Patricia Saubert-Wetzel was her stage name, changing her given name to Patricia and adding her mother’s name Saubert. She studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, and later at the Art Institute of Chicago. She was spotted by artist and designer Arthur Gunther while she was his student in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her teachers included Finnish-born painter and illustrator Elmer A. Forsberg. Her subjects included landscapes, portraits, and still lives. In 1928 went to Europe and lived in Rome, Venice and Paris. She held very successful exhibitions of her works in London in 1933 and three years later in Paris.