Jane Peterson Art
American, 1876-1965
Jane Peterson's most innovative period was from 1910 to 1930. During this time she produced her most important work. Her trips to Venice resulted in exuberant paintings full of glowing color. This painting is from that period. The brushwork is bold and exciting. The bright round yellow carob flowers contrast with the vertical mauve carob pods. The trunks and branches of the trees form a series of triangles that reflect the lush Mediterranean landscape. Originally the painting was sold in Paris to an American collector.
Jane Peterson was a leading woman post-impressionist painter of the early 20th century. Born in Elgin, Illinois, on November 28, 1876, she was interested in art throughout her childhood. In 1895, she went to New York City to study art at Pratt Institute. Before graduating in 1901, Peterson taught painting and became a popular teacher at Pratt. She then became the Drawing Supervisor of Brooklyn Public Schools. She studied oil painting with Frank Vincent DuMond who emphasized a prismatic palette. Subsequently, she studied painting with Frank Brangwyn in London, Jacques Emile Blanche and André Lhote in Paris, and Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida in Madrid. She was influenced by Impressionism and Fauvism during her studies in Paris. In 1924, Peterson's painting, Toilette, received critical acclaim at the New York Society of Painters. Her one-woman show on Fifth Avenue sold out. By this time, she had won numerous awards, was a Fellow at the National Academy of Design, and a member of many art clubs including the American Watercolor Society, Audubon Artists, Pen & Brush Club, and the National Association of Women Artists. In 1925, The New York Times characterized Peterson as "one of the foremost women painters in New York." Known for her colorful, post-impressionistic paintings of Gloucester streets and harbor on Cape Ann; palm trees along the Florida coast; street scenes in Paris, Istanbul, and New York City; and boating views in Venice. Peterson also flamboyantly executed floral subjects and dynamic genre-like portraits.
Carob Tree (Ceratonia siliqua) is a small evergreen tree of the Mediterranean coasts. It has dark green, compound leaves with glossy, oval leaflets. In Italy, the carob tree blooms from September to November. Its seedpods, also known as Saint John's bread, are up to 45 centimeters long and are filled with round, hard seeds and a thick pulp. St. John's Bread was probably the husks in the Prodigal Son parable and the seed which is said to have been the original jewelers' carat weight. The Spaniards call it Algaroba, and the Arabs Kharoub, hence Carob or Caroub Pods, Beans, or Sugar-pods. It is also named Locust Pods. These pods are grown in southern Europe for feeding domestic animals as well as for human food. Carob is sold in health food stores and is often a substitute or alternate to chocolate.to
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Artist: Jane Peterson
Parrot, 20th Century Watercolor by New York Female Artist
By Jane Peterson
Located in Beachwood, OH
Jane Peterson (American, 1876-1965)
Parrot
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower left
25 x 19 inches
31.25 x 25.25 inches, framed
Born in 1876 in Illinois, Jane Peterson would grow into ...
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20th Century Jane Peterson Art
Materials
Watercolor
The White Boat, Edgartown
By Jane Peterson
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
The White Boat, Edgartown, c. 1916
Watercolor and gouache on board
18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61 cm)
Framed dims: 24 x 29 1/2 inches
Signed at lower right: JANE PETERSON
Inscribed on ver...
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"Street In Paris (Eglise St. Julien)" Jane Peterson, American Impressionism
By Jane Peterson
Located in New York, NY
Jane Peterson
Street In Paris (Eglise St. Julien), circa 1910
Signed lower right; artist's labels on the reverse
Oil on canvas
24 x 18 inches
Exhibited
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1910s American Impressionist Jane Peterson Art
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Canvas, Oil
"Stone Wharf, Brittany" Jane Peterson, American Impressionist, Boats in Canal
By Jane Peterson
Located in New York, NY
Jane Peterson
Stone Wharf, Brittany, circa 1910
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
18 x 24 inches
Provenance
Private Collection, New York
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Lilies
By Jane Peterson
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Jane Peterson (1876-1965)
Lilies
Oil on canvas, 1952-1953
Signed by the artist lower right: JANE PETERSON
(see photo)
Painting size: 29 x 23 inches
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1950s American Impressionist Jane Peterson Art
Materials
Oil
$24,000
"Cattleya Orchids" Jane Peterson, Modernist Bright Flowers, Female Impressionist
By Jane Peterson
Located in New York, NY
Jane Peterson
Cattleya Orchids, circa 1940s
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
32 x 32 inches
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Artist’s estate sale, Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1960s
Priva...
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1930s American Modern Jane Peterson Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jane Peterson [Violet Harmony] Signed Oil on Canvas, American Impressionist
By Jane Peterson
Located in Miami, FL
JANE PETERSON – [VIOLET HARMONY]
⚜ Oil on canvas ⚜ Hand signed lower left ⚜ Framed, ready to hang
VIBRANT FLORAL COMPOSITION BY AN AMERICAN IMPRESSIONIST
[Violet Harmony] showcases ...
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1940s Impressionist Jane Peterson Art
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Oil, Canvas
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Zinnias in a Yellow Vase
By Jane Peterson
Located in New York, NY
Jane Peterson paints a vase of large yellow zinnias surrounded by dramatic green leaves against a blue background in her oil painting “Zinnias in ...
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1940s Jane Peterson Art
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Canvas, Oil
Venice
By Jane Peterson
Located in New York, NY
Singed (at lower left): Jane Peterson
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Jane Peterson Art
Materials
Gouache
$60,000
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