Charles Sprague Pearce Information
Charles Sprague Pearce (October 13, 1851 - May 18, 1914) was an American artist.
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Biography
Pearce was born at Boston, Massachusetts. In 1873 he became a pupil of Léon Bonnat in Paris, and after 1885 he lived in Paris and at Auvers-sur-Oise. He painted Egyptian and Algerian scenes, French peasants, and portraits, and also decorative work, notably for the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress at Washington. He received medals at the Paris Salon and elsewhere, and was made Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor, decorated with the Order of Leopold, Belgium, the Order of the Red Eagle, Prussia, and the Order of the Dannebrog, Denmark.
Works
Among his best known paintings are The Decapitation of St John the Baptist (1881), in the Art Institute of Chicago; Prayer (1884), The Return of the Flock, and Meditation. Pearce was also among those who knew and painted the Capri muse Rosina Ferrara.
Images
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Paul Wayland Bartlett (1890)
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Family (1896)
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Labor (1896)
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Recreation (1896)
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Religion (1896)
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Rest (1896)
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Study (1896)
References
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- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Pearce, Charles Sprague". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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| Name | Pearce, Charles Sprague |
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| Short description | United States artist |
| Date of birth | October 13, 1851 |
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| Date of death | May 18, 1914 |
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- 1851 births
- 1914 deaths
- American muralists
- American painters
- Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
- Order of Leopold recipients
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Eagle
- Order of the Dannebrog
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