| 词条 | Charles Pears |
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| image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1873|09|09|df=y}}[1] | birth_place = Pontefract, Yorkshire | death_date = {{Death date and age|1958|01|28|1873|09|09|df=y}}[1] | death_place = Truro, Cornwall[2] | nationality = British | spouse = | field = Naval and marine art | training = | movement = | works = | patrons = | influenced by = | influenced = | awards = | elected = | website = | bgcolour = }} Charles Pears {{post-nominals|post-noms=RI ROI[1] RSMA}} (9 September 1873 – 28 January 1958) was a British painter, illustrator and artist. BiographyBorn in Pontefract, Yorkshire, he studied nearby at East Hardwick and Pomfret College,[2][3] where he started a lifelong appreciation of Canaletto.[7] Active from 1890, he worked as an illustrator throughout his career. His early illustrated works were included in periodicals such as The Yellow Book, Punch, The Graphic and Salt-Water Poems and Ballads by John Masefield.[2] Pears is best known as a marine painter, where he often signed his work as Chas Pears. Pears was the first elected President of the Royal Society of Marine Artists.[2] His works were exhibited from 1904 to 1939 in London having moved there, and he also wrote a number of books on small boat cruising. A commissioned officer in the Royal Marines during the First World War, Pears worked also worked as an official War Artist during both the First and Second World Wars.[2] His Second World War poster entitled "MV San Demetrio gets home" was issued by the Post Office Savings Bank,[4] with the original artwork presently part of the collection of the National Maritime Museum. From 1913 to 1936, Pears was a prolific poster artist, working for London Underground.[5] He also created posters for the Empire Marketing Board,[1] the Metropolitan Railway, Southern Railway, London, Midland & Scottish Railway, London & North Eastern Railway and Great Western Railway. He latterly created works for British Railways. Pears moved to Saint Mawes, Cornwall in semi-retirement, and died in Truro on 28 January 1958.[6] Today his artworks are held in the collections of the London Transport Museum,[5] National Maritime Museum, National Railway Museum,[7] Imperial War Museum,[8] and Tate.[9] He is commemorated in a prize at the Royal Society of Marine Artists, the Charles Pears Memorial Award.[6] Publications
References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|title=PEARS, Charles|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U241659|work=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007|accessdate=5 August 2013}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news|title=Mr. Charles Pears|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxford&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS169826878&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|accessdate=5 August 2013|newspaper=The Times|date=30 January 1958|page=10}} 3. ^Benezit, Emmanuel (2012) Benezit Dictionary of British Graphic Artists and Illustrators , p202, Oxford University Press 4. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/21435 | title = Art.IWM PST 16448 – San Demetrio Gets Home | year = 2012 | work = Imperial War Museum Collections Search | publisher = | accessdate =22 June 2012 }} 5. ^1 Artist – Charles Pears, London Transport Museum website. Retrieved 4 September 2012. 6. ^1 2 http://www.smallcraft.net/research/the_sailors/charles_pears/ 7. ^Collections Online – Pears, Charles, Science Museum Group. Retrieved 4 September 2012. 8. ^Imperial War Museum Collections Search for "Charles Pears", iwm.org.uk Retrieved 8 March 2013. 9. ^{{cite web|title=Charles Pears|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/charles-pears-2200|publisher=Tate|accessdate=5 August 2013}} External links{{Commons category|Charles Pears}}
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