Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
John L. Fitch
Artist
Centurion, 1867–1895
Proposed by
Ogden N. Rood and Normand Smith
Ogden N. Rood and Normand Smith
born
June 25, 1836
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford, Connecticut
died
March 5, 1895
Yonkers, New York
Yonkers, New York
elected
March 3, 1867
Age thirty
Age thirty
buried
Old North Cemetery,
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford, Connecticut
proposer of
seconder of
Century Memorial
John L. Fitch was an artist of acknowledged merit, who studied in Munich and Milan, and passed his professional life here. He was a judicious art critic, and was indefatigable in his services to The Century as a member of its Art Committee, and in the arrangement of its exhibitions.
Henry E. Howland
1896 Century Association Yearbook