Emile Roure, Miami. Oil on canvas, 18 by 21 inches.
Emile Roure traveled widely, painting in Columbia, the Bahamas, Mexico, Europe and in Florida. During the Spanish American War he worked as a staff artist for the Associated Press in the Philippines. In the States Roure was best known for his Grand Canyon scenes. In 1937 Roure was teaching at the National School of Fine and Applied Art in Washington, D.C. The following year he opened a studio in Palm Springs, California. From 1944 to 1949 Roure ran the Miami Art School at 1822 Biscayne Boulevard. In Miami he devoted one day a week to working with handicapped children.
Born: San Francisco, California, 1880.
Died: Miami, Florida, 1970.
Education: In San Francisco, California with Eugene Taniere; New York, Montreal, London, Paris.
Membership: Blue Dome Fellowship; Florida Painters Association; Painters and Sculptors of Los Angles.
Exhibits: National Gallery, Washington, D.C.; Painters and Sculptors of Los Angeles and Laguna Beach, Festival of the Arts; Reed Gallery, New Orleans, 1934; Woman’s Club of Atlanta, 1934; Painters and Sculptors of Los Angeles, 1938; Festival of the Arts, Laguna Beach, 1939; Florida Painters Association, Miami Beach, 2nd Annual, December 1941; Palm Beach Art League, March 1945, Wisconsin scenes; Miami Woman’s Club, one man show, for American Art Week, February 1948; Junior League of Miami, 1st Art Exhibit, March 1948.
