California / Latvia. 1926 - 2026
Abstract imagery-still life painting, sculpture
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Born 1926 Endelave, Denmark. Known for: Modernist landscape, genre and interior painting, teaching.
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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Expressionist painting-impasto, abstraction
California. 1922 - 1998
Modernist figurative, genre, landscape and interior paintings
California. 1928 - 2010
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California. 1930 - 2021
Bay Area figurative sculpture, sketches
California, Nebraska. 1930 - 2007
Modernist naive drollery painting, funk collage
California, Michigan / England. 1915 - 2007
Abstract to figurative expression, lithography
California, Massachusetts. 1923 - 2021
Modernist-leaning landscape painting
California, Arizona. 1920 - 2021
Multliple styles of still life, portrait and landscape painting, teaching
California. 1913 - 1981
Abstract expressionism
California, Indiana. 1937 - 2021
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California. 1930 - 1992
Funk ceramic pop image ceramics, mixed media
California, Kansas. 1919 - 1990
Modernist landscape
California, Oregon. 1922 - 1993
Bay-Area figurative and abstract expressionist painting
California. 1899 - 1989
Modernist landscape, illustrator
California, Illinois. 1925 - 2012
Modernist figure, hard edge, geometric imagery, teaching
California / United Kingdom. 1924 - 1999
Abstract still life and landscape painting
California, Illinois. 1914 - 2003
Abstract expressionist painting, lithography, collage and etching
California, Illinois. 1908 - 1999
Modernist landscape, figure, interior and nature painting, murals
Oregon, California. 1943 - 2013
Whimsical sculpture-frogs, foodstuff, funk art, teaching
California. 1925 - 1985
Modernist-leaning landscape, coastal view painting
California, Kansas, Missouri. 1921 - 2013
Abstract expression and figurative painting, graphics
California, Oklahoma. 1919 - 1998
Non objective and figurative abstract imagery-luminous
California. 1932 - 2020
Photo real street scenes, genre and interior scene painting
New Mexico, California. 1937 - 2025
Geometric and lyrical abstraction, graphics
California. 1935 - 2018
Super flashy nude, pop icon painting, superheroes
New York, California. 1925 - 1969
Mod figure, abstraction, illustration
California. 1920 - 2019
Modernist naive-views, non objective painting, printmaking