Walter Bryan Pearce Auction Prices and Value Guide

Walter Bryan Pearce auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 214 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

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Artist
Walter Bryan Pearce
Source records
214
Market update
2026-02-16

Artist context

About Walter Bryan Pearce

Walter Bryan Pearce (1929–2007), commonly known as Bryan Pearce, was a British painter born and based in St Ives, Cornwall. He is widely regarded as one of the United Kingdom's foremost naïve artists. Pearce lived and worked in St Ives for his entire life, a town with a celebrated modern-art community, and his paintings are closely associated with its harbour, streets, and surrounding landscape. His work is held in the Tate collection, confirming his institutional significance within modern British art. Working in an untrained, direct style, Pearce depicted familiar Cornish scenes and domestic still-life subjects with a distinctive clarity and quiet intensity that distinguished him from the more academically trained St Ives modernists.

Naïve artOil paintingStill lifeSt Ives townscapes and harbour scenes

Common works and media

Pearce is best known for oil paintings of St Ives harbour, local streets and buildings, and tabletop still-life arrangements featuring jugs, fruit, and books. Titles recorded in authority files include Art School Interior, Cockerel Jug and Book, The Gardens, Norway Square (St Ives School of Painting), and Ginger Jar and Fruit, No. 1. His output is relatively small, and works are typically single unique paintings rather than editions or prints.

Market and appraisal context

Bryan Pearce's paintings appear at auction mainly within Modern British Art and Post-War British Paintings categories. His St Ives harbour scenes, townscapes, and still-life compositions are the works most frequently offered. Institutional representation by the Tate provides a benchmark of scholarly and market recognition. When assessing Pearce's work, collectors should consider subject matter (harbour views and still lifes tend to attract stronger interest), provenance documenting the St Ives context, condition, and the availability of comparable public auction records. Specific price ranges are not cited here; consult current auction databases for recent realized prices.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Value drivers

  1. Provenance linked to the St Ives art community strengthens attribution and collector interest
  2. Institutional representation (Tate collection) supports long-term market visibility
  3. Paintings of St Ives harbour, local streets, and still-life subjects are the most commonly encountered work types

Appraisal caveats

  • The source pack does not include specific auction results; realized-price comparisons should be drawn from auction databases at appraisal time.
  • RKD lists the birth year as 1929/1930; the exact date is unresolved in public authority records.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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Data basis

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