Artist
Centurion, 1903–1926
Born 31 July 1852 in North Anson, Maine
Died 28 January 1926 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Buried Sunset Cemetery
, North Anson, Maine
Proposed by R. Swain Gifford and George Willoughby Maynard
Elected 2 May 1903 at age fifty
Proposer of:
Seconder of:
Century Memorial
The tranquil and lovable personality of Ben Foster made him quite as welcome a companion to his fellow-Centurions outside the field of art as to his brother artists. In his own calling he was more interested in the work of his friends than in his own. Professional envy or jealousy was unknown to him; he was, by the testimony of his fellow-artists, the man who could be depended on for fair, frank and sympathetic criticism of some one else’s unfinished picture, and the criticism always went to the heart of it. Foster’s own painting embodied his gentle outlook on life, his love of nature in her quiet moods. A dozen important prizes and medals won in artistic competition testified to the public appreciation of his work. One of his canvasses hangs in the Metropolitan, another in the Luxemburg.
Alexander Dana Noyes
1927 Century Association Yearbook
