Roland Petersen

(American/Danish, born 1926)

twilight silhouettes by roland petersen

Roland Petersen

Twilight Silhouettes, 1953

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beach figure by roland petersen

Roland Petersen

Beach Figure, 1953

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fork tree by roland petersen

Roland Petersen

Fork Tree, 1964

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Biography

Timeline

1926
Born: Endelave, Denmark
1949
B.A. from University of California, Berkeley, CA
1950 - 1951
Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts, Provincetown, MA
1950
Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts, Provincetown, MA
M.A. from University of California, Berkeley, CA
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

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.