This is a list of notable people from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) a private art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Notable alumni
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edit- Thomas Pollock Anshutz, painter, educator[1]
- Elizabeth Gowdy Baker, portrait painter[2]
- Cornelia Barns, illustrator, political cartoonist, painter, feminist, and socialist
- Bo Bartlett (class of 1980), realist painter
- Walter Emerson Baum (attended 1905–1906), painter, founder of the Baum School of Art and the Allentown Art Museum
- Cecilia Beaux, impressionist portrait artist
- Thomas Eakins (class of 1861), realist painter, photographer, sculptor, and educator[3]
- Charles Lewis Fussell, landscape painter[4]
Notable faculty
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edit- Thomas Pollock Anshutz, painter, educator[1]
- Will Barnet, painter of human figure and animals[5]
- Cecilia Beaux, impressionist portrait artist, first woman to teach art at PAFA
- Hugh Henry Breckenridge, painter, taught from 1894 to 1934[6][7]
- William Merritt Chase, painter, taught from 1896 to 1909[8]
- Thomas Eakins, realist painter, photographer, sculptor, and educator[3]
- John Henry Twachtman, impressionist landscape painter
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b "Finding Aid to the Thomas Anshutz papers, circa 1870-1942, Digitized Collection". Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
- ^ Biographical Sketches of American Artists. Michigan State Library. 1916. p. 28 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Thomas Eakins, 7/25/1844 – 6/25/1916". Pennsylvania Center for the Book. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
- ^ "Catalogue of the Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volumes 35-50". 1858–1879.
- ^ "Will Barnet as a Teacher". Portland Museum of Art. August 24, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
- ^ Tran, Hoang. "Hugh Breckenridge papers: Finding Aid" (PDF). Dorothy and Kenneth Woodcock Archives. The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
- ^ "Hugh Breckenridge (1870 - 1937)". askART.
- ^ "Biographical Note, A Finding Aid to the William Merritt Chase papers, circa 1890–1964". Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
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