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Art school; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

From the description of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts exhibition catalog, 1921 and 1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553237

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is an art academy and museum, founded in 1805 in Philadelphia, Pa. Exhibitions and classes began in 1811. Notable academy instructors and students have included Thomas Eakins, Cecilia Beaux, William Merritt Chase, Violet Oakley, Henry O. Tanner, Rembrandt Peale, and Thomas Sully. An art school was held in Chester Springs, Pa., from 1917 to 1952.

From the description of Records of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts [microform], 1805-1955. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 463297215

Art academy and museum; Philadelphia, Pa.

Founded in 1805. Exhibitions and classes began 1811. Annual competitions ceased in 1969. Academy instructors and students include Thomas Eakins, Cecilia Beaux, William Merritt Chase, Violet Oakley, Henry O. Tanner, Rembrandt Peale, and Thomas Sully. An art school was established in Chester Springs, Pa. from 1917 to 1952.

From the description of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts records, 1805-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122456061
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referencedIn John Frederick Lewis selected letters Archives of American Art
creatorOf Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Minutes, 1817-1831, 1817-1819, 1828, 1830-1831. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
referencedIn Mary Butler papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Elizabeth Spalding lecture Archives of American Art
referencedIn Naudé, Virginia Norton, 1939-. Virginia N. Naudé conservation records. Winterthur Library
referencedIn Lambdin, James Reid, 1807-1889. James Reid Lambdin letters, 1849-1854, 1859. Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries
creatorOf Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1942-1969, n.d. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Fraser, Joseph Thompson. Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1965-1971, n.d. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn LeConte, John L. (John Lawrence), 1825-1883. Papers, 1812-1897 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Harrison S. Morris Papers, 1895-1935, 1784-1970 Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special CollectionsManuscripts Division
creatorOf Catherine Viviano Gallery records Archives of American Art
referencedIn William S. Schwartz papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Roswell Weidner papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827. Letterbooks, 1767-1827. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Mellor-Gill, Margaret W. Margaret W. Mellor-Gill diaries and papers, 1899-1991. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn John Frederick Lewis papers, 1878-1932, 1878-1932 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Haskell family. Haskell family papers, 1878-1951. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Selected art related documents from the Woodhouse collection in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania Archives of American Art
referencedIn American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIg, 1887-1891 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Eliza Haldeman correspondence Archives of American Art
creatorOf Joseph Floch papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Correspondence with Henry Charles Lea, 1880-1887. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Charles Coleman Sellers papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Materials relating to the Grand Bazaar, Philadelphia, Pa, 1845. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
referencedIn Neagle, John, 1796-1865. Papers, 1817-1865. American Philosophical Society Library
creatorOf James Reid Lambdin collection Archives of American Art
creatorOf Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1966. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Jefferson David Chalfant papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Sloan, Helen Farr, 1911-2005. Helen Farr Sloan Philadelphia Inquirer notebooks. 1886-1896. University of Delaware Library, Hugh M Morris Library
referencedIn Thomas Anshutz papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Bancroft, Mary R. Samuel and Mary R. Bancroft Pre-Raphaelite archives, 1850-1991. Delaware Art Museum
creatorOf P.A.F.A. and City Art Museum of St. Louis exhibition catalogs Archives of American Art
referencedIn Samuel H. Kress Foundation. The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts : America's first art institution .... National Gallery of Art Library
referencedIn Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. photograph collection Archives of American Art
referencedIn George Grosz papers, 1893-1981 (inclusive) 1919-1959 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Sloan, John, 1871-1951 : artist file. The Barnes Foundation, Barnes Foundation Libraries and Special Collections
referencedIn Selected papers from the Christian Gobrecht Collection Archives of American Art
creatorOf Sartain family papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Minutes of Board of Directors' meetings Archives of American Art
referencedIn Lewis, John T. Letter : Philadelphia, to Russell Smith, Milestown, Philadelphia County, Pa., 1847 July 16. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
referencedIn Robert Henri papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Charles Henry Alston Papers, 1930s-1990s (bulk 1930s-1970s) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn Frederick H. Clark papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. The informal closing exercises of the school year with an account of the distribution of prizes. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Meyer P. and Vivian O. Potamkin papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Morris Blackburn papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Hamilton, James, 1819-1878. Letter : to Samuel Sartain, 1864 Apr. 5. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
referencedIn Catherine Viviano Gallery records Archives of American Art
referencedIn Haywood, Carolyn, 1898-1990. Carolyn Haywood papers, 1884-1991. Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library
creatorOf Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1954. University of Pennsylvania Library
referencedIn Columbian Society of Artists records Archives of American Art
referencedIn Benjamin Kopman Papers / Collection, 1911-1962 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872. Papers, 1826-1872. Winterthur Library
referencedIn Pew Charitable Trusts. Grant products reports, 1988-2002. Hagley Museum & Library
creatorOf Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Records of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts [microform], 1805-1955. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Wells, Herman B. [Selected works on Harry Engel]. Indiana University
referencedIn Eakins, Susan Macdowell. Letter : to John Sartain, [187-]. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
creatorOf Records relating to the rebuilding of the Academy building Archives of American Art
referencedIn Homer, William Innes. William Innes Homer-Thomas Pollock Anshutz papers, [ca. 1870]-2000. Delaware Art Museum
referencedIn Helen Farr Sloan, Philadelphia Inquirer, notebooks, 1886–1896 University of Delaware Library - Special Collections
creatorOf E.P. (Edgar Preston) and Constance Richardson papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Sully, Blanche, 1814-1898. Letter : Philadelphia, to John Sartain, [18--] May 23 and June 14. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
referencedIn Thomas Bradford certificate Archives of American Art
referencedIn Balch family. Balch Family papers, 1755-1963 1870-1920. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
referencedIn Smith, Xanthus, 1839-1929. Letter : Weldon, Pa., to John Sartain, 1869 June 18. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
referencedIn Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932. Papers, 1878-1932. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Hamilton, James, 1819-1878. Letters : Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia, to John Sartain, 1854-1869. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
referencedIn R. Sturgis Ingersoll papers relating to Henry McCarter Archives of American Art
referencedIn Hugh Henry Breckenridge papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn John Neagle Papers, 1817-1865 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Miscellaneous art exhibition catalog collection Archives of American Art
referencedIn Richards, William Trost, 1833-1905. Letters : Germantown, Pa., Newport, R.I., to Samuel Sartain, 1865 Sept. 5, 1898 May 29, 1904 Dec. 5, and 1905 Feb. 18. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
referencedIn Titian Ramsay Peale Collection Archives of American Art
referencedIn Charles Willson Peale letterbooks, 1767-1827, 1767-1827 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Trumbull, John, 1756-1843. John Trumbull collection, 1768-1842. Princeton University Library
referencedIn Hopkinson family selected papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Walter Elmer Schofield papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Joseph Sill selected diaries Archives of American Art
referencedIn Ferris, Stephen James, 1835-1915. Letters : Rock Island, Ill., and Philadelphia, to John Sartain, 1862 Feb. 10, 1871 Apr. 17., and 1880 June 12. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
creatorOf Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Hanlen, John : artist file. The Barnes Foundation, Barnes Foundation Libraries and Special Collections
referencedIn Samuel P. Ziegler papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Charles Henry Hart papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Moran, T. Letter : Philadelphia, to John Sartain, 1869 Mar. 5. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
creatorOf Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts records Archives of American Art
referencedIn Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts students. [graphic]. Archives of American Art
creatorOf Henry O. Tanner letters to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Archives of American Art
creatorOf Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Institutional file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
referencedIn James Lawrence Claghorn papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Correspondence with Elizabeth Robins Pennell, 1926. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Charles M. Kurtz papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIb, 1807-1825 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Walter Inglis Anderson papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Bryan, Edwin R. [Collection of billheads, receipts, price lists, and other business correspondence.]. Library company of Philadelphia
creatorOf Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Correspondence to Chaim Potok, 1990. University of Pennsylvania Library
referencedIn Chapin, James, 1887-1975. James Ormsby Chapin papers, 1926-1995. Delaware Art Museum
creatorOf Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Correspondence with Edward F. Fry, 1971. University of Pennsylvania Library
referencedIn Letter to Sarah Miller Walker Archives of American Art
referencedIn Smith, Russell, 1812-1896. Letters : Weldon, Pa., to Emily Sartain, 1883 Dec. 12 and 1891 Apr. 10. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
referencedIn Francis Speight and Sarah Blakeslee Speight papers, 1862-1990s. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. List of stockholders, 1830. Winterthur Library
referencedIn Victor D. Spark papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf E.P. (Edgar Preston) and Constance Richardson papers Archives of American Art
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referencedIn Oral history interview with Francis Speight Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Sidney Goodman Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Ti-Grace Atkinson Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Elizabeth Osborne Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Joseph T. Fraser Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Joseph T. Fraser Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Yvonne Jacquette Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Stephen Etnier Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Roswell Weidner Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Louis Sloan Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Jimmy C. Lueders Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Edna Andrade Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Thomas Chimes Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Joseph T. Fraser Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Warren Rohrer Archives of American Art

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associatedWith Schwartz, William S. (William Samuel), 1896-1977. person
associatedWith Sellers, Charles Coleman, 1903-1980. person
associatedWith Sill, Joseph, 1801-1854. person
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associatedWith Sloan, Louis B. (Louis Baynard), 1932- person
associatedWith Smith, Russell, 1812-1896. person
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associatedWith Spark, Victor D. (Victor David), 1898-1991. person
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associatedWith Sully, Blanche, 1814-1898. person
associatedWith Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872. person
associatedWith Tanner, Henry Ossawa, 1859-1937. person
associatedWith Thomas Anshutz person
associatedWith Trumbull, John, 1756-1843. person
associatedWith Weidner, Roswell T., 1911- person
associatedWith Ziegler, Samuel P., 1882-1967. person
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