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The National Arts Club is one of the few private clubs which has,

since its inception, admitted women as full and equal members. Among the distinguished painters who have been members are Robert Henri, Frederic Remington, William Merritt Chase and Cecilia Beaux. Sculptors have included Saint-Gaudens, Daniel Chester French, Anna Hyatt Huntington and Paul Manship. Many renowned literary figures (including W.H. Auden and Mark Twain) have also been members.

The National Arts Club is proud of its early recognition of new media artforms, like photography, film and digital media, and counts Alfred Stieglitz as one of its early members. Musicians Victor Herbert and Walter Damrosch were members, as were architects Stanford White and George B. Post. The Dramatic Arts are currently represented by members Martin Scorsese, Ethan Hawke, Dennis Hopper, Robert Redford and Uma Thurman, and the literary arts by such writers as Frank McCourt and Edward Renehan. As well, through the years, the membership of the National Arts Club has included three presidents: Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and Dwight Eisenhower.

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