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Charles Sprague Pearce

30 works

Charles Sprague Pearce (1851-1914) was a painter from the United States. Read more

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Bearded man in pale robes sits barefoot blowing a pipe at a brazier beside silver beads and small tools.

The Arab Jeweler

ca. 1882

Two mourners beside a painted Egyptian sarcophagus with a gold face in a hieroglyph-decorated room.

Lamentations over the Death of the First-Born of Egypt

1870

Paul Wayland Bartlett

1880

Seated woman in white blouse and dark skirt leans against a stone wall beside a copper pitcher, with ivy at left.

Italian peasant woman

1876

Painting of a pensive young girl resting her chin on her hands in a sunlit grassy meadow with wildflowers and a windmill.

Moments of Thoughtfulness

1882

Watercolor border design with a green leafy branch and red berries over pink and cream panels between ochre bands.

Study for a Border Design

1890

Watercolor study of symmetrical laurel sprays with pink berries on a brown ground, with a scroll border at the right edge.

Study for a Border Design [recto]

1890

Graphite pencil study on tan paper with two arched compositions of loosely sketched figures in draped poses.

Study for a Border Design [verso]

1890

Pencil studies of decorative border designs with wavy vine scrolls, leaves and berries on pale paper.

Studies for Border Designs

1890

Nine small painted lunette studies on tan paper showing figures in groups, labeled Religion, Study, Family, Labor, Rest and R

Studies for Lunettes

1890/1897

Graphite sketch of figures composed within an arched lunette shape on a tan sheet of paper.

Study for a Lunette

1890/1897

Pencil study of reclining figures inside a semicircular lunette, with rough strokes suggesting landscape and trees below.

Study for a Lunette [recto]

1890/1897

Pencil sketch on tan paper of long, tapering diagonal strokes and leaf-like shapes with light hatching.

Study of a Flower [verso]

1890/1897

Pencil and white chalk study on tan paper showing a draped standing woman and sketched figures in a panel at right.

Studies for a Panel

1890/1897

Red chalk drawing of a partially unrolled scroll on tan paper, with shaded rolled end and soft cast shadow.

Study of a Scroll

1890/1897

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a kneeling figure and a standing cloaked figure beside a sailboat mast on a horizon.

Study of Figures

1890/1897

Graphite sketch of two figures arranged within a semicircular lunette on tan paper.

Study of Figures in a Lunette

1890/1897

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a seated figure in a flowing robe, seen from behind, with vertical hatching behind.

Study of a Figure from Behind

1890/1897

Pencil and chalk sketch on tan paper of a kneeling cloaked figure facing a winged standing figure beside a pedestal.

Study of a Figure from Behind [recto]

1890/1897

Pencil sketch on tan paper of two loosely drawn standing figures in long robes, one with an outstretched arm.

Study of Figures [verso]

1890/1897

Pencil sketches on tan paper showing robed figures in semicircular lunette frames and a large standing woman in a long dress.

Studies for a Lunette

1890/1897

Pencil and colored pencil study for a lunette showing arched compositions with draped and standing figures on tan paper.

Studies for a Lunette [recto]

1890/1897

Pencil and crayon studies of figures in arched lunette compositions on grey-brown paper, with handwritten notes at right.

Studies for a Lunette [verso]

1890/1897

Circular sheet with loose graphite sketch lines suggesting a figure, overlapping curves and diagonals, faint brown stains on

Figure Study

1890/1897

Study of two female figures in pale dresses lifting a tablet across an arched border, watercolor on tan paper.

Study of Two Female Figures in Arched Border

1890/1897

Pencil sketches of semicircular lunette designs with seated figures, desks, books and labels reading Study and Religion.

Studies for Lunettes [recto]

1890/1897

Pencil diagram of a lunette arch divided into grid squares, with handwritten calculations and measurements in the margins.

Diagram of a Lunette [verso]

1890/1897

Pencil study on tan paper: a loose conifer branch at upper left and a stylized leafy border sprig at right.

Study for a Border Design with a Sketch of a Tree

1890/1897

Pencil drawing of a decorative border with scrolls, trefoil shapes and wave patterns on tracing paper.

Tracing of a Border Design

1890/1897

Ink and wash sketches of scrolls with curled ends on tan paper, including one large unrolled scroll and several smaller studi

Sketches for a Scroll

1890/1897

Charles Sprague Pearce (1851-1914) was a painter from the United States. Charles Sprague Pearce was born in Boston and died in Auvers-sur-Oise. The work of Charles Sprague Pearce is associated with Naturalism and Academic art. Browse 30 works by Charles Sprague Pearce from 6 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikidata