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- John La Farge was an American painter, muralist, stained glass window maker, decorator, and writer. Born in New York City, New York, his interest in art began during his training at Mount St. Mary's University and St. John's College. He had only the study of law in mind until he returned from his first visit to Paris, France where he studied with Thomas Couture and became acquainted with famous literary people of the city. LaFarge subsequently studied with painter William Morris Hunt in Newport. Even LaFarge's earliest drawings and landscapes, done in Newport, Rhode Island, after his marriage in 1861 to Margaret Mason Perry, sister-in-law of Lilla Cabot Perry, show marked originality, especially in the handling of color values, and also the influence of Japanese art, in the study of which he was a pioneer. Between 1859 and 1870, he illustrated Tennyson's Enoch Arden and Robert Browning's Men and Women. Breadth of observation and structural conception, and a vivid imagination and sense of color are shown by his mural decorations. His first work in mural painting was done in Trinity Church, Boston, in 1873. Then followed his decorations in the Church of the Ascension (the large altarpiece) and St. Paul's Chapel (Columbia University), New York. For the Minnesota State Capitol at St. Paul he executed, at age 71, four great lunettes representing the history of religion, and for the Supreme Court building at Baltimore, a similar series with Justice as the theme. In addition there are his vast numbers of other paintings and water colors, notably those recording his extensive travels in the Orient and South Pacific. His labors in almost every type of art won for him from the French Government the Cross of the Legion of Honor and membership in the principal artistic societies of America, as well as the presidency of the National Society of Mural Painters from 1899 through 1904. Enjoying an extraordinary knowledge of languages (ancient and modern), literature, and art, by his cultured personality and reflective conversation he influenced many other people. Though naturally a questioner he venerated the traditions of religious art, and preserved always his Catholic faith and reverence. During 1904, he was one of the first seven artists chosen for membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters. On his passing in 1910, John LaFarge was interred in the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. During his life, he maintained a studio at 51 West 10th Street, in Greenwich Village, which is now part of the site of Eugene Lang College.
- John La Farge, pintor americano, famoso por sus pinturas murales, acuarelas y decoración de vidrieras. Nació en Nueva York. Estudió en París con el pintor francés Thomas Couture y en Estados Unidos con William Morris Hunt. Pintó paisajes y figuras en un estilo sencillo, de naturaleza decorativa. En 1876 se le encargó la decoración de la iglesia de la Trinidad de Boston y, como consecuencia, la mayor parte de su carrera estuvo implicada en la realización de pinturas murales. Experimentando con las decoraciones de vidrios de colores, desarrolló y fabricó un vidrio opalescente cuyo uso se extendió con rapidez. En 1886, en una visita a Japón y a las islas de los Mares del Sur, pintó muchas acuarelas con temas de la vida autóctona. Su trabajo ha tenido una influencia considerable en la pintura mural estadounidense debido a su simplicidad clásica y a su refinado sentido del diseño. La Ascensión, un retablo para la iglesia del mismo nombre de la ciudad de Nueva York, y los cuatro lunetos de la Corte Suprema del Capitolio Estatal San Pablo, de Minnesota, están consideradas entre sus composiciones murales más importantes. La remarcable obra artística de La Farge en el ámbito de las vidrieras o emplomados incluye la Ventana Watson de la iglesia de la Trinidad de Buffalo, en el estado de Nueva York, y la Ventana del pavo del Museo de Arte de Worcester, en Massachusetts.
- John LaFarge – amerykański malarz, witrażysta, dekorator i pisarz. Był jednym z najbardziej innowacyjnych i wszechstronnych artystów amerykańskich XIX wieku.
- John LaFarge foi um pintor, fabricante de vitrais, decorador e escritor estadunidense.
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- John La Farge was an American painter, muralist, stained glass window maker, decorator, and writer. Born in New York City, New York, his interest in art began during his training at Mount St. Mary's University and St. John's College. He had only the study of law in mind until he returned from his first visit to Paris, France where he studied with Thomas Couture and became acquainted with famous literary people of the city.
- John La Farge, pintor americano, famoso por sus pinturas murales, acuarelas y decoración de vidrieras. Nació en Nueva York. Estudió en París con el pintor francés Thomas Couture y en Estados Unidos con William Morris Hunt. Pintó paisajes y figuras en un estilo sencillo, de naturaleza decorativa. En 1876 se le encargó la decoración de la iglesia de la Trinidad de Boston y, como consecuencia, la mayor parte de su carrera estuvo implicada en la realización de pinturas murales.
- John LaFarge – amerykański malarz, witrażysta, dekorator i pisarz. Był jednym z najbardziej innowacyjnych i wszechstronnych artystów amerykańskich XIX wieku.
- John LaFarge foi um pintor, fabricante de vitrais, decorador e escritor estadunidense.
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