The National Society of Mural Painters is an artists' organization founded in 1895, originally known as The Mural Painters. The charter of the society is to advance the techniques and standards for the design and execution of mural art for the enrichment of architecture in the United States.

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  • The National Society of Mural Painters is an artists' organization founded in 1895, originally known as The Mural Painters. The charter of the society is to advance the techniques and standards for the design and execution of mural art for the enrichment of architecture in the United States. The NSMP was founded in an era of Beaux-Arts architecture in America, which featured the integration of public architecture with murals, sculpture, mosaics, and other artwork, all coordinated and themed to assert the identity of the building. Parallel organizations associated with the same principles of integrated public art include the National Sculpture Society, which originally included a large percentage of architectural sculptors, and the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, founded in 1916 as the teaching wing of the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects. Still in existence after more than a hundred years, the society presents exhibitions and organizes competitions. The NSMP is a member of the Fine Arts Federation of New York. Past presidents of the Society include: Frederic Crowninshield 1895-1899 John La Farge 1999-1904 Charles Yardley Turner 1904-1909 Edwin Blashfield 1909-1914 John White Alexander 1914-1915 Kenyon Cox 1915-1919 George W. Breck 1919-1920 J. Monroe Hewlett 1921-1926 Arthur S. Covey 1926-1929 Ernest Peixotto 1929-1935 George Biddle 1935-1936 Hildreth Meiere 1936-1937 J. Scott Williams 1937-1938 Geoffrey Norman 1939-1940 Francine Baehr 1940-1941 Griffith Bailey Coale 1941-1942 Allyn Cox 1942-1946 Hildreth Meiere 1946-1949 Jan Juta 1949-1952 Austin Purves 1952-1953 Dean Cornwell 1953-1957 Charles Baskerville 1957-1960 Allyn Cox 1960-1963
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  • The National Society of Mural Painters is an artists' organization founded in 1895, originally known as The Mural Painters. The charter of the society is to advance the techniques and standards for the design and execution of mural art for the enrichment of architecture in the United States.
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  • National Society of Mural Painters
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