EDWARD HOLROYD PEARCE (BRITISH 1901-1990) ALETSCH GLACIER, THE ALPS Oil on canvas-board Signed and dated 53 (lower right) 26.5 x 36.5cm (10¼ x 14¼ in.) Provenance: Rowley Gallery, London Exhibited: London, The Mall Galleries, More Paintings at Home and Aboard by Lord Pearce, R.B.A., 27 March - 9 April 1973, no. 45 Pearce was a British judge who served as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary from 1962. In 1971-72 he chaired the Pearce Commission which was charged with testing the acceptability of a proposed constitutional settlement in Rhodesia (now known as Zimbabwe). However, early on in his career during the 1930's, Pearce was forced to leave legal practice for a time because of his tuberculosis. He spent some of this time in Switzerland where he acquired a lifelong passion for oil painting, before returning to the Bar. Pearce was a compulsive painter of the mountains. From his bed in the sanatorium, he could see the opaque green waters of the Rhine and an array of other peaks. To Pearce, their beauty was like a healing touch. His interest in the arts continued throughout his life and he regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy.Please note measurements do not include the frame unless otherwise stated.