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Charles Pears

1873–1958

Marine painter and lithographer, born at Pontefract, Yorkshire. Pears worked initially as a black-and-white artist for magazines from the late 1890s, serving as a theatrical caricaturist for Pick-Me-Up.

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Text Source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)

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German Star Shells: Men at the Guns off the German Coast, 11 August 1918 1918 Charles Pears (1873–1958)

German Star Shells: Men at the Guns off the German Coast, 11 August 1918 1918 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
A Thunderstorm, Harwich: Submarines Leaving Port 1918 Charles Pears (1873–1958)

A Thunderstorm, Harwich: Submarines Leaving Port 1918 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
The Action of 11 August 1918, Island of Borkum: Zeppelin Falling; the Flagship is Flying the Signal 1918 Charles Pears (1873–1958)

The Action of 11 August 1918, Island of Borkum: Zeppelin Falling; the Flagship is Flying the Signal 1918 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
HMS 'Dunraven VC' in Action against the Submarine That Sank Her, 8 August 1917 1917 Charles Pears (1873–1958)

HMS 'Dunraven VC' in Action against the Submarine That Sank Her, 8 August 1917 1917 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
A Hospital Ship at Night c.1918 Charles Pears (1873–1958)

A Hospital Ship at Night c.1918 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
North Queensferry Signal Station, Winter: The First Battle Cruiser Squadron Seen from the Forth Bridge 1918 Charles Pears (1873–1958)

North Queensferry Signal Station, Winter: The First Battle Cruiser Squadron Seen from the Forth Bridge 1918 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Battleship in Suez Canal, HMS 'Howe' 1939–1946 Charles Pears (1873–1958)

Battleship in Suez Canal, HMS 'Howe' 1939–1946 The National Archives
Steam Pinnaces at Hawkes Pier c.1918 Charles Pears (1873–1958)

Steam Pinnaces at Hawkes Pier c.1918 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
'There is no uninhabitable unnavigable'* Charles Pears (1873–1958)

'There is no uninhabitable unnavigable'* Ulster Museum
Southend, Crowstone Light 1929 Charles Pears (1873–1958)

Southend, Crowstone Light 1929 Beecroft Art Gallery
London 1932 Charles Pears (1873–1958)

London 1932 National Railway Museum
A Convoy 1918 Charles Pears (1873–1958)

A Convoy 1918 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
HMS 'Courageous' in Dry Dock, at Rosyth, in Winter 1919 Charles Pears (1873–1958)

HMS 'Courageous' in Dry Dock, at Rosyth, in Winter 1919 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Rosyth: Light Cruiser Anchorage 1918 Charles Pears (1873–1958)

Rosyth: Light Cruiser Anchorage 1918 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Strafed by a German Seaplane off Terschelling 1918 Charles Pears (1873–1958)

Strafed by a German Seaplane off Terschelling 1918 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
The North Sea: The Night of 10 August 1918 1918 Charles Pears (1873–1958)

The North Sea: The Night of 10 August 1918 1918 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
A P&O Liner Charles Pears (1873–1958)

A P&O Liner National Maritime Museum
Maintaining Forces Overseas 1917 Charles Pears (1873–1958)

Maintaining Forces Overseas 1917 National Museum Wales, National Museum Cardiff
Southend-on-Sea Bathing Buoy 1934 Charles Pears (1873–1958)

Southend-on-Sea Bathing Buoy 1934 Beecroft Art Gallery
'There is no uninhabitable unnavigable'* Charles Pears (1873–1958)

'There is no uninhabitable unnavigable'* Ulster Museum