biography of Charles Robert PATTERSON (1875-1958)

Birth place: Southhampton, England

Death place: NYC

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Marine painter

Exhibited: PAFA Ann., 1915-25 (4 times)

Member: NAC; SC; Allied AA; AWCS; NYSP; Explorers Club

Work: BMFA; Mystic Seaport Mus.; Mariners Mus., Newport News, VA; Peabody Mus.; U.S. Naval Acad., Annapolis; Butler Art Inst., Youngstown, OH; Bath Marine Mus.; Mus., Trenton Mus. (Halifax, NS); Royal Victoria Mus., Halifax

Comments: Born into a family of shipbuilders, he went to sea at age 13 and sailed the seven seas aboard many types of vessels, and rounded Cape Horn four times. During the 1920s, he moved to NYC, concentrating his full efforts on painting.

Sources: WW47; Brewington, 294; Falk, Exh. Record Series.