Background
Sylvester, Frederick Oakes was born on October 8, 1869 in Brockton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Fred and Mary Louise (Kilburn) Sylvester.
Sylvester, Frederick Oakes was born on October 8, 1869 in Brockton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Fred and Mary Louise (Kilburn) Sylvester.
Graduate Durfee High School, Fall River, Massachusetts, 1888. Massachusetts Normal Art School, Boston, 1888-1892.
Professor of art, Newcomb College, New Orleans, 1892. Teacher of drawing and painting, Central High School, Saint Louis, 1892-1913. Represented in permanent collection of City Art Museum, Saint Louis.
Mural decorations, Noonday Club, Central High School (Saint Louis), High School, Decatur, Illinois Bronze medal, Saint Louis Exposition, 1904.
Silver medal, Portland Exposition, 1905. Fine Arts Building prize, Society Western Artists, 1906.
Christian Scientist. Author: Verses, 1900.
The Great River (containing half tones of 24 oil paintings by author), 1911. Home: Saint Louis, Missouri
Married Florence Gerry, December 25, 1892.