Volume I, published in 2002 under the guidance of editor Marilynn Hill, featured Francis Edmonds, one of New York’s leading bankers, who was equally talented as an artist; Harriet Hubbard Ayer, a socialite who lived in Bronxville’s insane asylum; the early women of the Bronxville School PTA; a tribute to Frieda Wildy Riggs; an engaging...Read More

Volume II of The Bronxville Journal, released in 2003, had an equally fascinating line-up:  the Bronxville life of late-night television talk-show host, Jack Paar; the story of Samuel Alexander Scribner, a circus owner and burlesque businessman; an interesting but little-known connection between the architect of Bronxville’s Concordia College and Ellis Island; and William Lawrence’s plan for...Read More

Articles in Volume III of The Bronxville Journal, published in fall of 2004, ranged from those who were passionate about art to those who protested war.  Art Historian Meg Hausberg explored the relationship between Lawrence Park artist Otto Bacher and James McNeill Whistler.  Sarah Underhill, who grew up in Bronxville in the 1970s, revisited a poignant...Read More

Three Bronxville artists who created set designs for some of America’s top theaters at the turn of the twentieth century are featured in Volume  4 of The Bronxville Journal, released in Fall 2009. Dale Hanson Walker, great-granddaughter of one of the artists, has shared family mementos as well as memories in her lively story of this...Read More

It is fitting that Lawrence’s portrait be hung in the mayor’s office, for it is to this man and his vision for a planned community that Bronxville owes its special character. Lawrence was never the village’s mayor – that position was given to the other founding fathers of the newly incorporated Bronxville in 1898. Instead,...Read More

Ann Crane was educated in Europe and was a student of the French academic painter Luc-Olivier Merson. On her return from Paris she studied under the noted American Impressionist John Twachtman, whose influence is clearly evident in her work. Ann was known in New York art circles and exhibited regularly at the National Academy of...Read More

Crane’s idyllic and atmospheric landscapes are very popular among collectors – he was, in fact, often referred to as “A Painter of Idylls.” The artist attended art classes in New York and abroad in the 1870s, where he was influenced by the subdued tonality and fluid brush of the Barbizon painters. He was greatly influenced...Read More

Like many of Bronxville’s artists, Charles Hinton excelled in different mediums – he was an illustrator of books, muralist, sculptor, painter and designer of commemorative medallions. He shared a studio in Manhattan for almost a decade with his mentor Will Low, who also dabbled in many art forms, and together they collaborated on several projects....Read More

Before the Lawrence Park artist colony was established, Francis Edmonds, a banker by trade and National Academician by avocation, built in 1850 a country house that included his studio. The property was called Crow’s Nest, a name that is still used today. Edmonds had little formal training as an artist (he took night classes at...Read More

A member of a respected family of engravers and painters, George Smillie was once described as “one of the most widely known American landscape painters.” He began studying under James Hart in 1861 and soon thereafter exhibited works at the National Academy, which launched his career. In the 1870s he was greatly influenced by the...Read More