunction with the University of Pennsylvania will still be hosted by the institution. The current museum building began construction in 1871 and opened in 1876 in connection with the Philadelphia Centennial . Designed by the American architects Frank Furness and George Hewitt , it has been called "One of the most magnificent Victorian buildings in the country." The building's façade draws from

984-474: The considerable space in the new digital age where newsprint in the United States is on the decline and the building which includes the space that formerly held the presses is expensive to maintain. As of April 2014, the Gannett building was on the market for sale at an asking price of $ 3.5 million. The Democrat and Chronicle moved to its new location on May 2, 2016. The Gannett Building post- Democrat and Chronicle

1025-457: The end he always had in view—the honour and the glory of the Academy. It was under Mr. Coates' enlightened direction that was fulfilled the expressed wish of Benjamin West , the first honorary Academician, that "Philadelphia may be as much celebrated for her galleries of paintings by the native genius of the country, as she is distinguished by the virtues of her people; and that she may be looked up to as

1066-415: The first female faculty member at the academy to instruct painting and drawing. From 1890 to 1906, Edward Hornor Coates served as the tenth president of the academy. In 1915, he was awarded the academy's gold medal. In 1921, painter John McLure Hamilton , who began his art education at the academy under Thomas Eakins, described the contributions Coates made during his tenure: The reign of Mr. Coates at

1107-455: The following on the 1876 opening: The newly-built Academy of Fine Arts will bear comparison with any institution of its kind in America. It has a front of one hundred feet on Broad Street and a depth of two hundred and fifty-eight feet on Cherry Street. Its situation, with a street on each of its three sides, and an open space along a considerable portion of the fourth, is very advantageous as regards lighting, and freedom from risk by fire. It

1148-534: The following two years, they conducted independent study, guided by critiques from faculty, students, and visiting artists. The 1844 board of directors' declaration that women artists "would have exclusive use of the statue gallery for professional purposes" and study time in the museum on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings began an incremental step of inclusion of women in the academy. In 1860, female students were allowed to take anatomy and antique courses, drawing from antique casts, and they were afforded access to

1189-603: The institution's fixed site while maintaining the buildings' historic details. In 2002, Dorrance H. Hamilton made a large donation to the academy for its expansion, and the academy purchased the former automobile factory at 128 N. Broad Street , next to the original building. Designed by Charles Oelschlager, the building was formerly a federal government building. The structure was renamed in memory of her husband, Samuel M.V. Hamilton. The academy completed its move there in September 2006. The new building includes an exhibition space,

1230-547: The masterpieces of Stuart , Sully , Allston , West , and others of our early artists, the Gilpin gallery, fine marbles, and facsimiles of famous statues, as well as a magnificent gallery from the antique. The building is now considered one of the most notable buildings in Philadelphia and one of Furness' greatest works. In 1971, the building was named to the National Register of Historic Places . Four years later, in 1975, it

1271-404: The museum continues to show works by contemporary regional artists and features annual displays of work by academy students. The collection is installed in a chronological and thematic format, exploring the history of American art from the 1760s to the present. The academy has a longstanding four-year certificate program. Beginning in 1929, qualified students have been able to apply for and receive

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1312-577: The next three years. From 1942 to 1944 he was the fifteenth president of the National Sculpture Society . In his later years Amateis lived in Florida, where he developed an interest in the breeding of flowers. A variety of rhododendron is named for him. After his return to the United States he was commissioned with a number of important works of architectural sculpture, such as Amateis also designed many fountain and garden figures and also modeled numerous portrait busts and small bronzes. In 1929 Summer won

1353-482: The oncoming flow of insane novelties in art patterns ... In this last struggle against modernism the President was ably supported by Eakins, Anschutz , Grafly , [Henry Joseph] Thouron, Vonnoh , and Chase ... His unfailing courtesy, his disinterested thoughtfulness, his tactfulness, and his modesty endeared him to scholars and masters alike. No sacrifice of time or of means was too great, if he thought he could accomplish

1394-553: The opening of the building until the paper's demise in 1996. In 2014 it was announced that Gannett was selling the Gannett building and moving the Democrat and Chronicle to a new building at the corner of Main Street and Clinton Ave on the former Midtown Plaza site. At 153,350 square feet (14,247 m), the Gannett building is considerably larger than the new headquarters, which is 42,000 square feet (3,900 m). The paper no longer needed

1435-487: The presses as a vehicle entrance and exit to the in building parking area. The large, open floors make it attractive to tenants. Other possible uses include part residential and part ground floor retail. Edmond Amateis Edmond Romulus Amateis (27 February 1897; Rome , Italy – 1 May 1981; Clermont, Florida ) was an American sculptor and educator. He is known for garden-figure sculptures, large architectural sculptures for public buildings and portrait busts. Amateis

1476-449: The presses were moved to nearby Greece and replaced in 1996. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. and served as the world headquarters for Gannett until 1986. The building also formerly housed the local Democrat and Chronicle , one of largest papers in the Gannett chain from 1959 until 2016 as well as fellow original Gannett newspaper and later former sister evening paper The Times-Union from

1517-405: The south side, there is a large lecture room, with retiring rooms, and back of these are the modeling rooms and rooms devoted to the use of students and professors. On the second floor is the main hall, which extends across the building, and is intended for the exhibition of large works of art. This story is divided into galleries, which are lighted from the top. Through the center runs a hall which

1558-517: Was demolished in 1870, following damage by a storm. The leaders of the academy then raised funds to construct a building more worthy of its treasures. They commissioned the current Furness-Hewitt building, which was constructed from 1871. It opened as part of the 1876 Philadelphia Exposition . The Chestnut Street site was leased to the vaudeville entrepreneur Robert Fox, who opened Fox's New American Theatre there in 1870. In 1876, former academy student and artist Thomas Eakins returned to teach as

1599-494: Was designated a National Historic Landmark . In 1976, the building's exterior and interior was refurbished to coincide with its centennial and with the United States bicentennial. The restoration work was conducted through Day and Zimmerman Associates , and headed by Human Myers. In 2019, architectural firm DLR Group completed another renovation on both the Furness-Hewitt and Hamilton buildings to accommodate growth within

1640-460: Was designed by John Dorsey and opened in 1806. The academy opened as a museum in 1807 and held its first exhibition in 1811, where more than 500 paintings and statues were displayed. The first school classes held in the building were with the Society of Artists in 1810. The academy had to be reconstructed after the fire of 1845. The new building by architect Richard Arthington Gilpin opened in 1847 and

1681-635: Was the son of Louis Amateis (1855−1913), a noted sculptor who had immigrated from Italy in 1883 and became founder of the School of Architecture at George Washington University in Washington D.C. Edmond Amateis received his early education in Washington and took up the study of art at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design in New York City , in 1915, which were interrupted during World War I by service in

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