John La Farge

American Artist

John La Farge was born in New York City, New York, United States on March 31st, 1835 and is the American Artist. At the age of 75, John La Farge biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
March 31, 1835
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, United States
Death Date
Nov 14, 1910 (age 75)
Zodiac Sign
Aries
Profession
Painter, Stained-glass Artist
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Education
Mount St. Mary's University, Fordham University
John La Farge Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Margaret Mason Perry, ​ ​(m. 1860)​
Children
8, including Christopher, John
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John La Farge Career

Between 1859 and 1870, La Farge took up illustration, with Tennyson's Enoch Arden and Robert Browning's Men and Women, and worked on children's magazine illustrations with engraver Henry Marsh (American, 1826–1912).

In the 1870s, La Farge began to paint murals, which became popular for public buildings as well as churches. His first mural was painted in Trinity Church, Boston, in 1873. Then followed his decorations in the Church of the Ascension (the large altarpiece) and St. Paul's Chapel, New York. In his lunette mural Athens at Bowdoin College Museum of Art, a building designed by Charles Follen McKim, the model for the central figure was the African-American muse Hettie Anderson. (Anderson also owned one of his paintings of Samoa.) He also took private commission from wealthy patrons (e.g. Cornelius Vanderbilt) and was reputedly worth $150,000 at one point. La Farge continued to create murals through his career: for the Minnesota State Capitol at St. Paul, at age 71, he executed four great lunettes representing the history of law. Also among his final works were six murals on the theme of eminent lawgivers, beginning with Moses, for the Baltimore City Court House, now the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse.

During an 1880s renovation of the Samuel J. Tilden Mansion, now home to the National Arts Club, La Farge was one of several artisans hired by lead architect Calvert Vaux. He created stained glass panels for the interior of the mansion which remain today.

La Farge traveled extensively in Asia and the South Pacific, which inspired his painting. He visited Japan in 1886 in the company of Henry Adams, and the South Seas in 1890 and 1891, in particular spending time absorbing the culture of Samoa, Tahiti and Fiji, again in Adams' company. In Hawaii in September 1890 he painted scenic spots on Oahu and traveled to the Island of Hawaii to paint an active volcano. These travels are extensively recounted in his book Reminiscences of the South Seas, and in Adams' letters.

In 1863 he was elected into the National Academy of Design; in 1877 he co-founded the Society of American Artists in frustration at the National Academy's conservatism (although he retained his National Academy membership). In 1892 La Farge was brought on as an instructor with the Metropolitan Museum of Art Schools to provide vocational training to students in New York City. He served as President of the National Society of Mural Painters from 1899 to 1904. In 1904, he was one of the first seven artists chosen for membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters. La Farge also received the Cross of the Legion of Honor from the French Government.

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Thanks to a restoration campaign that unveiled Tiffany masterpieces, breathtaking stained glass windows of Gilded Age mausoleums can be seen for the first time in a century

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 9, 2024
Officials at Woodlawn Cemetery first discovered some of the glasswork in a Gilded Age temple erected for a New York merchant and the son of a Spanish general. Experts inside discovered a variety of glass items that no one had seen before - despite being seasoned officials well versed in the matter. The experts are now in the middle of an unprecedented survey that will see them peruse 1,200 more windows in the cemetery's 1,300 private, free-standing mausoleums. Some have been sealed as early as 1878, and a local business adapted antique keys created by mausoleum makers in the late 19th century to gain admission. The reentries, which will include a condition analysis, photographic record, and archival study on every stained-glass window in Woodlawn's collection, will be carried out by an all-star cast of stained-glass specialists.