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Waldo Peirce

 

Personal Details

Name

Waldo Peirce

Place of birth

Bangor, Maine

Date of Birth

December 17, 1884

Date of Death

March 18, 1970 (aged 85)

Nationality

American

Field

Painting

Works

The Silver Slipper dance hall adjacent to Sloppy Joe's, painted in the 1930s


Waldo Peirce was an American painter and printmaker who is most well-known for his Impressionist-style landscapes and portraits. He was born in Bangor, Maine in 1884 and studied at the Art Students League of New York from 1901 to 1903 with Kenneth Hayes Miller and Frank Vincent DuMond. He then returned to Maine and began to paint the coastal scenes and rugged hills of the area. He soon began to experiment with a variety of painting styles, including Impressionism and Cubism.

Throughout his career, Peirce was strongly influenced by the works of Paul Cézanne and Vincent van Gogh, whom he admired. He was also influenced by the works of French Impressionists such as Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. In addition, he was also influenced by the works of the American Tonalist painters such as George Inness and William Merritt Chase.

Peirce exhibited his works in several galleries throughout the United States, including the National Academy of Design and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Corcoran Gallery in Washington D.C., the Chicago Art Institute, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He also traveled to Europe, where he exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1912 and 1913.

In addition to his paintings and prints, Peirce is also known for his writing on aesthetics. He wrote several books on the subject, including Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art (1909), The Nature of Beauty (1910), and Art and Life (1912).

The works of Waldo Peirce can be found in many major museums and private collections throughout the world. His works are known for their strong use of color and light, as well as their dynamic compositions. Peirce's works are also known for their emotional intensity, which often expresses the artist's love of the natural world.

Peirce died in 1952 in Bangor, Maine and is remembered today as one of the most important American Impressionist painters. His works continue to inspire and influence artists to this day.

 

 

Works Of Waldo Peirce:

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