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.
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Memorials and tributes In addition to aforementioned 2009 stainless steel sculpture of a hockey player Jon Krawczyk also created The Salute, a statue of the longtime New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur, installed outside Prudential Center in 2016. A bronze statue, created by sculptor Thomas Jay Warren,Althea Gibson Statue, Newark, N.J. warrensculpture.com Retrieved May 7, 2013. was dedicated to the memory of Althea Gibson in Branch Brook Park in March 2012Branch Brook Park Alliance . Retrieved May 7, 2013.Eunice Lee, "Statue of first black woman to win Wimbledon unveiled in Newark park", NJ.com, March 29, 2012.Bronze statue of civil rights pioneer Althea Gibson dedicated in Essex County (March 28, 2012). Independent Press archive. Retrieved May 7, 2013. In June 2012, a life-size bronze statue of Roberto Clemente by sculptor Susan Wagner was also unveiled in the park.
Throughout the city are memorials and tributes to local sons and daughters, local and national civic leaders, and political, religious, and sports figures.
SubjectRoleImageArtist/YearLocationNotes 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 Warren2014 Veterans Memorial Park Seth Boyden Inventor Karl Gerhardt1890 Washington Park William J. Brennan, Jr. US Supreme Court Justice Thomas Jay Warren2010 Essex County Government Complex Martin Brodeuraka The Salute New Jersey Devils ice hockey player Jon Krawczyk2016 Prudential Center Brendan Byrne Governor of New Jersey Thomas Jay Warren2013 Essex County Government Complex 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 Roberto Clemente Baseball right fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973 Susan Wagner2012 Branch Brook Park Monsignor Doane Rector at St. Patrick's Pro-Cathedraland civic leader William Clark Noble1908 Military Park-Doane Park Peter Francisco Portuguese-born American patriot and soldier in the American Revolutionary War 1976 Peter Francisco Park in the Ironbound near Newark Penn Station Frederick T. Frelinghuysen US Senator and United States Secretary of State Karl Gerhardt1894 Military Park Althea Gibson Tennis pro and educator Thomas Jay Warren2012 Branch Brook Park Kenneth A. Gibson 36th Mayor of Newark Thomas Jay Warren Newark City Hall Joseph E. Haynes 20th Mayor of Newark 1917 Pequannock Gate,Roseville Felix Mendelssohn composer Joseph M. Didusch & Son1903rededicated 2017 Branch Brook Park Franklin Murphy Governor of New JerseyFounder Murphy Varnish Works J. Massey Rhind1925 Weequahic Park Frederick Law Olmsted "the father of landscape architecture" Thomas Jay Warren2018 Branch Brook Park Rosa Parks Civil rights activist Thomas Jay Warren2014 Essex County Government Complex Donald M. Payne US Representative; the first African American Congressperson from New Jersey Thomas Jay Warren2011 Essex County Government Complex Sarah VaughnWayne Shorter Singer and musician Newark Light Rail Broad Street Extension stations
See also Public Sculpture in Newark, New Jersey Multiple Property Submission Washington Park (Newark) Kea Tawana List of public art in Jersey City, New Jersey
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