Roland Petersen Centennial Retrospective at Studio Shop Gallery
Studio Shop Gallery presents 'Roland Petersen at 100: A Life in Painting,' a retrospective honoring the Bay Area Figurative artist's centennial. Opening May 8 with a black-tie reception, the exhibition spans eight decades from 1950s abstractions to a 2026 painting. It includes his Picnic series (initiated 1959) and 1970s Satellite series. Petersen, born 1926 in Endelave, Denmark, immigrated to San Francisco, studied at UC Berkeley under Chiura Obata and Hans Hofmann, won a Guggenheim Fellowship (1950), worked at Atelier 17 in Paris with Joan Miró, and taught at UC Davis. The show traces his evolution while reaffirming his influence on Northern California painting.
Key facts
- Exhibition: 'Roland Petersen at 100: A Life in Painting'
- Opening: Friday, May 8, with black-tie reception
- Venue: Studio Shop Gallery
- Artist: Roland Petersen, born 1926 in Endelave, Denmark
- Movement: Bay Area Figurative Movement
- Newest work: painting completed in 2026
- Education: BA and MFA from UC Berkeley; studied with Hans Hofmann in Provincetown, 1950
- Guggenheim Fellowship awarded 1950
Entities
Artists
- Roland Petersen
- Chiura Obata
- Hans Hofmann
- Joan Miró
- Stanley William Hayter
Institutions
- Studio Shop Gallery
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, Davis
- Atelier 17
- Guggenheim Fellowship
Locations
- Endelave, Denmark
- San Francisco
- Provincetown, Massachusetts
- Paris, France
- Bay Area