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Henry Charles Pearson

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Henry Charles Pearson (1914 - 2006) was active/lived in New York, North Carolina.  Henry Pearson is known for Optical art, modernist sea-landscape painting, teaching.

An artist and professor, Henry Pearson was known for his "compositions of swirling lines and inked whorls that were influenced by his work on topographical maps in the army. . ." He worked in New York City and Philadelphia and taught classes at the New School for Social Research and the Pennsylvania Academy. 

Pearson was born in Kinston, North Carolina in 1914, and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he received his B.A. and later Yale University where he received an M.F.A.  In New York, he studied with Wil Barnet and Reginald Marsh at the Art Students League.

Pearson spent over eleven years in the army during and after WWII. Assigned to interpret topographical maps while on a tour of duty in Japan, his interest in topography and the landscape began, leading him to experiment with optical effects and fine line drawings as an artist.

Works by Pearson can be found in the permanent collections of both the Museum of Modern Art and   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1118 characters.]  Artist bio

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Henry Charles Pearson


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Exhibition By An Art School
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
  • Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
  • Illustration, Illustrator
  • Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
  • Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art MediaArt StyleArt Subject
  • Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
  • Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
Art Association
  • American Abstract Artists-
Art Teacher
  • Reginald Marsh
  • Will Barnet
Art School
  • Art Students League of New York, Student
  • New School For Social Research (The New School), Teacher
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Teacher
  • Yale University School of Fine Art and Architecture, Student
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
  • Art Educator: Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
  • Betty Parsons Gallery, New York City
Exhibition of Museum
  • Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art

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