The Century Association was established as a club composed of authors, artists, and amateurs of the arts and letters; this last category, as defined by the Admissions Committee, includes individuals “of any occupation [whose] breadth of interest and qualities of mind and imagination [make] them sympathetic, stimulating and congenial companions in a society of authors and artists.” As a consequence of this broad definition, members of the Century have made distinguished contributions in a multitude of professional fields. The categories listed below display selected members of the Century elected prior to 1923 whose renown has proven enduring to the present day.
- Edwin A. Abbey
- Herbert Adams
- John White Alexander
- Gifford R. Beal
- James Carroll Beckwith
- Albert F. Bellows
- Louis Betts
- Albert Bierstadt
- Henry K. Brown
- John William Casilear
- Frederic E. Church
- Jasper F. Cropsey
- T. S. Cummings
- Lockwood de Forest
- Peter Paul Duggan
- Asher B. Durand
- C. L. Elliott
- James Earle Fraser
- Daniel Chester French
- Charles Dana Gibson
- R. Swain Gifford
- Sanford R. Gifford
- Regis Gignoux
- Henry Peters Gray
- Seymour J. Guy
- Edward L. Henry
- Thomas Hicks
- Winslow Homer
- Daniel Huntington
- George Inness
- Eastman Johnson
- John Frederick Kensett
- John La Farge
- Louis Lang
- Emanuel Leutze
- Paul Manship
- Jervis McEntee
- Francis Davis Millet
- Thomas Moran
- Samuel F. B. Morse
- Charles A. Platt
- Thomas P. Rossiter
- Augustus Saint-Gaudens
- John Singer Sargent
- Walter Shirlaw
- Henry Merwin Shrady
- F. Hopkinson Smith
- James A. Suydam
- Augustus Vincent Tack
- Eliphalet Terry
- Launt Thompson
- Louis Comfort Tiffany
- Charles Y. Turner
- Elihu Vedder
- John Q. A. Ward
- John F. Weir
- Julian Alden Weir
- Worthington Whittredge
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