Guy Rose
Guy Orlando Rose (born March 3, 1867 in San Gabriel , California , † November 17, 1925 in Pasadena , California) was an American painter and is considered to be one of the main exponents of California Impressionism of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
life and work
Guy Rose was the seventh son of California Senator Leonard John Rose and his wife Amanda Jones Rose. He grew up with his family in the San Gabriel Valley near Rosemead (hence the name "Rose") on his father's ranch and winery. In 1876, Guy Rose was shot in the face by his brother in a hunting accident. During the recovery period, he began to draw and painted his first watercolor and oil paintings. In 1884 he graduated from Los Angeles High School . He then went to San Francisco to the California School of Design and studied under Virgil Williams and Emil Carlsen , among others .
On September 12th, Guy Rose enrolled at the Académie Julian in Paris and studied here with Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant , Jules Lefebvre , Lucien Doucet and Jean-Paul Laurens as well as Frank Vincent and Frederick Melville . In 1888/1889 he won a scholarship at the Academie Delacluse . In 1890 he exhibited for the first time at the Paris Salon , further exhibitions followed in 1891 and 1894.
In 1891 Guy Rose returned to America and lived in New York City , where he avoided oil painting mainly due to lead poisoning and became known as an illustrator and teacher at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn . In 1893/1894 and 1899, however, he was drawn back to Paris, where he and his wife Ethel Rose bought a farm in Giverny . He spent 1900 in Paris and the winter of that year in Biskra , Algeria , where he painted at least three famous paintings. 1901 Rose received when attending the World's Fair Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo a bronze medal.
From 1904 to 1912 he and Ethel lived in Giverny and worked with the artists who lived there. His paintings from this period show the clear influence of the popular impressionist Claude Monet , whom he met and who became his friend and teacher. In 1910 he exhibited his pictures together with painters such as Richard Miller , Lawton Parker and Frederick Carl Frieseke as the Giverny group in New York City.
From 1913 to 1914, the Roses spent the summers in Narragansett , Rhode Island , teaching sketching in the open countryside. However, Rose continued to suffer from his lead poisoning and accordingly moved back to California to recover in 1914, where he stayed for the rest of his life. In 1915 he took part in the San Francisco World's Fair The 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition of San Francisco and was awarded a silver medal. He taught at the Stickney Memorial School of Art in Pasadena and was the director of that school from 1919 to 1921. He was also on the board of the Los Angeles Museum of Science, History and Art and a member of the California Art Club in Los Angeles.
In 1921 Rose was awarded the William Preston Harrison Prize of the California Art Club , in the same year he suffered a stroke and remained paralyzed until his death on November 17, 1925. In 1926 the Stendahl Gallery posthumously held a commemorative exhibition of the works of Guy Rose.
Image selection
Late Afternoon, Giverny , 1905-1913
La Jolla Cove
The Blue Kimono , 1909
San Gabriel Mission , 1914
literature
- William H. Gerdts, Will South: California Impressionism. Abbeville Press, New York 1998; ISBN 0-7892-0176-3
- Will South, Jean Stern, William H. Gerdts: Guy Rose: American Impressionist. The Oakland Museum, 1995
- Jean Stern: Rose, Guy. Grove Art Online , Oxford University Press 2007; Access required.
Web links
- Guy Rose in the Artcyclopedia
- CGFA page on Guy Rose
- Project to develop a catalog raisonné of Rose's works
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rose, guy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rose, Guy Orlando (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American impressionist painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Gabriel , California |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 17, 1925 |
| Place of death | Pasadena , California |