Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
Robert Arthur
Artist
Centurion, 1891–1914
Proposed by
D. Maitland Armstrong and George Willoughby Maynard
D. Maitland Armstrong and George Willoughby Maynard
born
August 11, 1850
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
died
October 20, 1914
New York (Manhattan), New York
New York (Manhattan), New York
elected
May 2, 1891
Age forty
Age forty
buried
Green-Wood Cemetery,
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn, New York
Century Memorial
The death of Robert Arthur, that good painter of the Maine coast, will sadden those who loved this modest, and appreciative, and friendly man. He was born in Philadelphia sixty-four years ago, and studied his art in Antwerp and Paris. In course of time he naturally settled, for his winters, in New York, and passed the summers in his Studio at Ogunquit, Maine. He served The Century on the Committee of Admissions. I do not know whether we shall best remember him for his charming pictures of the coast and sea, or for his unfailing gentle friendliness.
Henry Osborn Taylor
1915 Century Association Yearbook
