was the first full-time instructor. Silas Dustin was a curator. Notable members Marina Abramović Benjamin Abramowitz James Henry Beard Edwin Blashfield William Jay Bolton Lee Bontecou Stanley Boxer Walker O. Cain John F. Carlson Vija Celmins William Merritt Chase Frederic Edwin Church Chuck Close Thomas Cole Colin Campbell Cooper Leon Dabo Cyrus Dallin William Parsons Winchester Dana Charles Harold Davis Henry Golden Dearth Jose de Creeft Richard Diebenkorn William Henry Drake Thomas Eakins Lydia Field Emmet Herbert Ferber Bruce Fowle Helen Frankenthaler Gilbert Franklin Daniel Chester French Frederick Carl Frieseke Sonia Gechtoff Frank Gehry Paul Georges Arthur Hill Gilbert Aaron Goodelman Hardie Gramatky Horatio Greenough Red Grooms Armin Hansen L. Birge Harrison Edward Lamson Henry Itshak Holtz Winslow Homer Cecil de Blaquiere Howard George Inness Jasper Johns Frank Tenney Johnson Lester Johnson Wolf Kahn Charles Keck Ellsworth Kelly Greta Kempton Everett Raymond Kinstler Chaim Koppelman Leo Lentelli Emanuel Leutze Hayley Lever Maya Lin Frank Lobdell Evelyn Beatrice Longman Frederick William Macmonnies Knox Martin Jervis McEntee Michael Mazur Gari Melchers Alme Meyvis Raoul Middleman F. Luis Mora Henry Siddons Mowbray John Mulvany David Dalhoff Neal Victor Nehlig Eliot Noyes Kate Orff Tom Otterness William Page Philip Pearlstein I. M. Pei John Thomas Peele Judy Pfaff Renzo Piano William Lamb Picknell Albin Polasek Alfred Easton Poor John Portman Alexander Phimister Proctor Harvey Quaytman Andrew Raftery Robert Rauschenberg Benjamin Franklin Reinhart Paul Resika Priscilla Roberts Dorothea Rockburne Norman Rockwell Mario Romañach Albert Pinkham Ryder Robert Ryman Augustus Saint-Gaudens John Singer Sargent Eugene Francis Savage Emily Maria Scott Richard Serra Susan Louise Shatter Lorraine Shemesh Elliott Fitch Shepard Rhoda Sherbell Cindy Sherman William Siegel Hughie Lee-Smith Nancy Spero Frederic Dorr Steele Theodore Clement Steele Frank Stella Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait Katharine Lamb Tait Jesse Talbot Reuben Tam Henry Ossawa Tanner Edmund C. Tarbell Louis Comfort Tiffany Cy Twombly Edward Charles Volkert Robert Vonnoh William Guy Wall John Quincy Adams Ward Harry Watrous Carrie Mae Weems Stow Wengenroth Frederic Whitaker Carleton Wiggins Guy Carleton Wiggins Anita Willets-Burnham Frank Lloyd Wright Jimmy Wright Dorothy Weir Young Milford Zornes William Penn Morgan See also American Watercolor Society (located within the National Academy of Design) Effects of the financial crisis of 2007–2009 on museums List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City References External links Virtual tour of the National Academy of Design provided by Google Arts & Culture 1825 establishments in New York (state) Art museums