John La Farge

An important American watercolor painting study for a stained glass panel, by the celebrated American artist John La Farge (1835-1910), the painting titled and signed and dated 1886-7.

Background information:  John La Farge (American, 1835 -1910), traveled extensively in Asia and the South Pacific, which inspired his painting during this time.

He was a close friend of John La Farge and Winslow Homer. Credit: Askart

William Trost Richards, John La Farge and Samuel Colman were friends and contemporaries.

Returning to the United States, he became a recognized painter and an associate of the National Academy of Design, New York City; later he reacted against the Academy’s conservatism ...

Her training included study at the Cowles Art School in Boston under Dennis Bunker, as well as instruction from leading figures such as William Merritt Chase in New York and John La ...

He then began to study art in New York under H. Siddons Mowbray, John Twachtman and John La Farge. This program of working with individual artists whose work he admired developed hi...

Throughout the 1870s, he exhibited his paintings widely, and in 1877, became one of the secessionist artists that included John La Farge and Augustus Saint-Gaudens who rebelled again...

Throughout the 1870s, he exhibited his paintings widely, and in 1877, became one of the secessionist artists that included John La Farge and Augustus Saint-Gaudens who rebelled again...

He took first prize in 1939 at the Carnegie International Exhibition for a portrait of Ethel Waters. His 1941 portrait of John La Farge was voted best painting by visitors to the Co...

He took first prize in 1939 at the Carnegie International Exhibition for a portrait of Ethel Waters. His 1941 portrait of John La Farge was voted best painting by visitors to the Cor...

He took first prize in 1939 at the Carnegie International Exhibition for a portrait of Ethel Waters. His 1941 portrait of John La Farge was voted best painting by visitors to the Co...

He taught such later luminaries of the art world as Édouard Manet, Henri Fantin-Latour, John La Farge, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Karel Javůrek, and Joseph-Noël Sylvestre.

Sullivan, Henry James, John La Farge; The Century Company, New York, 1885.

Sullivan, Henry James, John La Farge; The Century Company, New York, 1885.

Sullivan, Henry James, John La Farge; The Century Company, New York, 1885.

Sullivan, Henry James, John La Farge; The Century Company, New York, 1885.

Sullivan, Henry James, John La Farge; The Century Company, New York, 1885.

Sullivan, Henry James, John La Farge; The Century Company, New York, 1885.

Sullivan, Henry James, John La Farge; The Century Company, New York, 1885.

Sullivan, Henry James, John La Farge; The Century Company, New York, 1885.

Sullivan, Henry James, John La Farge; The Century Company, New York, 1885.

Sullivan, Henry James, John La Farge; The Century Company, New York, 1885.

Sullivan, Henry James, John La Farge; The Century Company, New York, 1885.