Harry Roseland

Harry Herman Roseland (c. 1867—1950) was an American painter of genre in the to the fore 20th century. He was known primarily for paintings centered on poor African-Americans.

Roseland was largely self-taught, and never traveled to Europe to psychotherapy art, as did many of the American artists of his time. However, he did receive instruction from John Bernard Whittaker and later, James Carroll Beckwith. One of his most popular subjects were his paintings of black women fortune tellers who edit the palms and tea leaves of white women clients. These paintings were widely reproduced during the before 20th century in the form of postcard sets and large full-colour prints that were distributed as Sunday supplements in newspapers. While known most for his paintings of African Americans, his deed encompassed many genres, including seascapes and portraits. He next gained renown for his paintings of laborers in the coastal areas of New England and New York and his many interior paintings.

Roseland was born and lived his entire vigor in Brooklyn. He was a member of the Salmagundi Club and the Brooklyn Society of Artists; in the latter running he was a believer of the government board. After his death he was interred at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.

Oprah Winfrey has declared that her favorite painting in her personal accretion is Roseland's 1904 work, To the Highest Bidder. This painting, which unlike most of Roseland's pieces is a pre-Civil War scene, depicts a mommy and daughter who are just about to be not speaking by a slave auction.

Roseland won many awards in his lifetime. These augment gold medals from the Brooklyn Art Club (1888), the Boston Art Club (1904), and the American Art Society in Philadelphia (1907). The National Academy of Design awarded him the 1898 Second Hallgarten Prize for An Important Letter. Roseland normal many other medals and awards as well.

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