This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| | Born in South Dakota on Feb. 17, 1892. After studying at the Denver School of Art, Patton was a resident of Los Angeles and pupil at Otis Art Institute under Holmes and Vysekal in 1925-27. Returning to South Dakota, he painted portraits, worked as a banker and spent one year in the wilds of Alaska as an FBI agent. He died in Rapid City, ND in May 1971. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
The Otis Story; census; Social Security Death Index (1940-2002) | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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