Ronald Pearson modernist silver bracelet 1950s, 10.55 dwts
Stamped sterling and Pearson
Approx. 8"

Ronald Pearson
(source: Wiki) Ronald Hayes Pearson (1924 - 1996) was an American designer, jeweler, and metalsmith. He lived for many years in Rochester, New York and later Deer Island, Maine.

Ronald Hayes Pearson was born on September 22, 1924 in New York City, New York, to parents Louise Hayes Pearson and Ralph M. Pearson. In his early childhood, the family spend summers at a Danish-American metalsmith art colony at Milton-on-the-Hudson, called Elverhoj. He attended University of Wisconsin from 1942 to 1943, followed by service in the United States Merchant Marine from 1943 until 1947, during World War II. From 1947 until 1948 he attended the School for American Craftsmen at Alfred University.

For many years he lived in Rochester, New York, where he opened Shop One in 1953. From 1954 until 1957, Pearson had a partnership with John Prip. In 1971, Pearson moved and opened a studio and gallery on Deer Isle, Maine.

The Maine College of Art awarded him an honorary degree in 1987. He was awarded in 1996 the American Craft Council's highest honor, the gold metal.

He died on August 25, 1996 in his home in Deer Island. His memorial service was held at Haystack Mountain School of Craft. He had been married to Carolyn A. Hecker and he had six children.

His work is in various public museum collections including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the American Craft Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, among others.

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