The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Weitenkampf, Frank

WEITENKAMPF, Frank, American connoisseur of prints: b. New York, 13 April 1866. He studied at the Art Students' League, New York. He is chief of the art and print departments of the New York Public Library, where he has done notable work in arranging continuous exhibitions of carefully selected prints; and he has also done considerable art propaganda work in disseminating information concerning prints through the press. In 1914 New York University gave him the degree L.H.D. He has prepared many pamphlets cataloging and describing prints; has contributed to various encyclopedias and to the ‘Standard Dictionary’; and is author of ‘How to Appreciate Prints’ (1908; new ed., 1916); ‘American Graphic Art’ (1912).