https://newrochelleartassociation.org/home daily 1.0 2026-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/624a38628e016a33e659a691/04161ec4-d1f3-4068-ab1a-de715780bf51/2026-Joining-Process-website.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/624a38628e016a33e659a691/6ffb7ae1-f60b-4a58-a2cd-7dba04f83b76/2026-DermotGale-1600px.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/624a38628e016a33e659a691/7c233237-2082-48de-b645-b3e35476535d/Newsletter-Masthead.png https://newrochelleartassociation.org/our-artists daily 0.75 2026-01-25 https://newrochelleartassociation.org/about-us daily 0.75 2024-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/624a38628e016a33e659a691/1649125829643-9UPFQFG7LDU5A4AQDVRU/Untitled-4.jpg About Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/624a38628e016a33e659a691/1649126668731-9957480PB264UO4Y2XYC/logo2.jpg About Us https://newrochelleartassociation.org/become-a-member daily 0.75 2025-09-12 https://newrochelleartassociation.org/our-history daily 0.75 2025-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/624a38628e016a33e659a691/25bd1d8c-5b94-42f2-9481-ef8f93147cd8/CityLimitSignRockwell.jpg Our History - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/624a38628e016a33e659a691/1d84b383-6aaf-49f3-9df2-051957e9bcea/Leslie%27s+Illustrated+Weekly+10-13-1917-Patriotic+cover+by+Orson+Lowell-The+War+in+Pictures-Historic+issue+WWI-100%2B+years+old-VG.jpg Our History A few years after the founding of the Association, in the spring of 1917, World War I was declared. Artists were expected to volunteer their services to the war and there was active recruitment of artists from the field of magazines and advertising. Wellknown illustrator Charles Dana Gibson headed up an army of unpaid artists at the Division of Pictorial Publicity. Many members of the New Rochelle Art Association including Orson Lowell, Victor Clyde Forsythe, J. C. Leyndecker, and Maginel Wright Enright, (sister of Frank Lloyd Wright), contributed to the war effort by creating posters for recruitment, liberty bonds, improving public relations, etc. Victor Clyde Forsythe (who had mentored Norman Rockwell and would later become well known for his western art) worked for the United States Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation, producing cartoons which appeared in publications that were distributed to the workers in the shipyards. He said that at first he produced “high brow” stuff, but then discovered that “to draw popular cartoons, representing the workmen, not as heroes, but as humans, had the better effect.” The volunteering war artists met together at regular dinners at the Salmagundi Club, often inviting soldiers and sailors to tell the artists of the things they seen so that they could better visualize the war. At one of these dinners, Charles Dana Gibson spoke saying, “the artist is no longer regarded as an effeminate being with long hair and flowing tie, but a fighting man, and he is now being treated as a ‘regu- lar fellow’ and his war work is appreciated.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/624a38628e016a33e659a691/05957eff-0e93-4565-a334-35787568180b/colophon.png Our History Sometime during these early years the distinctive logo or colophon of the New Rochelle Art Association was designed by Fred G. Cooper. It first appears on the program for the Sketch Show of 1921. Its exact form has evolved over the years, but it remains largely as originally designed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/624a38628e016a33e659a691/b549ada4-9b71-480a-9361-e5893caab1bc/Blueprint+of+the+City+of+New+Rochelle+Approach+Signs%2C+Oct.+11%2C+1922.jpg Our History Around 1921 the New Rochelle Art Association conceived the idea of creating more interesting signs for the major approach roads to New Rochelle. In April of that year a model of one of the signs was displayed at the New Rochelle Trust company and in 1922 the City Council approved their construc- tion. The Chamber of Commerce and the Association worked together on the project and the city also appropriated $3500 to help defray the cost of materials. By 1923 there were ten signs created by various well-known artists. These signs received national attention and were widely imitated in towns throughout the United States. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/624a38628e016a33e659a691/3d3d81dc-b6db-4eaf-b250-32d7698a8223/Victory+%281921%29%2C+World+War+I+Memorial%2C+New+Rochelle%2C+New+York..jpg Our History One of the missions of the Art Association from the start was to contribute to the community, not just by hosting shows, but also through permanent monuments. One of the first projects the Association undertook was raising money and leading the committee for the creation of a World War I Memorial. To raise the money they sponsored three years of costume dances, created and auctioned off posters, and had puppeteer Tony Sarg stage a show. Norman Rockwell remembered being part of the effort: “Not long after this I received what I thought was a real indication that I was sitting in the world’s eye. The New Rochelle Art Association invited me to a banquet to raise funds for a statue commemorating the soldiers who had fought in World War I. The invitation read: “A seat has been reserved for you at the ‘speakers’ table.” He continued, “Charles Dana Gibson was to be the toast master at the banquet. The Wykagyl Country Club, a posh place, had been rented for the night. All the famous artists and illustrators who lived in New Rochelle were to be present.” Ultimately the Art Association raised $35,500 for the monument which consisted of a sculpture entitled Victory by Edmond Thomas Quinn in an architectural setting designed by Louis R. Metcalfe. It is located in Faneuil Park, New Rochelle at the eastern intersection of Main and Huguenot Streets, and was first dedicated on December 11, 1921. It honors “the men of New Rochelle who served in the Great War for the rights of humanity.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/624a38628e016a33e659a691/97f320c4-6da6-45c8-84e3-4f5ccf0d2699/Screenshot+2024-06-21+105535.png Our History Despite hard times, work continued in 1930s. Well-known artists who joined during these years included Ugo Mochi, Charles Kinghan, Paul Jennewein, William Oberhardt, Frederick Frost, and L. M. Phoenix (who founded the Phoenix Art Institute in New York City). During this time a program of youth membership, exhibits, and scholarships was promoted largely due to the efforts of Phoenix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/624a38628e016a33e659a691/6d2f5969-424f-4583-a84e-4405a83ef470/A+Treidler.png Our History During World War Two, New Rochelle artists contributed to the war effort artistically. They decorated the Masonic service center where new recruits were welcomed with paintings of sports designed by Courtney Allen. They also produced posters as they had in World War One. Adolph Treidler, for example, did a number featuring women. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/624a38628e016a33e659a691/80b87366-dd7a-4751-9279-05b490f0ee04/Portraits+of+World+War+II+Soldiers+by+New+Rochelle+Artists+and+Illustrators%2C+ca.+1940s.jpg Our History In 1943 the United Services Organizations (USO) contacted the Society of Illustrators for volunteers to sketch servicemen at USO centers. Since many of the Society’s members were also Association members the idea caught on at the Association. The soldiers were stationed at Fort Slocum on David’s Island and were entertained at the Masonic Services Center which is where most of the portraits were made. Sketches of the servicemen were done on site which were then sent to the loved ones of their choice. Photostats were made of all the portraits and are stored in scrapbooks at the New Rochelle Public Library. Each portrait was sent with a cover letter which gave a brief explanation of the project. Amusingly the letter not only asks for an acknowledgment of receipt of the artwork, it also gives suggestions for proper framing, writing: “This drawing is fragile and it cannot be cleaned if soiled: it should be protected under glass. We would suggest that in selecting a proper frame, a natural, wood molding with waxed finish, about one inch in width, be selected.” Thirty two artists were listed on the letterhead as being part of the project. Not content to just sketch the soldiers they could access easily in New Rochelle, the artists made several weekend excur- sions to military hospitals to sketch injured soldiers. The first of these morale missions involved flying to New River, North Carolina. Fifteen artists sketched 161 marines in the course of a few days. On a second trip, a group traveled to the Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, Virginia to draw veterans of Iwo Jima and other battles. Fifteen artists, nine of whom were from New Rochelle, did 137 portraits in one weekend. On another trip, a group went to the Norfolk Navy Base in Virginia and did 146 portraits. On this trip they worked entirely in the wards for the first time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/624a38628e016a33e659a691/837447ed-7a67-49ff-a509-49214dd467f2/image7.jpg Our History The new library caused a great deal of angst with the Art Association. The library and the Art Association had been intimately entwined from their beginings, but it was clear that the library had a different vision for the future. Unlike the old library, the new one was planned with very little secure display space. Instead they proposed that the lobby be used. They planned an “Omnipole system” which would allow for about 1000 square feet of display space. There would also a small gallery on the third floor with about 400 square feet available (30 linear feet). Both these spaces could be made available to the Association, but it was emphasized that “other uses by the Library or other community organizations would also have to be taken into consideration.” In addition, the library suggested that if the Association didn’t like the lobby they could donate a display system to the library that would be suitable for the third floor room. 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Since its informal inception in 1912, the association has included among its membership many talented and internationally known painters, illustrators, and sculptors. The NRAA sponsored its first annual juried show to celebrate the opening of the new city library. Some of the noted participants in that show of 140 entries included: sculptor Robert Aitken, painters G. Glenn Newell, Remington Schuyler, A.G. Heaton and illustrators Norman Rockwell, Joseph C. Leyendecker and Victor Forsythe. Reception: Sunday, October 19, 3:00 PM–4:30 PM Receiving: Sunday, September 21, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Take Down: Sunday, October 26, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Lumen Winter Gallery, New Rochelle Public Library, 1 Library Plaza, New Rochelle, NY, 10801 Open to the public daily, corresponding with library hours. NOTE: please size images so they are 1200 pixels on the longest side. 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