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1896 Omaha, Nebraska - 1977 Atlantic City, New Jersey. Known for: Landscape, genre, illustrator.
Following is text from the awards ceremony when Russell Patterson received the 2007 Hall of Fame Award from The Society of Illustrators. Russell Patterson (1896-1977) was very influential as an... Read full biography
Following is text from the awards ceremony when Russell Patterson received the 2007 Hall of Fame Award from The Society of Illustrators. Russell Patterson (1896-1977) was very influential as an illustrator (in the 'twenties his flappers were as definitive as those of John Held Junior). He studied... Read full biography
Following is text from the awards ceremony when Russell Patterson received the 2007 Hall of Fame Award from The Society of Illustrators. Russell Patterson (1896-1977) was very influential as an illustrator (in the 'twenties his flappers were as definitive as those of John Held Junior). He studied architecture briefly at McGill University in Canada and later at the Chicago Art Institute and the Academy of Fine Arts. His early work for department stores like Carson, Pirie, Scott & Company and... Read full biography
Following is text from the awards ceremony when Russell Patterson received the 2007 Hall of Fame Award from The Society of Illustrators. Russell Patterson (1896-1977) was very influential as an illustrator (in the 'twenties his flappers were as definitive as those of John Held Junior). He studied architecture briefly at McGill University in Canada and later at the Chicago Art Institute and the Academy of Fine Arts. His early work for department stores like Carson, Pirie, Scott & Company and Marshall Field was noted for his interior designs. A year of painting landscapes in France followed. When he returned to America in 1921, the Jazz Age was just beginning. Patterson began to draw sexy coeds and they were an immediate success when they... Read full biography
Following is text from the awards ceremony when Russell Patterson received the 2007 Hall of Fame Award from The Society of Illustrators. Russell Patterson (1896-1977) was very influential as an illustrator (in the 'twenties his flappers were as definitive as those of John Held Junior). He studied architecture briefly at McGill University in Canada and later at the Chicago Art Institute and the Academy of Fine Arts. His early work for department stores like Carson, Pirie, Scott & Company and Marshall Field was noted for his interior designs. A year of painting landscapes in France followed. When he returned to America in 1921, the Jazz Age was just beginning. Patterson began to draw sexy coeds and they were an immediate success when they appeared in College Humor. With his incorporation of their raccoon coats and flapping, unbuckled galoshes in his drawin... Read full biography