Born Jennie Christine in Elgin, Illinois, she officially changed her name to Jane Peterson in 1909 after her first success as an artist. Her family was of humble background but certainly not poverty... Read full biography
Born Jennie Christine in Elgin, Illinois, she officially changed her name to Jane Peterson in 1909 after her first success as an artist. Her family was of humble background but certainly not poverty stricken. She became famous for a wide range of works from landscapes to still-lives that blend... Read full biography
Born Jennie Christine in Elgin, Illinois, she officially changed her name to Jane Peterson in 1909 after her first success as an artist. Her family was of humble background but certainly not poverty stricken. She became famous for a wide range of works from landscapes to still-lives that blend Impressionist and Expressionist movements. As a woman, her life was much more independent and adventurous than those of most of her contemporaries, and she traveled widely to paint including joining Louis... Read full biography
Born Jennie Christine in Elgin, Illinois, she officially changed her name to Jane Peterson in 1909 after her first success as an artist. Her family was of humble background but certainly not poverty stricken. She became famous for a wide range of works from landscapes to still-lives that blend Impressionist and Expressionist movements. As a woman, her life was much more independent and adventurous than those of most of her contemporaries, and she traveled widely to paint including joining Louis Comfort Tiffany on a continental painting expedition in his private railway car. Peterson does not belong to any particular school of painting, but combined techniques and styles from a variety of teachers and prevalent styles. However, many of her... Read full biography
Born Jennie Christine in Elgin, Illinois, she officially changed her name to Jane Peterson in 1909 after her first success as an artist. Her family was of humble background but certainly not poverty stricken. She became famous for a wide range of works from landscapes to still-lives that blend Impressionist and Expressionist movements. As a woman, her life was much more independent and adventurous than those of most of her contemporaries, and she traveled widely to paint including joining Louis Comfort Tiffany on a continental painting expedition in his private railway car. Peterson does not belong to any particular school of painting, but combined techniques and styles from a variety of teachers and prevalent styles. However, many of her early works were strongly Impressionist, much influenced by Joaquin Sorrola y Bastida, a Madrid painter und... Read full biography
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About Jane Peterson: Books
Books & Publications (67)
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Palm Beach Visual Arts
2016
Pollack, Deborah C.
200 pages (color)
Reflections II: Watercolors of Florida 1835-2000
2012
Libby, Gary R.
360 pages (color)
Reflections-Paintings of Florida 1865-1965
2009
Libby, Gary R.
184 pages (color)
Biographical Directory of Kansas Artists Active Before 1945
2006
Craig, Susan (Compiler)
0 pages
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Fine American Art from 1845 to 1960 (Spanierman Gallery, LLC (Exhibition catalog)
2005
Reis, Mary Clare; Lisa N. Peters et all
0 pages (color)
Vose Art Notes: A Guide for Collectors Circles of Influence, A Timeline
2004
Vose, Marcia (editor)
38 pages (color)
Vose Art Notes Tenth Anniversary Issue Art and Collecting in America: An Illustrated Timeline
2002
Vose, Marcia L. (editor)
37 pages (color)
Two Hundred Years of American Watercolors, Pastels and Drawings (Exhibition catalog)
2001
Peters, Lisa
111 pages (color)
Small Masterpieces: The Joy of Collecting North Shore Arts Association (Exhibition catalog)
2001
Tysver, Ted
12 pages (color)
Vose Art Notes Works on Paper
2000
Vose, Marcia L , editor
29 pages (color)
Select Works: Fine American and European Paintings (Exhibition catalog)
1999
Caldwell, Joseph S III & IV
20 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Vose Art Notes: A Guide for Collectors Art and Collecting in America
1999
Jarzombek, NA, Marcia Vose
29 pages (color)
Art in Florida: 1564-1945
1999
Mann, Maybelle
194 pages
The Art Students League of New York A History (Teachers)
1999
Steiner, Raymond J
0 pages
American Art From the Dicke Collection
1997
The Dayton Art Institute
264 pages (color)
Vose Art Notes: A Guide for Collectors Art and Collecting in America, Part Two
1997
Vose Galleries
35 pages (color)
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary
1995
Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller
612 pages
Celebrating Florida Works of Art from the Vickers Collection
1995
Libby, Gary R (editor)
144 pages (color)
American Paintings at the High Museum of Art
1994
High Museum of Art
216 pages (color)
Things of Beauty/Floral Still Life Art by American Women (Exhibition catalog)
1992
Sternberg, Paul E
38 pages (color)
American Impressionism from the Sheldon Memorial Gallery (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Gerdts, William (Essay); George Neubert, (Editor)
79 pages (color)
American Watercolors From Metropolitan Museum of Art
1991
Howat, John K (foreward)
204 pages (color)
American Watercolors from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Koshkin-Youritzin, Victor
204 pages (color)
American Impressionist Masterpieces
1991
Peters, Lisa N
119 pages (color)
Art by American Women Collection Louise and Alan Sellars (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Sternberg, Paul E
146 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
The Spencer Collection of American Art/An Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Spanierman Gallery
64 pages (color)
Centennial Exhibition 1889-1989 Members National Assoc Women Artists (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Sternberg, Paul E
62 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
The American Paintings (in the) Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
1989
Fresella-Lee, Nancy
222 pages (color)
At the Water's Edge: 19th and 20th Century American Beach Scenes Tampa Museum of Art (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Maass, R. Andrew (Foreward); Valerie Ann Leeds (Intro)
140 pages (color)
Paintings by American Women The Collection of Louise and Alan Sellers (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Sternberg, Paul E
56 pages (color)
The American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
1988
Geske, Norman and Karen O. Janovy
376 pages (color)
Idle Hours Americans at Leisure 1865-1914
1988
Pisano, Ronald G
155 pages (color)
Impressionism and Post-Impressionism Transformations 1885-1945 (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Preato, Robert R.; Dr. Sandra L. Langer
104 pages (color)
The American Spirit: Paintings, Watercolors and Sculpture from 1817-1987 H V Allison Galleries (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Riehlman, Franklin; Glen C. Peck
54 pages (color)
Adventure and Inspiration American Artists in Other Lands (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Ward, Meredith (essay)
172 pages (color)
American Women Artists 1830-1930 (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Tufts, Eleanor (others)
256 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
300 Years of American Art (two volumes)
1986
Zellman, Michael David
1,102 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Arts of the American Renaissance (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Hirschl & Adler Galleries
123 pages (color)
Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900
1985
Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie
851 pages
Long Island Landscape Painting 1820-1920 (Volume 1)
1985
Pisano, Ronald G
167 pages (color)
American Watercolors, Pastels, Collages The Brooklyn Museum
1984
Faunce, Sarah; Linda S. Ferber (Curators)
88 pages (color)
The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944 (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Marlor, Clark S
600 pages
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
American Women Artists from Early Times to the Present
1982
Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer
560 pages (color)
Jane Peterson An American Artist
1981
Joseph, J Jon; Patricia Pierce
110 pages (color)
American Paintings (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Schwarz-Philadelphia
23 pages
American Paintings/Brooklyn Museum Complete Illustrated Listing of Works
1979
Brooklyn Museum
133 pages (color)
The American Perspective (Exhibition catalog)
1979
Maurice Sternberg, Galleries
48 pages (color)
The American Painting Collection of the Montclair Art Museum
1977
Gamble, Kathryn (Foreward); Thomas Hoving, William Gerdts, Lloyd Goodrich
268 pages (color)
The American Flag in the Art of Our Country (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Allentown Art Museum
92 pages (color)
American Paintings in the High Museum of Art/Bicentenial Catalogue
1975
Chambers, Bruce W
127 pages (color)
Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present
1973
Collins, Jim L.
426 pages
Women Historical Survey of Works by Women Artists (Exhibition catalog)
1972
Hill, M Brawley
60 pages
French Impressionists Influence American Artists (Exhibition catalog)
1971
Lowe Art Museum
96 pages (color)
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
1,130 pages
American Pictures & their Painters
1921
Bryant, Lorinda Munson
307 pages
Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit
1915
Walter, John; Pedro Lemos
112 pages
Catalogue of the Forty-Sixth Annual Exhibition of the American Water Color Society (Exhibition catalog)