John La Farge: 7 works

'Like Louis Comfort Tiffany, John La Farge was a painter, stained glass artist, muralist, and interior designer based in New York.'

'The exuberant floral design reflects the artist's admiration of Japanese art, which La Farge and other late 19th-century artists admired for its rich decorative effect. In this way, Study of Pink Hollyhocks in Sunlight looks ahead to La Farge's masterworks in stained glass, in which he memorably combined his interests in color, light and transparency.'

'John La Farge traveled to the South Seas with historian and writer Henry Adams.'

'John LaFarge and historian Henry Adams had traveled to Japan together in 1886, a trip that yielded source material for a book and a number of watercolors by LaFarge.'

'The chancel designed by La Farge's son, the architect C. Grant La Farge of the firm Heins and La Farge (see James L. Yarnall, "John La Farge: A Biographic and Critical Study," 2012, p. 212).'

'John La Farge was one of the first American artists to respond to Japanese art. Inspired by the flowing contours, asymmetrical compositions, and color harmonies of the East, he fused these elements with Western artistic motifs, reminiscent of renaissance painting.'

'Translating into glass a bookplate design by his fellow artist Edwin Austin Abbey, La Farge used several innovative techniques in the production of this work.'