This self-portrait, which La Farge painted in October 1859 at his family’s estate in Glen Cove, Long Island, reflects his use of a photograph as a pictorial source; his appreciation of the unmodulated shapes and flattened space of Japanese prints; his reliance on broad tonal masses in the manner of his teachers, Thomas Couture and William Morris Hunt; and his experiments in plein-air landscape painting. The artist portrays himself as a landscapist ready to embark on a painting expedition.
Price: $12 – $451
Title: Portrait of the Painter
Artist: John La Farge (American, New York 1835–1910 Providence, Rhode Island)
Date: 1859
Culture: American
Medium: Oil on wood panel
Dimensions: 16 1/16 x 11 1/2 in. (40.8 x 29.2 cm)
Credit Line: Samuel D. Lee Fund, 1934
Accession Number: 34.134
| size specs | 11 x 14: 27.9 x 35.6cm, 16 x 20: 41 x 51cm, 20 x 30: 51 x 76cm, 30 x 40: 76.2 x 101.6cm, 40 x 50 101,6 x 127cm, A0: 84.1 x 118.9cm, A1: 59.4 x 84.1cm, A2: 42 x 59.4cm, A3: 29.7 x 42cm, A4: 21 x 29.7cm |
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| Material | Canson Lustre 310gsm, Canson Photographique 310gsm, High Gloss Film 165gsm |
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