Background
Patterson, Donald William was born on February 2, 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas John and Anna Elizabeth (Barnes) Patterson.
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Donald William Patterson
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Diploma, Philadelphia Museum School of Art, 1951.
Career
Staff artist, Atlantic Refining Company, Philadelphia, 1955-1960; product design manager, The Franklin Mint, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1977-1985.
Achievements
Membership
With United States Navy, 1951-1953. Member American Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society, Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, Philadelphia Water Color Club (vice president), Rhode Island Watercolor Society (Japan/Rhode Island Exhibitor award 1985), Kentucky Watercolor Society (Langnickel Merit award 1985, West Virginia Watercolor award 1989, Grumbacher Gold medal 1992, Dixie Warehouse and American Frame Corporation award 1992), The Salmagundi Club (Merit award 1986, Winifred E. Morse award 1987, Charlotte Livingston award 1988, Grumbach Gold medal 1989, J.B. Reynolds Memorial award 1991), The American Artists Professional League (Winsor Newton award 1986, New Jersey chapter award 1991), San Diego Watercolor Society (H.G. Daniel's Company award 1989), Adirondacks National Exhibition of America Watercolors (Winsor and Newton Products award 1989, Central New York Watercolor Society prize 1991, H. Russell Johnson Memorial award 1992-1993, Edward Christiana Memorial award 1997), Mississippi Watercolor Society (American Artist merit award 1989, Honorary mention 1989, Art Liason/Rabbit's Frame award 1991), Northeast Watercolor Society (Sea Heritage award 1996), Baltimore Watercolor Society (materials award 1997, Schmincke/Cosmos Brushes award 1997), Audubon Artists, Allied Artists of America.
Interests
Connections
Married Marjorie Grace Albright, June 21, 1952. Children: Donald Junior, Paul Steven.
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American
Awards
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Recipient Essex Institutional Board award Hunterdon County Art Center, 1997, Award for a Landscape Painting Phillips Mill Juried show, 1996, Jane Breene Memorial award 1995, Walter E. Martin Memorial award 1994, First prize Havre De Grace Juried Show, 1996, Carolyn and Wayne Yetter award Bianco Gallery Juried Art Competition 1996, Thompson Organization award 1994, Collector's award Arts for the Parks, 1996, Top 100, 1992, Juror's award Pittsburgh Aqueous Open, 1991, Honorary Mention Art United States of America Western Colorado Center for the Arts, 1989, Best Watercolor in Show The Franklin Mint, 1988, Purchase prize, 1987, Charles Knox Smith founder's prize Woodmer Art Museum, 1998.Recipient Essex Institutional Board award Hunterdon County Art Center, 1997, Award for a Landscape Painting Phillips Mill Juried show, 1996, Jane Breene Memorial award 1995, Walter E. Martin Memorial award 1994, First prize Havre De Grace Juried Show, 1996, Carolyn and Wayne Yetter award Bianco Gallery Juried Art Competition 1996, Thompson Organization award 1994, Collector's award Arts for the Parks, 1996, Top 100, 1992, Juror's award Pittsburgh Aqueous Open, 1991, Honorary Mention Art United States of America Western Colorado Center for the Arts, 1989, Best Watercolor in Show The Franklin Mint, 1988, Purchase prize, 1987, Charles Knox Smith founder's prize Woodmer Art Museum, 1998.