biography of Dewitt Harvey FESSENDEN (1884-?)

Birth place: Waverly, NY

Addresses: Brooklyn 1, NY

Profession: Etcher, painter, designer, writer, critic, architect

Studied: Cornell Univ., (Arch. & Landscape Arch.), and in Paris, France.

Exhibited: Columbia Univ.; Avery Mem. Library; Arch. Lg.

Comments: Publisher and founder of Sketch Book Magazine, 1923-1937; publisher, The Life and Works of Claude Deruet, Court Painter, 1952; author/illustrator, Pageant of French Architecture, 1935. Contributor to International Studio, Design, Arts & Decoration, House & Garden, Architectural Record and other national publications.

Sources: WW59; WW17.