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The National Society of Mural Painters (NSMP) is an American artists' organization originally known as The Mural Painters. The charter of the society is to advance the techniques and standards for the design and execution of mural art for the enrichment of architecture in the United States.

Background

The NSMP was founded in 1895, in an era of

Beaux-Arts architecture Beaux-Arts architecture ( , ) was the academic architectural style taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, particularly from the 1830s to the end of the 19th century. It drew upon the principles of French neoclassicism, but also incorp ...

in America, a time when public architecture was integrated with murals, sculpture, mosaics and other artwork, coordinated and themed to assert the identity of the building. Parallel organizations associated with the same principles of integrated public art include the

National Sculpture Society Founded in 1893, the National Sculpture Society (NSS) was the first organization of professional sculptors formed in the United States. The purpose of the organization was to promote the welfare of American sculptors, although its founding members ...

, which originally included a large percentage of architectural sculptors, and the

Beaux-Arts Institute of Design The Beaux-Arts Institute of Design (BAID, later the National Institute for Architectural Education) was an art and architectural school at 304 East 44th Street in Turtle Bay, Manhattan, in New York City.Frederic Crowninshield 1895-1899 *

John La Farge John La Farge (March 31, 1835 – November 14, 1910) was an American artist whose career spanned illustration, murals, interior design, painting, and popular books on his Asian travels and other art-related topics. La Farge is best known for ...

1899-1904 *

Charles Yardley Turner Charles Yardley "C. Y." Turner (November 25, 1850 – January 1, 1919) was an American painter, illustrator, muralist and teacher. His genre scenes and American historical paintings were popularized through engravings and book illustrations. Bio ...

1904-1909 *

Edwin Blashfield Edwin Howland Blashfield (December 5, 1848October 12, 1936) was an American painter and muralist, most known for painting the murals on the dome of the Library of Congress Main Reading Room in Washington, DC. Biography Blashfield was born in ...

1909-1914 * John White Alexander 1914-1915 *

Kenyon Cox Kenyon Cox (October 27, 1856 – March 17, 1919) was an American painter, illustrator, muralist, writer, and teacher. Cox was an influential and important early instructor at the Art Students League of New York. He was the designer of the League ...

1915-1919 * George W. Breck 1919-1920 * J. Monroe Hewlett 1921-1926 * Arthur Covey 1926-1929 *

Ernest Peixotto Ernest Clifford Peixotto (1869–1940) was an American artist, illustrator, and author. Although he was known mainly for his murals and his travel literature, his artwork also regularly appeared in ''Scribner's Magazine''. His 1916 work ''Our His ...

1929-1935 *

George Biddle George Biddle (January 24, 1885 – November 6, 1973) was an American painter, muralist and lithographer, best known for his social realism and combat art. A childhood friend of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, he played a major role in establi ...

1935-1936 *

Hildreth Meiere Hildreth may refer to: Places *Hildreth, California *Hildreth, Nebraska Hildreth is a village in Franklin County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 378 at the 2010 census. History Hildreth was founded in 1886 when the railroad was ex ...

1936-1937 * J. Scott Williams 1937-1938 * Geoffrey Norman 1939-1940 * Francine Baehr 1940-1941 *

Griffith Bailey Coale Griffith may refer to: People * Griffith (name) * Griffith (surname) * Griffith (given name) Places Antarctica * Mount Griffith, Ross Dependency * Griffith Peak (Antarctica), Marie Byrd Land * Griffith Glacier, Marie Byrd Land * Griffith Ridge ...

1941-1942 *

Allyn Cox Allyn Cox (June 5, 1896 – September 26, 1982) was an American artist known for his murals, including those he painted in the United States Capitol and the U. S. Department of State. Early life Cox was a son of Kenyon Cox and his wife, the f ...

1942-1946 *

1946-1949 * Jan Juta 1949-1952 * Austin M. Purves, Jr. 1952-1953 *

Dean Cornwell Dean may refer to: People * Dean (given name) * Dean (surname), a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin * Dean (South Korean singer), a stage name for singer Kwon Hyuk * Dean Delannoit, a Belgian singer most known by the mononym Dean Titles * ...

1953-1957 *

Charles Baskerville Charles Baskerville (July 18, 1870 – January 28, 1922) was an American chemist. He announced the discovery of two new elements which claimed to have separated from thorium. Carolinium and berzelium later were identified to be identical with ...

1957-1960 *

1960-1963 *

Helen Treadwel Helen may refer to: People * Helen of Troy, in Greek mythology, the most beautiful woman in the world * Helen (actress) (born 1938), Indian actress * Helen (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) Places * Helen, G ...

l 1963-1967 *

Xavier Gonzales Xavier or Xabier may refer to: Place * Xavier, Spain People * Xavier (surname) * Xavier (given name) * Francis Xavier (1506–1552), Catholic saint ** St. Francis Xavier (disambiguation) * St. Xavier (disambiguation) * Xavier (footballer, born ...

1967-1969 *

Max Spivak Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE) * Max (gorilla) ...

1969-1970 * Edward Laning 1970-1974 *

Buell Mullen Buell may refer to: People * Buell (surname) * Buell (given name) Places * Buell, Missouri, United States, an unincorporated community * Buell Peak, Washington state, United States * Buell Peninsula, Victoria Land, Antarctica * Buell Seamount, ...

1974-1975 * Jan Juta 1975-1979 * Dean Fausett 1979-1984 * Alton S. Tobey 1984-1988 *

Everett Molinari Everett may refer to: Places Canada * Everett, Ontario, a community in Adjala–Tosorontio, Simcoe County * Everett Mountains, a range on southern Baffin Island in Nunavut United States * Everett, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County, Massachu ...

1988-1991 * Rhoda Y. Andors 1991-1995 * Frank Mason 1995-1996 * Jack Stewart 1996-2000 * Robert Harding 2001-2005 *

Jeff Greene Jeff Greene (born December 10, 1954) is an American real estate entrepreneur. He is a member of the Democratic Party and was a candidate in the 2010 Senate election primaries in Florida. He was a candidate in the 2018 Florida Gubernatorial elec ...

2005

Notable members

Edith Barry Edith Cleaves Barry (1884–1969) was an American sculptor, painter, illustrator and designer born in Boston Massachusetts. She studied at the Art Students League in New York City and with Frank DuMond and Richard E. Miller. Barry was the founder ...

* Pietro Lazzari

External links

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papers of the NSMP located at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art
* American artist groups and collectives Arts organizations based in New York City Art societies Arts organizations established in 1895 1895 establishments in the United States {{US-arts-org-stub