Animal Worlds: Shimmering Beauty.La Farge, John La Farge, John (lə färzh), 1835–1910, American artist and writer, b. New York City. He studied with William Morris Hunt in Newport, R.I., and with Couture in Paris. (1835-1910), The Fish, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , New York, about 1890. Leaded stained glass stained glass, in general, windows made of colored glass. To a large extent, the name is a misnomer, for staining is only one of the methods of coloring employed, and the best medieval glass made little use of it. , 26 1/2 x 26 1/2" (67.3 x 67.3 cm). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, is one of the largest museums in the United States, and contains one of the largest permanent museum collections in the Americas. . Anonymous gift and Edwin E. Jack Fund, 69.1224. If you have ever looked through a kaleidoscope or held a piece of colored glass up to the light, then you have experienced some of the magical qualities of glass that fascinated the American artist John La Farge La Farge , John 1835-1910. American artist known for his murals and stained-glass designs and for his art criticism. . La Farge began his career as an artist working in watercolors and oil paints, but by the 1870s he started exploring the natural properties of glass in creating works of art. Drawing upon his remarkable sense of color, he created new techniques for this ancient art form and soon gained an international reputation for his innovations. In 1880, he patented the use of opalescent opalescent /opal·es·cent/ (o?pah-les´int) showing a milky iridescence, like an opal. o·pal·es·cent adj. glass in windows--several colors fused together to create an irregular surface that captures subtleties of shading. Some three hundred La Farge windows still survive, many made for churches, public buildings, and private houses designed by major architects of the time. In The Fish, La Farge combined different kinds of glass (opalescent, clear colored and translucent) to create a window that comes alive with color and texture. Imagine this window with light shining through it. ?? What changes do you think you might see in the fish, water, sky, rocks, and flowers at different times of the day? GalleryCard submitted by Judy Murray, Gallery Instructor Program Coordinator, Department of Education and Public Programs, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. |
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