Lot 2229
Julius Rolshoven (American, 1858-1930), Taos, New Mexico
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Sheet sight 11 x 14 in.; Frame dimensions 16 1/8 x 19 in.
Detroit born artist Julius Rolshoven studied in Europe at the Düsseldorf Academy, the Royal Academy in Munich, and the Académie Julian in Paris. He became part of the Duveneck Boys, a group of American artists working in Venice and Florence.
After years abroad, Rolshoven settled in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1916 and joined the Taos Society of Artists. His works can be found in the Detroit Institute of Art, the University of New Mexico, and the El Paso Museum of Art.
The pastels are not set, and there is some lifting to the pigments and clouding below the glass; toning to the mat, not examined outside the frame.
