Marguerite Stuber Pearson (American/Massachusetts, 1898-1978) , "Woman Playing Piano", oil on

Marguerite Stuber Pearson (American/Massachusetts, 1898-1978) , "Woman Playing Piano", oil on canvas, unsigned, 2 handwritten labels with artist en verso and reverse of frame, 20 7/8 in. x 16 5/8 in., framed, overall 24 1/2 in. x 20 1/2 in. x 1 in.; together with Brand Galleries, LTD . invoice, 5 photographs and one slide. (8 pcs.) Note: Marguerite Pearson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1898 and raised in Somerville, Massachusetts. After a serious bout with polio at the age of sixteen, Pearson lost her ability to walk and used a wheelchair for the rest of her life. Throughout the 1920s, Pearson studied under notable Massachusetts artists Edmund C. Tarbell and Aldro Hibbard among others, while also enrolled in classes at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She joined the Guild of Boston Artists in 1930, showing her work regularly through this organization throughout the following decades. She received much admiration for her work that remained rooted in realism and everyday life during a time of the art world pushing abstraction to its limits. Contemporary reviewers of her work note her illustrations of “perceptive tenderness” and “compelling calm.” During the 1940s, she custom-built a wheelchair accessible home studio in Rockport where she painted and taught private lessons until her death in 1978. During Pearson’s life she enjoyed a level of local acclaim, however since her death in 1978, others further afield have continued to discover the delightful simplicity of her work.Ref.: “Marguerite Pearson Information and Inventory.” McDougall Fine Art Galleries. www.mcdougallfinearts.com. Accessed Mar. 6, 2023
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