Self Portrait, 1924

  • Julius C. Rolshoven, American, 1858-1930

Oil on canvas

  • Unframed: 19 3/4 × 15 5/8 inches (50.2 × 39.7 cm)
  • 29 5/8 × 25 5/8 × 3 1/2 inches (75.2 × 65.1 × 8.9 cm)

Gift of Mrs. Julius Rolshoven

55.226

Department

American Art before 1950

Signed and dated, at upper right: J. Rolshoven | 1924

Harriet B. Rolshoven (Mrs. Julius C. Rolshoven)

1955-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Seventeenth Annual Exhibition of American Art. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1931, no. 16 (ill.). The Art Digest 29, 7 (January 1, 1955): p. 31 (ill.). Healey, Mary Jane. “Two Paintings by Julius Rolshoven.” Bulletin of the DIA 35, 1 (1955-1956): pp. 14-16 (ill.). Dorazio, Arthur. “Art Notes: Rolshoven Works Given to Institute.” The Detroit Free Press (July 3, 1955): section C-6. Kenny, Sister M. Killian. A History of Painting in Michigan, 1850 to World War II. PhD diss., Wayne State University. Detroit, 1965, p. 49. Lochbiler, Don. “ A Local Prodigy: Julius Rolshoven.” The Detroit News (December 20, 1969): section A-8. Gibson, Arthur Hopkin. Artists of Early Michigan. Detroit, 1975, p. 204 (ill.).

Julius C. Rolshoven, Self Portrait, 1924, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Julius Rolshoven, 55.226.