Originally published in 1939
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Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2002

The Museum of Historic Art at Princeton University presents a panorama of the history of art from Egyptian and Chaldean times to about 1800. Notable are its collections of Italian Renaissance painting, medieval stained glass, ceramics, and seventeenth century prints. The chapel at Rutgers has an extensive collection of early and middle American portraits by Thomas Sully, John Vanderlyn, Henry Inman, and others. Among the many historical paintings of the New Jersey Historical Society in Newark are Gilbert Stuart portraits of Captain James Lawrence and Aaron Burr.

A worthy contemporary heir to the State's distinguished landscape tradition is John Marin (1890- ) of Cliffside, who has been called by some critics "the outstanding water-colorist of his generation." Other resident artists representing many trends in current art movements include Grant Reynard (1887- ) of Leonia, a conservative water-colorist; John Grabach (1886- ) of Irvington and Maxwell Simpson (1896- ) of Elizabeth, modern experimentalists in many mediums; and Wanda Gag (1893- ) of Milford, a noted illustrator. To these should be added the versatile and perceptive George (Pop) Hart (1868-1933), who chose Coytesville as his home but whose globetrotting resulted, in an exceptionally varied body of water-color and charcoal work. Two painters who have done much to promote popular interest are F. Ballard Williams (1871- ) of Glen Ridge, national chairman of the American Artists' Professional League, and Raymond O'Neill (1893- ) of Roselle, chairman of the New Jersey State Art Committee in 1937.

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