About Salmagundi

The Salmagundi Club began in 1871 as a sketch class in Johnathan Scott Hartley's studio. The Club’s name was inspired by Washington Irving’s "The Salmagundi Papers," a potpourri of wit and wisdom. In 1917 members purchased a gracious, mid-nineteenth century brownstone mansion as its second home. It was cited in 1957 for its architectural distinction by the Society of Architectural Historians and the Municipal Art Society.

Following a tradition of 140 years, the Salmagundi Club continues to serve as a center for fine artists from New York and around the country by providing exhibitions of paintings, sculpture and photography, conducting art classes and painting demonstrations and art auctions throughout the year. Its membership includes not only artists, but patrons and lovers of the fine arts as well. All of its exhibitions and most of its events are open to the public.
Over the years the Club has been the singular gathering place for such great artists as Thomas Moran, Childe Hassam, William Merritt Chase, Howard Pyle, N.C. Wyeth, Carl Rungius, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Ogden Pleisner, Ernest Blumenschein, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Frank Tenney Johnson, Charles Dana Gibson, and many others. Honorary members have included such luminaries as Sir Winston Churchill, Buckminster Fuller, Paul Cadmus, Al Hirschfeld, Thomas Hoving.

With today’s renewed appreciation for high quality representational art, the Salmagundi Club continues to burnish its reputation as a premier organization for contemporary fine artists.

Please visit www.salmagundi.org for more information.