| Charles Rollo Peters, called "The Poet of Night", is best known for his
Tonalist landscapes, especially
nocturnes, with much of his subject matter being scenes around his home
in Monterey, California. James McNeill Whistler, who
promoted the Tonalist aesthetic in Europe, was a major influence
on his painting and "is reported to have said that Peters was the only
artist other than himself who could paint nocturnes." (Gerdts) As
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Charles Peters is also mentioned in these AskART essays:
California Painters
Tonalism
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