biography of Claude A. PATTERSON (XX)

Birth place: Monmouth, IL

Addresses: Des Moines, IA

Profession: Teacher and painter

Studied: Charles Atherton Cumming, Cumming Art Sch.; Phila. Sch. Design; Monmouth College; Univ. Iowa; Harvard (M.A.); Columbia Univ.

Exhibited: Iowa Art Salon (prizes).

Member: Iowa Artists Club, 1929.

Comments: According to Ness & Orwig, the "first artist in this country to receive a M.A. degree." Teaching: Monmouth College; Univ. Iowa; Univ. Illinois; Univ. Wisconsin; New Orleans.

Sources: Ness & Orwig, Iowa Artists of the First Hundred Years, 161.