Widener Gold Medal
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The George D. Widener Memorial Gold Medal was a prestigious sculpture prize awarded by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1913 to 1968. Established in 1912, it recognized the "most meritorious work of Sculpture modeled by an American citizen and shown in the Annual Exhibition." PAFA's annual exhibitions were open to all American sculptors, but an individual could be awarded the medal only once. Sculptors Paul Manship, Albin Polasek, Malvina Hoffman, Carl Paul Jennewein, Anna Hyatt Huntington, William Zorach and Leonard Baskin were among its recipients.
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Image: Piccirilli Flower of the Alps Int.Studio Aug 1917 p.68
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Image: Belgium 1914 by Jess M. Lawson
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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The Pennsylvania Academy of 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 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Center City Philadelphia
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts' 1806 building featured in an 1809 engraving
PAFA's 1845 building from a photograph, c. 1870
North River by George Bellows, 1908