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tried to pay back for the rest of his life. Cranking
out illustrations for the pulp magazines in the
1920s allowed him to maximize his earnings.
During the 1910s, the Monahans lived in Bergen
County, home of the developing motion picture
industry. Working at Fox Studios, Monahan
painted portraits of such early movie stars as
Tom Mix, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks.
Living in New Jersey also brought Lake
Hopatcong to Monahan’s attention.
The August 30, 1919 issue of the Lake
Hopatcong Breeze noted that “P.J. Monahan and
family, of Woodcliff, NJ, will spend the month of
September at the Point Camp.”
The family soon bought a summer cottage,
known as Noisy Nook, between Pine Tree Point
and Northwood. Over the next decade plus, the
Breeze frequently mentioned the Monahans
entertaining guests and the activities of their
children. Louise Monahan and the children
stayed at the lake all summer while Monahan
commuted. It was said that he kept no art
supplies at the bungalow. One of his favorite
sayings was, “when you work, you work hard and
when you play, you play hard.”
In 1924, the Monahans bought a 32-acre farm
in Mount Fern, Randolph Township. An art studio
was created in the barn. Horses, cows, chickens
and pigs were tended by Louise and the children,
and the youngest Monahan child was born there
in July 1924.
Sadly, a fire in 1928 destroyed the studio along
with Monahan’s supplies, artistic library and 200
of his paintings.
Soon after, the artist suffered an injury in
a traffic accident, which left him with severe
headaches and evidently led to the cerebral
hemorrhage that caused his death in November
of 1931 at the age of 49.
Monahan was buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery
in Wharton. Louise raised their eight children
on the farm and never remarried. She became
an inspector at Picatinny Arsenal, operated a
Shamrock Dairy store in Mount Fern and was
an active member of the Rutgers Agriculture
Extension, where she was known for her prizewinning
flowers and poultry.
Louise Monahan died at age 84 in 1968. Several
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of the Monahan children stayed in the area. Son,
Joe, resided at Nolan’s Point until his death in
2002. In fact, I had the pleasure of playing softball
with one of P.J. Monahan’s great-grandsons
during my career at Picatinny.
In 2007, the museum acquired an original
Monahan painting. Depicting a steamship, the
work is now proudly displayed next to a vintage
copy of the September 28, 1912 issue of Leslie’s,
whose cover it graces.
Roger Hill described Monahan’s life as “very
exciting and productive … filled with both a
love for his family and a drive to work hard at
the easel,” adding that, though his life and career
were cut short by a quirk of fate, “he left us with
a legacy of great beauty.”
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