biography of Haig PATIGIAN (1876-1950)
Birth place: Armenia
Death place: San Francisco, CA
Addresses: San Fran.
Profession: Sculptor
Studied: self-taught; Mark Hopkins Inst; criticism from Marquet, in Paris.
Exhibited: Salon des Artistes Françaises, Paris, 1906-1907; PPE, 1915; CPLH, 1929; SFMA, 1935; Soc. Sanity in Art (prize); GGE, 1939; AIC
Member: NSS; AIAL; Soc. Sanity in Art; Société des Artistes Françaises; Jury of Awards, Pan-Pacific Expo, San Fran., 1915; Bohemian Club; Press Club, San Fran.; Family Club, San Fran.; NIAL
Work: San Fran. City Hall; Golden Gate Park; McKinley Monument, Arcata, CA; Bohemian Club; CPLH, City Hall, Metropolitan Life Ins. Bldg., San Fran.; White House, Wash., DC; Seattle, WA; Mem. Mus., Civic Center, Olympic Country Club, San Fran.; mon., Fresno, CA; San Fran. Pub. Lib.
Comments: He immigrated to California with his family at age 15 and worked as a laborer at first. In 1899 he enrolled at the Mark Hopkins Inst., and went on to become one of the most famous sculptors on the West Coast.
Sources: WW47; Hughes, Artists of California, 425.