Bidspirit auction | Peterson, Carl (1919-2009) untitled winter

Peterson, Carl (1919-2009) untitled winter landscape, 1983 watercolor - Peterson, Carl (1919-2009) untitled winter landscape, 1983 watercolor, signed C Peterson in lower left, good condition, not examined out of frame, 8.25 x 11 inches. Carl Peterson (1919-2009) graduated from Lindsborg High School and studied art at Bethany College under the teaching of Swedish-American artist Birger Sandzen. He graduated in 1942 with a BFA. He received a MFA from the University of Colorado, Boulder. He also spent a summer studying at Columbia University, NY. He taught art in public schools in Osborne, KS; Hays, KS and Salina, KS. He taught art classes at Bethany College, Lindsborg, KS. In 1963 he became the co-director of the Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery. Carl's primary media was watercolor painting, although an occasional oil and casein painting will appear. While at Colorado University he studied lithography. A few of those examples still survive. Carl was a fairly prolific painter, especially after his retirement from the gallery in 1981. Condition: good condition, not examined out of frame Dimensions: 18 x 22 x 1.25 in Weight: 4.55 lb