Charles Sprague Pearce - Arab Jeweller [c.1882]

Charles Sprague Pearce - Arab Jeweller [c.1882], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

Charles Sprague Pearce (Boston, October 13, 1851 - May 18, 1914) was an American artist. 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 in Washington.

[Oil on canvas, 116.8 x 89.9 cm]

Charles Sprague Pearce - Lamentations over the Death of the First-Born of Egypt [1877]

Charles Sprague Pearce - Lamentations over the Death of the First-Born of Egypt [1877], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

Charles Sprague Pearce (October 13, 1851 - May 18, 1914), American artist, was born at Boston, Massachusetts. In 1873 Pearce 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 died in Paris.

[Oil on canvas, 97.8 x 130.8 cm]