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Frederick W. Kost

Artist

Centurion, 1905–1923

Full Name Frederick William Kost

Born 15 May 1861 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Died 23 February 1923 in Brookhaven, New York

Proposed by George Willoughby Maynard and Walter Clark

Elected 4 March 1905 at age forty-three

Century Memorial

Frederick W. Kost was a skilful landscape painter; a close student of nature. He painted things as he saw them and was never led afield by any fancies of the day. He received medals of honorable mention at the Paris Exposition of 1900, the Buffalo Exposition of 1901 and the St. Louis Exposition of 1904. In the Century, he was a joyous addition to the anniversary celebrations.

Alexander Dana Noyes
1924 Century Association Yearbook