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Charles Sprague Pearce (13 October 1851 – 18 May 1914) was an American artist.
Pearce was born in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1873 he became a pupil of
Image:Pearce_Bartlett.jpg, Paul Wayland Bartlett (1890)
Image:Family-Pearce-Highsmith.jpeg, Family (1896)
Image:Labor-Pearce-Highsmith.jpeg, Labor (1896)
Image:Recreation-Pearce-Highsmith.jpeg, Recreation (1896)
Image:Religion-Pearce-Highsmith.jpeg, Religion (1896)
Image:Rest-Pearce-Highsmith.jpeg, Rest (1896)
Image:Study-Pearce-Highsmith.jpeg, Study (1896)
Biography
Pearce was born in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1873 he became a pupil of Léon Bonnat
Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat (20 June 1833 – 8 September 1922) was a French painter, Grand Officer of the Légion d'honneur and professor at the Ecole des Beaux Arts.
Early life
Bonnat was born in Bayonne, but from 1846 to 1853 he lived in M ...
in Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...
, 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
The Thomas Jefferson Building is the oldest of the four United States Library of Congress buildings. Built between 1890 and 1897, it was originally known as the Library of Congress Building. It is now named for the 3rd U.S. president Thomas Jef ...
at the Library of Congress
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at Washington. He received medals at the Paris Salon and elsewhere, and was made ''Chevalier'' of the French Legion of Honor
The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...
, decorated with the Order of Leopold, Belgium, the Order of the Red Eagle
The Order of the Red Eagle (german: Roter Adlerorden) was an order of chivalry of the Kingdom of Prussia. It was awarded to both military personnel and civilians, to recognize valor in combat, excellence in military leadership, long and faithful se ...
, Prussia, and the Order of the Dannebrog
The Order of the Dannebrog ( da, Dannebrogordenen) is a Danish order of chivalry instituted in 1671 by Christian V. Until 1808, membership in the order was limited to fifty members of noble or royal rank, who formed a single class known ...
, Denmark.
Works
Among his best-known paintings are ''The Decapitation of St John the Baptist'' (1881); ''Prayer'' (1884), ''The Return of the Flock'', and ''Meditation''. Pearce was also among those who knew and painted theCapri
Capri ( , ; ; ) is an island located in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the Sorrento Peninsula, on the south side of the Gulf of Naples in the Campania region of Italy. The main town of Capri that is located on the island shares the name. It has be ...
muse Rosina Ferrara.
Images
References
* 1851 births 1914 deaths 19th-century American painters 19th-century American male artists 20th-century American painters American muralists American male painters Artists from Boston Orientalist painters Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Order of the Dannebrog 20th-century American male artists {{US-painter-1850s-stub