Alexander Sanger
He was educated at Cooper Union in architecture from 1893-5 and later studied architecture at Atelier Masquery and painting at the Society Beaux Arts, at the Art Students League and at the Artists and Artisans Institute. He studied pictorial composition with Hugo Ballin, Edward Simons and Robert Blum. He also studied at the Atelier Chambron in Paris and in Italy.
According to available sources, in the 1910s, William was a contract draftsman for McKim, Mead and White, New York’s preeminent architectural firm.
William attended the Armory Show in February 1913 and decided that he wanted to move to Paris to paint. The couple arrived in Paris in October, 1913; William stayed for a year.
Alexander Sanger