biography of William PATTEN (1865-1936)

Birth place: NYC

Death place: Rhinebeck, NY

Profession: Illustrator, art editor

Studied: Acad. Julian, Paris, 1891.

Comments: In 1888 (at age 23), he was the youngest art editor for Harper"s. In 1932, he started in the "Cabinet of American Illustrators" at the LOC "to preserve for posterity the work of outstanding American illustrators."