The Fine Arts Committee of The National Arts Club
Role in Furthering the NAC Mission
To provide a nexus for members to
recognize, support and encourage excellence in the visual arts.
Established in 1905, the Fine
Arts Committee is supported and complimented in this mission by the Exhibitions Committee and its chair Natalia Kolodzei as well as the Curatorial Committee.
The Curatorial Committee in particular works with a
professional curator to oversee the preservation, documentation and
exhibition of the National Arts Club Permanent Collection.
If you are a member of the National Arts Club and are interested in joining our committee, please email us at [email protected].
Recently Restored Artwork
Louis F. Berneker, Vanity, oil on canvas laid on board – new frame
Edmund Greacen, The Feather Fan, by 1919, oil on canvas – painting conservation
Cover of Ladies Home Journal, 1 March 1911, featuring a reproduction of Harry W. Watrous’s Some Little Talk of Me and Thee There Was – new frame
Philip Little, An Upland Meadow, 1917, oil on canvas – painting conservation
Waldo Peirce, Interior with Mrs. Peirce Sewing, ca. 1916, oil on board – new frame
Reform and Better Times, campaign poster for Samuel J. Tilden – new frame with funds provided by Rebecca Evan-Zohar
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, The Little Putney, No. 1, 1879, etching - new frame
Exhibiting Artist Membership
The "Exhibiting Artists Members" (aka EAM), is a group of artists selected to Exhibiting Artist Membership through a juried application process. You must be a member in good standing of The National Arts Club in order to be considered for membership. Non-members need not apply. Please download an application here and submit it to [email protected]
Medal of Honor in Fine Arts Recipients
1921 George Bellows
1957 Salvador Dalí
1958 John C. Johansen, NA
1960 Paul Manship, NA
1962 Malvina Hoffman, NA
1963 John Koch, NA
1964 Charles A. Aiken
1965 Salvador Dalí
1966 Chen Chi, NA
1967 Norman Kent, NA and Ogden Pleissner, NA
1968 Isabel Bishop, NA
1969 Tore Asplund, NA and Frank Bensing
1970 John Canaday
1971 Eric Larrabee
1972 J. Carter Brown
1973 Louise Nevelson
1974 Eric Sloane, NA and Thomas Hart Benton, NA
1975 Jose de Creeft, NA
1976 R. Buckminster Fuller, NA
1977 Stewart Klonis and The Art Students League
1978 Xavier Gonzalez, NA
1979 Raphael Soyer, NA
1980 Clement E. Conger
1981 I.M. Pei, NA
1982 Betty Parsons
1983 Robert Motherwell
1984 Alice Neel, NA
1985 James Brooks, ANA
1986 Red Grooms, ANA
1987 Louise Bourgeois, ANA
1988 George Segal
1989 Robert Rauchenberg, NA
1990 Will Barnet, NA
1991 Norman Rockwell Museum
1992 Christo
1993 Jacob Lawrence
1994 Roy Lichtenstein
1995 Marisol
1999 James Rosenquist
2000 Nam June Paik
2001 Frank Stella
2002 Dale Chihuly
2005 Chuck Close
2006 James Turrell
2009 Ed Ruscha
2014 Emilia & Ilya Kabakov
2015 Robert Wilson
2016 Faith Ringgold
2018 Lois Dodd
2022 Joseph Kosuth