Showing posts with label Roland Petersen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Roland Petersen. Show all posts

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.