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Roland Petersen    (Danish/American, 1926)

 Roland Petersen - The Cove (Paintings) h: 14 x w: 16 in / h: 35.6 x w: 40.6 cm
Roland Petersen
The Cove 1970
 
 Roland Petersen - Woman with Yellow and White Parasol (Paintings) h: 48 x w: 60 in / h: 121.9 x w: 152.4 cm
Roland Petersen
Woman with Yellow and White Parasol 1987
 
 

Biography
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
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.
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