Background
He was born in New York City, where he studied for two years at the Art Students" League.
He was born in New York City, where he studied for two years at the Art Students" League.
At the NYPL, he arranged continuous exhibitions of carefully selected prints, and he also did considerable art propaganda work in disseminating information concerning prints through the press Weitenkampf gained recognition as one of the foremost authorities on engraving in the United States. In 1914, New York University gave him the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters