Reading Her Palm
Type:Painting
Size:21.50" x 27.50"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Harry Roseland ART FOR SALE
1866/68 Brooklyn, New York - 1950 Brooklyn, New York. Known for: Narrative, genre, portrait and interior painting.
A notable genre painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Harry Roseland was born in Brooklyn, New York and remained there throughout his career. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he did... Read full biography
A notable genre painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Harry Roseland was born in Brooklyn, New York and remained there throughout his career. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he did not travel to Europe. He was largely self taught as an artist but did some study with J.B. Whittaker... Read full biography
A notable genre painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Harry Roseland was born in Brooklyn, New York and remained there throughout his career. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he did not travel to Europe. He was largely self taught as an artist but did some study with J.B. Whittaker in Brooklyn. At a time when abstract art was gaining ascendency, Roseland chose to paint what he saw in a realist style and early in his career painted landscapes and still lifes. But he soon... Read full biography
A notable genre painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Harry Roseland was born in Brooklyn, New York and remained there throughout his career. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he did not travel to Europe. He was largely self taught as an artist but did some study with J.B. Whittaker in Brooklyn. At a time when abstract art was gaining ascendency, Roseland chose to paint what he saw in a realist style and early in his career painted landscapes and still lifes. But he soon discovered that his real interest was painting that told a story. His early subjects were sentimental and depicted fashionable people, rural folk, and idealized farm scenes. He painted humorous scenes of blacks in Northern settings during the post-Civil War... Read full biography
A notable genre painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Harry Roseland was born in Brooklyn, New York and remained there throughout his career. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he did not travel to Europe. He was largely self taught as an artist but did some study with J.B. Whittaker in Brooklyn. At a time when abstract art was gaining ascendency, Roseland chose to paint what he saw in a realist style and early in his career painted landscapes and still lifes. But he soon discovered that his real interest was painting that told a story. His early subjects were sentimental and depicted fashionable people, rural folk, and idealized farm scenes. He painted humorous scenes of blacks in Northern settings during the post-Civil War period. He was a member of the Brooklyn Arts Club, the Brooklyn Society of Artists*, the Brooklyn Painters Society, and the Salmag... Read full biography
Harry Roseland - Art for Sale (4 available)
Harvesters at Rest
Type:Painting
Size:30.25" x 20.13"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
The Prediction
Type:Painting
Size:20.00" x 30.00" x 6.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
Harry Roseland’s The Prediction is a richly detailed and emotionally resonant example of the artist’s celebrated genre painting. Known for his intimate depictions of everyday life, Roseland brings theatrical nuance and narrative clarity to this interior scene, capturing a moment of storytelling.
Good Fortune
Type:Painting
Size:11.00" x 14.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Unsigned