I was born in Toms River, New Jersey. I can still remember sitting on my father's lap at the age of four and being totally fascinated watching him draw pictures for me. Soon thereafter he had me drawing pictures with him. In retrospect, I think this was when "the die was cast." I never wanted to be anything else in life but an artist. After graduating from the local high school, I left Toms River to study art at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. After graduating from Pratt, I had further study with Edwin Henry at the Grand Central School of Art and privately with Frederick Taubes and Edgar Whitney.

In 1952, on a trip to Maine with Edgar Whitney and several established artists to paint watercolor, I met Rosalyn Stern. Six months later we were married. We traveled to Mexico, Canada, Italy, France, and Spain. We have two children, now grown: daughter, Carol and son, David. Rosalyn died in 1983... I miss her very much.

I have been a painting instructor at three New York City art schools: Art Career School, The Master Institute, and Pratt Institute. In addition to having always had private students in my New York studio, Rosalyn and I built and operated a summer art school in Provincetown, MA from 1955 to l972.

I have been a guest instructor in oil and watercolor painting in West Virginia, Texas, California, New Mexico, Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey. My influences have been works by Pablo Picasso, Willy Friedlander, and George McNeil. At present, I continue to exhibit my work and paint five or six days a week.





Donald Pierce's work has been featured in American Artist Magazine and various books on oil painting, watercolor, composition, and framing. His paintings are included in a large number of public and private collections both here and abroad. He has served on many art juries. His resume is listed in Who's Who in American Art. He has shown his work in the following exhibitions:



Group Shows:
1994, 96, 98
New York Artist Equity Assn., New York, NY

1988
Discoveries IV, The Arsenal Gallery, New York, NY

1988
The Art Alliance Gallery, Sarasota, FL

1986
Chuck Levitan Gallery, New York, NY

1986
Gallery Art 54, New York, NY

1985-95
Lever House, New York, NY

1985
Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY

1983
Jacob K. Javits Building, New York, NY

1978-Present
American Society of Contemporary Artists, New York, NY

1978-79, 96
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY

1978-80
National Arts Club, New York, NY

1978-79
Allied Artists of America, New York, NY

1977
Artists Equity Show, Union Carbide Bldg., New York, NY

1975
Pratt Institute Faculty Exhibition, New York, NY

1970-Present
Westbeth Artists Holiday Annuals, New York, NY

1969-Present
Audubon Artists, New York, NY

1969-72
Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ

1968-78
New Jersey Society of Painters & Sculptors, New York, NY

1967
Oehlschlaeger Gallery, Sarasota, FL

1964
Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI

1961, 65
National Academy of Design, New York, NY

1960
Boston Copley Society, Boston, MA




Solo Shows:
1998
Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY

1996-97
New York Artists Equity Association (NYAEA), New York, NY

1993, 95
Pleiades Galleries, New York, NY

1992, 94
American Scene Gallery, Sarasota, FL

1991
Dome Gallery, New York, NY

1979
Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT

1974, 81, 84, 88
Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY

1974
Formit Rogers, New York, NY

1973
Rye Free Library, Rye, NY

1968
Neikrug Gallery, New York, NY

1967
Harmon Gallery, Naples, FL

1966
Leonardo Patterson Gallery, San Salvador, ES

1965
American Society of Contemporary Artists (ASCA)

1965
Audubon Artists

1965
Frick Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

1961
Ingram Summer Art Colony, Ingram, TX

1960
Janet Nessler Gallery, New York, NY




Awards:

 Allied Artists of America Award
American Society of Contemporary Artists (ASCA), Doris Krindler Memorial Award
American Society of Contemporary Artists (ASCA), Elizabeth Erlanger Memorial Award
American Society of Contemporary Artists (ASCA), Theresa Lidner Memorial Award
American Watercolor society
Audubon Artists of America
Montclair Museum
National Academy of Design
New Jersey Society of Painters & Sculptors
New Jersey Watercolor Society
Pratt Institute Student Scholarship
Ranger Fund Purchase Award
University of Oklahoma Award



Permanent Public Collections:

 Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Celanese Corporation of America, New York, NY
Formfit Rogers, Inc., New York, NY
M.M.T. Sales, Inc. New York, NY
New York Equity Artists Association, New York, NY
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
San Diego Museum of Fine Arts, San Diego, CA
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT



Memberships:
American Society of Contemporary Artists (ASCA)
1994-96 Corresponding Secretary
1991-94 Vice President
New York Artists Equity Association
1994-98 Vice President
1991-93 Board of Directors



Former Memberships:

 Allied Artists of America
American Watercolor society
Audubon Artists of America
New Jersey Society of Painters & Sculptors
New Jersey Watercolor Society
Philadelphia Watercolor Club
Provincetown Art Association




Teaching Activities:

 Mr. Pierce has taught in New York at the Art Career School, Master Institute, and Pratt Institute and for 17 years in Provincetown, MA at the Donald Pierce School of Painting. He has been guest instructor in painting in West Virginia, Texas, New Mexico, California, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. At present, Mr. Pierce conducts private painting and drawing classes for the Platau Cirque Group in Bronxville, NY.

                    


CONTACT

DONALD PIERCE
463 West Street #A1107
New York NY 10014
(212-242-5089)


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