The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, America's oldest museum and school of fine arts, was founded in Philadelphia in 1805. Today the Academy boasts one of the nation's finest collections of American art and a roster of alumni embracing the greatest artists this country has produced. This volume celebrates two centuries of the Academy's achievement. Six scholarly essays document the history of the institution and its collections, curriculum, and buildings. In addition, 220 masterpieces of American art from the permanent collection are presented in full color with descriptions of each. The illustrations document the Academy's position as one of the premier art institutions in the United States. Artists represented in this volume include Charles Willson Peale, Benjamin West, Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Sully, Thomas Eakins, Cecilia Beaux, James McNeil Whistler, Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt, Robert Henri, John Sloan, Marsden Hartley, Charles Demuth, Edward Hopper, Georgia O'Keeffe, Alexander Calder, Frank Stella, Philip Pearlstein, Robert Motherwell, Richard Diebenkorn, and many other masters of American art. Contributors : Stephen May (freelance writer), Michael Lewis (Ph.D., architectural historian), Peter Saylor (FAIA, architect), Ron Onorato (Ph.D., professor of art history), Lynn Marsden-Atlass (senior curator of American art at the Academy), Mark Hain (former assistant curator at the Academy), and Cheryl Leibold (archivist, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts).

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: 200 Years of Excellence Essays

200 years of excellence, 1805-2005

Mark Hain; Alex Baker; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.; et al

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Hain, Mark; Baker, Alex

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Mark Hain

Academy of the Fine Arts, Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania Press

United States, United States of America

Philadelphia, Pa, Pennsylvania, 2005

Philadelphia, Pa, c2005

First Edition, 2005

June 30, 2005

PT, 2005

obscured text front cover

Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Masterpieces from the collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts": p. 82-302.

An Enduring Legacy: The Pennsylvania Academy Of The Fine Arts, 1805-2005 / Stephen May -- Coming Into Focus: Two Hundred Years Of Building A Collection / Mark Hain -- From Grove To Garden: The Making Of The Dream Garden Mosaic / Kim Sajet -- Exciting The Efforts Of The Artists: Art Instruction At The Pennsylvania Academy Of The Fine Arts / Ronald J. Onorato -- The Pennsylvania Academy Of The Fine Arts As Building And As Idea / Michael J. Lewis -- The Samuel M. Hamilton Building: Autos To Art / Peter M. Saylor -- Masterpieces From The Collection Of The Pennsylvania Academy Of The Fine Arts -- Pensylvania Academy Of The Fine Arts: Timeline Of Important Events. Essays By Mark Hain ... [et Al.] ; Catalogue Entries By Alex Baker ... [et Al.]. Masterpieces From The Collection Of The Pennsylvania Academy Of The Fine Arts: P. 82-302. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

312 pages : 31 cm
"Masterpieces from the collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts": pages 82-302
Includes bibliographical references and index
An enduring legacy: the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1805-2005 / Stephen May -- Coming into focus: two hundred years of building a collection / Mark Hain -- From grove to garden: the making of The dream garden mosaic / Kim Sajet -- "Exciting the efforts of the artists": art instruction at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts / Ronald J. Onorato -- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts as building and as idea / Michael J. Lewis -- The Samuel M. Hamilton building: autos to art / Peter M. Saylor -- Masterpieces from the collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts -- Pensylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: timeline of important events

This richly illustrated volume celebrates the history and significance of America's oldest museum and school of fine arts. Essays cover the history of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, its buildings, the school, and the museum collection.

Fortuitously located in Philadelphia, the nation's capital from 1790 to 1800, the Academy benefited from the city's standing as a cultural and intellectual center and its reputation for supporting the arts.

2023-06-28