词条 | La Farge, John |
释义 | La Farge, John American painter born March 31, 1835, New York, New York, U.S. died November 14, 1910, Providence, Rhode Island American painter, muralist, and stained-glass designer. After graduating from St. Mary's College in Maryland, La Farge studied law, but in 1856 he went to Europe to study art. He worked independently, studying briefly in Paris with Thomas Couture (Couture, Thomas) and coming under the influence of the work of the Pre-Raphaelites (Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood) in England. Returning to the United States, in 1859 La Farge went to Newport, Rhode Island, where he studied with the artist William Morris Hunt (Hunt, William Morris). ![]() In later life La Farge traveled to exotic places, painting a notable series of watercolour scenes during his trips to Japan and the South Pacific in the late 1880s and early '90s. His writings include Considerations on Painting (1895), An Artist's Letters from Japan (1897), and The Higher Life in Art (1908). Additional Reading Royal Cortissoz, John La Farge: A Memoir and a Study (1911; reissued 1971); Henry Adams et al., John La Farge (1987). |
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