Tribute to My Grandfather
August H. O. Rolle (1845 – 1941)
American Impressionist Landscape Artist
Washington, D.C.
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Brief Biography
Studied at Corcoran School of Art under Messrs. Clarence E. Messer and Richard N. Brooks.
Worked at Bureau of the Census 41 years, economic analyst of forest products; member of American Society of Foresters;
Exhibited paintings at National Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Arts Club, Washington, D.C.;
Founder of Landscape Club of Washington in 1915, president of Washington Watercolor Club, officer of Society of Washington Artists; also Norwegian Society, Arts Club, Miniature Arts Club, Minnesota State Society.
Works in many collections, including National Museum of American Art (formerly National Collection of Fine Arts), Washington, DC, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Library of Congress; Birmingham Museum of Art; Columbia Historical Society.
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If you have comments or questions or if you want further information about my grandfather’s paintings, e.g., size, availability, prints, etc., please contact me. I’ll be happy to help you.
We are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea breakers,
And sitting by desolate streams;—
World-losers and world-forsakers,
On whom the pale moon gleams:
We are the movers and shakers
Of the world for ever, it seems. (Arthur O’Shaughnessy)