CHARLES ROLLO PETERS (1862-1928)

On April 10, 1862, Charles Rollo Peters was born in San Francisco, CA. He later enrolled at the San Francisco School of Design under the instruction of Virgil Williams (1830-1886) and Chris Jorgensen (1860-1935). He also privately studied with artist Jules Tavernier (1844-1889). In 1886, he traveled to Paris where he enrolled at the École des Beaux Arts under Jean-Léon Gérome (1824-1904) and Jules-Joseph Lefebvre (1836-1911) and later at the Académie Julian under Gustave Boulanger (1824-1888) and Lefebvre. At the time, he was one of the few Americans to regularly exhibit at the Paris Salon. In 1890, he returned to California where he married before traveling back to Europe for a four-year stay. He eventually settled in Monterey, CA, where he opened a 30-acre property known as “Peters Gate.” After both his first wife and daughter tragically died, Peters remarried and sold his Monterey home before traveling again to Europe. When he and his second wife returned, they settled in San Francisco, CA. Peters died on March 1, 1928.