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Artists›John La Farge

John La Farge

American, 1835–1910

WA-00042295

New York, NY, USA

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The Natural Paradise: Painting in America 1800�1950

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

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Romantic Painting in America

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1943–1944

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Painting, Sculpture, Prints

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1939

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American Painting and Sculpture, 1862�1932

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1932–1933

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Artworks (21)

Fortune

1901 · graphite

Sheet: 27.7 x 20 cm (10 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Resurrection of Christ

1897 · watercolor and gouache; partial framing lines in graphite

Sheet: 44.9 x 31.4 cm (17 11/16 x 12 3/8 in.); Secondary Support: 45.6 x 31.4 cm (17 15/16 x 12 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Girl in Bow of Canoe Spreading Out Her Loin-Cloth for a Sail, Samoa

1895 · watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper mounted to paperboard

board: 38.74 × 58.1 cm (15 1/4 × 22 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Entrance to the Tautira River, Tahiti. Fisherman Spearing a Fish

1895 · oil on canvas

overall: 136 x 152.4 cm (53 9/16 x 60 in.) framed: 152.4 x 168.3 x 4.4 cm (60 x 66 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Peonies in the Wind with Kakemono Borders

1893 · stained glass and lead

56 1/8 x 26 in. (142.6 x 66.1 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

A Rishi Stirring Up a Storm

1892 · watercolor and gouache over graphite

Sheet: 27.3 x 38.9 cm (10 3/4 x 15 5/16 in.); Image: 25 x 33.7 cm (9 13/16 x 13 1/4 in.); Secondary Support: 28 x 40.8 cm (11 x 16 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Female Torso

1890 · graphite with watercolor on laid paper mounted to board

sheet: 26.99 × 21.59 cm (10 5/8 × 8 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for "Faith" and "Hope"

1885 · transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on illustration board

image: 24.61 × 16.35 cm (9 11/16 × 6 7/16 in.) board: 37.47 × 28.73 cm (14 3/4 × 11 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Lesson Study on Jersey Coast

1881 · watercolor and gouache on wove paper

sheet: 20.5 × 27.6 cm (8 1/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for "Commerce"

1880 · pen and black ink over graphite on wove paper mounted to paperboard

image: 19.84 × 33.34 cm (7 13/16 × 13 1/8 in.) board: 24.77 × 37.78 cm (9 3/4 × 14 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Allegorical Female Figure

1880 · graphite on wove paper

sheet: 20.32 × 14.29 cm (8 × 5 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for "Christ Appearing to Mary"

1877 · graphite on tracing paper mounted to board

image: 25.72 × 30 cm (10 1/8 × 11 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Trinity Church, Boston (nave) - Mural Study

1876 · graphite, pen and brown ink, and brush and brown ink on gray-blue wove paper

sheet (approximate): 17.2 × 26.3 cm (6 3/4 × 10 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for Moses - Trinity Church, Boston

1876 · charcoal on laid paper

sheet: 31.6 × 17.9 cm (12 7/16 × 7 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Angel - Trinity Church Mural

1876 · charcoal, graphite, and pen and brown ink, squared with graphite

sheet: 32.1 × 26.7 cm (12 5/8 × 10 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Bacchus and Ariadne

1875 · red chalk (rubbed in places)

Image: 41 x 36.8 cm (16 1/8 x 14 1/2 in.); Sheet: 52.9 x 42.6 cm (20 13/16 x 16 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Last Valley - Paradise Rocks

1867 · oil on canvas

overall: 83.2 x 107.4 cm (32 3/4 x 42 5/16 in.) framed: 118.1 x 142.6 x 8.9 cm (46 1/2 x 56 1/8 x 3 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Flowers on a Window Ledge

1856 · oil on canvas

overall: 61.4 × 51 cm (24 3/16 × 20 1/16 in.) framed: 76.2 × 66 × 7.6 cm (30 × 26 × 3 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Anemone

1845 · pencil

Image: 10.5 x 8.6 cm (4 1/8 x 3 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Chapel Window

1845 · watercolor with gouache over graphite; framing lines in black ink

Image: 63.5 x 35.5 cm (25 x 14 in.); Sheet: 71.9 x 44.1 cm (28 5/16 x 17 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Design for Stained Glass

1845 · watercolor

Image: 19.8 x 7.7 cm (7 13/16 x 3 1/16 in.); Sheet: 40.5 x 27 cm (15 15/16 x 10 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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7 entries · 1 sources

A Rishi Stirring Up a Storm
1892 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Design for Stained Glass
1845 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Chapel Window
1845 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Bacchus and Ariadne
1875 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Resurrection of Christ
1897 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Anemone
1845 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Fortune
1901 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Art Institute of Chicago

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New York, US

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