Patricia Altschul
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Patricia Altschul
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April 16, 1941 Jacksonville, Florida |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | George Washington University |
| Occupation | Socialite, television personality, former art dealer |
| Years active | 1965–present |
| Spouse(s) | Arthur Altschul (1996-2002) |
| Children | Whitney Sudler-Smith (b. 1968) |
Patricia Altschul born April 16, 1941 is an American socialite, art collector, and personality on the reality television series, Southern Charm. She is the widow of Arthur G. Altschul, a former Goldman Sachs partner and prominent art collector and philanthropist. Mrs. Altschul has been a director or trustee of several nonprofit organizations including the New York Historical Society and Historic Hudson Valley (the Rockefeller Family properties). In 2012 Altschul was given a Woman of the Year award by the Police Athletic League of New York City. In 2013 she received a Carolopolis Award from the Preservation Society of Charleston for her renovation of the historic Isaac Jenkins Mikell House in Charleston, SC.
On "Southern Charm" Patricia plays “the resident madcap grande dame” according to a profile in Architectural Digest. "Pat quickly became a fan favorite last year and has even drawn the affection of celebrities like Lady Gaga who claimed 'that looking at Patricia is like looking in a mirror'", commented TV critic Christine Lo in her blog.
Altschul was born Madelyn Dey in Jacksonville, Florida in 1941 and grew up in Richmond, Virginia. Her parents were Francis Pearl Sudler Dey and Walter Pettus Dey, a medical doctor who graduated from the University of Alabama and received a medical degree from Tulane University in 1967. Patricia was educated at Marymount School, Olney Friends School and George Washington University, where she obtained a B.A. Magna Cum Laude in 1964 and then a master's degree in 1965, both in Art History and Archaeology. She was a lecturer in art history at George Washington University and lived for many years in Georgetown, where she later owned and ran Arcadia, a private art dealership that handled major paintings by such artists as Georgia O'Keeffe, Martin Johnson Heade,Frederick Church, and Winslow Homer.
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