Artist
Centurion, 1882–1918
Born 20 July 1832 in Yonkers, New York
Died 15 December 1918 in Yonkers, New York
Buried Woodlawn Cemetery
, Bronx, New York
Proposed by Henry Augustus Loop and John B. Bristol
Elected 4 February 1882 at age forty-nine
Proposer of:
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
