List of public art in Newark, New Jersey

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]

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

40°43′35″N 74°10′45″W / 40.72646°N 74.17921°W / 40.72646; -74.17921 (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]
Bust of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Military Park

40°44′17″N 74°10′13″W / 40.73801°N 74.17041°W / 40.73801; -74.17041 (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]

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′58″W / 40.73941°N 74.16613°W / 40.73941; -74.16613 (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 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]
Ironbound Immigrants Memorial Monument Peter Francisco Park
Ironbound at Penn Station

40°43′59″N 74°09′50″W / 40.73300°N 74.16401°W / 40.73300; -74.16401 (Ironbound Immigrants Memorial Monument) 		2018 Camilo Satiro Sculpture Granite 16 feet (4.9 m) tall

25 feet (7.6 m) long 9 feet (2.7 m) wide weight: 2 tons.

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More images 		Justice Government Center

40°43′48″N 74°10′23″W / 40.72987°N 74.17302°W / 40.72987; -74.17302 (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

More images 		Philip Kearny Military Park

40°44′22″N 74°10′08″W / 40.73944°N 74.16888°W / 40.73944; -74.16888 (Philip Kearny) 		1880 Henry Kirke Brown Statue Bronze NRHP contributing property City of Newark [10]
Newark Light Rail various stations multiple including Willie Cole, Grigory Gurevich Murals, sculptures
Newark Murals: {Portraits} Stone viaduct of the Northeast Corridor facing McCarter Highway

40°43′30″N 74°10′28″W / 40.72495°N 74.17432°W / 40.72495; -74.17432 (Portraits) 		2016 multiple Mural 1.39 miles (2.24 km) long [11][12][13]

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 [14][3]
Prudential Lions Essex County Courthouse

40°44′15″N 74°10′47″W / 40.737518°N 74.179637°W / 40.737518; -74.179637 (Prudential Lions) 		1901 Karl Bitter Statue Limestone NRHP (contributing property) Originally created for Prudential Headquarters Home Office

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][15]
Shadow of a Face Harriet Tubman Square

40°44′36″N 74°10′12″W / 40.74345°N 74.16989°W / 40.74345; -74.16989 (A Shadow of a Face) 		2023 Nina Cooke John Sculpture 25 feet (7.6 m) tall x 40 feet (12 m) wide City of Newark [16][17][18][19]

More images 		Statute of Bartolomeo Colleoni Lincoln Park

40°43′36″N 74°10′48″W / 40.72661°N 74.18011°W / 40.72661; -74.18011 (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[20][21][22]

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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 [23][24][25][26]
Statue of George Floyd Newark City Hall

40°43′54″N 74°10′26″W / 40.73178°N 74.17401°W / 40.73178; -74.17401 (Statue of George Floyd) 		2021 Stanley J. Watts Statue Bronze Q107404474
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

More images 		Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. Essex County Courthouse

40°44′13″N 74°10′47″W / 40.73690°N 74.17984°W / 40.73690; -74.17984 (Statue of MLK, Jr.) 		2015 and 2021 Jay Warren Sculpture Bronze Essex County

More images 		The Commuters Penn Station

40°44′5″N 74°9′51″W / 40.73472°N 74.16417°W / 40.73472; -74.16417 (The Commuters) 		1984 Grigory Gurevich Sculpture Bronze
Truth and Power Essex County Courthouse

40°44′13″N 74°10′42″W / 40.73708°N 74.17842°W / 40.73708; -74.17842 (Truth and Power) 		1906 Andrew O'Connor Companion Sculpture Bronze Essex County

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 [27][28][29]

More images 		Wars of America Military Park

40°44′20″N 74°10′11″W / 40.73877°N 74.16977°W / 40.73877; -74.16977 (Wars of America) 		1926 Gutzon Borglum Sculpture Bronze NRHP City of Newark Q7970861 [7]


Memorials and tributes

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In addition to aforementioned 2009 stainless steel sculpture of a hockey player[30][31] Jon Krawczyk also created The Salute, a statue of the longtime New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur, installed outside Prudential Center in 2016.[32] A bronze statue, created by sculptor Thomas Jay Warren,[33] was dedicated to the memory of Althea Gibson in Branch Brook Park in March 2012[34][35][36] In June 2012, a life-size bronze statue of Roberto Clemente by sculptor Susan Wagner was also unveiled in the park.[37]

Throughout the city are memorials and tributes to local sons and daughters, local and national civic leaders, and political, religious, and sports figures.

Subject Role Image Artist/Year Location Notes
Armed Forces Memorial Dedicated to Jorge Oliveira 10-year veteran of the Essex County Sheriff's Office killed while serving in Afghanistan War Thomas Jay Warren
2014 		Veterans Memorial Park
40°44′19″N 74°10′57″W / 40.738653°N 74.182601°W / 40.738653; -74.182601 (Veterans Memorial) 		[38][39]
Seth Boyden Inventor Karl Gerhardt
1890 		Washington Park
40°44′36″N 74°10′13″W / 40.74346°N 74.17026°W / 40.74346; -74.17026 (Seth Boyden) 		[40]
William J. Brennan, Jr. US Supreme Court Justice Thomas Jay Warren
2010 		Essex County Government Complex
40°44′15″N 74°10′46″W / 40.73745°N 74.17949°W / 40.73745; -74.17949 (William J. Brennan, Jr.) 		[41][42]
Martin Brodeur
aka The Salute 		New Jersey Devils ice hockey player Jon Krawczyk
2016 		Prudential Center
40°43′57″N 74°10′15″W / 40.73250°N 74.17085°W / 40.73250; -74.17085 (Martin Brodeur, "The Salute") 		[43]
Brendan Byrne Governor of New Jersey Thomas Jay Warren
2013 		Essex County Government Complex [44][45]
Frances Xavier Cabrini
aka Mother Cabrini 		First U.S. citizen to be canonized a saint by the Catholic Church 1958 Mother Cabrini Park in the Ironbound near Newark Penn Station
40°44′01″N 74°09′48″W / 40.73374°N 74.16325°W / 40.73374; -74.16325 (Frances Xavier Cabrini)
Roberto Clemente Baseball right fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973 Susan Wagner
2012 		Branch Brook Park
40°45′45″N 74°10′41″W / 40.762550°N 74.178127°W / 40.762550; -74.178127 (Roberto Clemente) 		[46][47]
Monsignor Doane Rector at St. Patrick's Pro-Cathedral
and civic leader 		William Clark Noble
1908 		Military Park-Doane Park
40°44′27″N 74°10′08″W / 40.74083°N 74.16895°W / 40.74083; -74.16895 (Monsignor Doane) 		[48]
Peter Francisco Portuguese-born American patriot
and soldier in the American Revolutionary War 		1976 Peter Francisco Park in the Ironbound near Newark Penn Station
40°43′59″N 74°09′52″W / 40.73319°N 74.16433°W / 40.73319; -74.16433 (Peter Francisco)
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen US Senator
and United States Secretary of State 		Karl Gerhardt
1894 		Military Park
40°44′25″N 74°10′09″W / 40.74015°N 74.16918°W / 40.74015; -74.16918 (Frederick T. Frelinghuysen) 		[49]
Althea Gibson Tennis pro and educator Thomas Jay Warren
2012 		Branch Brook Park
40°46′42″N 74°10′26″W / 40.77829°N 74.17388°W / 40.77829; -74.17388 (Althea Gibson) 		[50][51][52][53]
Kenneth A. Gibson 36th Mayor of Newark Thomas Jay Warren
 Newark City Hall
40°43′55″N 74°10′26″W / 40.73200°N 74.17388°W / 40.73200; -74.17388 (Kenneth A. Gibson) 		[54]
Joseph E. Haynes 20th Mayor of Newark 1917 Pequannock Gate,
Roseville
40°46′05″N 74°10′55″W / 40.76800°N 74.18189°W / 40.76800; -74.18189 (Pequannock Gate) 		[55]
Felix Mendelssohn composer Joseph M. Didusch & Son
1903
rededicated 2017 		Branch Brook Park
40°45′22″N 74°10′59″W / 40.756090°N 74.182985°W / 40.756090; -74.182985 (Felix Mendelssohn) 		[56]
Franklin Murphy Governor of New Jersey
Founder Murphy Varnish Works 		J. Massey Rhind
1925 		Weequahic Park
40°42′32″N 74°11′58″W / 40.70888°N 74.19953°W / 40.70888; -74.19953 (Franklin Murphy) 		[57]
Frederick Law Olmsted "the father of landscape architecture" Thomas Jay Warren
2018 		Branch Brook Park
Rosa Parks Civil rights activist Thomas Jay Warren
2014 		Essex County Government Complex [58][59]
Donald M. Payne US Representative; the first African American Congressperson from New Jersey Thomas Jay Warren
2011 		Essex County Government Complex [60][61]
Sarah Vaughn
Wayne Shorter 		Singer and musician Newark Light Rail Broad Street Extension stations

See also

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