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Gerry Peirce

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Gerry Peirce (1900 - 1969) was active/lived in Arizona.  Gerry Peirce is known for Landscape painting, etching, illustration, teaching.

A painter, teacher, etcher, illustrator, and author, he was a multi-talented man who won numerous prizes for watercolor and etching and also illustrated and wrote children's books including "Plants of Sun and Sand." From the mid-1930s, he directed the Gerry Peirce Watercolor School in Tucson, Arizona.

He was born in Jamestown, New York, and graduated from the Cleveland, Ohio School of Art and then studied at the Art Students League in New York. He was known for highly atmospheric paintings of subtle tonality. He was a member of the Society of American Etchers, Chicago Society of Etchers, and California Print Makers. His work is in numerous museums including the Boston Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum and Library of Congress.

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Arnold Elliott, Tucson Festival of the Arts, Exhibition Catalogue, March 25-april 8, 1951   ...  [Displaying 855 of 1763 characters.]  Artist bio

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Gerry Peirce


   Keywords 
Art Method
  • Children's Book, Juvenile Literature Illustration
  • Easel Painting
  • Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
  • Illustration, Illustrator
Art MediaArt Subject
  • Figure, Figurative Humans
  • Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
  • Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
  • Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
  • National Parks and/or State Parks
  • North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Arizona Before 1945
  • Grand Canyon, Arizona
Art Association
  • American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor
  • Chicago Society of Etchers
Art School
  • Art Students League of New York, Student
  • Cleveland School of Art, Cleveland Institute of Art, Student
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
  • Art Educator: Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
  • Landscape Specialty

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