During most of the second half of the 20th century, Sidney Rothman – The Gallery in Barnegat Light was a destination for contemporary paintings and other artwork and framing. The house was built in 1954, according to Barnegat Light Historical Society and Museum’s Reilly P. Sharp, who found an old interview with Rothman. The gallery’s first season would have been about 1958. Rothman moved to the Island full-time in 1966 and lived there until his death in 1995.
Now, the building at 21st Street and Central Avenue, mostly in its original condition, has been purchased by a young…
Subscribe to keep reading
This story is from our archive. Get your SandPaper Annual Pass for access to our digital archive, plus everything else a pass includes. Details below.
Annual Pass — $18 Details
365-day access to:
- The complete SandPaper digital archive (stories date back to 2012).
- Full photo galleries from our photographers.
- The entire catalog of SandPaper games, puzzles and quizzes.
How it works
- Enter your email below and click to pay the one-time $18. Card details are entered on Stripe’s secure page.
- You’re in straight away — no password to create, and nothing to set up or manage.
- You stay signed in. If you’re ever signed out, or you read on a new phone or computer, we’ll email you a code to get you back in.
- Never auto-renews. Your pass is good for one year. We will email you when it expires so you can renew if you’d like.
See our site policies for more information.
Already a subscriber? We’ll email a code to get you back in.
