John La Farge | Explore & Learn | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

John La Farge (1835–1910), one of the most innovative and versatile American artists of the nineteenth century, achieved renown as a painter in oils and watercolors, as a magazine and book illustrator, as a muralist and designer of stained-glass windows, and as an author of articles and books on art and travel. A quintessential "Renaissance man" of the American Renaissance, he responded to and encouraged the eclectic tastes and interests of his sophisticated patrons.

Explore this selection of La Farge's works from the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art:

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