JHBA_Holroyd Pearce

AN EXHIBITION OF WORKS BY EDWARD HOLROYD PEARCE

AN EXHIBITION OF WORKS BY EDWARD HOLROYD PEARCE (1901 – 1990) All works are available to purchase from this catalogue Exhibition: 9th – 18th June Monday to Friday: 10am – 6pm Saturday: 11am – 4pm Any other time by appointment

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he mantle of “talented amateur” is often used to describe artists who for whatever reason have not made selling their paintings their only means of financial survival. Our June exhibition is a fascinating example of such an artist. Lord Pearce of Sweethaws was a distinguished Law Lord, Lord Justice of Appeals and a privy councillor, whose talent as an artist was recognised from an early age but is only now being shown to a wider audience.

Pearce, a Law Lord, painter and collector was the son -in -law of the celebrated artist Bertram Priestman and friend and travelling companion of Edward Seago (1910 -1974). Their frequent trips as the painting trio, travelling in Seago’s Austin Seven, were a period of great productivity for the young Pearce and inspired him in the true tradition of ‘en plein air’ painting. Their days followed a very similar pattern – picnicking on the salt marshes, painting one picture before lunch and then a second in the afternoon.

Front cover: High Summer, Sweethaws, Sussex, 10 x 14 inches (Page 34) Back cover: On the Alde 81, Suffolk Signed. Inscribed with title verso 10 x 14 inches (Page 12)

The freshness and ease in which Pearce observes his subject and lays down his paint in such a spontaneous and confident manner is reflected in all his work. He is never daunted in his quest to capture the perfect land or seascape. His constant observation of the effects of light and the relationship of clouds, sea and snow in his composition are a continuing theme throughout his life. It is fitting that this exhibition coincides with the centenary of the birth of Edward Seago and will I am sure establish Pearce as an artistic name in his own right, elevating him above the rank of “talented amateur”.

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Italian lake, Signed and dated ‘73, 16 x 20 inches

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Industrial seascape, Signed, 10 x 14 inches

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Loch Linnhe - Ballachulish, Scotland, Signed.

Extensively inscrived with title verso, dated Aug ‘61, 10 x 14 inches

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Dorset Coast, Signed. Inscribed with title verso, 10 x 14 inches

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St Ives, Signed. Inscribed with title verso, 10 x 14 inches

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Carbis Bay, Cornwall, Signed. Inscribed with title verso, 10 x 14 inches

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The Garden - Sweethaws, Sussex, Inscribed verso, 10 x 14 inches

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Winterhorn Valley, Switzerland, Inscribed on exhibition label verso, 10 x 14 inches

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Haystack and view, Sussex, 10 x 14 inches

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Early summer landscape, Sweethaws, Sussex, Inscribed verso, 10 x 14 inches

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St Benets, Norfolk Signed and dated ‘72.

Inscribed with title verso, 10 x 14 inches

On the Alde 81, Suffolk Signed. Inscribed with title verso 10 x 14 inches

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Lake scene, 10 x 14 inches

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Skye from the sea, Signed. Inscribed with title verso, 10 x 14 inches

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Lugano, Switzerland, Signed. Inscribed with title verso, 10 x 14 inches

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Brechorn from Wengen, Signed and dated ‘57. Inscribed verso, 10 x 14 inches

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Weisshorn from Gornergrat, Switzerland, Signed and dated ‘48. Inscribed with title verso, 10 x 14 inches

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Lake Geneva from Vevey, Switzerland, Signed and dated ‘49. Inscribed with title verso, 10 x 14 inches

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Late Summer, Sweethaws, Sussex, 10 x 14 inches

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Grand Combin from Verbier, Signed. Inscribed verso with title, dated Sept ‘58, 10 x 14 inches

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Battleships, 10 x 14 inches

Walberswick Ferry, Suffolk, Signed and dated ‘78 Inscribed with title verso 10 x 14 inches

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Bretaille above Villars, Signed and dated ‘81. Inscribed with title verso, 10 x 14 inches

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Watermill Farm, Suffolk, Signed and dated ‘72. Inscribed with title verso, 10 x 14 inches

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Summer landscape, Sweethaws, Sussex, 10 x 14 inches

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Mothercombe Beach, Devon, Signed. Inscribed with title verso, 10 x 14 inches

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Aletchhorn from Samplan, Signed with initials and dated ‘53. Inscribed with title verso, 10 x 14 inches

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Alnmouth, Northumberland, Autumn ‘56, Signed. Inscribed with title verso, 10 x 14 inches

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Gairloch, Scotland, Signed. Inscribed with title verso, 10 x 14 inches

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Irises in the garden, Signed and dated ‘74, 10 x 14 inches

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Achill Island, Ireland, Signed. Inscribed with title verso, 10 x 14 inches

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Skye from Kyle 80, Signed and dated ‘80. Also inscribed with title verso, 10 x 14 inches

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View from Achill Island, Ireland, Signed, Inscribed with title verso 10 x 14 inches

Looking towards Kent from Sweethaws, Sussex Signed and dated ‘71.

Inscribed with title verso 10 x 14 inches

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Summer Haze, Sussex, Signed and dated ‘73, 10 x 14 inches

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High Summer, Sweethaws, Sussex, 10 x 14 inches

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Winter landscape, Sussex, Signed and dated ‘70, 10 x 14 inches

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Stokes Bay, Devon, Signed also inscribed with Title and dated 1964 verso, 10 x 14 inches

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Dunrobin, Scotland, Signed. Inscribed with title verso, 10 x 14 inches

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Anglesey from Plas Dunes with Buckleys, Signed and dated ‘75. Inscribed with title verso, 10 x 14 inches

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Joyces Country - Loch Corrib, Ireland Signed. Inscribed with title verso 10 x 14 inches

Evening at Maloia from Selo Maria Aug 51, Signed Inscribed and dated verso Aug 27 1951 10 x 14 inches

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S Italy from the Struthamon, Signed, dated and inscribed. Also inscribed verso, 10 x 14 inches

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Vegetable garden, 10 x 14 inches

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Formal Garden, 8½ x 10½ inches

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The coast of Antrim, Ireland, Signed. Inscribed with title verso, 10 x 14 inches

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Eire. Before sailing sailing home to Holyhead, Signed. Inscribed with title verso, 10 x 14 inches

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Summer landscape, Sussex, 8 1/4 x 10½ inches

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PRICES Page Title 2

Italian lake

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Industrial seascape

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Price

Page Title

Price

£1,700

25

Mothercombe Beach, Devon

£1,500

£950

26

Aletchhorn from Samplan

£1,400

Loch Linnhe - Ballachulish, Scotland

£1,000

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Dorset Coast

£1,300

Alnmouth, Northumberland, Autumn ‘56

£1,200

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St Ives

£900

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Gairloch, Scotland

£1,200

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Carbis Bay, Cornwall

£820

29

Irises in the garden

£850

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The Garden - Sweethaws, Sussex

£950

30

Achill Island, Ireland

9

Winterhorn Valley, Switzerland

£850

31

Skye from Kyle 80

£850

10

Haystack and view, Sussex

£950

32

View from Achill Island, Ireland

£800

11

Early summer landscape, Sweethaws, Sussex

32

Looking towards Kent from Sweethaws, Sussex

£800

12

St Benets, Norfolk

£900

33

Summer Haze, Sussex

£1,100

12

On the Alde 81, Suffolk

£950

34

High Summer, Sweethaws, Sussex

£1,100

13

Lake scene

£920

35

Winter landscape, Sussex

14

Skye from the sea

£1,100

36

Stokes Bay, Devon

15

Lugano, Switzerland

£1,400

37

Dunrobin, Scotland

16

Brechorn from Wengen

£1,800

38

Anglesey from Plas Dunes with Buckleys £850

17

Weisshorn from Gornergrat, Switzerland £950

39

Joyces Country - Loch Corrib, Ireland

18

Lake Geneva from Vevey, Switzerland £1,600

39

Evening at Maloia from Selo Maria Aug £850

19

Late Summer, Sweethaws, Sussex

£1,100

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S Italy from the Struthamon

20

Grand Combin from Verbier

£1,000

41

Vegetable garden

£850

21

Battleships

£500

42

Formal Garden

£600

21

Walberswick Ferry, Suffolk

£650

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Bretaille above Villars

£980

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The coast of Antrim, Ireland

£950

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Watermill Farm, Suffolk

£850

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Eire. Before sailing sailing home to Holyhead

£800

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Summer landscape, Sweethaws, Sussex £1,100

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Summer landscape, Sussex

£950

£1,100

£1,100

£620 £1,600 £980 £850 £1,000

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