biography of Danny PIERCE (1920-2014)

Birth place: Woodlake, CA

Addresses: Kent, WA

Profession: Painter, educator, etcher, engraver, writer

Studied: Am. A. Sch.; Brooklyn Mus. Sch. A.; Chouinard AI; University of Alaska, 1963 (B.A.)

Exhibited: LACMA; Oakland A. Mus.; BMFA; Springfield A. Mus.; SAM; Portland (Ore.) A. Mus.; BM; Munson-Williams-Proctor Inst.; Corcoran Gal biennial, 1951; Carnegie Inst.; Erie Pub. Mus.; Milwaukee AI; Butler AI; New Britain Mus. A.; Avery Mem.; Univ. Maine; Clearwater Mus. A.; Bradley Univ.; Univ. Mississippi; Creative Gal. (solo); Contemporaries (solo); Univ. So. Cal.; DMFA; Denver A. Mus.; MoMA; Sanford-Tiel Mem. Mus., Cherokee, Iowa; PAFA; Nat. Mus., Stockholm; Sao Paulo, Brazil, Biennial Art Exh, 1954; Barcelona, Spain; Modern Masters of Intaglio, Queens Col., NY, 1964; USIS Graphic Exhs. to Prague, Yugoslavia, India, 1965; Northwest Printmakers, Henry Gal., Seattle, 1964, SAM, 1965. One-man: (prints) Univ. of Alaska, 1959-63, 1973-74; Tacoma A. Mus., 1964; Hanga Gal., Seattle, 1964; Gonzaga Univ., Spokane, Wash., 1964; Central Washington Col. Edu., 1965; Univ of Oregon, Eugene, Or., 1964; Oregon State Univ at Cornvallis, Or., 1964; Tacoma Art Mus (Wash.), 1964; Expo 70, Osaka, Japan (representing State of Washington artists, one of twelve artists); Bradley Gal, Milwaukee, 1966-68, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982; Kohler Gal., Seattle, 1974; Oshkosh Public Mus., Wisc., 1976, 1984-85; Univ. of Maine, Orono, Me., 1978; Wisconsin State Univ at Stevens Point (Wisc.), 1978; Cushing Gal., Dallas Tx., 1978; Tahir Gal., New Orleans, La., 1980; City Hall Gal, Oostduinkerke, Belgium, 1981; Univ. of Wisc.-Milwaukee Mus. FA (Milwaukee, Wisc.), retrospective upon retirement, 1985; Awards: prizes, BM, 1952 (purchase); Bradley Univ., 1952; LOC, 1952, 1953, 1958 (purchase); Univ. So. California, 1952; SAM, 1952; Western Washington State Fair, 1954 (prize); Henry Gal., 1955; CAFA (prize, best oil landscape); So. Illinois Art Assoc. (first prize in oil); Northwest Printmakers International, Seattle, 1955, 1964, 1968; Bradley Univ. Print Assoc., Peoria, Il., 1952

Member: Soc. Indp. A., Boston; CAFA; AEA (pres., Seattle Chapter, 1958); Am. Color Pr. Soc.; F., I.A.L.

Work: BM; NYPL; LOC; MoMA; Clearwater Mus. A.; Bradley Univ.; Univ. So. California; Princeton Univ.; SAM; Sweat Mem. Mus.; Nat. Mus., Stockholm, Sweden; Nat'l. Lib., Paris France; Bradley Univ., Peoria, Il.; Univ. So. Calif., Los Angeles; Univ of Wash., Henry Gal., Seattle, Wash.; Clearwater Mus. (Fla.); Univ. of Minnesota (Minneapolis); National Fisheries Mus., Oostduinkerke, Belgium; Oshkosh Public Mus. (Wisc.); Rahr-West Mus., Manitowoc, Wisc.; Univ. of Wisc., Madison and Milwaukee; Johnson Wax Foundation, Racine, Wisc.; General Mills Coll. of Art, Minneapolis, Minn.; USIS Offices in the Near East and in Europe; Smithsonian Inst.; Huntington Lib., San Marino, Calif.; William and Mary Col., Williamsburg, Va.

Comments: With a Carnegie Found. grant, he established the art dept. at Univ. of Alaska, 1960-63, artist-in-res., 1964-65; visiting instr., graphics, Univ. Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1965; hd., art dept., Cornish Sch. of All. A., 1964-65; Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Sch. of Fine Arts. He retired from teaching in 1984 as Professor Emeritus. Publications: published limited edition books: Little No Name, 1959; The Bear That Woke Too Soon, 1963; Little Ezukvuk, 1964; Washington's Dilemma: Sack Cloth and Butternut, 1775-83, 1973; Edge of the Sea, 1974; A Day on the Norma A., 1975; Cattle Drive '76, 1976; Shepherdess of Monument Valley, 1977; Man, Horse and Sea, 1979, 1982; Sea Wrack, 1980; Birds, 1981; Joe Friebert, 1976; Golden Seas, 1987.

Sources: WW66; addl info courtesy Martin-Zambito Fine Art, Seattle, Wash.