La Farge, John
La Farge, John
(1835–1910) painter, multi-media artist; born in New York City. After study with Couture in Paris (1856), and William Morris Hunt in Newport, R.I. (1859), he maintained a studio in New York City. He worked as a sculptor, muralist, oil and water color painter, and stained glass designer. He decorated many churches, notably Trinity Church, Boston (1876), and among other accomplishments, invented opaline glass, an iridescent form of milk glass. His most famous painting, Manua Our Boatman (1891), produced after a trip to the South Seas with Henry Adams (1890), is a striking and original work.
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Overall, the exhibit provides fresh insight into the relationship between James and American painting as it surveys the impact of figures like John
La Farge, John Singer Sargent, Hendrik Andersen, and the Bootts-Duvenecks.
It offers a fresh perspective on the master novelist and the significance of his friendships with American artists John
La Farge, John Singer Sargent, and James McNeill Whistler, as well as Gardner, an esteemed arts patron.
La Farge, John (1835-1910), The Fish, New York, New York, about 1890.
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