A painter and art professor at the University of California, Davis, from 1956 to 1991, Roland Petersen has earned a reputation as one of California's leading contemporary artists. His richly colored... Read full biography
A painter and art professor at the University of California, Davis, from 1956 to 1991, Roland Petersen has earned a reputation as one of California's leading contemporary artists. His richly colored acrylic genre, interiors, and cityscape pieces, often in series, are a combination of realism and... Read full biography
A painter and art professor at the University of California, Davis, from 1956 to 1991, Roland Petersen has earned a reputation as one of California's leading contemporary artists. His richly colored acrylic genre, interiors, and cityscape pieces, often in series, are a combination of realism and interlocking geometric shapes. "But best known among the subjects Petersen explored over the years are the PICNIC series that began in 1959 and continue today. The tell-tale elements of Petersen's work... Read full biography
A painter and art professor at the University of California, Davis, from 1956 to 1991, Roland Petersen has earned a reputation as one of California's leading contemporary artists. His richly colored acrylic genre, interiors, and cityscape pieces, often in series, are a combination of realism and interlocking geometric shapes. "But best known among the subjects Petersen explored over the years are the PICNIC series that began in 1959 and continue today. The tell-tale elements of Petersen's work can be traced back to their beginning: strong use of color, contrast of light and shadow, and the integration of still life, figure, and landscape" (Roland Petersen by Laura Weir Hill and Scott Hill). Petersen was born in Endelave, Denmark, and in... Read full biography
A painter and art professor at the University of California, Davis, from 1956 to 1991, Roland Petersen has earned a reputation as one of California's leading contemporary artists. His richly colored acrylic genre, interiors, and cityscape pieces, often in series, are a combination of realism and interlocking geometric shapes. "But best known among the subjects Petersen explored over the years are the PICNIC series that began in 1959 and continue today. The tell-tale elements of Petersen's work can be traced back to their beginning: strong use of color, contrast of light and shadow, and the integration of still life, figure, and landscape" (Roland Petersen by Laura Weir Hill and Scott Hill). Petersen was born in Endelave, Denmark, and in 1949 earned a B.A. Degree and in 1950 an M.A. Degree from the University of California at Berkeley. He studie... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (16)
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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
San Francisco and Second Wave: The Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism
2004
Landauer, Susan
240 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
With an Eye and a Passion: Selections from The Marion Collection
2003
Sherman, Charlotte (Essay)
38 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Roland Petersen: A Decade of Paintings, 1985-1995 (Maxwell Galleries) (Exhibition catalog)
1995
Hill, Laura Weir; Scott Hill
35 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection
1985
DuPont, Diana, K Holland
402 pages (color)
The Art of California Selected Works/ Oakland Museum
1984
Orr-Cahill, Christina
199 pages (color)
Catalogue of American Painting
1981
San Diego Museum of Art
240 pages (color)
Crocker Art Museum: Handbook of Paintings
1979
West, Richard (Essay); Alfred Neumeyer; Joseph A. Baird, Jr.
202 pages (color)
Fifty Years of Crocker-Kingsley A Retrospective Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1975
Holland, Ruth/Susan Willoughby
128 pages
East Coast-West Coast Paintings (Exhibition catalog)
1968
University of Oklahoma
48 pages
Painters Behind Painters An Exhibition of Central California Artists (Exhibition catalog)
1967
Howe, Thomas C
72 pages (color)
Virgil Barker Memorial Collection (Exhibition catalog)