In 1903, Artus Van Briggle was appointed First Director of the Department of Art and Design in Colorado College, succeeding Louis Soutter, a Swiss artist (born in Geneva, Switzerland) he met in Paris in 1895.
The position of First Director at Colorado College's Department of Art and Design was filled by Artus Van Briggle in 1903. He succeeded Louis Soutter, a Swiss artist who had previously studied with him in Paris in 1895.