Marguerite Stuber Pearson. Marguerite Stuber Pearson was an American artist, a painter in the style of the Boston School.
Marguerite Stuber Pearson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Arthur G. Pearson and Ottelia M. Stuber Pearson. Her father was a confectioner who later operated a movie theatre.
At age 16, she survived polio; she used a wheelchair through the rest of her life. She studied art at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and independently.
Her instructors included Edmund C. Tarbell, Aldro Hibbard, Harry Leith-Ross, and Howard Giles. Pearson was known for traditional paintings of women seated in warm domestic scenes, at a piano, knitting, or reading, for example.
She also painted some nudes, still lifes, and landscapes. Her models were sometimes dressed in older period fashions and surrounded by historical furnishings. An early show of hers, at the Somerville Public Library in 1924, was greeted with appreciation for both her works and her battle against great odds. She became a member of the Guild of Boston Artists in 1930, and had regular shows under their auspices into the 1950s. An approving reviewer for The Boston Globe commented that She doesn't distort the faces or figures in her portraits. she doesn't upset the laws of gravity in her landscapes. She sees straight and she paints straight. A later show at the Guild, in 1947, impressed another reviewer with t
Marguerite Stuber Pearson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Arthur G. Pearson and Ottelia M. Stuber Pearson. Her father was a confectioner who later operated a movie theatre.
At age 16, she survived polio; she used a wheelchair through the rest of her life. She studied art at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and independently.
Her instructors included Edmund C. Tarbell, Aldro Hibbard, Harry Leith-Ross, and Howard Giles. Pearson was known for traditional paintings of women seated in warm domestic scenes, at a piano, knitting, or reading, for example.
She also painted some nudes, still lifes, and landscapes. Her models were sometimes dressed in older period fashions and surrounded by historical furnishings. An early show of hers, at the Somerville Public Library in 1924, was greeted with appreciation for both her works and her battle against great odds. She became a member of the Guild of Boston Artists in 1930, and had regular shows under their auspices into the 1950s. An approving reviewer for The Boston Globe commented that She doesn't distort the faces or figures in her portraits. she doesn't upset the laws of gravity in her landscapes. She sees straight and she paints straight. A later show at the Guild, in 1947, impressed another reviewer with t
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