Alan Robert Pearson (23 August 1929 – 2019) was a neo-expressionist painter who lived in New Zealand and, in his later life, Australia.
Pearson was born on 23 August 1929 in Liverpool, England, and moved to Australia in 1951 and then New Zealand in 1954.
Pearson is known for his expressive and gestural paintings that encapsulate a passionate demeanour and love of music, landscape and people.
He also chronicled and immortalised himself in numerous self portraits, scrutinising the artist's psyche.
In describing his relationship with his sitters, Pearson said in an interview in 2010: "I'm looking into the inner person, talking with the individual and discovering a collection of inner thoughts which come together in their face.