Roland Petersen

American · b. 1926 · Painter

Roland Conrad Petersen 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… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Roland Petersen, Two Figures in a Golden Land, 1965, oil and synthetic resin on canvasTwo Figures in a Golden LandBonhams · $156,000≈ £79,047≈ €115,951Sign up to see
  2. Roland Petersen, Silent Light, 1968, oil on canvasSilent LightBonhams · $144,000≈ £70,206≈ €98,267Sign up to see
  3. Roland Petersen, (American, b. 1926), oil on canvas(American, b. 1926)Bonhams · $116,250≈ £66,516≈ €97,419Sign up to see

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Roland Conrad Petersen 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" beginning in 1959 to today. He is part of the Bay Area Figurative Movement.

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Born 1926Occupation PainterWikidata Q7360384 ↗ULAN 500030197 ↗

In the collections of

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)Crocker Art MuseumFine Arts Museums of San FranciscoMinneapolis Institute of ArtMonterey Museum of ArtSan Francisco Museum of Modern ArtWhitney Museum of American Art

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Also known as Roland Conrad Petersen, Roland Conrad Peterson, Roland Peterson

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), MoMA collection data (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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