Ben Foster
American (1852-1926)
Ben Foster was born in Maine in 1852. He began his artistic studies at age 30, at the Art Student League in New York City, where he studied under Abbott Thayer. In 1886 and 1887, Foster journeyed to Europe, and studied with Aime Morot in Paris. When he returned to the United States, Foster settled in Cornwall Hollow, Connecticut and began painting the New England countryside. Although his style was impressionistic, Foster painted almost exclusively in autumnal, muted tones. Foster was a member of the American Watercolor Society, the National Academy of Design and the New York Watercolor Society.