Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
James Renwick Brevoort
Artist
Centurion, 1882–1918
Proposed by
Henry Augustus Loop and John B. Bristol
Henry Augustus Loop and John B. Bristol
born
July 20, 1832
Yonkers, New York
Yonkers, New York
died
December 15, 1918
Yonkers, New York
Yonkers, New York
elected
February 4, 1882
Age forty-nine
Age forty-nine
buried
Woodlawn Cemetery,
Bronx, New York
Bronx, New York
proposer of
Member Photograph Albums Collection
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Century Memorial
James Renwick Brevoort will be remembered largely for his association with the National Academy of Design, which extended over more than half a century. Born on Manhattan Island [sic: Yonkers], and destined originally for architectural work, his bent towards painting led him, at the age of forty, to devote himself to the study of his art in Europe, where he painted with his friend, the elder George Inness. Landscapes were Brevoort’s favorite work, and his brush reproduced with equal vigor the Italian lakes, the English moorlands, and the hills of Westchester.
Alexander Dana Noyes
1919 Century Association Yearbook
