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New Zealand visual artist (1929–2019)
Alan Robert Pearson (23 August 1929 – 2019) was a neo-expressionist painter who lived in New Zealand and, in his later life, Australia.
Life and work [ edit ]
Pearson was born on 23 August 1929 in Liverpool , England, and moved to Australia in 1951 and then New Zealand in 1954.[1] [2] University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts from 1957 to 1959, graduating with a Diploma of Fine Arts in 1960, and then lived most of his life in Christchurch , before moving to Australia in 2000.[3] [4] [2]
Throughout his career, Pearson exhibited in public and private art galleries across New Zealand and Australia, including a retrospective, Heaven and Blood , at Christchurch Art Gallery in 1999.[3]
Pearson is known for his expressive and gestural paintings that encapsulate a passionate demeanour and love of music, landscape and people.[5]
"I'm looking into the inner person, talking with the individual and discovering a collection of inner thoughts which come together in their face."[6]
Pearson died in Noosa , Queensland , Australia, in 2019.[7]
1958 - Rosa Sawtell Prize for drawing
1959 - Bickerton-Widdowson Scholarship
1964 - Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand scholarship to study at Royal Academy Schools, London.
1976 - Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand travel scholarship
1978 - National Bank Portrait Award. 1st prize for Herne Bay Couple
1979 - National Bank Portrait Award. 1st prize for Portrait of Mrs Oliver
1986 - Artist in residence, Otago Polytechnic School of Fine Art, Dunedin Public Art Gallery.
1989 - Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand travel grant to Australia.
1993 - Artist in residence Tai Poutini Polytechnic, Greymouth (grant, Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand)
Collections [ edit ]
Aigantighe Art Gallery, Timaru
Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington
Auckland City Art Gallery
Chartwell Collection, Auckland
Christchurch Art Gallery (formerly Robert McDougall Art Gallery) Christchurch
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
Forrester Gallery, Oamaru
Hocken Collections, University of Otago Library, Dunedin
James Wallace Trust
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Cleveland, England
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington
New Zealand Film Archive
New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Wellington
Suter Art Gallery, Nelson
Te Manawa Museum (formerly Manawatu Art Gallery), Palmerston North
The Rutherford Trust Collection, Wellington
The Todd Corporation Art Collection, Wellington
University of Otago Medical School, Auckland
University of Otago, Dunedin
Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton
References [ edit ]
^ a b "Alan Pearson, 1929–2019" . Christchurch Art Gallery . Christchurch Art Gallery. Retrieved 15 July 2021 .
^ "Record number For university graduation ceremony" . The Press 7 . Retrieved 24 November 2023 – via PapersPast .
^ "Alan Pearson - Painter" . Alan Pearson - Painter . Alison Pearson. Retrieved 15 July 2021 .
^ Moore, Christopher. "Portrait of the Artist" (PDF) . The Press . Retrieved 15 July 2021 .
^ "Alan Pearson" . Sanderson Contemporary Art. Retrieved 24 November 2023 .
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