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Paul Rohland (American, 1884–1949)
A Domestic Arrangement, n.d.

Color monotype, 12 3/8 x 9 1/2 in.
Collection of The Heckscher Museum, Huntington, New York. Gift of
the Baker/Pisano Collection, 2001.9.209

The famous 1913 Armory Show in New York was the first
large-scale exhibition of modern art in America. It signaled the
emergence of new artists of the twentieth century, and among
the artists invited to participate was Paul Rohland. Born in
Richmond, Virginia, Rohland came to New York City in 1902
to study with Robert Henri at the Art Students League, which
was followed by several years working in the south of France.
Returning to New York, Rohland joined a group of artists who
had formed the Woodstock Art Colony, a retreat for artists
associated with the Whitney museum. There he met his wife,
artist Caroline Speare around 1915. Rohland’s primary subject
matter included landscapes and still life. He worked mostly in
oil, but produced a number of monotypes, four of which were
purchased by Albert C. Barnes for the Barnes Foundation. In
1939, the Virginia Museum of Art gave Rohland a solo
exhibition, Virginia Artist Series No. 5: Paul Rohland ( January
21–February 4, 1939), as part of a series of exhibitions of
Virginia born and/or working artists. Seeking treatment for
Rohland’s failing health, he and his wife traveled to California
where he died in Los Angeles in 1949.
NOTES:
Wattenmaker, American Paintings and Works on Paper in the Barnes
Foundation, 363.

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