List of public art in Newark, New Jersey

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This is a list of public art in Newark, New Jersey, in the United States. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space and does not include artworks in museums. Public art may include sculptures, statues, monuments, memorials, murals, and mosaics. Many statues were erected in the early 20th century during the City Beautiful Movement and were concentrated in the city's original three commons, or town squares, and the county courthouse.[1]

List[]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Wikidata Notes
The Willing Captive, Newark, Chauncey B. Ives.jpg An Historical Incident of November, 1764
aka Captive's Choice 		Lincoln Park

40°43′35″N 74°10′45″W / 40.72639°N 74.17917°W / 40.72639; -74.17917 (An Historical Incident of November, 1764) 		1884
dedicated 1895		 Chauncey Ives Statue NRHP contributing property City of Newark [2][3]
Behold Essex County College

40°44′19″N 74°10′42″W / 40.7387°N 74.1784°W / 40.7387; -74.1784 (Behold) 		1990 Patrick Morelli Statue Bronze State of New Jersey [4][5]
JFK Lipchitz Newark NJ 2.JPG Bust of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Military Park

40°44′19″N 74°10′11″W / 40.73874°N 74.16977°W / 40.73874; -74.16977 (Bust of JF Kennedy) 		1965 Jacques Lipchitz Bust NRHP contributing property City of Newark
Fairmount Heights Switching Station Fairmont

40°44′48″N 74°11′34″W / 40.74667°N 74.19278°W / 40.74667; -74.19278 (Fairmount Heights Switching Station) 		2018 Adjaye Associates and 14 others Murals and colonnade Various 30 feet (9.1 m) "art wall' Public Service Enterprise Group [6]
First Landing Party of the Founders of Newark by Gutzon Borglum.jpg
More images 		First Landing Party of the Founders of Newark Grounds of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center near NJPAC/Center Street station

40°44′22″N 74°09′56″W / 40.7395°N 74.1655°W / 40.7395; -74.1655 (First Landing Party of the Founders of Newark) 		1916 Gutzon Borglum Monument Marble 9 feet (2.7 m) tall NRHP City of Newark Q65059284 [7]
Indian and Puritan.JPG Indian and the Puritan Washington Park

40°44′39″N 74°10′12″W / 40.744264°N 74.170077°W / 40.744264; -74.170077 (Indian and the Puritan) 		1916 Gutzon Borglum Monument Marble and bronze lamp standard NRHP City of Newark Q14705651 [7]
Justice Sculpture, Newark, NJ.jpg
More images 		Justice Government Center

40°43′48″N 74°10′23″W / 40.72987°N 74.17301°W / 40.72987; -74.17301 (Justice) 		1991 Diana K. Moore Sculpture Concrete 11 ft (3.4 m) tall, 8.8 ft (2.7 m) wide, 9 ft (2.7 m) long Q14705682
Newark Murals: {Portraits} Stone viaduct of the Northeast Corridor facing McCarter Highway

40°43′59″N 74°10′3″W / 40.73306°N 74.16750°W / 40.73306; -74.16750 (Portraits) 		2016 multiple Mural 1.39 miles (2.24 km) long [8][9][10]
Niehaus planting the standard 4.jpg
More images 		Planting the Standard of Democracy Lincoln Park

40°43′37″N 74°10′39″W / 40.72693°N 74.17758°W / 40.72693; -74.17758 (Planting the Standard of Democracy) 		1923 Charles Henry Niehaus Statue Bronze NRHP contributing property [11][3]
Essex Co Court Seated Lincoln jeh.jpg
More images 		Seated Lincoln Essex County Courthouse

40°44′14″N 74°10′41″W / 40.73709°N 74.17792°W / 40.73709; -74.17792 (Seated Lincoln) 		1911 Gutzon Borglum Statue Bronze NRHP Q7441987 [7]
Lincoln Park Newark 02.JPG
More images 		Statute of Bartolomeo Colleoni Lincoln Park

40°43′36″N 74°10′48″W / 40.72662°N 74.18012°W / 40.72662; -74.18012 (Statute of Bartolomeo Colleoni) 		1916 J. Massey Rhind after Andrea del Verrocchio Statue Bronze 45 feet (14 m) tall NRHP contributing property City of Newark Inspired by the Equestrian statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni[12][13][14][3]
Columbus in Washington Pk jeh.jpg Statue of Christopher Columbus Washington Park

40°44′36″N 74°10′12″W / 40.74345°N 74.16989°W / 40.74345; -74.16989 (Statue of Christopher Columbus) 		1927
removed 2020		 Giuseppe Ciochetti Statue Bronze NRHP contributing property City of Newark [15][16][17][18]
StatueGeorgeFloydNewarkCityHall 01.jpg Statue of George Floyd Newark City Hall

40°43′54″N 74°10′26″W / 40.7318°N 74.1740°W / 40.7318; -74.1740 (Statue of George Floyd) 		2021 Stanley J. Watts Statue Bronze Q107404474
Iceman statue Newark.png Statue of Hockey Player Prudential Center

40°44′05″N 74°10′11″W / 40.73472°N 74.16983°W / 40.73472; -74.16983 (Iceman) 		2009 Jon Krawczyk Statue Stainless steel 22-foot (6.7 m) tall
MLKStatueEssexCountyCourthouse(2020).jpg
More images 		Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. Essex County Courthouse

40°44′13″N 74°10′47″W / 40.73694°N 74.17972°W / 40.73694; -74.17972 (Statue of MLK, Jr.) 		2015 and 2021 Jay Warren Sculpture Bronze Essex County
Geo W Washington Park jeh.JPG
More images 		Equestrian statue of George Washington Washington Park

40°44′33″N 74°10′11″W / 40.74262°N 74.16969°W / 40.74262; -74.16969 (Statue of George Washington) 		1912 J. Massey Rhind Sculpture Bronze 8 feet 6 inches (2.59 m) high, 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m) wide, 12 feet 6 inches (3.81 m) long NRHP contributing property City of Newark [19][20][21]
WoA 2020c jeh.jpg
More images 		Wars of America Military Park

40°44′19″N 74°10′11″W / 40.73874°N 74.16978°W / 40.73874; -74.16978 (Wars of America) 		1926 Gutzon Borglum Sculpture Bronze NRHP City of Newark Q7970861 [7]


Sports[]

In addition to aforementioned 2009 stainless steel sculpture of a hockey player[22][23] Jon Krawczyk also created The Salute, a statue of the longtime New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur, installed outside Prudential Center in 2016.[24]

A bronze statue, created by sculptor Thomas Jay Warren,[25] was dedicated to the memory of Althea Gibson in Branch Brook Park in March 2012[26][27][28] In June 2012, a life-size bronze statue of Roberto Clemente by sculptor Susan Wagner was also unveiled in the park.[29]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Borisovets, Natalie. "Research Guides: The Newark Experience: Public Art and Artifacts". libguides.rutgers.edu.
  2. ^ "An Historical Incident of November, 1764". www.NewarkHistory.com. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 15, 2021. Retrieved November 15, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "NJ Department of State - New Jersey Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Commission - Programs". www.nj.gov.
  5. ^ "ESSEX COUNTY COLLEGE". www.morelliart.com.
  6. ^ "Adjaye Associates delivers a high-design switching station in Newark". The Architect’s Newspaper. April 12, 2018.
  7. ^ a b c d https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/64500405.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  8. ^ "{PORTRAITS} Mural".
  9. ^ "Newark Mural Along Route 21 Largest on East Coast; Video". NJ Spotlight News.
  10. ^ "Newark Public Art Map".
  11. ^ "Planting the Standard of Democracy, Newark". www.NewarkHistory.com. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  12. ^ "Colleoni Statue". www.newarkhistory.com.
  13. ^ "Colleoni, Bartolomeo". January 22, 2021.
  14. ^ "Ceremonies at the unveiling of a copy of the Colleoni equestrian statue by Verrocchio". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
  15. ^ "Newark - Christopher Columbus Statue in Washington Park". vanderkrogt.net. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  16. ^ "Newark's Christopher Columbus". newarkhistory.com. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  17. ^ "Newark - Christopher Columbus Statue in Washington Park". statues.vanderkrogt.net. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  18. ^ NJ.com, Rebecca Panico | NJ Advance Media for (June 26, 2020). "Another Christopher Columbus statue removed from N.J. city park". nj. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  19. ^ Federal Writers' Project (2013), The WPA Guide to New Jersey, Trinity University Press, ISBN 9781595342287, retrieved November 3, 2015
  20. ^ "George Washington, (sculpture)". siris-artinventories.si.edu.
  21. ^ "Businessman Leaves Lasting Reminders of Leaders and Heroes". Charles Cummings.
  22. ^ Santiago, Katherine (August 17, 2009). "22-foot-tall hockey player sculpture installed outside Prudential Center". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
  23. ^ "Giant Steel Hockey Player". Roadside America. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
  24. ^ Dave Caldwell, Dave Caldwell (January 6, 2016). "Fan's Statue Will Honor Martin Brodeur, Foundation of Devils' Glory Years". The New York Times.
  25. ^ Althea Gibson Statue, Newark, N.J. warrensculpture.com Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  26. ^ Branch Brook Park Alliance Archived 2013-04-07 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  27. ^ Eunice Lee, "Statue of first black woman to win Wimbledon unveiled in Newark park", NJ.com, March 29, 2012.
  28. ^ Bronze statue of civil rights pioneer Althea Gibson dedicated in Essex County (March 28, 2012). Independent Press archive. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  29. ^ Simpri, Arlene; Strunsky, Sterve (June 3, 2012), "Roberto Clemente bronze statue unveiled in Newark's Branch Brook Park", The Star-Ledger, retrieved December 8, 2013
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