Roland Petersen (American/Danish, born )

Timeline

1926
Born: Endelave, Denmark
1949
B.A. from University of California, Berkeley, CA
1950
Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts, Provincetown, MA
1950
M.A. from University of California, Berkeley, CA
1950–1951
Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts, Provincetown, MA
1952
California School of Fine Arts, Oakland, CA
1954
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1963
Stanley William Hayter's Atelier 17, Paris, France
1970–1971
Stanley William Hayter's Atelier 17, Paris, France

Exhibitions

2010
Roland Petersen: 50 Years of Painting, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
2008
Roland Petersen: Contemporary Selections, Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004
Roland Petersen: Works from the 1950s and 1960s, Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002
Roland Petersen: Early Paintings 1958–1969, Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001
Roland Petersen: Recent Works, John Natsoulos Gallery, Sacramento, CA (also ‘98)
1995
Roland Petersen: Recent Works, Maxwell Galleries, San Francisco, CA
1993
Roland Petersen, Works on Paper, Harcourts Modern and Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
1992
Retrospective, University of California, Davis, Richard L. Nelson Gallery, Davis, CA
1991
Sunlight and Shadows—The Art of Roland Petersen, 1953–1990, Harcourts Modern and Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
1990
Roland Petersen—Bay Area Paintings of the Sixties, Vanderwoude/Tananbaum Gallery, New York, NY
1989
Roland Petersen—A Retrospective Exhibition, Harcourts Modern & Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
1987
Roland Petersen, Works from the Sixties, Vanderwoude/Tananbaum Gallery, New York, NY
1985
Roland Petersen, Encaustic Paintings, Rorick Gallery, San Francisco, CA (also ‘83, ‘82, ‘81)
1984
Roland Petersen, Selected Monotypes & Watercolors, Smith Andersen Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
1980
University of Reading, Reading, England (also ‘77)
1979
Brubaker Gallery, Sarasota, FL
1978
Roland Petersen Retrospective, University of California, Davis, Memorial Union Art Gallery, Davis, CA
1977
Aberbach Fine Arts Gallery, London, England
1977
Kathryn Markey Gallery, New York, NY
1976
20 Year Retrospective of Color Prints by Roland Petersen, Washington State Art Services Program (traveling, organized by the Museum of Art), Pullman, WA
1975
Adele Bednarz Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (also ‘70)
1973
Adele Bednarz Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (traveled to Polles Gallery, San Francisco, CA)
1973
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
1972
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
1968
M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA
1967
Staempfli Gallery, New York, NY (also ‘65, ‘62)
1965
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
1961
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
1961
Esther-Robles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1954
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA

Literature

2004
Guenther, Bruce, “Literal Form, Invented Order: The Art of Roland Petersen,” Roland Petersen: Works from the
2002
Karlstrom, Paul, Roland Petersen: Early Paintings 1958–1969, Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
English (US)

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