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Now approaching the age of seventy-five, this
is an excellent opportunity to celebrate Bryan’s half-century, and how better to do so than
by commissioning a new survey of his
work by the eminent writer Mel Gooding;
by showing, through reproducing Bryan’s most recent work, that
he is painting as energetically as ever, and for the first time recording
with affection the life and work of twenty-six artists who have supported
him and his mother Mary through a fascinating chapter in the history
of the town. Some of the artists featured in the following pages will
be well known; others less so, while many are still working and continue
to play a role in Bryan ’s artistic life.
There is also a special box set containing the catalogue ‘Bryan Pearce and his Artist Friends’ and lithograph – SHISHA, 2003 – which is published in an edition of seventy to coincide with the exhibitions held at Victoria Art Gallery and Beaux Arts, Bath and Lemon Street Gallery, Truro, March–June 2004. The lithograph has been made by Bryan Pearce assisted by Nelson and Rose Rands in St Ives, with platemaking and printing by Curwen Press, Cambridge. Each print, measuring 200 x 200mm is signed and dated by the artist in an edition of 100 plus 20 artist’s proofs on 300gms Somerset velvet white paper. The card, which has been produced with acid-free board kindly donated by GF Smith of Hull, will protect the lithograph when stored in its box. The box and catalogue are printed on Hello Silk, made with fibre from sawmill residues, forest thinnings and sustainable Austrian forests. Pulps used in the production are totally chlorine free and the stock is fully recyclable and bio-degradable. Published in 2004 by Janet Axten, St Ives Book £10.00 UK Sterling (plus postage and packing) |
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Bryan Pearce The Artist and His Work is a tribute to Bryan Pearce's life and artistic career. Published in 2000, this is the most comprehensive publication on the artist to date. More than 120 illustrations in full colour show the diverse range of his work and the wide subject matter the tentative watercolours of the early 1950s, through the unique self-assured oil paintings (including his distinctive 'all-round' studies of the harbours of west Cornwall) to the extraordinarily sophisticated designs and dramatic colours of his most recent conte drawings. With an introduction by Professor Charles Thomas, the book contains new essays from William Cooper, William Leah and Janet Axten, with a study of the artist's working techniques by Rose Rands. Earlier writings on the artist by Alan Bowness, Peter Lanyon, H.S. (Jim) Ede and William Leach are reproduced, along with an extensive and revealing interview given by the artist's mother in 1973. There is a catalogue raisonne of Bryan Pearce's oil paintings, with complete biographical details and an extensive bibliography. 29.95 UK Sterling (plus postage and packing) All copies are signed by Bryan Pearce and Janet Axten 144 pages, 260 x 280mm, hardback, 29.95 UK Sterling Published in 2000 by Sansom & Company, Bristol |
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The 'Miracle of Bryan Pearce' tells the remarkable story of the artist’s life, much of it through the words of Bryan’s mother Mary, who was interviewed at length by the author C J Stevens during the American writer’s visit to St Ives during the winter of 1967-1968, and then through their subsequent correspondence. Consisting of 102 pages, and with many family photographs and reproductions of paintings, this is an important and affectionate addition to the written record of Bryan Pearce’s extraordinary career. 112 pages 22 black and white illustrations and 12 in colour 235 x 160 mm paperback £10 sterling (plus postage and packing) Published by John Wade, Phillips, Maine, USA |
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St Ives All Round: The Paintings of Bryan Pearce The Primitive Art of Bryan Pearce The Path of the Son Bryan Pearce A Private View |
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Twentieth Century British Naive and Primitive Painters Painting the Warmth of the Sun St Ives Artists 1939-1975 Twenty Painters St Ives St Ives 1939-64 Twenty Five Years of Painting, Sculpture and Pottery A World of Their Own Twentieth Century British Naive Painters 20th Century Painters and Sculptors Handbook of Modern British Painting 1900-1980 Chronicles of Courage Very Special Artists Studio Artists in Their Workplace St Ives St Ives 1883-1993 Portrait of an Art Colony The Dictionary of Artists in Britain Since 1945 The Innocent Eye Primitive and Naive Painters in Cornwall Catching the Wave Art
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Keith Colquhoun, for St Martin's Gallery, London Peter Lanyon, for St Martin's Gallery, London Alan Bowness, for New Art Centre, London Cecil Collins, for Bene't Gallery, Cambridge Alan Bowness, for Museum of Modern Art, Oxford Mary Pearce, for Newlyn Orion Gallery Alan Bowness, for Victor Waddington Gallery, London Jim Ede, for Falmouth Art Gallery, Falmouth Heinz Ohff, for Falmouth Art Gallery, Falmouth Charles Thomas, for Bryan Pearce: the Artist and his
Work Mel Gooding, for Bryan Pearce and his Artist Friends Sarah Hughes, Susan Daniel-McElroy, Janet Axten and Mel Gooding, |
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