id:			149679
accession number:	1979.68
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1979.68
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:44.045000

Pater Familias (Self-Portrait), c. 1948. Rolf Stoll (American, 1892–1978). Oil on masonite; framed: 95.9 x 82 x 7.7 cm (37 3/4 x 32 5/16 x 3 1/16 in.); unframed: 76.3 x 60.7 cm (30 1/16 x 23 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Rolf Stoll 1979.68

title:				Pater Familias (Self-Portrait)
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creation date:			c. 1948
creation date earliest:		1943
creation date latest:		1953
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creditline:			Gift of Mrs. Rolf Stoll
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culture:	America, Ohio, Cleveland
technique:	oil on masonite
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Cleveland School
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Rolf Stoll (American, 1892–1978)  - artist
A native of Heidelberg, Germany, Rolf Stoll studied at art academies in Karlsruhe and Stuttgart before immigrating to the United States. He briefly attended the Art Students League in New York, then settled in Cleveland in the 1920s. In 1926 he began teaching portrait painting at the Cleveland School of Art, where he had a solo show the following year. In the mid-1930s, Stoll received federal commissions to paint murals for the Board of Education Building in Cleveland and the post office in East Palestine, Ohio. He exhibited in the annual May Shows at the Cleveland Museum of Art (1925–54). From the 1930s through the 1950s his paintings were featured in group exhibitions in Cleveland, at the Butler Art Institute in Youngstown, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Carnegie Institute of Art in Pittsburgh. Stoll retired from teaching in 1957.<br>"Transformations in Cleveland Art" (CMA, 1996), p. 239
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measurements: Framed: 95.9 x 82 x 7.7 cm (37 3/4 x 32 5/16 x 3 1/16 in.); Unframed: 76.3 x 60.7 cm (30 1/16 x 23 7/8 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed at top: "Pater Familias---Rolf Stoll---AD 1947"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The May Show: 30th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen
	opening date:   1948-05-05T04:00:00
	<i>The May Show: 30th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 5-June 13, 1948).

	title:		Year in Review: 1979
	opening date:   1980-02-13T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1979</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-March 9, 1980).

	title:		The Cleveland Institute of Art: 100 Years
	opening date:   1982-12-22T05:00:00
	<i>The Cleveland Institute of Art: 100 Years</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 22, 1982-January 30, 1983).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Artist biographical file for Rolf Stoll. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/MSB1961

	Rolf Stoll Entry Card to 1948 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMS08414

	Rolf Stoll: Photographs of Portraits by the Artist. Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/RolfStoll

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