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2 unusual facts about Abraham Rattner


Abraham Rattner

He was sent to France, where he was "promoted to sergeant, put in charge of camouflage research, and served at the front in the Second Battle of the Marne, Château-Thierry, Belleau Wood, and on the Hindenberg Line. He received a severe back wound which troubled him for the rest of his life" (Culkin 1980).

Although while living in Paris, he had met and studied the paintings of Claude Monet, his work is generally closer to that of Georges Rouault and Pablo Picasso.


Billy Morrow Jackson

Over the course of his education, Mr. Jackson was taught by Max Beckmann, Fred Conway and Abraham Rattner.


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