Bryan Pearce

Walter Bryan Pearce (born July 25, 1929 in St. Ives , Cornwall , South West England , † January 11, 2007 ibid) was a British painter. He was one of the best known and most important naive painters in England.

Bryan Pearce suffered from phenylketonuria , a rare hereditary disease that causes impaired brain development and intellectual disability. Handicapped by his illness, but encouraged by his mother, Mary Pearce († 1997), who was an enthusiastic painter herself, he began to draw in 1953 and to paint with water and oil paints .

Pearce also received motivation and support from other artists and art lovers, such as the painter Peter Lanyon , or the art critic Alan Bowness . From 1953 to 1957 he attended the St Ives School of Painting and joined the Penwith Society of Artists in 1957 . Due to his illness, Bryan Pearce spent his entire life in St. Ives, and so picturesque Cornwall , especially St. Ives of course, were the focus of his numerous depictions.

From 1957 Pearce began exhibiting his works in smaller private galleries in St Ives - Sail Loft Gallery , Wills Lane Gallery , New Craftsman . After a positive public response, he then presented his works of art from 1958 - again very successfully - in larger public and private galleries, such as Arts Advancement Ltd. , St Martin 's Gallery , New Art Center , Victor Waddington Gallery , Stoppenbach & Delestre , Tate Gallery , Archeus Fine Art Gallery (all in London ), Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool , the Arts Center and the New Street Gallery in Plymouth , Oxford Museum of Modern Art , the Victoria Art Gallery and Beaux Arts Gallery in Bath , the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol and the Lemon Street Gallery in Truro .

Bryan Pearce's art in connection with the impairment of his illness has resulted in numerous films about him.

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SURNAME	Pearce, Bryan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pearce, Walter Bryan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British painter
DATE OF BIRTH	July 25, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH	St Ives (Cornwall)
DATE OF DEATH	January 11, 2007
Place of death	St Ives (Cornwall)