Henry C. Pearson

An artist and professor, Henry Pearson was known for his "compositions of swirling lines and inked whorls that were influenced by his work on topographical maps in the army. . ." He worked in New York City and Philadelphia and taught classes at the New School for Social Research and the Pennsylvania Academy.

Pearson was born in Kinston, North Carolina, and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Yale University. In New York, he studied with Wil Barnet and Reginald Marsh at the Art Students League.

The Metropolitan Museum and the Museum of Modern Art have work by Henry Pearson.