Mr William MacPiarais (Pearse)
Other names: Pearse
Born 15 November 1881
Died 4 May 1916
Active: 1897 - 1916
Country of birth and death: Ireland
Sculptor
Son of James Pearse, sculptor and brother of Padraig (Patrick) Pearse.
Both Willie and Padraig Pearse shot by firing squad in April 1916, following their involvement in the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin. Padraig Pearse one of the signatories to the 'Proclamation of Independence'.
Works by Willie MacPiarais and further material regarding the Pearse brothers available at the Pearse archive at Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin and at St. Enda'a School, Dublin.
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
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Una - Sketch Model for a Study in Marble
1906
Statuette in Plaster - Cailin na Carraige
1908
Paiste Og
1909
Memories
1911
p. 35, no. 501.
In 1911, Willie Mac Piarais exhibited as William Pearse. Objects subsequently exhibited under 'William Pearse' added here to Mac Piarais profile/record and notated as such.
Wild Flowers
1911
exhibited under name 'William Pearse'
Eileen - A Study
1912
p. 36. no. 514.
This work exhibited by the sculptor under the name 'William Pearse' in 1912.
An Old Sinner
1913
This work exhibited by the sculptor in 1913 under the name William Pearse.
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1906
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1908
'Statuette in Plaster - Cailin na Carraige'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1909
'Paiste Og'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1911
'Memories'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1912
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1913
'An Old Sinner'
Institutional and Business Connections
Member of Irish Art Companions
Worked for James Pearse and Sons
Personal and Professional Connections
Daughter/son/child of James Pearse
Studied under Oliver Sheppard
Sources
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Eightieth Annual Exhibition, 1909 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
1909
p. 26 (381)
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Eighty-Fourth Exhibition, 1913 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
1913
p. 41 (549)
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Eighty-Second Exhibition, 1911 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
1911
p. 35 (501, 504)
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Eighty-Third Exhibition, 1912 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
1912
p. 36 (514)
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Seventy-Ninth Annual Exhibition, 1908 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
1908
p. 28 (393)
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Seventy-Seventh Annual Exhibition, 1906 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
1906
p. 29 (391)
The Arts and Crafts Movements in Dublin & Edinburgh 1885-1925, 1998
1998
p. 151
The Dictionary of Irish Biography: from the earliest times to the year 2002
2009
William Murphy. "Pearse, William (?Willie?)". Dictionary of Irish Biography.
(ed.) James McGuire, James Quinn. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
(http://dib.cambridge.org/quicksearch.do#)
Citing this record
'Mr William MacPiarais (Pearse)', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib3_1205318341, accessed 29 Sep 2023]
