Artist
Centurion, 1891–1914
Born 11 August 1850 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died 20 October 1914 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Buried Green-Wood Cemetery
, Brooklyn, New York
Proposed by D. Maitland Armstrong and George Willoughby Maynard
Elected 2 May 1891 at age forty
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