Friday, June 5, 2015

Roland Petersen (USA, b. 1926)

Two Figures, 1961
Oil on canvas, 85 x 45 cm


Wheat field, 1962
Oil on canvas


Picnic Scene, 1963
Oil on canvas, 155.5 x 172.7 cm

Blue Vase with Flowers, 1964
Oil on canvas, 62 x 48 in.


Standing Figure (1964)

Girl Pulling Back Hair (1969)
oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches

Figures with Sunbeams (1986) 
acrylicl on canvas

Untitled (1988)
watercolor and gouche on paper

Roland Conrad Petersen (born 1926) is a Danish-born American painter, printmaker, and professor. 
His career spans over 50 years, primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area and is perhaps best-known for his "Picnic series" (a yearly event at UC Davis) beginning in 1959 to today. He is part of the Bay Area Figurative Movement.

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