Danny Pierce (artist)

[4] He saw combat along the Siegfried Line, for which he received a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star; was at Normandy; and served in Germany following American occupation.

[6] When Pierce moved to Kent, Washington following his studies in New York, the bold color of his work did not conform to the parameters of the Northwest School of painting as defined by Seattle Art Museum Director Dr. Fuller.

Fuller considered Pierce's work a negative influence in the Northwest and was supportive of Danny receiving the Carnegie grant, which took the artist to Alaska.

[4] In September and October 2010 a retrospective exhibition of his works took place at the Centennial Center Gallery in Kent, marking Pierce's 90th birthday.

Cascadia Art Museum 12 miles north of Seattle, featured a major retrospective of Pierce's Alaska work.

Among these books are several children’s stories, a thorough and meticulously researched compendium of American Revolutionary War uniforms, and various ethnographic and zoological volumes.

The library at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee houses an archive of Pierce's artist books and maintains an online exhibition of them.