Patricia Altschul is a socialite and art collector from the United States. She is also well-known for her appearance on the reality television series Southern Charm’. Her efforts on the show garnered her acclaim from fans and the notice of celebrities such as Lady Gaga. Altschul is the widow of renowned art collector and philanthropist Arthur Altschul, who was also a prominent financial magnate. She has served as a director for numerous non-profits, including the New York Historical Society and Historic Hudson Valley. She has received several accolades for her social work, including the Woman of the Year award from the Police Athletic League of New York City and the Carolopolis Award from the Preservation Society of Charleston. She won the latter award for her rehabilitation work on Charleston, South Carolina’s historic Isaac Jenkins Mikell House. In 2014, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Patricia’s Ascend to Fame
Patricia Altschul was an art history lecturer at George Washington University for a number of years. Later, she founded Arcadia, a private art gallery. It handled works by notable artists such as Martin Johnson Heade and Winslow Homer.
L. Hayes Smith was her first husband, to whom she was married from 1962 to 1979. From 1989 to 1995, she was married to the doctor and entrepreneur Edward Stitt Fleming. After their divorce, she married Arthur G. Altschul, a banking magnate, and Goldman Sachs Group, partner.
He was also a notable art collector. He served on the boards of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, and Whitney Museum of American Art.
Patricia Altschul was quickly appointed to the Board of the New York Historical Society and the Hudson Hills Trust of the Rockefeller family. She and her spouse were often observed with Donald Trump and Melania Trump, Georgette Mosbacher, and Carolyn Roehm. In 2002, Arthur Altschul passed away.
In 2008, Patricia Altschul sold her home in New York and purchased the historic Isaac Jenkins Mikell House in Charleston, South Carolina. The home was constructed in 1853-1854 as a large Italian villa in the manner of the Greek Revival style.
According to sources, Altschul purchased the home for $4,8 million. The home served as a public library until the 1960s, before becoming a private dwelling again.
Altschul is also well-known for her participation in the reality television series Southern Charm. The co-producer of the event, her son Whitney Sudler-Smith, had persuaded his mother to participate. The show, which debuted in 2014, has already broadcast four seasons. Fans have praised Patricia’s performance on the show, which has also attracted the attention of celebrities such as Lady Gaga.
Her Personal Life
Patricia Altschul was born on the 16th of April 1941 in Jacksonville, Florida, to parents Francis Pearl Sudler Dey and Walter Pettus Dey. She attended both Marymount School and Olney Friends School for her education. She earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in Art History from George Washington University.
In 1962, she wed L. Hayes Smith. Whitney Sudler-Smith, born in 1968, became a film and television producer. In 1979, the couple divorced.
From 1989 to 1995, Patricia was married to the doctor and entrepreneur Edward Stitt Fleming. Dr. Fleming established the Washington Psychiatric Institute.
She married Arthur G. Altschul in 1996. His death occurred in 2002.
Estimated Net Worth
American socialite and reality television celebrity Patricia Altschul have a net worth of $50 million. Whitney Sudler-Smith, her son, developed the Bravo reality series “Southern Charm” (2014–present), for which she has appeared.