 | |||
 | |||
|
Iconic NYC Paintings and their Locations Map 1 - The Financial District (Ferry to White Street) The Peck Slip Arcade (1977) Richard Haas (Mural on a Con Ed Building at the South Street Seaport) Location: 43 Peck Slip at Front Street 
Unveiling the State of Liberty (1886) Edward Moran The view is from a boat just south of the Battery in New York Harbor. 
Edward Moran 
Winter Day on Brooklyn Bridge (1892) Childe Hassam The commuters are depicted trudging tthrough the snow with no wheeled vehicles in sight. 
Brooklyn Bridge in WInter (1904) Childe Hassam The view is from Lower Manhattan looking toward Brookyn. 
The Brooklyn Bridge - Variation of An Old Theme (1939) Frank Stella Stella did many variations of this view. 
"Future City Skyscraper" (circa 1915) Unknown artist A postcard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from the photographer Walker Evans collection. 
Map 2 - The East and West Village areas (White Street to 18th Street)
7th Regiment on Review, Washington Square, New York (1851) Washington Square East - New York University's Old Main Building, built in 1835. The building was designed by Alexander Jackson Davis in the gothic style. 
Washington Square East - NYU's Old Main Building circa 1867. 
Jefferson Market, New York (1930) Stuart Davis The foreground would be about where Sixth Avenue meets Greenwich Avenue. 
The Location of Stuart Davis' painting would be here at 6th Avenue and Greenwich Avenue. The tall building at left is a Women's House of Detention, now demolished, and replaced by a park. 
Fountain (1917) Marcel Duchamp Duchamp created the dada work "Fountain" from a urinal in 1917 at his studio at 33 West 67th St. 
Jone's Diner (1979) Richard Estes The diner was at the southeast corner of Great Jones Street and Lafayette Street. 
Washington Square Park (1908) William Glackens The view is from the center of the park lookiing north up 5th Avenue. 
The Green Car (1910) William Glackens The view is of Washington Square Park out Glacken's studio window on 63 Washington Square South (now demolished). The streetcar would be along Washington Square South where it now meets LaGuardia Place. 
Chance Encounter at 3.A.M. (1984) Red Grooms The picture is about the first encounter between two famous abstract expressionist artists, Mark Rothko (left) and Willem de Kooning (right). They met on a bench in the center of Washington Square Park at 3:00 in the morning. The Garibaldi statue has been moved since. 
Carmine Street Pool Mural (1987) Keith Haring The public pool is located at 1 Clarkson St. between 7th Avenue South and Hudson St. 
(photo courtesy of the Keith Haring Foundation) Washington Arch, Spring (1890) Childe Hassam The view is south down FIfth Avenue from in front of what is now 2 Fifth Avenue. 
Union Square in Spring (1896) Childe Hassam The view is looking at Union Square South (14th Street) from Union Square North with Broadway being in the back left. 
Snowstorm in Madison Square (1890) Childe Hassam The view is from the southwest corner of Madison Square looking at the tower of Madison Squate Garden at Madison Avenue and 26th Street. 
Fifth Ave in Winter (1892) Childe Hassam The view is thought to be from the artist's painting studio at Fifth Avenue and 17th Street. 
Childe Hassam Frederick Childe Hassam (October 17, 1859 - August 27, 1935) was an American Impressionist painter, noted for his urban and coastal scenes. He was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Along with Mary Cassatt and John Henry Twachtman, Hassam was instrumental in promulgating Impressionism to American collectors, dealers, and museums. He produced over 3,000 paintings, oils, watercolors, etchings, and lithographs over the course of his career, and was an influential American artist of the early 20th century. (Wikipedia) 
Nighthawks (1942) Edward Hopper The most likely location of the small restaurtant this painting is based on is 70 Greenwich Avenue at 11th St. Hopper said that the building was along Greenwich Avenue "where two streets came together' and that he "enlarged the restaurant." The location is currently a flower shop. 
Early Sunday Morning (1930) Edward Hopper Location: The west side of 7th Avenue between 15th and 16th Streets (note: Hopper reversed the ground shadows). The buildings have been replaced. 
From Williamsburg Bridge (1928) Edward Hopper The back buildings are #202, #204, #206, and #208 Delancey Street, between Ridge Street and Pitt Street. They have since been demolished. 
Manhattan Bridge Loop (1928) Edward Hopper The center back is Bayard Street at Christie Street; the loop is the circular track the train takes to head back over the bridge again which is off to the right, offscreen. 
Drug Store (1927) Edward Hopper 184 Waverly Place (aka 154 West 10th Street) This is thought to be the location because of the similar number to "184" in the sign and the supporting corner beam, small step, and store window still look alike to what's at that location now. 
Edward Hopper in his Apartment/Studio - 3 Washington Square North, 4th floor (top floor), between 5th Ave and University Place. 
Street Scene (Hester Street) (1905) Geoge Luks The perpendicular buildings at the end of street are likely on Centre St, so this is probably Hester Street where it meets Mott St. 
Bleecker and Carmine (1915) George Luks The southeast corner of Bleecker St. and Carmine St. is probably the one depicted. 
Bleecker and Carmine today. 
Allen Street (1905) George Luks There were stairs like that at 94 Allen St. and also even now at 35 Allen St. 
An old photo of 94 Allen Street with similar stairs to the Luks painting. 
Jefferson Market) (1917) John Sloan The tall building in the center is the Jefferson Market Library at Sixth Avenue and West 10th St. which is still standing. Sloan lived at 88 Washington Place at 6th Avenue from 1915 to 1927 and painted many scenes, including this, out his apartment windows. 
Jefferson Market - from the Llibrary of Congress 
The City from Greenwich Village (1922) John Sloan The tall building to the right is 2 Cornelia St. at Sixth Avenue. This is another painting Sloan did from his apartment at 88 Wavery Place at 6th Ave. The elevated subway turns at West 3rd Street. 
2 Cornelia Street at Sixth Avenue 
Another painting by John Sloan of 2 Cornelia Street: Cornelia Street (1920) John Sloan 
Sixth Avenue Elevated at Third Street (1928). John Sloan This is where the tracks turned from Sixth Avenue and went east along West Third Street. The white building on the extreme left became the Waverly Theater. 
Here's anotherview of where the Sixth avenue Elevated turns east at West 3rd street. Lafayette at Night (1927) John Sloan The Hotel Lafayete was located on University Place at 9th Street on the southeast corner. 
The Martin Hotel was built in 1883. It became the Hotel Lafayette in 1902. The Sloan painting would have been positioned in front of the two left stiarcases because we can see a wraparound sign for the hotel at left in the painting. 
McSorley's Bar (1912) John Sloan McSorley's Old Ale House still exists. It's been at 15 East 7th St. b/t 2nd and 3rd Aves. since about 1858. 
McSorley's Cats (1929) John Sloan McSorley's Old Ale House - 15 East 7th St. b/t 2nd and 3rd Aves. 
McSorley's Bar by Berenice Abbott (WPA) 1937 
Sixth Avenue and Thirtieth Street, New York CIty John Sloan The image is supposedly of an intoxicaed or disoriented woman crossing the street in what might be described as the city's "tenderloin" district. 
Map 3 - Chelsea to Times Square (18th-50th Street) Spring Morning in the Heart of the City (1890) Childe Hassam The view is up Fifth Avenue from 23rd Street. The clock at left is still there. 
The Fourth of July, 1916 (The Greatest Display of the American Flag Ever Seen in New York, Climax of the Preparedness Parade in May) (1916) Child Hassam The most likely location for this painting is Fifth Ave between 23 and 57th St. 
ThIs is a picture of the 1916 parade showing the parade depicted in the painting. It is not the exact location of the painting. 
Allies Day (May, 1917) Childe Hassam The view is up Fifth Ave from 52nd Street with the Saint Thomas Church at 5th and 53rd at left. (click to ENLARGE) 
Mural with Blue Brushstroke(1986) Roy Lichtenstein Located in the lobby of the AXA Center; 787 7th Avenue b/t 51st and 52nd Streets. 
Times Square Mural (1990-1994; installed 2002) Roy Lichtenstein Located in the 42nd Street subway station; 42nd and 7th Ave. 
New York Transit (2001) Jacob Lawrence Located in the 42nd Street subway station; 42nd and 7th Ave. 
Broadway Boogie Woogie (1942-43) Piet Modrian The painting resembles an ariel view of grid system of streets around Times Square, combined with a representation of the various "rhythms" of the streets. 
Radiator Building Night, New York (1927) Georgia O'Keefe The American Radiator Building (1924) is located at 40 West 40th St. between 5th and 6th Aves across from Bryant Park. 
The American Radiator Building. (click to ENLARGE) 
Map 4 Plaza, East and West (51st - 80th Street ) The Circle Theater (1936 ) Edward Hopper Locatied at Broadway at 60th Street just above Columbus Circle. There is an entrance to the Time-Warner complex there today. (click to enlarge) 
The Circle Theater is in the back left in this picture. The exact sign for "Horton's Ice Cream" sign in both the picture and the painting. 
An Early Stroll in the Park (1890) William Merritt Chase The woman is standing next to Bethesda Fountain in Central Park at 72nd St. 
Here's an early postcard showing Bethesda Fountain and Bethesda Steps 
The Lake for Miniature Yachts (1888) William Merritt Chase The scene is of the Conservatory Water (i.e. Model Boat Pond) near 74th and Fifth Ave. The pictue is looking north, basically in front of the Hans Christian Andersen statue, as we can see the buildings along FIfth Ave in the background. 
Central Park (1892) Childe Hassam This is another painting at Conservatory Water (i.e. Model Boat Pond) near 74th and Fifth Ave. 
Bridal Path (1939) Edward Hopper The equestrians are riding under Terrace Drive at the West 72nd Street entrance to Central Park. The Dakota is in the background. 
Shakespeare at Dusk(1935) Edward Hopper The statue is in "Literary Walk" section of The Mall in Central Park at approximately 66th Street 
Bus Reflection (Ansonia) (1972) Richard Estes The Embassy Hotel in the foreground was at 70th and Broadway. 
Map 5 - Central Park East and Central Park West (80th - 112th) Crack is Whack (1986) Keith Haring The mural is at 2nd Ave and East 127th St. at FDR Drive, Harlem 
Spring Night, Harlem River (1913) Ernest Lawson The picture is of Washington Bridge whic links Manhattan and the Bronx at 181st Street. 
Map 6 - The Boroughs Brooklyn Notorius B.I.G. (Christopher Wallace) Mural (2015)Naoufal "Rocko" Alaoui and Scott "Zimer" Zimmerman The Biggie Smalls mural is llocated on the north side of 1091 Bedford Ave at Quincy Street, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. 
DUPLICATE LIST AS ABOVE - SAVE Map 1 - The Financial District (Ferry to White Street)
- Richard Haas - The Peck Slip Arcade (1977) - (Mural on a Con Ed Building at the South Street Seaport) Location: 43 Peck Slip at Front Street Map 2 - The East and West Village Areas (White to 18th)
- Otto Boetticher - 7th Regiment on Review, Washington Square, New York (1851) The view is from the Northwest corner of Washington Square looking east. Map 3 - Chelsea to Times Square (18th-50th Street) - Child Hassam - The Fourth of July, 1916 (The Greatest Display of the American Flag Ever Seen in New York, Climax of the Preparedness Parade in May) (1916) - Most likely Fifth Ave between 23 and 57th St. - Roy Lichtenstein Mural with Blue Brushstroke (1986) (AXA Center; 787 7th Avenue b/t 51st and 52nd - Roy Lichtenstein Times Square Mural (1990-1994; installed 2002) - In the 42nd Street Subway Station; 42nd and 7th Ave. - Piet Modrian - Broadway Boogie Woogie (1942-43) - (The painting resembles ariel view of grid system of streets around Times Square) - Georgia O'Keefe- Radiator Building Night, New York (1927) The American Radiator Building is located at 40 West 40th St between 5th and 6th Aves across from Bryant Park. Map 4 Plaza, East and West (51st - 80th Street ) - William Merritt Chase - An Early Stroll in the Park (1890) (at Bethesda Fountain in Central Park at 72nd St.) - William Merritt Chase - The Lake for Miniature Yachts (1888) At Conservatory Water (i.e. Model Boat Pond) near 74th and Fifth Ave. - Richard Estes Bus Reflection (Ansonia) (1972) -The Embassy Hotel in the foreground was at 70th and Broadway. - Childe Hassam - Central Park (1892) At Conservatory Water (i.e. Model Boat Pond) near 74th and Fifth Ave. - Childe Hassam - Allies Day (1917) Looking up Fifth Avenue from the Northeast corner of Fifth and 52nd Street. At left is the University Club, the First Presbyterian Church, and the Gotham Hotel (5th/55th) - Edward Hopper - Bridal Path (1939) - They are riding under Terrace Drive at the 42nd Street entrance to Central Park. The Dakota is in the background. - Edward Hopper - Shakespeare at Dusk (1935) - The statue is in The Mall in Central Park at approximately 66th Street Map 5 - Central Park East and Central Park West (80th - 112th) - Keith Haring - Crack is Whack (1986) - The mural is at 2nd Ave and East 127th St. at FDR Drive, Harlem Map 6 - The Boroughs Brooklyn Naoufal "Rocko" Alaoui and Scott "Zimer" Zimmerman - Notorius B.I.G. (Christopher Wallace) Mural (2015) Located on the north side of 1091 Bedford Ave at Quincy Street, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
|
||
