{{Short description|American painter (1851–1914)}} {{other people|Charles Pearce}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox artist | name = Charles Sprague Pearce | image = Charles Sprague Pearce - le peintre dans son atelier d'Auvers-sur-Oise.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Pearce in his studio in Auvers-sur-Oise, {{circa|1895}} | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date text|October 13, 1851}} | birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts | death_date = {{death date and age|18 May 1914|13 October 1851}} | death_place = Auvers-sur-Oise | resting_place = | education = Léon Bonnat in Paris | alma_mater = | known_for = Painter, draughtsman, sculptor and print-maker | notable_works = | style = | movement = Orientalist | spouse = | partner = | awards = Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor: Order of Leopold, Belgium; Order of the Red Eagle, Prussia, and Order of the Dannebrog, Denmark. | elected = | patrons = | memorials = | website = | module = }}
'''Charles Sprague Pearce''' (13 October 1851 – 18 May 1914) was an American artist.
==Biography== thumb|Woman in white dress and straw hat ({{circa|1880}}) Pearce was born in 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.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}<ref>{{cite web | title=Works by Charles Sprague Pearce at Sotheby's| website=Sothebys.com| url=https://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/charles-sprague-pearce| access-date=12 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fineartphotographyvideoart.com/2017/12/Charles-Sprague-Pearce.html|title=Charles Sprague Pearce (1851-1914)}}</ref>
==Works== Among his best-known paintings are ''The Decapitation of St John the Baptist'' (1881); ''Prayer'' (1884), ''The Return of the Flock'', and ''Meditation''.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} Pearce was also among those who knew and painted the Capri muse Rosina Ferrara.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}
== Images == <gallery mode=packed> 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) </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category-inline}} *{{EB1911|wstitle=Pearce, Charles Sprague|volume=21|page=24}}
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