Biografie von Charles Rollo PETERS (1862-1928)

Birth place: San Francisco, CA

Death place: San Francisco

Addresses: San Francisco

Profession: Painter

Studied: Calif. Sch. Design, with Virgil Williams, 1870s; San Francisco, with J. Tavernier, 1885; Académie Julian, Paris with Boulanger and Lefebvre, 1886-88; Ecole des Beaux-Arts with Gérôme; also with Cormon in Paris.

Exhibited: Munich, 1888 (hon. men.); Paris Salon, 1889; Union League Cl. of NYC, 1899; San Francisco AA, annuals 1891-1923; Mechanics Inst.; Pan-Am. Expo, Buffalo, 1901 (bronze med.); PAFA Ann., 1902; St. Louis Expo, 1904 ( silver); Lotos Cl., 1904 (prize); SC, 1904 (med.); Alaska-Yukon Expo., 1909; Bohemian Cl., to 1923; Del Monte Gal., Monterey, from 1907; Golden Gate Park Mus., 1915; Colton Hall, Monterey, 1968 (solo); Oakland Mus., 1972

Member: San Fran. AA; Bohemian Cl., San Fran.; SC; Lotos Cl.; Carmel Colony.

Comments: Member of a wealthy San Francisco pioneer family. In 1886 he went to Paris to study and was greatly influenced by Alexander Harrison and James McNeil Whistler (see entries). Married to Constance Peters (see entry) with whom he spent later years in Europe. Specialty: nocturnal landscapes.

Sources: WW24; Hughes, Artists in California, 434-435; P&H Samuels, report alternate deathdate of 1927, p.369; Falk, Exh. Record Series.