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=== Visual artists === Many visual artists, including painters, sculptors, and photographers, have resided at the Chelsea. The painter [[John Sloan]] lived in one of the top-floor duplexes until his death in 1951,<ref>{{cite news |date=September 9, 1951 |title=John Sloan, Modern Art Leader, SO, Dies; Painted N. Y. Scenes: Critics Once Scorned His Realism; Taught Many Years at Students League |page=1 |work=[[New York Herald Tribune]] |id={{ProQuest|1313578643}}}}</ref> painting portraits of both the Chelsea and nearby buildings.{{sfn|Tippins|2013|pp=66–67}} [[Joseph Glasco]] lived at the Chelsea in 1949 and then lived there on recurring visits and painted ''Chelsea Hotel'' (1992) there.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Raeburn |first=Michael |title=Joseph Glasco: The Fifteenth American |publisher=Cacklegoose Press |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-61168-854-2 |location=London |pages=55, 342, 357}}</ref> During the 1960s, acolytes of the polymath [[Harry Everett Smith]] frequently gathered around his apartment.{{sfn|Tippins|2013}} The painter [[Alphaeus Philemon Cole]] lived there for 35 years until his death in 1988 when, at the age of 112, he was the oldest verified man alive.<ref>{{cite book |last=Meyers |first=Joseph |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EEsptL-38KYC&pg=PA81 |title=Inside New York 2009 |publisher=Columbia University Press |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-892768-41-4 |series=Inside New York: The Ultimate Guidebook |page=81 |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221916/https://books.google.com/books?id=EEsptL-38KYC&pg=PA81#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author-link=Michael Kimmelman |last=Kimmelman |first=Michael |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/26/obituaries/alphaeus-cole-a-portraitist-112.html |title=Alphaeus Cole, a Portraitist, 112 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 26, 1988 |access-date=December 5, 2007 |archive-date=March 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320125443/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/26/obituaries/alphaeus-cole-a-portraitist-112.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The artist [[Vali Myers]] lived at the hotel from 1971 to 2014,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Woods |first=Cat |date=August 6, 2020 |title=The Australian photographer inside a sanctuary for rebels |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/the-australian-photographer-inside-a-sanctuary-for-rebels-20200730-p55h23.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |archive-date=July 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705061329/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/the-australian-photographer-inside-a-sanctuary-for-rebels-20200730-p55h23.html |url-status=live}}</ref> while conceptual artist [[Bettina Grossman]] lived in the Chelsea from 1970 to her death in 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kilgannon |first=Corey |date=November 13, 2021 |title=Bettina Grossman, an Artistic Fixture at the Chelsea Hotel, Dies at 94 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/13/nyregion/bettina-grossman-dead.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=June 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621014152/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/13/nyregion/bettina-grossman-dead.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Although [[Andy Warhol]] never lived in the hotel, many of his associates did.<ref name="The Record 1988">{{Cite news |date=June 23, 1988 |title=Small Town, Big City Style |pages=101, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record-chelsea-town-and-city/133783342/ 103] |work=The Record |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record-small-town-big-city-style/133783303/ |access-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221919/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record-small-town-big-city-style/133783303/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Other artists who have lived at the Chelsea include: <!--Please do not add names without a reliable source. Thanks.--> {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * [[Hawk Alfredson]], painter<ref>{{cite news | last=Dwyer | first=Jim | title=The Changing of the Guard at the Chelsea |work=[[The New York Times]] | date=June 20, 2007 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/20/nyregion/20about.html | access-date=December 6, 2024}}</ref> * [[Joe Andoe]], painter<ref>{{Cite news |last=Finnerty |first=Amy |date=August 19, 2007 |title=Color Me Bad |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/19/books/review/19finnerty.html |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=July 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705061333/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/19/books/review/19finnerty.html |url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Karel Appel]], painter and sculptor<ref name="Stephenson 1963" /> * [[Arman]], painter<ref name="Tippins p. 144">{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=144|ps=.}}</ref> * [[Brigid Berlin]], artist and Warhol superstar<ref name="Hamilton p. XV" /><ref name="Katz 2018" /> * [[Robert Blackburn (artist)|Robert Blackburn]], printmaker<ref name="Tippins p. 132" /> * [[Arthur Bowen Davies]], painter<ref name="Tippins 2022" /> * [[Frank Bowling]], painter<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Holly |date=August 4, 2012 |title=Chroma chameleon: The bright essence of Frank Bowling's paintings |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/property/interiors/chroma-chameleon-the-bright-essence-of-frank-bowling-s-paintings-floods-his-london-home-7999580.html |access-date=October 14, 2023 |website=The Independent |archive-date=April 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417034527/https://www.independent.co.uk/property/interiors/chroma-chameleon-the-bright-essence-of-frank-bowling-s-paintings-floods-his-london-home-7999580.html |url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Henri Cartier-Bresson]], photographer<ref name="Tippins p. 132" /><ref name="Burton 1971" /> * [[Doris Totten Chase|Doris Chase]], video artist<ref name="Fleming 1983" /> * [[Ching Ho Cheng]], painter<ref>{{cite web | last=Yau | first=John | title=The transformative, unclassifiable art of Ching Ho Cheng | website=Art Basel | date=November 16, 2023 | url=https://www.artbasel.com/stories/chinese-american-artist-ching-ho-cheng?lang=en | access-date=April 13, 2024}}</ref> * [[Bernard Childs]], painter<ref name="Mackrell 2013" /> * [[Christo and Jeanne-Claude]], installation artists<ref name="Turner 2010" /><ref name="Tippins p. 185" /> * [[Francesco Clemente]], artist<ref name="Tippins p. 342" /><ref name="Connelly 2013" /> * [[Robert Crumb]], cartoonist<ref name="Buckley 2011" /> * [[Charles Melville Dewey]], painter{{sfn|Tippins|2013|p=40}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 19, 1937 |title=Charles M. Dewey |page=11 |work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle-charles-m-dewe/56857642/ |access-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221919/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle-charles-m-dewe/56857642/ |url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Jim Dine]], artist<ref name="The Austin Statesman 1966" /> * [[Claudio Edinger]], photographer<ref name="The New York Times 1983" /> * [[William Eggleston]], photographer{{sfn|Tippins|2013|p=318}} * [[Jorge Fick]], mixed-media artist<ref name="Tippins p. 113" /> * [[André François (cartoonist)|André François]], cartoonist<ref name="Stephenson 1963" /><ref name="Tippins p. 143" /> * [[Herbert Gentry]], artist{{sfn|Tippins|2013|p=331}} * [[Alberto Giacometti]], painter<ref name="Dougherty 1982" /> * [[Joseph Glasco]], abstract artist<ref>{{cite book | last1=Mayo | first1=M. | last2=Glasco | first2=J. | last3=Berryhill | first3=M. | last4=Schnabel | first4=J. | author5=Contemporary Arts Museum | title=Joseph Glasco, 1947–1986: A Sesquincentennial Exhibition | publisher=Contemporary Arts Museum | year=1986 | isbn=978-0-936080-16-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YIAZAAAAIAAJ |page=1940}}</ref> * [[Brion Gysin]], multimedia artist<ref name="Tippins p. 183" /> * [[Childe Hassam]], painter<ref name="Tippins p. 55" /> * [[David Hockney]], artist<ref name="Miller 1999" /> * [[Alain Jacquet]], artist<ref name="Weitman p. 10" /> * [[Jasper Johns]], painter, sculptor, draftsman, and printmaker<ref name="Rich 2013" /> * [[Leo Katz (artist)|Leo Katz]], muralist<ref name="Tippins p. 132" /> * [[Yves Klein]], artist<ref name="Tippins 2022" /><ref name="Hoby 2010" /> * [[Willem de Kooning]], painter<ref name="Sell 2002" /><ref name="Miller 1999" /> * [[Nicola L]], multidisciplinary artist<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Roberta |date=January 25, 2019 |title=Nicola L, Whose Feminist Art Had a Useful Side, Is Dead |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/obituaries/nicola-l-dead.html |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=April 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428100509/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/obituaries/nicola-l-dead.html |url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Ryah Ludins]], painter<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 31, 1957 |title=Miss Ryah Ludins, Painter, Teacher; Muralist for Many Public Buildings Dead—Works Exhibited in Museums |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/08/31/archives/miss-ryah-ludins-painter-teacher-muralist-for-many-public-buildings.html |access-date=October 17, 2023 |archive-date=March 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307155650/https://www.nytimes.com/1957/08/31/archives/miss-ryah-ludins-painter-teacher-muralist-for-many-public-buildings.html |url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Robert Mapplethorpe]], photographer; lived with Patti Smith<ref name="Brown 2021" /><ref name="Hoby 2010" /> * [[Inge Morath]], photographer<ref name="Tippins p. 132" /> * [[Charles R. Macauley]], cartoonist<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 25, 1934 |title=C. R. Macauley, 63, Cartoonist, Dead; Created 'Big Stick' Drawings During Regime of President Theodore Roosevelt. |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1934/11/25/archives/c-r-macauley-63-cartoonist-dead-created-big-stick-drawings-during-r.html |access-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021222418/https://www.nytimes.com/1934/11/25/archives/c-r-macauley-63-cartoonist-dead-created-big-stick-drawings-during-r.html |url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Maryan S. Maryan]], post-expressionist painter; died in his hotel room in 1977<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 16, 1977 |title=Maryan S. Maryan, Painter and Lithographer, at 50 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/06/16/archives/mary-an-smaryan-painter-and-lithographer-at-50.html |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=February 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221114552/http://www.nytimes.com/1977/06/16/archives/mary-an-smaryan-painter-and-lithographer-at-50.html |url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Kenneth Noland]], abstract painter<ref name="The Austin Statesman 1966" /> * [[Claes Oldenburg]], sculptor<ref name="Tippins p. 185" /><ref name="Kellogg 2014" /> * [[Elizabeth Peyton]], contemporary artist<ref name="Tippins p. 343">{{harvnb|ps=.|Tippins|2013|p=343}}</ref> * [[Jackson Pollock]], abstract painter<ref name="Sell 2002" /><ref name="Mackrell 2013" /> * [[Martial Raysse]], artist<ref name="Tippins p. 144" /><ref name="Weitman p. 10" /> * [[David Remfry]], painter<ref>{{Cite web |first=Harry |last=Mount |date=December 6, 2005 |title=In the studio: David Remfry |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/3648553/In-the-studio-David-Remfry.html |access-date=October 14, 2023 |website=The Telegraph |archive-date=April 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405180616/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/3648553/In-the-studio-David-Remfry.html |url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Diego Rivera]], artist<ref name="Katz 2018">{{cite book |last1=Katz |first1=Mike |last2=Kott |first2=Crispin |title=Rock and Roll Explorer Guide to New York City |publisher=Globe Pequot |year=2018 |isbn=978-1-4930-3704-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XxNkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA95 |access-date=October 21, 2023 |page=95 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021222419/https://books.google.com/books?id=XxNkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA95#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Larry Rivers]], artist<ref name="Stephenson 1963" /><ref name="Miller 1999" /> * [[Mark Rothko]], abstract painter<ref name="Miller 1999" /> * [[Niki de Saint Phalle]], sculptor, painter, and filmmaker<ref name="Weitman p. 10">{{cite book |last=Weitman |first=Wendy |title=Pop Impressions Europe/USA: Prints and Multiples from the Museum of Modern Art |publisher=Museum of Modern Art |series=Prints and Multiples Europe/USA |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-87070-077-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ggm4z5PQgsC&pg=PA10 |access-date=October 24, 2023 |page=10}}</ref> * [[Julian Schnabel]], artist<ref name="Tippins p. 342" /><ref name="Connelly 2013" /> * [[Moses Soyer]], painter; died in his studio in 1974<ref>{{cite web |last=Shenker |first=Israel |date=September 3, 1974 |title=Moses Soyer, 74, Dead; Traditional U.S. Painter |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/09/03/archives/moses-soyer-74-dead-traditional-us-painter-portrait-of-his-brothers.html |access-date=October 19, 2023 |website=[[The New York Times]] |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021222419/https://www.nytimes.com/1974/09/03/archives/moses-soyer-74-dead-traditional-us-painter-portrait-of-his-brothers.html |url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Philip Taaffe]], artist; lived in Virgil Thompson's old apartment<ref name="Tippins p. 342" /><ref name="amNewYork 2019" /> * [[Jean Tinguely]], sculptor<ref name="Tippins 2022" /><ref name="Weitman p. 10" /> * [[Nahum Tschacbasov]], expressionist artist<ref name="The Austin Statesman 1966" /> * [[Stella Waitzkin]], artist<ref>{{cite magazine |date=February 24, 2023 |title=Stella Waitzkin |url=https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/art/stella-waitzkin |access-date=October 14, 2023 |magazine=The New Yorker |archive-date=March 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322032606/https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/art/stella-waitzkin |url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Tom Wesselmann]], artist<ref name="Cheshes 2022" /> * [[Brett Whiteley]], artist<ref>{{cite web |last=Cuthbertson |first=Debbie |title=Brett Whiteley painting used to pay rent at Chelsea Hotel up for sale |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=June 28, 2014 |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/brett-whiteley-painting-used-to-pay-rent-at-chelsea-hotel-up-for-sale-20140628-zspbf.html |access-date=October 24, 2023}}</ref> * [[Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum]], painter<ref name="Gray 1998" /> {{div col end}}
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