Charles Rollo Peters ART FOR SALE

1862 San Francisco, California - 1928 Monterey, California. Known for: Nocturne and tonalist landscape painting.

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Charles Rollo Peters, called "The Poet of Night", is best known for his Tonalist landscapes, especially nocturnes, with much of his subject matter being scenes around his home in Monterey, California. James McNeill Whistler, who promoted the Tonalist aesthetic in Europe, was a major influence on his painting, and "is reported to have said that Peters was the only artist other than himself who could paint nocturnes." (Gerdts) . As Peters matured, his life became increasingly tumultuous, but the one stable part of his existence was his painting. He continued to pour his emotions into his work, creating lonely, mysterious nocturnes with a palette of deep blues and blacks. The scenes were invariably dotted with a speck of light emanating from... Read full biography

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"Twilight Reflections - Monterey"

Type:Painting

Year:circa 1910

Size:33.50" x 55.50"

Medium:Oil

Signed:Lower Left

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Depicts The Castro-Work Adobe (La Mirada) second location for the Monterey Museum of Art. With other adobes in the Alta Mesa area in the background and a portion of the El Estero Lagoon in the foreground.

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"Abrego Adobe"

Type:Painting

Size:16.00" x 24.00"

Medium:Oil

Signed:Lower Left

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Peters built a home in Monterey and his name became almost synonymous with landscapes of crumbling adobes painted in the witchery of moonlight. He was leader of the group of American Luminists which centered about the Del Monte Art Gallery when it opened at the old Hotel Del Monte in 1907.

Price: SOLD