biografia di Percival Leonard ROSSEAU (1859/69-1937)
Birth place: Point CoupeÈ Parish, LA
Death place: North Carolina (summer home)
Addresses: Old Lyme, CT
Profession: Painter
Studied: Académie Julian, Paris with Lefebvre and T. Robert-Fleury; also with H. Leon in Paris.
Exhibited: Paris Salon, 1900 (prize), 1906 (med); Lyme AA, 1936 (prize)
Member: Lotus Club; Lyme AA; PAFA
Comments: Famous for his portrayal of field and hunting dogs, Rosseau was an adventurer, who at times worked as a cowboy, cattle driver and commodities broker. In 1900, he won a prize at the Paris Salon for a nude, but became commercially successful in 1904 after he focused on animals. He returned permanently to the U.S. in 1915, working at Old Lyme and in North Carolina.
Sources: WW38; 300 Years of American Art, 540 (listed under Leonard Percival Rosseau).