Biografie von August H.O. ROLLE (1875-1941)

Birth place: Sibley County, MN

Death place: Wash., DC

Addresses: Wash., DC, 1900

Profession: Painter, printmaker, graphic artist

Studied: Corcoran Sch. A., under Messer, Brooke, and Moser, beginning in 1905

Exhibited: S. Wash. A.; Wash. WCC; CGA; Ntl. Gal.; MD Inst.; Min. PS & G Soc. of Wash., DC; Wash. Lndscp. C.; Venable's Gal. (joint exh., 1924); Gr. Wash. Indp. Exh., 1935;

Member: S. Wash. A.; Wash. WCC; Min. PS & G Soc. of Wash., DC; Wash. Ldscp. C. (founder, 1915); AFA; Wash. AC; Soc. Wash. Et.

Work: LOC; CGA; Wash. Hist. Soc.; Wash. AC; Calvert Marine Mus., Solomons, MD

Comments: After serving in the Spanish-American War, he came to Wash., DC in 1900, where he was a forestry expert with the Bureau of the Census for over 40 years. Specialty: land and seascapes in oil and watercolor.

Sources: WW40; McMahan, Artists of Washington, DC