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Gerry Peirce
Hilltop
c. 1935

$750List Price

About the Item

Gerry Peirce, 'Hilltop', drypoint, c. 1935, edition 75. Signed, titled and numbered '1/75' in pencil. A superb impression, with rich darks and finely nuanced plate tone, in dark brown ink, on off-white wove paper; the full sheet with margins (1 x 2 inches), in excellent condition. ABOUT THE ARTIST Gerry Peirce was born in 1900 in Jamestown, New York. He attended the Cleveland School of Fine Arts and the Art Student’s League in New York City. Pierce lived and worked, first in Nova Scotia and then, during the depression, in the French Quarter of New Orleans, where he taught at the New Orleans Art School. He traveled with his wife Pricilla throughout the US and Cuba, depicting San Antonio, Palm Beach, Havana, Washington DC, and New York City. The couple settled in Philadelphia, where Pierce established a commercial art studio, producing cards for Cartier and Tiffany & Co. Tiring of commercial work the artist headed to Colorado, where he created a series of landscape etchings inspired by the celebrated work of George Albert Burr. That winter the couple moved to Arizona, making their home in Tucson. Peirce established a print atelier known as “The Print Room” in Tucson in 1934. Arizona transformed his work as Peirce turned to the desert for inspiration, seeking to capture the subtle tonality and stark grandeur of the Sonoran desert. His compositions, infused with solace, dignity, and ethereal beauty of the west, gradually gained national recognition. His graphic work is now included in numerous museum collections: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Boston Museum of Fine Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, Library of Congress, the Smithsonian and Harvard’s Fogg Museum. In 1949 the Tucson Watercolor Guild was organized at the home of Margaret Sanger with a mission to foster, promote and encourage creative artistic activates in the Southwest. The guild built a school, and community studio and Pierce became the primary instructor. He continued to teach for more than thirty years as a generation of Tucson artists passed through the doors of the school. Pierce authored the book ‘Painting in the Southwest Landscape in Watercolor’ and was awarded an honorary doctor of philosophy in arts from St. Andrews University College of London. Pierce’s contributions to the community helped establish Tucson as the artistic center of Arizona, and his extraordinary etchings and watercolors enhanced the public view of the Southwest, and its deserts.

Creator:
Gerry Peirce (1900 - 1969)
Creation Year:
c. 1935
Dimensions:
Height: 9.38 in (23.83 cm)Width: 11.88 in (30.18 cm)
Medium:
Drypoint
Movement & Style:
American Modern
Period:
1930-1939
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Myrtle Beach, SC
Reference Number:
Seller: 1016201stDibs: LU53234254121

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