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Charles Rollo Peters

Charles Rollo Peters (1862 - 1928) was active/lived in California / Europe.  Charles Peters is known for Nocturne and tonalist landscape painting.

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Charles Rollo Peters, called "The Poet of Night", is best known for his Tonalist landscapes, especially nocturnes, with much of his subject matter being scenes around his home in Monterey, California. James McNeill Whistler, who promoted the Tonalist aesthetic in Europe, was a major influence on his painting, and "is reported to have said that Peters was the only artist other than himself who could paint nocturnes." (Gerdts) 

As Peters matured, his life became increasingly tumultuous, but the one stable part of his existence was his painting. He continued to pour his emotions into his work, creating lonely, mysterious nocturnes with a palette of deep blues and blacks. The scenes were invariably dotted with a speck of light emanating from the moon or a lighted window. His landscapes usually displayed a more prominent sky view and often included a winding path or road trailing off in the distance.

Peters was born in San Francisco in 1862 to a wealt   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 9160 characters.]  Artist bio

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Light Beyond the Trees

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Moon over a pool

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Houseboats and Wharf Nocturne , 1925

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Yerba Buena

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Houseboats on the Marin Delta

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Moon Shadows Under the Eaves

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