Abraham Archibald Anderson

Beginning in the mid-1870s, Anderson studied art in Paris, first with Léon Bonnat, then under Alexandre Cabanel, Fernand Cormon, Auguste Rodin, and Raphaël Collin.

[2] Bryant Park Studios (popularly known as The Beaux Arts Building after the Café des Beaux Arts[3] on the ground floor) became immediately popular, and tenants included Edward Steichen, Fernand Léger, Robert Henri, Katherine Sophie Dreier, J. C. Leyendecker, Jo Davidson, Florine Stettheimer, Edward Suydam, Gari Melchers, Stella Marks, John La Gatta, Julian Rix, Rodrigues Ottolengui, Haskell Coffin, Leon Gordon, Irving Penn, and Kurt Seligmann.

Returning to the United States in the summers, Anderson bought land in northwestern Wyoming and developed it into the Palette Ranch.

He personally designed William "Buffalo Bill" Cody's guest ranch Pahaska Tepee, and his own home, Anderson Lodge.

Anderson played a significant role in the preservation and development of the Yellowstone region[5] and was an early member, and former president of, the Camp-Fire Club of America.