in Laren, Holland, signed and dated 1893, image area 6" X 9" plus mat and frame, well listed artist, passed away in Asheville, NC in 1915.......Biography from the Archives of askARTPhoto of James PattisonPattison (1844-1915) might be known to most as an editor and art critic for the Fine Arts Journal, and he is the author of Painters since Leonardo (1904). Others may know the dashing portrait of Pattison by Louis Betts, painted in 1909 (Union League Club of Chicago). Earlier, Pattison illustrated for Harper's Weekly then concentrated on painting, as a student of James M. Hart and George Inness; he taught at Washington University (1869-1873), where William Merritt Chase was one of his students. His earliest efforts are landscapes in the Hudson River School style; one example is Twin Lakes, Leadville, Colorado (1872; Vose Galleries). Later Pattison studied in Düsseldorf and Paris. With his wife Helen Searle (1830-1884), Pattison lived for six years at Ecouen, just north of Paris, which was the home of an artists' colony. There he took instruction in landscape painting from Luigi Chialiva (d. 1914), also known as an animal painter. Pattison exhibited in the Paris Salons of 1879-81.The painter returned to America in 1882 or 1883. He was quite active in Chicago art organizations, including the Cliff Dwellers, the Palette and Chisel Club, and the Chicago Municipal Art League. He was director of the School of Fine Arts in Jacksonville, Illinois (1884-1896) and taught at the School of the AIC in 1896. Between 1897 and 1906 Pattison worked in the Tree Studio Building. Pattison exhibited Sheep (unlocated) at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 and A Calm Night at the St. Louis Universal Exposition, eleven years later; his oils, pastels, and watercolors appeared at the Art Institute's annuals between 1891 and 1910.Sources:Pattison, James William. Since Leonardo: Being a History of Painting from the Renaissance to the Present Day. Herbert S. Stone and Co., 1904; Clute, Walter Marshall. "James William Pattison: Author, Critic and Painter." The Sketch Book 5 (May 1906): 311-317; Clarkson, Ralph. "Chicago Artists: Past and Present." Art and Archaeology 12 (September - October 1921): 129-144; Sparks, Esther. "Biographical Dictionary of Illinois Painters and Sculptors, 1808-1945." Diss., Northwestern University, 1971, pp. 546-547.Submitted by Michael Preston Worley, Ph.D. and R. H. Love