Peter Rotier was a Milwaukee painter, commercial artist and teacher well-known for his oil and watercolor paintings of wild life and Wisconsin’s Kettle Moraine landscape. Rotier studied art from... Read full biography
Peter Rotier was a Milwaukee painter, commercial artist and teacher well-known for his oil and watercolor paintings of wild life and Wisconsin’s Kettle Moraine landscape. Rotier studied art from 1903-1906 at the Wisconsin School of Art* which was maintained by the Art Students League of Milwaukee*... Read full biography
Peter Rotier was a Milwaukee painter, commercial artist and teacher well-known for his oil and watercolor paintings of wild life and Wisconsin’s Kettle Moraine landscape. Rotier studied art from 1903-1906 at the Wisconsin School of Art* which was maintained by the Art Students League of Milwaukee* under the guidance of Richard Lorenz, Alexander Mueller and George Raab. During his early years he also did part-time scenic painting for theater stock companies that came to Milwaukee and Chicago. In... Read full biography
Peter Rotier was a Milwaukee painter, commercial artist and teacher well-known for his oil and watercolor paintings of wild life and Wisconsin’s Kettle Moraine landscape. Rotier studied art from 1903-1906 at the Wisconsin School of Art* which was maintained by the Art Students League of Milwaukee* under the guidance of Richard Lorenz, Alexander Mueller and George Raab. During his early years he also did part-time scenic painting for theater stock companies that came to Milwaukee and Chicago. In 1918, he attended the Milwaukee State Teachers College and studied under George Oberteuffer before moving on to the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts in 1919. In 1920, he studied under, and was most influenced by, Robert Henri at the Art Students League... Read full biography
Peter Rotier was a Milwaukee painter, commercial artist and teacher well-known for his oil and watercolor paintings of wild life and Wisconsin’s Kettle Moraine landscape. Rotier studied art from 1903-1906 at the Wisconsin School of Art* which was maintained by the Art Students League of Milwaukee* under the guidance of Richard Lorenz, Alexander Mueller and George Raab. During his early years he also did part-time scenic painting for theater stock companies that came to Milwaukee and Chicago. In 1918, he attended the Milwaukee State Teachers College and studied under George Oberteuffer before moving on to the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts in 1919. In 1920, he studied under, and was most influenced by, Robert Henri at the Art Students League in New York*. In 1920, Rotier decided to travel west, and to earn money he took on numerous odd jobs as a house and sign painter... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (7)
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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
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Second National Exhibition of American Art Summer 1937 (Exhibition catalog)
1937
Breckinridge, Mrs. H. (essay)
32 pages
First National Exhibition of American Art (Exhibition catalog)