Elden Rowland

Elden Heart Rowland (May 31, 1915 – February 22, 1982) was an artist in Sarasota, Florida.[1] His wife, Katherine Rowland, wrote A Painter and His Wife: A Memoir: Elden Rowland, Painter, Katherine Rowland, Wife about their life in the arts in Sarasota, Cape Cod and Montana. It is illustrated with 50 pictures. They moved from Ohio to Florida.

Elden Heart Rowland
Portrait of painter Elden Rowland at his studio in Sarasota, Florida.
Born
Cincinnati, Ohio
DiedFebruary 22, 1982(1982-02-22) (aged 66)
Sarasota, Florida
OccupationPainter
Spouse(s)Katherine Rowland

Rowland was born May 31, 1915 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He married Katherine Lucile Lollar in Lebanon, Ohio, on May 13, 1939, and they moved to Florida to pursue his career as an artist. Rowland was instrumental in promoting the local arts scene including Art Center Sarasota (then the Sarasota Arts Center).[2] In 1948 they made their home in Siesta Key. Rowland taught and painted. He is most known for his abstract expressionist work from the 1960s. He died on February 22, 1982, in Sarasota.[1]

References
  1. photograph by Joseph Janney Steinmetz and biographical information Florida Memory
  2. "History and Achievements". Art Center Sarasota. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.


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