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John La Farge, 1902
John La Farge, 1902
Angel of Help, 1886.
Angel of Help, 1886.
Figure of Wisdom
Figure of Wisdom
Angel at the Tomb, Thomas Crane Public Library (Quincy, Massachusetts).
Angel at the Tomb, Thomas Crane Public Library (Quincy, Massachusetts). The Thomas Crane Public Library, in Quincy Massachusetts, is a city Library with remarkably fine architecture

John LaFarge (March 31, 1835 – November 14, 1910) was an American painter, stained glass window maker, decorator, and writer. Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

Born in New York City, New York, his interest in art was aroused during his training at Mount St. Mary's University[1] and St. The City of New York New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Mount St Mary's University is a private Liberal arts, Catholic university in the Catoctin Mountains near Emmitsburg Maryland. John's College (now Fordham University). Fordham University is a private University in the United States, with three campuses located in and around New York City. He had only the study of law in view until he returned from his first visit to Paris, France where he studied with Thomas Couture and enjoyed the most brilliant literary society of the day. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Thomas Couture ( December 21, 1815 &ndash March 30, 1879) was an influential French history painter and teacher Even his earliest drawings and landscapes, done in Newport, Rhode Island, after his marriage in 1861 to Margaret Mason Perry, sister-in-law of Lilla Cabot Perry, show marked originality, especially in the handling of color values, and also the influence of Japanese art, in the study of which he was a pioneer. Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about 30 miles (48 km south of Providence Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Lilla Cabot Perry ( January 13, 1848 — February 28, 1933) was an American Artist who worked in the Impressionist For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.

LaFarge's inquiring mind led him to experiment with color problems, especially in the medium of stained glass. He succeeded not only in rivaling the gorgeousness of the medieval windows, but in adding new resources by his invention of opalescent glass and his original methods of superimposing and welding his material. Among his many masterpieces are the "Battle Window" at Harvard and the cloisonné "Peacock Window" in the Worcester Art Museum. The Worcester Art Museum, located in Worcester Massachusetts, is one of the largest art museums in Central Massachusetts Two of his largest windows are located in Unity Church in North Easton, Massachusetts. Easton is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The earliest of these, the "Angel of Help" was completed in 1887 while the "Figure of Wisdom" dates to 1901. Both of these windows were restored by "Victor Rothman for Stained Glass Inc" of Yonkers, New York in the 1990's.

Between 1859 and 1870, he illustrated Tennyson's Enoch Arden and Robert Browning's Men and Women. Alfred Tennyson 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892 was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom and remains one of the most popular English poets "Enoch Arden" is a Poem published in 1864 by Alfred Lord Tennyson, during his tenure as England 's Poet Laureate. Robert Browning (7 May 1812 - 12 December 1889 was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of Dramatic verse, especially Dramatic monologues made him one of This article is on the supplementary pamphlet that was inserted in the Sunday Times of India; for information on Robert Browning's work Men and Women, see Breadth of observation and structural conception, and a vivid imagination and sense of color are shown by his mural decorations. His first work in mural painting was done in Trinity Church, Boston, in 1873. For other churches with this name please see Trinity Church (disambiguation Trinity Church in the City of Boston, located in the Back Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Then followed his decorations in the Church of the Ascension (the large altarpiece) and St. Paul's Church, New York. The Church of the Ascension ( Manhattan) is an Episcopal church in the Diocese of New York, located at Fifth Avenue and Tenth Street in New New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous For the State Capitol at St. Paul he executed, in his seventy-first year, four great lunettes representing the history of religion, and for the Supreme Court building at Baltimore, a similar series with Justice as the theme. In addition there are his vast numbers of other paintings and water colors, notably those recording his extensive travels in the Orient and South Pacific.

His labors in almost every field of art won for him from the French Government the Cross of the Legion of Honor and membership in the principal artistic societies of America, as well as the presidency of the Society of Mural Painters. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Enjoying an extraordinary knowledge of languages (ancient and modern), literature, and art, by his cultured personality and reflective conversation he greatly influenced all who knew him. Though naturally a questioner he venerated the traditions of religious art, and preserved always his Catholic faith and reverence. Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete".

In 1904, he was one of the first seven chosen for membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The American Academy of Arts and Letters is a 250-member organization whose goal is to "foster assist and sustain excellence" in American Literature, On his passing in 1910, John LaFarge was interred in the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. During his life, he maintained a studio at 51 West 10th Street, in Greenwich Village, which today is part of the site of Eugene Lang College[2]. Greenwich Village (ˌgrɛnɪtʃ ˈvɪlɪdʒ often simply called the Village, is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern Manhattan

His eldest son, Christopher Grant LaFarge, was a partner in the New York-based architectural firm of Heins & LaFarge, responsible for projects in Beaux-Arts style, notably the original Byzantine Cathedral of St. John the Divine, the Yale undergraduate society St. Anthony Hall (extant 1893-1913) pictured at[1], and the original Astor Court buildings of the Bronx Zoo. The New York-based architectural firm of Heins & LaFarge, composed of Philadelphia-born architect George Lewis Heins (1860&ndash1907 Beaux Arts architecture denotes the academic classical Architectural style that was taught at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris. The Cathedral of St John the Divine, officially the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine in the City and Diocese of New York, is the Cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese St Anthony Hall, also known as Saint Anthony Hall and The Order of St This article is about the zoo for the TV series see The Bronx Zoo (TV series; for the book "The Bronx Zoo" about the Yankees see Sparky Lyle, its

His son Oliver Hazard Perry LaFarge I became an architect and real estate developer. Part of his career in real estate was in a Seattle partnership with Marshall Latham Bond, Bond & LaFarge. Marshall Latham Bond was one of two brothers who were Jack London 's landlords and among of his employers during the Autumn of 1897 and the Spring of 1898 during the Klondike During the year 1897 to 1898 Seattle real estate which had gone through a bubble was in a slump. The partners left and participated in the Klondike Gold Rush. Among the camp fire mates at Dawson City during the Fall of 1897 was Jack London who rented a tent site from Marshall Bond. In Seattle the Perry Building designed after LaFarge returned is still standing. Later on in life O. H. P. LaFarge designed buildings for General Motors.

Another of his sons, John LaFarge S. J. became a Jesuit priest and a strong supporter of anti-racial policies. He wrote several books and articles before the war on this subject, one of which caught the eye of Pope Pius XI who summoned him to Rome and asked him to work out a new encyclical, Humani Generis Unitas, against Nazi policies. Pope Pius XI ( Latin: Pius PP XI; Italian: Pio XI; May 31 1857 &ndash February 10 1939) born An encyclical was originally a circular letter sent to all the churches of a particular area in the ancient Christian church Humani generis unitas ( Latin for On the Unity of the Human Race) was a planned Encyclical of Pope Pius XI before his death John LaFarge completed work on the encyclical, but unfortunately it reached the pope only three weeks before the pope's death. It remained buried in the Vatican archives and was only rediscovered a few years ago. John LaFarge S. J. was born February 13, 1880 and died November 25, 1963. His most famous books are The Manner is Ordinary (1953), Race Relations (1956), and Reflections on Growing Old (1963).

Selection of LaFarge's writings

Notes and references

  1. ^ Works by Mount Saint Mary's Alumnus to be Featured in Exhibit. emmitsburg. net.
  2. ^ Kenneth T. Jackson:The Encyclopedia of New York City: The New York Historical Society; Yale University Press; 1995. P. 650.


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