Charles Rollo Peters
Charles Rollo Peters was an American oil painter of nocturnes.Life
Peters was born on April 10, 1862 in San Francisco, California. He studied at the Académie Julian and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France.
Peters opened a studio in Monterey, California, where he became an oil painter of nocturnes. He was a member of the Bohemian Club. According to the San Francisco Examiner, he became "one of the world's greatest artists." For The Los Angeles Times, he was "known internationally for his nocturne studies of Californian and European subjects."
Peters resided in Monterey with his wife, Constance Peters, who was a painter, and his son, Charles Rollo, an actor. Peters died on March 2, 1928 in San Francisco, at age 66. His work is in the permanent collection of the Laguna Art Museum.
