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1862 San Francisco, California - 1928 Monterey, California. Known for: Nocturne and tonalist landscape painting.
Charles Rollo Peters, called "The Poet of Night", is best known for his Tonalist landscapes, especially nocturnes, with much of his subject matter being scenes around his home in Monterey,... Read full biography
Charles Rollo Peters, called "The Poet of Night", is best known for his Tonalist landscapes, especially nocturnes, with much of his subject matter being scenes around his home in Monterey, California. James McNeill Whistler, who promoted the Tonalist aesthetic in Europe, was a major influence on... Read full biography
Charles Rollo Peters, called "The Poet of Night", is best known for his Tonalist landscapes, especially nocturnes, with much of his subject matter being scenes around his home in Monterey, California. James McNeill Whistler, who promoted the Tonalist aesthetic in Europe, was a major influence on his painting, and "is reported to have said that Peters was the only artist other than himself who could paint nocturnes." (Gerdts) . As Peters matured, his life became increasingly tumultuous, but the... Read full biography
Charles Rollo Peters, called "The Poet of Night", is best known for his Tonalist landscapes, especially nocturnes, with much of his subject matter being scenes around his home in Monterey, California. James McNeill Whistler, who promoted the Tonalist aesthetic in Europe, was a major influence on his painting, and "is reported to have said that Peters was the only artist other than himself who could paint nocturnes." (Gerdts) . As Peters matured, his life became increasingly tumultuous, but the one stable part of his existence was his painting. He continued to pour his emotions into his work, creating lonely, mysterious nocturnes with a palette of deep blues and blacks. The scenes were invariably dotted with a speck of light emanating from... Read full biography
Charles Rollo Peters, called "The Poet of Night", is best known for his Tonalist landscapes, especially nocturnes, with much of his subject matter being scenes around his home in Monterey, California. James McNeill Whistler, who promoted the Tonalist aesthetic in Europe, was a major influence on his painting, and "is reported to have said that Peters was the only artist other than himself who could paint nocturnes." (Gerdts) . As Peters matured, his life became increasingly tumultuous, but the one stable part of his existence was his painting. He continued to pour his emotions into his work, creating lonely, mysterious nocturnes with a palette of deep blues and blacks. The scenes were invariably dotted with a speck of light emanating from the moon or a lighted window. His landscapes usually displayed a more prominent sky view and often included a winding path o... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Adobe Structures, Pueblos
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Nocturnes, Nightime Scenes
- •Spanish Missions, California
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Barbizon, France
- •California Before 1940
- •Europe
- •Monterey, Carmel California
- •Mount Tamalpais, California
- •Northern California Before 1900
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
Art Association
- •Bohemian Club
- •Salmagundi Club, New York City
- •San Francisco Art Association-
Art Teacher
- •Benjamin Jean-Joseph Constant
- •Christian Jorgensen
- •Fernand Cormon
- •James McNeill Whistler
- •Jean Leon Gerome
- •Jules Tavernier
- •Jules-Joseph Lefebvre
- •Virgil Williams
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
- •California School of Design, Mark Hopkins Institute, Student
- •Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •Kahn Collection
Added Description
- •Nocturne Specialty
Artist Colony
- •Monterey and Carmel-By-The-Sea
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Stendahl Galleries, Los Angeles
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Louisiana Purchase Expo, St. Louis World's Fair 1904
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Lotos Club
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Salmagundi Club, New York City-
- •San Francisco Art Association
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts