Arden Rose

"Arden Rose's painting, radiant with color and harmony, speaks the truth. It thus appears like the affirmation of our dearest desire to find paradise lost - once again..."
- excerpt from the preface in English and in French, by André Parinaud, Art Critic, Art Historian; Paris, France
Published in the book Arden Rose, the Vision of a Painter
(this book may be ordered from Arden Rose)

"Arden Rose is the best Impressionist artist in the United States! The lyrical harmonies she paints are so outstanding in beauty, color, light and Impressionist technique, that when I saw her exhibit at Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall,
I suddenly had the feeling it was 1882, and here was Monet and Renoir."
- F. Lanier Graham, Former Chief Curator, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco;
Former Curator, The Museum of Modern Art, New York City; Art Historian:
Author of Three Centuries of American Painting, and Three Centuries of French Art

BA in Philosophy from U.C. Berkeley, Berkeley California, Painting classes

M.S.W. from U.C. Berkeley, Berkeley California

De Young Museum Art School, San Francisco California

Private studies under Hilda Kidder, from Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna Austria,

Mil Valley Arts Guild, Mill Valley California

Arden Rose was born in Boston, Massachusetts, currently resides in Santa Barbara, California, and has a winter art studio in St. Barthelemy. She has exhibited at Galerie Laurens on Avenue Matignon in Paris, France; at Galerie Marumo in Los Angeles, California; and at Campanile Galleries Inc. in Chicago, Illinois.

In 1993, she was nominated for the Award of Arts and Letters to the Minister of Culture in France. In June 1993 and June 1994, she was invited by the French government to be the American artist guest of honor at the Fêtes des Impressionistes. In November 1992 she received the certificate of excellence in the New York Soho International Art Competition juried by the American art critic, Dennis Wepman. In December 1992, the book Arden Rose, the Vision of a Painter was published, with the preface by the renowned art critic and art historian André Parinaud.

During October and November 1987, Arden Rose exhibited at the Salon d'Autumne at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, and in May 1988 at the Festivale Internationale in Osaka, Japan, and in June 1988 at the Museé Guimet in Paris France.
During November 1982, she participated in a group exhibit at Galerie Marumo as the only living artist amidst the paintings of such Fre...