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The 25 artworks by Charles Pears our visitors ask for most, ranked by popularity and presented one by one, with the specification and the price of each hand-painted reproduction.

Edition 2026 · 25 artworks Each artwork painted to order
Linnen canvas · Certificaat van echtheid · Wereldwijd verzonden Charles Pears · 1873 – 1958

The Wandsworth Gas Company Collier 'Chessington' Moving Upstream on the Thames, near the Houses of Parliament, c.1948

View the most popular artwork of Charles Pears ranked #1: The Wandsworth Gas Company Collier 'Chessington' Moving Upstream on the Thames, near the Houses of Parliament, c.1948

1948 · original 81 x 127 cm

Techniek: Met de hand geschilderd olieverf op linnen canvas
Gemaakt door: Op bestelling, door een professioneel kunstenaar
Popularity: No. 1 of 82 artworks by Charles Pears
Levering: Wereldwijd ongeveer 5 weken

from$18140 × 25 cm Commission this artwork

Same size as the original$463127 × 81 cm Commission at original size

Moonlight Barque

Usher Gallery, Lincoln · original 102 x 127 cm

Admire "Moonlight Barque" by Charles Pears (1873-1958). A stunning hand-painted reproduction of a night sailing scene, capturing adventure & maritime beauty. Discover this British marine artwork.

Techniek: Met de hand geschilderd olieverf op linnen canvas
Gemaakt door: Op bestelling, door een professioneel kunstenaar
Popularity: No. 2 of 82 artworks by Charles Pears
Levering: Wereldwijd ongeveer 5 weken

from$18135 × 29 cm Commission this artwork

Same size as the original$543127 × 102 cm Commission at original size

An Officer of a Motor Launch about to Board a Norwegian Steamer

1918 · original 22 x 25 cm

Charles Pears’ "An Officer of a Motor Launch" (1918) depicts wartime destruction in a unique naive expressionist style. Explore this evocative oil painting's raw energy & melancholic beauty.

Techniek: Met de hand geschilderd olieverf op linnen canvas
Gemaakt door: Op bestelling, door een professioneel kunstenaar
Popularity: No. 3 of 82 artworks by Charles Pears
Levering: Wereldwijd ongeveer 5 weken

from$18134 × 29 cm Commission this artwork

Battleship in Suez Canal, HMS 'Howe'

1946 · The National Archives, London · original 34 x 62 cm

Een prachtige schildering van een slagschip in het Suezkanaal door kunstenaar Charles Pears uit 1946. Een historische afbeelding die de kracht van de Koninklijke Marine tijdens deze periode vastlegt.

Techniek: Met de hand geschilderd olieverf op linnen canvas
Gemaakt door: Op bestelling, door een professioneel kunstenaar
Popularity: No. 4 of 82 artworks by Charles Pears
Levering: Wereldwijd ongeveer 5 weken

from$18143 × 23 cm Commission this artwork

Same size as the original$21562 × 34 cm Commission at original size

Steam Pinnaces at Hawkes Pier

1918 · original 71 x 91 cm

Techniek: Met de hand geschilderd olieverf op linnen canvas
Gemaakt door: Op bestelling, door een professioneel kunstenaar
Popularity: No. 5 of 82 artworks by Charles Pears
Levering: Wereldwijd ongeveer 5 weken

from$18136 × 28 cm Commission this artwork

Same size as the original$34791 × 71 cm Commission at original size

Sinking of the 'Scharnhorst', 26 December 1943

1944 · original 102 x 153 cm

Witness the dramatic naval battle of the 'Sinking of the Scharnhorst'! Charles Pear’s oil painting captures WWII chaos with vibrant colors & Romantic intensity. Explore this powerful artwork.

Techniek: Met de hand geschilderd olieverf op linnen canvas
Gemaakt door: Op bestelling, door een professioneel kunstenaar
Popularity: No. 6 of 82 artworks by Charles Pears
Levering: Wereldwijd ongeveer 5 weken

from$18139 × 26 cm Commission this artwork

Same size as the original$622153 × 102 cm Commission at original size

Southern Railway Steamers as Hospital Ships Awaiting the Wounded at Dunkirk during World War II

View the most popular artwork of Charles Pears ranked #7: Southern Railway Steamers as Hospital Ships Awaiting the Wounded at Dunkirk during World War II

1945 · original 80 x 113 cm

Techniek: Met de hand geschilderd olieverf op linnen canvas
Gemaakt door: Op bestelling, door een professioneel kunstenaar
Popularity: No. 7 of 82 artworks by Charles Pears
Levering: Wereldwijd ongeveer 5 weken

from$18138 × 26 cm Commission this artwork

Same size as the original$425113 × 80 cm Commission at original size

London (Great Western Railway poster artwork)

1932 · original 102 x 64 cm

Techniek: Met de hand geschilderd olieverf op linnen canvas
Gemaakt door: Op bestelling, door een professioneel kunstenaar
Popularity: No. 8 of 82 artworks by Charles Pears
Levering: Wereldwijd ongeveer 5 weken

from$18124 × 41 cm Commission this artwork

Same size as the original$34964 × 102 cm Commission at original size

Sinking of Great Western Railway Steamer 'St David' (converted to hospital ship) off Anzio, 24 January 1944

View the most popular artwork of Charles Pears ranked #9: Sinking of Great Western Railway Steamer 'St David' (converted to hospital ship) off Anzio, 24 January 1944

1944 · original 93 x 126 cm

Techniek: Met de hand geschilderd olieverf op linnen canvas
Gemaakt door: Op bestelling, door een professioneel kunstenaar
Popularity: No. 9 of 82 artworks by Charles Pears
Levering: Wereldwijd ongeveer 5 weken

from$18138 × 27 cm Commission this artwork

Same size as the original$506126 × 93 cm Commission at original size

The Pool of London during Dockland Air Raids, 1940

Guildhall Art Gallery, Londen · original 101 x 152 cm

Techniek: Met de hand geschilderd olieverf op linnen canvas
Gemaakt door: Op bestelling, door een professioneel kunstenaar
Popularity: No. 10 of 82 artworks by Charles Pears
Levering: Wereldwijd ongeveer 5 weken

from$18139 × 25 cm Commission this artwork

Same size as the original$615152 × 101 cm Commission at original size

A German Searchlight across the English Channel

1942 · original 81 x 127 cm

Techniek: Met de hand geschilderd olieverf op linnen canvas
Gemaakt door: Op bestelling, door een professioneel kunstenaar
Popularity: No. 11 of 82 artworks by Charles Pears
Levering: Wereldwijd ongeveer 5 weken

from$18140 × 25 cm Commission this artwork

Same size as the original$463127 × 81 cm Commission at original size

A Boarding Party of Royal Naval Reserve Men Going Aboard a Prize under Searchlight

1918 · original 102 x 108 cm

Techniek: Met de hand geschilderd olieverf op linnen canvas
Gemaakt door: Op bestelling, door een professioneel kunstenaar
Popularity: No. 12 of 82 artworks by Charles Pears
Levering: Wereldwijd ongeveer 5 weken

from$18133 × 31 cm Commission this artwork

Same size as the original$485108 × 102 cm Commission at original size

The Lights of Rosyth from the Forth Bridge Footpath Port Edgar and the Fleet

1918 · original 71 x 91 cm

Techniek: Met de hand geschilderd olieverf op linnen canvas
Gemaakt door: Op bestelling, door een professioneel kunstenaar
Popularity: No. 13 of 82 artworks by Charles Pears
Levering: Wereldwijd ongeveer 5 weken

from$18137 × 27 cm Commission this artwork

Same size as the original$34791 × 71 cm Commission at original size

Night Scene of Southern Railway Steamers as Hospital Ships during World War II

1945 · original 80 x 113 cm

Techniek: Met de hand geschilderd olieverf op linnen canvas
Gemaakt door: Op bestelling, door een professioneel kunstenaar
Popularity: No. 14 of 82 artworks by Charles Pears
Levering: Wereldwijd ongeveer 5 weken

from$18138 × 26 cm Commission this artwork

Same size as the original$425113 × 80 cm Commission at original size

Great Western Railway Steamer 'St Helier' Evacuating Troops, Dunkirk, 1 June 1940

1940 · original 93 x 126 cm

Techniek: Met de hand geschilderd olieverf op linnen canvas
Gemaakt door: Op bestelling, door een professioneel kunstenaar
Popularity: No. 15 of 82 artworks by Charles Pears
Levering: Wereldwijd ongeveer 5 weken

from$18138 × 27 cm Commission this artwork

Same size as the original$506126 × 93 cm Commission at original size

A Hospital Ship at Night

1918 · original 19 x 35 cm

Techniek: Met de hand geschilderd olieverf op linnen canvas
Gemaakt door: Op bestelling, door een professioneel kunstenaar
Popularity: No. 16 of 82 artworks by Charles Pears
Levering: Wereldwijd ongeveer 5 weken

from$18143 × 23 cm Commission this artwork

Pay Night, Rosyth, in Winter

1918 · original 58 x 130 cm

Techniek: Met de hand geschilderd olieverf op linnen canvas
Gemaakt door: Op bestelling, door een professioneel kunstenaar
Popularity: No. 17 of 82 artworks by Charles Pears
Levering: Wereldwijd ongeveer 5 weken

from$28147 × 21 cm Commission this artwork

Same size as the original$480130 × 58 cm Commission at original size

A Thunderstorm, Harwich Submarines Leaving Port

1918 · original 58 x 130 cm

Techniek: Met de hand geschilderd olieverf op linnen canvas
Gemaakt door: Op bestelling, door een professioneel kunstenaar
Popularity: No. 18 of 82 artworks by Charles Pears
Levering: Wereldwijd ongeveer 5 weken

from$18149 × 21 cm Commission this artwork

Same size as the original$380130 × 58 cm Commission at original size

North Queensferry Signal Station, Winter The First Battle Cruiser Squadron Seen from the Forth Bridge

View the most popular artwork of Charles Pears ranked #19: North Queensferry Signal Station, Winter The First Battle Cruiser Squadron Seen from the Forth Bridge

1918 · original 51 x 61 cm

Techniek: Met de hand geschilderd olieverf op linnen canvas
Gemaakt door: Op bestelling, door een professioneel kunstenaar
Popularity: No. 19 of 82 artworks by Charles Pears
Levering: Wereldwijd ongeveer 5 weken

from$18135 × 29 cm Commission this artwork

Same size as the original$24661 × 51 cm Commission at original size

Self Portrait

1946 · original 62 x 51 cm

Explore Charles Pears’ 1946 ‘Self Portrait,’ a realistic maritime painting capturing age & solitude. Impressionistic brushwork & evocative seascapes – a unique piece.

Techniek: Met de hand geschilderd olieverf op linnen canvas
Gemaakt door: Op bestelling, door een professioneel kunstenaar
Popularity: No. 20 of 82 artworks by Charles Pears
Levering: Wereldwijd ongeveer 5 weken

from$18129 × 35 cm Commission this artwork

Same size as the original$24751 × 62 cm Commission at original size

Big and Little HMS 'Glorious' and a Motor Launch at the Island of Inchkeith under Snow

1918 · original 38 x 61 cm

Experience 'Big & Little HMS Glorious' by Charles Pears (1918). A stunning marine painting of Inchkeith Island under snow. Hand-painted reproduction available.

Techniek: Met de hand geschilderd olieverf op linnen canvas
Gemaakt door: Op bestelling, door een professioneel kunstenaar
Popularity: No. 21 of 82 artworks by Charles Pears
Levering: Wereldwijd ongeveer 5 weken

from$18140 × 25 cm Commission this artwork

Same size as the original$22261 × 38 cm Commission at original size

Women Putting Anti Fouling Paint on the Bottom of a Motor Launch, Leith

1917 · original 66 x 108 cm

Techniek: Met de hand geschilderd olieverf op linnen canvas
Gemaakt door: Op bestelling, door een professioneel kunstenaar
Popularity: No. 22 of 82 artworks by Charles Pears
Levering: Wereldwijd ongeveer 5 weken

from$18140 × 25 cm Commission this artwork

Same size as the original$367108 × 66 cm Commission at original size

HMS 'Courageous' in Dry Dock, at Rosyth, in Winter

1919 · original 102 x 127 cm

Techniek: Met de hand geschilderd olieverf op linnen canvas
Gemaakt door: Op bestelling, door een professioneel kunstenaar
Popularity: No. 23 of 82 artworks by Charles Pears
Levering: Wereldwijd ongeveer 5 weken

from$18135 × 28 cm Commission this artwork

Same size as the original$543127 × 102 cm Commission at original size

Captain Sherbrook's Action, 31 December 1942

1943 · original 41 x 76 cm

Techniek: Met de hand geschilderd olieverf op linnen canvas
Gemaakt door: Op bestelling, door een professioneel kunstenaar
Popularity: No. 24 of 82 artworks by Charles Pears
Levering: Wereldwijd ongeveer 5 weken

from$18144 × 23 cm Commission this artwork

Same size as the original$24676 × 41 cm Commission at original size

The Norwegian Coast, Spring 1940

1943 · original 102 x 152 cm

Techniek: Met de hand geschilderd olieverf op linnen canvas
Gemaakt door: Op bestelling, door een professioneel kunstenaar
Popularity: No. 25 of 82 artworks by Charles Pears
Levering: Wereldwijd ongeveer 5 weken

from$18139 × 26 cm Commission this artwork

Same size as the original$619152 × 102 cm Commission at original size

The artist

Charles Pears

1873 – 1958

Snelle feiten

Creative periodsmature period
Top 3 worksThe Wandsworth Gas Company Collier 'Chessington' Moving Upstream on the Thames, near the Houses of Parliament, c.1948, Moonlight Barque, An Officer of a Motor Launch about to Board a Norwegian Steamer
Top-ranked workThe Wandsworth Gas Company Collier 'Chessington' Moving Upstream on the Thames, near the Houses of Parliament, c.1948
Also known asChas Pears, Charles Pear
Copyright statusUnder copyright
Color intensitygebalanceerd, monochroom
Museums on APSGuildhall Art Gallery, Usher Gallery, The National Archives, Towner
Works on APS82

Biography

Charles Pears (1873–1958): A Mariner’s Eye for Light and Landscape

Early Life & Training
Illustrative Beginnings & Literary Partnerships
The Rise of Marine Painting: Technique and Vision
War Artist During Two World Wars
Legacy & Recognition

Early Life & Training
Charles Pears was born in Pontefract, Yorkshire, on September 9th, 1873. Details about his formative years remain somewhat obscure, yet it’s evident that a profound connection with the visual world took root early in his life—a fascination nurtured by exposure to the luminous canvases of Canaletto during his studies at East Hardwick and Pomfret College. These institutions instilled in him not merely artistic skills but also an enduring appreciation for capturing the essence of light and atmosphere, principles that would become central to his distinctive style.This foundational influence shaped his artistic trajectory from its inception.
Illustrative Beginnings & Literary Partnerships
Pears commenced his artistic journey as an illustrator in 1890, securing commissions for prominent periodicals such as *The Yellow Book*, *Punch*, and *The Graphic*. These engagements demanded versatility—the ability to translate literary narratives into compelling visual representations. Notably, he collaborated closely with John Masefield on *Salt-Water Poems and Ballads*, capturing the rugged beauty of coastal landscapes and conveying the spirit of seafaring life.This partnership exemplifies his commitment to storytelling through imagery. His early illustrations established him as a respected figure within London’s artistic milieu.
The Rise of Marine Painting: Technique and Vision
From illustration, Pears gradually transitioned towards specializing in marine painting—a genre he embraced with unwavering dedication.He wasn't simply depicting the sea; he was striving to embody its soul. His technique—characterized by meticulous detail and a masterful command of color—allowed him to convey not only the visual appearance but also the palpable feeling of maritime environments. He achieved this remarkable feat through careful observation and an intuitive understanding of how light interacts with water, creating canvases that resonate with authenticity.His paintings stand as testament to his unwavering pursuit of artistic excellence.
War Artist During Two World Wars
The tumultuous years of the 20th century profoundly impacted Pears’ artistic endeavors. As a commissioned officer in the Royal Marines during World War I, he was appointed as an Official War Artist for the Admiralty—a role he repeated during World War II.This experience provided him with unparalleled access to naval operations and fueled his desire to document both the grandeur and the grim realities of conflict. His paintings from this period are imbued with a palpable sense of immediacy, reflecting the drama of battles and conveying the courage of those serving on active duty. One particularly poignant example is *HMS Dunraven VC* in Action against the Submarine That Sank Her*, capturing the intensity of wartime destruction.These works serve as powerful reminders of historical moments.
Legacy & Recognition
Charles Pears’ influence extended beyond his own lifetime, inspiring subsequent generations of artists who admired his dedication to traditional methods and his ability to capture the sublime beauty of Britain's coastline. He was elected President of the Royal Society of Marine Artists in 1904—a position he held until his death in Truro on January 28th, 1958.His enduring legacy resides not only in his artistic output but also in his role as a champion of maritime art. His paintings are housed in prestigious collections across the nation, including those of the London Transport Museum, National Maritime Museum, Imperial War Museum and Tate—a testament to their lasting appeal. He was honored annually by the Charles Pears Memorial Award at the Royal Society of Marine Artists.Pears’ contribution to British art continues to inspire admiration.

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