Abraham Rattner

American, (1893–1978)

Abraham Rattner was born in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1895. His parents immigrated to the United States to escape antisemitism in Czarist Russia. He was the second of six children, including his eldest brother Louis, younger brothers Manuel (Manny) and Harry, and his younger sisters Rose and Jennie. In 1924, Abraham Rattner married Bettina Bedwell, an American art student and fashion illustrator. After her death, In 1949, Rattner married Esther Gentle, an artist and business woman who ran an art reproductions business.