Contact gallery for price		Jane Peterson Illinois 1876 – 1965 Kansas Landscape near Palm Beach (pair) Watercolor & gouache on paper mounted on board 14 x 21 inches each Both signed lower right: Jane Peterson Jane Peterson was born in Elgin, Illinois in 1876. Peterson attended the Pratt Institute and later she studied at the Art Students League in New York with Frank Vincent Dumond. Following her studies, Jane Peterson was offered several teaching posts, none of which she would keep long. Instead of confining herself to the American art scene, she decided to continue her education in Paris, Venice, London and Madrid, where she studied with such notable artists as Jacques Emile Blanche, André Lhote, and Joaquin Sorolla. Through her instruction Peterson developed a unique vision in American art. She went on to influence later American Art in a teaching position at the Art Students League beginning in 1913. Her works are a blend of Impressionist and Expressionist styles, combining an interest in light and in depiction of the spontaneous moment with the use of broad swathes of vibrant color. She is well known for her vivid, richly painted still lifes, and beach scenes painted along the Massachusetts coast. The present work is an excellent example of Peterson’s landscapes in the vicinity of Palm beach, where she lived and worked. The wonderful color and light mood of the pair recalls the influence of her teacher Sorolla, but Peterson’s tendency to simplified, almost abstracted forms and flat planes of color gave her a unique interpretation of such scenes and put her in step with modern trends in America. Peterson was recognized as one of the foremost women painters in the United States. Her works are housed in museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of the City of New York, the National Museum of Women in the Arts and Hirshhorn Museum in Washington D.C..