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1875 Sibley County, Minnesota - 1941 Washington, District Of Columbia. Known for: Landscape painting, coastal views.
The following text was written and submitted by Robert S. Fastov:August Herman Olson Rolle was born to Norwegian immigrant parents on a farm in Sibley County, Minnesota on March 30, 1975 and died in... Read full biography
The following text was written and submitted by Robert S. Fastov:August Herman Olson Rolle was born to Norwegian immigrant parents on a farm in Sibley County, Minnesota on March 30, 1975 and died in Washington, D.C. ("D.C.") on October 9, 1941. He attended Red Wing Seminary in Red Wing, Minnesota,... Read full biography
The following text was written and submitted by Robert S. Fastov:August Herman Olson Rolle was born to Norwegian immigrant parents on a farm in Sibley County, Minnesota on March 30, 1975 and died in Washington, D.C. ("D.C.") on October 9, 1941. He attended Red Wing Seminary in Red Wing, Minnesota, studying business and law until 1892. He worked for the Willcox Lumber Company of Lake Park, Minnesota, before he "remembered the Maine" and joined the US Army in June, 1898. Rolle served during the... Read full biography
The following text was written and submitted by Robert S. Fastov:August Herman Olson Rolle was born to Norwegian immigrant parents on a farm in Sibley County, Minnesota on March 30, 1975 and died in Washington, D.C. ("D.C.") on October 9, 1941. He attended Red Wing Seminary in Red Wing, Minnesota, studying business and law until 1892. He worked for the Willcox Lumber Company of Lake Park, Minnesota, before he "remembered the Maine" and joined the US Army in June, 1898. Rolle served during the Spanish-American War with the 3rd U.S. Infantry at Fort Snelling, Minnesota and fought in a small police action against the Chippewa tribe. Rolle's earliest known work is a fine sanguine sketch of a seated young soldier holding a rifle at Fort... Read full biography
The following text was written and submitted by Robert S. Fastov:August Herman Olson Rolle was born to Norwegian immigrant parents on a farm in Sibley County, Minnesota on March 30, 1975 and died in Washington, D.C. ("D.C.") on October 9, 1941. He attended Red Wing Seminary in Red Wing, Minnesota, studying business and law until 1892. He worked for the Willcox Lumber Company of Lake Park, Minnesota, before he "remembered the Maine" and joined the US Army in June, 1898. Rolle served during the Spanish-American War with the 3rd U.S. Infantry at Fort Snelling, Minnesota and fought in a small police action against the Chippewa tribe. Rolle's earliest known work is a fine sanguine sketch of a seated young soldier holding a rifle at Fort Snelling. He married Anna Ebeltoft and had a daughter, Maxine, in 1902. He came to D.C. in 1900, where he joined the U.S.... Read full biography
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About August Rolle: Keywords
Keywords (22)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
Art Subject
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Fort Snelling, Minnesota
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Skyscape, Clouds and/or Storms
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Ogunquit, Maine
- •West Virginia Before 1920
Art Association
- •American Federation of Arts
- •Washington DC Watercolor Society/Association
Art School
- •Corcoran School of Art and Design, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Society of Washington Artists, DC
- •Washington (DC) Watercolor Club
Exhibition of Museum
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC