Marguerite Stuber Pearson
Marguerite Stuber Pearson (August 1, 1898 — April 2, 1978) was an American artist, a painter in the style of the Boston School.
Early life
Marguerite Stuber Pearson was born in
Career
Pearson was known for traditional paintings of women seated in warm domestic scenes, at a piano, knitting, or reading, for example. She also painted some nudes, still lifes, and landscapes. Her models were sometimes dressed in older period fashions and surrounded by historical furnishings.
Her works were also a feature in the annual art show in Springville, Utah for decades, from the 1930s into the 1970s.[10][11]
Personal life
Marguerite Stuber Pearson lived permanently in Rockport, Massachusetts from 1942, in a home and studio she had custom built to her needs. She died there in 1978, aged 80 years. She left many of her unsold paintings to the Rockport Art Association, which also has an archive of her papers, photographs, and sketchbooks.[12] She also remembered the Springville Museum of Art in her will, with two paintings.[13] In 2011, the Guild of Boston Artists hosted a show of Pearson's works.[14] The Rockport Art Association gives an annual gold medal award named for Pearson.[15]
References
- ^ Patricia Jobe Pierce, "Marguerite Stuber Pearson" American National Biography (February 2000).
- ^ "The Final Curtain", Billboard (March 7, 1943): 27.
- ^ "Marguerite S. Pearson", Pierce Galleries.
- ^ A. J. Philpott, "Marguerite S. Pearson's Work Art Surprise of the Season" Boston Globe (December 11, 1931): 9.
- ^ A. J. Philpott, "Exhibition of Paintings by Marguerite S. Pearson" Boston Globe (May 15, 1924): 6.
- ^ "Boston Art Notes" Boston Globe (February 28, 1934): 4.
- ^ D. A., "Miss Pearson's Paintings" Christian Science Monitor (October 31, 1952): 9.
- ^ A. J. Philpott, "Marguerite S. Pearson's Painting on Exhibition" Boston Globe (November 8, 1936): B10.
- ^ Dorothy Adlow, "Kenneth Campbell's Show; Marguerite Pearson at Guild: Still-Lifes and Portraits" Christian Science Monitor (October 27, 1947): 4.
- ^ "Marguerite S. Pearson Papers" Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- ^ "Marguerite Stuber Pearson (1898 – 1978), A Point of View" Guild of Boston Artists (September 1–24, 2011).
- ^ Rockport Art Association, Summer Prospectus (2016).