CARL WILLIAM PETERS (AMERICAN 1897-1980) IRONDEQUOIT CREEK, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

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A post-impressionistic view of Irondequoit Creek in New York state, an area Peters favored for several of his landscapes. Carl Peters was one of America's successful artists, a master landscapist and genre painter within the realist tradition, represented in his time by the American Scene and regionalist movements. Peters also executed a series of murals under government sponsorship during the Depression era. Some critics have said that his drawings that were executed on the front lines in war-torn France in 1917-18 rival those of John Singer Sargent. For his urban and rural snow scenes, Peters was the winner of three Hallgarten Prizes at the National Academy of Design. He also won numerous other prizes throughout his career, including the first ever Fairchild Award in Rochester (1924). He exhibited his works regularly at the National Academy, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Corcoran Gallery, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, the Fort Worth Museum, the Rockport Art Association and the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester.

Item Dimensions: Frame: 38" x 33" x 1 - 1/2".

Name

Value

Artist

CARL WILLIAM PETERS (AMERICAN 1897-1980)

Title

IRONDEQUOIT CREEK, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

Created

Mid-20th century

Medium

Oil on canvas

Signature

Signed lower right "Carl W Peters"